Not Being a Trainer This Time

Chapter 716 376: Treasure Vault, Mung Bean Soup, and the Season of Green Onion Harvest

League Calendar Year 199, June 23rd.

The Paldea Region welcomed the hottest summer season.

The air shimmered with heat, and it was so scorching that a group of Pokemon, including Pawmot and Eevee, all rushed to Glaceon's Ice Cave to escape the heat.

Because their fur is thick and dense, running outside in this weather could easily cause them to become drenched in sweat.

In such weather, even traveling Trainers stayed obediently in towns, only venturing to the next town when the evening brought cooler temperatures.

The ranch was also temporarily devoid of Trainers coming to challenge the trial.

After all, with the weather this hot, no one wanted to run around aimlessly in the wilderness...

Naoki was also happy to enjoy the leisure. He took advantage of the cooler morning to finish the ranch chores and then stayed at home.

Outside, the sun was shining brightly, and he could faintly hear the chirping of cicadas from the back mountain.

The air conditioner was on inside the house. Calyrex watched TV on the first floor, while Pawmot and Eevee had just been invited to the Ice Cave by Glaceon.

His younger sibling Indeedee and older sibling Indeedee were tidying up the living room, which had been messed up by other Pokemon.

Naoki, meanwhile, sat in front of his computer on the second floor, checking the post he had previously published, to see if anyone wanted to sell ancient Paldean gold coins.

Over the past month, he had gradually acquired some scattered ancient gold coins from others on the forum.

Including the ones he had saved before, the current collection progress of Gimmighoul's coins had reached 230/1000.

"Just 50 more coins, and I'll reach a quarter of the way there. If I can keep it up, by this time next year, I should have enough saved," Naoki calculated in his head.

But he couldn't guarantee it, because the process of acquiring coins was not smooth.

In addition, there were quite a few antique enthusiasts lurking on the forum. Both relic crowns and ancient gold coins fell within their collection scope.

Those people became formidable competitors for Naoki; just the other day, they even outbid him for those gold coins with the sellers he was in contact with.

This gave Naoki a lot of headaches.

Although the current income from the ranch was decent, it wasn't enough to support him in spending money recklessly.

At that moment, a private message popped up on his screen.

Naoki opened it and found it was from Raifort.

[Ancient Investigator: How's it going? Is the acquisition process going smoothly?]

Raifort had just finished lunch at this time.

She had no classes in the afternoon, so she went back to her dorm, turned on the air conditioning, browsed the forum for any information on ancient legends and ruins, and chatted with Naoki.

[King of Wings: Not very smoothly. A few days ago, someone offered a higher price and snatched the sellers I was in contact with.]

[Ancient Investigator: That's quite common. After all, if these antiques hit the market, they are mostly sold through auctions, and only the highest bidder can purchase them.]

Naoki naturally understood this principle; he couldn't help but sigh. Just as he was about to reply, Raifort's message came through.

[Ancient Investigator: Are you thinking about other ways to acquire more coins? If so, I might be able to help you!]

Naoki was slightly stunned, then an unbelievable thought flashed through his mind.

His fingers typed on the keyboard for a moment and replied: [...You're not suggesting I go grave robbing with you, are you?]

[Ancient Investigator: Exactly! Want to go? If you're lucky, you might get a lot of coins at once!]

Honestly, Naoki was tempted, but his reason told him that such behavior was disrespectful.

After a moment of hesitation, he decided against following Raifort's idea of grave robbing: [Forget it, robbing someone's grave is just too unethical.]

However, a quick response came from the other side.

[Ancient Investigator: Grave? It's not a grave this time! My target is an Ancient Ruins deep underground.]

Within the teacher's dormitory of Paldea Academy.

Raifort pressed the send key and then turned her gaze to the ancient book on the computer desk.

Her eyes flickered with a hint of excitement.

This ancient book was something she found deep in the library.

As one of the few old schools in the world, Paldea Academy had a very long history and rich background.

The library here housed many books, including numerous ancient texts passed down through the ages.

One reason Raifort came to this academy to become a history teacher was to utilize this library.

And now, she had finally found information and data on the Treasures of Ruin.

This ancient text detailed the great Ruination that occurred thousands of years ago.

Though written entirely in ancient script, this posed no difficulty for Raifort, as she specialized in deciphering ancient languages.

The book stated that four disaster-causing Pokemon destroyed the royal city, and the King, to protect his country, summoned the renowned Pokemon Envoy.

The Pokemon Envoy engaged in fierce battles with those four Treasures of Ruin Pokemon and successfully imprisoned them.

However, just as they were about to be imprisoned, the "Vessel" among the Treasures of Ruin used all its strength to trigger a terrifying earthquake.