Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 171 War Breaks Out! (2-in-1)

Raven City’s population influx program is progressing very smoothly.

In just two months, the population of Raven City nearly doubled to three thousand. With the addition of the Pokémon living in the town, the total population even reached five thousand.

The vast majority of these people were scholars who had immigrated from other cities after hearing about the establishment of the Great Library.

They brought their entire families with them—parents, siblings, and even their fiancées.

After a period of adjustment, these people quickly integrated into life in Raven City.

At Raven's personal invitation, many of these scholars went to work at the school.

Raven also took some time to return to Eindoark, where he almost emptied the Royal Library's collection, transported it back to his territory, reprinted it, and placed it in the Grand Library.

For a time, Raven City was dubbed the City of Knowledge.

Two months is enough time to change a lot of things.

To accommodate a larger population, Raven City underwent a major expansion.

More residential areas, larger commercial streets...

In the past two months, the tavern, public bathhouse and other entertainment venues that Raven planned have been basically completed.

After a long day of get off work, workers can go to the public bathhouse for a relaxing soak, have a meal, and then head to the pub to drink barley beer and chat with others.

All of this provided Raven with a great deal of satisfaction.

For a time, Raven City presented a thriving and prosperous scene.

Seeing the satisfaction level on the panel break through 50,000, Raven thought to himself, "As expected."

He was right; more leisure venues and entertainment facilities would make his people feel happier.

When the people are happy, it brings him greater satisfaction.

We're only halfway to the 100,000 mark.

"Unfortunately, population growth is still too slow," Raven murmured to himself.

However, upon closer reflection, this era was still quite backward, with most people staying in cities and rarely venturing out.

In addition, without means of transportation such as trains, airplanes, and ships, migration was an extremely difficult task for ordinary civilians and slaves.

However, in the Pokémon world, some Pokémon can replace the function of modern means of transportation.

For example, in the anime, the Corviknight flying taxis in the Galar region are specially trained by the Corviknights, and then the flying taxis are suspended on the Corviknights' claws, allowing them to carry passengers on their way.

In this day and age, this is actually a pretty good way to travel.

Although Corviknight is not available in the Unova region, Braviary can be used as a substitute.

Unfortunately, the various territories in the Unova region are currently independent, with very little communication between them. Establishing flying taxi stations in other cities is virtually impossible, and war is imminent.

After a moment of contemplation, Raven decided that the establishment of the flying taxi company would have to be postponed.

He sighed softly, rubbed his tired brow from working long hours, then got up from his desk and went to the terrace to look down at the town below.

It is now mid-October of the 149th year of the Kingdom Calendar. The temperature is gradually turning cooler, and withered yellow leaves are swirling down from the trees, adding a touch of desolation to the mountains and fields.

"Nini?"

Victini flew up from the room and looked down at the scene with Raven.

“Phew—” Raven let out a long sigh and couldn’t help but say with emotion, “I remember we set off from the royal city around this time last year… I can’t believe a year has already passed.”

"Nini~!" Victini carefully recalled the scene from before and then realized that Raven had changed a lot since then!
Is this what people often mean by "growing up"?

Seeing Raven leave the desk, Dragonite, Flamebug, Serperior, Claydol, and the Bubble Squirrel all followed him out, looking down at the town below.

"Alright, that's enough for today. We should go for our special training now," Raven said.

Although they now have the ability to protect themselves with the addition of Kyurem, the special training they need to undergo still needs to continue as usual.

However, compared to before, the special training is much more convenient now.

With Kyurem as a sparring partner, Serperior, Dragonite, and Burning Bug all improved rapidly.

"If this continues, the Burning Bug should be able to evolve into the Volcano Moth by next year," Raven thought to himself.

As for the clay figure, it is still not quite used to human life. Both its intelligence and movements are somewhat slow, making it look quite clumsy.

The reason for this situation may be that the clay figurine's ghostly essence is insufficient?

However, Raven didn't insist. He planned to wait and see if he could find a few Ghost-type Pokémon to help the Claydot replenish its Ghost power.

"If only we could find Arceus's Ghost Tablets," Raven mused to himself.

That said, did Arceus collide with a meteorite at that time?

In the theatrical film "Arceus Overlord", Mijna was attacked by a meteorite.

Later, Arceus shattered the meteorite, but collapsed from exhaustion in the process.

The source of His life, the Primal Stone, fell to the four corners of the earth and was eventually retrieved by a human named Damos.

In return for Damos's kindness, Arceus specially combined five stone tablets—one representing the earth, one representing water, one representing grass, one representing lightning, and one representing a dragon—to create the Jewel of Life and lend it to Damos.

If this plot hadn't happened yet, he could have gone to join in the fun, become familiar with Arceus, and ask to borrow the Ghost Tablets.

"I'll go to Midina in the Sinnoh region when I have the chance in the future," Raven thought to himself.

Just then, Elif's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Your Highness Raven! I have urgent news to report!"

"Come in!"

Raven turned around and saw Elif walking in hurriedly with a serious expression.

"What's the matter that you're in such a panic?" Raven asked, somewhat surprised.

Could something have happened in the territory?

But Eriff's next words stunned Raven.

"Your Highness, the war has begun! We received news this morning that three days ago, the armies of Prince Lando and Prince Lance began fighting on the Hanoi Plain in northern Flying Cloud Territory!"

*
In the northern part of Feiyun Territory, on the Hanoi Plain.

A bean pigeon flew over, preparing to fly to a place with a mild climate to spend the winter, but when it passed by, it looked down and saw two dark legions facing each other at opposite ends of the plain.

A chilling atmosphere filled the air, startling DouDou Ge, who quickly flapped her wings and flew away.

Prince Lando rode Zekrom, hovering in mid-air, with a hundred thousand troops poised to attack below him.

The leading flag bearer held a jet-black flag, a symbol representing the identity of the Lando Army.

Opposite him, Prince Lance sat atop Reshiram, beneath him a vast, dark army, their banners a pure white, mirroring the color of Reshiram's robes. "Haha, truly unexpected..." A sorrowful expression crossed Lance's gentle face. "However, at this point, there's no stopping. We both carry too much on our shoulders... Come, let us fight for our respective beliefs!"

Lando looked solemnly at his younger brother across from him, but instead of speaking, he coldly raised his hand.

The next second, accompanied by a roar, the soldiers charged forward.

"For our truth! Fellow warriors, let us fight!"

At Lance's command, the entire army was mobilized.

The battle begins!

The two armies clashed, with humans fighting against humans, humans against monsters, and monsters fighting against each other. Blood was everywhere, and soldiers kept falling.

On the battlefield, even when the Pokémon who joined Lance's army because they agreed with his ideals fell down, there was not a trace of regret or retreat on their faces.

Lance gazed at this scene and murmured softly, "War is cruel..."

His tone suddenly changed: "However, for that future, we will definitely continue to work hard. Everyone, we will not let your sacrifices be in vain!"

As if sensing his conviction, Reshiram beneath him let out a loud cry, then flapped its white wings and spewed out True Flames.

Lando waved his hand, and Zekrom beneath him, enveloped in a massive blue lightning bolt, charged straight at Reshiram's True Flame.

Above, kings are locked in battle!

*
Raven City, on the castle terrace.

Raven gazed into the distance, listening silently to Elif's report.

"...Prince Lando launched a surprise attack on Prince Lance from behind with a legion of magical beasts. Prince Lance's army was caught in the crossfire and suffered heavy losses, resulting in a crushing defeat!"

"His Highness Lance successfully broke through the enemy lines with the power of the True Dragon Reshiram, and led the remaining army to retreat to the rear city."

"Your Highness, what should we do?" Elif asked.

Raven shook his head slightly: "Now is not the time for us to join this war."

He sighed silently and said to Elif:
"Make preparations for winter. Also, give the order that starting today, Raven City will officially begin providing aid to all refugees affected by the war."

"In addition, Christina will start a column in the newspaper, and Raven City will do its best to shelter homeless refugees and all soldiers who do not want to participate in the war."

Upon hearing this, Elif was slightly taken aback, then replied, "Yes, Your Highness!"

"This winter is going to be very cold," Raven said slowly.

Elif hurriedly left to carry out his mission.

Raven remained alone in the castle, pondering his next steps.

Just then, Elif, who had just left, suddenly returned.

"Your Highness Raven, the three Holy Swordsmen have returned!"

The Holy Swordsmen? It's Virizion, Cobalion, and Terrakion—they've returned!

Before long, the three holy swordsmen arrived at the castle.

Behind them followed dozens of Pokémon, who were covered in dust and looked quite disheveled.

Water Otter, Miss Skirt, Gothic Baby, Almost Doll, Exposed Mushroom, Electric Spider...

"The war has begun," Gopaleon, the leader of the Holy Swordsmen, said calmly.

“These Pokémon are those that lost their homes due to the human wars. They had nowhere to go, so we brought them here,” Virizion said softly.

Even the usually optimistic and cheerful Gopaloon looked serious: "Raven, please help them."

“I know.” Raven looked at the pitiful Pokémon in front of him, his heart softened, and said, “Don’t worry, I will have someone take care of them. Elif, prepare some food and water for these magical beasts.”

“Yes, Your Highness,” Elif replied softly.

Soon, the maids brought out bread, tree fruits, tree juice, desserts and other foods.

She placed the food in front of the Pokémon, and the group of Pokémon, who had been starving for a long time, immediately began to wolf it down.

Seeing this scene, everyone present felt a pang of pity.

"Eat slowly, there's more here if you're not full!" the maid said gently.

"You should also have some food and get some rest. We can talk about the rest later," Raven said to the three holy swordsmen.

He paused, then turned his gaze to Elif: "After everyone has finished eating, take them to get a good rest."

“Yes, Your Highness.” Elif nodded.

As they ate, the Pokémon, including Oshawott, Gothic, and others, cast grateful glances at Raven.

Their faces were dirty, as if they had traveled a long way.

Raven smiled back at them.

Soon, the Pokémon had filled their bellies and obediently followed Elif to rest.

To appease them, Raven asked Victini and Galvania to help as well. Being Pokémon, Victini and Galvania could at least understand what the other Pokémon were saying.

"You should all go and rest too," Raven said, looking at the Holy Swordsmen.

The three holy swordsmen nodded slightly.

They knew Raven's character and trusted him completely.

In addition, they have been traveling in the wild for a while and are indeed very tired.

Therefore, after hearing this, they quickly fell asleep peacefully.

Meanwhile, the Almost Dolls were following behind Elif and Victini up the castle's spiral staircase.

There are many rooms inside the castle, and Elif plans to take them to an empty bedroom to rest.

But as it passed a window, the otter suddenly saw the beautiful garden below.

"Water and water!"

Elif paused slightly, then turned his head and followed the otter's gaze to see the garden that Prince Raven had specially created in the backyard of the castle.

"Mera!" the Burning Bug introduced to the water otter from the side, "Mera!" (That's a playground that Raven built especially for us to play in!)

"Water!" The Oshawott's eyes shone with longing. As a Water-type Pokémon, it loved places with water!

The other Pokémon, such as Miss Skirt, gazed at the lush grass and flowerbeds, their eyes also showing some fluctuation.

Upon seeing this, Elif was slightly taken aback.

These magical beasts seem quite interested in Prince Raven's garden?

(End of this chapter)