Aoki's goal in entering the forest was very clear. He wanted to train the elves, increase their strength, and then capture them.
Aoki had obtained a few hundred pokeballs from capturing the elves this time, and not only did he use them to increase his hunter points.
There should be many new members joining the team in the next period of time. Rather than buying from the Hunter's Guild, he might as well capture some himself and distribute them.
If he had known this would happen, Aoki would have wantonly captured the elves on the trial island. The elves on the trial island had much higher aptitudes.
There was no other way now.
Fortunately, Aoki had the A.I. Chip. Compared to some people, it was much easier to distinguish the aptitudes.
After spending an hour, he did a simple investigation of the distribution of the elves in the back of the mountain.
The elves in the back of the mountain were mainly divided into three larger groups.
The largest of them were the Thorny Tail Bugs and the two evolved branches of the Thorny Tail Bugs, the Poison Butterfly and the Hunting Butterfly.
These two groups had the most elves, and were also the ones that Aoki was more satisfied with.
Although bug elves did not have a high growth limit, they had the advantage of being able to grow quickly. As long as they were slightly nurtured, they would be able to join the battle very quickly.
Therefore, Aoki was prepared to sweep through the Thorny Tail Bugs in these two groups.
There was another advantage to bug elves, and that was that there were many of them. The number of elves that had decent aptitudes was also higher.
If he could use them well and cultivate the Thorny Tail Bugs in the back of the mountain, they might be able to provide Aoki and the rest with an endless supply of living elves.
Inspired by the Thorny Tail Bugs, Aoki was also planning to lure the One-Horned Bugs and Green Caterpillars in the Guan Dong area. As long as he managed and cultivated them slightly, the strength of these two elves would not be much weaker than the Poison Butterfly and the Hunting Butterfly.
In terms of attack, the Bumblebee's attack was the strongest among the four types of elves.
'Looks like the resources in the back of the mountain can't be wasted. I'll get Skye to find some people to tidy up the mountain. When the time comes, we can use it to cultivate the elves inside,' Aoki thought to himself.
If a faction wanted to completely rely on external purchases, it would not be able to develop for a long time. It was best to have their own main source of elves.
The bug elves at the back of the mountain were a good source of elves. Aoki could use the A.I. Chip's scan to eliminate some of the more inferior elves. After a period of breeding, the elves' aptitude would generally improve.
Apart from these two races, there was another race that was much more valuable: the Forest of Lazy Men.
When Aoki first saw this tribe, he was quite surprised.
Leave King was quite familiar with the final evolved form of Lazy Old Man.
They were known as elves whose racial value surpassed that of divine beasts, but were destroyed by a special characteristic.
Even if the characteristics of many elves couldn't provide any help, at least they wouldn't be a restriction to the elves.
However, the Absent King was different. This kind of sprite's talent was generally more outstanding. Moreover, because it was an ordinary elemental sprite, it could learn many elemental moves. It had the power to fight against any sprite. However, because of its lazy characteristic, it directly destroyed half of this sprite.
In other words, the God of Creation felt that the King of Sick Leave was too strong and needed a lazy characteristic to restrain him. After all, there were a lot of Kings of Sick Leave. Without the restriction of the lazy characteristic, many Mythological Beasts might not be able to defeat him.
However, Aoki still had an idea for the King of Leave. He wanted to use a skill like Trait Exchange. He wanted a Fairy to exchange traits with the King of Leave. He didn't need to have a particularly powerful trait. He just needed to get rid of the lazy trait.
This way, the Leave King's strength would increase exponentially.
However, there was a limit to this, and that was that the characteristic exchange skill couldn't be maintained for a long time. In other words, it would return to normal after a period of time.
Here came the problem. If a lazy elf that usually only knew how to lie down suddenly moved, would its body and consciousness be able to accept it?
Probably not.
Moreover, no matter how talented the Leave King was, it still had to do some simple training, right?
In that case, the characteristic exchange would need to be maintained for a longer time. At least two elves would need to take turns to use the characteristic exchange skill on the Leave King, so that it could maintain the non-lazy characteristic. In this way, whether it was during training or fighting, it would get used to not being lazy.
Two elves might not work. It was best to need three elves to continuously use the characteristic exchange skill on the Leave King.
Not only that, the best way to cultivate it was to use this method to cultivate the Leave King when it was still a lazy old man.
After evolving into an Overactive Ape, it didn't need to do this, but after evolving into a Leave King, it might need to persist like this for a lifetime.
In other words, to cultivate a Leave King with full combat power, at least three more elves who could use the characteristic exchange skill would need to be raised, and they also needed to be behind the Leave King all the time. Then, the cost of cultivation would be many times higher.
It would be fine if there were results. After all, such a Leave King was more powerful than ordinary quasi-God elves, but what if it didn't succeed?
It would be a double loss.
Therefore, Aoki only had the mentality of trying to cultivate the Leave King. He wasn't really prepared to subdue one and cultivate it.
The name 'Lazy Old Man Forest' was very suitable.
When Aoki led the elves into the Lazy Old Man Forest, he saw that the lazy old men were either lying on the trees or on the ground. Even if some fruits were beside them, they were too lazy to reach out and take them.
Only when they were really hungry would they reluctantly move and slowly bring the fruit to their mouths.
They didn't care about Aoki's entry at all, and looked as if they were waiting for him to do whatever he wanted.
If Aoki hadn't scanned them and found that there weren't any particularly outstanding lazy old men, he might have subdued a few of them. Even if he didn't use them for himself, they could be used by his subordinates as trump cards.
However, this wasn't the trial island, and the average lazy old man's aptitude was only yellow. Occasionally, he would see a few light green ones, but Aoki wasn't interested in capturing them for the time being.
The value of lazy old men wasn't high because they were too lazy. They couldn't even move, and their level could only be increased by eating little by little every day.
Ordinary people wouldn't be able to endure such a situation.
Even if they could endure it, the lazy old man would evolve into an Excalibur Ape, and its strength would still be considered strong. However, the more battles it fought, the faster the Excalibur Ape would evolve into the Excalibur King.
It wasn't easy to cultivate it, but in the end, it would become a lazy Excalibur King. How many people could continue to cultivate it?
Aoki strolled around the Lazy Old Man Forest and saw some traces left behind by the Excalibur Apes. He didn't continue to explore.
The Lazy Old Man Forest might be a treasure trove. He could slowly explore it in the future. For now, it was better to improve his elves and train his combat skills.
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