Elf: I'm Just a Commentator

"Uh... to be honest, it's mainly because I'm too lazy to learn about these things."

Lin Xuan explained somewhat awkwardly, after all, he hadn't been a senior researcher for that long, and he had spent a lot of time searching for Mega Evolution Stones, so he naturally didn't have time to learn about these things.

"On Earth, there are three places where ghost energy is most concentrated: Mount Songshen in China, the location of the Tower of Heaven in the United States, and the pyramid complex in Egypt."

"On Earth?"

Lin Xuan wondered if she was being too sensitive, but she felt that Long Xing was deliberately emphasizing this premise.

"Yes, on Earth, because the real Ghost Pokémon holy land is not these three places, but the Spirit World! Even places like Mt. Kami are only so rich in Ghost-type energy because they are very close to the Spirit World."

Long Xing explained to Lin Xuan.

"The Spirit Realm is a rather special space. Most of the time, it is not connected to this world. Only a very few Ghost-type Pokémon can travel between the two worlds with special abilities. Apart from that, you can find the weak points between the two worlds, which are the three places I mentioned above."

"Occasionally, some rather ferocious Ghost-type Pokémon might escape from the Spirit World, but most of the time there's no need to worry. This usually only happens in those three areas where the spatial barriers are weak, and there are dedicated trainers watching over them, so it's none of our business."

The two talked as they walked, and soon they came to a cave. Without hesitation, they went straight in.

The cave wasn't completely dark; in fact, it was somewhat bright, and this light came from the rock walls on both sides.

Scattered across the rock face are some fragments of Dark Stone precursor crystals, which contain some Ghost-type energy, but it is relatively weak and generally difficult to truly become Dark Stones.

As the two were walking, Xiao Xi suddenly jumped up, climbed up the rock wall, and dug hard, activating her racial talent. In no time, she dug out a Dark Stone for Lin Xuan.

"What... um?"

Then, as if presenting a treasure, he handed it to Lin Xuan, who stared at it in disbelief, unsure of what to do with the Dark Stone in his hand.

Although it's just a relatively ordinary dark stone, judging by its appearance, it should be worth at least five figures.

"Your pair of mice... have the 'fetch' property?"

Long Xing asked in a low voice, after all, the ability to pick up items could be used to find treasures to some extent, making it a self-propelled resource detector that could pick up items wherever it went.

Longxing seems to remember a Grass-type Pokémon master who owned a Pumpkin Monster with the Pick Up ability, and it was a five-star Pokémon. It was said that this guy could find all sorts of good things just by going out for a stroll... That's ridiculous.

"No, I just do things my own way."

Lin Xuan's lips twitched before he explained, "As for why the pair of rats were able to find the Dark Stone so precisely... talent?"

At the same time, Lin Xuan suddenly thought of a problem that she had always overlooked.

"Speaking of which, how did you guys find my snacks through the cabinet back in school?"

Surely these two little guys can't have climbed over every single place? I seem to have been ignoring this problem ever since I tamed them.

"Su Su?"

Xiao Xi and Xiaomi looked up at Lin Xuan together, as if to say that finding snacks was a simple matter.

Moreover, after recalling it, Lin Xuan realized that... the four bags of potato chips they had previously received were also found by a pair of rats in a tree hole.

"Are you sure it's not a pickup feature?"

Longxing seemed to want to confirm this issue again.

"no!"

Lin Xuan said with great certainty that these two guys were indeed self-willed, not easily intimidated, and would not cause trouble. As for their treasure-hunting ability... a racial talent?

It's reasonable that a mouse, after all, can find things.

Then Lin Xuan looked up and glanced at Xiaodian.

"So all you know how to do is eat and nothing else?"

After saying that, he sighed and continued walking forward with Long Xing, not giving Xiao Dian a chance to refute him at all.

Small dot: ? ? ?

How is this possible!

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I'm a little sleepy~

Lin Xuan yawned.

Perhaps it was because she had been walking all day, and the visibility here was indeed quite dim, but Lin Xuan actually felt a little sleepy.

Then he reached out to pick up Eevee floating in the sky, intending to pet it and cheer it up.

"Huh? Eevee, what's wrong with you?" Lin Xuan turned Eevee around in mid-air and then noticed that Eevee's originally brown eyes were now blood red, which was a bit chilling to look at.

More importantly, Ibrahimovic opened his mouth and began to gather the Shadow Ball he had just learned. It soon gathered in his mouth and then shot it directly at Lin Xuan.

"what happened to you?"

Lin Xuan, who was still a little sleepy, instantly woke up, let go of Eevee's hand, and then dodged to the side to avoid Eevee's Shadow Ball.

Although Eevee's Shadow Ball is only half-finished and Dragapult can swallow it whole, that's Dragapult, which is a Ghost-type Pokémon. But Lin Xuan is not; he's just an ordinary human, not even a Super Rookie. If he were to be hit by that Shadow Ball, he would definitely get injured.

"Eevee!"

Lin Xuan didn't know what was wrong with Eevee, but she knew it was definitely not normal. She quickly shouted loudly, but Eevee didn't respond at all. Lin Xuan immediately looked around.

Dragon Star and his companion Draco disappeared at some point. Little Point, Gallade, and a pair of rats were still there, but their condition was also abnormal, somewhat similar to Eevee.

Lin Xuan glanced at the abrasions on his arm from dodging Eevee's attack, then looked around... This didn't seem like something the League would do.

If it were the League's cautious approach, they would never allow Pokémon to attack trainers at such close range. It was only because Lin Xuan reacted quickly enough that he was able to do so; if he had reacted even a fraction slower, he would have been seriously injured.

"Little one! Gallade! Little Xi Xiaomi!"

Lin Xuan shouted loudly to the side, but none of the elves paid any attention to him. Even the smaller one still had a fierce red glint in its eyes as it pounced on Lin Xuan.

"wrong!"

Lin Xuan subconsciously felt something was wrong, but she couldn't go against her instincts and her body involuntarily stepped back.

As for what Lin Xuan found amiss... Eevee's Danger Premonition ability didn't activate at all, which was very abnormal. Eevee's sixth sense is extremely strong. Even if Manaphy flies past from the side, it might reveal a clue if it's not completely concealed. So who here could so easily trap her in this illusion?

More importantly, he was still unharmed, and even though he was trapped in the illusion, Eevee and the others did not react to his voice at all, which was also abnormal. Lin Xuan did not think that the bond between him and them was so fragile.

Just as Lin Xuan was in danger, a purple elf was quietly hiding behind a rock wall not far away, floating in mid-air.

This elf has a head shaped like a magician's hat, with four protrusions at the back and three red gems inlaid on its chest, shimmering with an eerie light in the dim light, making one feel a little uneasy.

Dream Demon!

Meanwhile, the Dream Demon's eyes were fixed on Lin Xuan and his group not far away. Strands of invisible energy silently seeped from Lin Xuan and the others into the gem on the Dream Demon's chest. As it inhaled this energy, a look of intoxication appeared on the Dream Demon's face.

Is this... the taste of fear?

Chapter 267 A Powerful Aura!

Seeing the tiny dot rushing towards her, Lin Xuan didn't dodge immediately. Instead, she flashed through her mind the guess she had just come up with, and then... closed her eyes.

Lin Xuan's action startled the dream demon on the side, and at the same time, it felt that the fear it had just absorbed had decreased. This was not a good thing, as it still wanted to have a feast!

Lin Xuan closed her eyes, but the expected attack did not come. When she realized that there was nothing wrong with her body, Lin Xuan suddenly opened her eyes again.

The small dot that was originally attacking him passed right through his body, like a false phantom.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, he guessed correctly. It wasn't that Xiao Dian and the others were hypnotized and attacked him, but that everything here was just a false illusion.

Everything is fake. The little dot that just pounced on me is also fake and won't cause me any harm. But... how can I escape from this illusion?

Lin Xuan turned her head and looked at "Eevee" and "Little Dot" next to her, who were still throwing skills at her. At this point, Lin Xuan simply ignored them, since they were all fake anyway.

Then, streams of superpowers and 100,000 volts seemed to pass through his body, but Lin Xuan remained completely unharmed.

After a brief moment of thought, Lin Xuan came up with a method that she wasn't sure if it would work... meditation.

The meditation method I learned from the Kawafu City Dojo emphasizes calming the mind and merging oneself with the universe to see through illusions... Well, that's a bit fantastical, and it's probably not that powerful, but it should still be somewhat useful.

Lin Xuan closed his eyes and began to meditate. After all, he had trained for quite some time before, and he quickly entered a meditative state, achieving a state of mental and physical unity, and felt that his mind had become much clearer.

Then I suddenly opened my eyes and felt that the whole world was much clearer!

Then Lin Xuan glanced at the little dot that was still baring its teeth and throwing 100,000 volts at him, and fell silent. Okay, this doesn't seem to work. Let's try another way.

It's not that this method is useless. If it were a more powerful superhuman, like Zhang Qiming, they could probably escape from the illusion in no time. But for a beginner like Lin Xuan, it's best to forget about it.

Although the dream demon on the side noticed the abnormality of Lin Xuan, it was too lazy to care about him and was very satisfied to absorb the fear from the others.

Especially the electric mouse, which provides the purest energy, is quite good.

As for Lin Xuan...

Thinking back to how I had recently fallen into a similar illusion at Manaphy's, and how Xiao Dian had woken me up that time, and how she did it was...

Lin Xuan took a deep breath, then raised her right hand, closed her eyes, and hardened her heart.

Snapped!

It hurts!

In order to break free from the illusion, Lin Xuan was quite ruthless, but the effect was good. As soon as he opened his eyes, the "little dots" that had been fiercely attacking him disappeared, and even Long Xing, who had disappeared from Lin Xuan's sight, reappeared.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"Ghost-type energy? What does that have to do with us?"

Yan Ming frowned as he looked at the staff's report and said, "Unless the Ultra Cave is opened directly, I don't believe any Pokémon can get in here."