Luther is adding the final bargaining chip to prepare for Galar, and he trains intensively every day.
Acellola is taking great care of the Lai Tea Elf Egg sent by the trio, hoping that new members will join before leaving for Galar.
Shijana, on the other hand, was tasting the saltiness of the sea water.
"vomit…"
After Shijana was helped by Mariluli and walked onto the beach, she could no longer stand the salty smell of seawater in her mouth and vomited it out.
Luther, who came over to check on the situation after training, couldn't help but pat her back a thousand times to make her feel better.
Shijana, whose face was red from coughing, finally recovered, and called to Fat Keding and Big Mouth Baby beside her, asking them to help her elf heal. She would continue to go to sea.
Fat Keding and Big Mouth Boy looked at Luther and stood still.
The gray rain clouds in the sky not far away gradually dispersed. After this disharmonious "dirt" in the clear sky disappeared, the sky was still clear and as blue as the sea.
"Tell me, I want to know how he defeated you. Master will analyze it for you."
Shijana closed her mouth tightly.
Luther reached out and tapped her head: "Why are you stubborn? If you don't say anything, I will conquer it myself. Master also wants to have such a powerful character."
Shijana became anxious, grabbed Luther's wrist and shook it hard: "Master already has Mariluli, it's not appropriate to snatch it from me!"
"It's quite suitable. Mariluli is too silly. I want a more imposing one."
Mariluli, who was eating snacks on the side, suddenly turned her attention to Luther.
She knew clearly that Luther was stimulating her, but Shijana really felt a sense of crisis.
She knew her master's strength very well. Although the Thorn Dragon King was so powerful that she found it terrifying, it was still unclear whether the master could still stir up trouble if he took action on his own.
In desperation, Shijana had no choice but to tell Luther the process of making a fool of herself.
In the past half month, Shijana has basically let her familiar water elves carry her elves out to sea to fight the Thorny Dragon King.
The sea is the home court of the Thorn Dragon King, but Shijana also takes advantage of the group fights.
Shijana's assessment of the Thorny Dragon King was that he was an elf with the same strength as a bear-clad elf, but after several battles, she began to realize that she was very wrong.
"The Thorny Dragon King is an elf that I can still control now."
Shijana didn't want to tell Luther because she realized this.
She learned so many battle skills from big bosses on Qidao, gained so much experience, and defeated many powerful trainers, but she failed in the sea at her doorstep.
The most powerful thing about the Thorn Dragon King is that he can control the wind and rain, and his affinity for the water element has reached a level that Shijana cannot understand.
Luther interrupted Shijana and asked Mariluli to tell her what she felt when she went to sea just now.
Darkrai stood next to Marili with a look of disgust on his face, urging her to speak quickly and let him translate.
Mariluli hit Darkrai with her hammer-like tail before speaking slowly.
"When I was able to see the Thorny Dragon King, I discovered that the seawater flow nearby was abnormal and no longer followed its original trajectory."
"I'm fine here, but the guys riding the Shijana elf are not. They were almost knocked over by the sea water."
"After the fight started, rain clouds appeared overhead for no apparent reason. As soon as Shijana's elf used her skills, it started raining heavily."
"It's not clear after that. Anyway, by the time we found those elves, they had already fainted on a nearby desert island."
After hearing this, Luther nodded, then turned sideways and said, "Dawu, what do you think?"
Dawu blew on the yellow mud-covered stone he found somewhere in his hand, and raised his head when he heard Luther's voice.
"Two possibilities. This Thorny Dragon King was not wild before it appeared in the Qidao waters. For some reason, he appeared in the Qidao waters and became a new generation of sea overlord."
"There is also a possibility that he has seen many trainers display their fighting skills before, learned it very smartly, and applied what he learned, and finally became what he is now."
There is a big difference in the fighting styles between wild elves and elves with trainers. This difference in style can easily make people see the uniqueness of the Thorny Dragon King.
"Master..." Shijana understood the meaning of Dawu's words and spoke with some confusion.
Luther understood what she meant and said with a smile: "Xijana, the reason why you didn't lure the Thorny Dragon King to a desert island to fight is because you wanted to defeat him at the opponent's home court and then make him recognize you, right?
Shijana nodded.
"Then change your thinking, reduce the difficulty for yourself, and defeat him first."
"But the Thorny Dragon King is a very proud elf. I just defeated him, so he wouldn't recognize me at all." Shijana said.
Luther shook his head: "You are wrong. The beginning of all recognition should be understanding, not 'conquering'."
"Each elf has different standards for recognition. Let's take you as an example."
"Wearing a bear is because I can grow with you, so I recognize you and believe in you."
"The Staff Tail Scale Armored Dragon entrusted the Heart Scale Treasure to you because he saw courage and sincerity in you."
"Nidoking joined the team because he was interested in you and to get to know you."
"Aren't these things of yours also recognition?"
Luther patted Darkrai and said with a smile: "When Darkrai and I first met, he was very stubborn and even dared to threaten me with Mai."
Darkrai didn't expect the translator to turn over on top of him, and subconsciously wanted to get into Luther's shadow.
However, Mariluli had quick hands and quick eyes, and used a gesture like pulling out a carrot to hold Darkrai tightly, preventing him from escaping.
"At that time, it was my first time to see the legendary elf, and I had the idea that I couldn't win."
"But then I thought about it, who must conquer an elf in order for him to recognize him?"
"So I started traveling with him, and then Darkrai became my elf."
"But Master still has to fight to conquer Darkrai."
Shijana remembered what Luther said about this. In that battle, it was the Dream Demon's bravery that finally succeeded.
"Dakrai, it's your turn to answer. If I had lost that battle, what would you have done?"
Darkrai was still in a stalemate with Maluli. When he heard Luther's question, he sent out his strength and was immediately thrown out by Maluli's strange power.
Darkrai, who stabilized his body, floated to Luther's side, was silent for a while, and replied: "Winning or losing is not important."
"I just want to see if he has what I need. I saw it, so winning or losing doesn't matter."
Luther did not take advantage of the situation and directly throw the Poké Ball when Darkrai was at his weakest, forcing him to subdue him through battle. Instead, he took it step by step and let everything happen naturally.
In Luther's view, forcibly subduing an elf when it is weak is not much different from that of an elf hunter.
In this process, both parties have a full understanding of each other, and they clearly know that the other person is the person they need.
Conquering the battle is just a final touch, or a final ritual.
Luther pointed to the sea not far away and told Sijana: "In fact, the fact that the Thorny Dragon King continues to accept your challenges is enough to prove that you have left a deep impression on him. This is already the beginning of understanding."
"What you have to do now is to continuously strengthen this impression and show him your best side."
"Let him see your strengths, and occasionally let him see your embarrassment, and let him think you are interesting... There are about two months before the trip to Galar, can you do it?"
Shijana's eyes were shining and she nodded firmly.
"But..."
Luther's gentle voice turned serious, making Sijana immediately tremble.
She was so familiar with this tone that every time she failed the written exam, she would hear her master speaking in this tone.
Shijana's forehead was wet, and the sweat on her face was dripping with the undried sea water. She seemed to understand why the master came here today.
Seeing Acerola not far away holding the unhatched Lai Tea elf egg while watching a show, she was completely wilted.
"It's a good thing to be recognized by powerful elves. Your perseverance to challenge every day also makes Master happy."
"I'll cook your favorite food tonight to reward you."
The more you praise, the scarier the twist becomes... Shijana has learned this knowledge before.
"But this week, you not only skipped class and did not go to Acerola's basic knowledge course, nor did you take the regional history course, you failed to turn in the assigned homework once, and you also failed in the training at Gray Stone..."
"There should be rewards, and there should be punishments."
Shijana didn't dare to express her anger. From the corner of her eyes, she occasionally caught sight of Daigo who was concentrating on cleaning up the yellow mud. She hoped that Daigo could help her.
Daigo saw it, but he only gave her a helpless look.
He also gave her a lip-text: "I'm watching a show."
I don’t know why, when Shijana heard the word “I’m watching a play”, she thought of Wu Song...
After being dragged home by Luther, Shijana had just wiped her hair after taking a shower when she saw a smiling Acerola appearing in front of her holding a stack of test papers.
She quickly looked up and found that her master and mother were preparing dinner. Shijana quickly took Acerola's hand and came to the yard.
"Acerola, can you..."
"No." Acerola replied quickly.
"Can I..."
"No." Acerola answered first again.
Shijana was confused: "You didn't even listen to what I said, why did you refuse!"
"Sister, you just want me to help you complete the test paper. If that doesn't work, I won't give you the daily exercises so that you can have time to take down the Thorny Dragon King first."