Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Furthermore, the Flame Queen will lead a group of male Night Thief Salamanders, forming what is known as a "reverse harem".

If a Night-Stealing Salamander fails to complete the task assigned by the Flame Queen Salamander, it will be punished.

It can be said that this kind of elf is ruthless not only to elves outside the tribe, but also to elves within the tribe.

They are a group of absolute "villains".

However, what Xia Yan likes most is "villains".

There's another saying that goes something like that.

Evil people need to be dealt with by other evil people.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Flame Queen Lizard

“Let’s go say hello to our ‘neighbors’ in the future,” Xia Yan said with a smile.

If it were other, more docile elves, he might have considered whether or not to provoke them, but since it's a Night Thief Salamander, there's no need to hesitate.

Once these despicable creatures find out that a "neighbor" has come to the cave next door, they will definitely come to "greet" him.

And it might even be the kind of continuous "greeting".

Rather than waiting for others to cause trouble for you, you might as well go and cause them trouble yourself, after all, Xia Yan is a "bad guy".

“Chakoi.” Pokkigu covered his mouth and chuckled.

It likes it very much.

Approach slowly.

The Fire Lizard was unaware of Xia Yan and his companions' arrival, and thanks to their superpowers, their approach was completely silent.

Until they entered Yongira's attack range.

"Yongjila".

“Yongji.” Yongjila nodded, the spoon bending slightly.

A spiritual weapon!

A series of sharp blades, each imbued with superpower, appeared beside the fire lizard that was perched on the wall.

The fire lizard, which had been lying quietly in the crevice of the rocks, waiting for its prey, suddenly sensed a threat and was startled. It tried to dodge, but it was too late.

bang bang bang-

The mental blades fell without hesitation onto the dark body of the Night Thief Salamander.

Unsurprisingly, the fire lizard was rendered unable to fight by the Kadira's attack.

Psychic powers are effective against poison-type Pokémon, resulting in excellent attack effects.

The Night Thief Salamander isn't considered a very powerful Pokémon, but it's naturally clever and cunning. It prefers to fight in groups and is adept at using its wits to disrupt the enemy's attack rhythm and defeat them by taking advantage of unexpected circumstances.

Moreover, this Night Thief Salamander isn't very strong, at most only at the senior level, so it naturally has no ability to resist the Kadjara's psychic blades.

I walked in slowly.

A faint fragrance permeated the air.

This is one of the unique abilities of the Night Thief Salamander: a kind of poisonous gas with a very pleasant smell. If you accidentally ingest too much of it because you find the smell appealing, you will be poisoned by the gas and become unsteady.

This is also one of the hunting methods that fire lizards prefer. By the time the prey realizes what's happening, it has already become unsteady due to having ingested a large amount of poisonous gas.

Fortunately, the concentration was not high at this time, so it was not toxic, and it should have been released unconsciously.

in fact.

The fragrant poison gas is something all salamanders can release, but female salamanders can also release a different gas than male salamanders—a pheromone gas that can bewitch human men and all male elves.

Once inhaled, they can be manipulated at will by the fire lizard.

After being diluted, these pheromones can be made into a very expensive and sensual perfume: pheromone perfume.

Pheromone perfume is one of the most beloved perfumes among the upper-class noblewomen of the elven world. It can attract men's attention, making them intoxicated and obsessed with it.

Therefore, male fire lizards are not very valuable. They cannot evolve, nor can they release pheromones. They are more like worker bees in a beehive, or even less valuable, since worker bees can at least make honey.

However, if it is a female fire lizard, then it is more valuable.

The pheromone perfume produced will be very popular.

Once Xia Yan confirmed that the fire lizard was male, he immediately lost much of his interest.

They threw it directly into the coffin of the Grim Reaper.

This can be considered as making the most of its remaining potential.

"It's everyone's responsibility to rid the world of evil, starting with me," Xia Yan joked with a smile.

If he could encounter a female fire lizard or even a salamander queen, he wouldn't mind catching a few.

Although making perfume yourself is quite troublesome, you can still make a lot of money as a supplier to perfume manufacturers.

The only problem is that the ratio of females to males in the Salamander species is quite skewed, almost one to nine, meaning only one in ten Salamanders is female.

But this fire lizard also served as a reminder to Xia Yan.

We need to be careful about the special gas from this "neighbor".

He didn't want to become a pawn for a salamander.

"Let's go, continue."

If we've encountered a fire lizard, then there should be a whole group of fire lizards deep inside this tunnel. Maybe we can catch a few female fire lizards.

We have become more vigilant.

Keep going.

The surrounding temperature rose higher and higher, and Xia Yan and his companions soon encountered a second fire lizard, then a third, a fourth...

It's noticeable that the frequency of encountering fire lizards is increasing, indicating that their density is rising and that we're getting closer to their nests.

After Kadira defeated a fire lizard, a rustling sound came from inside the tunnel.

Not long after.

One by one, the cunning fire lizards with narrow, long eyes swarmed toward them along the rock wall.

Even the rock walls above were covered with a large number of fire lizards.

"It seems... I have a slight misunderstanding about the size of this group." Xia Yan said softly, looking at the scene that people with trypophobia would absolutely not want to see.

Pokkigu, perched on Xia Yan's shoulder, swallowed hard and nodded in agreement.

Goodness, there must be at least seven or eight hundred of them, right?

Based on a ratio of ten to one, there should be at least seventy or eighty female fire lizards.

But it's just that...

The quantity is indeed a bit excessive.

Da da da—

However, the group of fire lizards did not attack immediately after they appeared; instead, a sound of footsteps approached slowly.

Then, Xia Yan saw the leader of this group of fire lizards, who was also the only Flame Queen among them.

Compared to the fire lizard, the salamander is taller and more slender, and can stand on two legs. Its belly has purplish-red lace-like patterns, similar to the tail pattern of the fire lizard.

Xia Yan squinted at the Flame Queen Lizard, wondering why it had appeared there.

Given the sheer size of the group, it shouldn't need a leader like it.

As the Flame Queen Lizard looked at Xia Yan and the four Pokémon beside him, the corners of its mouth unconsciously turned up.

It turns out there were only this many people.

It thought it was the guys next door coming to cause trouble, which made it hurriedly lead its large group over.

"hiss--"

Like the sound of a snake's tongue flicking in and out, the hand was gently waved.

Upon receiving the order, the fire lizards swarmed forward like locusts, their dense formation resembling a thick black cloud pressing down on Xia Yan and his companions.

Although Salamence isn't exactly a Pokémon that excels in direct combat and is relatively fragile, its sheer numbers are truly terrifying.

Even though most of them are only of the Excellent level, a few have reached the Senior level, and only a handful are of the Elite level.

But even that couldn't withstand the massive volume.

Xia Yan's expression changed slightly.

"retreat!"

They retreated while continuing to fight.

Against this Poison and Fire-type Salamence, Kadabra's psychic abilities become its primary source of damage.

To be fair, although the fire lizard is fragile, its combination of attributes actually provides some resistance.

In addition to being four times weak to Ground-type, twice weak to Rock, Water, and Psychic-type, it also has two or four times the resistance to eight other types.

Of course, even experienced and lower-level Salamence can't withstand a single Beedrill's Bug-type move.

However, the sheer number of them is overwhelming, and standing still to fight them head-on is clearly not a wise decision.

Xia Yan neither left directly nor stayed to fight; he simply maintained a certain distance.

Hang them up.

Although there were many of them, the tunnel was only so big, and only about a dozen fire lizards could actually come into contact with them.

Such a number is not enough to pose a significant threat to them.

soon.

Patches of fire lizards stretched like a black carpet, covering the entire tunnel.

The Flame Queen Lizard, finally realizing how troublesome Xia Yan and his companions were, immediately let out a sharp, hoarse cry.

Several elite fire lizards charged to the front!