Elf: I am really a civilian trainer

Jirachi looked at Mark's expression and nodded slightly: "Okay, Jirachi knows."

As soon as Jirachi finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, Mark, Jirachi wants to go to the Foros Empire again."

Mark frowned and said, “You still want to go?”

Jirachi nodded continuously: "Well, I saw a new type of illustrated book in the Foros Empire. It is a combination of a mobile phone and an illustrated book. It seems that the performance of the game is also much better. It can also float in the air, so there is no need to worry about it breaking. It is very powerful!"

Mark thought, "Rotom phone?"

The Rotom Phone is a new type of equipment that has appeared in recent Pokémon games and Pokémon animations. It integrates the functions of a mobile phone illustrated encyclopedia.

Since it has the ghost-type elf Rotom built in, it has extremely excellent and reliable performance.

Mark originally thought that there were no Rotom phones in this world. After all, the Rom Federation, a technological power in this world, all used old-style illustrated books.

Unexpectedly, the Rotom phone appeared in the Foros Empire.

It now seems that the Foros Empire, which is able to develop the giant wristband, should not be much weaker than the Rom Federation in terms of technological strength, and may even have some advantages in some aspects.

"Yeah, it's the Rotom phone."

Jirachi said as he quickly rummaged through his pocket not far away, then pulled out two red cell phones from a pile of game consoles and game cartridges.

Jirachi handed one of the red phones to Mark and said, "This is the phone I got with a small wish. I was going to give you one too, but it didn't work at all."

Mark analyzed: "Your little wish cannot create life, so you can only get the phone, but not the Rotom inside."

Jirachi nodded and said, "That's right. Ordinary Rotom won't fit into the phone. Only those specially made Rotom can fit into the phone. So Jirachi decided to go to the Rotom manufacturing factory in the Foros Empire in a few days to catch a few Rotom."

Looking at Jirachi's persistent expression, Mark knew that even if he tried to persuade him, Jirachi would secretly go to the Foros Empire, so he rubbed Jirachi's head and said, "Then be careful when you go."

"Uh-huh!"

Jirachi nodded continuously and rubbed Mark's cheek intimately.

Mark shook his head helplessly, not thinking any more, picked up the giant wristband and examined it carefully.

In the Pokémon anime and games, Mega Evolution Stones and Evolution Key Stones that need to be paired for Mega Evolution are different.

Although it also requires a certain bond with the Pokémon, as long as the trainer has a Gigantamax wristband, all Pokémon can be Gigantamaxed.

However, if you want to use the Gigantamax wristband, you need to meet a prerequisite, which is the venue.

To achieve Gigantamax, one must be near an energy point in the Galar region. These energy points will emit special energy that can allow the Pokémon's body to distort space and become huge, thus assisting the Pokémon in achieving Gigantamax.

And in this world...

Mark picked up the illustrated book and searched for information again. The result was the same as before. Apart from a few pieces of information saying that the Foros Empire had developed Dynamax and Dynamax wristbands, there was no other useful information.

Mark asked Jirachi, "Do you know how to use this Gigantamax wristband?"

Jirachi blinked and suddenly thought of something. From behind the stone from which he had just taken out the Gigantamax wristband, he brought out a large pink mushroom.

Jirachi said: "It seems that all Pokémon can Dynamax, but in order to achieve Gigantamax and show a different form, they must drink the soup made from this mushroom."

Mark was slightly stunned when he looked at the mushroom in Jirachi's hand.

Not only Mark, but also the nearby Caterpillar and Butterfree came over and looked at the mushroom in Jirachi's hand with strange expressions.

The reason why Mark showed such an expression was simple, because he had not only seen this kind of mushroom, but also eaten it.

Although it is brightly colored, it has no strange smell and is not poisonous. After eating it, your body will feel slightly warm and you will feel full of energy.

In addition, it is very resistant to hunger.

For a while, he and the caterpillar often ate this mushroom in the forest.

This kind of mushroom was very common in Qingxi Forest a few years ago, but it has become much less common recently and can only be found occasionally in the northern part of Qingxi Forest.

While thinking, Mark suddenly realized something - the chaotic area.

Ten years ago, a wave of chaos elves appeared, so many of these mushrooms grew in Qingxi Forest.

As time passed, the impact of the Chaos Elf Tide gradually faded, so only some of these mushrooms remained in the north of Qingxi Forest, near the chaotic area.

Without thinking any further, Mark asked, "Does it mean that in order to use this giant wristband, I need to be near the chaotic area?"

Jirachi blinked and nodded continuously: "Yeah, it seems to be like this. Jirachi eavesdropped on the conversation of those people. They seemed to say that this wristband can only be used when you are close to the chaotic area..."

Chapter 154: Houllier's Defense and Successful Dynamaxing

About 300 kilometers north of Qingxi Village is the end of the Qingxi Forest and the location of the Hollier Defense Line of the Shia Kingdom.

The Hollier Line is 1,100 kilometers long and is specifically responsible for defending the chaotic area northwest of the Fallen Leaf Province. It was built by King Arthur 150 years ago.

During the period of frequent Chaos Elf waves a hundred years ago, the Hollier Line of Defense withstood the impact of hundreds of Chaos Elf waves.

But to this day...

After simply settling the elves and leaving Butterfree to take care of the timid bugs who still needed to eat, Mark brought Caterpillar and Jirachi and rode on the Cannon Bug to the Hollier Line in the north of Clear Creek Forest.

In fact, although Mark and Caterpillar have visited almost most places in Clear Creek Forest over the past decade, this is his first time to come to the Hollier Line.

The reason is simple, because the actual location of the Hollier Line is seven kilometers north of Qingxi Forest.

The seven kilometers between the Hollier Line and Clear Creek Forest are ordinary grasslands.

There is no food or water in the grassland.

Although his brain was not working well at that time, he had the instinct for survival. He knew that he would go hungry if he went to the grassland, so he would basically turn around and go back when he saw the grassland.

In the past few months after his memory awakened, he had no interest in the chaotic area, so he never came here to visit.

The Hollier Line is like a huge dam, with an average height of about 23 meters, defending the chaotic area in the north from a high position.

According to Uncle Qian, Emperor Arthur mobilized almost all the ground and rock-type trainers in Shia to build this line of defense together.

The now very famous Earth Elf Academy in Sanchuan Mountain was also established because of the construction of Holler's defense line.

There are nearly a hundred strongholds of various sizes along the 1,100-kilometer-long defense line.

Directly north of Qingxi Village is the Qingxi stronghold of the Hollier Line.

In fact, Uncle Qian's words and deeds have revealed the desolation of Houllier's defense.

But Mark didn't realise how dilapidated Houllier's defence was.

When Mark arrived near the Qingxi stronghold of the Hollier Line, the first thing he saw was a small vegetable garden.

A very small vegetable patch, just like an ordinary family’s vegetable garden.

There are some vegetables and corn planted there, and the tomatoes are the same variety as those in the tomato garden in Qingxi Village. It seems that the tomato seeds are most likely obtained from Qingxi Village.

Then, Mark saw a man near the Qingxi stronghold.

Yes, alone.

This huge base that can accommodate at least a thousand people is now overgrown with weeds. In terms of the degree of desolation, it is much more desolate than Mark’s home which has been abandoned for ten years.

There is only one person near the entire Qingxi stronghold.

The veteran was in his forties and wearing a worn camouflage military uniform. When Mark met this veteran, he was patrolling the dam on the defense line while riding his Windspeed Dog.

Upon noticing Mark's appearance, the veteran immediately shouted loudly and ran over on his Wind Speed ​​Dog.

Seeing Mark stop, the veteran breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Are you a young trainer who is training in the wild? There is a chaotic area ahead. Don't cross this line of defense. Although the chaotic area has been stable in recent years, there is still a certain probability of spatial turbulence. If you are involved in the subspace, you will almost die."

Mark touched the slightly vibrating giant wristband on his wrist, shook his head and said, "Thank you for the reminder. I know the danger of the chaotic area. I don't plan to enter it. I just plan to get closer and observe."

The veteran nodded. "Then just stand on the defense line and watch. Keep a close eye on your elves and don't let them accidentally fall into the defense line. Otherwise, it will be easy to get into danger while rescuing the elves."

Maybe because he didn't know much about the elves of the Rom Federation, the veteran's eyes kept moving back and forth between the Shoveltorn and Jirachi wearing a Mimikyu suit.

Mark took the initiative to explain: "The one I'm riding is the Shovelworm from the Roma Alliance. It is a bug-type and electric-type. This is the ghost-type Mimikyu."

The old soldier smiled and said, "I have learned a lot. I heard a few years ago that the Roman Federation and Shia had established diplomatic relations. I didn't expect that Shia already has elves from the Roman Federation now."

Mark smiled and quickly asked, "I heard that when King Arthur built the Hollier Line, there should have been many troops stationed here. Why does it seem that there are no people stationed here now?"

The old soldier did not hide it and sighed softly, "Why else? The location is remote and they don't pay. Over time, no one came."

Mark frowned and said, “You won’t give me any money at all?”

The old soldier sighed and said, "We were able to give some in the past. You should have heard of the Chaos Elf Tide ten years ago, right?"

Mark nodded slightly.

Both his parents are dead, and he wanders around the forest all day like a fool. The culprit is the chaotic elf tide ten years ago.

In fact, it's not just him. Uncle Qian San is still working hard to make progress because of the chaotic elf tide ten years ago.

The old soldier showed a reminiscing look and said, "In fact, there were still some people in Qingxi Stronghold ten years ago. After the chaotic elf tide ten years ago, although many of us died, there were also many who survived.

We who survived believe that because of this wave of chaotic elves, the Kingdom of Shia is likely to pay attention to the dangers of the chaotic area again and increase investment in the Hollier Line of Defense.

As a result, instead of increasing its investment, the Kingdom of Shia completely stopped. The people who stayed behind could not survive, so they all left.

Now, the entire Houllier defense line has less than a hundred people."

Mark asked, “Then why are you still here?”

The old soldier's pupils shrank slightly.

He actually thought about leaving.

But all his family members were killed in the tide of chaotic elves, and he had nowhere to go, so after thinking it over he decided to stay.

Although it might be useless for him to stay here alone, at least if the Chaos Elves Tide appeared again, he could pass on the message so that the people in the rear could take refuge in time and avoid having their families broken up like he did.

The old soldier did not tell his story, but smiled and said, "Maybe I am used to it here..."

Mark remained silent.

At this point, he finally understood why Uncle Qian had been planning to open a Taoist temple and establish Qingxi Village's own armed force over the years.

The truth is, the Kingdom of Shia is rotten to the core.

Although on the surface things were still going well, at least he felt pretty good in Hack City, but in fact the officials within the Shia Kingdom were corrupt, anti-human experiments were being conducted in secret, local gyms had too much power, and various dangerous organizations were emerging one after another.

Today, the Kingdom of Shia has even abandoned the defensive forces that guard the kingdom. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the people of the Kingdom of Shia have no idea that these defensive forces are gone.

All I can say is that if things continue like this, the Shia Kingdom will be finished sooner or later.

Without thinking too much, Mark continued to ask: "Regarding the description of the chaotic area, I didn't find much information in the atlas. Have there been any huge individuals in this chaotic area?"

The old soldier smiled and said, "This is also the characteristic of our chaotic area. It is said that giant individuals will not appear in other chaotic areas, but they often appear here. During the chaotic elf tide ten years ago, several giant individuals appeared.