I draw skills in Monster Hunter World

Chapter 90 Compromise
Li Ming backed away and distanced himself.

The Ice-Toothed Dragon turned around and faced off head-on.

Hu~hu!
Mist-white breath appeared in the mouth. After a short period of condensation, a spherical breath with a compressed cyclone on the surface flew out.

Li Ming realized that resisting the impact was not a problem, but it was hard to say whether he could withstand the freezing frost that followed, so he rolled sideways to avoid it.

Boom~hoo!
The spherical breath flew in a straight line for a distance and exploded.

The storm stirred up by the white mist, wind and frost spreads outward in a high-speed swirl.

As soon as he stood up, the pincer-like tail hammer struck from mid-air.

He had clearly successfully resisted the tail hammer just now and also fought back.
Li Ming was a little surprised by this.

Even individual monsters with little combat experience will generally not use it again in the short term after failing a move.

The individual Ice Tooth Dragon in front of me moves quickly, and its attacks are very coherent and highly directional.

You have so much combat experience, why would you make such a mistake?
Although Li Ming didn't understand the reason, he still pressed his feet down and held up his shield to defend.

Facing the vertical tail hammer, Li Ming resisted with a softened defensive frame and slid backwards to slow down the impact.

Bang!Bah~
The tail hammer smashed into the ice, drew an arc, and launched a sweep driven by the body.

Li Ming felt that if he could resist successfully this time, there would be another counterattack before.

But the moment he raised the shield, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

This time the tail sweep did not lock itself accurately with the tail hammer.

Moreover, the falling vertical smash was too deep into the ice, and the force was also slowed down by the friction of the horizontal stroke.

Is this a deliberate attempt to slow down the pace of the attack?Why?
Li Ming couldn't find a reason, but he had to block this tail sweep.

Otherwise, once the tail flick is successfully completed, the Ice Tooth Dragon's body will return to its normal position, facing itself.

when!
The impact was not too strong and the tail flick was successfully blocked by the shield.

Not only did Li Ming not retreat, his thick tail even swung back.

However, it was this seemingly unable to break through the defense, thus revealing his weakness, that made him suddenly realize the problem.

For monsters, the stronger the attack driven by the body, the easier it is to cause imbalance.

Li Ming's previous attack opportunity was created by stopping mid-flip.

On the other hand, intentionally reducing the strength of weak attacks is a reflection of focusing on maintaining body balance.

Li Ming immediately gave up the idea of ​​counterattack and continued to defend with his shield.

In an instant, the swing of its tail suddenly accelerated, and the Ice-toothed Dragon turned sharply back to its normal position, leaping towards Li Ming to pounce.

After completing the swing of his right front paw in mid-air, he launched a scratch attack.

Li Ming speculated that if he used a soft stance and moved back to ease the impact, the opponent would most likely pursue him.

He had no chance to breathe, so he hit the ground head-on with a tough stance.

Boom!
One man and one dragon collided forcefully across the shield.

"It must be intercepted!"

Li Ming roared, and the ice dented and shattered under his feet.

babble~
A wisp of blood squeezed out from the left nostril.

The rodent in the arm was injected with pressure, and its abdomen was almost bulging into a ball, as if it was in danger of bursting at any time.

On the Ice Tooth Dragon's side, its body froze strangely in mid-air.

As for the front paws that slapped against the shield, even though all the strength was gathered under the guidance of the body, it was still unable to move forward any further.

When the force of the impact was completely dissipated, the rage of the Ice-toothed Dragon, which fell to the ground with four claws, subsided. It was stunned for a moment, and then it remembered to lift its grasp and sweep forward to continue the attack.

But the angle and strength seemed very perfunctory.

Li Ming rolled back to avoid it, then stood up and continued to lift the shield.

But no matter how hard I gasped, I couldn't feel any air entering my lungs.

He immediately resorted to the old trick of clenching his fist and hammering his chest.

After a few punches, he vomited out a small amount of blood, and his breathing finally returned to normal.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
Above the frozen coast, three blue flares exploded in the night sky.

A four-star monster with full combat awareness is indeed powerful enough.

At present, even if I use rodents to inject calamity blood, I can barely survive two moves.

"Goodbye."

The shipment has been completed over there, and Li Ming felt that it was time for him to evacuate.

He wanted to run away quickly, but this would obviously stimulate the ice-toothed dragon and stimulate a stronger desire to attack.

So he slowly retreated in a shield-bearing posture.

What surprised Li Ming was that the Ice-toothed Dragon didn't reveal much, but just stared at him in confusion.

Li Ming didn't have the energy to analyze the reason, so he seized the opportunity, retreated to a relatively safe distance, and picked up the shield and ax.

Then replace the aquatic beast's mist ball [Diving] and [Underwater Sense].

Slowly approaching the circular ice hole that was dug into the ice before the battle.

At this time, the Ice Tooth Dragon raised its neck and suddenly made a move.

Li Ming immediately rehearsed the next action in his mind.

As soon as it swooped over, I sprinted towards the edge of the pit, jumped into the water, and kept diving. I didn't believe it could catch up.
However, things developed completely beyond Li Ming's expectation.

The Ice-Toothed Dragon did not get close to attack, but turned its body away, facing away from itself.

Is this a new move?Impossible, this distance.
puff~
A steaming pile of monster feces fell onto the ice.

Li Ming was stunned immediately.

The Ice Tooth Dragon turned around and moved backwards for a distance.

The upper body was propped up with both claws and the neck was raised vertically, which was obviously not an attacking posture.

What's the meaning?Call me a "dung monster"?

No, how could a monster show such expression?

Let me recall what the monster encyclopedia says, calmly defecating in person means.
Territory division based on smell!
Li Ming was shocked when he didn't understand.

After trying to understand it, I was even more shocked.

Does Ice Tooth Dragon really think of me as a monster?

First there was a turf war, then a tracking battle, and now I found it a bit difficult, so I just divided the turf.

Isn't this the way of negotiating between monsters?

The cold wind carrying snow and frost blew across the ice, and the scene was surprisingly quiet.

The heat emanating from the large pile of feces is fading rapidly.

The ice tooth dragon's front paws began to rub against the ice, and its patience seemed to be gradually losing.

Li Ming weighed it.

Smelling monster feces is extremely common when tracking and collecting traces.

For a hunter, it's not a bad experience at all.

Compared to escaping by diving in extremely cold waters, it is even less worth mentioning.

Now that he has a choice, Li Ming definitely wants to get out of this battle in an easier way.

He cautiously stepped forward and when he reached next to the big pile of feces, he lowered his head slightly and smelled it.

Well, it feels like its digestion may not be very good recently, and it may be a little bit hot.

Li Ming gave an analysis by the way.

The Ice-toothed Dragon in the distance let out a low roar, and immediately spun around and jumped into the air without any hesitation.

Li Ming felt that although there was no specific demarcation between the two parties.

But as long as you don't go too far, leave a lot of marks, and demarcate the hunting area to your side, the Ice-toothed Dragon won't care too much.

It's strange, even though the threat has been eliminated, why is it still a little worried? By the way, it probably doesn't know that its home has been stolen.

Thinking of this, Li Ming ran quickly towards the scheduled meeting point.

The transport ship has left the shore and the cats are in relative safety.The team members were different. With so many ruts, the Ice Tooth Dragon could easily identify them, so Li Ming decided to evacuate overnight.

Although the amount of raw meat obtained during this trip was not as much as expected, it was enough to deliver to the barbecue restaurant.

At dawn, the small team who packed up the camp and carried it on their backs sneaked to the shore, fired off signal flares, and waited for the transport ship to dock.

"Gu Hu, you must be careful of the Ice Tooth Dragon."

Li Ming reminded.

"During this period, it can only focus on hunting and storing food. As long as it's not a scary strange dragon, even if the Thunder Dragon or the Resentful Tiger Dragon comes to visit, I can deal with it."

Lone Hu said with great confidence.

"I can rest assured that."

"Actually, in addition to saying goodbye this time, I also want to ask the ruthless team for something else."

"Didn't you receive the elk skin?"

"I received it. The size is big enough to sew a tent again. What I want to ask for is."

Lone Hu said, turning his body sideways and looking at the cargo box behind him.

Several cat heads appeared sideways and looked around, and immediately retracted behind the box.

"Come out, don't you want to go to Nuanyangyang Camp?"

At Lone Fox's greeting, cats wearing tattered cotton clothes sprang out one by one.

Li Ming counted them and found that there were 15 in total.

"Are they all members who assisted in the transportation last night?"

"Yes, there are people from every tribe. I recruited them temporarily. When I saw that the team could defeat the Kappa Frogs and the pictures of the camp painted by the cats, I packed up and saluted, said goodbye to the tribe, and came to find the team. Reported."

Gu Hu introduced.

"Welcome to my team."

The cats looked at each other, feeling a little at a loss when facing Li Ming with his arms outstretched.

"Although these Elu are not all wild, most of them have only been in contact with the investigator camp. It will take some time to get along and adapt. However, they are very hardworking and have strong tolerance to the harsh natural environment."

"Thank you so much, Guhu."

"It's okay, as long as you can come hunting often, so that there can be more hunter teams, knowing the ecological richness of the Frozen Islands. By the way, how did you stop the Ice-toothed Dragon by yourself last night?"

Lone Fox asked out of curiosity.

"What it boils down to is, it's not in good shape."

"Seriously injured? I don't think so."

"It was not seriously injured. It was a very strong individual in combat, but it was restrained by the heavy pressure from the ecology and had to compromise in the end."

Li Ming sighed.

"In order to continue to survive, can't we do whatever we want?"

"That summary is spot on."

Li Ming agreed.

"It's a bit pitiful when you think about it. I still like monsters who are frank enough and brave enough to fight against everything."

"Is there any special reason?"

"Death fast."

Lone Hu's answer was extremely straightforward.

Not long after, the transport ship set sail.

Eight days later, the port of Yanhuo Village.

The corpse of the kappa frog is transported by the guild, so the team does not need to worry about it.

The remaining elk, Bobo fur, animal bones and a large amount of raw meat were loaded on four cat carts and transported to Feiye Fortress.

After receiving the raw meat, the owner of the barbecue restaurant paid the balance of 8000z according to the agreed price.

The compliant materials that have been carefully decomposed by Maomao are also shipped to the Chamber of Commerce for sale.

At present, few gatherers and hunters set foot in the extremely cold areas. The value of fur-based materials is relatively high, with a total of 4003z sold.

It would take time for the Kappa frog carcass to decompose, so the team decided to go back to the camp to have a look first.

At this time, the expansion of the residential area in Nuanyangyang Camp has been completed.

The resident cats did not forget about the ruthless team and built a two-story building for them in the core area.

In this way, you can stay in the camp relatively comfortably overnight without having to return to the fortress to rest or squeeze into the tent with the cats.

The cats are still downstairs, building a kennel for Tooth the toothhound, in recognition of each other's contribution to maintaining the safety of the camp.

As for the inconvenient Knife Spine, the cats built a wheelchair stroller.

Daoji was a little resistant at first, but when he sat on it and realized that he was being pushed around by cats, and the experience was really good, he reluctantly agreed.

Pleasant climate, independent tents, rows of dried fish, cat dojo, planting area, explosive workshop.
The wild cats in the Frozen Islands feel like they are in paradise.

"There are already 104 cats. What are the next development plans?"

Daoji asked on the balcony of the second-story building.

"Currently, there are no good projects to continue to expand. In fact, we just have no money, so we should focus on training and improving our lives first."

Li Ming frankly stated his idea.

After all, the water attribute shield ax has not been built yet, so the investment in the camp must be conservative.

"By the way, are there any monsters attacking the camp during this time?"

"A green bear came. The first time it came during the day, it was blown away by a stink bomb. The second time it came late at night, it pulled up the beehive and ran away. I felt that the loss was relatively small, so I didn't pursue it."

Daoji informed the situation.

"Forget it if you dare to steal my honey. The team still has to prepare for the four-star hunter assessment. In the next period of time, it is still up to you to lead the cats to protect the camp."

"Is the team going to East Doruma soon?"

Daoji asked in surprise.

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"There are rumors in the branch hall that Ge Mantis has been very restless recently."

Daoji was slightly worried.

"After it invaded the city, didn't it take the initiative to attack humans again?"

Li Ming recalled the content of the Dark Age and expressed curiosity.

According to the above records, Pavilion Mantis does not care about humans except for dismantling Dongdoruma.

This strange coexistence pattern formed by this disregard is very abnormal compared to other monsters that value their territory.

"It is true that the attack has not been launched, but its insect nest suddenly began to move into the city two years ago. Nearly a quarter of the city-state that was previously dismantled was backfilled and rebuilt. I heard that now it is starting to be vigorously built again. ”

Knife Spine gives an explanation.

"Since we have been coexisting with humans stably for so many years, there is no reason why problems would arise as soon as the team leaves."

Li Ming didn't care much.

Because of the relative stability of Pavilion Mantis, East Doruma is still the world capital of the monster hunting world.

Even the guild headquarters was not evacuated due to this.

That means that in terms of safety, there must be certain guarantees.

"hope so."

"By the way, I'm going to make a shield ax at the processor."

"It's a Kappa frog, right? It seems to be quite difficult to make."

Daoji speculated.

“Can you help with a discount?”

Li Ming asked tentatively.

(End of this chapter)