Elf: Start your slow-paced life after becoming a farmer.

"Then keep up the good work! But if you encounter any problems, feel free to contact me anytime. You all probably know how to contact me, right?" Karl said to everyone with a smile.

"I understand." Pipa nodded, then raised her hand to say goodbye to Karl. "That's all for now, Mr. Karl. The next class is about to start, so we have to go!"

"Okay, good luck, see you next week!" Karl waved to the members of the Starry Sky Society as well, then turned and left.

……

After saying goodbye to the members of the Celestial Star Society, Carl rode Garchomp back to the farm. There were still about two weeks until the final exams, and he needed to start training the Pokémon that would participate in the exams.

Of course, before that, Karl had an even more important task to complete: inspecting the Kyurem's "dormitory," which would also be the farm's future ice cellar.

Because Garchomp flies extremely fast, Carl returned to the farm in less than an hour.

As soon as Carl landed, Metagross immediately came up to him: "Karl, the construction team has arrived. Let's go and inspect them now."

"Okay, let's go!"

With Metagross in tow, Carl followed the newly renovated road to the Giant's Cave (Padia version), which was about 500 meters from the farmhouse.

When designing this cold storage, Karl had Metagross specially design the entrance to the cold storage to be large enough for Kyurem to enter and exit freely so that Kyurem could freely come and go.

Therefore, what Karl was facing at that moment was a huge entrance that was five meters high and ten meters wide.

"Karl, you've arrived." The captain of the Haoli Engineering Team, who was standing by the entrance, immediately greeted Karl upon seeing him.

"Sorry, I just got back from class in Tabletop City. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Karl extended his hand to shake hands with the foreman. "Shall we begin the inspection now?"

"No problem, Carl, come with me."

Led by the foreman, Karl headed toward the entrance to the "Giant's Cave".

According to the design drawings provided by Karl, the entrance to the Giant's Cave was specially equipped with an automatic sensing device. As long as someone carrying a special identification device approaches the entrance, the door of the Giant's Cave will open automatically.

As the foreman, holding a handheld identification device, approached the gate, the two heavy steel doors slowly opened with a mechanical hum, and Carl followed the foreman inside.

The moment the foreman stepped through the gate, the incandescent lights hanging from the top of the passageway instantly lit up, and the gray floor, made of special cement, stretched downwards.

After walking down the slope for about thirty meters, a huge "warehouse" equipped with a fresh air and lighting system appeared in front of Karl.

At this moment, the "warehouse" was empty, except for the lights and ventilation ducts hanging from the ceiling; the rest of the space was almost blank.

After the foreman's explanation, Carl also learned how to control the warehouse's lighting and ventilation system using the touch panel installed on the wall.

The warehouse was originally built by Karl not only as a "dormitory" for the Kyurem, but also to store some perishable crops.

Therefore, the lighting and ventilation systems installed in this warehouse are the same as those in some large cold storage facilities.

After confirming that there were no problems, Carl promptly paid the remaining balance. After seeing the foreman off from the underground warehouse, he took out a Poké Ball and threw it.

As a white light appeared, Kyurem's enormous body materialized in the warehouse.

"Kyurem, this is the accommodation I prepared for you. Are you satisfied?" Karl asked with a smile.

Chapter 227 Snake and Cat Competing for Favor

In fact, Kyurem doesn't have many requirements for its dwelling. Regardless of the specific form of its dwelling, as soon as it enters a "dormant" state, the extremely low temperature air it releases will turn the place it is in into an ice cave.

However, since this warehouse was built specifically for Karl, Kyurem naturally gave it a very high rating: 'I am very satisfied.'

After hearing Kyurem's words, Karl nodded in satisfaction: "That's good. If you have any complaints, feel free to tell me."

“However, Kyurem, I must tell you in advance that I will be storing some perishable farm produce in this warehouse. If you don’t like it, I can have another cold storage built,” Karl added, then added another sentence.

It's alright.

Kyurem didn't care about what Karl had brought up, or rather, it was happy to help Karl with this matter.

After all, given Karl's current strength, its existence is not essential. To some extent, it is the other way around that it needs Karl, not the other way around.

Therefore, it was actually a good thing for Kyurem to have Karl store some crops or something in its dwelling, at least it wasn't eating and living there for free.

Seeing that Kyurem didn't object, Karl smiled and continued, "Kyurem, around next week, an elder of mine will be coming to the Padia region. He might do some research on you, but it won't harm you. I hope you can cooperate with him a little."

'Karl, your elder?' Kyurem was clearly taken aback. In fact, from the time he met Karl until now, Kyurem had never heard Karl mention anything about his family.

“That’s right. My parents passed away a long time ago. This elder raised me and he is one of my only two relatives in this world.” Karl nodded and then briefly explained his family background.

'A world-renowned scholar? If this were ancient times, this old man might have been a sage of a region.' Kyurem nodded slightly. 'I understand. I will cooperate with him.'

"Haha, then I'll leave it to you." Karl raised his hand and touched Kyurem's cold body. "How are you doing now? Are there any abnormalities in your body tissues?"

"Nothing has changed much lately, probably because you've been by my side." Kyurem lowered its body, the entire Pokémon lying flat on the ground. "As long as I don't leave your side for too long, my body should be fine."

“Then you should modify the environment of this warehouse first. I think you should be more accustomed to the low temperature environment, right?” Karl removed his hand from Kyurem’s body and then placed the sensor that could freely enter and exit the warehouse on Kyurem’s body.

“As long as you have this device, you can come and go freely here. If you need anything, you can contact me telepathically at any time.” Karl said, then gave Kyurem a few more instructions before leaving the warehouse.

As Karl left, the warehouse door slowly closed, and Kyurem began to release its chilling aura, altering the warehouse's environment.

Since Karl had just mentioned that he wanted to store some perishable crops in this warehouse, Kyurem thought for a moment and then began using his cold energy to create open-style storage cabinets made of solid ice against the walls.

'That should make it easier for Karl to store them, right?' Kyurem thought to himself.

After leaving the "Giant's Cave", Carl leisurely returned to the farmhouse.

With summer approaching, the newly installed indoor temperature control system in the farm cabin is already in operation.

As soon as Carl pushed open the door, a gust of cool wind blew in his face.

"Gengar, are you there?" Carl shouted into the room. Not long after, Gengar, who was holding the limited edition Shiny Gengar plushie, tumbled down the stairs from the second floor.

After reaching the first floor, Gengar rolled around on the ground a few more times before coming up to Karl, tilting its head and looking at him: "Giggle? (What is it?)"

“Gengar, I plan to have you conduct a practical assessment of my students, so I'll be training you this afternoon.” Carl said, pointing towards the stairs. “Put your plushie away now, and then come with me.”

Upon hearing this, Gengar loosened its grip on the plush toy, stuck out its tongue, and collapsed to the ground, appearing to have fainted.

"Alright, I can only give your acting a four out of ten. You don't look like someone who's been beaten up at all." Carl kicked Gengar's belly. "Hurry up, time is of the essence."

Seeing that it had failed to fool Carl by "playing dead," Gengar had no choice but to get up from the ground, hug its beloved toy, and run upstairs.

Gengar doesn't even consider that it's a Ghost-type Pokémon, yet it's playing dead? Does that make sense?

Not long after, Gengar emerged from the ceiling and landed in front of Carl with a classic superhero landing: "Hehehe! (Gengar Warrior, making a grand entrance!)"

After taking Gengar out the door, Carl immediately headed towards the training ground where Serperior usually taught Tiremon.

About five minutes later, before Karl even reached the vicinity of the training ground, he noticed the commotion there. Looking into the distance, he could see countless green leaves formed from grass-attribute energy fluttering around the training ground.

"You've made quite a commotion. Tire Cat is definitely training very hard." Karl said as he quickened his pace toward the training ground.

As soon as Karl approached, the Serpent Lord, noticing Karl's presence, immediately made Tire Meow stop. Tire Meow was soaked in sweat and looked rather listless.

The Serpent Lord in front of Tire Cat, on the other hand, seemed completely at ease, showing no signs of fatigue whatsoever.

"Tirey, you've worked hard in training." Carl casually took out a sports drink specially prepared for Pokémon from his backpack, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to her.

Tire Cat happily accepted the drink, then "casually" glanced at the Serpent Lord beside her before taking a small sip of the sports drink in her hand.

Carl naturally noticed Tire's little actions. Amused, he immediately took out another sports drink from his backpack, opened it, and handed it to Serpent.

The Serpent Lord merely twisted its body slightly, and Carl understood that the Serpent Lord was telling him, "I have no hands, so you feed me."

Karl smiled helplessly. What to do when his snake sister is being difficult? Of course, he'll spoil her.

So Carl held the bottle up to the Monarch Serpent and carefully fed it water.

As for Gengar, who was following Carl, it had already pulled out its fourth sports drink from Carl's backpack.

Chapter 228 Swamp Monster: Karl, this is my attack route!

After gathering all the Pokémon, Carl led them to the training ground on the farm, which was specially set up for Pokémon training.

Although most of the new Pokémon joining the team are trained by the first and second teams in a "mentoring" model, Carl's most basic skill as a trainer, namely training Pokémon, has not deteriorated in the slightest.

In Carl's view, training Pokémon boils down to two points: basic training, which in gaming terms means training effort values, and skill training, which means training proficiency in using skills.

The second point can be divided into two sub-points. One is the degree of control over the skill itself. To give a simple example, although most Grass-type Pokémon can learn the move Vine Whip, Serperior can use Vine Whip to whip Tirecat like a spinning top with the same amount of effort, while Tirecat can only use Vine Whip for passive defense. This is the difference in skill between the two.

The second aspect of skills training is learning how to use skills flexibly in combat.

Taking Serperior and Tiremy as examples again, when Carl commands the two to fight, in most cases, Carl only needs to call out the move name, and Serperior will make the most correct operation. However, when commanding Tiremy, Carl needs to give more specific instructions. This is the difference between the two in actual combat.

Of course, Tire Cat needs to undergo a long period of training to reach the level of the Monarch Serpent, but in order to prepare Tire Cat and the others for the final exam, Karl naturally has to give them a crash course of instruction.

The content of this surprise training was very simple: Carl planned to command the Pokémon that were about to compete in the final exams to battle against the Pokémon of the second team.

In Karl's view, only real combat is the best way to improve one's strength in a short period of time.

As for whether or not we can win?

Of course not, after all, the Pokémon in Carl's second team had gone through an intense training journey with Carl, and these newly joined Pokémon have no chance of winning.

Of course, Kyurem and Reshiram are exceptions; these two have a very high win rate even against the Pokémon in Carl's team.

The first to appear is Tiree, who just "competed" with Serperior for attention. After a long period of training from Serperior, Tiree is now arguably the strongest Pokémon (the Pokémon that joined the team in its initial form after Carl came to the Padia region).

Meanwhile, Tirion's opponent is one of only two Pokémon in the second team, Swampert, one of the few Pokémon in Carl's team with a Mega Evolution.

Although Swampert is four times weak to Grass due to its Water and Ground attributes, the difference in strength between it and Tirion can completely make up for this "small" disadvantage.

As Serperior cleaved its vines in mid-air, the whip tip cracked, and the first intra-team training match began.

Knowing Swampert inside and out, Carl immediately gave the order to Tiremy the moment the battle began: "Tiremy, open Grassy Terrain and use Magic Leaf to distract Swampert from getting close."

Swampert is undoubtedly the strongest in the second team. If Tiree gets close to Swampert, Swampert only needs one Freeze Punch to knock Tiree out.

Therefore, Carl's strategy for this training match was to harass Swampert at mid-to-long range as much as possible to wear down its stamina.

As for why Carl wanted Tirecat to open Grassy Terrain immediately, it was naturally to prevent Swampert from using a wide-range move like Earthquake to attack Tirecat as soon as it entered the field.

On the other side, just as Carl had predicted, Swampert intended to use earthquakes from the start to restrict Tilley's movement space.

However, since the grassy terrain effectively mitigates the damage caused by earthquakes, Swampert was already at a disadvantage in its first attack.

After realizing that its intentions had been discovered, Swampert did not show any surprise. Rather, it would have been more surprising if Karl had not expected it to do so.

In the blink of an eye, a magical leaf released by Tiremy pierced the air and shot towards Swampert, but Swampert simply stomped its foot and nimbly dodged the magical leaf that was shot at it.

However, after missing Swampert's body, Magic Leaf did not fall directly into the air, but immediately changed direction and continued to fly towards Swampert's location.

Magic Leaf, as a Grass-type special attack move, is not particularly powerful, but it has an effect that Carl really likes: once Magic Leaf is fired, it can accurately target the enemy according to the user's will, with almost no possibility of missing.

Sensing the Grass-type energy fluctuations behind it, Swampert did not choose to confront it head-on. Instead, it used its four thick limbs to rush towards Tiree's location at an extremely fast speed.

From Carl's teachings, Swampert learned a lesson: if you can't dodge your opponent's attacks, then you just need to defeat them before they hit you.

As Swampert began its charge, thick Ground-type energy began to condense on its body surface. Carl raised an eyebrow and immediately recognized that the move Swampert was using was the powerful Ground-type physical attack move, 100,000 Horsepower.

"Tirey, use Grass Knot on Swampert's path," Carl commanded again.

Grass Knot, a Grass-type Special Attack move, allows the user to trip the opponent with grass. The heavier the opponent, the greater the damage.

In reality, this move has a hidden effect: the faster the opponent is, the higher the damage will be. After all, the essence of tying a grass knot is to trip the opponent with grass, so it is very reasonable to achieve this effect.

After Karl gave the command, Swampert did not slow down, but instead accelerated again.

As a power-type Pokémon, Swampert is aware of the effects of Grass Knot, but it firmly believes that as long as its strength is great enough, it can directly break through Tyrell's Grass Knot.

Unfortunately, Swampert underestimated Tirion, or more accurately, it underestimated the effect of a four-fold super weakness. If Swampert were replaced with Metagross of the same level, it might actually be able to overcome the weakness.

Of course, if it's Metagross, it will most likely use psychic levitation to dodge Tyrell's grass knot.

So when Swampert ran headfirst into Tirion's Grass Knot, it was immediately tripped up by the Grassy Terrain buff.

However, Carl did not let his guard down just because this move worked, after all, Swampert is not just a Pokémon that only uses brute force.

After being tripped by a knot in the grass, Swampert's massive body began to roll on the ground, and it rolled in the direction that Tiree was in.

'Karl, this is my attack route!' Swamp Monster thought to itself.

Chapter 229 The Shock of Tire Cat

Seeing the Swampert rolling towards Tire Meow, Carl immediately commanded, "Tire Meow, use Grass Sweep to dodge!"

As soon as Karl finished speaking, Tire Cat immediately bent down, then pushed off with her legs and leaped out.

Seeing that its intentions had been exposed, Swampert pushed forward with both hands, somersaulted forward, and landed steadily with a "thud," then charged towards the direction where Tirette was.

"Tire Meow, use the Seed Bomb backwards," Carl's command rang out at the opportune moment.

Tiremy clenched her hands, and as a green light shone, grass-type energy condensed into two seed bombs in her hands.

As the seed bomb was thrown by Tirecat, Swampert twisted its body, trying to use its speed to dodge it.

Just then, Tire Meow snapped her fingers, and the two seed bombs that Tire Meow had thrown immediately exploded.

Due to the four-fold advantage, Tirion's strength should not have affected Swampert's moves, but it did indeed cause Swampert to pause for a moment.