Faster, Lute!
You could always run yourself, you know!
Don't worry! We'll take good care of your egg!
Like it's gonna listen to you!
Leave it to Navirou! This calls for items!
Take that!
Navirou's donuts!
The young boy's name is Lute: a rash but passionate fellow
who aims to be the world's top Monster Rider.
He's arrived in Gildegaran, home of the Hunter's Guild.
Small-town boy meets the big city!
Lute and his friends keep their Rider-hood a secret
as they gather info on the Kinship Ores afflicted by the Black Blight.
Y'know, you're a little like Ratha!
So there's a Rider here in Gildegaran!
This is the chance of a lifetime!
"Monster Hunter Stories RIDE ON"
"Episode 19: Nerscylla Blitz!"
I'm beat...
G'night...
When you're exhausted, sleep. And that's a Navi-rule.
He's sleeping.
Hey! We have a quest to go on! I'll wake him up.
It's no use.
When he's like that, not even a Field Horn blast in the ear will wake him.
What? So what do we do now?
The three of us will go.
Yeah. We've got your Rathi, after all.
That's true.
I told you to wake me up!
Hard to do when Navirou's asleep.
How can you be so blasé?
Now Cheval and the others are off on that quest!
Sir?
If you're staying another night with us, may I ask you to pay your bill?
Oh, sure.
Pay the man.
Eh?
Huh?
Can't.
Ow!
Chin up, Lute.
What the heck happened, anyway?!
Didn't Chief Omna give us enough money for a month of lodging?
That he did.
And it's gone?!
Navirou had a certain responsibility, accepting that money.
And yes, Navirou was torn.
But Navirou just knew they'd be needed down the road!
So Navirou used all the money he had to get them!
The sheer variety of donuts available in the big city
moved him.
--Ow ow ow! --Don't tell me you spent all our money on donuts?!
And that's... a Navi--
Where are we gonna stay tonight?
Heck, we can't even eat!
Worry not! Navirou has connections!
Connections?
An in!
Mmm, so tasty...
What's with these two?
That's the Rider we met in Hakum Village.
I know that!
And they're our new lodgers.
Huh?
That's right! We can stay here on the cheap.
We have a spare room in the back--
take in a little rent and our lifestyle's purrfectly secure!
So this is the connection you were talking about?
Navirou's Felyne connection!
You don't have any friends, do you.
Don't be so depressing!
Anyway, we can live here now, so rest easy!
Hey, now, I never said that!
Sheesh...
This is all because mew laze around all day without working a lick.
The bills are piling up-- we can't even buy bread!
It just so happens there's a quest for slaying the Altaroth
showing up in droves along the jungle river!
"Altaroth, Shell Insect"
Altaroth?
Pass.
And this is why we're renting out a room to lodgers.
Oh, fine.
Listen, I'm not about to do any babysitting.
Your business is for you to handle, Lute.
I'm no baby!
And I can handle my business just fine, Reverto!
That's all I needed to hear.
Tidy up the room next door and it's all yours.
However!
My room's a hidden area for me and me alone.
No going in there and messing it up!
Starting right now!
Right this way.
If mew'll use this room, mew'll need to clean it first.
And if mew don't like it, mew could always leave.
So we're chore boys. How convenient.
Yep! Go get 'em, Lute!
Not so fast!
We did it!
Quest complete!
Oho! This place looks downright liveable!
Huh?
Oh, and...
I've talked with the Guild. Head on over there.
The Guild?
If mew don't work, mew don't eat!
Eh?
We've spoken with Reverto.
What kind of quest would be best, I wonder?
Huh? Can I take a quest on all by myself?
Yes--although it depends on the quest.
Ooh! Ooh!
So you're crashing at diabolical lone-wolf expert hunter Reverto's place?
Is it really true?
H-How did you know?!
We heard it from Popola!
For a lone wolf to let you into his home...
You must be very special people indeed!
Huh?
Ah, let's start with this one.
A mushroom-gathering quest!
Please bring us ten Primo Mushrooms.
What? Mushroom-gathering?
You underestimate us!
Mushroom-gathering is a perfectly worthy quest.
Everything has meaning, you know.
Meaning?
Every quest has something to offer!
It is by gaining experience that we first acquire knowledge.
Likewise, it is this gaining of experience
that allows us to earn another's trust.
Experience and trust, huh?
As you gain experience, you'll be able to take on more difficult quests.
Understood. I'll do it!
Mmm!
Made to clean, then to quest...
Just who do they think we are?
And, uh... Why aren't you mad?
Why bother? I said I could handle my own business.
Besides, it's just a mushroom-gathering quest.
Sheesh. And we can only buy the lowest-tier stuff to gear up, too.
And whose fault is that?
A-A-A thousand pardons!
Honestly...
Dear me, you seem to be in a bind!
Oh me, oh my--no money?
Heavens to Betsy, feeling the pinch?
Yes, yes, having no cashola is rough, indeed.
Having no cashola is rough.
It's so important, I said it twice.
What the--?!
Weirdos, striking up a conversation...
Why, Manelger here wouldn't mind gifting a bit of zenny
to a promising young fellow such as yourself!
That means you get spending money.
Let's go, Navirou.
But why?!
That's one cold kid.
Hey, did that Felyne used to be in the Numbers...?
The Numbers?
Indeed. But right now, we've got to get our hands on a Rider first.
Right. Let's look for other Riders, too.
Mmm.
I'd been told not to talk to strangers
who offer you money and try to sweet-talk you...
They're actually real!
The city's a dangerous place!
You got that right.
Navirou doesn't know why, but he was frozen with fear!
Whoa!
Ouch!
What are you sitting there for?!
My arm! It's broken!
A doctor! Take me to a doctor!
No--this is a crime!
It's Debli.
What are you doing?
Oh. It's you.
Still up to no good, eh?
Look, making money's no walk in the park!
It's like undoing a tough knot, then having to tie it all back up again!
Why not do a quest, then?
We're about to be occupied by a quest ourselves.
A quest?
Oho!
I'm in!
Huh?
From the desert to the jungle to the plains to the Arctic Ridge,
I got maps for this whole area in my noggin--let Debli be your guide!
And since we're friends and all...
I'll even give you a discount!
You'd seriously charge us?!
Primo Mushrooms? Got it!
I pretty much know right where to find 'em.
Wow!
I mean, mushrooms grow in damp places, right?
So checking out rotting trees in the shade is ke... ey?
Get it off me! Get it off!
Are you okay?
Over there...
Whoa! Mushrooms!
Navirou didn't say anything, but his navigation skills already found this spot.
A mushroom!
And there's plenty for the picking!
Navirou's nabbing some, too!
Gather away, you two!
Eh?
Uh...
Y-Your lunch is thataway...
Lute... Navirou... Forgive me!
What the--?!
What the heck is that?
That... is a Nerscylla!
"Nerscylla, Shadow Spider"
Ride On!
Rathian!
That... is a Nerscylla!
And it's gonna get me! Help!
Debli... You tried to ditch us and run, didn't you?
H-How did you know?!
Knew it.
No fair, Navirou!
But we can't just leave him there.
Let's rescue him.
If we must.
Whatever, just get me out of here!
Ride On!
Yian Kut-Ku!
Whoa! It's Monstie time!
Hey!
C'mon, Yian Kut-Ku!
That's the way, Yian Kut-Ku!
Now for a breath attack!
Okay... Let's rush it!
Hey! Be careful!
Whoa! Calm down!
--Ow! --Look out!
Yikes! What the heck?!
Navirou!
Help us!
Got it! Stay put-- Navirou will go get help!
What?!
We'll be toast before you get back!
He ran away!
Navirou isn't running away!
He just chose a courageous retreat!
And that's... a Navi-rule.
That's what you get for trying to ditch me.
Th-Th-That fat Felyne or that kid would be way tastier!
Hey!
That guy's got more meat on him, especially around his belly,
and you just know that sweet fat is good eatin'!
Don't call me fat!
He's not!
Too close! Too close! Too close! Too close!
Hey!
Thought you were just picking mushrooms and let your guard down, eh?
Huh?
Mister Reverto?!
Reverto? You mean...
...the diabolical lone-wolf expert hunter?!
The mushrooms around here grow along monster paths.
Where there are mushrooms, there are monsters.
Huh!
We Hunters aren't just gathering mushrooms.
Once we learn the terrain and what's growing where,
we know how the monsters move.
Yeah, yeah, great! Save us!
Guess I'll have to, huh?
Eh?
Huh?
What about Navirou?!
Are you forgetting someone?
Hey!
--You forgot someone! --Okay: the rest is yours.
--That would be Navirou! Don't forget! --Okay: the rest is yours.
All right, Yian Kut-Ku-- show us what you can do!
Huh?
What is this, snack time?
It ate Konchu and blew 'em out as fireballs!
We'll call that move "Fireball Expulsion"!
Yesss!
So that's a Rider's Kinship Attack!
S-So awesome... and kinda neat, too!
Go on, eat!
After all, those who've worked have the right to eat.
Let's dig in!
What, nothing for me?
You didn't work.
What?!
He's kidding. Eat up.
Brother Reverto, you're so cool!
"Brother"?
Phew, Navirou's stuffed.
Why'd I roast all that meat again?
Hey, um, Brother Reverto?
Hmm?
Can... Can I get your autograph?
Huh? My autograph?
Sure, why not.
Let's see... Your name?
Oh, um... You can leave off the name.
Debli, come clean:
You're gonna sell it.
How did you know?!
Ah!
Now I'm heartbroken.
No, no! Th-The part about you being cool is true, brother!
What is it?
"Vespoid"
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
Get away, get away, get away!
--Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! --Say what now?
--Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! --Hey, mister, are you afraid of bugs?
I-I'm not afraid of 'em, they're just... not my thing!
Stay back, stay back, stay back!
Isn't he only attracting more bugs, swinging that torch around...?
Brother Reverto's pretty lame.
Lute!
Did you check out of the inn?
Well, about that...
We didn't so much check out as we were chucked out.
Which was your fault!
Now we're renting a room at Reverto's house.
The Hunter who came to Hakum Village?
Yep!
Hey, are you reporting in on your quest?
The three of us slayed a Gypceros!
What about you?
I'm reporting in, too.
Although mine was gathering mushrooms.
Oh, yeah?
But we beat a Nerscylla, too!
Well, I had Reverto's help.
A Nerscylla? That's amazing!
Hmph. Easy when you have a pro Hunter do the dirty work.
But Lute got in the final blow, all right!
Wow!
Huh? Cheval?
We've got to get ready for our next quest, so...
Eh?
No time to rest!
Okay, Lute, see you around.
Yep! Good luck!
Something kind of weird about Cheval...
You think?
So you've slayed a Nerscylla!
Seems you're braver than most.
Perhaps an entirely new and different path may open for you yet...
Entirely new?
Other Riders in our long history have come to our city
wanting to see the outside world.
You're not the only ones.
All of them, bursting with anticipation.
Wow, really?
But they all left.
Eh?
I expect they couldn't get used to this place.
Those who hunt monsters and those who nurture them
play such different roles...
Chief Omna said something like that, too.
And that's why, long ago,
Riders and Hunters chose to live our separate lives.
So we could fulfill our own roles without causing conflict.
Riders created rules
and lived in seclusion.
Meanwhile, Hunters created Guilds
and constructed cities.
Many, many years have gone by...
So that means our coming here could be a real opportunity!
A chance to learn about each other!
Yes, indeed! Exactly right!
And yet, it won't be easy.
Forming Kinship with monsters, communing with them...
Hunters find the very existence of Riders quite astonishing.
First you must dispel their wariness.
I want people to know more about Riders--
and I want to learn about Hunters!
Once they see how you can be of help to our city,
their viewpoints are sure to change.
Come to know Hunters through quests,
making Riders known in return.
I will. Thanks, mister!
This is all I can do for you.
Whether you'll fit in here in this city is up to you.
Do your very best.
Up to us...
"Monstie Manual"
The Monstie Manual!
"Monstie Manual"
Navirou here will fill you in on some Monsties!
Get your Media Trigger smartphone app ready!
And you've got your egg with you, right?
Okay, time to form Kinship with your Monstie Egg!
And now, the moment of new life: awaken!
"Monstie:"
Our Monstie this time is Nerscylla!
"Nerscylla"
"Type: Technical"
This one's a spidery sort of monster!
"Species: Temnoceran"
It freezes its prey with its webbing,
"Overall Length: 201.4 cm (excluding front legs)"
then attacks with its claws or a bite!
"Overall Height: 177.9 cm (including poison crystals)"
"Leg Size: 53.4 cm"
This specialist in nasty attacks can also put its prey to sleep!
What Monstie will hatch for us next week?
"Next Episode Preview"
Lute here!
We discovered a Felyne village while exploring a forest!
Huh? Some of these Felynes are "unique"--like Navirou!
"The Legend of Pawpad Place"
Next time: "The Legend of Pawpad Place"!
Ride On!