novelraw Chapter 16 Don't be afraid, I'm here!
Chapter 16 Don't be afraid, I'm here!
"That's right, the Poisonous Bird must hunt in this area!"
After studying the map hand-drawn by the old lynx chieftain for a long time, Hua Miao gave Chen Yan an affirmative answer.
Facing Chen Yan's suspicious gaze, Hua Miao smiled confidently, as if the wrong locations from the last, the time before last, and the time before that weren't what it said.
But this time, it seems to be right.
Chen Yan found fresh sap on a dead old tree. He scraped some off with his katana and could smell a very pungent spiciness.
Although both are poison-using creatures, the poison of the Pukei-Pukei is far inferior to that of the Chameleon. The venom of the Chameleon emits a refreshing floral fragrance that makes people want to keep smelling it, and before they know it, they have been poisoned.
The venom of the Poison Bird smells so unpleasant that anyone with a nose would definitely not want to smell it.
Following the faint footprints, we passed through a dense thicket of grass and gently peeled back a few large leaves. Sure enough, we saw a poisonous bird about 10 meters long, busy searching for food.
At first glance, this guy looks absolutely green.
It was covered in green carapace and scales, with green feathers growing on its neck and wings, and a few different colors on its cheeks and its long, tubular tail.
The former is bright red, while the latter is multicolored.
The cat lay prone beside Chen Yan, its eyes asking him whether he should go or not.
The task assigned by the Poisonous Bird did not appear in Chen Yan's mind.
It seems this is a poisonous bird with no desires or wants.
That makes sense, since in the map drawn by Lynx, the entrances and exits in this area are relatively narrow, and large monsters like Anjanath would generally not enter.
The dense canopy of trees stacked on top of each other also blocked the fire dragon's view in the sky, making this place a paradise for herbivorous poisonous birds.
After observing for a while, Chen Yan tentatively threw a flying walnut at the Poisonous Bird. With a crackling sound, it looked up, its huge golden eyes scanning back and forth with snake-like pupils, finally stopping at the bushes where Chen Yan and Flower Cat were hiding.
It let out a few low growls that were hard to understand, and walked over step by step.
It was only because the Poisonous Demon Bird's eyes, which could distinguish colors, saw a little black and white in that place. In its limited memory, this place was all green, and there were no black and white plants at all.
If it were available, it wouldn't mind trying something new.
The cat's paws had already touched the hilt of the knife, and as the poisonous bird drew closer, its body tensed up.
Just as the two could hear the poisonous bird's breathing, a sudden change occurred behind them.
A huge dragon head squeezed in, its bloodshot, bulging red eyes fixed on the poisonous bird.
The Poison Bird let out a sharp cry, opened its mouth and spat a large amount of venom into the face of the intruding Anjanath, then flapped its wings and turned to run away.
Chen Yan and Hua Miao kept their heads down, lowering their bodies as much as possible and breathing as lightly as possible.
Until two bubbles, one white and one blue, suddenly appeared in my mind.
The white one is—
[The Poisonous Bird issues a quest request: Help!]
[Anjanath is angry, it's so scary! Help me, help me, help me, help me...]
[Commission Fee: Toxin activation/Developed long tongue/Hollow tail sac]
And the blue one is—
[Anjanath issues a quest: "Avenge is a must!"]
[Yesterday's humiliation will be avenged today! I was almost killed by those two powerful insects yesterday. If it weren't for a pair of fire dragons fighting and spewing fire and poison, I definitely wouldn't be seeing the sun today! Roar! My revenge begins with crushing those two obviously weak insects!]
[Commission Fees: Hair Removal Follicles/Heat Dissipation Film/Flame Resistance/Fire Breath]
"run!"
Upon reading the contents of the request, Chen Yan instantly understood that the Anjanath, currently in a state of rage, was not there to cause trouble for the Poison Bird, but rather specifically to find the two of them.
Before the Anjanath could make a move or open its mouth, he grabbed the fur of the clown cat, which he thought hadn't been discovered, and threw it with all his might at the fleeing Poison Bird.
Flower Cat instinctively clung to the Poison Bird. As soon as it turned its head, it saw the Anjanath with its back membrane open, its mouth filled with fire, and its huge jaws, like a shovel, biting hard at Chen Yan, who was still in a throwing posture.
"Chen Yan!"
The meow of the flower cat was swallowed up by the sound of the Anjanath's massive jaws closing, which seemed to explode like a thunderclap in the jungle.
Without hesitation, Hua Miao jumped off the dragon carriage, drew her sword, and was about to run towards Chen Yan, whose fate was unknown, but before her body even hit the ground, she was caught in a soft, fragrant embrace.
"Chen Yan's Palico, right? I'm Aibo. We've met before, on the third floor with the head chef!"
Seeing the cat meowing frantically and struggling desperately to run towards Chen Yan, Aibo quickly reached out to pet it and soothe it.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Chen Yan will be alright, because he's here."
Before Aibo could finish speaking, the massive, tightly closed mouth of the Anjanath, which was about 18 meters long and covered in muscular muscles, was slowly forced open.
From its bloodshot eyes, its trembling, massive head, its short, thick neck with bulging veins, its robust body pressing down with all its might, and its thick claws gripping the ground, it's clear that it didn't open its mouth willingly.
"Chen Yan, hello, I am Azure Star, Aibo's partner. Nice to meet you."
As Chen Yan watched Azure Star slowly pry open the massive jaws of the Anjanath with his arms, he smiled and greeted him with a gentle tone and relaxed expression, as if he were opening not the fiery, fang-filled mouth of the Anjanath, but a large beach umbrella.
A blush rose on Chen Yan's pale face, and he forced a smile.
"Nice to meet you, please take care of me."
The Palico, holding the Azure Star Katana in one paw, tugged at Chen Yan's trouser leg.
"Meow~ Me too, me too! Hello Chen Yan, I'm an Elf from Azure Star. I heard from Flower Meow that you met the Forest Insect Cage Tribe and even made friends with them..."
The Azure Star's Elf cat's tail quietly hooked around Chen Yan's leg, climbed onto his shoulder, and spoke in a voice that sounded like "I'm trying so hard to whisper, but everyone can hear me."
"Please take me to your home sometime, I beg you!"
"Okay, okay."
Just as Azure Star shook his head and sighed, about to say something, he suddenly looked up in the direction of the Poisonous Bird, a solemn look in his eyes.
He glanced at Chen Yan, then at the Poisonous Bird, and a knowing look appeared in his eyes.
"Chen Yan, you and your friend go back to the base. Leave this to us."
"That's right, meow! It was just a mere Anjanath. If those two Rathalos hadn't interfered, we would have taken it down long ago, meow!"
Chen Yan lowered his head and stepped out of the giant jaws of the Anjanath. He had only taken two steps when a black and white cannonball hit him in the chest, narrowly escaping a gash.
"Chen Yan, you bastard! Let me tell you, this isn't over!"
With tears in her eyes, Hua Miao was furious and repeatedly punched Chen Yan with her cat-like fists. Chen Yan could only smile bitterly and apologize repeatedly. Aibo, who witnessed everything, also greeted him.
With a sharp sound of a blade being drawn from its sheath, a scream from the Anjanath echoed through the sky.