Elf-like Life

Chapter 70, The Altered Flag

What more can be said about such a powerful and legendary expedition team?

Waving welcome flags enthusiastically, everyone lined up neatly to greet the distinguished guests.

Charmander + Pikachu:

"Welcome, welcome! A warm welcome!"

At first, the legendary expedition leaders only responded politely, while the two little ones continued waving their little flags, until Alakazam coughed a little awkwardly:

"Cough cough,"

"We appreciate the sentiment from the Fat Koopa Guild, but there's something odd about this flag. Shouldn't you double-check it?"

Hey hey hey hey,

What's wrong with the welcome flag?

Pikachu and Charmander were still unaware of what had happened, and even the lobster soldier, as the team leader, hadn't paid attention at first, until he glanced at it just now:

"hey-hey!"

"What have you done? This is outrageous! Look at the state you've made of the welcome flag!"

【!】The two little ones looked at the flag at the same time:

To everyone's surprise, the welcome flag was completely covered in black and purple graffiti, and the foul-smelling graffiti had long since obscured the original design.

What is revealed is the Badger Expeditions' emblem, the Gengar leader's sinister smile, and the flag with a hole in it.

"Oh no, little dragon, our little flag has been..."

"Varied!!"

Damn it, it must have been that time!

Charmander instantly recalled that during the battle with the Bully Expedition's grunts before setting off, Koffing and Zubat used the darkness to employ some underhanded tactics.

The little flag must have been altered by the gas bombs and supersonic bats around that time.

However, he left in a hurry, without even looking at the flag, and put it directly into his adventure backpack, which led to his embarrassing situation at a crucial moment.

Charizard + Tyranitar: ...

De-escalating awkward situations has always been a strength of the diplomat Lobster Soldier. In an instant, the Lobster Soldier helped the two little ones retrieve their flags with a "whoosh," and then defused the situation by saying:

"Hehe, I'm really sorry."

"These two are new apprentices of our Fat Koding Guild. They must have picked up the wrong welcome flag. Please forgive them, distinguished guests."

The next moment, he immediately became serious:

"Hey, you two little brats, you don't know any better!"

"The VIPs are angry, hurry up and apologize!"

Charmander and Pikachu immediately apologized, while Alakazam said it was nothing, and they were actually very happy to have new people to greet them.

"Hahaha, no need to apologize."

"It's common for apprentices to make mistakes. Everyone goes through this process. Newcomers are bound to make mistakes sometimes. It's not surprising."

Um, so you mean the legendary expedition team also started as apprentices and worked their way up?

The little dragon had just casually asked that question when he was immediately criticized by the lobster soldier:

"Hehe, how can you talk like that!"

"The legendary expedition team is a renowned and highly respected expedition team on the Treasure Continent. Every member is a world-class explorer. There's no such thing as an apprentice!"

Upon hearing this, the legendary expedition members were even more impressed with Charmander, especially the Charizard expert:

"Hahaha, that's a valid question!"

"I also grew from a little Charmander to who I am now. Back when the three of us were just Tyranitar and Abra..."

Before he could finish speaking, Charizard was interrupted by Tyranitar, who unceremoniously leaned the giant on Charizard's shoulder:

"Stop bringing up your embarrassing past, okay? Let's talk about something serious. I bet you weren't even as strong as this little fire dragon back then, so stop pretending!"

"What? I didn't blow it!"

Captain Hu gave the order:

"Stop! You're doing it again!"

"I'll answer you, listen up, newbies of the Fat Koopa Guild,"

"We are old friends with your Chairman Fat Koding. To put it another way, we were old partners who traveled all over the country and explored together back in the day."

"When we met, the Fat Koopa Guild had just built its big house, right? Hahahaha."

That was so early. It means that the Fat Cat Guild was just starting out back then, while Lobster Soldier was still playing in the mud at the same time.

In retrospect, this is a period of old times worth remembering.

At their peak, the legendary expedition team of Alakazam, Charizard, Tyranitar, and Jigglypuff explored many extremely dangerous dungeon areas together.

We've worked together before.

We've cried and laughed together.

They've opened quite a few valuable treasure chests, but Jigglypuff is only interested in the perfect apple inside.

At that time, Paw Coding was already a world-renowned explorer.

The legendary expedition team was no less formidable; all three leaders were world-class explorers, leading to mutual respect between the two groups of sprites.

after that,

Wigglytuff grew fatter and fatter as he ate, and not only that, he became increasingly lazy, eventually becoming Lazytuff. When his laziness kicked in, he would just laze around in Treasure Town.

They quietly started their own guild, which is the only remaining Pokémon Expedition League in Treasure Town.

"So, that guy..."

Hu Di sighed, "These days, people who are the leaders of the guilds they created probably get used to it. All they do is eat and sleep, and then eat again after they wake up."

That's absolutely right.

As expected of an old friend who knows you inside and out!

That's exactly what Fatdog looks like now. It has the president's picture on its profile picture and sleeps in the president's office every day, living a carefree life!

Charizard and Tyranitar casually continued:

"That's right, we came back mainly to visit our friends."

"By the way, I'll share some unsettling information from recent days."

Lobster Soldiers:

"Hey, which labyrinth area have you guys run into again lately? Really? There can't be a region that even legendary expeditions can't conquer, can there?"

[...]: Alakazam + Charizard + Tyranitar: ...

"That's a long story..."

As Hu Di looked up at the night sky, a shooting star happened to streak across the sky above Sunset Canyon.

The fire-breathing dragons also looked up side by side:

"Yes, sometimes, even we are powerless to help..."

Bangilas's expression was serious as he looked up at the night sky at the same time:

"That's right, even so, we've never given up..."

Charmander couldn't take it anymore! You three big shots can get emotional if you want, but stop with the mystery! Can't you just explain everything clearly all at once? It's such a hassle!

Pikachu asked in a cute, soft voice:

"Hey, guys,"

"Are you worried about the bad news I just mentioned?"

Alakazam + Charizard + Tyranitar chant in unison:

"Hmm." (X3)

The seemingly peaceful continent of Treasure actually harbors a crisis that has never been eliminated.

However, recently, the northernmost boundary of the Treasure Continent has become increasingly blurred, and there is even a trend of continuing to spread and erode southward.

Charmander doesn't miss any information and asks questions immediately:

"Uh, a dividing line?"

"Excuse me, what is that? Does this world also have a Chu-Han border?"

However, the dividing line at the northernmost tip of Treasure Land is not the Chu-Han border of the human world, but rather, in this Pokémon alternate world, it symbolizes the intersection of light and darkness.

Alakazam:

"No,"

"The other side of the dividing line is also known as the underworld."

The main storyline has begun with the arrival of the Underworld, and the dividing line has officially appeared. The crisis that Little Fire Dragon has been unaware of will also be answered one by one. There will be one update tonight. Finally, a huge thank you to all the readers! I'm also asking for your votes, rewards, favorites, and investments. That's all for this chapter!

(End of this chapter)