After Phantom Stone's training was over, Aoki let it return to his shadow again.
Then he booked a private room in the Pixie Center's cafeteria and had a big meal with the elves. Especially Dazed Beast, he had been tired all day and his appetite was almost as big as a milk can.
During the meal, the milk can stared at Dazed Beast in surprise for a while as if to say, "Why are you eating so much now?"
Dazed Beast then called out and continued eating, completely stimulating the milk can's appetite.
Just like that, Aoki's meal expenses were almost twice as much as usual because of the two big rice buckets.
After the meal, Aoki sneaked into the black market of Withered Leaf City.
Strictly speaking, Withered Leaf City was one of the cities under the control of the Rocket Team. Although it was only a dark part of the city, it was close enough.
After all, one of the three main cadres, Ma Zhishi, was the dojo master of Withered Leaf City.
Therefore, the black market of Withered Leaf City was also under the control of the Rocket Team. As one of the Rocket Team's partners, the Hunter's Guild also had a very high status here.
Aoki was wearing the same black robe as before with Dark Crow standing on his shoulder. For some reason, his mood was not very high now.
Standing on Aoki's shoulder, he looked very imposing, but as the one who knew him the best, Aoki knew what he was thinking.
"Dark Crow, every elf has their own responsibilities. You have done your best in your duties. There haven't been any suitable battles for you recently, that's why you are like this." Aoki understood that Dark Crow had always taken care of the other elves as the big brother of the team.
But recently, seeing other elves surpass him one by one made his heart waver.
Dazed Beast, who was originally on par with him, had now completely surpassed him. If not for the advantage of evil elves, he should not be able to beat Dazed Beast.
Although Bora, who joined the team later, didn't like Dark Crow at first, the relationship between the two elves was also good after Dark Crow expressed his goodwill many times. After all, they were both evil elves and could communicate with each other in many areas. Bora also understood Dark Crow's thoughts, so he expressed respect for Dark Crow's behavior of sacrificing everything for the team.
However, Dark Crow had to admit that Bora was stronger than him.
Even though the battle in the Gopher Cave had allowed him to level up and reach Level 24, the gap between him and Bi La hadn't closed. This was because Bi La had completely mastered three Ice-type Skills in the Gopher Cave. Moreover, her tacit understanding with Aoki had also succeeded.
This was all fine because the Dazed Beast was about the same level as him, and Tao La was stronger than him at the beginning.
Now, however, Ghost had evolved into Ghost Stone. Moreover, Ghost Stone had reached Level 25. In terms of strength, Ghost Stone had already surpassed Dark Crow. Moreover, Green Wood had also unlocked Ghost Stone's Poison Attribute. If nothing unexpected happened, Dark Crow was no longer a match for Ghost Stone.
When he saw Ghost Si evolve into Ghost Stone, Dark Crow was sincerely happy for him. The little guy who had first joined the team and pestered him with questions had now surpassed him.
There was also the newly hatched Pincer Scorpion. Dark Crow could also see that Pincer Scorpion's talent was very high. He believed that it was only a matter of time before it surpassed him.
This was the reason why Dark Crow was now disappointed. He felt that his presence in Aoki's team was getting lower and lower. It seemed that it didn't matter whether he was in the team or not.
After all, all the elves had integrated into the team and no longer needed him to make any adjustments.
Aoki, who understood his thoughts, told him that he had done his best in his duties and that there was no need to compete with the other elves.
In addition, he had been fighting less recently, so his leveling was slower.
"Caw ~ ~" Dark Crow cawed and gently rubbed his head against Aoki's head.
It wasn't that he didn't know what Aoki meant. He had never regarded strength as the most important standard in the team. In his opinion, as long as Aoki's elves were getting stronger, he would be satisfied.
However, this was the subconscious disappointment of an elf who wanted to become stronger.
"You just need to accumulate strength now. You still have to rely on me to become stronger," Aoki said as he gently patted his head.
For elves, if they wanted to become stronger, they just needed to listen to their trainers. This was because it was the trainers' responsibility to make their elves stronger.
Dark Crow's initial talent was lower than the elves', but it wasn't that there was no way to save him. It was just that Aoki knew these things.
Dark Crow had followed his training plan completely and completed it. He had even put in more effort. If he still couldn't become stronger, it could only be the trainers' responsibility.
Therefore, Aoki had been keeping this matter in mind all this time. It was just that the time wasn't right yet.
Hearing this, Dark Crow rubbed against Aoki again. He was a little disappointed, but it didn't affect his love and respect for Aoki, as well as his joy at Phantom Stone's evolution.
After comforting Dark Crow, Aoki strode into the Hunter's Guild.
However, he was already secretly planning Dark Crow's future growth plan.
First, he went to the Hunter's Guild's mission window and submitted a light green Mountain-Piercing Rat and five Violent Carp Dragons for matching missions.
Under the staff's strange gaze, he matched all six elves with missions.
The lucky one was the Mountain-Piercing Rat, which was matched with a suitable mission. As for the five Violent Carp Dragons, Aoki wasn't worried at all. With such popular elves, even if they only had yellow talent, their price would still be very high.
As expected, in the final matching results, the light green Mountain-Piercing Rat was purchased for three hundred thousand Alliance coins, while the yellow Violent Carp Dragon was purchased for two hundred and fifty thousand Alliance coins. Only the light green Mountain-Piercing Rat was fifty thousand lower.
Of course, there was also a huge reason for the difference in levels. After all, the Violent Carp Dragons were at least level twenty-five and above, while the Mountain-Piercing Rat was only in its teens. This was also a huge difference.
Of the five Violent Carp Dragons, four of them had yellow talent. The total was one million Alliance coins and one million points.
As for the dark yellow Violent Carp Dragon, its purchase price was three hundred and fifty thousand Alliance coins. It had already surpassed the price of the light green Mountain-Piercing Rat.
From this, it could be seen how popular elves like Violent Carp Dragons were.
As for the light green Violent Carp Dragon, Aoki did not match it with a mission. Instead, he kept it for the time being.
This was because he considered that he would be sailing on the sea for a long period of time. If an accident happened, although the dazed beast and the large-mouthed sparrow could move him a certain distance, it was not a long-term solution.
If the distance was too far, the dazed beast and the large-mouthed sparrow would not be able to bring Aoki back safely.
After all, there were many wild elves both in and out of the sea. Battles were unavoidable.
However, if there was a Violent Carp Dragon, the effect would definitely be different.
Therefore, this Violent Carp Dragon only had a light green quality, and Aoki did not plan to tame it as his own sprite. However, it was fine as long as it could be used temporarily. When they reached Kaina City, they could sell it. It would not be a big loss.
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