I just want to give the elves a home. What's wrong with that?

Pokémon Center.

"I didn't expect you to be so strong at such a young age."

Zhang Qing stood outside the infirmary, looking through the glass at the metal monster who was receiving treatment. Li Ran's Rhydon just needed a simple recovery and he was fine.

"No, I still have a lot to learn."

Li Ran was still a little embarrassed after winning this game. Rhydon was almost entirely trained by the research institute, and he won without any effort.

"You are too modest. With your..."

As they were halfway through their conversation, a strong earthquake occurred beneath their feet. In panic, they grabbed anything they could find nearby. The shaking lasted for half an hour before gradually returning to calm.

"what happened?"

Li Ran was a little confused and many thoughts emerged in his mind.

Earthquake? Tsunami? Monster?

"My dear..."

A strange and magical ringtone sounded, and Li Ran couldn't help but look for the owner of the voice. As a result, he saw Zhang Qing's old face blushing, and he turned sideways and took out a smart phone from his pocket.

"Hey...yes, yes, I'll do it right away."

Although Li Ran couldn't hear clearly, seeing Zhang Qing, who looked to be in his early thirties, could bend over and groan even through the phone, he must be his boss or leader. However, the voice on the other end sounded urgent, so it was probably not a trivial matter.

"Mr. Zhang Qing, your Pokémon has recovered. Here is your Poké Ball."

Miss Joy walked out of the medical room, smelling faintly of disinfectant.

"Thank you."

After Zhang Qing hung up the phone, his expression turned a little bad, and he looked at Li Ran beside him and said.

"I heard that the fiery volcano in the Summer Territory erupted. The earthquake just now was caused by that. I wonder if Brother Li Ran would be able to go with me? I was asked by my superiors to gather elite trainers to investigate."

After saying that, he also took out the relevant documents, which made Li Ran and Hong Pang a little confused.

"But we are still rookie trainers..."

Hong Pang’s words made Zhang Qing’s eyes widen, and then he looked at Li Ran in disbelief. I actually lost to a rookie trainer?

"What he said is true."

Li Ran nodded and felt inexplicably relieved. Fortunately, he did not take part in the trainer assessment.

The two of them just kept talking to themselves, not noticing the change in Zhang Qing's expression at all. It was as if he had eaten shit. Which rookie trainer has a Pokémon with strength close to that of a lord?

"Then you don't have to go..."

Looking at Zhang Qing's leaving back, Hong Pang asked nervously.

"We really don't have to go? I think it's quite interesting..."

"What are you going to do? To increase the casualties of other trainer professions?"

Li Ran said this quietly, and before the two could come back to their senses, another message came from Hong Pang's phone, and Uncle Li and Qiu Aili were also called away.

"What is the matter that requires mobilizing so many elite trainers?"

Now Li Ran was a little curious. Could it be that there was something else on the other side of the hot volcano that they didn't know about?

"It's normal that you don't know. Let me explain it to you. As far as I know, every time there is a large-scale trainer recruitment event, there are only two possibilities. One is that some very powerful Pokémon appears and threatens humans, and the other is that some secret treasure appears that makes humans and trainers jealous."

"Secret treasure?"

Li Ran heard an unfamiliar word and felt a little dazed. This seemed to be slightly different from the Pokémon world he knew.

"I have only heard of the so-called secret treasure. A secret treasure appeared in the Eastern Pole region before. The energy contained in it can reshape the qualifications of elves. It is said that the reshaped elf finally reached the master level."

"So awesome?"

Li Ran was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this secret treasure would have such an effect.

"That's right, it's priceless."

Hong Pang shook his head and spoke nervously.

"I don't know if Uncle Li and the others will be okay..."

After he finished speaking, the atmosphere inexplicably became quiet. Li Ran naturally knew that in Hong Pang's heart, Uncle Li's status was probably no less than that of a relative.

"Okay, we are of no use, let's go find Yanyan and the others."

On the way back to the tent, Li Ran discovered that there were suddenly fewer people, and several tents were empty, especially the crowd that had gathered around the battlefield had dispersed.

After seeing Li Ran and his companion coming back, the two girls visibly relaxed, and it was obvious that they were afraid that they would be called over as well.

"It looks like our trip may have to end early."

After getting the details from Zuo Feifei, Li Ran sighed. He didn't expect that he would lose money on the expensive trip. It was not the secret treasure they imagined that appeared, but a mysterious fire elf appeared.

As soon as he appeared, he killed dozens of new trainers, which led to the emergency recruitment.

"Doesn't that mean Uncle Li and the others are in danger?"

Hong Pang frowned, but Li Ran interrupted him in time.

"We can't do anything, so let's not cause trouble for them. Going there will only affect them."

"Yes, Li Ran is right."

Zuo Feifei interrupted appropriately and asked how they, a group of people who hadn't even passed the trainer assessment, could get involved in such matters.

"Roar!!"

The hearts of several people were all in their throats. The roar was low and intimidating, and it could be heard from such a far distance, which showed how powerful he was.

"This is at least a master-level elf..."

Li Ran swallowed nervously. He hadn't noticed just now that the clouds in the sky had turned into mosquito coils, extending in circles. Looking ahead, he could also see in the direction of Xia Yu, a scorching column of flame rising into the sky, burning the surrounding clouds red.

"These elves seem to have been affected as well."

Zuo Feifei took Yanyan back a step. A layer of light red energy film appeared on the bodies of those wild elves. They seemed to be bigger, maybe because of dizziness.

"No, leave quickly!"

Li Ran realized that the eyes of those elves began to turn red, as if they were filled with anger, and they inexplicably launched an attack on humans!

boom!

A hole was blasted out at the place where Li Ran was just now, and the tent was blown to pieces. Maybe it was nothing for one elf to attack, but dozens of elves attacking at the same time was still quite terrifying.

"Go ahead..."

"Don't call out your spirit!"

Li Ran stopped Hong Pang who wanted to fight, and then his breathing became rapid.

"Can you guarantee that your elves won't be the same as them?"