Chapter 724: Territory Competition
With the help of Leftovers and Motorcycle Lizard's excellent sense of smell, Zhou You and A Jin, who was carrying a super giant crab claw, quickly went along the mountain road to the place where the loud noise had occurred before.
In front of them were two extremely huge Padiya elves.
One was a hairy cliff crab that was larger than Snorlax, and the other was a land jellyfish that was as big as the giant stinging jellyfish in Kanto.
One of the former's crab claws was missing, and only half of its arm was left to fight with the other.
Many of the latter's tentacles had flat cross-sections, and not far away were scattered limbs of varying lengths...
What a food meeting, Zhou You secretly complained in his heart, how could these two treasure master elves who had eaten too much secret seasoning fight?
"Is this the legendary turf war?" A Jin quickly judged the reason for the fight between the two elves from his intuition, "They seem to be avoiding excessive damage while fighting."
As he spoke, A Jin pointed to the cave that had suffered some damage near the two elves.
While the giant hairy crab and the land jellyfish were fighting, they were also trying their best to avoid the two sides' moves approaching the cave, which meant that there might be something in there that they valued or hoped to get.
Coupled with the subtle sweet smell in the air, Ajin suspected that it was the object of the two elves' fight.
Was it tree fruit? Was it vanilla? Or some special elf?
Although he didn't know what was in it that fascinated the two elves so much, Zhou You, who had already used it as a seasoning for home-cooked dishes, recognized the things in the cave at a glance - secret seasoning: sweetener.
This thing is also the main ingredient of candy, and Zhou You planted a lot of it on the Azure Highlands.
Then he looked at the two elves who had a territorial dispute.
They didn't care about the humans and elves who suddenly appeared, and they only had each other and seasoning in their eyes.
For wild elves, survival, reproduction, and family are the top priorities, and secret seasoning is what can greatly increase their chances of survival.
The elves may not understand what it is, but they must be able to realize what has given them such a huge body and outstanding strength.
But don't think that they ignore outsiders for now. Once Zhou You and A Jin show any signs of getting close to the secret seasoning, they will inevitably face a concerted attack from both sides!
Zhou You is of course not interested in any secret seasoning... His eyes are fixed on the tentacles of the land jellyfish scattered on the ground.
That is also one of the raw materials of the famous dish of Padiya - wild jellyfish cucumbers with vinegar.
Land jellyfish is an evolution of wild jellyfish. Will the taste of the tentacles be worse or more delicious?
Without too many words, Zhou You pointed to the tentacles scattered on the ground.
There was only a swishing sound, and the saliva of the leftovers almost flowed down.
"You can't eat it raw." Zhou You reminded hurriedly.
"Hey..."
A Jin understood, quietly got off the motor lizard, and tiptoed over.
The humans in the Padiya region would use the materials that the elves accidentally dropped from their bodies for all aspects of daily life, and food is only one aspect of it.
Respecting nature, respecting life, and coexisting with elves, this is the way of life for humans in the vast natural scenery of the Padiya region.
Seeing that Ajin was going to collect ingredients for tonight regardless of his life in the battle between the giant elves, the motor lizard couldn't help but show a worried look.
Once the behavior of this human approaching touched the nervous nerves of the two treasure owners, they might be injured under the full-strength attack of both sides!
"Don't worry." Eden comforted, which was why it stayed here.
Its illusion has a miraculous effect on elves that are not very good at special ends, which can prevent them from discovering Ajin's approach.
But if there is a situation where stray bullets fly towards Ajin while maintaining the illusion, it depends on the latter's own reaction and physical ability.
Fortunately, Ajin had good luck and his movements were very brisk. After a while, he collected all the tentacles scattered on the ground.
Then, he looked at the secret seasoning in the cave thoughtfully.
How about picking a little and taking it back as a spice?
At least it smells sweet, and the two elves don't look poisonous, which means it probably doesn't have any deadly ingredients.
Seeing this, Zhou You quickly waved to him, "Take that away, or the elves will follow the smell to the camp!"
A Jin suddenly realized that even with the help of illusion, the elves would definitely suspect humans when they found that the plants they were fighting for were damaged.
So he decisively left with Zhou You who had collected the data...
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Until the two left the scene, the battle between the two giant treasure-owner elves was not over.
The huge body represents the abundant energy given by the secret seasoning, and they are not so easy to get tired.
Although Zhou You, who brought Eden and leftovers, could fight them, and they would probably win in the end, but there was really no need to do so.
Unlike Galar and Unova.
In Padia, humans would pick up the materials that the elves accidentally dropped, and they might also feed them for the materials, but they would never exhaust the pond for those materials.
It is true that the claws of the hairy cliff crab and the tentacles of the land jellyfish can regenerate, but if the two spirits lose all their claws and tentacles, they will easily die.
Not only do we not exhaust the resources, but when we encounter spirits with incomplete bodies, people will even take care of them deliberately.
Green, pollution-free, renewable and sustainable development is the foundation of everything.
Zhou You didn't know whether Padia would become a black city or a future Alola after the population explosion in the future. At least the coexistence between the two was healthy at the moment.
That night, the two chose to camp on the rocky mountain in South District 3 and set up a huge iron pot that matched the size of the ingredients.
"This crab claw is too big. It can't fit in one pot at all."
Looking at the super giant crab claw that could only fit one-third (i.e. the crab claw) into the pot even if it was cut, A Jin began to have a headache afterward: "How should I eat this thing?"
Zhou You sighed speechlessly: "Are you really going to eat it all? Let's eat a little and give the rest to the elves."
The leftovers looked up quietly.
A Jin pondered for a long time after hearing this, and his tone was full of entanglement: "The key is how to make such a big crab claw taste good."
The reason why Sukiyaki is delicious is that various ingredients are cooked together to create a unique taste.
Arthur, who was slicing the land jellyfish tentacles, nodded. Simply boiling or roasting would be a bit of a waste of ingredients that have already been used as medicine.
Eden, who was in charge of using "supernatural power" to prepare berry jam, complained: "After all, this is not the amount for two people and seven or eight elves, right?"
"Then give it to Zekrom. Wait, we can use electricity!" (End of this chapter)