I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Shortly after Yuhaka and Rorota escaped, a huge Brute Dragon monster arrived at the place; this monster was the Dragon Slayer.

With a low growl, Zhanlong slowly and heavily approached the spot where Yuhaka and Rorota had just been wearing their hats. It sniffed the air, then raised its head and sniffed the air to determine their location.

It was probably because the scent of Milia was mixed on Yuhaka that Zhanlong was able to smell it.

"Oh my gosh, I've finally found you..."

Just then, a female hunter wearing Kirin armor emerged from the bushes a dozen meters behind Zhanlong and said this to him. This female hunter was Maxie, who had just shaved and trimmed the nails of the Thunder Wolf Dragon.

Upon discovering Maxie, the dragon turned around and let out a low growl as it looked at the suddenly appearing Maxie. The huge, gleaming tail blade on its back emitted a metallic light that sent chills down one's spine, but it meant nothing to Maxie.

"Well... I hope this time you can pique my interest even a little bit~"

As he spoke, Maxi drew the Swift Dragon Twin Blades from his back and slowly walked toward the roaring Dragon Slayer.

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"President, is it really alright to send out a hunter named Maxie?"

Following his secretary Messiah's advice, the Hunter's Guild Master, holding his teacup, looked at Messiah with some confusion and said:

"What's wrong, Messia? If it were Maxie, she could easily defeat even a dragon-slaying beast."

Messiah frowned, looking at the Hunter's Guild Master with a troubled expression, and said:

"I have no doubt about that person's (Maxie's) strength, but there are just too many bad rumors about her, which makes me a little worried about Miss Milia's safety."

Hearing this, the Hunter Guild Master was a little embarrassed and stroked his white beard. Although some of the bad rumors about Maxie that Messia mentioned were exaggerated, they were quite true.

For example, lolicon and beastiality. Although the former is called lolicon, at most they hug and kiss, and naturally they do not do anything illegal. Moreover, Maishi herself is a girl and her relationship with other girls does not seem to have much of a relationship. The only troublesome thing is that the victim (loli) will be scared to tears.

The claim of animal fetishism is basically nonsense. Maxie simply likes furry things, especially cute little creatures like Elf and Merlin. At most, Maxie's excellent cat-petting skills can make these little guys fall into a state of irresistible desire, but for some reason, strange rumors have spread that she has animal fetishism.

Besides the rumors mentioned above, there are all sorts of other strange rumors, such as liking to dine and dash (thinking the food wasn't worth the price and deliberately eating and dashing), beating up instructors when they were young (thinking the instructors were incompetent and arrogant, so they taught them a lesson), being considered a delinquent student, liking to drink and fight, and many hunters being beaten up by Maxie and then sent to the hospital to lie in bed for a few days (hunters recover quickly).

Maxi is the kind of person who is quite self-centered and does whatever he wants. His hunting style is also free-spirited, ruthless, and he likes to play with his prey. This hunting style has aroused the resentment of many hunters. Some more aggressive hunters think that Maxi does not respect hunting, but Maxi obviously does not care.

This also meant that few hunters teamed up with Maxie for hunting.

"While that's how it is, in my personal opinion it's more accurate to say that no hunter could team up with Maxie, who is known as a genius."

After finishing his sentence, the Hunter's Guild Master took a sip of tea and then said:

"However, given Maxie's personality and hobbies, I don't need to worry. I once heard from an old friend that when Maxie was still an HR4 hunter, she was on a hunting mission when a village of Merlin was attacked by a Tigrex. It was Maxie, who was still an HR4 at the time, who defeated the Tigrex and saved the village of Merlin."

Secretary Messiah looked at the Hunter's Guild Master and said:

"Is it because of that mission that the president believed in Miss Maxie?"

"No, I only believe that Maxie's passion for little girls and furry things will do her a good job."

Upon hearing the Hunter Guild Master's words, Messiah nearly fell to the ground.

Chapter 68 [Answer: He said it's okay to go.]

In the ancient forest region, near where Yhaka's original lair once was.

"Roar----!"

With a roar, the dragon-slaying beast collapsed to the ground, struggling to its feet. Maxie, standing nearby with a bored expression, examined her Swift Dragon Twin Blades and said:

"Ugh...how boring..."

As soon as Maxie finished speaking, the sound of something falling from the sky came from above. After the object fell, a broken dragon tail blade was firmly stuck not far behind Maxie. The scorching heat emanating from it ignited the grass on the ground and also set the berries planted by Yuhaka on fire.

"Roar..."

After the fallen dragon got up, it glanced at Maxie and then fled in one direction. It was more of a strategic retreat than an escape. Although its tail blade was broken, it was only a small section. It will probably regroup and continue fighting Maxie.

After watching the Glavenus, its carapace covered in numerous slash marks, leave with heavy steps, Maxi examined the Nargacuga Twin Blades in her hands. She noticed wear on the blades and said, looking at them:

"Looks like I need to work things out. Oh well, I'll just go somewhere and get some sleep first."

With that, Maxie sheathed her Nargacuga Twin Blades and left. On the hot air balloon observation station above, the rescue Palico watched Maxie depart with a hint of confusion and said:

"Meow meow meow? Why isn't that hunter pressing his advantage?"

Regarding the question about rescuing the companion cat, the dragon-man elder wearing a safety helmet provided the answer:

"Don't pursue a desperate enemy. The more you push your prey to its death, the more terrifying it becomes. When the prey struggles for its life, it becomes a matter of life and death. Even G-level hunters understand this principle."

Hearing what their captain said, the rescue companion cat was a little confused and said:

"Meow?? Wouldn't it be a sure win if we just went all out while the prey was injured??"

After saying that, the rescue cat was slapped hard on the head by the dragon-man elder wearing a safety helmet, who said to the rescue cat:

"That's why you're a rescue Palico and not a hunter Palico!"

As he spoke, the elderly dragon-man wearing a safety helmet tossed his binoculars to the bewildered rescue cat companion, saying:

"Keep an eye on that fleeing dragon for me. I'll go write a report for the guild."

The rescue follower cat hurriedly caught the binoculars thrown to it by the dragon-man elder wearing a safety helmet and quickly kept an eye on the fleeing dragon outside. After all, the trees in the ancient forest were too dense, and they could easily lose sight of it if they weren't careful.

The old dragon-man wearing a helmet shook his head as he looked at the rescue follower cat and then began writing a report. Today was indeed a bit unusual. The habitat of the Thunder Wolf Dragon is usually deep in the ancient forest, near the valley. If it is just for hunting, the Thunder Wolf Dragon is too far away from its habitat. Moreover, there are not many of the Thunder Wolf Dragon's favorite prey, the Maru Bird, in this place.

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

On Yhaka's side, because he needed mushrooms for cooking, Yhaka returned to his original nest. Here, Yhaka had found a tree trunk with specialty mushrooms growing on it, and then brought it to this nest and put it aside.

After picking the local mushrooms, Yuhaka poked his head out of the cave with an "OwO?" look on his face, gazing curiously at the outside. The strong smell of blood and gunpowder permeating the air outside piqued Yuhaka's curiosity.

Then Yuhaka saw a scene of devastation. Besides some scorched ground, there were many footprints left by the dragon and marks left by its tail blade. In addition, Yuhaka also saw the ashes of the berries he had planted.

!! Σ( ° △ °|||)︴

Shocked, Yuhaka rushed to his berry bushes. Looking at the berry bushes burned to ashes, tears the size of soybeans began to well up in the corners of Yuhaka's eyes.

Seeing that Yuhaka was about to cry, Zelus quickly comforted her, saying:

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't cry, little guy! It's just a few berry bushes. I'll have Lorota post a quest for harvesting berry bush seedlings at the Hunter's Guild, and then we can get a whole bunch of berry bushes!"

Whether it was from Zelus's words or not, Yuhaka wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with both hands and then looked at the broken Glavenus tail blade stuck in the ground with a (。?`ω??) expression.

"Hmm."

Yuhaka stepped forward and sniffed the broken Glavenus tail blade. Soon after, Yuhaka lay down on the ground and sniffed the remaining scent. After collecting the scent information left by Glavenus, Yuhaka began its hunt.

Zelus did not stop Ehaka from chasing the dragon. Although Ehaka's actions seemed like suicide, Zelus thought it would be better to give Ehaka some training.

Of course, Zelus wasn't worried about dying at all; even if she did die, Yuhaka could be reborn and resurrected in his own lair.

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

Zhanlong opened its blood-red maw and bit down hard on the herbivorous dragon's corpse, tearing off a large piece of flesh and swallowing it whole. Zhanlong had just used up a lot of its strength in the battle with Maxie, and its injuries had also reduced its stamina considerably.

Although a lot of blood was lost, the wounds on Zhanlong's body healed almost completely in a short time. After all, the weapon that Maxie used could not have much effect on Zhanlong, but it was still okay to bleed Zhanlong a little.

Moreover, Maxie initially intended to slowly whittle down Death Slayer Dragon by bleeding it out.

However, this move actually benefited Yhaka.

"?"

The alert Zhanlong raised its large head, which resembled a bull dragon, and looked around. Zhanlong had just heard some strange sound, but it couldn't see or see anything, which made it very disappointed.

However, just as Zhanlong was about to eat again, a muffled sound suddenly came from the ground beneath his feet, followed by a large hole in the ground, and Zhanlong accidentally fell into the hole.

"Roar!?"

Zhanlong was somewhat bewildered as he fell into the large pit. Then, as Zhanlong tried to get out of the pit, a figure emerged from the ground behind him.

That was Yhwach, wielding the Endless Hammer Modified. Yhwach climbed up the back of the dragon to the back of its neck and raised the Endless Hammer Modified in his hand, ready to swing it down at the dragon.

Suddenly, Zelus, who was next to Yuhaka, said something:

He said we could go in!

Chapter 69 [The Tragic Death of the Dragon Slayer]

He said we could go in!

Hearing Zelus's words, Yuhaka looked at Zelus with a puzzled expression, but he quickly turned his gaze back to the dragon.

Perhaps because Yhaka was too light, the Dragon Slayer, who was trying to climb out of the pit, did not notice Yhaka behind him. Yhaka had already raised the Endless Hammer Modified and pulled the trigger, then smashed it down hard on the Dragon Slayer's neck.

Ding!

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"boom----!"

While Max was sleeping soundly in a tree some distance away, a sudden explosion startled him. Startled and still sleepy, Max scratched his head and looked in the direction from which the explosion came, saying:

"Ah... anyone using the Big Barrel Bomb?"

Max stood up from the branch, looked into the distance, scratched his slightly messy hair, and said:

"Speaking of which idiot used the giant explosive barrel in the ancient forest?!"

Maxwell's statement that idiots use barrel bombs isn't entirely unreasonable. Besides being extremely heavy, barrel bombs are also very dangerous; one wrong move and you could blow yourself up. They're not very useful.

For these reasons, almost no solo hunters use these things as traps. After all, such a large object is not very useful if it cannot be set in advance. Also, do you really think monsters won't see such a big thing on the road? (Some particularly reckless monsters (like Tigrex) might just run into it.)

Aside from being somewhat useful against super-large monsters like the Minecraft Dragon, bombs can be used to blast open a section of the Minecraft Dragon's armor.

However, Maxie once learned from some out-of-town (player) hunters about a way to use bombs: first, lure the target monster to the target location, then use a sleep bomb to put the target monster to sleep, then place the prepared bomb barrel next to the sleeping target monster and detonate it with a spread bomb and a armor-piercing bomb.

It has to be said that those hunters from out of town really have some tricks up their sleeves, but these tactics will probably be hated by those traditional old hunters, right?

"boom----!"

As a series of explosions rang out in the distance, Maxie raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled, and said:

"Isn't the frequency of these explosions a bit too high?"

The sound of explosions in the distance was very frequent. Even when Maxie had hunted Brachydios before, she had never heard such frequent explosions. Afterwards, Maxie jumped down from the tree and returned to the place where she had just fought Brachydios to search for Brachydios's footprints.

Maxie muttered to himself as he followed the dragon-slaying footprints:

"Well... let's forget about the explosion, it's none of my business anyway."

With that, Maxi followed the dragon-slaying trail and headed away into the distance.

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The scene returns to Ehaka and Seraph.