The necromancer of the Pokémon world

Chapter 167 Ghost-type Marowak

Asha stood there, her eyes glazed over, her arms hanging limply. She had lost, but a resentful smirk still lingered on her lips.

Her proud "Sunny Day" duo was cleanly and decisively defeated by Lin Ye, which slightly damaged her self-esteem.

After all, it was truly humiliating for a legitimate heiress of a top-tier wealthy family and the acting gym leader of the Furnace Dojo to be so easily defeated by a commoner trainer of similar age.

But Aysa wasn't one to back down from a bet. She recalled the Pokémon to its Poké Ball, put it back on her waist, and quickly walked up to Lin Ye, extending her hand: "You won. According to the bet, you've officially passed the LavaCup Gym test. And as for the ten intermediate Fire Gems we agreed on, you can ask my grandfather for them; he likes you so much anyway."

Lin Ye nodded and shook her hand. She was quite strong, and her strength carried a hint of defiance.

After letting go, Asha immediately pulled her hand back, crossed it to her chest again, and looked Lin Ye up and down with a scrutinizing gaze, casually asking, "So, where do you plan to go next?"

"I heard that the acting gym leader there is named Cuckoo, and she specializes in Rock-type Pokémon. I'm planning to go and learn from her."

Asha's expression subtly changed when she heard the word "cuckoo," but she quickly returned to her unhappily indifferent expression in the blink of an eye.

She rolled her eyes, said nothing, just snorted, and left without looking back, saying, "All you do is bully little girls, what kind of skill is that?"

Before Lin Ye could reply, her figure had already disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Grandpa Mura chuckled softly beside him and said, "Don't mind her. That girl has been like this since she was little. I've spoiled her rotten."

It's already quite late, and even if you fly to Kanaz tonight, you won't be able to accept the mission.

Anyway, you're definitely far ahead now, so why don't you stay in Furnace Town tonight? You can regroup and recover a bit.

Lin Ye thought about it and agreed. He had spent most of the day at the crater and had also played a doubles match. It would be a lie to say he wasn't tired.

Moreover, Mura was right. He had inadvertently completed the Asha's treasure chest quest ahead of schedule at Chimney Mountain, saving at least two or three days compared to the normal procedure. There was indeed no need to rush.

He was about to say goodbye and return to his hot spring inn to rest when a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Mr. Mura, are there any powerful Ghost-type Pokémon around LavaCover Town? Preferably wild ones, with a strength of professional level or above."

Upon hearing this, Mura pondered for a moment, then slowly shook her head: "Mt. Chimney isn't a sacred mountain; Fire-type Pokémon are everywhere, but Ghost-types are fewer. And as for powerful 'professional' level or higher Ghost Pokémon, I really don't recall many."

He lowered his head and thought for a moment, his brows furrowing and then relaxing. Then he suddenly said "Oh," and pulled out an old map that had been folded several times from somewhere. He spread it out on the stone table next to him, carefully compared it, and circled a red circle in a corner of the map.

"Oh my gosh, there really is one, cack cack cack."

Lin Ye was slightly taken aback: "Normally, Marowak is a Ground-type, could it be that you mean...?"

"That's right, I'm not talking about the ordinary Marowak, but the Ghost/Fire type Marowak, a species unique to the Alola region, which is almost never seen in Hoenn."

This Marowak is a companion that one of our Furyam family members brought back from his travels in Alola a hundred years ago.

After that person passed away, this Crawling Garuda stayed at his burial site and refused to leave, in a cave on the north slope of Chimney Mountain.

Because so much time has passed, not many people know about this anymore, and that little cub rarely appears outside anymore. Counting the time, it should be almost a hundred years.

"One hundred years!"

"That's right. When that senior passed away, that Marowak was already at the 'Gym Leader level'. Even if it hasn't improved much in the past hundred years, it should still be at the level of a senior 'Gym Leader'."

I must warn you that it is very difficult to capture a ready-made "Gym Leader" Pokémon. Even if you can defeat it, it is difficult to win its heart.

Besides, you already possess a highly talented Azure Flame Blade Demon. With proper nurturing, surpassing it in strength in the future shouldn't be difficult. There's no need to rush things.

"I understand. I didn't mean to capture it. I just like learning about different Ghost-type Pokémon and wanted to meet them."

"I see. It seems I was overthinking it. I'm relieved that you think that way. By the way, this is what that girl lost to you."

""

Mura took out a total of six gems, one of which looked incredibly dazzling; it was a high-quality gem.

"I don't have ten gems on me, so I'll use a high-grade 'Fire Gem' instead."

"No, no, no, the price of one high-grade gem is equivalent to ten mid-grade gems, not to mention they are much harder to buy. How could I possibly take more?"

"It's alright. As Aysa said, you're a young man I have high hopes for. Once you become the Gym Leader of the Lilycove Gym, our two families will have a lot of dealings with each other."

Lin Ye accepted the map and the "Fire Gem" and took his leave. Mura watched his figure disappear into the night and muttered to herself, "That kid, he can't resist Ghost Pokémon. Just like me when I was young and saw Fire-type Pokémon. It's a pity I couldn't get Asha to develop a relationship with him."

That night, the "Charizard" landed in a secluded spot on Chimney Mountain and then transformed into Zoroark's original form.

Lin Ye looked around; the place was very secluded, and without directions, it would be difficult for anyone to notice it.

Azure Flame Blade Demon emerged from the moonlight, resembling an abyss warrior. Under Lin Ye's instruction, after a brief moment of sensing, it suddenly aimed at a mountain in a certain direction and swung its ghostly blue fire blade.

"Scratching~~"

A crack suddenly appeared in the mountain, emanating a clear energy fluctuation similar to that of the Azure Flame Blade Demon, only much stronger.

"What the hell? Leave now and I'll let bygones be bygones."

A voice rang out, and Lin Ye was overjoyed. If the other party truly possessed the strength to crush his group, they wouldn't have used such threatening words; they would have simply killed him outright.

Lin Ye had Gengar and Aegislash act as the left and right vanguards, entering the crevice first.

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It's called a gap, but it's actually a crack nearly two meters wide, cleaved by the Azure Flame Blade Demon.

After Lin Ye entered and found that the space was spacious enough, he released all his Pokémon.

After he finished doing all this, two intertwined, flickering flames suddenly ignited in the dark mountainside ahead.

This will-o'-the-wisp wasn't the ghostly blue of the Azure Flame Blade Demon, but rather a more eerie ghostly green.

The firelight faintly illuminated the surroundings, revealing a black-bodied creature called "Gala Gala," with eerie green will-o'-the-wisps burning at both ends of its bony club.

"As expected of an Alola Marowak, its energy level is firmly at the 'Gym Leader' level, and it's very deep, definitely not like Gengar which just recently advanced."

Seeing that Lin Ye and his group had come with ill intentions, Gara Gara stopped talking nonsense and threw the flaming bone club, which instantly transformed into a shadowy target that spun towards Lin Ye and his group.

Seeing this, Gengar was the first to rush forward. It suddenly slammed its claws together, and a ball of blackish-purple poisonous light rapidly expanded, striking the bone club head-on.

At the same time, the Aegislash instantly switched to its sword form, and a golden ribbon drew an arc in the darkness, instantly condensing into a giant black claw that slammed down on the bone club from the side.

Two "Gym Leader-level" attacks struck from the front and back, exploding in front of the bone club that had turned into a shadow.

The violent energy shockwave sent rubble crashing down the cave walls, but the bone club only paused for a moment before the "sludge bomb" was smashed apart, and the dark energy of the "shadow claw" was also shattered into pieces.

Immediately afterwards, the bone club, which had broken through two "Gym Leader-level" attacks, continued to fly towards Lin Ye. Although its power had been weakened by more than half, its momentum had not dissipated.