One man and one dog, wandering in the world of Monster Hunter

As for the other monster, the raccoon beast, it is a small omnivorous monster. Although it is classified as a tooth beast, it poses very little threat. Its round body is similar to that of a marunori.

When in danger, the special body fluids in the body will quickly evaporate into gas, causing the body to swell up. It has a self-protection method similar to that of pufferfish, but once the gas is ejected from the body, it will explode violently, causing the body to be blown away.

This flammable liquid sometimes fries them, allowing predators to skip the cooking process and eat cooked food directly, so it can be considered a funny monster.

It can be said that he is the guy who has lowered the status of the tooth beast species by his own efforts.

Of course, they are not useless. Some hunters like to use their explosive body fluids to make traps.

Use long-range weapons to kill the raccoons before they react, and you can collect a material called ignition liquid from their bodies.

Rather than ignition liquid, Link prefers to call this liquid mold liquid.

Flammable, volatile and explosive.

It's oil, for sure.

It is well known that oil is prone to mold growth.

Fortunately, this is a different world and there is no mold.

Let’s put aside the mold beast.

There is a water source outside the mountains, which is the only source of living water. If you follow the waterway all the way up, you will encounter many monsters living nearby.

From here on, it's no longer a place where you can just wander around.

If you are not careful, you might encounter a large monster, so Link also kept his guard up.

Sitting on Matsutake's back, he swayed upstream along the waist-deep water. The wet stream water wet Link's shoes.

Fortunately, the shoes were special waterproof equipment, and the straps tied around the thighs firmly secured the shoe openings, so the water did not enter the inside of the shoes.

Link looked up at both sides of the stream and slowly looked around.

As an outsider, this blue bear beast must have come here along the water flowing down from the stream.

A man and a dog walked slowly along the stream, carefully observing the surrounding environment.

The stream water is so clear that you can see the bottom, and from time to time you can see a few human-sized fish swimming leisurely in the water.

This is a small carnivorous fish with a ferocious temperament. It will attack any creature that trespasses into its territory without permission. For this reason, Link patted the Matsutake's neck to keep it away from biting the fish.

Of course, it’s not that Link can’t beat the biting fish. To deal with this kind of small fish, Link only needs to use his heavy crossbow to fire one shot, and today’s lunch will be done.

The reason he stayed away from Biting Fish was because there was a habitat of a group of sickle-tailed dragons nearby, and the sound of gunfire would attract these small hyena-like bird-dragon monsters.

In Link's previous promotion mission, the leader of this group of sickle-weasel dragons, the sickle-weasel king, was on the list, but the cautious Link still chose the blue bear beast as the mission target.

The reason is that it is easier to deal with the slow-moving Blue Bearmon when fighting alone than the agile and group-living Kamaitachi dragons.

There is a pool of water at a fork in the stream upstream, but the water there is dirty and stagnant, which is not suitable for the survival of living fish. Only the tenacious small shield crabs live there.

Therefore, the blue bear beast could only live nearby.

Link and Matsutake carefully walked along the stream, carefully searching for any signs that the Blue Bear Beast might have left.

Matsutake's nose kept moving, trying to find strange smells in the air.

As two people who often come to the abandoned shrine for a bite to eat, Matsutake can use his sensitive canine nose to sniff out strange smells in the air.

But soon, a human-like expression of disgust appeared on Matsutake's dog's face. He shook his head violently, then raised his head towards a certain place, signaling Link.

Link looked in the direction Matsutake pointed and found a pile of fresh farm manure.

In response, Link did not show the same disgusted expression as Matsutake, but instead looked happy.

For hunters, the prey's feces and footprints are the most important tracking clues, not to mention that he also brought a secret weapon this time.

Link rolled over and got off Matsutake's back, ignoring the dog who was retching alone, and quickly approached the pile of farm manure, then stopped two meters away from it.

Looking down at the pile of farm manure for a few seconds, Link analyzed the size of the feces, the undigested fish bones inside, the small amount of dead insects, and the footprints around it, and concluded that the feces belonged to the Blue Bear Beast.

The Blue Bear Beast is an omnivorous animal. In addition to eating fish, it sometimes swallows some insects that feed on honey, which is the origin of the dead insect remains.

Combined with the fan-like bear footprints surrounding the feces, Link further confirmed that this was a clue left by the target of the mission.

After finding the clue, Link took off the cylindrical object hanging around his waist and unscrewed the bottle cap. Soon, a group of small flying insects emitting faint green fluorescence emerged from it.

This is a specialty sent back by Link's cheap dad from the New World, a special insect called the Guide Insect.

They have the habit of flocking to a specific substance or smell and tracking the source of the smell.

In the New World, hunters there use this guide insect to track monsters living in the deep mountains and forests.

After discovering this insect, the Hunter's Guild sent transport ships to bring it back to the Old World for cultivation. It then spread among hunter groups and became one of their hunting tools.

At this point, the dye balls that were previously used to track monsters gradually withdrew from the hunter's hunting stage.

The guide insect, which was sensitive to pheromones, circled above the farm manure, quickly locked onto a direction, and flew away.

"Tsk, this is not going to work."

Link looked at the direction where the guide insect was gradually moving away and couldn't help but let out a light sigh.

He recognized at a glance that that direction was where the sickle-weasel dragon group lived.

"Forget it, let's follow and see, the sickle-weasel dragon is not the kind of guy who will let invaders wander around its territory at will."

Link crossed his arms over his chest, a sly smile on his face.

He knew that as long as there was a conflict between the sickle-weasel dragon group and the blue bear beast, it would definitely be a one-sided devastation.

Even though they are both two-star monsters, there are still differences between them. Monsters that hunt in groups are often much more difficult to deal with than those that act alone. What's more, how could a stupid Blue Bear Beast that only eats fish and honey be a match for the cunning Kamaitachi Dragon King?

At that time, he can take the opportunity to observe. Whether the Blue Bear Beast is defeated and retreats in disgrace, or dies on the spot, it will be a good thing for him.

Thinking of this, Link simply gave up his original plan to go to the fishing spot to fish, quickly came to the matsutake, stuffed the fishing rod and bait back into his backpack, and jumped onto its broad back.

"Matsutake, quickly catch up with the Guideworm! Let's go see if the Kamaitachi Dragon King will fight with the Blue Bear Beast!"

Upon hearing this, Matsutake let out a low roar, kicked his legs hard, and instantly turned into a golden shadow, rushing straight in the direction where the guide insect was flying.

Along the way, Link held on to the hair of the matsutake mushroom tightly while looking at the scenery on both sides excitedly, and soon entered a bamboo forest.

This bamboo forest is also one of the places he often visits. The reason is that there is a natural beehive near the sickle-weasel dragon group, and Link has taken a lot of honey from them.

I guess the Blue Bear Beast ran there because it smelled the sweet scent of honey.

Suddenly, the guide insect that had flown away before flew back, and the green light it had originally emitted turned into red, which represented danger.

Link knew that this was a signal that they had discovered danger, so he opened the insect cage hanging around his waist and let them go home.

In addition, Link noticed a huge figure wandering in the bamboo forest not far away.

He quickly lowered his body, slowed down Matsutake's pace, and approached carefully.

After a while, a huge blue-green bear came into view.