Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 957, Alliance Headquarters
It was cloudy on the ninth day of our stay in the Orange Islands.

Leisurely time always flies by like a white horse, and more than a week has passed in a blink of an eye.

Today, it was time for them to leave. The Dunmei family had already set out on their journey home and returned to Xiagan Island a few days ago.

He looked at the boundary between the sea level and the sky in the distance. It was a pity that he would not return to Xiagan Island with Dunmei and his family, but would go to the alliance headquarters with Du.

This time, he would use the merits he had established in Odomare and exchange super stones for the resources the elves needed to break through.

During this period, Du and others were very busy. The candidates for the Four Heavenly Kings seats were announced during this period. At the same time, the Orange Islands' gyms and alliances would also usher in a series of drastic reforms, and the Orange Alliance was preparing for the upcoming changes.

Soon, the Orange Alliance will announce the candidates for the upcoming Four Heavenly Kings to the people of the entire Orange Islands. At that time, the alliance will carefully arrange a suitable occasion for these four new Four Heavenly Kings to appear in the public eye.

Since the Protoss Tournament is an internal competition, in order to prevent hostile forces from stealing the information of participating trainers, the league did not disclose the results of the battle, and many details of the Protoss Tournament were also strictly confidential.

Therefore, many people are curious about the candidates for the Four Heavenly Kings this time, and can only guess silently in private, looking forward to the day when the results will be announced.

In the days to come, they will just have to wait for the official announcement of the appointment of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Orange Islands. Kikuko will then announce the appointment of the Four Heavenly Kings, and then leave two experienced Four Heavenly Kings as advisors to guide the smooth completion of the reforms of the Orange Islands.

During this period, these four new Heavenly Kings must be familiarized with their respective responsibilities as soon as possible. Once everything in the Orange Alliance is on track, the Alliance will no longer interfere too much in the affairs of the Orange Islands.

If you encounter a difficult situation in the future that even the Four Heavenly Kings cannot handle, you can report it to the alliance headquarters, let the parliament make a decision, and you can also request manpower support.

In the future, the Orange Islands will be handed over to the new four kings, the old four avenues, and the new four avenues that are currently being selected and built.

However, the alliance has been infiltrated and riddled with holes, like a sieve with countless holes. It seems that keeping secrets does not make much sense. The enemy already knows almost everything they should know. There are even insiders who go to the game in person to watch the game and blatantly steal information, and the alliance is still unaware of it.

Ukai stayed on Citrus Island just to wait for Tosho to finish his final work so that they could leave Citrus Island together and return to the alliance headquarters in the Kanto region.

As the reserve four heavenly kings, they have long been officially registered in the Orange Alliance. Their information is in the archives of the Orange Alliance, waiting for possible vacancies at any time.

If someone among the Four Heavenly Kings unfortunately dies, or there is a serious situation such as rebellion, they, as the Four Heavenly Kings reserve, can always fill the position, which is a pretty good benefit.

Not only that, their welfare benefits are basically the same as those of the Elite Four. In the many facilities and resource allocation of the alliance, except for the decision-making and command powers unique to the Elite Four, they, the Elite Four reserves, can basically enjoy other benefits that do not involve their authority. From accommodation on Citrus Island to the allocation of trainer resources, it can be seen that the alliance values ​​them.

As long as they can fill in the Four Heavenly Kings seat, they will be almost the same as a real Four Heavenly King in every aspect...

Sitting in the spacious and comfortable passenger plane, the clouds outside the window were floating like cotton. He narrowed his eyes slightly and recalled what had happened recently.

Naturally, he also obtained the benefits of the Four Heavenly Kings Reserve. Among these benefits, the one that excited him the most was undoubtedly the right to go to the Alliance Treasury to exchange resources, and even exchange for rare elves. Thinking of this, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

Once upon a time, he also wanted to form a team of all dragon-attribute elves and form the Dragon Team.

At that time, this was an unattainable goal for him, but now with these resources, realizing this dream is as easy as pie. Even cultivating six dragon-type quasi-god elves is not a difficult task.

However, times have changed. After countless battles and trials, his elves have become very powerful and are not inferior to dragon elves of the same level.

He thought silently in his heart that the elves were already very strong now. He just needed to exchange them for enough resources to push them all to the champion level. For this resource exchange, he would spare no expense.

He couldn't help but recall the powerful strength of the quasi-champion level. The oppressive feeling was right in front of him, and the next championship level would only be more powerful.

No wonder Grandpa Dunmei is always calm and composed on weekdays. It turns out that it is the champion-level King Dai Dai who gives him enough confidence.

As long as the champion-level Slowking is still there in Xia Gan Gym, it will be an unshakable existence. No one can shake Xia Gan Gym. Those underground organizations in the dark are probably afraid of this old man who is not easy to mess with and dare not provoke him easily.

Then, his goal was clear and definite. He clenched his fists slightly and thought to himself that that was to try his best to push the elves to the championship level. As long as he achieved this goal, even if he failed to become one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the future, he would definitely have a pivotal position in the alliance.

He slowly withdrew his gaze from the white clouds outside the window. The plane was quiet and comfortable. He reached into his backpack and took out an old notebook. The paper had turned slightly yellow, and it recorded every detail of his journey.

He gently opened his notebook, picked up a pen, and prepared to plan what resources he should exchange next to help the elves break through to the champion level.

He looked at the elf information recorded in the notebook and thought to himself that he had a large number of elves, but limited resources. It was obviously an unrealistic fantasy to want all the elves to be promoted to champions. After all, he simply did not have that many resources for breakthroughs.

Therefore, he had to make a difficult choice on which Pokémon to prioritize for promotion to the champion level. After careful consideration, it is now certain that Gengar, Zapdos, and Frogger, these three Pokémon will all strive for the champion level.

He looked at Gengar's information on the notebook. Gengar still had a fragment of the Phantom Slate. With this fragment, Gengar's ability to reach the champion level was guaranteed. He only needed to improve his strength step by step in the future.

His eyes moved to the record of Zapdos and he nodded slightly. Zapdos's own championship potential was already sufficient. The only thing he needed now was to exchange for resources that could help Zapdos break through to the championship level.

Thinking of the Zapdos soaring in the sky and releasing powerful electric currents, he wrote in his notebook that Zapdos needed to occupy a trading spot.

Next was the Fast Swim Frog. His fingers gently slid across the paper recording the Fast Swim Frog. The Fast Swim Frog possessed the fragment of the Great White Gem, which meant there was no need to worry about the potential improvement of the Fast Swim Frog.

Like Zapdos, Frog still lacks the potential resources to break through to the champion level, and the strength resources to break through to the champion level, so it needs to occupy two in exchange for a spot.

There are many Pokémon in similar situations. Tyrannosaurus Rex holds the body fragments of Groudon. With this breakthrough resource, Tyrannosaurus Rex's growth path is relatively smooth. There is no need to worry too much. It can just improve its strength step by step.

Slowking, thanks to the Dunmi family's unique training methods, will only be a matter of time before it breaks through to Champion level, so there's no need to worry too much. Looking at Scizor and Lucario, his brow furrowed again. The resources he currently possessed, especially Cobalion's horns, were probably insufficient to allow the two Pokémon to reach near-Champion potential.

If you want them to break through to the quasi-champion potential together, you need to exchange for enough resources to improve their potential. Only by raising the potential to the quasi-champion level first, and then spending resources to raise the potential from the quasi-champion level to the champion level, can you finally break through to the champion level in terms of strength.

To cultivate an elf to the champion level, three crucial steps are indispensable, but the breakthrough progress of these elves is uneven and the gap is quite large.

Just like that, in the quiet passenger plane, he sometimes lowered his head in thought, and sometimes wrote furiously, carefully dividing the elves that had the hope of breaking through to the champion level into four different progress levels.

The first type is naturally the Pokémon that has all the resources but only lacks time, such as Gengar and Tyranitar.

The second type is the Pokémon that is still one step away. They have the potential to be champion-level Pokémon, but they just need to break through to the champion level. For example, Zapdos, Magneton, Clay Titan, Grunt, Diglett, Slowking...

The third type is the elves that are two steps away. Their potential is already at the quasi-champion level, but they still need to improve their potential to the champion level before they can improve their strength to the champion level.

For example, Gyarados, Electabuzz, Darkrai, Psychic Doll, Regirock, Reggieace, Charmander, Dragonite, and Frogger...

Charmeleon still has one more chance to evolve, which is enough for Charmeleon to become a quasi-champion. Frog and Dragonite have the fragments of the Great White Gem, and their potential can also become quasi-champions.

The fourth type is the Pokémon that are three steps away from reaching the champion level. They need to complete all the above progress before they can break through to the champion level, such as Swampert, Pidgeot, Foretrus, Mantis, Groot, Lucario...

For every step missing, you need a level one breakthrough energy item. For two steps missing, you need two items. For three steps missing, you need three items.

His fingers tapped lightly on the edge of the notebook, his eyes filled with thought. Given the limited resources, he already had a clear plan in mind.

He would naturally give priority to those elves that were only one step away from a breakthrough. Such a choice could not only save precious resources to the greatest extent, but also see the significant effect of the elves' strength improvement the fastest. In the fiercely competitive arena, time and resources are equally precious.

As for those elves who are just two steps away from breaking through to the champion level, he needs to consider them carefully and select them meticulously.

Pokémon that are three steps away from reaching the champion level can only be cultivated as appropriate according to the actual situation. Pokémon like Mantis, Lucario, Swampert, and Giganto have the potential and opportunity to be cultivated to break through to the champion level, especially Swampert, which occupies a special place in his heart.

As a trainer focusing on water-type Pokémon, Swampert is not afraid of the ground attribute of electric-type attacks, giving it a unique advantage on the battlefield.

Coupled with its impressive mega evolution ability, Swampert has become an indispensable main Pokémon in the team. When facing various electric Pokémon, Swampert can always play a key role with its own strength and attribute characteristics.

It seems that there are more than ten elves that he is confident of breaking through to the champion level. The large number of choices makes him feel relieved, but also brings new troubles.

He knew that opportunities were rare, and he was afraid that there would not be enough chances to enter the championship treasury. Otherwise, he wanted every elf to break through to the championship level and let them shine in the arena.

Next, how to reasonably allocate the limited exchange places became a headache for him. As the trainer of these little guys, he also had his own preferences, and it was really difficult to be absolutely fair and just.

He also has his own selfish desires, and can only work hard to maximize benefits under limited conditions and cultivate main elves with greater functions as much as possible.

Just like the main Pokémon like Lucario, whose potential is not outstanding, he will also exchange them for breakthrough resources for these Pokémon to use.

The reason is nothing but preference...

As for the Super Stones of Blastoise and Megalodon, these two Super Stones were obtained by accident. These two Pokémon were not the main force in the team. After some consideration, he decided to use them to exchange for breakthrough resources that other Pokémon urgently needed.

After finishing the last stroke, he gently closed the carefully planned notebook and sighed slightly. Only then did he suddenly realize how quickly time had passed.

The plane was shaking slightly, and he looked out the window at the earth right outside. It turned out that the plane was already descending slowly, and its destination was the famous Silver Mountains, the headquarters of the alliance.

The plane landed smoothly and the cabin door slowly opened. Yu Hai and Du walked out of the plane one after another. The air outside was fresh and pleasant, with a hint of the unique fragrance of grass and trees in the mountains and forests.

As soon as Du got off the plane, he twisted his sore neck slightly to relieve the fatigue accumulated from the busy travels in the Orange Islands over the past few days.

He had been extremely busy these past few days, and now he could finally relax a little and have a good rest. He looked at Yu Hai with a questioning look on his face and asked, "Ah Hai, do you want to rest for a night and go to the treasure house tomorrow, or go now?"

There was an eagerness in Yu Hai's eyes, and he answered without hesitation: "I want to go now."

As early as when he was on Citrus Island, he had already rested sufficiently. His mind was obsessed with breakthrough resources. He wished he could enter the treasure house immediately to obtain growth resources for his elves.

"Okay, I'll take you there now." Du yawned helplessly, his mouth wide open as if to release all the fatigue of the past few days.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. He thumbed through the phone to search for contacts while saying, "Your contributions to Odomare will be exchanged for items in the treasury. You'll need to find someone to register with you."

As he spoke, the call was connected. He quickly and briefly explained the situation to the phone and arranged the relevant matters.

Yu Hai waited quietly on the side, his eyes full of anticipation, and from time to time he stood on tiptoe to look at the magnificent alliance headquarters in the distance.

Du hung up the phone, looked at Yu Hai and continued, "You want to use the super stone to exchange for the resources in the treasure house, so I have to go with you. As a guarantor of the resource exchange, come with me..."

After all, this kind of resource exchange needs to be carried out strictly in accordance with the alliance's regulations and procedures. His presence can ensure that everything is foolproof and help Yu Hai handle this matter.

(End of this chapter)