Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 185 The family goes out for a spring outing

In the afternoon, seeing the peaceful and orderly atmosphere on the Nibel Plateau, Anjie asked:

"Little Snorlax, shall we go out and dig for bamboo shoots?"

When the Fragrant Pig brought back bamboo shoots from outside, it was the first time that Munchlax and the others had ever seen bamboo shoots, so Ange promised them that she would take them to dig bamboo shoots in the wild whenever she had time.

If he doesn't keep his promise soon, spring will be almost over, and even if there are bamboo shoots, they won't taste good.

"G- ...

Anjie rubbed its head and said, "Then let's call everyone, get ready, and set off!"

"Gang~"

With a cheer, Munchlax dashed into the house.

Before long, Diancie, Magearna, Snorlax, Inteleon, Gengar, Metagross, Babutop, Volcanion, and a Bulbasaur embracing a Komaru all gathered at the doorstep.

The little Snorlax and Baboon were also carrying a small basket on their backs.

Although they both have system backpacks, the two Pokémon insist on carrying a basket on their backs to feel like they're going out for a spring outing.

Diancie also brought along Dream Eater, Mareep, and two Orb-weaver Spiders.

Then Anjie summoned the Crimson Lotus Armored Knight, the Azure Flame Blade Demon, and the two Fragrant Pigs.

"Please lead the way!" Anjie said.

The Crimson Lotus Armored Riders, Azure Flame Blade Demons, and Fragrant Pigs are always running into the mountains; only they know where there are bamboo forests and bamboo shoots.

"Oh my~"

"Brahmah~"

"Cough cough~"

The four Pokémon nodded in agreement.

Because of Xerneas, the four Pokémon have been traveling back and forth between the Nebel Plateau and the Oriannes Forest lately, so they didn't go out today.

"Let's go then!" Anjie shouted, raising his right hand.

"Gang~"

"Indeed~"

"Geng~"

"Percy~"

……

Upon hearing this, the Pokémon all raised their hands and cheered, just like Ange.

So Anjie set off with her whole family in a grand procession.

While passing through the grassland, Angel saw Xerneas lying on the grass sunbathing, surrounded by other Pokémon such as Bumblebee, Pachirisu, Eevee, Flappy, and Float.

He originally wanted to ask Xerneas if he wanted to join them, but seeing how peacefully and quietly it slept with the little ones, so warm and harmonious like a painting, he couldn't bear to make a sound and disturb them.

As for Yveltal, it was fast asleep, and Ange didn't bother it.

Let's get together again next time! Anjie thought to herself.

Led by Crimson Armored Knight, Azure Flame Blade Demon, and Fragrant Pig, Ange and his companions arrived at the junction of Lake Nibel and the upper reaches of the Nibel River, and then walked upstream along the river.

The Nibel River is the mother river of the nearby mountains, and many Pokémon depend on this river for their lives. Along the way, Angel and his friends saw many Pokémon.

There are Paras and Paraster, Nidoran and Nidoran, Butterfly and Caterpie...

Because it was springtime, everything around was thriving.

It was a rare treat for the whole family to go out and play, and Munchlax and Booggle were very happy. They held hands and skipped along at the front, humming a song together.

"Just now~ Just now~"

"Baba~ Bababu~"

Whenever Magiana sees a pretty wildflower, she runs over to pick it, then runs to Polcanion with the bouquet in her hand. Polcanion, who is allergic to pollen, is so frightened that he runs away.

Maya chased after him, laughing, and then she tripped and fell.

At this point, Pulcanion would always run over with a helpless expression and pick it up.

Diancie pointed out the scenery along the way to Mare the sheep, trying to evoke its reaction to the outside world. Although it had little effect, it remained persistent.

The two round silk spiders were also very helpful to Diancie.

Only Dream Eater floated quietly beside Diancie.

The throwing monkey stayed with Ange because it was inconvenient for it to hug the tree pillow koala.

"Meta~Meta~"

At this moment, Metagross barked twice at Throwing Monkey, who stared at it in surprise.

"Meta~Meta~"

Metagross grinned and used its superpowers to take the Tree Pillow Koala from Throwing Monkey's arms, then placed it on its head and gave Throwing Monkey a push with one hand.

Throwing Monkey smiled gratefully at Megatron, then leaped onto a large tree.

Entering the forest seemed to unleash its true nature; it leaped and bounded joyfully through the jungle, not forgetting to turn back and wave to Snorlax and Babuboo.

Seeing this, Snorlax and Baboon happily followed behind it on their short legs.

Anjie patted Metagross with a smile and said, "Teacher Metagross is so gentle."

"Meta~"

Metagross shook its head; as an elder, it was only natural for it to take care of its juniors.

"Then let's team up," Anjie said with a smile.

"Meta~"

The Megalodon nodded and stood side by side with Anja.

And so, Angel and Metagross lagged far behind the rest of the group.

Unbeknownst to them, they had entered the depths of the mountains, a place far from human habitation, with lush vegetation, and thus home to more and rarer Pokémon.

For example, in the pond not far away, Ange spotted Swampert, which is more commonly found in the Hoenn region.

In the woods on the other side, I saw Turtwig and Buddleja, which are easier to obtain in the Sinnoh region.

They all live freely in this undisturbed mountain.

After walking for a long time, An Jie asked the Crimson Lotus Armored Knight, the Azure Flame Blade Demon, and the Fragrant Pig, "Aren't we there yet?"

The Crimson Lotus Armored Rider and the Azure Flame Blade Demon each carried a basket on their backs. Along the way, guided by the Fragrant Pig, they picked wild vegetables and mushrooms, and their baskets were already full.

"Ama~ Ama~" Almost there, almost there!

The Crimson Lotus Armored Knight said.

Alright! Anjie and the others had no choice but to continue their spring outing deeper into the mountains.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, An Jie and his companions finally came into view a lush bamboo forest. A gust of wind blew by, and An Jie could hear a rustling sound from afar.

He couldn't help but exclaim, "What a beautiful bamboo grove!"

"Cough cough~"

"Cough cough~"

Upon seeing the bamboo forest, the two fragrant pigs rushed over immediately.

Snorlax, Babubo, and Throwmonkey, who were at the forefront, also rushed over.

Bamboo shoots were everywhere in the bamboo forest. As soon as the little Snorlax arrived, it put down its basket and began to ask the fragrant piglets how to dig bamboo shoots.

But before the little Snorlax and the others could dig for long, they heard a roar coming from the bamboo forest.

"Guolong~~~"

Immediately, the ground trembled, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound to see a domineering panda glaring at them with a furious expression.

Upon seeing the bamboo shoots in the baskets of Munchlax and the others, the domineering panda was furious and immediately raised its fist and charged at Munchlax and the others.

"Gang~~"

Upon seeing this, the little Snorlax immediately rushed to the front, determined to protect its companions.

Blue light flashed from Snorlax's fist as it used Brick Break to smash into Poliwrath.

Thud~~

The two Pokémon clashed, and a powerful shockwave spread outwards from them.

Despite not being its final evolution and not as large as Pandaren, Munchlax had the advantage in strength. After a stalemate, Pandaren was knocked away by it.

"Guolong~"

The domineering panda crashed into the bamboo, was then bounced off by the highly flexible bamboo, and finally fell to the ground.

After being beaten up, the domineering panda became even angrier and raised its fist again to charge at the little Snorlax.

Snorlax wasn't one to back down either, and raised its fist to meet the attack.

"Gang~ Gang~ Gang~"

"Guolong~ Guolong~"

The two Pokémon's fists crossed back and forth, a back-and-forth exchange!

Of course, the one that suffered the most was the domineering panda.

Although Munchlax didn't evolve, its level is a solid 50 or higher. Wild Pokémon rarely reach such a high level; even Pandaren is only just over level 40.

Moreover, Munchlax has perfect IVs, which makes Politoed look terrible.

Another point is that Snorlax has been eating Anja's fermented soybean paste for a long time, so its stamina limit is very high, which is incomparable to that of Panda.

Seeing that the domineering panda had been beaten up by the little snorlax, Anjie could only advise:

"You domineering panda, let's talk this out. If it's because we took your bamboo shoots without permission, we apologize to you."

Besides this reason, Anjie couldn't think of any other reason that could make the domineering panda so angry.

Unfortunately, the domineering panda was blinded by anger and wouldn't listen to An Jie's words at all.

Anjie, quick-witted, immediately said to the female Fragrant Pig, "Fragrant Pig, it's up to you!"

"Cough cough~~"

The fragrant pig nodded, leaped forward, and raised its tail, wagging it gently.

Pink gas wafted from the female Scented Dolphin's tail, its sweet aroma spreading outwards from it, its floral fragrance instantly calming the Pokémon present.

Even Anjie was no exception.

Gradually, the domineering panda calmed down, but its gaze toward Anjie and the others was full of accusation.

"Guolong~ Guolong~"

Just as Anjie had guessed, this bamboo forest was the territory of the domineering panda. Anjie and his companions came and picked bamboo without permission, which was stealing. How could the domineering panda not be angry?

After listening to the domineering panda's accusations, Anjie looked at the four—Red Lotus Armored Knight, Azure Flame Blade Demon, and Fragrant Pig—and asked, "What happened when you came last time?"

The four Pokémon were completely bewildered; they hadn't seen any other Pokémon here during their last visit.

They always remembered Anjie's instructions and never touched food that belonged to someone else.

"Guolong~ Guolong~"

After overhearing Anjai's conversation with the four Pokémon, the domineering panda's temper flared up again.

Alright, it was you guys last time too, wasn't it? No wonder when I came home after visiting some relatives, I found that there were far fewer bamboo shoots in the field. Turns out you guys took them all!

Seeing that the domineering panda's eyes were starting to redden, the female fragrant dolphin quickly wagged her tail to release her fragrance, and gradually, the domineering panda's anger subsided.

Anjie quickly said to the domineering panda, "We are really sorry. It was wrong of us to pick your bamboo shoots without permission. We are willing to compensate you."

"Guolong~ Guolong~" How are you going to compensate us?

Seeing An Jie's sincere attitude, the domineering panda's expression finally softened considerably.

Anjie laughed and said, "We took your food, so of course we should compensate you with food!"

As she spoke, Anjie took out the vegetables from her backpack, including bok choy, carrots, radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers, and so on, which soon piled up all over the ground.

"What do you think of these?" Anjie asked. "These are all grown by our family. They're especially delicious. You can try some."

The domineering panda suspiciously picked up a carrot and stuffed it into its mouth. Then its eyes lit up. It was crunchy and delicious!

Having experienced the benefits of Anjie's vegetables, the domineering panda was overjoyed and quickly gathered the vegetables to his side, afraid that Anjie would regret it.

Anjie then asked, "Domineering Panda, can I trade some vegetables for some bamboo shoots with you?"

"Guolong~ Guolong~" The domineering panda nodded repeatedly.

Although it likes to eat bamboo and bamboo shoots, it sometimes wants to change things up!

"That's wonderful!" Anjie immediately took out a bunch of vegetables and gave them to the domineering panda.

After receiving permission from the domineering panda, the little Snorlax and the others immediately cheered and went to dig for bamboo shoots.

Anjie thought for a moment and said to the domineering panda, "Let us dig a cellar for you, otherwise it will be difficult to store your vegetables."

If you have a cellar, vegetables like radishes can be stored for a very long time.

"Guolong~ Guolong~"

The domineering panda nodded in agreement. Although it didn't know what a cellar was, it understood the concept of preserving food. Before winter came, it would try its best to preserve food.

"Let's begin then," Anjie said.

As he spoke, Angie led the Metagross to begin selecting a location.

Due to limited resources, Anjie and his team could only build a simple cellar, but it had to have the basic functions of a cellar.

Therefore, the site selection needs to meet certain conditions, such as ventilation, no water accumulation when it rains, stable terrain, and the ability to maintain a certain degree of dryness and shade.

Led by the domineering panda, Anjie and the others discovered that there were not only the domineering panda living in the bamboo forest, but also several mischievous pandas.

Upon seeing the domineering panda, several playful pandas immediately rushed over, one after another burying themselves in its arms, and then climbing all over it.

Despite its fierce appearance, the domineering panda is exceptionally gentle when dealing with playful pandas.

It shared the vegetables it got from Anjie with the mischievous pandas, and the pandas immediately began to happily nibble on them.

After some surveying, Angel and Metagross finally chose a location to build the cellar on a shady slope in the bamboo forest.

Because digging was needed, Anjie even called over Babu Tubo, which is best at digging holes.

While Ange was digging with Metagross and Babu, Ange also sent Tyrant Panda to the forest to cut down some thick logs to support the cellar pillars.

Without support, the completed cellar might collapse before long.

While Ange and his friends were building the cellar, the baskets of the little Snorlax were also filled to the brim.

"Gen~ Gen~" Gengar flew over at that moment.

Anjie checked the time and said, "It's getting late, you should go back to the capital to open your shop!"

"Geng~"

Gengar nodded, and was then teleported home by Ange.

After Gengar left, Ange and the Pokémon continued to help Pandaren build a cellar, and before they knew it, it was getting dark.

He said with a wry smile, "Looks like I'll have to spend the night here!"

Before they came, they didn't expect the bamboo forest to have an owner, let alone that they would have to help the domineering panda build a cellar.

"Gang~ Gang~"

The little Snorlax ran up to Angel and suggested that it go back to cook dinner for its family's Pokémon.

Anjie rubbed its head and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Gang~~" Little Snorlax rubbed against Angel's palm, indicating that it wasn't hard work.

Then Ange teleported the Snorlax and the Inteleon brothers back home.

At this rate, Anjie felt he definitely wouldn't be able to go back tonight, and tomorrow the shop would need one of the Thousand Faces Escapers to be busy.

Just as Anjie predicted, by the time the cellar was completed, it was already completely dark.

Going back in the dark wasn't safe either, so Anjie decided to spend the night in the bamboo forest at the domineering panda's house.

The domineering panda had no objections. After spending some time together, it had come to believe that Anjie was a good person.

After the cellar was built, Anjie and the others helped the domineering panda move the vegetables inside and said to it:

"From now on, you can store food here, and it can be stored for a longer time than outside."

So that way it can store a lot more food when it goes to winter?

Thinking of this, the domineering panda showed joy and then gave Anjie a big hug. Fortunately, Anjie had an extraordinary physique, otherwise it might have broken his bones from the hug.

Anjie patted the domineering panda, signaling it to let go, and said to it:

"However, you need to check this cellar regularly to see if the wooden pillars are still sturdy, if the four walls are still stable, and if there is any water accumulation or dampness inside, otherwise it could cause problems."

"Guolong~ Guolong~"

The domineering panda nodded, indicating that he had remembered An Jie's words.

After the cellar matter was settled, Anjie began preparing dinner.

He hung a lamp in the bamboo grove, then took out cooking utensils, ingredients, and seasonings.

Since we dug up a lot of bamboo shoots today, let's use them to make a delicious dish!

However, before Anjie started cooking, an interesting little incident occurred.

Anjie hung the light on the bamboo, and the bright light immediately attracted some uninvited guests.

They are two dark ravens.

They stood on the branches, staring intently down below.

That's just how Murlocs are; they love shiny things, especially glittering gems in the dark.

So, attracted by the light, they set their sights on Diancie.

The pink diamonds on Diancie's body were dazzlingly bright in the darkness under the lights.

After observing for a while, the two ravens felt the time was right, so they swooped down from the branch to try and grab the diamonds off Diancie.

It's just a Murloc; there's no reason why Diancie couldn't handle it, so no one paid much attention.

However, before Diancie could make a move, the two Orb-weaver Spiders struck first.

Each of them used their silk-spitting skills to spit out strands of spider silk that entangled the necks and claws of the Dark Raven.

"Yami~ Yami~"

"Yami~ Yami~"

The two crows immediately struggled fiercely, their hoarse voices echoing through the bamboo forest, sounding rather eerie.

Although the Orb-web Spider isn't a high-level creature, it has been in Ange's house for so long and has been carefully nurtured by Diancie, so it shouldn't be able to defeat a wild Dark Raven.

The two ravens were tightly entangled and could not break free no matter what they did.

(End of this chapter)