“Holy crap, five orbs in one run?!
Did a White-Hot Dragon grow on these Dragon Orbs?!
Good, good, good, now I won’t lack armor and weapons!”
A man named Lore looked excitedly at the computer screen in front of him; the game he was playing was Capcom’s latest masterpiece (shit-piece) of 2025, monster hunter Wilds.
Unfortunately, this installment is garbage among garbage.
As a ten-year veteran monster hunter fan, Lore held his nose and played through it.
Of course, he definitely gave it a negative review on the gaming platform.
It’s just that the White-Hot Dragon from just now dropped five Dragon Orbs for Lore, and Lore, having his brain muddled by joy, actually changed his negative review to a positive one!
This action is unforgivable!
It’s just that Lore didn’t realize it himself!
There was divine retribution in the dark!
“Hmm~ farmed enough, farmed enough~ Grandpa rewards you with a positive review!
Let’s go downstairs to buy a drink; now I just need to finish farming those damn random charms, random decorations, and random Great Sword builds, and then I can put the game away…
It seems like a long and arduous road…
Sigh, damn Capcom, sigh…”
Stretching, Lore pushed away his gaming chair and walked downstairs,
however, before he had walked a few steps out the door, a speeding Li Auto car crashed into him!
“?!”
The car was going too fast, causing Lore, the moment he closed his eyes, to only see a cool Zinogre wrapped on that car!
The most popular monster in monster hunter!
…
When Lore regained consciousness,
before he even opened his eyes, he smelled the slightly fishy stench of rotting meat, as well as the scent of grass from some plant whose roots had been severed,
combined with the smell of the scorched earth, and an extremely dangerous intuition sprouted in Lore’s brain!
Resisting the soreness of his eyelids, Lore used all his strength to open his eyes,
the surrounding environment was terrifyingly unfamiliar.
And it was a mess.
If the forest in Lore’s memory was vibrant and full of life,
then the forest he was in at this moment was a purgatory steaming with ominous aura.
The various scents permeating the air told of a cruel battle that had taken place nearby.
Everywhere his gaze fell, there were scorch marks from electricity; the towering century-old trees were no longer green sentinels,
they were like fragile matchsticks, snapped in half or uprooted by unimaginable immense force,
the broken ends revealing pale wood splinters, some still emitting wisps of black smoke.
The trunks were covered in huge claw marks, the bark torn off in entire sections or scorched into charred, scale-like patterns.
Trees that hadn’t been completely destroyed were twisted by high heat and shockwaves, their leaves burned to ashes on the branches, leaving only bare, bone-like branches pointing toward the sky.
This scene in front of him was completely different from the city filled with high-rise buildings, forcing Lore to think,
“Did I transmigrate?!”
When he prepared to get up, he found his whole body weak, as if he hadn’t eaten for days.
Weak, listless.
After struggling desperately to get up, he realized that his body was no longer like a human’s, but had turned into a pale green cub covered in silver-white fur!
“I turned into a Zinogre cub?!”
Suddenly, the memories of this cub’s original body surged into Lore’s mind!
The original owner was the child of the old leader of the Zinogre territory in this forest,
the old leader led several male and female dragons living leisurely in this forest,
however, for some reason, resources had gradually become scarce in recent years, and the Rathian family often clashed with the Zinogres over resources.
The once prosperous Zinogre clan also gradually became sparse in number,
with only the old leader couple and a pair of their kin couple remaining.
And their two cubs.
Misfortunes never come singly.
An outsider, a young Zinogre, broke into this area one day; young and strong, he cruelly killed the old leader in a battle for leadership,
seeing his partner die, the leader female dragon, who had a strong sense of family, was overcome with rage and launched a fierce attack on the outsider, the Tyrant Zinogre,
originally the Tyrant Zinogre intended to keep her to breed offspring, but seeing such a crazed female dragon, he also developed a killing intent and snapped her throat with one slap, killing her!
The brutality of the Tyrant Zinogre made the Zinogre couple, who were also kin to the old leader, feel fear,
the male of the Zinogre couple was planning to humiliatingly accept the new leader’s rule, but when he was groveling on the ground to show submission, he was mercilessly attacked by the Tyrant Zinogre!
Seeing that death was inevitable either way, the only remaining female dragon carried the two cubs in her mouth and fled, hiding and evading the pursuit of the Rathians and the Tyrant Zinogre in the forest!
To this day, the original owner finally died of starvation amidst fear and trepidation.
Thus, Lore’s soul descended into his body.
And the hellish scene before his eyes was caused by the adult female Zinogre who was protecting them having a life-and-death struggle with the Rathian in the forest.
Just as Lore sorted out the cause and effect, a light, whimpering sound rang in his ears.
A female Zinogre cub, not much bigger than Lore, lay beside him,
even though her body was full of weeds and mud, it still couldn’t hide the spiritual light flashing in her eyes,
“Whimper, whimper, whimper~ Awoo?”
The young, sub-adult female cub kept gently pushing Lore with her tender front limbs,
at that time, Lore, dragging his starving body, collapsed in the aftermath of the battle, which made the cub who depended on Lore panic.
Even though she couldn’t speak, from her slightly drooping brows and affectionate calls, it was clear this cub cherished Lore very much.
“Sigh, the shock of her family being broken is enough for her to bear; I really can’t bear to see her suffer…”
Lore thought this, and relying on the instinct of the Zinogre body, he let out a purr from his throat, signaling that he was fine.
Feeling that his companion still had breath and strength, the cub jumped up on the spot,
she didn’t care about the filth and happily licked the tear stains and mud under Lore’s eyes.
The tender dragon tongue swept across Lore’s cheek, the long-lost warmth remaining on his scales, and also remaining in his heart.
Lore felt tenderness and affection from a dragon.
As an old monster hunter player, his dragon-loving power surged at this moment!
After a long time, Lore recovered from the excitement, and then he spoke silently in his heart,
“Well, since I’m here, I’ll stay.
Since I’ve been reborn as a Zinogre, I cannot disgrace the great name of an Area Apex!
I must survive in this cruel world!
I will stand above a million dragons!”
Just as Lore was declaring this in his heart, suddenly, heavy footsteps came from not far away!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Hearing this sound, Lore immediately lowered his body cautiously,
seeing the female cub beside him still looking innocent and completely without vigilance, Lore stretched out his Dragon Claw and gently pressed her down, then took her and retreated into the grass.
The next second, a thick, bloody smell came from the direction where the sound originated,
this all signaled that a large monster was approaching them!
Perhaps danger was imminent!
Thinking of this, Lore swallowed, his heart pounding uncontrollably.
However, right at this moment, a crisp voice suddenly popped up in his consciousness!
[Ding!
Detected that the host has transmigrated to another world, now randomly drawing a system for you!
Ding!
Congratulations to the host for obtaining the pokémon skill lottery system!
Given that this is the host’s first time transmigrating to this world, this system provides you with a deluxe beginner’s gift package!
Would you like to open it?]
The system’s prompt sound, for Lore now, could truly be considered a heavenly sound that one rarely hears in the human world.
He shouted in his heart without hesitation:
“System!
Open!”