I just want to give the elves a home. What's wrong with that?

"The whole village?"

Lin Shuangjun must have been a little scared now. An elf who could spread energy to the entire village must be at least a master-level elf.

When Li Ran saw his hesitation, he knew that Lin Shuangjun was worried about the difficulty of this mission.

"Brother Lin, let's investigate first. If it doesn't work, we'll retreat and then go to the headquarters for help."

"That's all we can do."

Lin Shuangjun glanced at him, then sighed helplessly.

Ye Bao's face also dimmed a little. There was only one giant turtle-footed elf in his team who had just been promoted to the strength of a low-level lord. He could usually only scare off wild elves that tried to attack the village, but with his ability, he could not go down the mountain.

Otherwise, he would have reported the situation here in the past two months.

"Brother Ye Bao, have you found the suspected hiding place of the elf in the past few days?"

Lin Shuangjun looked at Ye Bao, who nodded quickly and then took out a hand-drawn map of Yunluo Village.

There are three places circled on it, namely the square, the village chief's house and the headquarters of the Elf Association.

"These three places?"

Li Ran looked at the map. These three places were located right in the center of Yunluo Village, but there was a considerable distance between them. However, they formed a triangular shape on the map.

"These places are where the elf usually goes to when it manipulates the villagers."

"Then let's split up and investigate these three places."

Lin Shuangjun looked at Li Ran and found that Li Ran was frowning slightly, his eyes fixed on the map.

"Li Ran, if you have any ideas, just say them directly."

"I was thinking... since the villagers' activity area is all in this area, then... could the elf be somewhere in here?"

Li Ran stroked the map with his finger and then looked at Ye Bao.

"Brother Ye, is there any altar or something like that in this area of ​​your village?"

In addition to some houses, this area has a large open space, which Ye Bao did not draw.

"That's not the case, but there is a tree here that protects the village. It has been there since our village was established."

"The village protection tree..."

Li Ran repeated it, and Lin Shuangjun also noticed something strange.

"Do you suspect that the elf is over there by the village-protecting tree?"

"It's just a suspicion. The houses in this area need to be checked as well."

Li Ran was not sure either, but one thing was certain: since the area where the villagers moved was fixed, it meant that the elf's power to control the villagers must be limited in distance.

"Then let's split up and find a way to notify us if there are any problems."

"Ah."

......

"How about it, did you find anything unusual?"

Li Ran looked at the elves that had returned. They all shook their heads. Their sense of smell was very sensitive and they didn't smell any strange elves at all.

"That means the most suspicious one is the village guardian tree..."

Thinking of this, Li Ran couldn't help but reveal a hint of hesitation on his face. He then took out the communication device given to him by the research institute, sent a message to Lin Shuangjun, and then groped in the direction of the village protection tree.

Hey.

Lin Shuangjun finished searching the last house, and the communicator on his chest vibrated twice.

He took it out and cursed inwardly.

"This brat..."

Then he headed towards the village protection tree.

The moment he saw the village guardian tree, Li Ran understood why the tree in front of him was called the village guardian tree. This tree was just like a tall building in Yunluo Village, with lush branches and leaves and full of vitality.

There is a circle of stream flowing around the village protection trees, which is spring water brought down from the mountains.

It's just that because the village is too quiet, this village-protecting tree becomes a little weird at the moment.

"Kirulian, come out."

"Strange?"

Kirlia tilted her head and looked at Li Ran, and then Li Ran pointed at the village protective tree.

"Look at that tree, is there any energy fluctuation?"

Hearing Li Ran's words, Kirlia closed her eyes and slowly spread out her power.

“Strange.”

"No?!"

Li Ran felt a little unbelievable when he saw Kirlia's reaction. You know, when Kirlia was in the village before, he said that the whole village was filled with energy.

But now I don’t sense any energy from this tree, which is even more strange.

“Is there really something unusual about this tree?”

"Oh my god, you scared me."

Li Ran's heartbeat quickened at the sudden voice, and it only slowed down after he saw Lin Shuangjun's face clearly.

After explaining the situation, Lin Shuangjun held his chin with his hand and thought for a while.

"That's impossible... If it's not this, then... where would that elf go?"

Lin Shuangjun has great confidence in Kirlia's power. After all, even the telekinetic clay dolls dare not underestimate it.

"By the way, where's Brother Ye?"

Li Ran suddenly remembered something. It had been almost an hour. Even if he was slow, it was impossible that he had not yet met up with them.

"Quick, come to Beicha and find him."

A Lai Beicha that was much smaller than the palm of a hand slipped out of Lin Shuangjun's pocket.

"Are you here just to mourn the loss of your wife?"

Li Ran widened his eyes in surprise.

"This guy was much smaller than his companions when he was born, so he was abandoned. I couldn't bear it and took him home."

Listening to Lin Shuangjun's words, Li Ran couldn't help but feel a little envious. The strength of Lai Beicha just now was not weak. In addition to its size, it was a good hand in battle.

In his team, only the Lamp Ghost could achieve this level by using the skill of shrinking.

In less than ten minutes, Lai Beicha returned to Lin Shuangjun.

"Didn't find Ye Bao?"

Speaking of this, Li Ran and Lin Shuangjun's expressions became solemn. Ye Bao actually disappeared when they were investigating together.

"Take us to see it."

According to Lai Beicha's description, there were several traces of fighting, and Lin Shuangjun hurriedly followed Lai Beicha's pace.

Judging from the aura that Lai Beicha exudes, Li Ran can be sure that Lai Beicha's strength is only one step away from the lord level, and this step lies in Lai Beicha's own blood shackles.

But at the same time, Li Ran also understood Lin Shuangjun. The way of Lai Beicha's evolution had been discovered long ago. That was that he needed to hunt down Lai Beicha's companions and absorb all the energy contained in Lai Beicha's teacup in the future before he could get a chance to be reborn.

Because this method of evolution is too cruel, it was resisted by all trainers and researchers as soon as it appeared, and has been banned since then. The trainer who discovered this method of evolution also fell into silence and faded out of people's sight.

Gradually the environment became chaotic, and the houses showed obvious signs of being bombarded by energy.