Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Xia Yan thought about it and realized that whether from the perspective of money or from the perspective of training the Unicorn Beetle, he had no reason to refuse.

"Okay, I promise you."

What he lacks most right now is money.

He spent all his advance salary today and witnessed the power of the energy cube on the unicorn. He needs more money.

On-the-ground missions happen to bring in even more money.

"Then I'll come find you then." Jian Er said excitedly.

For these students, nothing could be more exciting and thrilling than going on an adventure.

"it is good."

Chapter Twelve: The Skills of the Elves

Five days later.

"Wedge beetle, beetle bite!"

In the training area, Weedle suddenly pounced on a well-developed Squirtle, biting its tail hard.

"Jenny!"

Squirtle was in pain, and tears welled up in its eyes.

"stop!"

As soon as a trainer called for a stop, Weedle quickly released its mouth and ran to Xia Yan's side.

"That's enough for today. Your Weedle is excellent, the best Weedle I've ever seen. Thank you for your training." The trainer put away his Squirtle and said to Xia Yan.

"Thank you."

Xia Yan nodded and squatted down so that the unicorn could climb onto his shoulder.

"I didn't expect the Weedle in the Silver Pokémon Battle Club to be so strong. No wonder it's the biggest club in Goldenrod City."

The trainer sighed and left the training room.

This is Xia Yan's client for today, and the target of his sparring.

Despite being a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) teenager, Kenji still had to go to school and spent his days there, so occasionally other club members would request him as a sparring partner.

But most people choose him because in their impression, the Unicorn Beetle is a very weak elf.

It wasn't until he battled Xia Yan's Unicorn Beetle that he gradually changed his mind.

"Woo!" The unicorn beetle raised its little head.

He said I was the best unicorn.

Xia Yan chuckled and flicked its head. "Don't be too proud. The reason he said you were the best is just because he hasn't seen many other unicorns. You're still quite a distance from the truly strongest."

Giovanni's Beedrill left a very deep impression on him.

"Waaah~~"

The unicorn had gotten used to Xia Yan reminding it not to be too proud whenever it was feeling smug.

Similarly, I comfort it whenever it feels lost and guilty.

As sparring partners, Xia Yan and Weedle have faced many Pokémon and trainers, and not every Weedle can handle them with ease. Losses and defeats have happened before.

Every time they lost, Xia Yan would not blame Unicorn Bug. Instead, every night before resting, he would discuss with Unicorn Bug the reasons for the defeat and its shortcomings, striving to avoid such problems in the next battle.

However, most of the trainers who use Weedle as a sparring partner are not very strong, so Xia Yan and Weedle usually win more often than they lose.

"Your insect bite was a bit awkward just now, and the power of the bite didn't reach your current peak. That's a shortcoming that needs further improvement," Xia Yan commented, recalling the battle.

"Woo woo~~" The unicorn beetle nodded, looking at him with longing.

"You."

Understanding its meaning, Xia Yan chuckled and scolded, then took out a crystal-clear energy cube from his pocket and handed it to the unicorn beetle.

"Waaah!"

The unicorn beetle chirped happily, curled its tail around the energy cube, and began to eat it, humming a little tune it had heard from somewhere, looking quite pleased with itself.

"Eat up. If there are no more customers after we finish eating, we'll continue training."

As Xia Yan spoke, he walked to the corner of the wall, picked up the thick book "Bug-type Pokémon Skill Development and Battle Skill Linkage" and began to read.

In his memory, unicorns don't have many skills to learn. Besides spinning silk, using poisonous stingers, and biting, there should be one more difficult skill: electric netting.

This trick of training the unicorn until it learns has troubled Xia Yan for quite some time.

Currently, the unicorn can only weave the silk it spits out into a net, but it can't seem to touch the electric attribute energy.

It's a bit much to ask a Bug/Poison type Pokémon to develop an Electric-type move.

"Take it slow," Xia Yan thought to himself. "The focus right now should be on mastering the skills we already have. I've almost mastered the silk-spitting and poison-needling techniques of the unicorn beetle, but I can only say I'm proficient at insect bites."

By reading the book, Xia Yan learned that Pokémon divides the mastery of moves into several stages based on the proficiency of the moves and the skill combos during battle.

To learn, to become proficient, to master, to be a master.

A Pokémon has limited energy, and it can learn and master a great many moves, so it's impossible to train every move to the level of a master.

Therefore, it is the trainer's responsibility to select the few moves that best suit the Pokémon's characteristics and fighting style from among the many moves.

Once a move is mastered, it can be used effectively in actual combat.

Fortunately, the weevil doesn't have the problem of having too many moves. It can only learn a limited number of moves, so it needs to train and master each one.

Besides.

After a period of training and battles, Xia Yan determined that Weedle's ability is "Run Away" instead of the more common "Scale Powder," making it a hidden ability.

A special ability is a unique skill that each Pokémon possesses, similar to passive skills in many games.

However, the ability to escape is only very useful in Pokémon games; it only guarantees that you can escape when encountering wild Pokémon.

However, here, the ability to escape significantly increases the speed of the unicorn.

It's a pretty good feature, even though the speed of improvement isn't significant.

...

...

Night falls.

Xia Yan and Unicorn saw off the chuunibyou boy Kenji and his Bulbasaur.

Before leaving, Jian Er kept emphasizing that he should make time for them to go on an adventure in the lush forest the day after tomorrow.

After five days of training and practice, Xia Yan and Unicorn Beetle's teamwork and strength have improved significantly, and they should not face too much pressure from the Prosperous Forest, which is now under the control of the Alliance.

So Xia Yan readily agreed.

Just as he was preparing to give Unicorn a final training session before going back to sleep, Anna, who was in charge of receiving guests and arranging sparring assignments, found him.

In the past few days, Xia Yan and Anna have had a lot of contact, and their relationship has become quite close.

"Training so late? You're crazy."

Anna walked into the training room and saw Natsuhiko and Unicorn Bug sweating profusely. Her admiration for them grew even stronger.

She had seen many powerful trainers, but very few were as hardworking as Xia Yan and Weedle.

Xia Yan stopped what he was doing and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"What's up?"

"Here, this is your payment for today." Anna handed over a stack of banknotes.

Thanks to Jian Er's help and the occasional training missions during the day, Xia Yan's daily income has been around 400-500 Alliance Coins these past few days. In five days, he has accumulated more than 5 Alliance Coins, which is barely enough to replenish the Unicorn Beetle's energy blocks.

But it's still not quite enough.

"Thank you." He wiped his hands on his clothes, took the money, and carefully put it away.

"There's one more thing, which is quite important. It was assigned by the supervisor, and it could be an opportunity for you," Anna added.

"Oh?" Xia Yan was taken aback.

Anna explained, "Two days ago, the club received a mission from Els Elf School in Goldenrod City. They wanted our club to send a few people to clean up the dense forest outside Goldenrod City tomorrow. Since it's not very difficult, the manager decided to have the beginner training instructors do it."

Xia Yan's expression turned somewhat strange.

Thick forest?

Anna seemed oblivious to his change in expression and continued:

"The supervisor means that you will each be responsible for an area and clear out any potentially dangerous or aggressive Pokémon. You will be carrying a special recording device, and the club will keep track of the Pokémon you defeat and drive away."

Perhaps feeling she hadn't covered the most important point, she continued, "This mission could very well be related to your promotion as junior training instructors. If you want to earn more money, make the most of this opportunity."

Is this a method for promotion?

Do some tasks for the Silver Elf Battle Club?

"The Forest of Abundant Woods is within the jurisdiction of the League, and the elves there are not strong, so you don't need to worry."

"Understood." Xia Yan nodded.

It seems like a lush forest where he can earn double the money?

"And this is a map of the Flourishing Forest and the area you're in charge of." Anna said, handing over a document.

"Thank you." Xia Yan took the document.

"Oh, right, there's also an assessment of you and your unicorn inside. You can take a look; it might be helpful. Get some rest early tonight; the mission starts tomorrow morning."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Chapter Thirteen: The Unicorn Worm Makes Milk

Trainer: Xia Yan

Elf: Unicorn