Elf: I Am a Farmer

"The winner of this battle is Chiba Kaede from the Hoenn region. Now, our top three players have all been determined!"

After confirming that Gallade was completely unable to battle, the Pokémon referee, dressed in a black tuxedo, shouted excitedly.

Next, Chiba Kaede and his team will have some time to rest, as the next battle will be the time for the two who lost to compete for fourth place.

That's right, Butler Shilan did not participate in the competition for fourth place, after all, he was only temporarily acting as a contestant.

The fourth place went to Shabel, who used a Charizard this time. Apparently, his Metagross was seriously injured in the battle with Gardevoir and could not fight at its peak.

However, Shabel's Charizard was also very powerful, causing his middle-aged opponent to be quickly defeated.

The middle-aged man was speechless. In the previous match, his Double Ice Pokémon lost to Marin's Dragonite, and in this match, his Magneton lost to Charizard.

Although Charizard doesn't have the Dragon type, the middle-aged man still felt that he was destined to be associated with dragons and planned to train more Fairy-type Pokémon in the future.

The top 4 contestants in this event all have the right to challenge the champion and the Elite Four, but each person can only challenge once. Therefore, only the trainer who wins first place can choose one of them according to their own wishes, while the fourth-placed Shabel can only challenge the remaining one.

If Chiba Kaede wants to challenge Cynthia here, she needs to get first place to ensure that she achieves her goal 100%.

After all, there are only two champion trainers, Cynthia and Karune, and the trainers who get the top two spots will definitely choose to challenge them first.

There's a significant difference between challenging the champion and challenging the Elite Four. Given the opportunity, trainers would definitely prioritize the champion.

The trainers present understood that their chances of winning were slim, whether they challenged the champion or the Elite Four.

In that case, we definitely need to challenge an even stronger champion.

Since only Chiba Kaede and her two companions remained to participate in the battle, Gadria decided to have them compete in pairs, with the final ranking determined by the number of wins.

Furthermore, in order to allow Chiba and his team ample time to recover their Pokémon, their match will be held in the afternoon.

Chiba Maple didn't care, since his Pokémon were in pretty good condition and he only needed to replenish some Energy Cubes to restore his stamina.

However, Marin and Moran are not in the same boat. Their main Pokémon had been greatly depleted in previous battles and needed time to recover before they could fight in full force.

Fortunately, their Pokémon were not seriously injured; otherwise, even after treatment, it would have taken several days to recover to its full strength.

Unless they also have Chiba Maple's healing abilities, which can quickly restore their own Pokémon's condition.

After a very leisurely afternoon, the afternoon competition was about to begin.

Chiba Kaede and Marin will have their first match, and the winner of that match will then face Moran.

Finally, Moran will face the loser from the first match to complete all the matches.

"Go, Heracross!"

"Come out, Dragonite!"

After a midday rest, Chiba Kaede's Heracross and Marin's Dragonite have both fully recovered.

Marin was relieved that Chiba hadn't sent out Machamp, since Machamp's power was undeniable, and he wasn't confident that Dragonite could defeat it.

Now that the Dragons' opponent has changed to Heracross, Marin feels that his chances of winning have increased significantly.

"Dragonite, use Hurricane!"

The Flying-attribute Storm skill is extremely effective against Heracross; if it hits Heracross, it will deal massive damage.

Heracross remained calm in the face of the oncoming tornado, digging its forelimbs into the ground until it vanished just before the storm hit.

Heracross is indeed at a disadvantage against Dragonite with air superiority, but if it has the Dig skill, this disadvantage can be largely offset.

The only way to damage Heracross, which is underground, is for Dragonite to land on the ground and then use the Earthquake move.

However, once Dragonite lands, Heracross can launch a surprise attack on it.

The following battle was rather uneventful, with Heracross occasionally emerging from underground and then burrowing back down before Dragonite's attack could arrive.

"hateful!"

Marin was at a loss when faced with Heracross's burrowing tactics, unsure of what to do.

In fact, Chiba Kaede didn't know what Heracross had gone through on the farm, or how he could use the digging skill so skillfully.

"Never mind, Dragonite, use Earthquake!"

Marin felt that Dragonite could not continue to waste its energy meaninglessly, so she gave the order.

As Marin gave the command, Dragonite's small wings flapped gently, and it landed on the ground in almost an instant.

"Now's the time, Heracross, use Super Corner Slam!"

Just as Dragonite was about to unleash its Earthquake move, Chiba Kaede spoke up at the opportune moment.

Immediately afterwards, a figure emerged from the ground behind and to the side of Dragonite. Heracross's large horn glowed as it charged towards Dragonite.

"Dragonite, Fire Punch!"

Marin did not panic in the face of Heracross's attack, but instead wanted to take this opportunity to turn the tables on Heracross.

However, Marin underestimated Heracross. Dragonite's hastily unleashed Flame Punch was no match for Heracross's Super Horn Attack and it was sent flying.

Given the rare opportunity, Heracross wouldn't let Dragonite recover. He immediately used the Aerial Ace to strike Dragonite's wing, rendering it unable to maintain flight.

In the end, Dragonite was powerless against Heracross's close-quarters combat.

After winning this match, Chiba Kaede only needs to defeat Moran to become the first place winner of this Battle Castle event, thus earning the opportunity to challenge Cynthia.

Unlike private matches, in this kind of match atmosphere, Cynthia will definitely go all out to maintain her dignity as a champion.

This is exactly what Chiba Kaede wanted; he wanted to know how much of a gap there was between his Overlord Swellow and Garchomp.

After resting for about ten minutes, Chiba Kaede stood on the battlefield once again, facing Moran, who looked very serious.

Chiba knew that the opponent would most likely send out Gardevoir, but in order to allow Swellow to challenge Cynthia's Garchomp in the best condition, he chose to send out Machamp, whose type was weak to it.

Sure enough, Moran's face lit up with joy when he saw that the Pokémon Chiba sent out was Machamp.

Although Machamp is very powerful, Moran believes that Gardevoir will be able to defeat it if it has a type advantage.

Moreover, Machamp's terrifying aspect lies in its close-combat ability. Moran had no intention of letting Gardevoir get close to Machamp, planning to use Gardevoir's Teleportation ability to maintain distance at all times. (End of Chapter)