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

Chapter 282 Fleeing in Disarray

The barbecue party lasted until very late, and everyone ate until their bellies were round and full.

Because of this barbecue party, Anja and Shirona became very close.

Cynthia stayed at Anger's place until 11:00 p.m. before leaving. Her cheeks were slightly flushed when she left, clearly indicating that she was a little tipsy.

After Cynthia left, Ange realized she had drunk a bit too much, so she quickly took her Pokémon to wash up and go to bed.

Anjie slept with a tree pillow and a koala cub in his arms that night, but in the middle of the night, he vaguely felt that his arms were empty.

He suddenly opened his eyes and found that his arms were already empty.

"A tree-pillow koala?" Angie called softly, but received no response.

He suddenly sat up in bed, turned on the bedside lamp, and quickly glanced around the room, but still couldn't see the tree-pillow koala.

All the other Pokémon were fast asleep, but Aegislash opened its eyes at that moment.

"Girl?" it called out in confusion.

Anjie lowered her voice and said, "The tree-pillow koala is gone!"

"Gil~" Upon hearing this, the Aegislash monster quickly flew down from the wall to search for him.

Anjie immediately activated his waveguide sensing, and almost instantly, he sensed the tree-pillow koala's waveguide from the courtyard outside.

"The Komaru is outside," Mr. Ange said to the Aegislash, who was searching for the Komaru. He then got out of bed and slowly walked to the window.

By the bright moonlight, Anjie saw a koala rolling around on the lawn in the courtyard.

The Aegislash flew to Angel's side and saw the agitated Tree Pillow Koala as well.

The tree-pillow koala would pause every now and then, in a fit of rage, pound the ground with its little paws.

Because it was worried about waking up the sleeping Angel and the Pokémon, it even tried its best to restrain itself and not make too much noise, otherwise the yard would have been full of holes by now.

But the more it tries to suppress its emotions, the more agitated and difficult to control they become.

With a light leap, Anjie easily vaulted over the window into the courtyard, quickly walked to the tree-pillow koala's side, and softly asked:

"Can't you sleep soundly without tree pillows?"

Upon hearing Anjie's voice, the tree-pillow bear suddenly stopped and rolled to Anjie's feet.

Anjie bent down and picked it up, gently patting its back as she soothed it, saying, "I'll go find suitable trees to make tree pillows for you first thing tomorrow morning."

"Girl~ Gill~" I'll help too!

At that moment, the Shielded Sword Monster flew over and said something.

Anjie continued, "Let's be patient tonight. I'll find you suitable wood to make tree pillows tomorrow no matter what!"

Anjie's voice seemed to possess some kind of power, calming the tree-pillow koala's agitation, and its restless emotions gradually subsided.

Seeing that the tree pillow koala had quieted down, Anjie laughed and said, "Let's go back to sleep. If we don't get enough sleep, we won't have the energy to find wood to make tree pillows tomorrow."

"Gil~" the Aegislash responded in agreement.

So Angel carried the Tree Pillow Koala and the Aegislash back to the house.

The Aegislash was hung back on the wall, while Angel hugged the Tree Pillow Koala and went to bed.

The tree-pillow koala nestled in Anjie's arms, curled up, its two little paws tightly gripping Anjie's clothes. It fell into a deep sleep under Anjie's gentle pats, and its originally furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

Listening to the tree-pillowed koala's soothing snoring, Anjie smiled and, after patting it for a while, he too drifted off to sleep.

This time they slept soundly through the night until dawn.

Just as Ange and his Pokémon finished washing up in the early morning, Bernard knocked on the door.

He came to call Anjie to have breakfast.

He also invited Anjie to dinner last night, but Anjie's barbecue party was already in preparation, so he declined.

This morning, I was in a rush, so I accepted Bernard's arrangement and had breakfast at the estate.

After breakfast, Angie met Bernard's helper, who had been arranged for her to pick herbs.

Ange was stunned as he looked at the Pokémon in front of him.

"They are..."

Standing in front of Anjie were several Psychic-type Pokémon, some of which he recognized.

Natural Bird, artificial cell egg, Gallade, Gothic, Symbol Bird, Bronze Bell, Momonga, and Metagross.

Bernard smiled and introduced them to Ange, "These are all Miss's Pokémon. I originally wanted to arrange for the people at the manor to help pick herbs, but the Pokémon knew about this and offered to help, so I agreed!"

Caitlia's Pokémon waved and greeted Ange.

Anjie smiled and said, "Hello everyone, thank you all for your help today!"

"Ge Qi~"

"Ailu~"

"Mengmeng~"

……

Several Pokémon said it was no trouble at all. One of them had come specifically to see Angelie, which is why they asked Bernard for help. Angelie had defeated Gallade, which made them very curious about Angelie.

"Let's get to work!" Bernard called out to everyone.

Upon hearing this, Anjie took out a Poké Ball and released Gardevoir and Gallade.

"Let's all help out!"

"Ailu~"

"Sana~"

……

Gardevoir and Gallade cheered and then joined Cattleya's Pokémon in Vanilla Field.

The family of mice, Miss Skirt, Flower Leaf, and Flower Beibei also stepped forward to help.

Ice Eevee and Dogbag couldn't pick herbs, so they carried baskets and followed behind the others, helping out.

The Pokémon with superpowers are incredibly efficient. With a thought, vanilla leaves fly into the basket and are neatly stacked together.

Angie, who was slow at working, was disliked by the Pokémon, so Gardevoir pushed him out of the vanilla patch.

"Shana~ Shana~" Anjie, go and rest, we'll take care of things here!

Anjie touched his nose sheepishly and said, "Alright then, thank you for your hard work."

Gardevoir waved her hand and said, "It's no trouble at all!"

Also brought out was Bernard the butler, who was also disliked by Miss Gothia and the others.

The two couldn't help but smile at each other.

"I'm getting old, and I'm not as good at working as I used to be. I used to be quite good at picking herbs," Bernard's butler said with a chuckle.

He wasn't bragging; after all, he came from a herb-growing village, where his family had been growing herbs for generations, and he had been in contact with herbs since he was a child.

He deserves a lot of credit for the reason why these herbs at the Cattleya Estate grow so well!

Since picking herbs didn't require him to do it himself, Angie thought he'd help the tree-pillow koala find tree pillows, so he asked Bernard, the butler:

"Grandpa Bernard, do you know where the trees around here grow well?"

Bernard asked, "You want to make a tree pillow for your koala?"

Although he wasn't present for the entire battle yesterday, he did hear a bit about what happened from the young lady.

Anjie nodded and said, "That's right, without tree pillows, even koalas won't sleep soundly."

Bernard thought for a moment, pointed in a direction and said, "That's where the trees grow the most lushly around. You might find some wood that the tree pillow bear desires there."

Following the direction Bernard pointed, Angie could vaguely see a lush, green mountain range.

He said gratefully to Bernard, "I understand, thank you, Grandpa Bernard."

Bernard cautioned, "It's a remote place; be careful when you go."

Anjie nodded and said, "I will."

After saying goodbye to Bernard, Ange hugged the tree-pillow koala and set off on her flying dragon.

He also had Aegislash and the siblings Latias and Latios with him.

Aegislash needs to protect Angel closely, and Latios and Latias are not suitable to appear in front of people, so Angel can only take them with her.

The mountain range Bernard pointed to wasn't exactly close to the manor, but the Salamence was fast enough that Angel successfully reached the interior of the mountain range half an hour later.

After dismounting from Salamence, Angel held the Komamura in her arms, her eyes scanning the surrounding trees, searching for a suitable target for the Komamura.

Aegislash floated beside Angel, while Salamence rose back into the sky and followed Angel from the air.

Angie didn't know what kind of wood was suitable for tree pillow bears, so he could only judge by appearance.

After walking for a while, he suddenly noticed a symmetrically shaped tree branch, and pointed it out to the Shielded Swordsman:

"Aegislash Monster, cut it down!"

"Gil~" the Shielded Sword Monster responded, immediately drawing its sword. After a flash of cold light, the tree branch snapped in two.

As the branch fell, the Shielded Sword Monster swung its sword again, and with a few swift strokes, the branch was shaved into a regular cylinder.

Finally, the Aegislash extended its ribbon to catch the piece of wood and presented it to Ange like a treasure.

Anjie took the piece of wood and asked the tree-pillow bear, "Tree-pillow bear, what do you think of this one?"

The tree-pillow koala took the wood, held it in its arms, and rubbed and stroked it. Suddenly, it threw the wood away.

The wood struck the stone and shattered into sawdust with a crack.

Without tree pillows, the tree-pillow koala became increasingly irritable.

Anjie sighed and said, "Not satisfied? Fine, let's keep looking."

So he led the Shielded Swordsman deeper into the mountains.

The deeper you go, the taller the trees become, and the more diverse the species there are.

However, Anjie had no knowledge of trees and could not identify the species of most of them.

Anjie searched for one piece of wood after another, each one looking beautiful and sturdy to him, but the tree-pillow koala was never satisfied.

Anjie knew that feeling was the most important thing in this kind of thing, so she didn't feel impatient and wandered in the mountains again and again.

He encountered many Pokémon living in the mountains along the way.

The Pokémon here are different from those in Goin Jungle; they will not attack humans unless provoked, and will immediately avoid Angel when they see her.

Soon, Ange found another piece of wood that looked quite good, so he pointed to it and said to the Aegislash, "Aegislash, it!"

The Shielded Sword Monster understood immediately, and after a few swift movements, a perfectly shaped piece of wood fell into Anjie's hands.

"How's this one?" Anjie asked Tree Pillow Bear, tapping the wood twice as he spoke, making a banging sound. "Looks pretty sturdy."

The tree-pillow koala reached out and gently rubbed the wood twice before throwing it away without hesitation.

The log fell into the grass, followed by a scream.

Anjie: ?

The next second, a shrew with a large bump on its head jumped out of the grass, its face full of anger.

Anjie laughed awkwardly, "Um... I'm sorry! We didn't mean to!"

Spearow is not a good-tempered Pokémon, and Angel's apology was not enough to quell its anger.

"Caw!" It cried out and rushed towards Anjie like an arrow, pecking fiercely at Anjie's head.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch~~" Anjie quickly covered his head and ran away. Since it was their own fault, Anjie did not attack the Fiery Sparrow.

Just because Ange isn't angry doesn't mean Aegislash isn't angry. It's Ange's guardian, how could it tolerate Ange being attacked by a tiny Spearow?

The Shielded Sword Monster drew its sword, a dark light flashing on the blade, ready to strike a vital point from the shadows.

Just as Anjie was about to stop him, the Shielded Sword Monster had already slashed down with his sword.

With a scream, the Fiery Sparrow flew backward.

Fortunately, the Aegislash knew its limits and didn't use too much force, so the Spearow only suffered minor superficial injuries.

But at that moment, An Jie thought to herself: It's over!

Spearow is a social Pokémon with a vengeful nature; if you hit it, it will definitely retaliate.

If it can't defeat the enemy on its own, it will definitely call for its companions.

Sure enough, the next second the Fiery Sparrow let out a sharp cry, and then one after another Fiery Sparrow flew out from the tree canopy and grass, including several Big-billed Sparrows.

"Chirp chirp chirp~~"

"Gagaga~~"

In an instant, the woods became incredibly noisy, and Anjie could hardly count how many big-billed finches and fiery finches had flown out.

Without the slightest hesitation, he shouted, "Run!"

After saying that, he took off running into the distance, with the Aegislash and the Salamence in the air quickly following.

However, it is impossible for a person's two legs to outrun birds in the sky, so he was soon overtaken by the flock of sparrows.

The finches and big-billed finches launched a barrage of pecking and swarming attacks. If Anjie were hit, he suspected he would be turned into a honeycomb from the sharp beaks of the finches and big-billed finches.

"Aegislash, King's Shield!" he shouted.

"Gil~~" Suddenly, the Aegislash braked sharply, made a high-speed turn in mid-air, and activated its exclusive skill, King's Shield.

With a flash of light, a huge transparent barrier suddenly appeared out of thin air. The charging finches and big-billed finches had no time to brake and crashed into the barrier.

In an instant, the birds fell down like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

The impact left them dizzy and disoriented.

Anjie quickly said, "Let's go!"

Aegislash flew quickly to Ange's side, and Ange leaped onto it, using it as a springboard to fly into the air. Together with Salamence, they flew deep into the mountains.

Anjie wasn't that he couldn't defeat the flock of Fiery Sparrows, but he felt it was pointless to waste time arguing with them, especially since they were in the wrong first.

The barrier created by the Aegislash quickly disappeared, and the Spearow and Sparrow relentlessly pursued the direction where Angel and his group had disappeared.

After flying for an unknown amount of time, Anjie finally lost sight of Spearow and Sparrow. He slowly descended on his Aegislash, only to find that he could no longer determine where he was.

(End of this chapter)