The rise of new forces of elves

Once again overlooking the unchanged Songzao Town in the mountain col, Li Chuan, who had just returned from the mountains, was a little dazed for a moment by the not dazzling rising sun.

Throwing the Poké Ball in his hand, Lichuan thought about it carefully. He seemed to have lived a peaceful life in Songzao Town for more than twenty days.

"Money makes me surrender~"

With a casual sigh, Lichuan descended the mountain with ease.

The purchase of Paras by the Qingmei family has long been decided. Driven by the high income, Li Chuan worked with several times more energy than when he was working in his previous life. He stayed up day and night for half a month, wandering in the forest without worrying at all. hairline.

Not only Lichuan, but also several other townspeople who held elves also tried their best to find Paras.

Judging from this point alone, Takako's mother-in-law's original purpose of setting a high price has been achieved.

However, now that the acquisition of Paras is in full swing and coming to an end, Li Chuan feels that the Chinese medicine store seems to have encountered a problem...

"How many did you harvest today, Lichuan?"

As soon as she entered the store, Qingmei's urgent inquiry rang out.

There was a bit of crowding around the counter. Four muscular men with dark skin and different heights were nearby. Lichuan knew them. They were all herbal collectors who had been informed by Qingmei about the purchase of Paras.

Qingmei was standing at the counter, and beside her was Takako's mother-in-law with a serious look on her face.

Not wanting to make the already crowded counter area even more unbearable, Li Chuan walked to a position three meters away from the counter, gently threw a Poké Ball in his hand towards Kiyomi, hooked his instep over the low stool at his feet and sat down. road.

"Just this one."

Qingmei nodded, but her beautiful slender eyebrows frowned.

Lichuan shook his head and said nothing.

Although he knew the reason why Qingmei was worried, he couldn't solve it.

Since the number of Paras received by Qingmei fell below fifteen five days ago, the number of Paras captured by everyone has been decreasing day by day. Yesterday, the six people combined only harvested eight Paras!

And from the looks of it today, I'm afraid it's not even as good as yesterday.

There is only one reason for this situation, and that is the limited number of Paras in the mountains and forests near Songzao Town!

After nearly half a month of capture by the six people from Lichuan, the number of Paras in this area has been reduced to a level where it is difficult to see any trace.

Although it doesn’t take much to think about it, there must be a lot of Paras in the mountains further away, but those places are also more dangerous!

Everyone is just here to make money, so there is no need to take such big risks.

After waiting for a while, the last person returned from the mountain.

Seeing that everyone was waiting for him, he probably guessed his intention and shook his head with a depressed expression.

"Oh, then today's harvest is only four..." With a sigh, Qingmei, who was writing down the numbers in the ledger, stopped writing, turned to look at Takako's mother-in-law, and truthfully stated the current situation.

"So far, 251 Paras have been acquired. Including the one you brought home earlier, grandma, the total is 252, which is 300 short of the target of 48."

Grandma Takako nodded and faced Lichuan and others with her old and serious face that was always serious in front of outsiders.

"You have also heard about the situation. There is some trouble regarding the acquisition of Paras. We are staying here just to see if we can come up with a solution?"

After several herb collectors looked at each other for a few times, a dark-faced man with small eyes, thick lips, and a stocky body was recommended by the eyes to face Takako's mother-in-law, who was not easy to deal with.

Lichuan, who was sitting on the bench and being ignored, was also happy. He looked at the dark-faced man with a smile on his face indifferently, which almost squeezed out his little eyes.

No matter what the final solution is, Lichuan will consider it from his own perspective.

If the method works, continue to make this quick money. If the method is too dangerous, give up. Anyway, after half a month, the savings in my pocket are already over , which is enough to support the expenses for a certain period of time after leaving Songzao Town.

"Grandma Takako, you also know the strength of us. We say we take the elves into the mountains to collect medicine, but in fact we just rely on them to confront the dangerous elves in the mountains."

"Even if we sometimes spend the night in the mountains, we always spend the night at certain resting spots. We don't dare to wander around at night."

The dark-faced man with small eyes rubbed the back of his rough, black and yellow hands back and forth. Out of fear of Takako's mother-in-law, he did not dare to say no directly and kept mentioning his poor strength.

Seeing that Takako's mother-in-law was silent, a tall man next to her also spoke up and said, "Yeah, yeah, I'm walking around outside at night. If I bump into something like Arbor, Alidos, even if I leave the elf behind, If we get entangled with him, we won't be able to run very far!"

The atmosphere in the field suddenly solidified. All kinds of looks were looked at the tall man. The man with small eyes even pushed his elbow on the stomach of the tall man. The smile on his face was still there, but he was already scolding him in his heart.

"***, I can't speak and I don't know how to shut up. There are some things you can do, but can you say it? People here all have elves!"

"That's enough!" Takako's mother-in-law raised her voice slightly, forcibly ending the discussion of solutions.

As for what the tall man said, Takako's mother-in-law just pretended that she didn't hear it.

Takako's mother-in-law, who is over this year, also traveled around the world in her early years. She saw a lot of people and things. She really wants to make people choose between her life and the life of the elf, hehe...

Glancing at Qingmei with a disgusted expression, Takako's mother-in-law reached out and patted her arm. Then she thought that there seemed to be a young man in the room, and couldn't help but glance at Lichuan.

Seeing Li Chuan's face as if nothing had happened, Takako's mother-in-law looked away without any trace.

Don't worry about this.

Lichuan yawned and stared at Takako's mother-in-law with blinking eyes. He just wanted to wait for a result and then go back to bed early.

Takako's mother-in-law seemed to have heard what Li Chuan was thinking. She held Qingmei's hand and asked, "How many mushrooms have been processed?"

Qingmei suppressed her emotions, glanced at the account book again and replied, "A total of 440 flowers."

Takako's mother-in-law slightly chinned her head and said to the six people in Lichuan, "I won't hide it from you. What I need for the time being is Paras mushrooms. For this item, the current difference is 60, which is 30 Paras." .”

"I will definitely make up the difference before the end of this month!"

Even if the number of required paralas decreases, Lichuan and others know that judging from the situation where paralas are almost extinct in the area near Songzao Town, as long as they do not leave the safe area, there is a high probability that they will not be able to get them together before the end of the month. .

"It's really dangerous at night in the deep mountains. We all have big and small families. It's really inconvenient. How about we search more carefully next time?" an older town resident asked. Takako's mother-in-law was discussing.

Shaking her head, seeing the eyes of several people in front of her twinkling as they seemed to be ready to give up, Grandma Takako sneered and said unhurriedly.

"30 Paras, according to your previous progress, it will only take two nights."

"I will go into the mountains with you. I will first find a way to clear a safe area during the day, and let my elves patrol it at night. Even if you encounter a fish that slips through the net, support will arrive as long as you hold it for a while."

"What do you think of this method?"

Li Chuan raised his eyebrows, suppressed his original intention of leaving, and quickly calculated the gains and losses.

Even if it takes a whole day to conduct reconnaissance and cleanup, a large area of ​​forest that has never been cleaned up is definitely incomparable to the area near Songzao Town. The possibility of fish slipping through the net is definitely not small.

The vine whip with trumpet buds is here, and it should be possible to delay it for a while, but I am afraid that the elf will not be able to support Takako's mother-in-law when she arrives...

Seeing everyone talking and contemplating, but no one agreed, Takako's mother-in-law couldn't help but her face darkened, and she was ready to urge her.

But after thinking about it, I still added a few words before what I was going to say.

"One Paras costs a thousand. If you don't agree, forget it. At worst, the old woman will find someone else somewhere else!"

After Takako's mother-in-law's words came into his ears, the balance in Lichuan's heart suddenly tilted a lot. Seeing others agreeing one after another, Lichuan raised his hand out of caution for his own life.

"Grandma Takako, can I ask, what is the fastest elf in your hand?"

Glancing at Lichuan, Grandma Takako, who also wanted to give everyone more confidence, slowly took out a Poké Ball from her sleeve pocket and threw it behind Lichuan.

The moment he turned back, Lichuan's eyes were firmly attracted by this elf who raised his head proudly.