This elf world is a bit strange

But before she could get far, she heard a "puff" and a hole suddenly appeared in the ground diagonally in front of her.

A small light blue head popped out from it.

Then, the small hole began to expand, quickly becoming wide enough to accommodate people in and out.

"Come here quickly!"

An anxious female voice came from the bottom of the cave, a red light flashed, the Alola Ninetales disappeared, and the Padiya girl named Vivian waved frantically in the direction of the few people.

"Let's go! Just go this way!"

Just when Caidou was hesitating, Firio arrived at her side first, pulled her hand hard, grabbed her and rushed towards the cave in front.

Compared to the swamp in the distance, the money in hand is more reassuring.

"Dream Monster! Solebee!"

With a loud roar, a powerful super-energy attack smashed into the air. The trump card hidden for a long time instantly made the champion Baofeilong, who was just about to close the distance, break out in a cold sweat. He suddenly pulled up and used the dragon's wave to confront it head-on.

The pure white beam of light encountered the vast sea of ​​psychic energy head-on. The howling wind and the sound of explosions frightened the human trainers and Pokémon near and far.

When the violent explosion gradually subsided and the smoke and dust dissipated, the Dragonite, who was about to take advantage of the situation to attack, was stunned where he was.

In its vertical pupils filled with cruelty and savagery, the ground below was empty, with only a small hole left.

"Boman!——"

The anger that had nowhere to vent turned into a captivating roar, echoing over the island.

Even the violent Donja clan trembled in fear at the wrath of the Violent Flying Dragon, and they prostrated themselves on the ground, carrying the elderly and children with them.

It was not until the overlord, after repeated and fruitless searches, returned to its territory in the center of the island amid indiscriminate flames that the frightened creatures dared to stand up and, along with the equally frightened Parasoma mushrooms, ran back to their own territory in shame.

At the same time, a transparent film that looked similar to the one in the sea off the island, but in fact more colorful, finally took shape as the light column faded away and covered the island.

Along the outer boundary of the island, it is completely covered, not a millimeter more or less.

At a moment no one knew, the crystal that had shattered into powder at the bottom of the lake also disappeared without a trace as the water surged, leaving no trace.

Chapter 279 A New World in the Dark

“Ehhhhhhhh?!——”

With a scream, Eberic slid along the escape route dug by Vivian. It took him half a minute to stop in a naturally formed underground cave.

Although it was in a kind of intimate way with the face pressed against the side of the rock wall.

Before Vivian could reach out to pull him up, Pep's figure, who looked even more embarrassed than him, followed him.

"Bam—"

The already narrow passage was instantly filled by the two people who fell into a ball. Caidou, who was behind, was horrified. She slammed her hands on the rock wall, took advantage of the momentum and jumped up, jumping a long distance.

But what a fighter can do is unrealistic for Firion.

Under the influence of inertia, he could only watch the two twisted and tumbling figures getting bigger and bigger in his eyes.

Then, become one of them.

Next, it was the Tailwinder and the Incubus at the rear.

"Madge!"

"Buy!"

"bang bang"

One flew out and the other rushed out, like two cannonballs fired at the same time, without any order, and hit Filio's chest heavily before he could catch his breath.

"Ahem, cough, cough..."

Overwhelmed by the burden, he coughed violently and fell backwards, falling on Eberic and Pep who were struggling to get up, knocking them to the ground again.

For a moment, except for Vivian, who landed first and escaped first, and Caidou, whose physical fitness was comparable to that of Pokémon, the other three were all covered in dust.

The narrow cave was filled with dust, and cries of pain and complaints were heard everywhere.

-----------------

When the dust settled, several people sat in a row with their backs against the thick and safe cold rock wall.

Listening to the roar coming faintly from the cave entrance and feeling the rage of the Tyrannosaurus that had lost its target, the four people who had escaped from the tiger's mouth breathed a sigh of relief and continued to take deep breaths to adjust their hearts and lungs that were overloaded due to the intense activity.

"What the hell is going on? Why is there such a scary wild Pokémon chasing you?"

She looked at the cave entrance with lingering fear, confused and puzzled about the situation.

Just now, Kona, who received distress signals from several people and situation reports from surrounding exploration teams, suddenly contacted her while she was still exploring underground and asked her to find a way to provide support.

But until this moment, she, who had made great contributions, still had no idea what was happening outside and fought a confused battle.

This is a long story, and Filio can only briefly introduce his experience and conjectures.

Listening to Firio's story, she was confused, but she also felt as if the clouds had cleared and the sun was shining, especially the colorful beam of light that shot up into the sky.

She took out a small, peculiarly shaped detector from her pocket, pressed the switch, listened to the "beep, beep" sound, and muttered to herself:

"Sure enough... the energy signal has increased again. This place is not that simple. There must be a problem."

"Hmm?" Eberic, who had sharp ears, heard her whisper and asked, "What did you say? What's not that simple?"

"That's where I'm talking about."

Vivian shook her head, pointed to the cave that still seemed deep under the illumination of the Solar Eevee's superpower, and told her experiences of the past few days.

Unlike other contestants from other places who are keen on adventure, she is calm and cautious. She has been cautious and has been exploring carefully since she landed on the island.

Hard work pays off. Not long after arriving here, she discovered that the Pokémon on this island generally had a slightly weird feeling.

It was as if the environment of the island itself was completely inadequate to support all of this, but it suddenly increased the accumulation of power and even changed the form of life.

Being from Padia, she was very alert to this situation. Feeling that things were not going well, she found another way out. After many twists and turns, she and Kyuubi finally dug underground and indeed saw a new world.

Pep looked at his watch and said softly, "No wonder your points suddenly increased so much. It seems that the camp and King Kona have approved your contribution?"

Following his gaze, several people lowered their heads at the same time and saw the real-time ranking list.

Firion and Caidou were on par with each other, and even without taking into account the information about the colored beam of light, they had already reached nearly 20,000 points.

Pep and Eberic only have 7,000 points, ranking in the middle of the contestants, and now they can't change.

Vivian, who had been at the bottom for three days, suddenly emerged as a dark horse and reached 12,000 points in one breath.

"Yes, I have been exploring near this underground cave these days, and the points also come from here."

Vivian admitted it openly and showed the instrument in her hand.

"My Nine-Tailed Fox and Snow Demon Girl both noticed that the underground space also has a special energy similar to that on the ground, so I applied for this instrument from Miss Kona."

With this information, her contribution instantly jumped, and was on par with the Pokémon population and strength distribution data provided by Firion and Caidou.

However, although Vivian provided a new idea, the people who had just escaped from danger, especially Firio, had no intention of exploring this new underground world any further.

He had been using his super powers to explore the surface conditions, and only felt relieved when the roar of the Tyrannosaurus faded away. He leaned against the rock wall behind him and breathed heavily.

When his rapid breathing gradually calmed down and he regained some strength, he looked at Eberic and said, "What was that thing you just threw out? It can make a Pokémon as powerful as Dragonite suffer so much that it would rather die than live. It's really amazing."

Rather than exploring the cave, he, who is also a prop design expert, hopes to satisfy his own strong curiosity.

Such interesting props made him full of interest to find out more.

However, it would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it. Once this matter was mentioned, Eberic, who was originally full of joy at surviving the disaster, suddenly became extremely miserable, and the word "pain" was almost printed on his forehead.

"That's my family's secret recipe! It's more valuable than my life!"

The chatterbox from Sinnoh beat his chest and stamped his feet. When he thought of the life-saving artifact with an incredibly high production cost, he, who was used to being thrifty, felt like a big piece of his flesh had been cut off.

I didn't feel anything when I acted decisively when I was escaping, but when I thought about it again after I was safe, I felt a pang of pain in my heart.

Although most of it was just pretense and he just wanted to pave the way for the self-promotion later, the high cost did force him to be frugal for a while.

"That thing is a technology of the Dragon People, right? It should be useful against other Pokémon, but that smell is probably what Dragon Pokémon hate the most?"

Pep, who had traveled to many regions and had a wide range of knowledge, turned his head and ignored Eberic's exaggerated behavior and said in a deep voice.

"Oh? You, with your expressionless face, actually know this?" Eberic's eyes lit up and he patted his chest ostentatiously, no longer looking like he had just lost his parents. "You are really an expert! This belongs to us, the Dragon People..."

"That being said, you don't have any serious dragon Pokémon yourself, do you? Have you really inherited the power of the Dragon Folk?"

Without giving Eberic a chance to brag, Pep, who seemed aloof but was actually a bit sinister and had a bad taste, did not hesitate to stab him in the back.

[Pep used the skill "Soul Shock" with great effect, causing great damage to Eberic, and Eberic lost his ability to fight. ]

A line of these big words seemed to appear directly in front of Firio's eyes. He looked at Caidou again and saw the same hilarious smile on her face as his own.

Both of them who had watched the Lily of the Valley Conference knew that as a branch of the Dragon Clan that migrated from the Johto region to Sinnoh, the inheritance of dragon power had been passed down from generation to generation, and by the time of Eberic, the inheritance had become quite weak.

As a lucky man of this generation, although Eberic successfully stimulated a very powerful bloodline power, he also encountered a situation that had rarely occurred before.

The blood of the Dragon People in his body... has grown crooked.

Judging from his performance at the Lily of the Valley Conference, although Eberic is a genuine dragon master, the companions around him are all outliers among the dragon group such as Crimson-Faced Dragon and Algae Dragon, or simply Arbok and Snake.

"I...I...shut up!"

Pep's merciless sarcasm that went straight to his soul left Eberic speechless for a moment, and then he became angry and embarrassed, and then he said something obscure and difficult to understand, such as "Dragon Dance is also a dragon" and "Dragons and snakes have been inseparable since ancient times."

Just as the cave was filled with a happy atmosphere, Firio decisively attacked with another blow: "Just like Yulongdu, the flying master, also said that he is the dragon king."

"Yes, just like Yulong...Huh?!"

Eberic was about to speak when he suddenly covered his mouth with shock and fear in his eyes.

He is a chatterbox, but not a troublemaker.

"It's okay. I heard that guy is currently in the city hunting down a guy who is even more outspoken than us. Besides, in this dark place, no one will know even if you tell him."

Firion shrugged, not caring at all.

With Master Kikuko as his backer, he is now very confident. Even in front of a guy who has worn the same cape all his life, he dares...

Oh, I’m still not sure. Courting death and seeking death cannot be equated.

Just like he and a certain billiards boy cannot be treated on the same level.

......

......

As they chatted and laughed, the few people who had only met once on the spaceship became a little more familiar with each other.

With the experience of saving people from danger and sharing hardships, except for the cold-tempered Vivian who suddenly appeared and remained taciturn, but just silently hugged the completely irresistible Sun Ibrahimovic, even the introverted Pep became a lot more sunny and cheerful, and talked more, especially when making fun of Eberic.

We talked back and forth, half chatting and half exchanging information, and the situation on the island over the past few days was outlined into a clearer picture.

On the surface of the island, there are an unusually large number of powerful wild Pokémon.

In just three days, many parts of the island have not been explored yet, but they have already discovered the undoubted champion Pokémon, Falcon, and a mysterious creature hidden in the swamp.

As for the King Pokémon, the number is even more astonishing. Firion and Caidou alone have encountered no less than ten of them.

If it were in the outside world, this situation would be hard to imagine. Even the championship roads in various regions and the depths of the Silver Mountain where legends reside are only slightly better than this remote island overseas.

Otherwise, most of the champions from various regions would not have given up in just three days, leaving only Firio, Caidou and Vivian, who burrowed into the ground when she saw the situation was not good.

You know, even the Silver Tournament champion of the Johto region, who has the weakest strength on paper among the few, is also a good player with five powerful quasi-king Pokémon.

If they were in the ring, even Firio and Caidou would have to work hard to defeat him.

But here, on the next morning, he and another companion were chased by a group of Pokémon on the northwest side of the island and were forced to ask Kona for help.

Such a speed of giving up was certainly due to underestimating the enemy and advancing rashly, but it was also far beyond Kona's expectations, which directly prompted her to significantly increase the frequency of going out to fight in person.

Firion herself knew that no less than five All-Powerful Pokémon had been defeated head-on and temporarily subdued by her.

In battle after battle, the famous Ice Witch of the Seven Islands became more and more confident in her judgment.

I thought it was just because Kikuko and Shiba were busy with other things that they called me back from vacation. This ordinary task that I could easily complete was actually not as simple as it seemed.

In stark contrast to the dangerous surface, the deep caves beneath the ground seemed to have no signs of Pokémon living or moving, but the aura of energy was only getting stronger.

After countless years of meticulous craftsmanship by nature, the underground tunnels here are interconnected, yet there is only deathly silence, which is beyond imagination.

Firio, who possesses a perception ability that is almost unique among people with super powers, understands this best.

This huge contrast instantly aroused his vigilance, and combined with his previous doubts about the strength of the Pokémon on the island, it turned into a mist lingering before his eyes.