Elf: I Am a Farmer

Chapter 41 Petalburg Gym Challenge

"Then it's decided! Swellow, Heracross, and Poliwag will be participating in this Petalburg Gym challenge!"

Chiba Kaede spoke to the three spirits before her. 🍔💛 ❻9𝕤𝐡𝔲𝔵.𝕔ᵒ𝓂 🐺💲

He has now arrived in the forest outside Petalburg City on a Swellow, and plans to use this afternoon to conduct an emergency pre-match training session for them, which can be considered a warm-up activity before the gym challenge.

The Great Swallows had no objections, of course. These guys were all battle maniacs, and they would never refuse a fight.

"Alright, that's the schedule for this afternoon. Heracross and Poliwag will face off against Swellow, and I'll be your referee, so I won't interfere. You can all give it your all!"

That's right, Chiba Kaede's plan is to have Swellow and the others have a tense and exciting friendly match. Of course, with this arrangement, the pressure will fall on Swellow.

Swellow is currently stronger than Heracross, but with the addition of Poliwag, the outcome is uncertain.

Upon hearing Chiba Kaede's arrangement, the Great Swallow was not afraid; on the contrary, it was unusually excited, a feeling it hadn't experienced in a long time.

As for Heracross and Mosquito Coil, they felt somewhat looked down upon by Chiba Kaede and decided to show their strength by defeating Swellow first to let Chiba Kaede see what they were made of.

"Alright, let the battle begin!"

As Chiba Kaede finished speaking, the several Pokémon began a fierce battle.

Chiba Kaede dared to do this because of his healing abilities.

Tomorrow he'll be challenging the Petalburg Gym, so he'll definitely use his three healing abilities from today on them to ensure they're in top condition for the challenge.

Since that's the case, it's better to let the Great Swallows have a fierce battle. Even if they get seriously injured in the battle, it doesn't matter, they can recover anyway.

Chiba Kaede couldn't help but admire her own cleverness. ☜🍪 ➅❾ѕн𝓤Ж.Cσ๓ ♣💝

After that, the three Pokémon began a tense and exciting battle.

With its super speed, Swellow outmaneuvered Heracross and Mosquito Coil, occasionally using the Air Blade skill for ranged attacks.

This left Heracross and Mosquito Coil somewhat exhausted, but such attacks could only serve as harassment and could not cause them much harm.

"This is... a rainmaking ritual!"

Suddenly, Chiba Kaede noticed a dark cloud appearing in the sky, and then it started to drizzle.

Turning around to look at other places, Chiba Kaede found that the sun was still shining brightly. He knew that Mosquito Coil had mastered the rainmaking skill, a weather skill that he had always wanted Mosquito Coil to learn.

Unexpectedly, in order to limit the speed of the giant swallow, Mosquito Coil learned the skill of summoning rain.

The giant swallow's feathers absorbed rainwater due to the rain, causing it to gain weight and thus slowing down.

This gave Heracross, who was waiting nearby, an opportunity to use his Swallow Return skill, which collided with Swellow's wing attack.

Looking at the three Pokémon lying sprawled on the ground, Chiba Kaede was still recalling the scene of their battle. Swellow had fought Heracross and Poliwag in a two-against-one situation and ended up in this state. Chiba Kaede knew that they had given it their all.

This caused them to accumulate too many injuries, and without Chiba Maple's healing abilities, they would probably have had to stay in the Pokémon Center for at least half a month.

Neither side was entirely satisfied with the result. Da Wang Yan felt that if he had persisted a little longer, he could have defeated both of his younger brothers in one battle. However, both sides lost their fighting ability and the fight ended in a draw.

Hercules and Mosquito Coil felt extremely embarrassed. In a two-on-one situation, they had failed to win and instead lost their fighting ability at the same time as the Giant Swellow. How could they ever speak loudly in front of the Giant Swellow again?

(End of this chapter)