Monster Hunter: This Dragon's Built Different-Chapter 405: Future Ambitions
From the moment Logan reappeared, and over the course of the following few days, the vast majority of living beings had already adapted to the changes in Logan and to this new appearance of His.
It was the scholars who, after many years, once again became fervent. Although they could no longer, as they had in the past, think of every possible way to approach the nest and thereby observe Logan’s every move at close range, they still continuously submitted applications under all kinds of pretexts, requesting an "audience" with the great Order Dragon.
At the beginning, the Fire Wyvern Grimalkyne leader and the Ancient Wyverian girl responsible for this matter still replied conscientiously. But as time went on and the numbers increased, any application coming from the Ancient Tree research base was rejected outright without even being looked at, which finally made things a bit easier.
As for the small number who still could not adapt, setting aside Aki and her child, even Mother Chameleos actually looked as if she had seen a ghost!
After completing His metamorphosis, the rate of energy circulation within Logan had become extremely fast, and the structure of His flesh and blood appeared even more "fantastical." This state, as if flesh and energy were perfectly fused together, seemed to have already somewhat transcended the category of a "biological organism."
Almost every organ existed for the sake of energy, and the immune system had also transformed from purely biological immunity into a cross-immunity of biology and energy.
During Mother Chameleos’s series of sneaky tests, the effects of her medicinal mists on Logan were greatly reduced. Even medicinal mists specifically targeting the immune system, after being absorbed by Logan, found the biological immune system ineffective, yet the energy-based immune system activated instantly, directly annihilating all of those medicinal mists carrying "abnormal energy."
Such performance made Mother Chameleos cry out that it was impossible! This simply should not be something a living being of this world could possess!
Naturally, Logan noticed all of Mother Chameleos’s little maneuvers. However, since He was also testing His own condition, He had been pretending not to notice the entire time, allowing Mother Chameleos to "act recklessly" over there.
The result left Him very satisfied!
It was just that now, compared to Mother Chameleos’s incomprehension, what Logan cared about more was Aki.
Originally, Aki’s ability to accept things was still fairly good. After all, they had all metamorphosed from ordinary Fire Wyverns—so even if this time the change was a bit bigger, it was still acceptable.
It was just that on one occasion, when Logan once again tried to create phantom limbs and take on a quadrupedal form, Aki’s mind directly crashed!
Setting appearance aside, for a Flying Wyvern-type body—one with a long head, a short torso, and a long tail—abruptly adding phantom limbs would look somewhat uncoordinated.
More importantly, it was that stance where it seemed as if even the skeleton had changed. It was like a couple who had lived together for many years: one day you wake up and see that your husband not only went out and got major cosmetic surgery, changing drastically, but also suddenly grew an extra pair of hands—even if you later learn those hands are fake, the psychological shadow has already been planted just like that.
Aki’s prior level of acceptance instantly dropped to zero. For several days in a row, she was so frightened that she directly led a team—taking a group of Radiant Rathians out to hunt.
She needed to calm down properly!!
As for little Loren—
He was the one who could not accept it the most. From childhood, he had always been striving to catch up with Logan as his goal.
And then he suddenly discovered that this was far from his old man’s limit. He had clearly been imagining the future, looking forward to having that kind of strength himself, yet this metamorphosis directly slapped him in the face.
He had not even fully inherited the bloodline—how was he supposed to chase?
Unable to accept it, little Loren directly flew out of the Ancient Tree. According to the Radiant Crystal Butterfly on him, in his foul mood he seemed to have run into Darren, and for the time being was together with the other party, clearing out those stray Radiant Fire Wyvern groups.
All at once, Logan truly became a lone man, and He was genuinely helpless.
But He also could not find a good way to resolve it. In the end, He could only choose to go with the flow and leave this adaptation process to time.
Just as Logan was trying to adapt to His new power, the Research Commission’s side received a letter from the Old World, and for a time it caused an uproar.
Nakarkos had been slain—so why had the Elder Crossing still not stopped!
Over in the Old World, they had still discovered some signs of activity from certain Elder Dragons. Those movements and preparations were clearly identical to the Elder Dragons from the previous Elder Crossing.
That is to say, the news sent back by Astera—that the source of the Elder Crossing had been dealt with—had already been confirmed to be false!
They had gotten the wrong target!
Nakarkos simply was not the mastermind behind the Elder Crossing!
Such an erroneous judgment left the scholars of Astera without face.
The upper leadership of the Research Commission, who had only just enjoyed a few good days, urgently convened a meeting. After discussion, the final result was a decision to restart the capture plan for Zorah Magdaros, intending to follow the original plan and use Zorah Magdaros as a breakthrough point to explore the secrets of the Elder Crossing.
In this way, another letter requesting assistance was once again placed before Logan.
"Astera is requesting additional material support, including various large-scale equipment, logistical supplies, ammunition, and so on, meow."
An operation aimed at a super-colossal Elder Dragon clearly exceeded the decision-making authority of Blazefire Village’s upper leadership and could only be approved if Logan nodded in agreement.
As for the wording in the letter—phrases such as "request" and the like—ever since the majority of Astera’s logistics began relying on the Ancient Tree, and most hunters registered as Ancient Tree hunters, the cooperation between the two sides had gradually evolved into something closer to a relationship between a civilian external organization and a local official authority.
The relationship between the two sides was no longer that simple. Some Radiant Fire Wyverns even privately instructed the new generation of domesticated cats to conduct simple trade with Astera. Logan had already begun to turn a blind eye to such matters.
After all, the intelligence of these Radiant Fire Wyverns was growing higher and higher—this was an inevitable stage in the emergence of a social structure.
Class hierarchy!
As for intercepting Zorah Magdaros, Logan could not find any reason at all to refuse.
His level of vigilance toward Astera was no longer as high as it had been before.
In the past, He had been concerned that Astera’s more advanced civilizational concepts might in turn influence the simple Fire Wyverns and cats, allowing the guest to usurp the host.
But now, on the Ancient Tree, the new society composed of wyverns, humans, cats, and other species had already become completely independent. Moreover, in the minds of the people over in Astera—shaped by civilizational order—it possessed even greater legal legitimacy!
Hunters do not participate in national politics, and together with the customary behavior of hunters—who can register at various hunter guilds and stay wherever they go—this had, under the influence of the Ancient Tree Hunter Guild, led to recognition of this "civilized polity."
At present, because of the Elder Crossing, these hunters still regarded themselves as "Research Commission hunters" at heart. Registering as Ancient Tree hunters was merely for convenience, to take on some quests along the way, and to maintain ecological balance in the manner they were accustomed to.
But once the Elder Crossing incident came to an end, for those hunters who intended to remain and develop in the New World, their focus would naturally, over time, gradually shift toward the Ancient Tree Hunter Guild, this local "official institution."
When that time came, whether these hunters bore the name of the Research Commission or the Ancient Tree would be open to discussion!
After another hundred years or so, when most of this generation of humans from the Old World had passed away—
Astera?
No!
It would be the Ancient Tree Astera Port!
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