The Legendary Trainer of the Elven World

In the sky, Ximu tightly grasped the horns of Gyarados with both hands, and carefully observed the sea below with his eyes.

"Whoo~"

Seeing that the sea was still calm and there was no sign of danger, Ximu breathed out gently, patted Gyarados on the head and said:

"Gyarados, get down here. Flying in the sky will take up too much energy."

"Hooho~"

Gyarados nodded, flew downwards, and landed smoothly on the sea.

thump--

After landing on the water, even if Gyarados was careful when landing, it would still inevitably splash due to its own weight.

After landing smoothly on the water, Ximu's face did not show the expression of joy of escaping, but furrowed his brows, feeling a little helpless.

Because after experiencing this incident of being surrounded by the stinging jellyfish group, he immediately realized that... all his previous speculations were wrong.

The sea area he is currently in should be very far away from the Kanto continent. As for the specific distance...

Ximu didn't know.

It’s just far away anyway.

As for how Ximu came to this conclusion...

That's because of the emergence of the stinging jellyfish population.

Although the poisonous stinging jellyfish is called a poisonous tumor in the sea, under normal circumstances, you will not encounter a large number of stinging jellyfish near the mainland.

At most, you will only encounter a few scattered ones.

Therefore, if you live near the mainland, you basically don’t have to worry about being attacked by the stinging jellyfish group.

anyway--

Because elves like stinging jellyfish basically live in intricate undersea rock areas and in the sea far away from the land.

So once you are attacked by a large number of stinging jellyfish at sea, it is enough to show that the sea area you are currently in... is already very far from the land.

At least in a short period of time, you will never encounter land in the sea area where you are.

It was precisely for this reason that Ximu realized that all his previous speculations were wrong.

Where is he near the Kanto continent? He is clearly in the sea far away from the continent.

There is no land nearby.

........................

"This is a bit difficult."

A helpless smile appeared on Ximu's face.

Things are getting more and more troublesome.

In this vast sea, he had no idea which direction he was going.

As for choosing any direction to go...

This method is possible, but it doesn't have much effect.

Who knows if just choosing a direction and heading recklessly will end up getting further and further away from the land.

Eventually leading to complete loss of direction at sea.

It's not impossible for this kind of thing to happen.

"Ah~"

Sighing helplessly, Ximu Duo hoped that he could meet a passing merchant ship now.

In that case, he would talk to the person in charge of the merchant ship, and maybe they would agree to let him on the ship out of kindness. Then he would just get on the ship and leave, so there would be no need to think of such a solution.

Pity……

There are no merchant ships passing by on the sea now, and there are only a few elves jumping out of the water.

In the end, you still need to rely on yourself...

Ximu shook his head helplessly, raised his head and squinted at the sun in the sky, patted Gyarados on the head, and said, "Gyarados, move towards the position of the sun."

"Hooho~"

Gyarados hesitated for a moment, then nodded and began to move slowly forward.

........................

Time passed slowly, and about four hours passed in a blink of an eye.

Of course, Ximu didn't know exactly how much time had passed at this time.

He only knew that a particularly long period of time had passed since the departure of Gyarados.

But fortunately——

After several hours of drifting at sea, he had found the right direction back to the mainland.

And the reason why he is so sure is... on the small island where he is now.

This is the third small island he has discovered after drifting for several hours. Although the area of ​​this small island is still not particularly large, it is not small either.

There is a jungle on this small island, but after his investigation, he found that there are no wild elves on land on this island. Only some flying elves will stop on the branches of big trees.

certainly--

None of this matters.

The important thing is... he found traces of human activity in the rocks on this island!

A few tattered summer clothes, and a few completely broken red and white Poké Balls.

This situation is enough to show that...there are humans who have come to this island.

Of course, these things cannot prove that this island is near the Kanto continent. At most, they only prove that humans have visited this island.

only--

Ximu stood on the shore and looked at the sign that was obviously made with tools...

An excited smile appeared on his face.

Because there are several words engraved on this sign.

【Direction of the mainland→】

Although these characters carved with a knife have become somewhat blurred due to exposure to wind and sun, they can still be barely distinguished.

"Ha ha!"

Looking at the words and direction signs carved by kind people on the sign, Ximu felt very happy.

According to his observation, there were no signs of tampering with the sign. Although the wooden sign was somewhat rotten, he was definitely not wrong.

The direction of the mainland...

Looking in the direction pointed by the direction sign carved by a kind person on the sign, Ximu smiled even more.

Although I don’t know whether this sign is the work of that kind person, it doesn’t matter. Good luck will definitely accompany you throughout your life.

"Crack-"

Taking a bite of the unknown fruit picked from the fruit tree, Ximu showed a smile on his face.

This fruit...

So crunchy, so sweet, so delicious.

Not bad, very delicious!

"Gyarados, eat."

Ximu was naturally not stingy with the Gyarados that helped him travel on the sea. He reached out and took out a few fruits from his pocket and threw them into the mouth of the Gyarados.

"roar~"

Gyarados didn't even chew it, and swallowed all the fruit directly into his stomach.

"Roar!"

After Gyarados swallowed the fruit, he felt that he was not full again. He lowered his head and looked at Ximu with longing eyes.

How can I be full...

It had been traveling without food or water for several hours, so it was considered good if it hadn't gone on strike yet.

"Sorry, Gyarados, I only have these few fruits left." Looking at Gyarados' longing eyes, Ximu said apologetically.

He didn't lie. Those few fruits were the only ones left on the island.

Because there is only one fruit tree on this island, and this fruit tree has not fully grown up yet, so there are only a few fruits on the tree.

No, in order to reward Gyarados, Ximu didn't even release the Rumble Stone and Magikarp, just to let the suffering Gyarados eat more.

With this thought in his mind, Ximu reached out and took out a fruit from his pocket and threw it into his mouth.

"Crack-knock-"

After chewing a few times and swallowing the fruit into his stomach, Ximu stepped towards Gyarados.

"Gyarados, don't be sad. We can return to the mainland soon. I'll let you eat enough by then, even if Magikarp feeds you personally."

Arriving in front of Gyarados, Ximu reached out and patted Gyarados's body, comforting him softly.

"roar~"

Hearing Ximu's comforting voice, Gyarados forced a smile on his face.

Although because the face of an elf like Gyarados is inherently scary, the smile it shows is also a bit scary.

But it was indeed a smile.

"Okay, Gyarados, cheer up and move forward in this direction!"

Turning over and jumping onto Gyarados, Ximu pointed in a direction and gave instructions to Gyarados.

"Roar!"

Even though he was very tired now, because of Ximu's promise, Gyarados was full of energy now. He roared to the sky and rushed forward quickly in the direction Ximu pointed.

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