Elven settlers

Chapter 70 Evolution under the Starry Night
Under the verdant and tall beech tree, Roque sat on the grass with his legs spread apart, his hands propped back.

Arbor is coiled on the branch above his head, spitting out snake letters to find out the information of the surrounding bird Pokémon.

Bay Leaf, who had carried many branches and leaves, lay beside him, resting with her eyes closed, stretching out a cane whip to scratch her back from time to time.

The bright moon hangs high, and the stars twinkle in the dark blue sky.

The bright moonlight and starlight illuminate the open space under the forest through the gaps in the canopy.

The worm boxes of the unicorns formed a circle and were scattered around Rock.

"Wang Wang"

After patrolling around, Deluby ran up to Rock and rubbed his body.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Rock stroked Da Ruby's head vigorously, and patted his chest with the other hand.

His technique made De Ruby close his eyes comfortably.

After giving Deluby a full body massage, Rock took out a wooden bowl and filled it with spring water, and took some bacon for him.

After the dutiful De Ruby replenished some water, he set out to inspect again.

"Didi"

At this time, the hourly chime of the electronic watch sounded.

Rock raised his hand to look at the time. It had been an hour and a half since the last feeding.

So he stood up from the grass and walked to the surrounding worm boxes.

The unicorns didn't know when they stopped eating, and each of them rolled up into a circle to rest.

Sensing Rock's breath, they poked their heads out of the worm box one after another, trying to climb out of the worm box with an arched body.

Seeing the actions of the unicorns, Rock's eyes lit up.

He knew this was a precursor to the evolution of unicorns.

"Bay leaf, here to help!"

Rock called out the bay leaf loudly, and at the same time quickly took out the unicorn from the worm box.

As soon as these unicorns landed on the ground, they quickly moved their pink round legs and climbed towards a big tree in the center of the bee farm.

Regardless of where the little guy climbed to, Rock immediately picked up the unicorn from the next worm box.

Bay Leaf, who heard Rock's call, also ran over, stretched out his vine whip and started to help from the other direction.

Soon all the unicorns came out of the worm box, and they crawled towards the tree in groups under the brilliance of the stars and the moon.

Soon the six tall beech trees were covered with unicorns, and the first unicorn to climb up the tree occupied a thick branch.

This branch is 20 meters high from the ground. The body of the unicorn clung to the bark tightly, and its body swayed gently in the sky along with the branch.

The brave little guy looked down at the ground before leaping from the branch.

As if a switch had been turned on, the other unicorns followed suit and jumped off the branches one after another.

"Oh!"

Rock, who had been paying attention to them, was startled when he saw such a sight.

In the next second, in his surprised eyes, all these unicorns were floating in the air.

After a closer look, Rock found that there was a transparent silk thread connected to the branch.

The silk thread faintly reflected imperceptible silver light in the moonlight, and the unicorn was suspended in mid-air by this silk thread.

"Haha, it's amazing."

"Baili"

Rock and Bay Leaf stood under the tree, looking at the unicorns hanging in the sky in amazement.

Suddenly, an owl that had been peeping for a long time flew out from a tree not far away. It spread its brown wings and crossed the night sky silently.

Just when the owl stretched out its claws and immediately caught a unicorn.

Suddenly, a big purple snake sprang out from the crown of the tree, its big mouth full of sharp and white teeth.

Caught off guard, the owl was bitten by the Arbo monster's wings and dragged into the dense branches and leaves.

"Goo! Goo!"

The shrill bird chirping came suddenly, and a few brown feathers floated down from the tree.

"Nice job, Abbey! Don't let these heavenly thieves get their way."

Rock swung his fist vigorously in the air, and he didn't find the owl under the cover of night just now.

After a false alarm, he pulled himself together and stared at the surrounding forest.

At this time, a dazzling white light lit up from the tree, and Rock hurriedly looked away.

One by one, the unicorns were suddenly shining with the light of evolution.

45 unicorns evolved at the same time, and the brilliance of the blooms illuminated the small beech forest as bright as day, and the starry sky dimmed for a moment.

The light in the forest quickly returned to normal, and at this time, the things hanging under the trees had turned into light yellow iron-shelled insects.

As a transitional form in the entire metamorphic evolution process of the big needle, the appearance of the iron shell insect is like a huge chrysalis.

The round heads of these iron shells reflected the moonlight and looked very hard. The black triangular eyes were happily looking at Roque under the tree.

"Haha, the evolution is great, now I have the ability to protect myself."

Rock walked around under the tree, inspecting every iron shelled beetle with the flash of bay leaves.

They seem to have accumulated enough energy at the unicorn stage, with smooth and complete shells, plump and well-proportioned bodies, and very well-developed.

After working so hard for most of the night, Rock was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and go back to rest.

After the unicorns evolved into iron-shelled beetles, he didn't have to worry too much about them being eaten by other bird Pokémon.

The positions chosen by these iron-shelled beetles before evolution were very particular, and they were all hidden in the luxuriant tree crowns.

They will hang here motionless throughout the iron shell stage, making it difficult for predators in the sky or on the ground to find them.

Even if they do encounter an attacking enemy, their shells can protect themselves well.

With the continuous blessing of the "hardening" skill, the outer shell of Iron Shell Kun can even reach the hardness of iron block.

And they are not completely incapable of counterattack, the poisonous needle skills of the unicorn period are still mastered after evolution.

Moreover, the iron shells who have evolved together in the form of a group will also support each other and form a joint attack.

If the owl just now attacked these iron-shelled kuns of Rock again at this time, it would face a rain of poisonous needles.

However, since the whole body has become a pupa, iron-shelled beetles will basically not take in water before evolution comes.

In order to reduce energy consumption, unless they are facing a real attack, they will not move even if something big happens.

Rock has a deep understanding of this. All the big needle-point lairs he has attacked before have not been attacked by the Iron Shell Kun inside.

Thinking that the next beekeeping work would be easier, Rock happily called the three elves back to the camp to rest.

"Now the hard work of the previous few days is worth it. You can wake up later tomorrow. Dai Ruby! Don't lick my face tomorrow, I want to rest!"

"Woooo..."

Deluby whimpered and responded to Rock, but its short, wagging tail revealed its true thoughts.

　Today, I took advantage of the fish at work to slightly modify the first two chapters. Friends who have read it can do without reading it. It will not affect the plot. It is just some streamlined and vivid optimizations.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)