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

Chapter 228 Celebration Banquet

"cheers!"

"Yahoo! Congratulations to Brother Link for becoming a four-star hunter."

At night, in Berna Village, at Leila's home, a group of people are celebrating for Link.

Link's successful promotion naturally required a celebration party, but he didn't know many people in Bernardo Village.

In order to make the party more lively, they simply held the celebration at Leila's house.

The main dish on the banquet menu is undoubtedly the heavy beetle.

To be honest, Link didn't know how to deal with this thing at first. After all, he had never eaten a bug as big as a tank.

But then I changed my mind and decided that since this thing is so big, I might as well just eat it as a crab.

The most delicious parts of the crab are naturally the crab roe and the big claws.

There was naturally no crab roe or heavy beetles, and it was not in its egg-laying period, so there were no seeds in its belly, which discouraged Link from making a mother-and-son bowl.

So he chopped off the four thighs of the heavy beetle.

Needless to say, these four legs are highly developed to support the queen's huge body.

Although these four legs are mostly made up of exoskeleton, there is still a lot of meat inside.

Although insects seem to have no meat, even mosquitoes have meat in their legs, it's just that they are too small to be seen with the naked eye.

As for how this thing works...

Braised, spicy, boiled, steamed, four legs, each with a different cooking method, the main focus is on variety.

Link dipped the torn steamed insect leg meat into the soy sauce and put it into his mouth, feeling the pleasure of the muscle fibers colliding with his teeth, and sighed with satisfaction.

The purpose of eating crabs is to fill your mouth. Why do modern people like to eat crabs with big claws? It is because there is the most meat there and it tastes the most refreshing.

Take a bite and your mouth will be full of crab meat. It’s so delicious.

Dip it in soy sauce and add some chili and it’s a perfect match.

If you like the flavor, you can also add mustard.

While chewing the insect meat in his mouth, Link looked across the table at the blonde girl who was holding a cup and sipping milk tea, and fell into deep thought.

Alice, the dragon cat girl, was a guest at the Leila family's celebration party when Link came.

With the idea that more people would make the party more lively, Link invited her to join the party tonight.

It’s just a matter of having one more pair of chopsticks.

As for why he was in deep thought, it was because he was thinking about how old this loli who looked only in her teens was this year.

Because Leila's parents call this girl grandma...

Her daughter and son called her sister, and her parents called her grandma. The confusion of generations shocked Link for a while.

Leila's parents are in their forties, and their grandmother's age should be at least forty years old, which makes eighty, or one hundred if rounded up.

A hundred-year-old grandmother looks only about ten years old, a full ten times difference. Probably such a person can only be seen in another world.

"!"

The cat ears on Alice's head moved. Link didn't know how this decorative headdress moved, but it moved, and it looked real.

"What are you looking at me doing?"

Noticing Link's somewhat unnatural look, the girl still felt unhappy, even though she didn't know what he was thinking.

That's female intuition.

"Nothing, I just think Miss Alice is cute."

Link laughed it off to hide his true thoughts.

After all, age is the most important secret of women, and asking rashly may easily make people unhappy.

After answering Alice's question, Link turned to look at the family of four on the other side.

Leila's father was picking up some food for her mother, and Leila's mother was putting the food into the bowls of her two children. Leila, as the older sister, was picking up some vegetables from her bowl and giving them to her younger brother, who was then taking the vegetables out of his bowl and putting them on the table.

The brother and sister are both picky eaters.

Just eat meat, no vegetables.

'I don't know when someone picked up food for me.'

Looking at the loving relationship between Leila's parents, Link thought of his own parents who lived far away from home. He felt like a left-behind child. His parents worked away from home all year round, leaving him alone at home to be raised by his grandparents.

As for the characters who play the role of grandparents...

Of course, it’s the two sisters Huoya and Shuiyun.

The gentle Huoya is like grandma, and the strict Shuiyun is like grandpa.

'It's bad. I suddenly feel a little homesick.'

Link rubbed his brows. He had only been away for a few months, but he already wanted to go back to Yanhuo Village.

"Well, if you want to go back, then go back. Anyway, you are strong enough to go to the abandoned shrine and the deep stream to have a look."

A four-star hunter is the pinnacle of lower-level hunters. One step further and you’ll be a higher-level hunter, which is the beginning of a hunter’s career.

Powerful flying dragons, dangerous beast dragons, mysterious sea dragons.

Only those who have reached the level of upper hunters are qualified to hunt these monsters.

"Come to think of it, the materials of the heavy beetle can also be used to create new weapons. What kind of weapon should I make?"

Even while eating, Link was still thinking about hunting, and soon he set a goal.

Sledgehammer. The heavy and hard shell of the heavy beetle is the most suitable material for making a sledgehammer.

One hammer will knock you out, two hammers will knock you down, and three hammers will shake your brains evenly.

'The violent aesthetics of a sledgehammer.'

Nodding, Link reviewed the usage of the sledgehammer in his mind, and made up his mind that when he returned to Yanhuo Village, he would find someone to make a sledgehammer that suits him.

As for why you did it when you returned...

They are from the same village, so there are no middlemen to make a profit from the price difference, so the products they make are cheap and affordable.

"What are you thinking about?"

Phyllis sat next to Link and saw that he didn't speak for a long time. She poked his elbow with her finger and asked softly.

"Nothing, I just want to go back to Yanhuo Village. I haven't been back for a long time and I miss it."

In response to Phyllis's inquiry, Link did not hide anything and told her about his plan to go home.

"Ha, indeed, you will get homesick if you're away for too long."

Phyllis, who had been resting at home for a while, nodded and somewhat understood Link.

It is common for travelers to miss their hometown. After wandering for a long time, you will find that when you go home, you will find that

Alas, it’s still better outside, without parents to control you and relatives to urge you to get married.

"Well, since I have to go home, I probably won't see you for a long time. I'm also going to go out. Come, let's have a drink together today. I hope we'll see each other in the future."

He raised the milk wine in his hand and clinked glasses with Link.

This fermented milk wine is also a specialty of Berna Village. Each household only brews some for their own drinking and does not sell it to outsiders. You only have the opportunity to drink a couple of glasses when you visit their homes.

"Okay, fuck. I hope that next time we meet, Phyllis, you can become a top hunter."

Link raised the glass and drank the wine in it.

Milk wine is different from ordinary wine. It tastes sweet at first, and then after a while it turns into the thick milk flavor unique to dairy products. The lingering taste stays in Link's mouth.

The alcohol content is not high, a bit like an alcoholic drink.

After a few glasses of wine and finishing all the hot dishes on the table, the banquet was over.

Link took Chuchu back to the guild's bedroom and fell asleep.

[Ding, eat the meat of the heavy beetle, Constitution +7, Strength +4. ]

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The next day, Link got up very late because he planned to go home. He gave himself a rare day off and slept until noon.

Then I started packing my luggage and prepared to embark on the journey home.

This time, Link did not take the airship, but rented a Maru-dori car, planning to travel by land, heading north to Jiangbo Village on the coast, and then take a boat from the port of Jiangbo Village and return to Yanhuo Village by sea.

Not only that, because it was on the way, he also accepted a four-star mission.

【Delicious crab roe】

[Mission star rating: ★★★★]

[Task Nature: Ordinary]

[Mission location: Foot of the Yiqun Ridge]

[Mission Objective: Hunting Daimyo Shield Crabs]

[Limited time: 8 days]

【Remuneration:】

[Client: A gourmet food lover]

[Task Description: I want to eat the best crab roe from the Daimyo Shield Crab. I heard that it is the most delicious food in the world. Please help me hunt a female crab. Please]

As always, it is difficult and requires hunters to hunt female crabs. If Link didn't know how to distinguish between male and female crabs, this task would be difficult to accomplish.

Here's some cool news: the navel on the crab's abdomen is divided into pointed and round lids. The round one is for females, and the pointed one is for males. It's quite obvious.

The exception is the Daimyo shield crabs, as they are not crabs but hermit crabs.

The shells they carry on their backs are not grown by themselves, but are skulls stolen from the graves of unicorns.