Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 132 A breathtaking scene

Angie teased Fried, "Has the Pokémon Professor's thirst for knowledge kicked in again?"

"Sorry!" Fried scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "If it's inconvenient to tell you, just pretend I didn't ask."

Anjie waved his hand: "There's nothing inconvenient to reveal. Volcanion, like Magearna and Diancie, is a Mythical Pokémon."

"So it really is a legendary Pokémon?" Fried realized. "No wonder I've never seen or heard of it."

"Anything else? What type of Pokémon is Volcanion?" Fried continued to ask.

Ange continued, "The attributes of Polcanion are fire and water, and its characteristic is water storage. It can generate powerful steam by using the water in its body and high temperature."

The reason it is rarely discovered is because it generally lives deep in the mountains and uses steam to create mist to conceal itself; the steam emitted from its two arms on its back is even capable of blowing away a mountain.

Fried grew increasingly excited as he listened, jotting down Ange's information on his phone while muttering to himself, "What a discovery! A water and fire type combination—the only known Pokémon with that combination is Volcanion!"

While recording, he also took out his phone and snapped photos of Polcanion galloping across the grass.

After Ange finished introducing Volcanion and was about to take the group to explore other areas, Molly said, "Ange, can I watch the Pokémon play soccer here for a while?"

She thought Ange's Nibel Plateau was a magical place where Pokémon lived carefree lives, with their own jobs and entertainment... It was simply the ideal model of harmonious coexistence between humans and Pokémon.

Anjie nodded: "Of course."

Upon hearing this, Molly found a patch of thick grass and quietly watched the Pokémon play soccer.

Not long after Anjie and the others left, Juanjuan'er and Patchlitz came and sat down next to Molly, watching the football match side by side with her.

Molly looked at the two Pokémon in surprise, but seeing that they were engrossed in the match, she didn't make a sound to disturb them.

After a while, during halftime, Curly Ear pulled out a bag of potato chips from somewhere, opened it, and started crunching away.

Noticing Molly's gaze, it held up the bag of potato chips. "Miru~" Want some?

Molly asked in surprise, "You're going to treat me to dinner?"

"Miru~" Curly Ears nodded.

"No, you should eat it yourself." Molly felt embarrassed to eat a curly-shaped thing, so she waved her hand.

"Miru~" You eat.

Curly Ear stubbornly held up its hand. It knew that humans liked to be polite on the surface, but in reality, they probably wanted to eat it all the time!

"Okay." Molly reluctantly reached into the bag and took out a potato chip. "Is this alright?"

See, I told you so!

Curly Ear nodded in satisfaction and turned his attention back to the competition, watching the game while eating potato chips.

Seeing this, Patchlitz, who was standing nearby, picked up his popcorn and came up to Molly, mimicking Curly Ears by holding up the popcorn.

Molly looked helpless. She scratched Patchlitz's chin, took out a piece of popcorn, and popped it into her mouth. "Is this okay?"

"Liz~ Liz~"

Patchlitz nodded, then plopped down in Molly's lap and watched the game with a look of pure enjoyment.

Not bad, not bad, more comfortable than sitting on the grass.

After leaving the grassland, Angel, Fried, Orio, and Grandpa Landau arrived at the fishing grounds.

As soon as they arrived at the fish farm, the mosquito coil tadpoles, riding their little toys, swam quickly toward Anjie and rushed to his side one after another, jumping into his arms.

Fried said with a smile, "Angel, you're really popular with the Pokémon."

Anjie, holding the mosquito coil tadpole, laughed and said, "Everyone's just too enthusiastic!"

Upon hearing Anjie's words, the mosquito coil tadpoles burrowed even more diligently into his arms.

"That's great," Fried said.

His gaze towards Ange was full of admiration. To be liked by so many Pokémon, Ange must be a great guy! He liked making friends with people like that!

"By the way, shall we go boating on the lake together?" Anjie asked, pointing to a fishing boat not far away.

"Okay!" Fried readily agreed.

"That's exactly what I was thinking," Grandpa Landau said with a smile.

So the four of them boarded Anjie's fishing boat and drifted slowly toward the center of the lake, with mosquito tadpoles swarming around the boat to provide it with power.

"Angel, can I go fishing?" asked Grandpa Landau, who was holding a fishing rod in his hand.

"Of course, please go ahead, sir," An Jie said.

So Grandpa Landau quietly sat down at the bow of the boat, cast his fishing rod, and began fishing without a word.

The fishing boat drifted along, and just as they reached the center of the lake, Anjie and his companions heard laughter and splashing sounds.

Oreo asked in confusion, "What was that sound?"

Anjay replied, "They're probably just Water-type Pokémon playing with a ball, right?"

Sure enough, after the fishing boat drifted for a while, Anjie and his friends saw Wubo, Mud Loach, Catfish King, and Mosquito Coil chasing a ball floating on the water.

They darted nimbly through the water like swimming champions, their enthusiasm no less than that of the football field in Polcanion.

Just then, Anjie suddenly saw a long neck emerge from the water, with smooth lines, a blue head, and a white chin.

Who else could it be but Chenglong?

Chenglong is back? Anjie looked surprised and delighted. When did this happen?

"Riding the Dragon!" he shouted, waving repeatedly at the dragon.

"Waaaaah~~~"

The dragon noticed Anjie instantly. It let out a long cry and swam quickly toward the fishing boat, followed by its kin.

After riding the dragon to the side of the boat, Anjie hugged its neck and asked, "When did you get back? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Woo~ woo~" Just got back.

Chenglong affectionately nuzzled Anjie with its head.

It and its pack had just migrated back from the upper reaches of the Nibel River. Seeing Upo and the others playing with a ball, it found it amusing and joined in for a while. Unexpectedly, Angel arrived.

Anjie patted Chenglong's head and said, "You guys are back earlier than expected, aren't you?"

"Woo~ woo~" Hmm, I want to come back soon and eat Anjie's cooking.

Chenglong nuzzled Anjie affectionately once more.

Anjie said happily, "You can come to our house for dinner tonight."

"Waaah~"

……

Upon hearing this, the other dragons raised their heads and sang loudly, eagerly anticipating tonight's dinner.

Fried looked at the group of dragons and asked in confusion, "Angel, these dragons..."

Anjie explained with a smile, "Because of their migratory habits, the dragons leave the Nibel Plateau every autumn and winter, and then return in the spring and summer. I didn't expect them to come back early this year. We haven't seen them for a long time."

Fried suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

He knew, of course, that Lapras had a migratory habit, but he hadn't expected it to be such a coincidence that the Lapras from the Nibel Plateau would return today.

"Waaaaah~~"

At this moment, Chenglong grabbed Anjie's clothes with its mouth.

"Do you want me to sit on your back?" Anjie asked.

"Woo woo~" Chenglong nodded with his eyes narrowed.

"Then I won't be polite!" With that, Anjie jumped from the fishing boat onto the back of the dragon.

The other dragons swam forward, gesturing for Fried and his companions to ride on their backs as well.

Frien and Orio followed Angel's example and each jumped onto the back of a dragon, but Grandpa Randall said, "Forget it, I'll stay on the fishing boat and fish. I'm too old to handle this."

Upon hearing this, Anjie stopped pressuring them and instead instructed the mosquito tadpoles, "Take good care of Grandpa Landau!"

"Yo~ Yo~"

……

The tadpoles surrounding the fishing boat nodded obediently, then led the boat away in another direction.

After parting ways with Grandpa Landau, Angie and the others were carried by the dragons towards the Great Falls.

Of course, the dragons couldn't have taken Angie and the others off the waterfall; instead, they swam down from a spot next to the waterfall where the current was slower.

Lapras took Angelina to Azoth Castle via this route. Other Water-type Pokémon have a hard time passing through here, but Lapras can swim across easily and smoothly.

Looking at the cascading water, Orio couldn't help but exclaim, "What a magnificent waterfall!"

As she spoke, she took out her phone and started taking pictures; such a spectacular sight is not easy to see.

Fried was the same.

Looking at the phone camera, Fried suddenly paused, "What is this?"

He put his phone away and stared intently at the waterfall. He saw fish-shaped Pokémon, each over 2 meters long, swimming through the white water.

Oreo quickly discovered the Pokémon in the water.

Angie explained, "They're light cod; they're training!"

"Training in this way?" Orio asked.

"Yes! Is something wrong?" Anjie asked.

"Of course not!" Oreo thought to herself.

With such a rapid current, she couldn't even imagine how painful it would be to fall into the waterfall, and... were there really Pokémon that could climb to the top of the waterfall?

The moment this thought crossed her mind, the tribe below the pool erupted in cheers.

A slender cod, much larger than the others, leaped into the air, kicking up a string of glistening water droplets, and soared into the sky above the waterfall, facing the sun.

Under the sunlight, Oreo even saw a curved rainbow encircling its body.

With a splash, the light cod leaped through the air and landed at the top of the waterfall.

Oreo opened her mouth in disbelief.

Pokémon has actually succeeded.

Hearing the cheers from the slender cod, goldfish, king goldfish, magpie, and feebas below, Angie smiled.

"We finally succeeded!"

During this period, the main food for the fish Pokémon on the plateau has been changed to fish food made by Angel, which has greatly improved their training efficiency.

Anjie never expected that the leader of the Light Cod would successfully climb the falls today!

Meanwhile, Fried had already taken a picture with his phone of the moment when the Light Cod Chief successfully climbed the mountain. Looking at the photo on his phone, he couldn't help but feel shocked.

That's the vitality of Pokémon!

"I've only ever seen Magikarp climb waterfalls like this before in order to evolve into Gyarados. I never imagined that the Pokémon here would train in this way," Fried remarked.

In fact, even Magikarp wouldn't choose a waterfall of this magnitude to climb. The Magikarp from the lower reaches of the Nibel River doesn't climb the turbulent waterfall in front of Angel and his friends every year, but rather the smaller waterfall next to it with a gentler current.

The successful ascent of the leader of the Light Cod greatly encouraged the other Light Cod, as well as the Horned Goldfish, King Goldfish, King Carp, and Feebas, who then swung their tails and began climbing up the waterfall.

Meanwhile, the Light Cod leader leaped down from the top of the waterfall again and began climbing up once more.

Although it succeeded this time, it still found the climb a bit difficult, and it vowed to completely conquer the great waterfall.

Watching the Pokémon climb and fall repeatedly, only to resolutely climb again, Freed and Orio felt that they radiated an unparalleled brilliance.

It can shine as soon as it's told to.

To Fried and Oreo's astonishment, several goldfish emitted a blue-white glow.

"It's... evolved!" Orio exclaimed.

Under their witness, Goldeen evolved into Goldeen; Pokémon evolution is not something you see easily.

Anjie laughed and said, "What a coincidence. It's getting late, let's go back. Jerami's materials should be delivered by now."

As if on cue, a roar came from the sky. An Jie and the others looked up and saw a black aircraft flying overhead.

"It really is Jerami," Anja said.

Then, with surging emotions, Fried and Orio followed Angel and left the falls and Lake Nibel.

On the way back, Anjie and the others saw Molly and several Pokémon huddled together, so they went over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Molly replied, "Mosquito Coil accidentally twisted its leg, and I'm taking care of it now."

Anjie walked into the encirclement and, sure enough, saw Mosquito Coil sitting on the ground with a pained expression, its ankle red and swollen. He quickly asked with concern, "How's the injury? Is it serious?"

"Yo-ru~"

Mosquito Coil shook its head.

As Molly took out the medicine and sprayed it on Mosquito Coil's ankle, she said to Anjie, "Don't worry, it's not serious. Get some rest, and you'll be fine soon."

Angie said gratefully, "Molly, thank you."

Molly waved her hand and said, "No need to thank me, this is what I do."

Just then, a little sheep squeezed in, and emerald green light emanated from its body. Green grass surrounded the injured Mosquito Coil, and soon Mosquito Coil slowly stood up.

"Yo-ru~ Yo-ru~"

It wiggled its ankle and found that it didn't hurt at all, and instantly hugged its little lamb mount with joy.

"Baa~ Baa~" The little sheep, the mount, stuck out its tongue and licked the mosquito coil.

Molly laughed and said, "Pokémon moves are really useful."

She has a Chansey that can heal fluctuations, but she left it on the spaceship and didn't bring it with her.

"Yo-ru~ Yo-ru~"

Then Mosquito Coil went to Molly's side and expressed his gratitude to her.

Although the grassy field is useful, it won't work immediately without Molly's medicine.

Molly patted Mosquito Coil's head. "You're welcome. Be careful next time."

"Yo-ru~ Yo-ru~"

Mosquito Coil nodded and sprinted back onto the field.

(End of this chapter)