Mind Master of the Elf World

Chapter 129 I would call myself a "calculator"! (4.2k words, please vote!)

The academic affairs office moved a large instrument to the competition venue. At first glance, it looked a bit like a lottery machine, except that the balls inside were replaced with Poké Balls, which were used for teaching at the academy.

All twelve Pokémon from each mentor will be drawn from this pool, and what Pokémon you get is completely random.

Some might ask, isn't it only fair if both sides have exactly the same twelve Pokémon to choose from?

however.

This isn't a game, so where would you find Pokémon that are exactly the same?
Even if the moves and characteristics are the same, there will inevitably be some differences.

Therefore, this is already considered the fairest approach.

"Hehehe~~"

"Ooh ooh ooh~~"

"Chirp~chirp~"

Gastly, Vulpix, and Little Blacksmith, the three little guys, were cheering for Jinghe from the stands, each holding a pom-pom.

It's a bit of a shame that they don't use them to fight.

But if Jinghe can win this match, not only will they advance to the semi-finals, but they will also receive the semi-final prize: an "Evolution Stone"!
That stuff is expensive.

Moreover, there are no more loan matches after advancing to the semi-finals, so they'll have to take action later.

The opponents we'll face then will be even stronger.

I'm actually kind of looking forward to it.
On the playing field.

Jinghe took the plate handed to her by the staff, which contained twelve Poké Balls and a simple list of the Pokémon.

It only lists the Pokémon's name, ability name, and move list, without any further detailed description.

The staff member said he had ten minutes to prepare.

If you need any props, you can just tell him, but each person can choose a maximum of six items.

When Jinghe saw the twelve Pokémon she had drawn, she immediately felt a bit overwhelmed.

Rattata, Arbok, Gorilla, Swallowtail, Tadpole, Snowdrop
However, one Pokémon caught his attention.

Oliva!
Grass-type and Normal-type Olive Pokémon generally have a mild nature and are good at Special Attack and Special Defense.

Ten minutes passed quickly.

Jing He's opponent this time is Karl, the counselor of Class 3, Grade 2 of the Combat Department, who is outstanding in both strength and ability.

On the large screen in the arena, the images of the two players, along with three Poké Balls, were projected.

At the referee's signal, the two stepped onto the field.

Carl wore glasses, looked tall and thin with a refined demeanor, and had a confident smile on his face, seemingly very confident in his choice of three Pokémon and his tactics.

But what he said was:

"Teacher Jinghe, please go easy on me!"

Looking at his expression, which clearly showed he was "sure to win" but had to pretend to be humble, Jinghe had a perfect word to describe his state.

Versailles.

Although Jinghe is somewhat famous, especially in terms of tactics.

But in Carl's view, Jinghe was using his "interest" to challenge his "livelihood".

Jinghe may have some tactical skills, but in the random Pokémon 12-choose-3 mode, the requirements for the mentor are too high.

More importantly, he was very lucky to randomly get a Pokémon that was already a perfect fit for him.

In the 12-choose-3 format, luck is also a very important factor.

And in response to Karl's "humility".

Jing He responded with a smile.

"Okay."

Ok?
Karl paused, then slowly narrowed his eyes.

At the referee's signal, both sides prepared.

"The battle begins!"

"Go, Flaming Horse!"

"Go, Oliva!"

Both Poké Balls were thrown at the same time.

"Grass-type versus Fire-type, if Jinghe's first Pokémon is going to be a disaster."

"By the way, where is Olivier a Pokémon from?"

"Teacher Carl's specialty is Fire and Flying-type Pokémon. It seems that Teacher Carl is quite lucky this time."

"Luck? Luck is also a part of ability."

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Upon seeing the two Pokémon that appeared, the audience began to discuss them.

Because the quarterfinals may involve a high level of tactics, professional commentary has been provided.

"Olive is a Pokémon from the faraway Padonia region! It seems that our teacher Jinghe has a good understanding of the Pokémon from the Padonia region! It's a bit of a pity that it ran into Teacher Karl's gun."

"Some students may not know how advantageous the Flame Horse is, so let me explain it briefly."

Rapidash excels in physical attacks and is extremely fast, while Olivier excels in special attacks and special defense but is extremely slow, in addition to type advantage.

After hearing this, the audience immediately agreed.
This is completely unwinnable!
"Flaming Steed, Flame Charge!" Karl exclaimed confidently, waving his hand.

The fiery steed, already wreathed in flames, was completely engulfed in firelight and charged toward Oliva at incredible speed, like a shooting star.

With Oliva's speed, there's no way he could even dodge.

However, Jinghe's command exceeded everyone's expectations.

“Oliva, place the parasitic seed at your feet.”

As soon as Oliva planted the tiny seeds, the fiery steeds covered in blazing flames charged in.

The speed difference between the two sides was so great that there was hardly any room for maneuver.

boom! !

Oliva was thrown into the air by the impact.

Sudden!
The referee raised his flag.

"Oliva is unable to fight! He was instantly defeated by Rapidash! Because Teacher Karl's Rapidash was carrying 'charcoal'!"

[Charcoal: Increases the power of Fire-type moves by about 20%]

wow——

The whole place was in an uproar again.

One of my Pokémon was instantly killed right from the start?

How to fight then?
Is Teacher Jinghe no longer capable?
However, as Oliva was thrown into the air, several seeds were shaken off its body, and those seeds took root and sprouted at an extremely fast speed, quickly spreading throughout the entire area.

"However, Oliva's ability is 'drop seeds,' at which point the terrain becomes 'Grassland Terrain'!"

"At the same time, because Rapidash uses 'Flash Charge,' it has to take the rebound damage from the impact. Wait! Oliva is wearing 'Bump Helmet,' so Rapidash is taking even more damage!"

The fiery horse on the field roared in pain.

[Convex Helmet: When the attacker uses a contact-type move, the rebound will cause the attacker's stamina to be reduced.]

"Damn, wearing a 'bumpy helmet'! Teacher Jinghe is indeed Teacher Jinghe, she's just so dirty!"

"Doesn't that mean that Teacher Jinghe was actually prepared to 'sacrifice' Oliva all along?"

"And what's more, the Rapidash is also entangled in 'parasitic seeds'."

Attentive viewers noticed.

The reflected damage from "Flame Charge" and "Bump Helmet" combined with "Parasitic Seed" meant that although Rapidash defeated Oliva in one hit, it didn't seem to have much of an advantage!

Moreover, the venue has been transformed into a "grass field"!
"Grassy Terrain. Will Jinghe's next Pokémon also be a Grass-type?"

"Aren't Grass-type Pokémon still completely outclassed by Flame Impetus?"

Jinghe recalled Olivier and smiled at the Poké Ball, saying:

"You did a great job. Now leave it to them."

He quickly threw out a second Poké Ball. The Pokémon that appeared was beyond everyone's expectations.

It's a Ghost/Flying-type hot air balloon Pokémon, Dartball!

"Teacher Jinghe's luck is really bad. It seems like the Pokémon he draws are neither well-matched nor very powerful."

"So what is the purpose of the 'green grass field'? To slowly restore stamina?"

Most people are familiar with Dartball; it's a Pokémon with relatively low stamina but extremely weak defenses.

Simply put, it's a "wooden stake" with high HP.

However, the answer was quickly provided by the wind-following ball.

As soon as the Windball appeared, a seed fell from its body—a grass seed!

[Grass Seeds: Physical defense is increased when the field is a 'Grass Field']

But...that's it?

This is what everyone thinks.

"The characteristic of the Windball is 'lightweight'; its speed doubles after losing its carried item!"

Fortunately, the commentator provided an answer that was barely acceptable to everyone.

Carl frowned.

If the Rapidash uses "Flash Charge" again, it will lose its ability to fight. Moreover, the "Lightweight" Windball is faster than the Rapidash, making it easy for the attack to miss.

"Flame Horse, charged flame attack!"

As you can see, the flames on the Fiery Horse's hooves suddenly intensified, and the already fast horse began to run around the field again.

But Jing He seemed not to see it, and simply gave instructions:
"Follow the wind, avoid it, and then shrink."

The size of the Wind Ball shrank dramatically at a visible speed, while its evasion ability improved. Combined with its already extremely fast speed, the Flaming Horse's "Charged Flame Strike" was cleverly avoided.

However, the speed of the Flame Horse is also increased under the "Charged Flame Strike".

"The wind-driven ball continues to shrink."

"Firehorse, unleash another charged flame attack!"

The two sides seemed to be playing hide-and-seek on the field, but the fast-moving and ever-shrinking ball was not so easy to catch.

However, luck was on Karl and Blazing Horse's side once again, and "Charged Flame Strike" successfully hit the Wind Orb.

But Jinghe's command was
"Make it smaller again."

It shrank for the third time!
The enormous wind-driven ball had shrunk to the size of a fist.

"Is this a shrinking tactic?"

"But if you 'shrink' to face heavy pressure attacks, wouldn't you be doomed?"

"However, it seems he hasn't mastered the Flaming Horse technique? He can use moves with a wider range, though."

Although the Flaming Horse was hit by the "Parasitic Seed," it did not collapse for a long time because the "Green Grass Field" was still helping it recover its strength.

Carl clearly realized that even if the Rapids were fast, it might not be able to hit the Windball, so he immediately changed tactics.

"Firehorse, unleash your flames and cover a wide area!"

While Rapidash excels at physical attacks, generally speaking, Fire-type Pokémon are capable of both physical and magical attacks.

The raging flames quickly engulfed a large portion of the arena, including the Wind Ball.

Jinghe's command also changed at this moment.

"Follow the wind, meditate."

Meditation: Boosts a Pokémon's Special Defense and Special Attack.

Neither dodging nor avoiding, although the "flame jet" has increased in range and thus reduced in power, it still causes damage.

Oh, the Windball has "Green Field" and "Power Absorption", then it's fine.

[Drain Power: Restores own HP based on the opponent's physical attack power, while reducing the opponent's physical attack power.]

The next scene was...
With its speed advantage, the Wind Ball quickly achieves "Meditation x6"!
After stacking up "Meditation", my stamina is still almost full!
During the process, the Rapidash finally succumbed to the "Parasitic Seed".

Carl's second Pokémon is a Fire-type Typhlosion!
Typhlosion has mastered the move "Body Slam," which is very effective against Pokémon that can "Shrink," and it can even remove the Ghost-type's immunity to Normal-types because it inherited the move "Insight."

however.

The game alternates between "holding on and not holding on, holding on and not holding on," and during this time, it also uses the speed of the wind ball to interweave "absorbing power," "substitute," and "meditation."

Karl and Typhoon were completely helpless.

In the end, even though Typhlosion could withstand Typhlosion's "Mount Tai" attack head-on, it was not instantly defeated because it had already absorbed a lot of Typhlosion's physical attack and relied on its own strong stamina.

After the Wind Ball is filled with "Meditation".

This is where the real key to Jinghe's tactics comes in.

"Follow the wind, take the baton!"

Wow! !

"I thought it was a 'shrinking' tactic, but it turned out to be a 'baton passing' tactic!"

"Six times! Six times that maxes out Special Attack and Special Defense. Even if the one that switches in is a dog, it'll still be the king of Special Attack!"

"Snow, edelweiss moth? Four times weaker than fire?"

The one that took its place was a snowflake moth!

Snowflake, an Ice/Bug type, is four times weak to Fire!
Facing a fire-type Flame Beast is almost a suicide mission!

But don't forget.

Typhlosion's physical attack power was significantly reduced after being drained by the Dribou. Although Typhlosion is better at special attacks than physical attackers, ...
This is a snow moth that has inherited six "meditations" through "passing the baton"!
In other words, at this moment, Edelweiss's Special Attack and Special Defense are at their maximum!

more importantly.
"Snow Moth, Light Wall!"

Jing He smiled slightly and gave instructions.

"Wow!!" The commentator exclaimed excitedly.

"Classmates! I have some 'unfortunate' news for you. Teacher Jinghe's snow moth has the 'ice scale powder' characteristic!"

[Ice Scale Powder: Pokémon with this ability take half damage from special moves.]

Special protection against overfilling!

In addition, "Ice Scale Powder" halves the special attack damage, and "Light Screen" halves the special move damage.
"Holy crap! With this boost plus the 'Ice Scale Powder' ability, even if Typhlosion uses 'Breath' with a four-fold super effectiveness, it's like scratching a thorn! The question is, does Typhlosion even know how to use 'Breath'?"

"The four-fold advantage was completely negated by 'Light Screen' and 'Ice Powder', but with that maxed-out Special Defense, Dragapult would be crying!"

"I didn't feel anything when I watched it before, but now, if I put myself in Professor Carl's shoes, I feel like vomiting!"

"It turns out that every step was calculated! Full of calculations, I would call Teacher Jinghe a 'calculator'!"

"Wait! Don't forget, Edelweiss's Special Defense isn't the only thing stacked up, it's Special Attack too!"

Finally, a blind star discovered the key point.

Edelweiss has a Special Attack stat total of 125!
In addition, there's a special attack boost that stacks up to six times.
Some people may not understand what it means to stack six enhancements. Simply put, it means that the ability has increased by 400%!

"Even if we give Teacher Carl six more, no, twelve Pokémon to take turns using them, the result will be the same!"

Push the team!

A clean sweep is the obvious choice!
The most appealing aspect of the "baton relay" tactic is the push that occurs after the "baton relay" is completed.

What's worse is that the props the snow moth carries are "leftovers".

Maximize the fault tolerance!
In the end, Carl actually wanted to make one last attempt.

The attempt was to use the third Pokémon, Torkoal's "Clear Smoke," to remove all of Felmoth's stat boosts.

Let's not even mention that the snow moth is faster than the coal turtle.

Furthermore, the "Clearing Smoke" doesn't hit like it does in a game; it takes time for it to drift over.

The mere presence of a "substitute" rendered the "Smoke of Purification" completely ineffective.

finally.

Jinghe achieved victory thanks to its extremely "high-quality" tactics!

This entire match was filmed and broadcast live from beginning to end.
P.S.: Oops, I wrote too much again! This chapter is 4.2k words! That's 1.1k words today! The extra words I wrote yesterday plus today are enough for an extra chapter. How about... we just add an extra chapter? Finally, please vote with your monthly tickets!

P.S.: This tactic used to work on my own with Snow Moth and Fighting Titanium Crystal Tyranitar, even Coal Tortoise. But please, don't try to copy it, and if you do, don't say I taught you. I haven't played for over a year, so it might be outdated.
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