Chapter 60

"Are they really tired of living, daring to use hunting weapons so openly?" Wenlong thought to himself.

Just then, Wenlong, with his keen hearing, heard someone whispering from the opposite side.

"Hey... Is it really okay to use hunting weapons? If we get caught, we'll be expelled from the Hunter's Guild..."

"It's fine. They don't even know who we are... Besides, if they use hunting weapons, they'll also be punished by the guild. The boss said that as long as we drive them out of Mirad Village or force them to leave the Hunter's Guild, he'll give each of us 10 gold coins as a reward!"

"10 gold coins, huh? That's true. With these gold coins, do we even need to hunt every day? Even if we get expelled, it doesn't matter..."

"That's right. I'm just a low-level one-star hunter anyway. A bronze star badge is nothing to show off... I might as well take the money and switch to business early..."

Hearing this, Wenlong couldn't help but find it amusing.

"So, they're all just a bunch of cowards... How dare they try to block my way... And I'm not even a hunter, just an Elune cat. Even if I use hunting weapons, I won't be expelled from the Hunter's Guild... Meow!" Wenlong said loudly.

"You... How did you hear that?" one of the masked men asked, his voice full of surprise.

"Haha... You idiots were talking so loudly, how could I not hear you? Meow!" Wenlong mocked them mercilessly.

Then, Wenlong whispered to Catherine, who was beside him, "Woman, just wait and watch as I take care of all these people! Meow!"

Wenlong said this for two reasons: one, he was confident he could handle all of them, and two, he didn't want Catherine to get involved in the trouble.

"But... Mr. Cat, I want to fight too!" Catherine said firmly.

"You? Fine, do as you please, but remember not to use hunting weapons. Just pick up a stick or a rock from the ground... "

"Okay, Mr. Cat!" Catherine nodded.

"Then... Let's get started, meow!"

Just as Wenlong was about to act, he noticed the fear in the eyes of the opposite side. Even though their faces were almost completely covered by dark cloth, leaving only their eyes visible, the fear was clearly evident.

"What? Are you afraid even before I start? Meow?"

However, Wenlong soon realized that they were not afraid of him but of Catherine, who was standing beside him. Turning his head, he saw that Catherine had indeed pulled a large tree, which required two people to hug, out of the ground.

"Mr. Cat... I'll use this as my weapon..."

"Uh..." Even Wenlong was stunned, "I did say you could use a stick or something..."

But before Wenlong could finish, Catherine had already thrown the tree! A tree that required two people to hug flew horizontally. With a loud crash, the masked men were hit and knocked to the ground before they could even run away. One of them, holding a one-handed sword and a round shield, tried to block the tree with his shield but was also defeated by Catherine's overwhelming strength.

"Monster!" Seeing Catherine's terrifying strength, another masked man shouted and started to run away. Led by this man, the remaining two masked men also ran away as if they had seen a ghost, even dropping their weapons on the ground.

"Indeed, they are all cowards, but I won't let you off that easily... Meow."

Seeing them run, Wenlong, for the sake of speed, sheathed his dual blades and then ran on all fours, instantly surpassing the three fleeing men.

The first one he caught was the dual-blade wielder, who had already discarded his weapons in his attempt to escape. However, Wenlong easily caught up and clawed a hole in his buttocks!

The dual-blade man immediately fell to his knees, holding his bleeding buttocks and crying in pain.

The second one caught was the man with the one-handed sword and round shield. Although he had dropped his sword, he still held the shield and tried to block Wenlong's attack.

But Wenlong suddenly lowered his body and charged under the shield, swinging his claws and leaving two wounds on the man's knees. The man immediately fell to the ground, clutching his knees in pain.

The last one was the man with the crossbow. Since he was initially standing the farthest away, Wenlong caught up with him last.

Seeing Wenlong getting closer, the crossbow man, clearly panicked, turned to load a bolt and prepare to fire at Wenlong.

"This speed... is too slow, meow!"

Wenlong knew that the firearms in the Monster Hunter world were far less advanced than those on Earth, with slower firing rates and larger sizes, making them less convenient to aim.

Just as the man pulled the trigger, Wenlong's claw swung upward, hitting the bottom of the crossbow and raising the barrel. The bolt that was supposed to hit Wenlong missed and flew off to the side.

At the same moment, Wenlong's other claw swung at the man's face, and with a scream, the man's dark cloth covering his face was torn off, leaving five deep blood marks on his face. The man immediately clutched his face, howling in pain and rolling on the ground.

"How dare you attack me, you must be tired of living... You should be grateful that I'm in a good mood today and will spare your lives, but if you use hunting weapons, don't blame me for turning you over to the Hunter's Guild... Meow!"

However, just as Wenlong was about to finish, he heard a strange sound.

"Splash!"

The sound was like something falling from a height to the ground, but from the sound of the impact, it wasn't a hard object like a rock or a branch, but something soft, like a living being. And from the direction of the sound, it was clear that it wasn't one of the six masked men who had already fallen.

"Someone else?" Wenlong was startled.

At first, Wenlong had used his excellent hearing and vision to carefully check the surroundings, and the result was that there were only these six people. But now, this sound was clearly within Wenlong's perception and not far from him.

"Why didn't I notice before? Could it be someone very skilled at hiding?" With this thought, he looked in the direction of the sound and indeed saw a trail of blood on the ground.