Monster Hunter in League of Legends

"Wait, is this still in China? Where have I been transported to this time?!"

Gazing at the lush jungle before him, and sniffing the air with a bewildered expression, the eight-meter-long Odogaron had a look of human-like confusion on its face.

Could it be that I've time-traveled again?

Tarlin, the Crippled Dragon, felt a pang of sympathy – he was truly at his wit's end.

If that's the case, this should be Tallinn's second time crossing over.

There's not much to say about his first life on Earth. He was playing Monster Hunter Wilds all night, tormented by the terrible optimization, when the game crashed again. Tarin was so angry he was at his wit's end. He was about to switch to Hextech Blitz to clear his head when he woke up in the Rotten Vale of the Monster Hunter universe. Through the system, he gained the ability to transform into Odogaron.

The system is called the "Hunting Evolution System." By constantly hunting, you can obtain a large number of evolution points, which can then be used to extract power and abilities from the Monster Hunter universe until you become the Lord of All Dragons.

After enduring countless hardships, Tallinn, with his extraordinary perseverance and willpower, his unparalleled wisdom, his indestructible will, and his insignificant cheat code, finally managed to escape from the Valley of Miasma.

There's no way around it. Having a system sounds awesome, and it seems like the difficulty of survival would drop dramatically once you have one, but the Valley of Miasma is such a terrible place that no human can survive there.

Located directly beneath the Coral Plateau, the Valley of Miasma boasts a year-round temperature of 22 degrees Celsius, which sounds wonderful. However, due to the Coral Plateau, there is almost no natural rainfall, only seepage from the rock strata.

The Valley of Miasma has three levels: upper, middle, and lower. Only the upper level can see faint, yellowish-brown sunlight through the miasma, while the middle and lower levels rely entirely on acid pools and the bioluminescence of plants and animals.

The humidity remains above 95% year-round, but all the moisture comes from the fermentation of corpses. This means they can transform into Odogaron dragons; a normal person living there would die within a week.

Although the newbie gift pack provides Tarlin with a complete Odogaron ecosystem, known as the Balrog of the Rotten Vale, this ecosystem begins from the juvenile stage, when the creatures are less than three meters long.

In addition, lacking sufficient combat experience, he was even treated like a son by the Great Paralysis Thief Dragon.

Fortunately, Tarin was able to switch between human and dragon forms, which allowed him to successfully leave that living hell when the Hunter's Guild began its research on the New World. He lived as a human in the Star Base for a considerable period of time and hunted a mid-life monster similar to the Great Jaggi Dragon on his own.

Having experienced hunting mid-level monsters alone, the guild commissioned Tarin to investigate the Rotten Vale—at that time, there was only the Second Fleet, and Azure Star Shadow was not yet present.

Shortly after Tarlin arrived at the Valley of Miasma, he also discovered the trail of the Great Paralysis Dragon.

Seeing the opportunity, Tarlin immediately transformed into a Crippled Dragon, ready to put on a good show of how fortunes change and how one should never underestimate a young dragon. Then, the sky darkened, and the ancient dragon known as the Ancestral Dragon arrived.

Without saying a word, Zu Long raised his hand and threw a solar eclipse black hole at him.

Fuck your mother, Mira.

It is a "legend among legends" in the Monster Hunter universe, appearing wherever a solar eclipse occurs, using crimson lightning to equally take the life of all things.

It is said to be the ancestor of all dragons, the progenitor of the White King, who appears during solar eclipses. Mira is an abbreviation of its scientific name, Miraruz.

What can Tarlin say about encountering such a monster before even leaving the starting village?

It's like you've just learned boxing for two days, and Tyson walks up to you, laughs, and says, "I'm the referee, and your opponent is Ultraman Taro!"

What a load of crap, you think you're so great?

When I opened my eyes again, the scene before me was this lush, primeval forest.

The environment has changed drastically since then, and Tallinn is no longer sure where he is.

Thinking this, Tarin quickly opened his system panel.

Name: Tallinn

Weapon: Odogaron Battle Axe. Rarity: LV5. Description: Bone swords crafted from Odogaron materials, these swords, thirsting for prey, gleam with a wild and bewitching light.

Armor: Odogaron Set. Rarity: LV6

Equipment effect:

【Odogaron's Secret 5】Enhances the stun effect of weapon draw attacks, slightly increases attack power, and after sharpening a weapon, it can maintain its sharpness for a certain period of time.

【Laceration Resistance 3】: Your wounds are less likely to tear and bleed.

【Insight 5】: Makes it easier to discover the enemy's weaknesses.

[High-speed use of whetstone 3]: Reduces sharpening time.

[Physical Skill 1]: Reduces the stamina required when performing actions that consume stamina, such as evasion.

[Sheathing Technique 1]: Increases the speed at which weapons are sheathed.

Decoration: [Early Recovery Bead 3]: Wounds heal at four times the speed.

[Stamina Bead 2]: Grants a moderate amount of extra health.

【Quick Eat Beads 3】: Significantly accelerates eating efficiency.

Master the following entry: [Odogaron Ecology]: This is the initial entry, allowing you to use Odogaron as an ecological template for combat and training.

[The Intimidation of the Great Jagras]: Increases its intimidation effect on secondary creatures.

Although I traveled through time, I didn't lose any equipment or attributes.

Thinking this, Tallinn breathed a sigh of relief.

As for why Tarlin, a hunter capable of soloing mid-level predators, possesses a set of armor made from materials from the Odogaron, a regional overlord, that many high-ranking hunters, and even master hunters, might not have…

Nonsense, Tarlin can transform into a grotesque dragon on his own. Of course, he would secretly transform when no one was around and then take the materials from his own body.

Unfortunately, although the materials were plentiful, the quality was substandard—an adult Odogaron is about thirteen meters long, and the eight-meter-long Tarlin is only in its juvenile stage.

At this age, the materials Tarlin could use to upgrade weapons to level 5 quality at most, while armor, thanks to the abundance of materials, could be upgraded to level 6 quality.

Thinking about this, Tarlin felt a little regretful—if he had known he would be thrown to another place, he would have crafted more equipment.

While at the guild stronghold, Tarlin had learned about things like how equipment should be processed, but to be honest, Tarlin himself had zero practical experience.

Just as Tarin was still thinking, he suddenly sensed something and quickly turned his scarlet vertical pupils toward the shadows on one side of the dense forest.

Although his physical strength in human form is also amazing, for Tarin, he still prefers the fully unleashed Odogaron form when it comes to real combat.

Putting aside everything else, the transformation alone, which multiplies the sense of taste and smell several times over, along with the enhanced vision and rod cells resulting from the human ecological correction, leading to a surge in dark vision and dynamic vision far exceeding the norm, allows Tarlin to detect enemy movements in advance in all sorts of dangerous environments.

Soon, Tarlin discovered what the creatures rushing towards him were—a pack of wolves, a pack of robust black wolves covered in dark gray fur, each as big as a calf.

The leader, a wolf significantly larger than the other black wolves, even had two heads.

Seeing this, Tallinn felt no fear, but rather a sudden hunger pang.

Odogaron is a monster born entirely for combat, and before the Iceborne DLC was released, it was the top Fanged Wyvern in Monster Hunter: World.

Not to mention the map kings of other regions, he even dares to rush up and stomp on the backs of ancient dragons that have become manifestations of natural disasters.

In order to operate this body, which is filled with biological hormones in its blood vessels, the daily consumption and metabolism of the Odogaron far exceed that of ordinary monsters. Apart from the breeding season during the mating season, it spends almost its entire life in a cycle of fighting, hunting, and resting.

Having maintained his transformed state since arriving at the Valley of Miasma, and now that he has arrived in this area, Tarin, in a state of tension, has not deactivated his transformed state. Instead, he uses the Odogaron's powerful physiological senses to constantly detect any movement in the surrounding environment.

Now, having discovered a pack of harmless wolves, Tarlin felt a sudden hunger pang in his stomach.

Without further ado, Tarin immediately swung his claws, his massive body unleashing astonishing destructive power, instantly transforming into a crimson afterimage that streaked through the air.

In the midst of their desperate escape, the lead black wolf, before it could even react, felt a sudden loss of balance and, accompanied by a mournful howl, had its neck snapped by Tarlin's bite.

The blood of one wolf is not enough to satisfy one's hunger.

Therefore, while tearing and biting, Tarlin's claws and tail were not idle either.

The Odogaron's unique folding, compound claws shot out, tearing open the bellies of the two giant wolves from the left and right, their foul-smelling organs spilling out and scattering across the ground. At the same time, Tarin twisted his body, his thick tail smashing several black wolves, along with a small tree as thick as a bowl, into pieces and killing them.

The surrounding wolves howled in terror upon discovering Tallinn's presence, but then they bypassed Tallinn and fled in panic.

Tallinn was also somewhat surprised by this.

The entry for "The Intimidation of the Great Ferocious Jackal Dragon".

Through the effects of this entry, the killings in Tarlin can greatly deter lower-level life forms whose life level is lower than Tarlin's.

But based on Tallinn's experience, this kind of intimidation usually makes other prey stand still in fear, afraid of being noticed by Tallinn. Unless Tallinn attacks them, they will hardly run away.

And now, he'd only hunted a few wolves, and the rest had already been scared away? It seemed they were being chased and hunted too…

While thinking this, Tallinn did not stop at all, but immediately lowered his head and chewed vigorously.

As the slightly sweet liquid entered his stomach, and as his hunger gradually subsided, Tallinn also felt a sense of comfort spreading through his body along with the food.

In human form, Tarin was not quite able to accept eating raw meat and drinking blood. However, as he transformed into a Odogaron, Tarin's senses changed accordingly, allowing him to taste flavors that humans could not.

At least, the stench of blood that is unbearable for humans is no longer an unbearable odor for the dragon-transformed Tallinn, but a unique delicacy—Tallinn stew is now cooked without blanching.

Not for anything else, but for that authentic smell of blood~

The harsh environment of the Miasma Valley makes fresh carcasses easy to attract the attention of other predators, which is why Odogaron eats and digests very quickly.

With the increased eating efficiency from the [Quick Eat Bead 3], Tarin could clearly feel his stamina recovering to about 70-80% in just a few minutes.

The number of decorative beads that can be set is limited; a maximum of five different sets of beads can be set. Changing each bead requires approximately one day of CD (cooling time).

Prior to this, Tarlin clearly preferred using survival-related beads rather than offensive ones.

Especially the Quick Eat Bead, this ability to eat and recover quickly, combined with the Odogaron's already formidable nutrient absorption, allows Tarin to engage in high-intensity continuous combat in any harsh environment.

Just after he had almost recovered his strength, a series of rustling sounds came from the bushes in the distance.

Yes, here comes the real entity that scared the wolves away.

In Tallinn's line of sight, a group of agile, large jungle leopards, numbering around a dozen, averaging four meters in length, with faces covered in rock-like armor, quickly attacked.

The lead jungle leopard was much larger than the others, with a body length of at least six meters including its tail. Long, bluish-green whiskers, several meters long, extended from the corners of its eyes. Similar whiskers were also imprinted on the monster's limbs in the form of patterns. At the same time, its limbs and jaw were decorated with metallic-looking rock armor.

Upon discovering Tallinn, the jungle leopards stopped about ten meters away, watching it intently and nervously, their eyes filled with vigilance and hostility.

Upon noticing that their prey was beneath Tarlin's claws, malice and hostility clearly surfaced in the eyes of these jungle leopards.

However, these felines clearly possessed considerable hunting intelligence. After discovering that Tallinn had preyed on their prey, they did not immediately launch an attack. Instead, they cautiously formed a semi-circle, creating an encirclement.

Especially the giant female leopard, which was six meters long, Tallinn could even sense a slight human-like tension and solemnity in its beastly eyes.

And that is indeed the case.

Nidalee clearly remembered all the threatening and troublesome wild beasts in the nearby woods.

Right now, this pack of wolves from the neighboring forest has entered their territory. Following the rules of this wilderness, she commands the pack to fight and clash with them, and uses her power to show which wolves are the true masters of this wilderness.

Victory was in sight, and we were about to feast... but now, this freak has appeared?

Gazing at Tarin's enormous, ferocious form, with its dark red muscles that seemed to have no skin, and the jagged, mottled barbs clinging to those muscles, although he sensed no elemental aura, he was only struck by its massive body and scimitar-like claws...

Nidalee could feel her heart pounding uncontrollably, and a chill, stemming from her animalistic instincts, ran down her spine and through her entire body.

Born entirely for battle, its dark red, hardened skin resembled dried scabs, gleaming with a cold, hard sheen in the dappled sunlight.

Its thick, long tail swung behind it, and a tree as thick as a bowl lay broken in the ground beside it. Its claws were natural weapons; just looking at them, one could feel the ferocity with which it could tear flesh apart.

But Nidalee knew she couldn't back down. Losing this forest would mean losing the resource her tribe depended on for survival.

Thinking it over, driven by her feline instincts, Nidalee let out a low growl—not to declare war, but to let the other side know that this was her forest.

"ha!!!"