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

In the dim light of morning, when Link arrived at the entrance of the village, he found that there were quite a few people going together.

Mi Lu Mi Tang has two cats, the Long Ren sisters, and even three dogs.

Link is the only human.

Since they are going on a trip, Honey naturally doesn't need to look after the house anymore, so Link has to take her with him.

As for why there are three dogs.

In addition to Matsutake, Link's own dog, the other two are Huoya and Shuiyun, who were raised since they were young. On the way to Jieyun Village, over the mountains and across the rivers, they are naturally indispensable as mounts.

These two dogs are also twins. Unlike the golden matsutake, their bodies are white, and the hair on their foreheads forms a special cloud pattern, just like two snow leopards. Their names are Hanabi and Hinata.

"Little Link is finally here, so let's go."

Seeing that everyone was present, they did not delay any longer and climbed onto the dogs' backs.

Lian Mitang and Milu were held in the arms of Huoya and Shuiyun respectively.

This is a tough time for the cat Milu. Milu is nestling in Huoya's arms, feeling the softness of the beautiful girl's chest.

And she was held in her arms by a tin can, and the rock dragon breastplate made her feel very uncomfortable.

Link felt a little sorry for what he saw.

But there was no other way. Matsutake was carrying two large bags, and with Link's weight, it was already her limit. She could only be forced to ride on the same horse with Shuiyun.

"Okay, let's go!"

At Link's command, everyone began to move towards Jieyun Village.

Along the way, Shui Yun walked in the front, followed closely by Huo Ya and Link. If they encountered a monster, Shui Yun, wearing the Rock Dragon Heavy Armor, would be responsible for blocking the monster's attack, giving the two shooters, Huo Ya and Link, time to attack.

The rock dragon is a flying dragon monster covered with hard rock. Shui Yun, who can wear rock dragon armor, is also a high-level hunter.

The few of them passed through the Feiye Fortress and turned right at the three-way intersection in front of the fortress gate. This was the trade road to Jieyun Village, so the three of them naturally took this route.

Then they walked slowly on the winding trade road, the sunlight shining through the sparse treetops and onto their backs.

There were quite a few merchants coming and going on the road, and judging by their leisurely appearance, they obviously had not encountered any monsters.

This also made Link feel relieved.

In the morning, seeing Shuiyun and Huoya ready for battle, he thought they were going to encounter some terrifying high-star monster.

“This road is really busy.”

Link couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the merchants coming and going on the roadside.

"Yeah, it looks like there aren't any monsters around lately."

Huoya also nodded in agreement.

Shui Yun didn't say anything, but just walked silently in front, her eyes scanning the surroundings and the sky from time to time, alert to any possible situation.

As a hunter armed with a spear and a tower shield, her job is to guard and be vigilant, attract the opponent's attention as soon as she encounters a monster, and protect her teammates from being harmed.

On the trade route, the laughter and conversation of traveling merchants could be heard one after another.

They rode on herbivorous monsters that pulled carts, carrying all kinds of goods behind them, including food, cloth, herbs, and even precious minerals.

Their faces were filled with smiles of satisfaction and happiness, as if no difficulties in the world could stop them from moving forward.

Link looked at these merchants and fell into deep thought.

"Damn, I haven't eaten anything this morning, I'm a little hungry."

"Link, what are you thinking about?"

Flame Bud's voice interrupted Link's thoughts.

"Nothing, just wondering if I should eat something."

Link turned his head, looked into Huoya's curious eyes, and touched his belly.

"Ah, you haven't eaten yet, would you like two skewers of rabbit dumplings?"

Upon hearing this, Huoya immediately showed a look of concern and hurriedly rummaged through the bag hanging on Huahuo and took out a food box from it. The food box was made of exquisite bamboo and had beautiful landscape patterns painted on it.

When she opened it, she saw that the box contained her favorite rabbit dumplings. These dumplings were small and exquisite, sprinkled with fine sesame seeds on the surface, and exuded a faint fragrance.

"..."

Faced with Huoya's kindness, Link was embarrassed to refuse, so he could only take the food box and take out a string of glutinous rice dumplings that could easily cause constipation. The surface of the dumplings was coated with a thin layer of honey, which looked extremely tempting.

Link took a small bite and ate it slowly, chewing it thoroughly.

The glutinous rice dumplings melt in your mouth, and the sweet taste spreads instantly.

It's just a bit greasy. Compared to this sweet and greasy taste, Link prefers the oily smell.

After eating only two skewers, Link felt full and fed the remaining dumplings to Matsutake.

The dog had been fed with honey in the morning before Link got up. When he saw Link handing him the rabbit balls, he didn't refuse. He opened his mouth and swallowed all the balls without worrying about choking.

The three of them ate as they walked. The scenery on both sides of the trade road gradually became more beautiful. The bamboo forest on the road gradually disappeared, and was replaced by emerald green maple trees.

It is summer now and the maple leaves have not yet turned their beautiful red color.

In autumn, when the maple leaves turn red, lying in the hot springs of Jieyun Village and overlooking the gorgeous maple forest is something many hunters like to do.

But at that time, it was difficult to reserve a hot spring in Jieyun Village, so Link had to go as soon as possible.

"It's so quiet, and there are no monsters on the streets. Sister Shuiyun and Sister Huoya are overthinking. What should we eat for lunch today?"

"Be careful."

Just as Link was sighing at how quiet the road was and not even seeing the shadow of a monster, and began to think about what to eat for lunch, Shui Yun exclaimed.

Then, there was a whistling sound, and a round object fell from the sky.

"what is that?"

Link, who had just finished his peace declaration, didn't expect to be slapped in the face so quickly, and the muscles at the corners of his eyes twitched suddenly.

Looking at the thing that was as big as a maru bird egg, with a smooth surface and a strange red color, it was falling towards him like a meteorite.

At the critical moment, Link, with his excellent reaction, cleverly avoided the heavy object falling from a high altitude by riding on Matsutake.

Almost at the same time, there was a loud "bang" and the ball exploded violently after it landed on the ground.

The explosion was so powerful that it made Link's ears buzz.

A red flame instantly shot up into the sky, as if a ferocious beast opened its bloody mouth. Broken shrapnel flew everywhere, spreading in all directions like a rainstorm, and the shock wave attacked Link, who was closest to him, like a tide.

"What the hell? It explodes."

Link cursed inwardly. At this distance, it was too late for him to dodge. His heartbeat instantly accelerated.

With his weak defense, facing such a horrific attack, if he was lucky he would be seriously injured, but if he was unlucky he might even die.

Fortunately, he was not alone. At this critical moment, Shui Yun arrived in time.

She had already noticed something was wrong and rolled off Hinata's back. When Link was about to be seriously injured, she rushed in front of him with the tower shield in hand.