Monster Hunter Monster Girl Story

0006 Encounter

"I can't hold on much longer, you have to run!"

Li Ai waved her hand behind her, signaling Qingcao to escape first.

In terms of size and agility, once a small herbivorous dragon gets entangled by a Velocidrome, it has no chance of escape.

Without hesitation, the blue Velociraptor stopped its pursuit, bent its knees, lowered its head and neck, and jumped up by pushing off the ground with its claws.

Faced with the flailing forepaws, Li Ai swung his broken dagger to block, but he was not Leon.

The moment the knife touched the sharp claw, it slipped from his hand due to the powerful impact, leaving a bloody gash on his palm.

Seeing that she couldn't stop him, Li Ai unfolded a three-fold A5 paper and attached it to her forearm, then crossed her hands to support herself and block the attack.

baah~

The incredibly strong triple folds did indeed prevent the sharp claws from piercing through.

The powerful impact was too much for Li Ai to bear. Her body flew backward, rolled twice on the road, and finally came to a stop.

The Velociraptor gave the fallen creature no chance, leaping up to stomp it with its claws.

bang~

A dull thud was heard.

The charging grass slammed into the white belly of the Velociraptor, sending it flying.

Then it grabbed the flag wrapped around Li Ai's body and kept shaking its neck, trying to drag it away.

Before it had gone more than a few meters, the grass had to loosen its grip and start panting heavily on the spot.

The long, desperate run had already taken a toll on her physical strength.

The Velociraptor, able to get back up, is still full of energy.

As the grass trembled slightly as it approached again, it let out a high-pitched cry and stood in front of Li Ai.

The roar of a herbivorous dragon has no deterrent effect whatsoever.

The blue Velociraptor merely tossed its head left and right to observe its surroundings, then tilted its head back and let out a series of whimpering sounds.

Li Ai recognized the sound; it wasn't a response to a roar, but rather a call to nearby companions.

"It seems that the wilderness paths frequently used by hunters still have some deterrent effect on these small monsters. So the best strategy from now on... is to abandon the grass."

Compared to humans, the blue Velociraptor would definitely prefer to hunt herbivorous dinosaurs.

Li Ai is now escaping alone, so the blue Velociraptor will definitely not pursue her, especially with the grass blocking her way.

If they wait for the Velocidrome's companions to arrive, their chances of escaping will be slim.

You can see the grass in front of you, trembling with fear, still protecting itself, and scenes from when you first met and spent time together come to mind.

"Even the herbivorous dragon Qingcao didn't back down, so how can I just run away on my own?"

Li Ai quickly picked up the broken scimitar that had slipped from her hand and stood side by side with Qingcao.

His gaze quickly settled on the blue Velociraptor's vertical pupils.

"This knife can't cut through the scales, but it's not so bad that it can't even pierce the eye."

Although he knew that if he lowered his head even slightly, there would be a pair of sharp claws hanging there, enough to pierce him, this was the best option.

buzz~

The three-folded book vibrated twice, as if there was new information.

But Li Ai was focused solely on the battle and had no time to care about anything else.

"Green Grass, you use [Support Charge] first..."

Li Ai turned his head to the side and made hand gestures to arrange tactics.

But the herbivorous dragon Qingcao had disappeared, replaced by a girl wearing a unicorn helmet and with black hair parted in the middle.

The girl's cheeks were slightly flushed, and she was breathing heavily. The spines protruding from the back of her neck extended all the way to the end of the dragon's tail, which was coiled on the ground.

She was only up to Li Ai's shoulder in height, but her eyes revealed a determined spirit as she faced the Blue Velociraptor in front of her.

"The green grass has been turned into a monster girl... but its affection level was only four stars last night."

Li Ai wasn't the only one surprised; the opposing Blue Velociraptor also stared wide-eyed, looking utterly bewildered.

"Today's shared experience could potentially elevate my rating to five hearts on the spot, which would require an emergency mission..."

Based on the scene before her, Li Ai realized that it was perhaps the dangerous situation that led to the monsterization of Qingcao.

"Since she's a monster girl... run!"

Li Ai grabbed Qingcao's wrist, turned around, and ran.

He was fighting to the death because his opponent had no chance to escape.

Upon achieving the monster's anthropomorphism for the first time, not only will the monster receive a significant boost across all aspects, but the dragon girl form will also make the monster's bulky body no longer a burden in certain scenarios.

This gives it both the physical strength of a monster and the resilience and endurance of an upright ape, providing a significant advantage during long-distance raids.

"Ah~ wait for me!"

Although the grass was calling out urgently, its voice was gentle.

Why are you running so slowly?

As Li Ai pulled, her gaze moved from bottom to top, beginning to investigate the reason.

"The three-toed, hoof-like claws are fine..."

Upon seeing those two legs, which weren't particularly long but resembled white radishes, the problem was immediately apparent.

"How can legs be so full and so shapely... What am I thinking! That wretched Miss Mira! Always getting on my nerves at a time like this!"

Li Ai shook her head to clear her mind and shouted to Qingcao, "Qingcao! Your running form is wrong, your limbs are too tightly pulled inward, do it like me!"

Li Ai loosened her wrists, no longer letting them be affected by her running stride frequency.

"Um!"

Qingcao responded and, imitating Li Ai, tightened her limbs and began to stretch outwards, which greatly increased her speed.

Call ~

Strands of black hair, like grass fluttering in the wind, brushed against Li Ai's face, then passed her in the next instant.

"Well done, Grass..."

Li Ai was quite pleased that Li Ai was able to master the correct running posture immediately after transforming into her dragon girl form.

Thump thump~

The sound of the blue Velocidrome's claws stomping behind them also began to increase in frequency.

"If you can't catch the grass... then I'll be your target!"

Li Ai swung his arm at high speed and sprinted at full speed.

However, the distance between them and the green grass is getting farther and farther away.

"Since we're following the freight route, this is the only option."

Li Ai took a deep breath, then shouted, "Help! Someone save me! A monster is chasing me! I'm going to die!"

"Help! Someone please save us!"

Hearing this, the green grass in front also shouted.

Two cries for help, one from a man and the other from a woman, began to echo alternately.

A few minutes later, a figure clad in full, heavy black armor emerged from the side of the winding road through the thicket.

Under the heavy horned helmet, the person in the shade of the trees could not see their face at all.

Judging from his imposing physique, he can only be identified as a strong, muscular man.

When Qingcao saw the other person, she was so frightened that she almost screamed, but she suppressed her fear and pointed behind the road.

"Is it a monster attack, meow? Don't worry, leave it to us."

A Palico wearing the same jet-black armor gave its assurance, and then the two of them raced swiftly along the road.

Li Ai quickly spotted the other party. In other worlds, if you encounter a human with a similar appearance, at the very least, it's a humanoid mini-boss that you can't hide from.

But here, only hunters who are helpful and have a strong sense of responsibility will wear this kind of equipment.

"It's Black Horned Dragon Armor... Haha!"

The thick, pointed shoulder guards on both sides of the black breastplate made it easy to identify the type of armor.

The Hunter's Guild has strict restrictions on armor crafting and the circulation of monster materials. The rarity of the armor a hunter wears is highly correlated with his hunting ability.

The Black Diablos-related commissions are at least six stars, indicating that this hunter is destined to be formidable.

呲味~

The Velociraptor's claws scraped the ground as it came to an abrupt stop.

Li Ai slowed down her running slightly, turned around and said with a smile, "Come on, keep chasing me."

The male hunter took down the black rod-shaped weapon hanging from his lower back.

Li Ai thought that if he remembered correctly, it was the Black Horned Dragon Sword [Pitch Black], a one-handed sword shaped like a mace.

As the hunter walked past, Li Ai saw the hunter's badge with six stars gleaming and sensed the ferocious aura emanating from the Black Diablos equipment.

Li Ai's smile faded, and her expression turned serious.

Unlike in the game, where small monsters dare to charge at you regardless of what kind of armor you wear, this is different.

The mere fact that the male hunter drew his weapon and stood still was enough to make the Velocidrome tremble.

Without even uttering a defiant roar, it turned and fled.

From star rating to equipment, Li Ai made a deduction about the other party's identity.

"You are the renowned hero hunter?"

"It's me, I'm sure you're not hurt."

The man tucked his weapon back to his waist, and unlike his ferocious and outward-flaring demeanor, his voice was remarkably calm.

"I'm not injured. I've heard so much about you. My name is Li Ai, and I'm a time traveler."

"It's been a long time since I've encountered a time traveler... My name is Sene, the resident hunter captain of Kokot Village, also known as the Hero Hunter by outsiders."

After the two shook hands, Ailu raised her paw and waved it.

"Hello Li Ai, I'm Senee's Palico Jim. Do you know Link from Hyrule?"

"We know each other, we're buddies."

"Will he come back here again, meow?"

"I'm not sure about that. I'd like to go to Cocot Village. If it's convenient for you to take us on your return trip?"

Li Ai wanted to offer a reward, but she didn't have a single penny on her.

For six-star hunters and their followers, those gathered items are utterly worthless.

"No problem, but we're also waiting for the truck. Let's rest at the temporary camp first."

After saying this, Seneca turned and led the way.

"Doesn't the team have its own truck?"

Li Ai expressed curiosity.

With the income of a six-star hunter, buying a truck is easy.

"Yes, but this time I took on the commission alone. The mission distance wasn't too far, and I also had to take care of and protect the herbivorous dragon pulling the cart. I didn't want the hassle, so I didn't bring it."

Upon hearing Sene mention the herbivorous dragon, Li Ai glanced at the green grass hiding in the jungle along the road.

"Humanity's attitude towards monster girls is still unclear, so let's learn more about it."

Li Ai thought for a moment, then pressed her palm down, signaling Qingcao to wait.

After walking a few steps into the roadside bushes, a small makeshift campsite came into view.

Jim moved a stone over and gave it to Li Ai as a stool.

Seeing that Li Ai's cotton slippers were showing two toes, and that her clothes were as dirty and worn as burlap, Senegal asked, "Li Ai, you've been in the wilderness of Senqiu for a while now, haven't you?"

"It's been about two weeks."

"Your survival skills in the wild are impressive. Actually, I have a question for you too."

"Please speak."

Sene took out an old scroll, unrolled it, flipped it over, and faced it towards Li Ai.

"The giant bird... no, it's the black wolf bird."

"Have you seen it in the jungle?"

The monsters depicted on the hunting commissions were not detailed, and with the passage of time, they had become blurred.

Senegal thought that if he didn't have an exceptional ability to identify monsters, then the most likely explanation was that he had seen them with his own eyes.

"no."

Thanks.

A hint of disappointment flashed in Sene's eyes.

"Is this black wolf bird unusual?"

Li Ai expressed curiosity.

Although the Black Wolf Bird is known as the Dark Fierce Wind, with a brutal nature and a passion for battle, its commission level generally does not exceed five stars. Logically speaking, Sene should not care too much about it.

"This was the only completely unsuccessful hunting commission in my hunting career, so I guess it's a bit of a regret."

As he spoke, Sene carefully rolled up the commission scroll.

Then Li Ai asked some questions about hunting tools.

For example, why did homemade odor bombs not work?

Sene explained carefully, stating that the monster excrement chosen first should be sufficiently intimidating.

Secondly, it needs to be air-dried and ground into a fine powder. Only when the monster inhales a sufficient amount of the explosive material jade will it have an effect.

"I knew it! If monster excrement works, then hard work is all it takes to defend the village."

Through conversation, Li Ai gradually became familiar with the person and the cat, and then asked the question she had always wanted to explore.

Have any monster girls appeared around Kokoto Village?

Senegal and Jim exchanged a glance, their expressions both somewhat strange.

"Is this a topic that can't be discussed?"

Li Ai asked tentatively.

"That's not it. The main problem is that there's very little information about monster girls, and a lot of it has been lost over time. Even the guild headquarters only receives a few sighting reports a year, so it's probably very difficult to see one in Kokoto Village."

Seneca told the truth.

Li Ai realized that because the number of monster girls capable of autonomous creation was not large, humans did not know much about them.

"By the way, your friend doesn't actually need to stay by the roadside all the time. I can hear it if a truck is approaching, I won't be wrong."

Sene tapped his helmet twice with his fingers.

"She's wearing such unusual clothes, it must be very tiring for her to be out in the wild. Let's call her to rest for a bit, meow."

Jim also tried to persuade him.

The freedom of dress and the openness of the Monster Hunter world are truly unprecedented.

Animal ears and tails are just basic skills, so even though the grass was dragging the entire dragon tail, neither the person nor the cat felt anything unusual.

"Um...she's a bit socially anxious and can't communicate normally with you, so let's rest over there."

For a six-star hunter, killing a herbivorous dragon is as easy as killing a chick. Green Grass had just completed her monster anthropomorphization, and Li Ai didn't want her to be overly frightened.

"Okay, I'll call you when a truck comes. Sene and I are here, so you can rest easy."

Li Ai arrived at the roadside, where Qingcao was squatting in the grass, transforming itself into five claw-like forehooves, constantly stretching and gathering them, seemingly quite confused about the change in its body structure.

"grass..."

"Oh dear~"

Even though it was just a soft call, the grass was still startled.

Only after recognizing the person behind the leaf as Li Ai did his emotions calm down.

"There's no more danger. Let's rest."

"it is good."

The roadside jungle wasn't very large; after passing through it, there was a towering cliff top.

A gentle breeze blows, and the grass on the cliff top ripples like waves.

After relaxing, the grass lay on the ground and changed positions several times. Finding it awkward to eat grass, it finally changed to lying on its side.

Li Ai sat cross-legged on the ground next to him, took out her phone and collected the 7 bags of Libo seaweed chips for the day.

"We finally survived."

After a sigh, Li Ai skillfully tore open the plastic wrap and handed it to Qingcao, only to find that the extremely exhausted Qingcao was already asleep on her side beside her.

Blue sky, white clouds, green grass.

The view from the cliff top at this moment forms an absolutely stunning landscape painting.

Li Ai felt that if her perspective were to gradually zoom out at this moment, the name of the game she was creating could appear amidst the blue sky and white clouds, that would be perfect.

"But the game doesn't have a name yet..."

With a sigh, Li Ai looked at the sleeping grass beside her and immediately had an idea.

"Let's call it Monster Hunter: Monster Girl Story."