Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

At the same time, the surrounding large wolfhounds, seeing their leader being attacked, all lunged forward, baring their teeth and spitting sparks from their mouths.

Flame Fang!

"Beedrill," Xia Yan called softly.

There's no need to linger in the fight; it's not worth the risk.

Upon hearing this, Beedrill glared angrily at the fallen Great Hound leader before returning to Xia Yan's side.

With a few deft moves, he knocked away several large wolfhounds that had suddenly attacked him, escorting him, Casey, and Togepi back.

"Roar!!"

However, the Great Hound leader, enraged by being knocked away in front of so many of its own kind, ran around on all fours, its flaming teeth snapping at the Beedrill.

What awaited it, however, was a sharp and deadly long needle.

Deadly needle prick!

Bang!

The leader of the large wolfhounds collapsed to the ground, its eyes rolling back as it lost its ability to fight.

But no one noticed that as the Great Hound leader fell to the ground, the golden patterns on the Beedrill's wings flickered, as if something special had sprung out of the Lord Elf's body and been drawn to it.

It eventually disappeared into the wings of the Beedrill.

The golden patterns on the wings of the bee have also shown a slight change that is difficult to discern with the naked eye.

It seems... a bit brighter.

The Beedrill, caught off guard by the sudden change, didn't notice it, nor did Xia Yan, who was slowly retreating. But something else did.

Right behind Xia Yan, a pair of orange eyes blinked gently, their slightly curious gaze shifting between the Beedrill and the Mightyena leader before finally revealing a look of realization.

Furthermore, it seemed to have discerned why Xia Yan's Beedrill was different from the others.

Why are the colors of the patterns on the wings different?

Suddenly realizing what was happening, it looked delighted and let out a soft cry.

“Masha—”

Chapter Thirty-Three: Divine Aura?

"Marsha?"

This time, Xia Yan heard it clearly and almost subconsciously turned his head. Sure enough, in the shadow behind him, he saw a familiar figure with a head as black as mist.

Masado!

It's Marshall again?!

How could I still encounter it after leaving Saffron City, or even the Kanto region?

Marshall realized her lapse in composure and quickly raised her small hand to cover her mouth. She turned around and disappeared into Xia Yan's shadow.

Looking at Mashad who had hidden himself, Xia Yan felt a mix of emotions.

However, our current focus is still on dealing with the pack of large wolfhounds; we need to retreat from their territory first.

Thanks to Beedrill's efforts, after defeating several large wolfhounds, they finally escorted Xia Yan back to the town area without any major incidents.

The pack of enraged wolfhounds simply barked incessantly at the edge of the boundary, just like when they were harassed by Xia Yan and Beedrill last time.

After shouting for a while, they slowly retreated indignantly.

However, they should no longer be bothered by Xia Yan and Beedrill for the foreseeable future.

Because his attention was no longer on the large wolfhounds.

Furthermore, the tactics that Beedrill needed to practice were almost complete, and Xia Yan also found a way to deal with Red-faced Dragon.

However, before challenging the Crimson-Faced Dragon, he had an even more important problem to solve.

Squatting beside a wooden building in the small town, casting his shadow on the wall, Xia Yan pursed his lips as he looked at his reflection.

Even before he entered the island and set foot in the town, he had a feeling that he had returned to the underworld.

At the time, I thought it was just similar, but now I think it might be related to Marcia.

It's possible that Marshall's arrival caused this place to become like this.

But Xia Yan is more inclined to believe the other possibility.

Perhaps it came here seeking a sense of home because this island and this town resembled the underworld.

after all.

The changes in the town could not have happened in just a few days or months.

Moreover, the rules and boundaries that these wild spirits on the entire island follow cannot be changed in such a short time.

Therefore, he prefers the latter possibility.

Besides, in his impression, although Marshadow was very powerful, he was not a violent elf, otherwise he would not have become the examiner of Ho-Oh's "Rainbow Hero" in the future.

"Marshado?"

Xia Yan called out softly.

But the shadow remained unchanged, and there was no sign that Marcia was about to appear.

He doesn't have Ho-Oh's feathers, and Marshadow doesn't seem to have become the examiner for the "Rainbow Hero" yet, so why does he always hide in his own shadow?

Is it because I brought it out of the underworld?

But in reality, with Marshall's abilities, it could walk out of the underworld on its own at any time if it wanted to.

Besides, didn't it ride away on that shiny Charizard before?

What about a shiny Charizard?

Seeing Xia Yan hiding on the ground and calling out to his shadow, Beedrill and Casey were relatively unfazed, but Togepi tilted its head and walked step by step to Xia Yan's side.

She reached out her little hand and touched the wall.

Unable to touch anything, its shadow fell upon its hand.

He turned to look at Xia Yan.

Hesitatingly, she reached out and touched his forehead.

"Is that alright?"

No fever?

Xia Yan's face twitched slightly at Togepi's actions, but he didn't say anything.

Instead, they called Casey.

“Casey, try using your superpower to cover my shadow and try to communicate with the little guy hiding inside.”

Since Marshall was unwilling to come forward, the only solutions Xia Yan could think of were Casey's superpowers and telepathy.

Before Casey took action, she reminded him again, "Be gentle, don't provoke it."

“Okay.” Casey nodded.

It met Marshadow with Xia Yan. Back then, the Shiny Charizard was so powerful that even the two Elite Four members, Aki and Luffy, had a hard time subduing it. Marshadow just patted it lightly, and the Shiny Charizard was subdued and obedient.

Casey was also wary of Marshall.

Then, a deep blue superpower extended from its body, slowly spreading and very "gently" enveloping Xia Yan and his shadow.

He attempted to contact Marshall using his superpowers and telepathy.

A long time passed.

Casey opened her eyes slightly and shook her head helplessly at Xia Yan.

Even Casey's superpowers aren't enough?

It seems that if Marcia doesn't want to appear, there's no way to force it.

"Perhaps, by the time I discovered it, it had already left." Xia Yan could only offer this somewhat unreliable explanation.

Xia Yan had just offered his self-comforting explanation when he laughed self-deprecatingly.

It's just self-deception.

He slowly stood up and stared at his shadow for a long time without saying a word.

Togepi looked up at Xia Yan, then at Casey, whose expression was also somewhat serious. It seemed to finally realize what Xia Yan was doing.

Her little eyes darted around.

Hesitantly, he reached into his pocket and somehow managed to pull out a crystalline energy cube.

Feeling a pang of heartache and some inner turmoil, she walked up to Xia Yan's shadow.

"Is that alright?"

Little Shadow, did you eat something good?

Pokobi is trying it out of its own habits and preferences, since it would be attracted to such food.

Looking at the pink and tender Togepi Energy Cube in his palm, Togepi secretly swallowed.

It made up its mind that as long as it counted to three silently and the other party did not make a move, it would eat the energy cube that it had managed to save with great difficulty.

Stare intently at the shadow.

“Chocolate…”

I'm going to start the countdown now.

Slightly open your mouth.

"Chocolate!"

three!

He spoke very quickly, as if afraid the other person would change their mind.

As soon as he finished speaking, Togepi tossed the Power Cube toward his mouth.