I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Chapter 08 [Tearing Apart the Female Rathalos]

"Roar roar roar roar—!"

The female Rathalos was furious when she saw that her prey, which she had just captured, had disappeared.

As for the culprit... Zelus was speechless when she saw Yuhaka burp while rubbing his little belly. Zelus originally thought that Yuhaka had prepared so much food because he wanted to settle scores with the female Rathalos, but who would have thought that this little guy went to find the female Rathalos to steal food!

Zelus sighed as she looked at Yuhaka's slightly heaving belly. Even the [Devour] skill isn't for you to use to steal food.

[Devour] is a skill that allows the user to devour the corpse of a dead target in one go. In addition to obtaining biological essence and biomass, this skill can also restore a certain amount of health and provide a buff effect.

Of course, this skill also has a cooldown period, which is calculated based on the size of the corpse.

Rokubei stared wide-eyed at Yuhaka's little belly with an incredulous expression. She had just arrived here with Rorota when she saw Yuhaka swallow a herbivorous dragon's corpse whole.

"Youyou, how did you do that, meow?!"

Looking completely bewildered, Rokubei touched Yuhaka's little belly and asked this question. Yuhaka was puzzled by Rokubei's question and didn't know how to answer it, so she could only let Rokubei touch her little belly.

Lorota, standing to the side, also wore an expression of disbelief. She had just witnessed Yuhaka swallow a herbivorous dragon several times her size whole.

However, this adds another layer of mystery to Rorota's understanding of Yhaka.

Just after Yuhaka stole the female Rathalos's prey, the female Rathalos looked around but couldn't find who had stolen her prey. Frustrated, the female Rathalos had no choice but to take off again to find new prey to eat.

After seeing the female Rathian take off, Eohaka followed. Rokubei and Rorota, seeing Eohaka's actions, also followed beside her. Rorota looked at Eohaka with some confusion and said:

"Youyou, why are you trying to steal the female Rathalos's food, meow?"

Upon hearing Rorota's question, Yuhaka, without shifting his gaze from the direction where he was intently staring at the female Rathian, addressed Rorota:

"That big green bird, so naughty! It stole Youyou's food and even kicked her! How wicked!"

Yuhaka showed his sharp little fangs and said a little angrily:

"Provocation! Unforgivable! Koro!"

Rokubei looked at Yuhaka with a curious expression and asked:

"Food? What kind of food, meow?"

"=w= Hmm... Mao Mao is very pretty, she has a big bird with a big beak."

After hearing what Yuhaka said, Rorota and Rokubei looked surprised. They hadn't expected that the Rathian who stole Yuhaka's food and the one who occupied their home were the same person.

Rokubei looked at Yuhaka with an excited expression and said:

"Then Yuyu, come with us to deal with that stinky fire dragon, meow! That stinky fire dragon has taken over our Merlin cat's home, I'll feel uncomfortable if I don't give it a good beating, meow!"

"Rokubei-chan?!"

Lorota, who was standing to the side looking shocked, did not expect Rokubei to expose the matter of their home so quickly. Originally, Lorota was going to help Yuhaka take down that annoying female Rathalos.

Then she could safely lead Rokubei back to the village chief and the others to return to their home, without worrying that Yuhaka might suddenly have designs on their home.

Rokubei looked at Rorota, who had a shocked expression, and gave him a thumbs up, saying:

"No problem, meow! Lorota, with our strength plus Youyou's strength, dealing with a stinky fire dragon is no problem at all, meow!"

Rorota, with a bitter smile on her face and tears welling up inside, looked at Rokubei and said:

"That's not what I meant, meow... (whispering)"

Upon hearing Rokubei's words, Yuhaka nodded happily and said to Rokubei:

"Thank you! Youyou is so happy!"

Rokubei beckoned to Yuyu and said:

"Hey, meow, Youyou, come here meow! I have a great idea meow!"

"OwO?"

Yuu found Rokubei's actions strange, but she still leaned in to listen to his whispers. The cat and dragon were quietly discussing their plan to deal with the female Rathian, while Rorota looked at Rokubei and Yuu with a tearful expression and said:

"Don't leave me, a cat all alone, where are you going to talk to me... (crying cat emoji)"

.......................

The female Rathalos felt very tired these past few days. A few days ago, two annoying Merlins had splashed her with Peachfur feces, making her lose her appetite. It also took her quite a long time to wash off the stench.

Besides the above, the female Rathalos was also surprised to find that there was a Nargacuga hunting in her territory. She was so angry that she chased the Nargacuga for a while until it disappeared from her sight.

And then there was the matter of her prey suddenly disappearing today. The female Rathalos never expected that after she had driven away those dog-dragons, her prey would be stolen by some unknown thing. Just thinking about it made the female Rathalos angry.

Despite her anger, she still had to live her life. The female Rathalos flew off to other places to find prey. After finding her prey, she didn't eat it on the spot but instead took it back to her nest to eat it.

The fact that her food was stolen last time made the Rathian wary, so this time she didn't plan to eat in the same place. She was afraid that a monster with a ferocious carapace and a huge tail blade might rush out of the forest and strike her with its tail.

Soon, the female Rathalos flew back to the entrance of the cave above her nest. After throwing the carcass of her prey down into the cave, she followed it down.

However, as soon as the female Rathian landed, she felt as if she had stepped on something. Before she could even check what it was, an electric shock came from her feet, and instantly her body began to convulse uncontrollably.

"Now, meow!"

Along with the sound coming from the dark cave, a whooshing sound suddenly came from the shadows, accompanied by the sound of wing membranes being torn apart. A huge shuriken made from the wing blades of a velociraptor slashed through the wing of a female Rathian and then embedded itself in a cave wall.

"Wings, destroy."

In the darkness, Yuhaka, his eyes glowing orange, maintained the pose of throwing the Nargacuga Wing Blade Shuriken and said coolly, while Rokubei, on the other side, watched Yuhaka with sparkling eyes and said excitedly:

"Youyou is so cool, meow!"

Rorota, standing to the side, looked at Rokubei with a face that seemed about to cry and said:

"Rokubei-chan, stop looking, meow! Come help me! I can't pull this rope by myself, meow!"

"Meow!"

Upon hearing Rorota's words, Rokubei quickly came to Rorota's side and together they grabbed a rope and pulled it down with all their might. Then, a thick log came from one side and charged towards the Rathian with the force of a battering ram.

Boom!

With a dull thud, the female Rathian was instantly knocked to the ground and struggled to her feet.

"Ouch!"

Eohaka, now in its third form as the Essence Raider, lunged towards Rathian. Rathian reacted swiftly, unleashing a fireball at Eohaka.

With a loud bang, Eohaka was knocked down from the sky by the Rathian's fireball. However, Eohaka was not seriously injured because he had soaked his body with water during the preparation, so the Rathian's fireball did not have much effect on him.

The female Rathian stood up, shaking her head. The previous attack had affected her somewhat, and stepping on the electric paralysis trap had also left her a little weak.

Yuhaka easily stood up, his two pairs of bright orange eyes fixed on the Rathian's figure. The Rathian, on the other hand, was glaring angrily at Yuhaka. Having been interrupted from eating several times, the Rathian was now at 100% anger level.

“Ho ho ho—!!”

The female Rathian roared angrily at Eohaka, its mouth smoldering with scorching flames. Eohaka roared back without hesitation, and its roar was louder than the female Rathian's.

Ehka's current third form is already about the size of Rathian.

It's a fair comparison, considering that Yuhaka ate quite a lot before.

Soon, the female Rathian launched the first attack, spewing a fireball at Eohaka. Before the female Rathian could breathe fire, Eohaka jumped off the cave wall a short distance away and used his leg strength to leap towards the female Rathian.

"Bad bird!"

Eohaka leaped from the air to Rathian's side and delivered a powerful kick, but Rathian's years of training had honed its leg strength, preventing it from being instantly knocked down by Eohaka's kick. Rathian reacted quickly, whipping its tail at Eohaka and striking him squarely in the right arm.

Fortunately, the female Rathian's tail had highly venomous spines that didn't hit Yhwach. Because the tail wasn't strong enough, it didn't do any damage to Yhwach. This allowed Yhwach to seize the opportunity and grab the female Rathian's tail. Then, Yhwach revealed his sharp claws and slashed at the female Rathian's tail from bottom to top.

Pfft!

Because the strike landed precisely at the junction of the carapace and bones, Yhaka was able to easily sever the Rathian's tail.

"Ow hoo hoo!"

The Rathian, whose tail had been severed, let out a scream, fell to the ground, rolled over, and then stood up. The burning pain from the cut on its tail and the burning pain on its wings made the Rathian feel timid. Losing one of its attack methods and one of its flight methods made the Rathian want to leave and escape from Eohaka's side.

Unfortunately, apart from the passage that Merlin, who is about the same size as the cat, can enter, there is only the cave entrance on the top of the cave and the cave exit located below the waterfall.

However, all of these exits require flight to safely exit. Now, Rathian's wing has been cut open by Eohaka's Nargacuga Wing Blade Shuriken, so it can't fly. Although the cave under the waterfall is an exit, its height and location, several stories high, mean that Rathian, unable to fly, will only fall to its death. Of course, if Rathian is lucky, it might break some other things, but by then it will be close to death.

"Yoyo! That stinky fire dragon is about to die, meow!"

Upon hearing the Melcat's voice, the female Rathian turned around and saw the Melcat that had thrown a pile of Peachflin droppings there, jumping around. This infuriated the female Rathian, who then unleashed a large fireball towards Rokubei and Rorota.

When Rorota and Rokubei saw the female Rathalos spewing fireballs at them, they panicked. However, a pink tongue pulled the two cats away, saving them from becoming roasted cats.

"Youyou meow?!" "Youyou-chan!?"

Rokubei and Rorota looked up at Yuhaka, who was rolling them around with his tongue. Yuhaka put Rokubei and Rorota on his back and said to them:

"Bad bird, it's dangerous, watch out!"

Rokubei and Rorota nodded quickly to show they understood. Rokubei was trying to encourage Yuhaka by saying:

"You'd better be careful too, meow!"

"Um"

After Yhaka nodded to indicate that he understood, he stared at the female Rathalos that was scratching the ground with its claws not far away. Because of the two Merlins, the female Rathalos regarded the Merlins as Yhaka's subordinates. Over the past few days, the female Rathalos had been harassed by the Merlins quite a bit. Although it didn't hurt or itch, it was very annoying when there were too many of them.

In particular, the incident with the peach-fur beast's feces had completely ignited the female Rathian's fiery temper. Now, the previously timid female Rathian has regained her composure, but this does not reduce the pressure that Eohaka is putting on her.

The inability to fly with its wings has rendered the Rathian immobile and deprived it of some aerial attacks. The loss of its tail has reduced the range of its tail-whipping attacks and also deprived it of its tail-based poison attacks.

However, the female Rathalos still had a way to attack. Just as she took a deep breath and prepared to unleash a burst of fireballs at Ehaka and the others, Rokubei, who was on Ehaka's back, stood up and said to Ehaka:

"Youyou! Close your eyes, meow!"

Upon hearing Rokubei's words, Yuhaka immediately closed his eyes. Then, Rokubei took out a flashbang from his acorn backpack and threw it towards the Rathian.

"Roar!?"

With a bright flash and a "biu" sound, the female Rathian was immediately blinded, letting out a scream, and her breathing was interrupted.

"Youyou! Meow now!"

Upon hearing Rokubei's words, Yuhaka opened his eyes and charged towards Rathian. He grabbed Rathian by the neck and then used an over-the-shoulder throw to slam her to the ground. Yuhaka then stomped hard on Rathian's chin and grabbed one of her legs to hold her in place, preventing her from struggling to stand up.

Ehka brandished its scythe-like claws and grabbed at the Rathian's soft belly. Instantly, Ehka's claws pierced into the Rathian's abdomen, and then Ehka pulled hard, tearing open the Rathian's belly and spilling out its internal organs.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa——!"

After Yuhaka pulled out the Rathian's heart, he stepped on the motionless Rathian and let out a victor's roar!

Chapter 09 [The Merlin Clan Acquired]