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

The stream is a beautiful hunting ground located in the embrace of towering mountains. It contains rivers, forests, and a large number of caves.

The name comes from a magnificent river that winds through the land like a silver ribbon, bringing vitality and vigor to every corner here.

On both sides of the river, lush trees are arranged in an orderly manner, forming a natural green barrier.

This is not only a paradise for hunters, but also a paradise for monsters.

And deep in this hunting ground, there are countless mysterious caves hidden.

These caves are either deep or shallow, spacious or narrow, and have become the nests of many monsters.

A few fallen maple leaves sway gently, their red and golden colors reflected in the water, like a flowing oil painting, reflecting each other in the sunlight, forming this magnificent hunting ground.

"This is the stream. I haven't been here for a long time."

Huoya rode on Hanabi's back, her long hair like a waterfall fluttering in the wind. Her eyes were as bright as stars as she looked out at the river below, where a group of maru birds were living carefreely.

The sunlight shines through the gaps in the maple leaves and falls on her face, creating mottled light and shadows.

Link came over from behind riding Matsutake. He patted Matsutake's neck and said to Huoya.

"Yeah, I haven't been here for a while. The scenery here is still as beautiful as before, but it is true that as the mission said, there are a lot more puppy dragons."

Link's gaze followed and went to the river below. His eyes were as sharp as an eagle, staring down.

In the reeds that the maru-birds could not see, some gray-purple figures had already been lurking in the shadows, quietly approaching them without any knowledge.

It was a small bipedal monster that looked like a velociraptor, with fan-like ears on its head. It was only about 1.5 meters long and about as tall as an adult's waist. It was much thinner than Maru Bird.

However, their number was much greater than the groups of Maru Birds. Link took a quick glance and saw no less than twenty of them.

The skin of the puppy dragon has a rough texture and is covered with tiny scales that have a certain degree of defensive power.

Their eyes flash green, revealing a kind of cunning and cruelty. Although their hind legs are short, they are extremely powerful and can move quickly through the reeds with almost no sound.

This group of cunning guys were distributed on all sides of the Marutori flock, blocking almost all possible escape routes.

"It seems that we are lucky. We just caught up with the time when the dog dragon was hunting."

Looking at the scene below, Huoya's eyes lit up.

"Ah."

Link knew why Huoya said that.

Dog dragons are social creatures. Under normal circumstances, the male dog dragon king leads the little dog dragons to carry out collective activities.

The slightly larger female dog dragons will protect the dragon eggs and cubs in the nest.

At this moment, they all moved out together, giving Link the opportunity to shoot from behind.

However, Link looked around but did not see the Dog Dragon King, which made him feel a little strange.

"Strange, why don't these little dragon dogs have a leader?"

Link frowned and whispered.

"It's a bit strange. The dog dragon is actually a very timid creature. It is not even as strong as Marutori. It only dares to attack other monsters when there is a big enough dog dragon king. But now..."

The person who spoke was Shui Yun, and her voice seemed a little distorted due to the obstruction of the helmet.

Coincidentally, as soon as Shui Yun finished speaking, the group of dog dragons below had already launched an attack.

The tiny gray-purple figures leaped out from the dense reeds, their eyes flashing with cunning light. When they were motionless, they were as silent as stones in a stream, but at the moment of attack, they seemed to transform into swift cheetahs.

Before the Marudowice could react, the puppy dragons' attack was as fierce as a rainstorm. Their sharp claws drew dangerous arcs in the air, and their sharp teeth were exposed in their open mouths, biting the Marudowice's soft necks.

The bitten Marunori did not die instantly, but struggled in panic and tried to escape. However, the other dog dragons would not let go of this delicious meat in their mouths. They pounced on it one by one and bit its legs, cutting off its chance of survival.

The other maru birds suffered almost the same fate. In Goulong's ambush, their throats were bitten one after another, and they could not even make a sound.

The battle lasted only a short period of time. Faced with Goulong's sudden attack and encirclement, the Marutori's resistance did not cause any waves and they died one after another.

"Sure enough, the Dog Dragon King never showed up from beginning to end."

Looking at the little dragon dog that had already started cleaning up the battlefield and dragging Marutiao's body away, Link frowned, somewhat puzzled.

"Come on, Sister Huoya, Sister Shuiyun, let's go and take a look."

Link gripped Matsutake's saddle tightly and patted its back gently. The well-trained hunting dog immediately understood his intention and chased in the direction the puppies left.

"Well, let's go too, Shuiyun."

Huoya touched Huahuo's head, and the clever hound understood what he meant and immediately moved its limbs and ran forward.

Huoya's pink skirt danced in the wind like a ball of jumping flame.

Shuiyun was riding Hinata, one step behind the other two. There was no other way. As a hunter carrying a spear, Hinata really couldn't run fast. Shuiyun smiled apologetically and said.

"Hinata, come on!"

Hinata hummed in response, trying to quicken her pace.

The traces of the dog dragon group were easy to find. They dragged the body of Marunori and left obvious traces along the way.

The bodies of the Marubirds were much larger than those of the Puppydragons, and it took the combined strength of several of them to drag the group of prey.

The Marutori feathers scattered on the ground during the dragging process were the best signposts, pointing the direction for the three people chasing behind.

A few people followed the traces through the dense reeds and along the mountain path, and came to an open area. Here was a shallow pool of water. At the end of the pool was a cave. The dark cave was like a huge mouth of the abyss, swallowing up all the light, looking gloomy and terrifying.

There are a lot of bones piled up at the edge of the cave entrance, which adds a touch of weirdness to the cave.

As hunters, Link and his two companions would naturally not be scared by such a large number of skeletons. In the nests of some large flying dragons, skeletons could even be piled up into mountains. The skeletons left over by these dog dragons were nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

The three of them felt nothing in their hearts.

Link rode on Matsutake and searched among the piles of bones. Some of these pale bones had been weathered, but some were extremely fresh and gave off a fishy smell.

Finally Link found two hard bones.

"Strange, when would a creature like a dog dragon clean its nest?"

Link was playing with two pieces of white hard bones in his hands. There were several huge bite marks on them, which were obviously left by the teeth of the Dog Dragon King. His brows were furrowed and a puzzled expression appeared on his face.

"Not only that, look at the arrangement of these bones. It seems that they were not piled up randomly, but were placed intentionally. This shows that the dog dragon deliberately cleaned up the nest before leaving."

Huoya also frowned slightly. She had more hunting experience than Link. With just one glance, she could tell that there was something wrong with the skeletons at the entrance of the cave.

"Yes, it's very neat. The piles of bones on both sides are exactly the same in height and size."

After being reminded, Link also discovered something was wrong.

The bones on both sides of the cave entrance were lined up neatly, as if someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder had deliberately arranged them like this. And for some reason, when Link looked at the way these bones were arranged, he always felt that they were text he had seen somewhere.

"Hiss, this must be an illusion. How can a dog dragon write? He is not a human being."

Shaking his head, Link threw the weird thoughts that arose in his mind out of his mind.