Luther, who replenished his supplies in Songxue City, left Songxue City almost on the same day.
There is one little episode before leaving.
Luther found the location of the Broken Stone Gym and planned to ask Matsumoto for the badge.
Logically speaking, I had officially won the battle against him that day, and the Broken Stone Gym badge should have been issued to me. However, because of Sirona, I forgot about it at that time.
The more he thought about it, the more pity he felt. Luther couldn't resist the temptation of the badge and came to the door.
Matsumoto is very unhappy with Luther. Half of the reason why Broken Stone Gym is about to close is due to Luther.
He did not think that he was not strong enough. He instinctively felt that Luther was not a new trainer like Sirona said. However, due to the situation at that time, he chose to save face and did not continue to fight.
"Badge, are you asking Sirona where to go? She came here just now to move the badge box away. Why are you looking for me?"
Matsumoto didn't intend to pay attention to Luther at all, sweating profusely, and focused on driving the wooden stake in front of him.
Luther had no choice but to accept the fact that he was being slowed down. Although he wanted Sirona to secretly send him the badge that belonged to him, he couldn't save his face.
Face is such a harmful thing!
The road from Songxue City to the uninhabited mining area was not easy to walk. According to the map instructions, Luther and Mai avoided the mountainous areas with high slopes and basically walked in the snow-covered forest.
In this season, most of the active elves have excellent frost and cold resistance and have less food needs.
The elves who are intolerant to the cold have moved to areas closer to human life as much as possible, or have hid in the holes they dug themselves.
According to Luther's observations in the past two days, the most active animals on the snow are the snake bear and the wobbly bear.
Even though there was a thick layer of snow on the ground, almost covering the snake bear's body, they could still easily find edible tree fruits buried in the snow.
Luther saw more than once a scene of several snake bears teaming up to dig through the snow and look for tree fruits.
Wobbly Spot is swaying and moving around the snake bear with steps that make people look dizzy. If there are other elves who want to interfere with the snake bear's digging of fruits, he will take the initiative to step forward.
Either he twisted around in front of the elf, acting like he was drunk, or he took the initiative to fight off the intruding elf.
This is a symbiotic relationship. When the snake bear is concentrating on looking for food, Huangban is helping to protect it. When the snake bear is finished searching, it will often give one or two fruits to Huangban to take away.
Elves with lower strength often help each other through difficult weather in this way.
On the evening of the third day after leaving Songxue City, Luther stood on a hill, holding his mobile phone and looking at the map, comparing the devastated land in front of him with the uninhabited mining area where dilapidated huts abound.
When he arrived near the mining area, Luther truly felt the desolation here.
The wooden house was corroded by the wind and rain, and the objects scattered randomly in the house fell on both sides of the road. Only the rusty shovel head was left, and the wooden shovel handle had long since disappeared. The one placed in the middle of the road
The rocking chair was so breathtaking that Luther was almost frightened when he glanced at it.
This place was not called an uninhabited mining area in the past. When Kikuno was young and traveling, this place was the largest gathering place near Baifeng Town.
People who flocked here because of the gold and silver veins wielded hoes and shovels, trying hard to dig out those gleaming symbols of wealth from the earth.
The elves they brought were just like them, helping with gravel crushing, transportation, and excavation. When it was most prosperous, this place was a gathering place with tens of thousands of people.
When Kikuno passed by this place during his trip, it was still a bustling scene, but the joy of harvesting wealth was a disaster for the elves living here.
Digging into mountains and digging holes, the constant noise from morning to night makes the elves nearby restless.
The locally grown rock and ground elves rushed out of the pits where they lived and attacked the visiting miners.
Their irritability won them a period of stability, but the miners who returned again brought powerful trainers. With the help of those trainers, the local elves finally had no choice but to flee.
Kikuno subdued those ground-type elves who didn't know where to go, and eventually he gradually became the king of the ground-type.
At that time, Kikuno was filled with righteous indignation and tried to stop those people from driving the elves out of the mining area, but in the end he failed due to strength issues.
When Luther reported his itinerary, he asked Kikuno what she would do if she saw what happened back then.
"Trying to mediate between the two parties, specific situation, specific analysis."
Kikuno's answer seemed to lack the momentum of previous years, but it was the answer that Luther thought was the most reasonable.
This is an unsolvable contradiction. As people's activity areas expand, they are bound to come into contact and collide with wild elves.
It is normal for an elf whose territory has been invaded to choose to fight back.
Is it wrong to reclaim wasteland for people who can live a better life?
"Hot blood is the privilege of young people. I am no longer the age where I yell, rush in, beat people away, feel satisfied with myself, and call myself the savior."
Kikuno sees it clearly better than anyone else, can he solve the problem now by driving people away?
Can I still guard the elves here and not leave?
What to do if other miners attack again?
Time seems to solve all problems, and the madness of mining to get rich finally subsided.
Depleted mineral veins and riddled land are the reasons why people leave.
For a long time, there were no elves in this land. Trainers who traveled here looked at this bustling mining area in the past, as if they had entered a cold haunted house.
There seemed to be no other travelers passing through the uninhabited mining area today, and it seemed particularly quiet.
Luther lit a bonfire, and the wooden house standing in the darkness was illuminated by the firelight, as if it had regained some vitality.
A mountain rat emerged from the soil. When it saw Luther and Mai, it quickly burrowed back into the ground and escaped quickly.
After a while, the mountain rat ran over again following the aroma of the food, and hesitantly looked at the circle of elves surrounding Luther, his eyes full of curiosity.
What time can heal is the resentment of those elves towards humans back then.
When Luther threw a piece of roasted meat to the pangolin, the pangolin ate it happily.
After eating, this completely unsuspecting guy skipped to the campfire and communicated enthusiastically with the Geely Eggs and the others.
If Luther thought, this would be the best time to throw the Poké Ball, but Luther did not do so.
Although it was brought to the door by the pangolin itself, it is better to be more dignified.