Master Craftsman of the Elven World

Chapter 32 The power of the evolutionary stone!
Chengdu area, Huipi Town.

As time passed, the package sent from far away successfully arrived at the Pokémon Center in Hinoki Town.

"Evolution Stone."

Recalling the conversation between the craftsman and himself, when A Bi really took out the smooth lavender stone from the package, he immediately called out his Scyther.

"just!"

It took a lot of effort for A-Bi to catch Scyther, which is his favorite Pokémon. This time, he bought durable items to further strengthen Scyther.

Generally speaking, the only booster item for Bug-type Pokémon is silver powder, which is also the first choice of most Bug-type trainers. Silver powder is the scale powder of butterfly and moth Pokémon. Carrying it on your body can increase the power of Bug-type moves.

Because the attack power of insect-type is not very high, it is very necessary to increase the power of moves. However, as an insect attribute researcher, A Bi certainly knows that sometimes you can't just rely on increasing the power of moves to defeat the enemy. Even if the power is great, it will be meaningless if it can't hit the opponent, or it can't withstand the attack of the restraining attribute.

"just?"

Scyther stared at the lavender stone. The Evolution Stone was of course useless in human hands, and humans could not sense the strange energy contained in the stone. However, Pokémon could sense these special energies and resonate with them.

At this time, Scyther became curious about the stone. It had a vague feeling and tried to touch the Evolution Stone.

It knocked on the Evolution Stone with the tip of its sickle. At the moment of contact, a strange heat current flowed from the stone into its body, and the Scyther's eyes suddenly became sharp!

What is this restless feeling?

Scyther confirmed that this stone really helped it become stronger, and at the same time it gradually understood what that restless feeling was!
Although they have never experienced that state, as Pokémon, they are born with some knowledge about evolution. However, most Pokémon do not know what they will evolve into in the future, nor do they know whether they can continue to evolve.

There is no doubt that this feeling is evolution!

"just!"

Scythe raised its two sickle arms, its heart filled with excitement, but after a long while, it looked at its body in confusion.

Nothing happened!

"just?"

Scyther turned around and looked at his trainer with a puzzled look.

This stone is fake! Have you been cheated?

"The Evolution Stone cannot make Pokémon evolve. It only resonates with the evolutionary energy in the bodies of Pokémon that can still evolve." A Bi watched the whole scene from the side and confirmed that what Guang Moss said was true!
Seeing Scyther's confused expression, A Bi patted its shoulder and said, "This is not an evolution item, but it seems to improve your defense and help you become stronger in daily battles. I don't know how effective it is, so let's try it now."

"Cha!" Scyther responded.

A Bi tied a sturdy leather armor around Scyther's waist and placed the Evolution Stone inside, which counted as carrying it.

Scyther also gradually felt a flow of energy in his body, although it was very weak. At the same time, he felt that his sickle and body seemed to have become stronger and firmer.

Maybe it was an illusion? Scyther didn't quite understand, but he felt that his current state was still pretty good.

Just at this moment a challenger came to the gym, and A Bi looked at Scyther who was cutting the air.

Now I'm in great shape, so let's try out the power of this new prop!

Although A Bi only intended to give it a try, the result was beyond his expectations!
The challenger is a bird keeper named Mingxian, who possesses two badges.

Originally, the order in which each trainer challenges gyms is different depending on their birthplace.

Trainers like Birdkeeper specialize in Flying-attribute Pokémon. He seemed very confident about this gym battle and threw out a Flying-attribute Pokémon right away!
"Go ahead, Toucan!"

"To deal with Bug-type Pokémon, of course you have to use Flying-type!"

A big bird with orange feathers, a red crown on its head, a long, sharp pink beak, and broad wings appeared on the battlefield!
Of course, the one that appears on A-Bi’s side is Scyther!

"just!"

Scyther felt that it was in good shape, and stared at the Toucan flying in the air with a fighting look in its eyes! It made a threatening sound and flashed the sickles on its arms.

At the same time, like all common trainers, bird keeper Mingxian also believes in the truth of battle that the one who strikes first will win!

"Peck!"

The toucan's sharp and slender beak has powerful attack power, and it is best at using this beak to attack small insects!
A Bi immediately gave instructions:

"Shadow clone!"

Swish! In an instant, the Scyther on the field split into countless phantoms. The Toucan's attack missed, and the bird breeder Mingxian let out an annoyed sigh and ordered: "Use your wings to attack and break those shadows!"

The Toucan used its broad wings to attack the surrounding shadows, and at this moment A-Bi gave the order: "Continuous slash!"

The shadow of Scyther was swept away, and the huge sickle directly hit the Toucan, and continued to slash!
However, Bug-attribute moves aren't very powerful to begin with, and even if Combo Slash can quickly stack up the power, it's still not enough for Flying-type Pokémon!
"Toucan, use random attacks!"

The messy bird's beak and the quickly swung sickle collided together, creating sparks in the air. At this moment, the bird keeper gave the order to "attack with wings". The Scyther couldn't dodge in time and was hit. This time, the Scyther was knocked far away!

However, the expected direct victory did not happen. The Scyther simply shook its body, quickly recovered to its original state, and made a puzzled sound.

Got hit by a wing attack, but didn't take much damage?
A-Bi has been studying Bug-type Pokémon for a long time, so he can naturally tell how much damage his Pokémon has suffered. Scyther was just caught off guard, and Toucan's wings are too big, making it difficult to avoid them in close combat.

There was not much damage, which means that the "Evolution Stone" worked!

The craftsman said that it can "significantly increase the two types of defense of Pokémon."
"What's going on?" In contrast to Scyther's good condition, the bird keeper on the opposite side became a little panicked. It was clearly a restrained relationship, and if the difference in strength was too great, there shouldn't be no effect at all!
"Use the Steel Wings!"

The bird keeper gave an order, and the two wings of the toucan were suddenly covered with a layer of metallic color. The huge steel wings stirred up airflow, and A Bi ordered the Scyther to perform a sword dance!
He performed a sword dance and took a hit from Steel Wing, but it didn't hurt him at all! Steel Wing is not a flying move, so if there is no restraint relationship, it doesn't matter at all!
After Scyther had fought off Steel Wing, it still seemed to be at ease, grinned with disdain, and began to provoke with its sickle.

The toucan in the sky was a little nervous.

It should be possible to defeat the opponent easily, but the bug in front of me is different!
"Toucan again, wing attack!"

The bird keeper still refused to give up, and the Toucan also responded to the trainer's orders, but A Bi directly ordered Scyther to use his moves!
"Spy Mantis, break the tiles!"

The Toucan wanted to use its wings to attack again, but Scyther rushed towards it with a grin, raised its sickle high, and chopped it down with one blow, knocking the Toucan back to the ground!

As the dust gradually dispersed, the toucan's eyes had turned into circles and it had lost its ability to fight!
The same situation occurred in the two subsequent battles. The gym challenge was three on three, but A-Bi defeated three flying Pokémon with just one Scyther and directly completed the team push!

Obviously, the opponent's Toucan is his most powerful bird Pokémon, followed by Cuckoo and Pidgeot. The result is self-evident!

"just!"

Scyther raised both of its sickles high up, extremely excited!
It had never had such a great battle like today! It fought one against three and directly defeated the opposing team, and the opponents were using bird Pokémon!
For Bug Pokémon, there is nothing more exciting than defeating its natural enemy head-on!

If it were in the wild, Scyther would firmly believe that it had become the leader of all insect-attribute Pokémon, and those bird Pokémon would surely be so scared by the sound of its sickle that they would shit everywhere in the sky!
"Woo woo. I lost!"

The bird breeder Mingxian left in disappointment, and claimed that he would continue to train and come back to challenge. A Bi walked to the side of the Scyther and patted the emotional Scyther, with an incredible expression.

"The Evolution Stone. That stone actually makes Bug-type Pokémon no longer afraid of even Flying-type Pokémon!"

A Bi was so surprised that he couldn't calm down for a long time. He took the Evolution Stone from Scyther and returned to the rest area in the gym. He turned on his computer, wrote a message and sent it to a special account, wanting to ask the other party if they knew about this kind of stone.

The other party's remark was "Dr. Kongmu".

"Stones? That's not what I study."

In Wakaba Town in the Johto region, in Professor Sora's research institute, as a professor specializing in the study of Pokémon eggs, things like stones are of course not within the scope of his research.

Dr. Kong Mu's appearance is that of a standard researcher. If it weren't for the tuft of bird's nest-like hair on his forehead, he could be said to have a buzz cut.

He was very tall, wore oval glasses, a white research jacket, a turquoise shirt underneath, and grass green pants. His jacket pockets were always stuffed with a pile of research notes, paper and pens.

However, when he saw the message sent by A-Bi and the content that "unevolved Pokémon wearing evolution stones can greatly improve their defense", Professor Kongmu's expression became serious again.

This part seems to have something to do with the egg group and weak Pokémon. Although Scyther is not a weak Pokémon, it is indeed an "unevolved Pokémon."

Professor Sora's research topic is "Pokémon breeding and Pokémon eggs."

For example, Togepi's egg was discovered not long ago and was briefly labeled a "miracle egg."

He discovered the pre-evolutionary forms of many Pokémon, and judging by the description of the Evolution Stone, the most suitable Pokémon to use this item are the pre-evolutionary young forms, or weak Pokémon.

But you can also bring Scyther. There is really no problem. After all, although Scyther is powerful, it does have an evolved form.

Whenever this happened, Dr. Kongmu couldn't help but shake his head.

The evolution of Pokémon is really profound.

The weak Pokémon finally evolved to the top, only to discover that the powerful Pokémon on the other side could also evolve.

However, the content about "evolution" is not my strong point. I have only dabbled in it and used it as a springboard for research on breeding and egg groups. The one who really does professional research on evolution is Dr. Yamanashi from the Sinnoh region.

So when faced with A Bi's question, Dr. Kong Mu thought carefully and checked some information, and said that he could not answer it, so he threw the question to another account.

That is the authority in the Pokémon world, Professor Oak.

(End of this chapter)