A spirit descends, Gardevoir is my childhood friend?

"Just take these five people to their destination," the young woman at the registration desk said, pointing to the five people sitting to the side.

After receiving the young lady's instructions, the three of them didn't say much and directly told the five of them to get on the Pidgeot's back.

Pidgeots are quite large, easily accommodating three people. Yan Fan and Qin Lele sat on one Pidgeot, the Shi siblings on another, and Lin Xiaolin on her own.

This was Lin Xiaolin's first time riding a flying Pokémon. When Pidgeot took off, he was pale and tightly gripped Pidgeot's feathers.

"Relax, the eagle flies very steadily, there won't be any accidents. Where are you going?" the trainer in front of Lin Xiaolin asked.

Chapter 37 Starry Forest

"I, I, we can just go to the edge of the forest, any decent place will do, preferably with a water source." Although the forest ranger in front of him reassured him that eagles fly very steadily, flying so high still frightened him quite a bit.

Looking at the forest rushing past below, Lin Xiaolin couldn't help but grip the Pidgey tighter. The Pidgey flew very steadily, and the wind coming from the front was completely blocked by the ranger's tall body. Lin Xiaolin only felt a gentle breeze brushing against her body.

"Okay, but there are usually more Pokémon in places with water, so you need to be careful. Also, when your time is up, just press the alarm button and we will come to pick you up. If you encounter any danger, press it three times and we will come as quickly as possible."

After flying for more than ten minutes, the ranger landed beside a stream, gave another warning, and then rode away on the Pidgeot.

Lin Xiaolin, still shaken from the fall of the eagle, wiped away his cold sweat. The other four, seeing Lin Xiaolin's pale face, couldn't help but laugh heartily.

"I never expected that our fearless class monitor would be afraid of flying?" Yan Fan said smugly, putting his arm around Lin Xiaolin's shoulder.

"Climb, hurry up and release the spirits. It's very dangerous in here without a spirit by your side."

As she spoke, Lin Xiaolin released Xinlinbao and Xiaolan, and the others also released their own Pokémon.

There were no Pokémon by the stream at the moment. The three Pidgeots that had landed there earlier had frightened the Pokémon away, causing them to scatter in all directions.

"Let's have lunch first, I'm starving. We'll camp here for now, and explore other places tomorrow," Lin Xiaolin directed the group.

Xiao Bao led the other four elves to wander around. The environment here was very beautiful, but there were also many dangers. Lin Xiaolin told him not to run around and just to wander around the area.

Shi Anyang gathered firewood, Lin Xiaolin was in charge of cooking, and the other three were setting up tents, with Xiao Lan lending a hand as well.

As for what Lin Xiaolin cooked, it was naturally self-heating food. Although it could heat itself, it always tasted better when cooked, just like instant noodles, and it could also boil some water.

After everyone had set up their tents and finished eating, they prepared to wander around, leaving only Octopus Martial Artist to guard the tents and luggage at the camp.

"Oddish!" The five of them walked through the forest and saw many wild Pokémon, such as Caterpie and Oddish. They looked around like curious children.

Although Lin Xiaolin has his own breeding area, this place is completely different from the breeding area; this is a place where real wild Pokémon live.

However, none of these Pokémon are suitable for battle. After all, Oddish gets scared and buries itself in the ground when it sees them, so how can you expect it to battle you?

After wandering around for a while, I found mostly small Pokémon like Caterpie, and since there weren't any suitable Pokémon for battle, I headed back.

As soon as the group returned to the camp, they found several small Rattatas surrounding the camp, trying to sneak in and steal food. However, the Octopus Warrior inside made them extremely wary. Although the Octopus Warrior did not release its aura, they were still very cautious and looked around for any opportunities.

"Spark!" "Fine Snow!" Just as Lin Xiaolin was about to say something, Shi Yu and Qin Lele took action, half braised and half frozen, and chased away the little Rattatas.

"What were you about to say, squad leader?" Shi Yu finally realized what was going on.

Lin Xiaolin slapped her forehead, realizing she was in trouble, but still tried to comfort her, saying, "It's nothing, but Rattatas are social animals and they hold grudges very much. We'll be busy tonight."

"Huh?" Qin Lele was a little surprised. After all, girls really hate these little mice, especially the dirty and potentially dangerous ones. If a bunch of them came at night, they would be scared to death.

"It's alright, just consider it practice. We didn't have any opponents to fight, so this just came to us." Lin Xiaolin didn't seem to care much and led everyone back to the camp.

During dinner, Lin Xiaolin noticed that many elves had come out to drink water. These were elves they hadn't encountered while exploring the area, since this stream was the only water source in the vicinity.

However, the elves didn't provoke them; they just drank some water and ran away, so the group naturally had no intention of harming them.

However, when Xinlinbao ran over to play with them, it scared the little elves who were drinking water so much that they scattered in all directions. Xinlinbao then ran back, puzzled.

The little elves he had met before were all willing to play with him, so why were all the elves here so timid? Heartscale looked back at Lin Xiaolin, puzzled.

“The elves here rarely see humans, so it’s normal for them to be afraid. If they’re not careful, they might become food for other elves.” Lin Xiaolin patted Xinlinbao’s head.

Xinlinbao nodded as if it understood, and sat down next to Lin Xiaolin, as if afraid that Lin Xiaolin would be eaten by other elves.

However, there were some elves who weren't afraid of humans. While the group was eating, a greedy little slippery elf dragged its underwear over to them.

Lin Xiaolin didn't mind sharing some food with him. The slippery boy ate happily, and after finishing, he lay down next to the fire and fell fast asleep.

The five looked at the gooey kid with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. It was rare to see a Pokémon with such a carefree attitude. Lin Xiaolin took a closer look and realized that the gooey kid was only in the early stages of development.

As night fell and darkness descended, pairs of red eyes emerged from the surrounding bushes.

"Little Scale, there are so many Pokémon," Little Blue reminded them. In her perception, there were at least forty or fifty Pokémon surrounding them.

"Everything is ready. Little Rada and Rada are here." Lin Xiaolin quickly stood up, and Xinlinbao also immediately got up and stood at Lin Xiaolin's feet, looking around warily.

The other four people heard Lin Xiaolin's voice and stood up as well, looking around warily. The five of them stood back to back.

"Sister Xiaolan, you don't need to help. Consider this a training exercise for us. Only take action if there is danger. Just keep an eye on the tent and luggage," Lin Xiaolin instructed Xiaolan in her mind.

"Okay, everyone be careful. There are forty-five rats in total, including three big ones. There are also quite a few other elves watching this place." After saying that, Xiao Lan hovered above the five tents and looked around.

"Sister Blue detected 42 Rattatas, and there are three more Rattatas. You all need to be careful, there are quite a few other Pokémon watching around." Lin Xiaolin told everyone what Blue had detected.

“Okay, you and I will deal with Little Rada first. You three can handle Rada. Just hold him off. We’ll come help you after we’ve dealt with Little Rada.” Yan Fan said from the side. The four of them nodded in agreement, since the two of them were the strongest here.

Chapter 38 The Lada People

"They're here!" Lin Xiaolin had just finished speaking when three Rattatas led dozens of baby Rattatas out from all around.

"Chirp chirp!" The leader of the Rattatas in the middle seemed to give some kind of command, and the little Rattatas split into two groups. One group of more than twenty or nearly thirty came toward the five people, while the other group of only a dozen or so went straight to the place where the luggage was placed.

"Little Treasure (Mini Dragon), use Dragon Breath!" Lin Xiaolin and Yan Fan gave the order at the same time. The two Dragon Breaths directly created a breakthrough in the encirclement of Rattata. One poor Rattata was killed instantly before it could react, and the other Rattata hurriedly dodged.

"You guys go and stop Rada, we'll take care of Little Rada," Yan Fan shouted to the other three.

Qin Lele and Shi Yu got goosebumps the moment they saw the group of rats come out, but they didn't fall behind and quickly followed Shi Anyang to stop the three Rattatas.

Three elves blocked the path of three Rattatas. Qin Lele's Snow Moth flew above the three to protect them. The other Rattatas wanted to help their leader, but were held back by the Scaleless that rushed into the rat swarm.

Jangmo-o'-lane weaves through the swarm of rats, while Dratini uses its Dragon Breath to protect the two from attacks by other Rattata.

One by one, the little Rattatas fell, but Heartscale also suffered many injuries. Although his defense was strong enough, he was struggling to cope with dozens of little Rattatas at the same time.

However, the little Rattatas weren't having an easy time either. If Jangmo-o caught them off guard, a single ramming attack or a tail strike would be fatal. Gradually, the little Rattatas stopped fighting Jangmo-o head-on and instead circled around it, looking for opportunities to launch sneak attacks.

Heartscale's injuries were worsening, and only about ten Rattata remained.

"Chirp chirp chirp!" Seeing that his little brothers were about to give up, and that Rattata was temporarily blocked by three Pokémon and couldn't get through, Rattata immediately sent the little Rattata that had gone to the luggage area to help.

This group of more than a dozen Rattatas were blocked in front of the luggage by Blue's superpowers and had no way to break through. Just as they were thinking of a way, they heard the leader's order and hurriedly ran back to help.

Now, together with the remaining dozen or so Rattatas, there were more than twenty Rattatas surrounding Heartscale. Heartscale looked warily at the Rattatas around it.

A little Rattata suddenly charged forward, and Jangmo-o used its Dragon Tail attack to knock it away. However, the other two little Rattata attacked Jangmo-o from behind.

Dratini quickly used its Dragon Breath to block it, but unfortunately it only managed to stop one. The other one used its bite to bite Jangmo-o, and Jangmo-o let out a painful howl, knocking the Rattata off its back with its tail.

"This won't do, Dratini, go help!" Seeing that things were going badly, Yan Fan had no choice but to send Dratini to help. Several Rattatas came straight at the two of them when they saw that there were no Pokémon around, but they were blocked by Blue's psychic powers and could not get close.

With Dratini's help, Jangmo-o'-Largo was much better off and slowly took down one Rattata after another.

"Chirp chirp chirp!" Just then, Rattata let out an angry roar and directly bit Torchic with its front teeth in a fatal blow.

"Torchic!" Shi Yu exclaimed. Torchic collapsed to the ground after being injured, and Rattata rushed towards Shi Yu. Seeing the situation was bad, Frostwolf was about to make a move.

But just then, Torchic emitted a blinding white light, and Torchic evolved! Torchic's body slowly grew larger and taller.

Finally, the light faded, and Broccoli reappeared in the same spot. Without making any further moves, Broccoli turned around and fired a burst of fire at Rattata Leader from behind.

The leader of the Rada was burned before he could react, letting out a painful howl as he scurried into the bushes and fled. The other Radas, seeing their leader run away, also scattered and fled.

Shi Yu plopped down on the ground. The leader of the Rada was less than half a meter away from her, and she could even see the Rada's sharp front teeth coming toward her.

The others also quickly treated their Pokémon, taking out the healing sprays they had prepared beforehand. The most seriously injured was Heartscale, followed by the Pokémon of the other three.

Only the Dratini's injuries were relatively minor, but the fact that it had been using its dragon breath to protect its Heartscale Treasure had left it extremely weak.

After all the treatments were completed, without saying much, the group carried the elf back to their tents to rest.

Inside the tent, Lin Xiaolin tenderly held the injured Xinlinbao, whose scales had been bitten off many times.

Lin Xiaolin felt extremely guilty, believing that his failure to stop Qin Lele and Shi Yu in time led to this outcome.

He hadn't expected there to be so many Rattatas. He had only thought about training the Heartscale Pokémon before and hadn't let Blue help, but now that he saw the wounds on the Heartscale Pokémon, he started to feel guilty.

As she thought about it, she gently stroked the sleeping Xinlinbao.

"Xiao Lin." Xiao Lan hugged Lin Xiao Lin from behind.

"Sister Little Blue..."

"It's not your fault. It's just that we're not strong enough. Besides, Xiao Bao also wants to become stronger. If getting injured can make him stronger, he definitely won't regret it."

Lin Xiaolin didn't say anything, but Xiaolan already knew everything. She and Lin Xiaolin were connected at heart, and she could sense Lin Xiaolin's inner thoughts at any time.

"Ah."

Lin Xiaolin slept peacefully that night, holding the injured Xinlinbao in his arms, with Xiaolan hugging him from behind, gentle energy surrounding Lin Xiaolin and Xinlinbao.

The other elves in the forest, seeing that the Rattata tribe had severely injured the humans, were about to attack when the auras of Octopod and Gengar emanated from them, scaring them into running away.

The next morning, when Lin Xiaolin got up, Xinlinbao and Xiaolan were already gone. As soon as Lin Xiaolin stepped out of the tent, she saw the four of them sitting by the campfire eating breakfast.

"Hey, get up! Come and have breakfast." Yan Fan waved a hot pancake at Lin Xiaolin.

Lin Xiaolin didn't go to pick them up. Instead, she walked to the stream and saw the five elves playing there.