Monster Hunter: Farm Story Begins with Pokémon

Chapter 331: The Future of the Red Lotus Cavalry and the Sixth Partner (5.2k, supplemented on April 4.23)
Walking alone on the street.

While Bai Zhen was looking for a restaurant to eat, he was thinking and sorting out the gains from this battle.

In this battle, he and his companions including the Red Lotus Armor Knights have all grown.

Bai Zhen's level increased from 64 to 65.

The level of the Red Lotus Armor Knight was increased from level 60 to level 62, and the Red Lotus Armor Knight learned its strongest rarity 6th skill - Armored Farm Cannon.

This move has a power of 1 points at level 120, but using it will reduce physical defense and special defense by 1 level.

Because Dragonite defeated two Pokémon around level 70 personally, its level increased from 58 to 61.

The other partners did not participate in the battle, so their levels naturally remained unchanged. However, compared to the 55 levels after the special training, their levels were slightly improved because of their participation in the Night Parade of a Hundred Dragons. Da Wan was level 57, Gang Chan Beast was level 57, and Hell Wolf Dragon was level 49.

Because the Hell Wolf Dragon was the last to join, its level was much lower than that of other companions.

If we look at the level without considering the attribute values ​​and skills, he is still in the category of lower-level monsters.

There is no change in the skills. After obtaining the secret seasoning, everyone's skills should be improved a lot after making dishes with the ingredients of the overlords.

However, this battle not only improved everyone's strength, but also allowed Bai Zhen to discover a flaw within the team, that is, the ability to suppress the air and the response measures against high-speed movement were seriously insufficient.

Like today's battle against Qishu's Big Electric Swallow, that battle really put Bai Zhen into a big crisis.

In the team, Dragonite, Halo, and Grimlock are all Pokémon that are good at physical attacks and strength. All three of them lack anti-aircraft means, and they can only become sitting ducks when facing the extremely fast-flying Electra.

As a subspecies of Thunder Wolf Dragon, although the Hell Wolf Dragon is a monster that excels in speed, physical attack and special attack, it only has two skills: Dragon Bug Bullet and Dragon Thunder, which are aimed at sky targets.

However, it is extremely difficult to hit fast-flying enemies with these two skills.

Although the Hell Wolf Dragon has amazing jumping ability, it has no flying ability in the air, so jumping is equivalent to losing the ability to move in mid-air.

Although Bai Zhen had previously taught the Hell Wolf Dragon how to use highly compressed energy bursts to turn and jump in the air.

But because it is extremely difficult to compress energy, the Hell Wolf Dragon has never succeeded.

It can be said that the Hell Wolf Dragon also lacks the means to attack high-speed flying targets in the air.

In the team, although Bai Zhen can stay in the air for a short period of time and move at high speed in the air, that comes at the cost of a lot of physical strength. For example, when he encountered the big electric petrel before, Bai Zhen relied on his inversion skill to intimidate the big electric petrel, preventing it from using a faster flying speed, and only then was he able to barely defeat it.

The only Pokémon that can fly into the sky, and at a speed that is beyond the reach of ordinary Pokémon, is Crimson Knight.

However, the Red Lotus Armored Cavalry also has relatively fatal flaws.

First, the Red Lotus Armor Cavalry starts up a bit too slowly.

If he wants to reach such a high speed, he needs to enhance his skills + characteristics + attack skill suffixes. These requirements must be triggered at the same time to reach an astonishing level.

The second point is the issue of battery life.

The heat burst moves of the Red Lotus Armor Rider will naturally make it impossible for the Red Lotus Armor Rider to fight for a long time. Excessive body temperature is a problem that the Red Lotus Armor Rider cannot avoid.

In addition, the reason why the Crimson Lotus Armor Knight can fly in the sky is because he can use the Fire Dance to transform into flaming wings. These wings condensed with energy are also a huge burden for the Crimson Lotus Armor Knight, and will consume a lot of the Crimson Lotus Armor Knight's physical strength in battle.

The Crimson Lotus Armor Knight can only stay in the air for a short period of time. If it can transform the physical strength to maintain the flaming wings into spark moves, the Crimson Lotus Armor Knight can at least blast out 5 to 10 sparks, and its firepower can be increased to a higher level.

In a life-and-death battle, it would be foolish to spend energy maintaining those flashy flaming wings.

Bai Zhen whispered: "Compared to real monsters or Pokémon that can fly in the sky, the aerial combat ability of the Red Lotus Armor Knight is not that strong. It can only be regarded as making up for the shortcomings."

Thinking of this, Bai Zhen scratched his head in distress: "I really want a powerful monster or Pokémon that can fly. It would be best if it has a certain load-bearing capacity and high potential."

There are now a total of five monsters and Pokémon in the team.

Because Xie Mi is afraid of fighting, if a fight breaks out, she will run faster than anyone else. She is not suitable to be trained as a battle pet, but it is enough to treat her as a mascot of the farm.

As for Huhu, because of his serious imbalance in his academic performance and Bai Zhen's emphasis on developing his auxiliary abilities, he could only serve as an auxiliary during normal hunting and could not be developed as a main pet.

The vacant position of the six battle pets also needs to be filled by Pokémon and monsters.

One thing worth mentioning is that the reason why trainers can only carry 6 Pokémon in the wild is mainly due to energy issues.

The League advocates love and growth. In the League's view, six Pokémon is the maximum number that all trainers can take care of at the same time.

More than six, for example seven, eight, or even more extreme, just carry 20 or 30 with you.

In this situation, can the trainers give their love equally to these Pokémon?

The answer is of course no.

Therefore, the league has made it mandatory for all trainers to only go out on adventures with 6 companions. If a trainer has 6 Pokémon and then tries to capture a 7th Pokémon, the Poké Ball will be locked and cannot be used.

For some unknown reason, the Monster Balls that Bai Zhen bought from the Other Dimension Mall will be locked like ordinary Poké Balls when the number exceeds the upper limit. Therefore, Bai Zhen is restricted to only taking 6 companions out, unless Bai Zhen lets Shaymi and Emrido follow him directly like before.

It doesn't matter for small Pokémon, you can just let Shaymin and Huhu lie on your shoulders, but if it is a large partner, it will be very inconvenient to take it out.

Bai Zhen also has some requirements for the sixth Pokémon or monster that is good at flying.

First, it is good at flying and has a certain load-bearing capacity, which can carry him moving quickly in the sky.

The sky is very vast, and because there is no restriction of complex terrain like on the ground, the speed and efficiency of flying in the sky and moving on the ground are completely incomparable. But conversely, flying in the sky is also very dangerous, and you will often encounter attacks from large monsters.

For example, some time ago, when Daigo and Takeran were flying in the sky with their Pokémon, they were attacked by monsters many times. Even the monsters on the ground would attack them in the sky.

Therefore, Bai Zhen also hopes that the ecological niche of the sixth flying partner will be high enough and have sufficient potential.

Bai Zhen also didn't want to be attacked by monsters below when he was flying in the sky with his companion in the future. In addition, if his potential was insufficient and he was left behind by other battle pet companions, wouldn't that make them sad?
After all, a universal device like the Overlord Conversion Device is not so easy to obtain.

"There aren't many Pokémon or monsters that can meet these requirements."

The first thing Bai Zhen thought of was Dragonite, which has a race value of 600.

As a quasi-god (ancient dragon-level) Pokémon, Dragonite's potential and combat power are unquestionable.

Bai Zhen is also good friends with a Dragonite. If he asks, he can capture a Dragonite as his sixth partner.

But unfortunately, the Dragonite that came to the island to deliver a package returned to Dragonite's archipelago for some reasons. A long time ago, Bai Zhen prepared a sumptuous dinner to see that Dragonite off.

In addition to Dragonite, other monsters and Pokémon that meet the requirements include Raptor, Charmander, and Charizard.

As for Explosive Dragon, it can only be considered to barely meet the requirements. Although Explosive Dragon has a race value of 600, it is not good at flying. In terms of positioning, it is more like a bulky bomber.

Even if facing a nimble flying Pokémon, it will still end up being kited to death, and its anti-aircraft means are too weak.

Let’s talk about Rathalos and Charizard.

The two of them can be said to be like the "sons" of two different worlds.

The male Rathalos appears in almost all works and has many variants.

For example, the subspecies [Blue Fire Dragon], the rare species [Silver Fire Dragon], two individuals of [Black Flame King Fire Dragon], and also the overlord, and various alien forms appeared.

A slightly more special form is the [Shining World Dragon] which has a unique "light attribute". It has been perfunctorily called "unknown" by the production team, but was given the name [Sky-carved Dragon] by hunters and other forms.

It can be said that the male Rathalos possesses most of the special forms imaginable.

Compared to the darling of the Monster Hunter world, Charizard, the Pokémon world also has its own darling Charizard. As one of the original three starter Pokémons, Charizard has the best treatment among all Pokémon.

It has a super evolution form, and there are two forms, one with enhanced physical attack and the other with enhanced special attack attributes.

It also has a separate special form of [Gigantamax] and corresponding Gigantamax moves.

Although it does not have a dedicated Z, it can still use normal Z moves. The same is true for Tai Crystalization.

The male fire dragon is known as the king of the sky. In many villages, any hunter who can defeat a male fire dragon can be called a hero. This shows how high the ecological niche of the male fire dragon is.

Charizard's racial value is the same as Rathalos. If Charizard survived in the Monster Hunter world, it would be in the same ecological niche as Rathalos.

One monster and one Pokémon both perfectly fit Bai Zhen's needs for a flying partner, capable of carrying people and with great potential.

but.
They also have a shortcoming that makes Bai Zhen hesitant, and that is that their attributes are highly overlapping with those of the Red Lotus Armor Cavalry.

Since he can only bring 6 companions with him when going out, Bai Zhen still hopes to have companions with more attributes so that he can deal with more sudden situations in the future.

"If these options don't work, then we can only consider the ancient dragon species." Bai Zhen whispered.

At least 70% of the ancient dragon species have four-legged and two-winged skeletons, and are all first-class flying masters.

Bai Zhen really didn't know who to choose as his sixth partner for a moment, so he decided to go back and check the information before making preparations.

There are still many things he needs to think about now, such as the training plan for the Red Lotus Armored Cavalry.

While Bai Zhen was thinking, Taile Bagos in his arms suddenly made a beep.

Bai Zhen looked in the direction Tailebagos was looking, and Tailebagos's attention was attracted by a dessert shop selling ice cream on the roadside.

"Do you want to eat?" Bai Zhen asked Taile Bagos.

Taile Bagos nodded repeatedly.

Bai Zhen laughed and went straight over to buy all the ice cream in the store.

While buying ice cream for Tailebagos, don’t forget your battle pets.

Holding the ice cream that the shop assistants had hastily packed, Bai Zhen and Taile Bagos found a bench on the street and sat down.

Place the bowl of ice cream in front of Tailebagos.

He hummed a thank you and buried his head in eating the ice cream. Bai Zhen also licked the cone in his hand.

"It's almost winter, so eating ice cream is really chilly."

Ok?
chilly.
Bai Zhen stared at the ice cream cone in his hand, and a super bold idea emerged in his mind.

"If the Red Lotus Armor Knight can use the power of fire and ice at the same time, then the Red Lotus Armor Knight will be able to burst out with unprecedented super-high temperatures."

The biggest problem facing the Red Lotus Armor Knight right now is that the heat he gains through the skill [Heat Burst] is unbearable even for himself.

Heat Burst, a skill with rarity 7, can only ensure that the temperature released by the Crimson Lotus Armor becomes higher and higher, but it cannot enhance the Crimson Lotus Armor's ability to withstand high temperatures.

There are only four ways to improve the Red Lotus Armor's ability to withstand high temperatures.

One is to improve the level of the Crimson Lotus Armor itself. The high temperature resistance of a level 100 Crimson Lotus Armor is naturally higher than that of a level 60 Crimson Lotus Armor.

The second method is to improve the racial value of the Crimson Lotus Armor Rider himself. If the Crimson Lotus Armor Rider can transcend the current racial restrictions and evolve, his own resistance to high temperatures can be improved.

For example, before the Crimson Armor Knight evolved into an Overlord, the highest temperature it could withstand was 6000 degrees Celsius, and after the evolution it increased to 10000 degrees Celsius.

The third method is to use the power of props or treasures. If the Red Lotus Armor Riders can master the power of the Fireball Slate and unleash the full power of the Fireball Slate, then it is not unimaginable for the Red Lotus Armor Riders to reach the ultimate high temperature of 1000 million degrees Celsius.

Among these three methods, the first method has limited improvement. Even if it is upgraded to level 100, enduring a high temperature of degrees Celsius is almost the limit under normal circumstances.

The second and third methods are extremely difficult, and both are at a level that can only be achieved with extreme luck.

If these methods don’t work, then you can only rely on the fourth method, which is to learn heat-resistant skills!
Bai Zhen currently has no way to check the passive skills of other races except for skills like [Monster Blood]. For example, he cannot see skills like [Heat Resistance Lv.5] and has no way to change them.

But if you want to control the temperature, you can also rely on other attribute skills, such as water-based moves like the Water Drop Slate that Bai Tian Baizhen has used himself, or ice-based moves that cool down faster.

The body of the Red Lotus Armor is composed of three parts.

A core similar to a heart, a charcoal-like body generated from the core, and armor that is the source of superpower energy.

The charcoal-like body and metal armor can be regenerated infinitely as long as there is no problem with the core of the heart.

It is often said that the Crimson Armor Knight cannot withstand high temperatures, but in fact his core cannot withstand such high temperatures, while his body and armor have no temperature limits.

As long as the core can withstand temperatures of tens of thousands of degrees, his body and armor will naturally be able to withstand it.

Bai Zhen whispered: "If we can use extreme frost to protect the core and prevent the high temperature burning outside the body from endangering the core, then the Red Lotus Armor Rider can unlock a higher temperature!"

There are two ancient dragons in [Monster Hunter Frontier] that left a deep impression on Bai Zhen, one is called [Burning Dragon] and the other is called [Frost Dragon].

The Burning Dragon is an ordinary-level ancient dragon that possesses the power to fuse fire and ice together.

Its appearance is very distinctive, its right half is frozen blue, and its left half is fiery red. It is like its body is divided into two halves, each with different body colors and control abilities. Its right horn is wrapped in ice, and its left horn is wrapped in fire.

The Blazing Frost Dragon is a forbidden ancient dragon, and it also possesses the power of ice and fire. But unlike the Burning Zero Dragon, the Blazing Frost Dragon has a unique [Blazing Frost Attribute], which is 80% fire attribute + 80% ice attribute + 40% dragon attribute. The Blazing Frost Dragon can release blazing flames and extremely cold ice at the same time, and its control ability is almost abnormal.

The appearance of the Blazing Frost Dragon is similar to that of the Black Dragon, but it has a very long knife-shaped horn growing on the tip of its nose. This horn is also called an ice horn, which has the power to control ice attributes, and the corresponding one is a flame claw. Its back is covered with white "ice scales", and its abdomen is covered with red "flame scales". The back covered with ice scales is frozen cold, while the abdomen covered with flame scales is very hot.

There is no mention of these two ancient dragons near Yanhuo Village, even in ancient books.

If you can't find them, there's no need to think about defeating them or getting their exclusive refreshes.

But as substitutes, there are also some general monsters that are good at controlling ice and frost in Yanhuo Village and near the kingdom, and even ancient dragon species. For example, the ancient dragon that can control cold air, the Ice Curse Dragon, was witnessed near the kingdom a long time ago.

It would be pretty cool if the Crimson Lotus Armor could master the temperature control ability of the Ice Curse Dragon and turn it into a half-ice, half-fire appearance similar to the Burning Dragon.

Moreover, the Crimson Lotus Armor Knight possesses the supernatural power of fusing energy together, which further increases his possibilities and potential.

Bai Zhen also learned from Emrido about using super powers to fuse the energy of moves.

Emrido can actually use his mental power moves to combine different moves together, but it is easy to combine moves of the same attributes, but it is too difficult to combine moves of different attributes. Even if Emrido joins forces with the other two Gods of the Lake, it will be difficult to do it.

"Extremely high temperatures and extremely low temperatures, combined with unparalleled superpowers. If this can really be achieved, then the Red Lotus Armored Cavalry will become a new taboo, right?"

The more Bai Zhen thought about it, the more he felt that this was feasible.

As long as there is the help of exclusive refreshes in the mall and additional dishes, his idea is not a fantasy, but the future!

Just when Bai Zhen's thoughts were becoming clearer.

Not far away, Qi Shu rode on a Roentgen cat and quickly came to Bai Zhen. When Qi Shu saw Bai Zhen, he said excitedly, "I finally found you, Qian Zhou!"

Bai Zhen stared at Qi Shu in a daze. He didn't react for a while. He held the ice cream cone with only one bite left in his hand, put it into his mouth, and after chewing for two or three seconds, he finally reacted.

"what?"

(End of this chapter)