Boom!
Rathalos was blasted off its feet by its own flames, the flesh on its back badly burned.
“ROAR!”
Anjanath charged forward, opened its enormous jaws, and bit down on Rathalos’s neck.
It was Anjanath’s Dragon-type Signature Move—Skull-Crushing Bite.
Crack!
Rathalos’s scales shattered beneath the enormous teeth.
Anjanath’s fangs tore through its blood vessels, causing scorching-hot dragon blood to spray everywhere.
Almost at the same time, Great Izuchi’s attack arrived.
“Powerful Tail Swing!”
The enormous hooked claw at the end of Great Izuchi’s tail slammed into Rathalos’s face.
It smashed Rathalos’s left eye while simultaneously tearing open a huge wound.
“Hohoho!”
Blood Orange Bishaten held an Explosive Pinecone in each hand.
Using its tail to push off the ground, it leaped behind Rathalos.
Then Blood Orange Bishaten brought both hands together, smashing the Explosive Pinecone directly against the already charred flesh on Rathalos’s back.
BOOM!
Like a bomb going off, the explosion instantly blasted away a large section of flesh from Rathalos’s back, creating a massive crater deep enough to expose white bone.
“Sacred Sheathe Slash!”
Almost simultaneously, Zhang Tian drew his Long Sword and unleashed three slashes, all striking the same spot on Rathalos’s left leg.
Under the razor-sharp Spirit Blade, Rathalos’s leg tendons were severed.
“ROAR!”
Rathalos roared and struggled to stand, trying to shake Anjanath off.
However, with the tendons in its left leg severed, it couldn’t put any strength into that leg.
Combined with the severe injuries it had already suffered, Rathalos couldn’t shake Anjanath off.
“ROAR!”
Arzuros arrived.
It leaped into the air and landed butt-first on Rathalos’s back, instantly forcing the massive Flying Wyvern back onto the ground.
Seeing this, Anjanath violently jerked its head.
Rathalos was immediately dragged onto its side.
Rathalos was extremely powerful.
But Zhang Tian wasn’t interested in fighting fairly.
He had an entire group surrounding it and beating it down.
Rathalos didn’t have the slightest opportunity to fight back.
“Sacred Sheathe Slash!”
Seeing Rathalos knocked over by Anjanath, Zhang Tian immediately joined the assault.
He jumped into the air and brought his blade down onto Rathalos’s right leg.
Blood Orange Bishaten, Tobi-Kadachi, and the others also showed off their own abilities, continuously bombarding Rathalos with one attack after another.
BOOM!
In the end, the thoroughly humiliated Rathalos was knocked unconscious by a powerful swing of Anjanath’s tail.
“Sure enough, there’s strength in numbers.”
Zhang Tian grinned and threw a Luxury Ball.
Bang!
A flash of red light appeared as Rathalos was absorbed into the Luxury Ball.
Buzz!
Buzz!
Buzz!
The Luxury Ball shook several times before finally settling down.
Rathalos had been captured.
[Rathalos successfully captured!]
[Rathalos is beginning Pokémon conversion~]
[Pokémon conversion successful!]
Rathalos
Level: 58 (Quasi-Champion Class)
Type: Fire / Dragon
Ability: King of the Skies — While airborne, Speed ×2, Attack ×1.5, Special Attack ×1.5.
Signature Moves: Flame Breath, Triple Fireball, Roar, Dragon Charge, Backstep Fireball, Tail Swing, Fire Resistance, Aerial Assault
HP Base Stat: 100
Attack Base Stat: 120
Defense Base Stat: 80
Special Attack Base Stat: 120
Special Defense Base Stat: 80
Speed Base Stat: 100
Total Base Stats: 600
“That’s a powerful Ability, and its Base Stats are excellent too.”
“A total of 600 Base Stats puts it on the same level as a pseudo-legendary.”
After looking over Rathalos’s information, Zhang Tian gave his assessment.
“Now for the moves.”
Zhang Tian looked through Rathalos’s Signature Moves.
Aside from Fire Resistance, they were all ordinary offensive moves.
Unlike Anjanath and Tobi-Kadachi, Rathalos didn’t have any particularly powerful unique Signature Moves.
“What a shame.”
Zhang Tian shook his head regretfully.
Then he realized he was being too greedy.
After putting Rathalos away, Zhang Tian walked over to Rathian and threw a Luxury Ball.
Bang!
A flash of red light appeared.
The Luxury Ball shook twice before successfully capturing Rathian.
[Rathian successfully captured!]
[Rathian is beginning Pokémon conversion~]
[Pokémon conversion successful!]
[Rathian’s information is as follows:]
Rathian
Level: 46 (Gym Leader Class)
Type: Fire / Dragon
Ability: Queen of the Land — While on the ground, Speed ×2 and its Type changes to Fire / Poison.
Signature Moves: Flame Breath, Fireball, Roar, Dragon Charge, Poison Tail Swing, Fire Resistance, Aerial Assault
HP Base Stat: 100
Attack Base Stat: 110
Defense Base Stat: 80
Special Attack Base Stat: 110
Special Defense Base Stat: 80
Speed Base Stat: 100
Total Base Stats: 580
“Compared with Rathalos, Rathian is quite a bit weaker.”
“It isn’t even as impressive as Anjanath.”
“Still, it’s pretty good. It’s much stronger than Great Izuchi.”
Zhang Tian wasn’t particularly satisfied with Rathian, but he wasn’t disappointed either.
After all, Rathian’s ecological position wasn’t particularly high.
It was only a mid-level predator.
“Vigorwasp.”
Zhang Tian released his team’s healer, Vigorwasp, and also released the heavily injured Rathalos and Rathian. New chapters come out on g.com first.
The moment Vigorwasp saw the two Flying Wyverns, it immediately began treating them without Zhang Tian needing to say anything.
After healing both Rathalos and Rathian, Zhang Tian took out the map Hinoa had given him.
He still hadn’t solved the problems of food and quests, so he had no intention of returning just yet.
“Let’s see where there are more Rathian.”
Zhang Tian studied the map and compared it with his current location.
“Found it.”
He quickly located the nearest area where Rathian was known to appear.
“Let’s go!”
After recalling all his Pokémon except Rathalos and Gardevoir into their Luxury Balls, Zhang Tian and Gardevoir mounted Rathalos and headed out.
…
Beside a river, a Rathian was enjoying a meal.
Its food was a Great Izuchi.
This was nature.
The strong preyed upon the weak.
The Rathian was eating happily when a red shadow suddenly descended from the sky.
Crack!
The Rathian’s neck was instantly broken.
The red shadow was Zhang Tian’s Rathalos.
And the move it had used was Aerial Assault.
The first time Zhang Tian had encountered Rathalos, he had been attacked by this very move.
“Nicely done, Rathalos.”
Zhang Tian patted Rathalos’s head.
He then used his Long Sword to carve up the dead Rathian before storing the meat in his Space Backpack.
“I remember that there are Nargacuga in the Shrine Ruins.”
“Now that I have Rathalos, I can try taking on a Nargacuga.”
“Although Rathalos hasn’t undergone any training yet, its raw strength is already there. It shouldn’t be weaker than Nargacuga.”
Thinking this, Zhang Tian took out the map and began searching for places where Nargacuga frequently appeared.
Nargacuga’s ecological position was the same as Rathalos’s, meaning their strength was roughly comparable.
That was why Zhang Tian dared to go after Nargacuga.
Once he captured Nargacuga, he would have two Quasi-Champion-Class Pokémon.
At that point, whether in the real world or the Monster Hunter world, he would have a certain level of ability to protect himself.
“Woooo~”
While Zhang Tian was studying the map, he suddenly heard a strange sound.
It sounded almost like the horn of a train.
“Bazelgeuse!”
Zhang Tian’s pupils contracted as he quickly looked up.
He was extremely familiar with that sound.
He had heard it countless times when playing the game in his previous life.
A huge Flying Wyvern appeared in the northern sky.
Its outer skin was red, with silver scales and black markings.
It had a large head and a relatively small tail.
At twenty-three meters long, it was even larger than Rathalos.
It was none other than Bazelgeuse, known as the “World Police.”
Just like Magnamalo, Bazelgeuse was also an Elder Dragon-level monster.
Bazelgeuse
Level: 89 (Lesser Deity Class)
“Holy shit…”
The moment Zhang Tian saw Bazelgeuse, he couldn’t help but swear.
Fortunately, Bazelgeuse wasn’t targeting him.
It wasn’t flying toward him.
Instead, it headed toward the distant mountains.