Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

"Someone?"

Cynthia was somewhat surprised.

Xia Yan gestured with his lips, indicating that Xilona should look closely at the apple tree.

Its rich and alluring fragrance attracted not only Xia Yan and Cynthia, but also the wild elves in the surrounding area.

Then a centipede carefully crawled on the ground, passing through the glistening fruit trees, and came to an apple tree.

Without hesitation, its slender legs quickly climbed up, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the apple tree.

Then, eyeing a large, round, and glistening apple, unable to suppress the desire in his heart, he plopped it down next to the apple and took a bite.

but.

Before the centipede's mouth could even close, the apple suddenly "came to life".

A thick, orange-yellow, gelatinous liquid gushed out of the apple, followed by a head popping out so fast that the centipede couldn't react in time.

The gelatinous orange liquid was extremely acidic, and even the rich aroma around it seemed to be subtly overwhelmed by the sourness.

hiss--

The orange liquid, containing strong acid, quickly enveloped and covered the centipede.

Before the centipede could react, the acid melted and decomposed it, eventually returning it to its original form, only now with a few scattered traces of other colors.

The protruding head opened its mouth and swallowed the orange, gelatinous liquid it spat out.

After letting out a long burp, I lowered my head, and everything returned to calm.

The strong sour taste was quickly masked by the sweet aroma again, as if the scene that had just occurred had never happened.

And that apple, still growing steadily on the tree.

"That apple... is it an elf?" Cynthia asked, sounding somewhat incredulous.

She wasn't surprised by the natural selection and predation among wild elves.

Through long-term experience in the wild, she had become familiar with the food chain relationships among wild creatures.

after all.

The alliance has enacted corresponding legislation for this purpose.

The predation of elves by each other in their natural environment is not within the scope of human management.

Even professional forest rangers.

Their responsibility is only to prevent poachers and hunters, not to prevent wild elves from attacking each other and fighting for territory.

This is nature's choice; excessive intervention will only cause the natural food chain to collapse completely.

So although the centipede looked pitiful, if you consider that it may have eaten a Pokémon like Rattata before, you won't think that way.

To Cynthia's surprise, the apple turned out to be an elf.

Xia Yan nodded slightly.

"Fengmilong, the acid it just spat out was its move 'Malic Acid,' a unique and very useful move."

"dragon?"

Cynthia blinked twice.

Suddenly I understood what Xia Yan meant by "a gift for someone".

I couldn't help but glance at him.

His eyes seemed to be saying something.

Nice job.

Xia Yan grinned.

"Flamingo is a Grass/Dragon type Pokémon that evolves from Berrybug."

"It's really a Dragon-type Pokémon?"

"if not?"

He gave Cynthia a strange look.

She then slightly stuck out her pink tongue, revealing a rare hint of playfulness.

"I thought it was just that the name contained the character 'dragon'."

Xia Yan nodded, then shook his head helplessly.

"You've gone astray."

Cynthia counted on her fingers and whispered, "Grass and Dragon types are also four times weaker to Ice."

Xia Yan: "..."

It's over, Cynthia can't turn back now.

I looked at the apple trees again.

If nothing unexpected happens, the ones on it should all be Fengmilong, Pingguolong, and Kenguochong.

This type of Pokémon has a rather unique trait: "Ripe".

Mature: This ability doubles the effect of berries.

But its true function is not limited to battles.

Normally, "maturation" can accelerate the growth and ripening of fruit without affecting the quality of the fruit itself, and may even improve the quality of the fruit to some extent.

This immediately highlights the importance of these types of sprites.

"Waaaaah!!"

The belatedly aware burning insect immediately shuddered.

It had just wanted to rush over and eat an apple; the aroma emanating from the Flounder Dragon had a very special attraction for Bug-type Pokémon.

Because one of the food targets of both the Fenrir and Appledra is Bug-type Pokémon.

The noise made by the burning insects finally attracted the attention and movement of the "apples" in the woods.

Kaka-

A crisp sound rang out.

Then, one by one, the luscious "apples" fell off, some landing on the ground and reverting to their previous shape as Feng Milong.

Some hover in the air, the seemingly plump apples reduced to just a few shells, the flesh inside completely gone.

Instead, a small dragon appeared, its hands attached to the nutshell, forming its wings.

This is another evolutionary form of the fruit-eating worm, the apple-wrapping worm.

The lush dragon crawls on the ground, the apple-shaped dragon flies in the forest.

In just a short while, a large number of Honey Dragons and Apple Dragons surrounded Xia Yan and Shirona.

They were seen as invaders of their territory.

"Hmm, as expected, the Apple-wrapped Dragon is more suitable for crossing."

Xia Yan still had time to make jokes at this moment.

Appledra, a Grass/Dragon type Pokémon, can fly and has mastered a large number of Flying-type moves, making it a perfect fit for Lance's requirements.

Cynthia said irritably, "Let's look at what's in front of us."

Following her gaze, Xia Yan noticed two rather special Pingguo Dragons and Fengmi Dragons, which were larger than the other Fengmi Dragons and Pingguo Dragons.

Most importantly, the aura they exude is incomparable to that of ordinary Fengmi Dragons and Pingguo Dragons.

King-level!

really.

There are still some wild Pokémon at the Elite Four level.

Moreover, it is Fengmilong and Pingguolong that possess such abundant fruit orchards.

It's also a dragon-type Pokémon with a relatively long lifespan.

The fact that there was no Heavenly King level expert was what surprised Xia Yan.

"One for each of you, the rest is up to you."

As he spoke, Xia Yan threw out a few Poké Balls.

Next to appear are Sylveon, Milotic, Shellder, and Goodie.

There wasn't a single one of the Heavenly King level.

Yet, it showed no fear when facing a Champion-level Pokémon.

"Fairy Grounds, Deadly Poison, Absolute Deep Freeze!"

Command Sylveon, Milotic, and Vulpix to fight against the Elite Four-level Appledra, while the remaining Pompompurin and Appledra are left to Flamewaker, Shellder, and Goodie.

Cynthia, on the other hand, faced off against the Champion-level Fonmid Dragon.

A thin pink mist quickly spread, and nearly half of the dragon-type energy on the enveloping Pinglong instantly disappeared.

There are differences even between Elite Four level Pokémon.

This Appledragon is clearly much more difficult to deal with than the Honeydew Dragon that Cynthia faced.

Appledra is faster and has stronger offensive capabilities, and it can also learn a series of Dragon-type moves such as "Dragon Dance".

However, Fengmilong cannot learn "Dragon Dance".

but.

The fact that its type is weak against Appledra's three Pokémon is its biggest weakness.

Milotic flicked its tail, and deep purple toxins flew out from the iridescent scales on its tail.

The dragon tried to dodge.

However, Sixtail activated its ability, causing snowflakes to fall from the sky and the surrounding comfortable temperature to drop suddenly, severely restricting Appledra's mobility.