...What the hell was Behemoth doing here?! I mean, just, WHAT THE HELL?! Behemoth was from Final Fantasy, not Monster Hunter!Why was it here?!
"THE HELL IF I KNOW! RUN!"
"What do you think I'm doing? See you back at camp in a moment-AHH!"
That last part was me streaming. Of course, who wouldn't when you had a dragon covered in spines thrown at you.
AND I WASN'T EVEN BEING TARGETED!
Rolling out of the way, I watched as the Extinction Dragon recovered, then charged right at the Primal, this time sending it flying back a few feet. Enraged, Behemoth responded by dropping a comet on the dragon. (Which it dodged, unsurprisingly, before going back into battle against the Primal).
Groaning, I tried to run away, only to trip and fall into a pile of rocks. Oh, and a trio of cactuars were hiding behind one of the rocks. One capture net later and I had them caught, and just in time - Behemoth slammed into the ground seconds later, obliterating the rocks the cactuars had been hiding behind. Atop the strange beast, Nergigante was whaling away, attempting to slay the Final Fantasy monster.
Huffing, I made a break for it, charging toward a nearby cave. For reasons beyond me, the two giants followed, still locked in mortal combat. Seriously, why were they following me? I hadn't done anything to make either of them mad, and for those wondering, I was able to determine the Extinction Dragon I had killed wasn't the mate of the one fighting the Magic Beast. Honestly, they just seemed to be interested in killing each other, while I got sucked along for the ride.
...Fuck me.
Mere minutes after I entered the cave, the two monsters barreled through, spooking me, a flock of scale bats, a trio of prism hercudromes, and a herd of gastodon residing in the cave, who had just started to harass me when the two clashing titans charged in. Cursing my luck, I promptly charged toward the Gastodon, and ended up mounted on one as they charged out of the cave. I, meanwhile, worked tirelessly to catch every little critter I could whilst the dinosaur beneath me ran to safety. Behind us, the two giants were tearing the cave apart in an effort to kill each other.
As we charged out of the cave, the gastodon swerved left, just as Behemoth was sent flying. The giant, presumably elder-dragon level monster flew to where we had been, rolled for a moment, then disappeared - apparently it'd gone over a cliff edge.
Thank you, wannabe dinosaurs, for saving my life.
Unfortunately, my troubles weren't over yet - as it vanished, Behemoth hit a large crystal with its tail, which broke free and started rolling toward us. As the gastodon herd was now running down an incline, the crystal only picked up speed as it approached us. Desperately, the boneheads ran, while Nergigante dove over the cliff-face, intent on making sure its opponent was dead.
Soon we reached level ground. Here, the gastodon found themselves joined by another herd, who swiftly stampeded toward safety...as did some slagtoth. The frog-like herbivores barreled forward, pushing and shoving in an effort to escape the giant wall of death. Above, Barnos tried to attack, only to get batted away, with a few unlucky ones crushed either by the stampede or the crystal. The herbivores paid this no mind, focused only on their escape. They even ignored an Uragaan fighting a Lavasioth, not that those were close enough to cause us any trouble.
Eventually, though, the herbivores reached an area too narrow for the crystal to follow. With crash, the giant vitreous silicate came to a halt. Relieved, I let out a sigh.
Without warning, Nergigante suddenly flew over us, followed by Behemoth. It seemed they were interested in round two.
...FUCK!
I groaned as the herbivores continued onwards, occasionally popping off a slinger shot to knock out a following wingdrake. The two dragon continued to duel, ignorant of our presence, though I did see a few herbivores get pancaked in the duel. This went on for some time, until finally we entered a canyon too narrow for them...just as a group of gajalaka charged toward us. DAMMIT!
Groaning, I readied up to fight them, only for the two dragons to shatter the canyon behind us. Seriously?! What the hell?! Why can't they just give up?!
Ignorant of my beliefs, the two beasts fought on, panicking the gastodon into running away. Even the gajalaka's gastodon were not spared. In fact, both herds mixed, leading to an even bigger stampede away form the wrath of the dragons. The barnos just made things worse, trying to injure anything they could find so that it would fall behind the herd and get pancaked by the fighting dragons. One even attacked a gajalaka, and although the wingdrake was soon forced off, the gastodon the lynian had been riding was injured, and starting to lag behind.
Sighing, I shot out my slinger and grabbed the trailing herbivore. One tug later and I was holding both mount and rider, whilst my mount complained about the added weight.
Okay, time to leave.
I brought my finger to my mouth and whistled. A moment later, the Mernos arrived, and one slinger shot later, was crying out in shock as it suddenly found itself hoisting the weight of several another creatures into the air.
Despite all this, it didn't fall as it made its way back home.
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I arrived back at Astera with a loud crash, landing in a heap with my gastodon, whilst the gajalaka skidded to a halt nearby, its own mount groaning in pain. The mernos let out a relieved cry as it promptly flew back toward the Commission's Rookery to rest. When I finally managed to lift my face out of the dirt, I found the Commander's son offering me a hand, as was Viv.
"Sorry about the rough flight."
"Don't mention it," I said, taking their hands. "..SI that thing why nobody was surprised I came from another world?"
"Yeah. As far as we know, that thing came from a meteor from another universe."
"I see. Just one, or more?"
"A couple, along with those cactus creatures you've caught."
"They the only things that came over?"
"From that portal. Another one opened up a few days ago, but we never go the chance to contact you about it."
"It takes a while to travel between parts of the new world on just wingdrake power. I'm guessing the other one opened up whilst we were in the Elder's Recesses?" asked Viv.
"Yeah, actually."
"Well, what came through?"
"Not what, who - a person came through. Someone who wields two swords, has glowing yellow eyes, and has a body covered in scars he got fighting giant monsters."
I gave Viv a look. "And who might he be?" I asked, somewhat confused.
"Says his name is Geralt...Geralt of Rivia."
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AN: For those who are about to cry foul, when Monster Hunter World released its sixth main update, it added in a quest that let's you play as Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher. It also added in the Leshen as a new huntable monster, and Nekkers as a new type of endemic wildlife to catch.
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