Author's notes:
This chapter is posted in bulk with a number of other chapters, so don't be surprised if you get notifications of a few chapters being posted at the same time as this one.
Here is the chapter enjoy!
*Edit 07/2019
Fix some typos...maybe edited some text a bit and change Yohra to YoRHa.
I feel so Embarassed that I didn't notice I missspelled it.
Okay! Enjoy all these slightly revised chapters.
"You have everything you need?"
"Yeah, I do. I doubled checked, Pod doubled checked and even Zinnia doubled checked."
"Then there is no need for me to check anymore."
"Unless you want to, but I don't know if you want to shift through piles of books and clothes."
"I don't."
…
"Well, I gotta go before the sun rises any further."
"Is it really necessary to be there early?"
"Hey, you're the one who's strict in being punctual with time. And I really want to search and find them a new home as soon as possible."
"I see. Then take care and be safe, we're still expecting you to report back tomorrow and I think its because Zinnia has something planned with Anemone that you need to know."
"Yeah, I notice Anemone exchanging glances with the commander yesterday. I hope I'm not in trouble."
"Highly unlikely, since you already have enough on your plate."
"Yeah…"
…
"Hey 2B?"
"Yes 9S—" 2B feels a pair of arms wrap around her, surprising her a bit before she slowly returns the gesture and wraps her own arms around 9S.
9S's abrupt hug caught her off guard, but it wasn't unwelcomed. He lets go and smiles at her, clearly happy about something.
It was the morning and the two were just outside the village outskirts. 9S and Pod 153 decided to leave early and have packed beforehand last night. When they were about to leave, 2B was already awake and asked if she could go accompany them until the village borders. Seeing no problem with that, the two didn't mind her tagging along. They also thought that she might have wanted to tell them some things before they leave to Whistill's camp. Well to 9S, in Pod's opinion.
They made idle talk along the way, with 9S telling her about the monster den and what they did there, not mentioning hatching Rogue, while 2B tells him what's happening in the southern area of the forest. With the locale relatively stable and some monsters migrating further away to the Monsonne plains.
When they arrived at the border, a cart with two felynes probably sent by Whistill was there waiting for the two. Pod 153 began to load their pack items while 9S says his goodbye to 2B.
"Sorry… It's Just, I won't be here for while and…" 9S tries to explain why he hugged her. He was happy she didn't reject it and returned it as well.
"Its okay, I don't mind… I'll miss you too." 2B replies, speaking the thought she believes was running inside 9S head. His blush confirms her thoughts right.
"Hehehe… Well I know I shouldn't be, since I'll still be here just in the forest. With a bunch of felynes." He said trying and failing to hide his blush. 2B just smiles and shakes her head.
"Yes, lucky you that you'll be with a bunch of soft and fluffy felynes. While me, A2 and Zinnia are stuck with rows of hard wood and piles of rubble to remove." She jests to 9S, who gets the idea. They see Pod signal them that they are ready to leave.
"Hey at least you'll have a bed and roof on top of your head when you get back. I know I'll be sleeping in a tent for most of my days." He bumps her shoulder playfully as they head to the cart.
"True. I hope you'll find a good place for the felynes to stay. Then maybe you can ask them to give you some space temporarily in their settlement." 2B says as she begins to bring something out, holding something in one of her hands.
"Yeah, maybe I can ask… Hey what's that?" 9S takes notice of it and 2B shows it to him, revealing it to be small notebook. Small enough to keep in one's pocket or pouch.
"Its my old hunter's notes... Here." She gives it to 9S, placing it on top of one of his hands he raised.
"Your old notes? For me?" He asks her as he opens it briefly and skims to the pages.
"Yes, they were from my beginning years in hunter training. They're mostly the basics but I removed some weapon types you might not be interested in and marked the ones related to the insect glaive. You can use them with your training with Whistill and I have a new notebook with all of my notes so don't worry of keeping that one." She said, as 9S stares at it before looking at her.
"I uh, don't know what to say… Thanks 2B, I appreciate it. Don't worry I promise I'll read every single page of it! And I know I'll improve because of your notes; you can count on that!" 9S replies with much enthusiasm, happy with the gift 2B gave him. He gives her another hug expressing his gratitude
"I'm sure you will 9S." 2B tells him as she returns the gesture, before letting go and let 9S get on the cart.
"Well, I got to go 2B. I'll see you when I see you. Don't push yourself too hard with the repairs of the village." 9S says to her, getting in the cart and the felynes beginning to take them away.
She watches as he and Pod 153 wave at her, slowly going farther away. 2B waves back until she could no longer see them, before returning to the village to do her own tasks of the day.
It was a short cart ride going to Whistill's camp and it was good thing too, for the state of the camp when they arrived was baffling. Some tents were broken and have collapse to the ground, felynes were hiding in the trees and Whistill was nowhere to be seen. 9S immediately panicked and thought something must have gone wrong. He also notice that Rogue isn't seen anywhere. Fearing the worse that Rogue must have gone on a rampage and went to town in the camp, 9S and Pod begin to search the camp, while the other felynes watch them.
"WHISTILL! Where are you!" 9S calls to the chief, worried that he may be injured or worse.
"I'm over here Nyain-es! You have to come closer; I can't get up." Hearing his voice 9S and Pod immediately rush to where they believe it came from.
They came upon a still standing tent and rush inside …only to see a sleeping Rogue and bunch of tied up felynes with Whistill sleeping beside him. The sight dumbfounded both 9S and Pod, while Whistill could only shrug and give a dry laugh in embarrassment from the state he presented himself to the two.
"Nya, now I know that this looks… weird. But I have purrfect explanation to my current predicament Nya." Whistill said to the two who continue to stare in disbelief.
"Really?" Deadpanned Pod 153, while staring at the slobbering sleeping baby Deviljho cuddling the bunch of tied up felynes, who wake up from hearing the two enter.
"Yes Nya. Now if you could please untie us and then I'll tell you everything Nya. We've been here all night!" Whistill gives a short yell, accompanied with the other felynes tied up with him, crying out help and sounds of irritation.
"Right, just hold on for a sec." 9S proceeds to crouch and undo the knots of the rope tying the felynes. He also takes note that Rogue is heavy sleeper…until he sees his snout sniffing the air, noticing his scent and opens his eyes.
"NYA! He's awake!" One of the felynes yelled, while Rogue merely stands up and leaves them before growling with glee and proceeds to tackle 9S and nuzzle him.
"Woah! Okay Rogue! …I'm back and its nice to see you too…" 9S was on the ground as Rogue continues to lick and nuzzle his face. He pushes Rogue back a bit to sit up straight before he places him on his lap and pets him.
"Pod can you untie the felynes, while I keep Rogue at bay?" 9S asked Pod, while Rogue settles on his lap enjoying his scales being softly stroked.
"All ready on it Meowster." Pod tells him as she was already halfway through releasing the felynes. The Felynes she freed thanked her, before leaving the tent. Whistill was the last to be freed and he orders some of the felynes still in the tent to check on the camp and to clean it up from last night's events. With his orders heard, Whistill remains with them and tidies the tent a bit before he begins to talk to the two.
"Nya… you have no idea how much work it takes to tie up a bunch of felynes." Whistill gives out an exasperated sigh, while 9S and Pod listen to him.
"And why… would you need to tie up a bunch of felynes?" Asked Pod 153.
"Oh! Nya it was for Rogue." Whistill answered like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"For Rogue? Whistill, what did you do last night?" 9S said to the felyne chief asking him to explain.
"Well… after you went to back to YoRHa and left Rogue with us, me and the felynes began to make a spot for him to sleep on. Rogue was quite behaved if you must know. Though it could be because he was full last night, but he didn't cause any trouble while we made this tent for him." Whistill gestured the tent they where in.
9S and Pod took notice the straws laid around them and could guess that Whistill was telling the truth. 9S thought that it was nice that Whistill made a tent for Rogue and appreciates the gesture. Now if he could explain why the camp was a mess and the tied up felynes.
"Nya, it was getting him into the tent that made him difficult." Continued Whistill.
"What do you mean?" Questioned 9S, seeing Whistill beginning to get nervous.
"Well, it seemed he didn't want to get in without you… We started to panic that he may try to follow you back to YoRHa and we tried a lot of things to coerce him not too Nya. Food, warm straws and his very own 9S doll." The last one surprised 9S a bit.
"It seems your settlement's crafting skills are improving." Told Pod 153 while she holds the said 9S doll in her paws, shocking 9S that she found it. It did look like him with a pair of blue buttons for eyes and white cloth for hair. Despite the drool covering it, it was still in good shape.
"Thank you, Nya. We almost got him in with it, but it seems he's got your scent memorized and rejected it. Hence the drool, but then I remembered that he liked cuddling with you Pod 153, Nya. So I offered him that if he gets in the tenth then he could cuddle with a number of felynes before he sleeps." 9S and Pod 153 couldn't believe at what Whistill just said. Whistill started to chuckle as well before continuing.
"And he agreed! …but the felynes didn't. I mean Nya, they were still afraid of him, but I convinced them that it was only for the night and for the protection of the settlement. So we, my settlement, decide with the utmost most fairness to volunteer some brave felynes to stay the night with Rogue! And volunteered they did—" Whistill said it in a dutiful manner, before getting cut by Pod.
"You drew straws…" Pod 153 deadpanned again.
"We drew straws Nya!" Whistill confirmed.
"And you tied up the ones who got chosen…" 9S could guess what happened next.
"Correct again Nya! They tried to run away but me and Rogue were able to apprehend them…"
"And trashed the whole camp while you were chasing them. Plus you got tangled in the rope when you tried to stop them yourself." 9S finished, now knowing exactly what happened.
"True, it was an unforeseen accident Nya, but my weight helped slow them down enough for Rogue to catch them and bring them to this tent… with me." Whistill drooped down a bit from the last part.
"Are you okay Whistill? Rogue wasn't rough at you, was he? You weren't rough at him, were you?" 9S addresses Rogue, who tilts his head and gives a chirp to him.
"Don't worry Nyain-es, look I'm okay. Rogue just nuzzled us before plopping beside us and fell asleep. We all slept fine as well; the ropes were a bit uncomfortable but the felynes were passed out from fear anyway to notice Nyahaha!" Whistill laughed, while 9S and Pod 153 continue to be disturbed by Whistill's behavior.
"I'm sorry Whistill for the trouble you got yourself into. I know Rogue would be handful and I thank you for watching him for the night and making this tent for him as well." 9S still apologized, knowing Whistill must have a hard time with Rogue.
"You don't have to apologize Nyain-es and it wasn't a problem watching Rogue. I kinda enjoyed the chase we had together." Whistill said as he approaches 9S and surprisingly pats Rogue, not flinching or fearing him like before. Rogue didn't mind and even leaned to his touch. Seeing this made 9S happy that Rogue was able to be friends with Whistill.
"Now how did my plan go?" Asked Whistill to the two.
"Oh, it worked Whistill. I still need to report in once in a while, but for the next few days me and Pod will be staying with you." 9S answered him truthfully, making the felyne chief cheer with joy.
"Yes Nya! It worked!" Whistill pumped a paw in the air, while 9S and Pod shared with his sentiments.
"Now that we have caught up from what has happened last night and that me and Meowster are here to stay, I suggest we begin to decided what to do today." Pod 153 said, with 9S and Whistill nodding their heads in agreement.
"Nya true. I'll be out handling the felynes with fixing the camp. You two can unpack or feed Rogue while you are here. Though you may have to go out in the forest to look for food. I think the tent where we stored our food must have been knocked down like the others and we may still have to search for it. Sorry Nya." Whistill explains to the two.
"It's okay Whistill, you don't have to supply food for Rogue every time, you might run out in a few days. I'll handle it for now on and I may want to teach Rogue to hunt small prey as well." 9S said to the felyne chief, reassuring him that its okay for him to look for food for Rogue in the forest today.
"Meowster you can go feed Rogue right now, while I'll help Whistill for a bit then handle unpacking for us …Can we use this tent Whistill?" Said Pod 153 to 9S, before asking Whistill if they can use the tent.
"No problem Nya. I think Rogue wouldn't let you stay in another tent anyway." Replied Whistill, with no problems at all at Pod's inquiry.
"Well if that's the plan right now, I guess I should head out. C'mon Rogue lets go feed you… Oh hey Pod, I'll bring some hunter tools with me. You packed any knives and paralysis items?" 9S said as he gets Rogue off his lap and stands up.
"They're in the cart, in a bag beside mine. Take some smoke bombs as well." Pod tells him as he opens the tents flaps and let's Rogue out first. Pod and Whistill exit as well, with him leaving last from the tent.
"Sure thing, I'll see you back in a while. Maybe me and Rogue would fine a new place for the felynes today." 9S tells the two felynes before he parts from them as he and Rogue head out to the cart. Whistill and Pod watch as 9S leads Rogue, who was walking beside him excitingly, a bit hyper that he would get to eat and spend time with 9S. They head to another direction to assist with the other felynes.
"Hey Nya? You still holding on to that?" Whistill noticed that Pod was till holding the 9S doll.
"Hmm? This? It's nice and I did say it was pretty well made. I also think that it would still be nice gift for Rogue if this was covered in Meowster's scent. I'm planning to wash it a bit to get all the dirt and drool off, before I explain to Meowster to keep it." Pod told the felyne chief who was nodding at her, agreeing at her idea.
"Nya, then maybe the doll can act as a surrogate for 9S when he is gone… and maybe something else to cuddle with besides felynes." Whistill added,
"Yes that too." Pod 153 agrees, not wanting to get cuddle by Rogue unless she wanted to get squished.
"You think I should make a Deviljho doll to match it with?" Whistill suggested, making Pod think for a bit.
"I think like that. Meowster and Rogue would appreciate it too." Pod answered to Whistill, liking the idea.
"Well, I'll tell you when I'm done making it. Maybe we can show the two dolls together to the two of them." Whistill said while Pod hums in agreement. The two of them continue on their way as the bustling and purring sounds of the settlement fill the morning.
It was quiet. There were still sounds of birds and other small wildlife in the forest, but no loud noises from large monsters or stomps and bellows that could be heard from herds walking through the grounds. The monsters have left this area days ago leaving the place devoid of the usual bustling noises and activity of its former residents. With time, the forest would return to its former state of being filled with monsters but right now the woods can enjoy a much quieter day before its louder and larger residents return.
Though not all of its residents have left. A group of Kelbi, small deer like monsters, were grazing down an open spot in the forest. The sun rays peaked through the blanket of trees, leaves and branches and illuminated the small grassy area in a faint glow. A small pond rested beside the Kelbis with some drinking and resting near the body of water. It was a peaceful scene, one that many would not witness or disturb on normal occasions.
This was not one of them.
"HYAHH!" Shouted 9S as he jumps out of a bush and tackles a Kelbi to the ground with his carving knife drawn, before using it to stab the deer like monster's neck, ending its life swiftly.
The other Kelbis, startled and witnessing the attack, immediately bolt away from 9S heading to another direction. Some were able to flee quickly, but others where ambushed by Rogue, who lunges at the nearest Kelbi from his hiding spot. Like with the Velociprey before, he bites the throat of the unexpecting deer before using his full weight to pin it to the ground. The Kelbi struggles briefly before Rogue immediately applies more pressure to his bite and an audible crack was heard. The Kelbi lies limp as Rogue snaps its neck and he roars at the air announcing his kill.
"Groooaaaah!" The rest of the Kelbi flee from the tiny terror's roar.
"Rogue, you don't have to do that You know. You might attract other predators to your kill."9S tells the tiny Deviljho, who just puffs his chest up and smugly shakes his head at him.
"Okay, okay that was a good kill, which is saying something since you're still a hatchling. But you don't want other monsters to eat your food right, much less fight over it. I mean this is the first time you successfully caught a Kelbi by yourself despite your previous... attempts." Rogue just huffs at him, a bit prideful at his abilities and annoyed for reminding him of his earlier setbacks. 9S just gives him a knowing look, making him shrink a little and turning away.
"Well I can't pass off what you did right now, since it is your first successful kill. Good Job Rogue." 9S pats Rogue on his head, praising him and lifting his mood. 9S then drags the Kelbi he killed besides Rogue's.
"Well eat up Rogue. Hopefully these would satisfy you before your next meal. If you can… try to make them last longer." The Deviljho just tilts his head at him, giving an expression saying, 'are you serious?'.
"No… I guess that's not possible even if I ask." 9S just shrugs while Rogue happily gorges on the Kelbi.
Those Kelbi would be his 3rd and 4th meal of the day thought 9S. His species appetite is showing and 9S grows concern if the Rider's manual doesn't have a trick or instructions to manage it. If there isn't, he may be held responsible for the absence of Kelbis in the Whistill forest in the next days. Maybe even everything else, based from today's observation.
9S and Rogue have been looking and hunting for food for a while since they left the felyne camp. And as they continue to search for food to satisfy Rogue's hunger, 9S begins to take notes of Rogue and finds interest in what he is learning of a Deviljho hatchling's diet. At first, Rogue was fine eating herbs and mushrooms. He also ate some insects and insect like monsters that they occasionally cross, like Bnahabras and Altaroths.
It seems a Deviljho hatchling is omnivorous when they are young, before they mature to adults and change their focus primarily to meat. It didn't stop Rogue from eating meat when given an opportunity.
When they spotted a pod of Kelbi, Rogue immediately attempted to take one down… with no success. Rogue attempted to chase one down, not even trying to ambush one, before tripping on his feet losing it and the rest fleeing from him. They had to track another group of Kelbi entirely, since Rogue was a bit adamant in eating meat and 9S thought that it was a sizable meal for him as well. When they found another group of Kelbi, 9S made sure to stop Rogue from rushing in again before showing him how he could ambush his prey.
They hid in a bush before 9S jumps out of it with his carving knife, surprising the Kelbis and was successfully able to kill one for Rogue to eat. He hoped that Rogue was able to watch and learn from him but saw the little Deviljho attempt to chase the others that were already too far away by himself and failing miserably. Seeing this, 9S figures that even if Deviljhos may have been born already with the tools and instincts necessary to hunt for prey like other monsters, they'll still need to learn through trial and error in the wild to be successful hunters.
Luckily for Rogue, 9S is here and can help him in that matter. Rogue may even be able to learn faster or learn more from 9S and may be able to hunt on his own without him as soon he gets bigger. Which is one of the things 9S is counting on Rogue to do after the days he will be spending with Whistill's tribe. As soon as Rogue finished the Kelbi he hunted, which was a pretty quick 5 minutes for him to finish the entire thing, they immediately went to track another group of Kelbi for Rogue to eat and for 9S to teach him how to ambush one.
And they tracked several Kelbis, either in groups or individuals. With several attempts from Rogue to hunt and kill one ending in failure. When 9S began trying to teach Rogue, he would hold him still and control his shaking before letting him go to chase a Kelbi down if it got near their hiding spot. It was hard keeping Rogue from running and revealing their hiding spot, which made their hunts unsuccessful.
But in each try, Rogue was getting less impatient and rushing in immediately when a Kelbi was in sight. It was a good sign for 9S that Rogue was learning, either from frustration that his previous method wasn't working or because his hunger was growing with each failed ambush he committed. Either way, Rogue learning helped him and 9S to successfully hunt another Kelbi together. Rogue attempted to ambush it first and failed, but made it turn to 9S' direction before he came out and kills it with his carving knife.
Their teamwork made Rogue really happy. 9S wasn't sure if it was because he could finally eat or he was enjoying hunting with his rider, but Rogue wanted to do something like it again. It made planning and performing their next attempt much easier and more successful.
Which was good for 9S as he looks at Rogue almost done with one Kelbi before going to the other, giving him some time to catch a break before the eventuality that he and Rogue would track and look for food again. Thinking of being a bit productive as he waits for Rogue to finish, 9S brings out the Rider's Manual and begins to read it again. He got it from his bag when he went to the cart to get some hunting tools.
He considered bringing the hunter notes 2B gave him as well, but decides to read it later and instead, focus on the manual and learn more about taking care of his monstie and read some stuff on what to expect later down the road. He did decide he wouldn't be training yet either way, until he's found Whistill a new place and one for Rogue too.
Better to have a place to hide his monstie while he trains to be a hunter.
Moving to the section on Monsties, which is just after the section of hatching eggs, 9S reads some of the general knowledge or know how's of monsties, like how they will grow up and what do Riders have to expect when handling any monster they hatched. Even some differences the monstie would have to its wild counterpart.
The Riders Manual says that Monsties would grow rapidly in a few days to a max of a month in time, developing into a miniature version of their adult forms. The monstie would stay in that size for a certain period of time, long enough for the Rider and monster to bond properly and develop a strong kinship that would persist even as both grow up into adults. With the monstie in a closer size to manage, the rider would have less trouble keeping up or training with his or her monstie. Developing a Kinship during this stage of a monstie's growth is essential to the rider, since once a Monstie has grown up, both would still be able to fight in sync despite the size difference between the two.
This stagnant growth period for monsties has been recorded to last until a Rider has turned into a teenager or a young adult but ultimately depends on the level of bond the monstie and rider have. Once all the conditions have been met, the monstie would begin showing signs of growth and needing to consume much more food in larger quantities. At this period, the growth spurts of a monstie would be sporadic with individuals growing thrice the size in a few months to at least the small crown size of their wild counterparts in a year.
Eventually a monstie would mature to their adult size and they would be given the freedom to pursue of mating and siring their own children. Depending on the decision between the rider and the monstie, a monstie could either leave their riders for moments of time to raise their families before returning to them once their kids have grown or bring their mate back with them to live together in the rider's home. With both the rider and monstie responsible of taking care of raising and relocating its sired offspring/s. In most case of the latter, an egg or two would be offered as a new monstie for new riders.
Though not all monsties mate for life, like some respective monster species, some only mate to pass on genes and copulate. Once a monstie is done mating or the breeding season for a monstie is done, if a monstie is a male they will return to their rider shortly and if it's a female they will return once their eggs have been laid or after their hatchlings are raised.
9S then looks at Rogue after reading this and thinks that once Rogue is full size, he may have to let him go to find other Deviljhos to mate with. But Deviljho mating is a rare occurrence and Rogue might be gone for a while. The thought unsettles him but 9S decides to cross that bridge in a later time once he and Rogue reach it.
He continues to read the manual and comes upon the part explaining the differences monsties would have compared to their wild counterparts. Or rather that Riders should be informed of the unique abilities, some monsties would have that their wild ones wouldn't. Some Monsties would be able to use their natural abilities much more efficiently, like some Raths besides shooting their fire breaths, they can charge it for a bigger projectile.
Thunder monsters could shoot out beams of electricity not unlike the way a Rajang does it, to counter other monster breath attacks. An Uragaan monstie, a volcanic dwelling, armored and large chin brute wyvern, can inflict the blast blight with its tail from the hot powder stones it stores in it. Even some raptorial wyverns would have new abilities, like a Gendrome and its ability to spit a paralyzing venom that only rare individuals of its species can do and a Velocidrome's ability to intimidate even larger monsters than itself through its glare. There where lots more, like tornadoes that encase their opponents, a monsties ability to harden its body or even setting an electrical trap, all of it fascinated 9S. The next page he turned to read more in the Riders Manual, pique his curiosity a bit.
It was a new chapter that looks to be related to the previous one. The chapter was called Kinship Attacks and it gave a brief description, saying that they are incredible techniques a Monstie would do once its Rider and itself are sync completely. It is said to be the power and potential of a monster unlocked by the bond of Kinship. Interested of knowing more, 9S made his fingers grasp the page to turn and read the next one, before he heard Rogue call out to him.
"Groah!" 9S sees that Rogue was finished eating and was wagging his tail, waiting for him and whatever they would do next.
"You done eating?" 9S asked.
"Grrrr" Rogue gives a small growl of agreement.
"Oh, well I guess I'll continue reading later. C'mon Rogue, since we're out here let's look around and find a new home for Whistill and maybe your own place as well. Would you like to that?" Rogue gives a happy bark, liking the idea. 9S just smiles and closes the Riders Manual before standing up.
Rogue shuffles to his side, bouncing a bit in every step and chitters to his Rider. 9S laughs at his hyper activeness and can't help but think that Rogue would burn it all up quickly. Then they would need to look for food again, but 9S didn't mind. Like the manual said, Rogue wouldn't be small for so long and he might as well enjoy these moments before he grows bigger in the next few days.
…He might as well tell Pod and Whistill of this information when they get back. Pod might not be happy, and he might ask Whistill for a bigger tent. But 9S thinks they wouldn't be too bothered by it since they're starting to take a liking with Rogue.
'Yeah, they'll understand' 9S thought to himself.
Author's notes:
I gave my own explanation to how monsties would grow to their adult size and what happens between the rider and the monstie if the monstie would leave to mate. It's not canon and just my own idea of what could happen. That also includes with the other things 9S has read from the Riders Manual. Some are base on the lore and others are made up.
But based on the Anime Ride on and exclusive Japanese DLC of the MHST game, Monsties could grow bigger. If you watched it the anime or have the DLC, you can see the 2nd season antagonists or the dark riders' monsters are bigger than the protagonists' monsters.
I kinda like the idea that Monsties would grow to their adult sizes. So in this story, Rogue and the other monsties 9S would have will grow bigger as the story progresses. And yes, I do intend for 9S to have more monsters with him later in the story.
Okay, that's all. This is the last chapter I uploaded in bulk with the others. I'll resume posting more chapters by July, so until then see you guys in the next chapter.
Also thank you if you are still enjoying the story! This story is already planned out and I do intend to finish this story. So, I hope you guys will stay until the end.
Thanks again and see you guys real soon!