kvmb Chapter 244 Scarlet Tengumon
Chapter 244 Scarlet Tengumon
Baking the dried persimmons took Link a lot of time. He looked up at the sky and decided to hunt the Scarlet Tengumon tomorrow.
Tengumon and its subspecies are not nocturnal creatures. Except for some individual night owls, they are rarely seen active at night.
In order to have dinner, Link went out for a while, and when he came back he was holding a large piece of fresh wild boar meat.
He's having a barbecue tonight.
It has to be said that wild boars have a strong reproductive capacity. After Link was away for a few months, wild boars here were everywhere.
But now Link no longer cares about such weak monsters. At best, he would kill two of them occasionally to satisfy his hunger.
Make a fire, grill, eat, and sleep.
Late night
"Boom!"
The deafening thunder woke up Link who was sleeping in the tent. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and got up. Listening to the sound of big raindrops hitting the tent, he got out of bed and took a look. He found that it was a rare thunderstorm.
"What the hell, such bad luck."
Looking at the inky black sky and the occasional flash of lightning across the sky, Link muttered something, turned over in bed, and fell asleep again.
At dawn, Link, who had not slept well the whole night because of the thunder, got up and found that the rain had not stopped yet.
"This weather, tsk."
Link looked up at the sky and frowned.
Heavy rain has both advantages and disadvantages for hunting.
The good thing is that in this kind of weather, many of Scarlet Tengumon's fire-related attack methods will be weakened.
The downside is that on rainy days like this, the heavy rain will wash away the monsters' footprints and feces, making it quite difficult to find them.
"Want to go, meow?"
Chu Chu rubbed her cheeks, licked her fur, did a simple facial cleansing, raised her head from the cat bed and asked.
"... Let's go. This kind of thunderstorm is rare. Although it is a bit troublesome to find Scarlet Tengumon, it will be of great help in the battle. If we are lucky, we may be able to complete the hunt before the rain stops."
As he spoke, Link raised his right hand and pulled out the Emerald Water Dragon Curved Blade from his back.
The energy attached to these water-attributed dual swords is much more active on rainy days than usual. I believe they can exert greater power in battle and cause more damage to monsters.
Putting the knife back on his back, Link adjusted his armor and walked straight out of the tent without fear of the rain.
"Patta, patta." Raindrops fell on Link's body, flowing down along the gaps in his armor, bringing a cold feeling.
Fortunately, this kind of high-level equipment has been strictly waterproofed. Although it is a bit troublesome to wear, it is very waterproof. Even heavy rain cannot soak its lining.
Otherwise, fighting monsters in wet underwear would be a torture.
"Chu Chu, you should rest today. I will go alone."
Considering that this kind of weather is not friendly to cats, Link plans to give her a day off.
"Mmmmm, no need to meow."
As Chu Chu spoke, she stuck out her little butt and took out a waterproof raincoat specially made for Felynx from the camp tent and put it on.
The bright red skirt that showed out from under the straw raincoat gave Link a weird feeling.
"Okay, let's go."
Seeing that she insisted, Link didn't force her and walked ahead first.
As he walked, Link took out the guild's map. The map had been waterproofed, so there was no need to worry about it getting mushy.
When they were being chased by Tengumon yesterday, Link noticed that they passed by a pine forest while escaping.
Unlike Tengumon who likes to eat persimmons, Scarlet Tengumon is also an omnivorous monster, but its staple food is flammable and explosive pine cones. I believe its traces can be found in the pine forest.
Just be careful when you move, so as not to run into those bad-tempered Tengu beasts from yesterday.
Following the route on the map, Link soon arrived at his destination.
Almost everything in this world is extremely large, and pine trees are no exception.
There are pine trees as thick as a man can hug standing there, forming a forest that blocks out the sun and looks particularly spectacular.
The huge pine tree produces some unusual fruits, both large in size.
The hard shell and cracked scaly skin look like grenades.
"Tsk, I wonder if the burning pine cones will explode in this weather."
Link picked up a wet pine cone from the ground, took out a tinderbox from the package, found a place with less rain, and tried to light it.
Soon, the pine cones containing a large amount of oil were ignited by the flame, making a crisp "crackling" sound.
Link didn't dare keep this thing in his hand any longer and threw it far away.
If you ask what is the most abundant thing in the Monster Hunter world, it is definitely not the monsters running around everywhere.
Instead, flammable and explosive items can be found everywhere.
You can make extremely dangerous explosives by just picking up some usable materials from the roadside and combining them randomly.
The burning pine cone fell into the rain, but even the rain could not extinguish the flame. As time passed, the pine cone exploded with a "bang" in Link's subtle sight.
The exploded fruit shells flew everywhere, leaving small marks on the tree trunk.
It did explode, but it was not complete and the power of the explosion was much smaller than in normal weather.
It's almost the difference between a grenade and a firecracker.
Not much of a threat.
"Very good, Chuchu, let's look for it together and see if there is any clue about Scarlet Tengumon."
After giving the cute cat some instructions, Link and the cat went their separate ways in the forest to look for their target.
This time, what he was looking for was no longer feces and footprints, but the traces of predation and movement left by the Scarlet Tengu in the forest.
The pine cone forest is surrounded by dense tree canopies, and the rain obstructs the view, so the visibility is not good.
The air was filled with the scent of moist earth, and Link's feet felt the soft touch of the muddy ground.
It felt like stepping on cow dung in the countryside.
Link looked up, his eyes scanning the tree trunks.
Scarlet Tengumon has a long, thick tail that's like a third hand. It uses this tail to climb and jump on tree trunks as flexibly as a monkey, so it will definitely leave obvious traces behind.
Soon, Link found his target.
A piece of torn bark and a pine tree covered in claw marks.
Not only that, after careful searching, Link also found some feathers and broken scales left on the ground.
"found it!"
With a shout, Link called Chuchu, who was busy in the distance, to come over. He bent down and picked up the scarlet scales on the ground. After confirming that they were the materials dropped by the Scarlet Tengumon, he put them into the insect cage at his waist.
The guide insect that obtained the pheromone was released from the cage by Link, circled in the air for a while, and flew towards the southeast.
Link and Chuchu looked at each other, nodded, and started to chase after him.
Following the green fluorescence left by the guide insects, the man and the cat quickly found their target in the vast pine forest.
It was composed of several pine trees clustered together, as if they were having a party.
The thick trunks intertwined to form a natural shelter, and the lush branches and leaves blocked most of the rain.
Link looked up and found the nest built by the Scarlet Tengumon on the top of a tree about ten meters away.
The nest looked rather large, crudely constructed from branches and hay, with vines and moss entwined around it to give it an added layer of camouflage.
"I'll go check it out, meow."
Chu Chu shook her clothes to shake off the rainwater that had gathered on her raincoat, and climbed up from the other side of the tree trunk.
The cat's sharp claws hooked onto the bark and moved upwards flexibly. Because she was on the back of the pine tree, she was not afraid of being discovered by the Scarlet Tengumon.
Climbing all the way to the top of the tree, Chuchu carefully poked her head out to observe the situation in the nest.
In the huge nest, there was a crimson figure about ten meters long lying lazily inside.
The fur of Scarlet Tengumon appears even brighter and more eye-catching on rainy days, as if it were a burning flame.
There were many pine cones, fruit shells, and the skeletons of some small animals piled up on its side.
'Found it, it's sleeping.'
Chu Chu gestured to Link under the tree.
'Good job, come down first, I'll think about how to deal with it.'
After calling Chuchu down, Link and her moved away from the Scarlet Tengumon's lair and began to discuss how to deal with this sleeping guy.
"There are a lot of dry pine cones around it that are easily flammable. How about we use fire to attack it? I'll be in charge of lighting the fire."
Chuchu told Link what she had just discovered, took out a palm-sized bucket of explosives from her backpack, and suggested.