Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Many elves only speak their local dialect and not Mandarin, so communication can be quite difficult.

Sableye has never encountered another Pokémon that can communicate with her.

But since we can communicate, everything is negotiable.

Sensing Blaziken's aura, Sableye, who wasn't very old, thought that he probably wasn't in any major danger this time.

Chapter 327 Soul-Hooking, Spirit-Stealing

"gi..gigi.gi...."

The cries of the Soul-Eyed echoed continuously in the cave passages deep underground.

Taking this opportunity, Tetsuya carefully examined the incredibly thin elf in front of him.

The appearance of the bewitching eyes is very similar to that of the goblin in the novel of the previous life, while its big head and big eyes, along with its thin arms and legs, make it look like a legendary alien.

"Hmm, this little guy does have some value."

Tetsuya stared at the gem on its chest and the patterns on its body, thinking to himself.

If his memory serves him correctly, the features of this bewitching eye indicate that there should be a Rock Gem spawn point in this cave.

This conclusion can be drawn mainly because the components of the gems consumed by the Soul Reaper will appear on the surface of the body.

Although the patterns that emerge are ever-changing, people have still been able to deduce the approximate patterns corresponding to many common gemstones based on the data.

The patterns on this bewitching eye are mainly net-like, with scattered spirals distributed regularly. This is a typical effect of long-term consumption of rock gems.

Rock gems, which enhance rock-related energy, command a fairly good price on the market, especially given the high demand and strong sales.

Moreover, for the Giant Rock Monster, Rock Gems are a pretty good source of supplementary food.

"Xia Mo"

Blaziken turned its head and let out a helpless cry to its trainer.

"Okay, okay, I won't look at it then, you guys continue."

Tetsuya raised his hands to show his innocence.

He turned his head and started teasing the electric dragon.

The captivating eyes, which had been staring at him so intently that his hair stood on end, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That guy's eyes looked like he wanted to devour it; it was terrifying!

"Go on."

Blaziken's Aura resonated in Sableye's mind, and the incredibly friendly wave made Sableye feel even more at ease.

"That guy was floating in the sky, with a black thing on his head, just like the food on my head."

Then its eyes were bright, and its body was burning with fire.

Its arms are very, very long, and they can suddenly release a very fragrant substance from its body with a "whoosh."

While speaking in his own language, Souleye gestured wildly at the Blaziken.

However, due to cultural limitations, its description carries a strong sense of abstraction.

Blaziken twitched its mouth.

How does it make you feel?

However, since it wasn't thinking for itself anyway, Blaziken quickly gave up on its dilemma and instead continued to refine the image of this unknown Pokémon.

"It's terrifying. It's incredibly fierce and powerful, much stronger than those guys who can only burrow, and a little stronger than me. Of course, it's still far inferior to you."

Soul-Eyes quickly said, not forgetting to praise Blaziken at the end.

It's unclear how it, living underground, learned this skill without a teacher; perhaps it's because life is precious.

"Is it similar to the energy fluctuations within your body?" Blaziken felt that this information alone was insufficient and asked again.

"more or less."

I'm not entirely sure about the Soul-Stealing Eye.

To be honest, it was quite hesitant to show itself when the other party appeared.

"how's it going."

When Tetsuya, who was distracted, saw that both Pokémon had fallen silent, he turned to look at Blaziken.

Blaziken used its waveguide to repeat the description Sableye had just given it.

Tetsuya deduced that the energy fluctuations were similar, meaning they were both Ghost-type Pokémon.

Then, looking at the stalactite above his head, he subconsciously glanced at it, which meant that the elf had a pointed protrusion on its head, right?

"When its eyes light up, is it like this, or this, or this?"

Tetsuya took out items of different colors from his backpack and asked the Soul-Hooking Eyes to identify them.

The alluring eyes immediately pointed at the yellow berries.

"Yellow eyes, and flames burning inside the body?" Tetsuya pondered for a moment.

Based on the pointed feature on the top of his head, he roughly identified several types of elves.

Is this it?

Turning to a Pokémon page in the Pokédex, Tetsuya held it up and asked Sableye.

“gigigi”

The bewitching eyes nodded frantically.

"Oh, it's this guy. No wonder."

Tetsuya sighed.

Lidgment, the evolved form of Lidgment, absorbs the life energy of humans and Pokémon along with Lidgment, leading them on their journey to the spirit world.

Therefore, the fragrant substance that the Soul-Stealing Eye mentioned emanating from the body must be the life energy of humans and elves.

Although it feeds on gems and minerals, as a Ghost-type Pokémon, life energy is of course an excellent food for Sableye.

According to legend, the ghost of the light absorbs the souls of the dead, using those souls to fuel its own flames.

Those poor victims must have become nourishment for the ghosts in the night.

"This is a bit troublesome."

Tetsuya narrowed his eyes.

However, it's still good news. At least there are no Dark Stones underground here, and Lidgment hasn't evolved into Chandelure. Otherwise, that would be really troublesome.

Compared to the lantill ghosts, which are limited in their ability to absorb the souls of the dying, the crystal lantill ghosts can even hypnotize or directly burn the souls of healthy humans or elves with the flickering flames on their bodies.

Given enough time, "walking dead" best describes these victims; it's even more terrifying than death.

Even if we limit the scope to the extremely frightening Ghost-type Pokémon, Chandelure ranks high on the list of "Pokémon you least want to encounter in the wild".

No one would willingly experience the feeling of their soul being burned.

"Can you find it?"

Tetsuya asked the Blaziken.

Pang Yan Guai is definitely out of the question; the floating ghostly lights are its natural nemesis in this regard.

Blaziken slowly shook its head.

"If the distance is close enough, we might be able to find it through waveguides and the fluctuations of flame energy."

It added another sentence.

"Tsk." Tetsuya smacked his lips.

That's unlikely.

Lantern Ghosts are extremely patient and cunning sprites. They are unlikely to appear unless they detect the life energy overflowing when someone is about to die.

Who told him to be surrounded by three spirits with incredibly powerful energy fluctuations?

Tetsuya wasn't worried about his safety, since even if a rare Pokémon like Lil' Ghost appeared here, its strength couldn't be that great.

With the protection of his Blaziken and other companions, he is unlikely to be in any real danger.

But it's a different story for the trainers who were already trapped in this maze.

Candlelight naturally evolves into Flareon at around level 40, which is considered a fairly high level among elites.

In addition to the eerie nature of the Ghost type, Lil's combat abilities are extremely strong.

Ghost-type Pokémon are particularly adept at harassing and manipulating people's minds.

"We need to speed things up." Tetsuya's expression was very serious.

The Ghost of Light dared not attack him first, but it would probably be happy to attack those weaker beings to hasten their death.

Or, in its view, this should be considered a good deed.

"However, before that..."

Tetsuya's gaze fell on the Soul-Hooking Eyes huddled at the base of the rock wall, and he gave what he considered to be a rather amiable smile.

.......

"A demon, this guy is a demon."

Although the Soul-Stealing Eye doesn't have the concept of a demon, that's the kind of emotion it conveys with its gaze.

Its eyes were filled with grief and indignation as it looked at Tetsuya.

"Not bad."

Tetsuya tossed the last Rock Gem into his backpack.

"Little guy, are you sure you didn't hide anything this time?"

His smiling voice echoed in the ears of the bewitching eyes.

The Soul-Hooking Eyes, grieving over the loss of its food, quickly shook its head, saying, "It's gone, it's really gone."

"Alright." Tetsuya stood up and stretched his long legs, which were a little numb from squatting for so long.

Getting eight Rock Gems was a pleasant surprise; he initially thought the little guy would only have three or four at most, but it turned out to be double the amount.

It seems there's a decent supply of Rock Gems here.

In response, Gouhunyan said that this was a treasure he had collected over the past two or three years, and he wouldn't eat it unless it was the right time.

All that hard work, and it was all stolen by some ugly guy who came from who-knows-where.

Unaware of what Sableye was thinking, Tetsuya was in a great mood. He took out a general Pokémon food for Dark-type Pokémon from his backpack and placed it on the ground: "This is edible too, and it tastes pretty good. Consider it an exchange."

He didn't consider himself a bad person; he believed that if he took something from someone, he should return it.

The reason for giving Dark-type Pokémon food instead of Ghost-type Pokémon food is that the latter is more expensive, and he doesn't keep as much in his bag.

Furthermore, Sableye, whose primary attribute is Dark, probably doesn't value Ghost-type food that much.

It's definitely not because he's stingy.

Sableye tore open the can with a single claw and unceremoniously took a piece of the elf food to try.

Although the creature in front of it was wicked, it quickly realized that the other party wouldn't hurt it without reason.

“gi~”

The next moment, the Soul-Stealing Eyes, who had never tasted such delicious food before, let out a cry of enjoyment.

This feeling, so different from absorbing the energy of the Rock Gem, made it feel very comfortable.

"Eat sparingly, because you never know when you'll see me again."

Tetsuya and his bodyguards walked further and further away, their voices growing fainter and fainter.

Watching them leave, Soul Hook picked up the can and ran back to his lair.

See you next time? Sorry, never again.

Tetsuya, who was still searching for the victims, was impressed by his kind attitude. He was such a good person; he hadn't chosen to knock out Soul Reaper and steal his things, but instead traded with it.