Master Craftsman of the Elven World

Chapter 421 How can Spain be without bullfighting?
Heavy rain, an abandoned church ruin, a strange traveling craftsman and his group of Pokémon in various poses.

Also, he claims to be a superhuman?
No one with supernatural abilities had ever been seen in the Parthian region. The warm sunlight fell on them, not only dispelling the darkness before dawn but also gradually dissipating the dampness.

The burning insects of the cricket pupa spewed flames, igniting a new fire, and the warm fire gradually dried the clothes on their bodies.

This looks like an adventure that only happens in fantasy stories.

Huangbo felt incredibly lucky to have gotten up so early today.

That's really interesting!

However, upon hearing the destination of the light moss, Huang Bo recalled for a moment:
"Are you going to the art festival in Shenbo Town? That sounds great. I heard that Mr. Kosa, the local dojo master, will be inviting many artists from Padiya to go with him. But I don't understand those artworks."

"I find the olive harvest festival in Roundmo much more interesting than that."

"You know about the bullfighting competition, right? It's right after the Harvest Olive Festival. This grand event will soon begin in the arena near Roundmo Town."

"In order to achieve a good ranking and improve myself, I am also training."

Huang Bo clenched her fist: "Everything is for reaching a higher realm, for constantly training myself, and then..."

At the end of the year, I will travel to the distant Johto region to participate in the first-ever grand event that all fighters dream of, a tournament promoted by the distant Kentei region. A place I've never even heard of.
Huang Bo was slightly dazed, then gave an embarrassed laugh: "Sorry, I was just talking to myself. By the way, where are you from?"

Light Moss: "Unity."

Huangbo: "They really aren't from our Pardia! It's the United States! That's a place quite far from Pardia!"

However, Guangtai still had some doubts about Huangbo's words:
"What kind of bullfighting competition are you talking about? I've never heard of it."

Bullfighting is indeed a classic cultural tradition of Spain, the prototype of Padia. Even the Padia form Kentaro beside Miss Huangbo is based on the Spanish black bull.

However, strangely enough, bullfighting does not exist in the Padia region of the game, nor are there any related events.

Although you can often see a group of crazy black bulls on the roadside, they will charge at the protagonist who is passing by at any time, and may even randomly kill a lucky passerby.

But this is only one aspect of the militaristic nature of the Parthian region.

Isn't this place like this every day?
There are cows, people, and even a town modeled after Seville, one of the bullfighting cities. However, the biggest attraction of this town is the Harvest Olive Festival, which is essentially kicking a giant olive (referring to the giant olives).

As for Madrid, the more famous bull-fighting city, its location in the Padilla region is, unfortunately, ruined by a massive sinkhole in Zone 0.

"Is this what the IF worldline would be like if Spain lost its bullfighting culture?!"

Perhaps it's because bullfighting contains elements of bloodshed and violence that it won't appear in the game world?
However, considering that everything can be resolved through "Pokémon battles," some elements of the bullfighting can be completely downplayed.

"Speaking of which, before Miss Huangbo became a teacher, all I knew was that she was a fighter, more like an athlete. As for what she actually did, I wonder if she was a bullfighter?"

"After all, among the named characters in the Padia region in the game, only Miss Obo knows how to use two different types of Tauros. Perhaps this is a metaphor for her special identity?"

During the battle, Huang Bo would jump repeatedly with her toes touching the ground, just like a Jeet Kune Do martial artist, which is enough to prove her identity as a fighter.

Moreover, many people in the Padiya region do not reveal their background from their appearance. For example, no one would guess that Hachisaku, who teaches art, is the young master of a dragon tamer clan in the Padiya region.

The timeline is too early, so you don't encounter any popular characters from the game, or even familiar random classmates.

During this period, they either hadn't refreshed yet, or they were researching Zone Zero.

Or perhaps, like Pipa, he is now separated from his parents and living alone with his godfather in the Little Key Town research institute.

Just like Kosa, who invited me here, although he is now somewhat famous in the Parthian region, he is not considered a master in the world.

Furthermore, the alliance in the Parthian region is a newly formed alliance with very little experience. This is explicitly mentioned in the official novel, "With You After the Rain."

Selecting champion-level trainers is a quick way to recruit talent.

Therefore, the rule that "you can only become a registered trainer at the age of ten" does not apply here, just like in other regions. In order to develop the league, Ci will not even spare kindergarten students.

At the same time, the museum owners in the Padiya region are not as closely connected as those in other regions; only a small number of them know each other.

Within the Blue Disc, there will be dialogues between League-invited instructors. Many Gym Leaders in the Padia region are even somewhat unfamiliar with each other.

For example, Miss A-Feng from Yuanmo Town and Kou Sha from Shenbo Town actually met for the first time at the Blue Disc.
Of course, there was only one exception: Aoki.

It is said that he served in the Pokémon League for 25 years, which would be about 19 or 21 years in the current timeline.

In terms of seniority, Aoki might be several generations ahead of Yaji!
Hmm, it's clearly a new alliance, yet it has veteran employees with 25 years of experience. It's really puzzling. Did they get that much experience from working overtime?
"Actually, this place still retains a lot of its original ecology."

Guangmo pondered.

Strictly speaking, the formation of the Pokémon League in the Padilla region is like the sudden formation of a new league in spin-off regions like Felix, which did not have a Pokémon League.

Because there was no League in the past, the environment was still quite pristine, and wild Pokémon were more aggressive.

Huang Bo then began to explain with great interest:
"The so-called bullfighting competition is a unique cultural and sporting competition in the Parthian region."

"Do you know about the Pokémon All-Around Competition in the Johto region? It's something similar, but the difference is that in the All-Around Competition, Pokémon generally don't engage in move-to-move battles except for a few events."

"But in the bullfighting competition, it's not just the matadors who have to fight against Tauros; the participating Pokémon also create excitement through battles with each other."

"Among the participants, besides professional bullfighters, there are amateurs like me, as well as ranchers from nearby ranches."

"Of course, since it's a bullfighting tournament, one of the participating Pokémon, sent by the tournament organizers, will be Tauros."

"Click!"

Tan Xiaoshi had woken up at some point and was listening intently to the bullfighting match, his eyes burning with intense passion.

There are legends among Pokémon about knights who have defeated enraged bulls!

"An enraged giant bull? Is that so? Or perhaps an ancient treasure lord whose size increased after consuming the secret seasoning?"

"Well, after all, the history of cultivating this secret seasoning can be traced back 200 years, and even the most recent one is about 87 years old."

One of the origins of bullfighting is the history of the ancient Iberians riding horses to fight bulls on horns and ultimately killing angry bulls.

Therefore, a bullfighter is indeed a type of knight.

"You want to participate? But there's no time right now."

"If the festival celebrations haven't ended by the time we return from Shenbo Town."

Guangtai waved her hand, and Tan Xiaoshi nodded with some regret.

Alright, let's go challenge the demon kings first!
Huangbo stared blankly at Guangtai and Tanxiaoshi talking, and after a while she suddenly turned pale with shock!

"You, you mean you're talking to a Pokémon?"

Lightmoss: "Yeah, I can understand what your Tauros is saying. It seems a bit restless and uneasy, not very confident about this competition."

"Huh?!" Huang Bo looked at her Tauros, whose Water-type Tauros stared blankly at the Light Moss for a while before starting to moo.

It's like finally meeting a "confidant" who can listen to your heart!
According to Kentaro's explanation, Lightmoss gained a better understanding of this sudden bullfight.

So that's how it is. Originally, these bullfighting matches were a competition for leadership within the Tauros group. Later, after merging with human competitions, many wild Tauros also considered it a formal "leadership honor competition." Pokémon that have lived alongside humans for too long may also regard the honor of human competitions as their own or their group's honor.

However, it has recently been practicing a move that could defeat its opponent, but the process has not been smooth, so it feels hopeless in the finals and is feeling uneasy.

"Tauros are energetic and hot-tempered, and are rough Pokémon. They always fight within their species to determine their strength."

"The powerful Tauros who protects the pack will be proud of their scarred horns. In the pack, whoever has the thickest and longest horns, and the most scarred ones, is the leader."

"Such wild customs do exist."

"The technique you're practicing is [close combat], huh? Perfect, I can help you with that."

Lightmoss has registered Tauros of the Water Species in the Unova Pokédex.

"What kind of machine is that?"

Huangbo watched in surprise as Guangtai performed the operation, and it was only then that Guangtai remembered.

Yes, during this period, the professors in the Padia region didn't care about the local ecology; they were all researching Area Zero and the crystallization. In addition, things like the Pokédex app and Rotom on mobile phones hadn't appeared yet.

After all, the encyclopedia machine is something that PhDs from different regions created based on local conditions and technological levels.

Although it will be distributed to new trainers in large quantities, unlike the special episodes where it is given to only a few people like a divine artifact, Padia is clearly somewhat extraordinary.

Of course, the technology here mainly focuses on aspects related to Dynamax, which is understandable. For example, many technologies in the Galar region are also related to Dynamax, which is due to the region's unique characteristics.

"This is the Pokédex, a machine used to record the ecology and moves of Pokémon. Data on newly discovered, undiscovered, and already discovered Pokémon are all logged and entered into it."

Guangtai explained simply: "The Parthian region doesn't have this kind of machine yet, but it will in the future."

In the future, the Rotom phone will be used as a compendium in the Padm region, and the compendium app is developed by Ginja, who is currently researching terrestrialization.

The developers of the Rotom phone were Nemo's parents, and Nemo's family moved from another region when she was only 7 years old. Considering the timeline, it might have been recently.

The predecessor of Rotom Phone was the Rotom Pokédex, which was developed by the Electric-type Gym Leader of the Kalos region, Clemont, who is well known to everyone!
Therefore, Nemo's family most likely originated from Carlos.

As a sports student and fighter, Huang Bo listened blankly to Guang Tai's explanation. In short, for Huang Bo, this sports student, what she needed was not brains or thinking.

"Yeah, it's really amazing! I think it would be so convenient if I had one too."

"Oh right! You said you wanted to participate in the bullfighting competition? Hmm... Is it this Tanjiro who's going to participate? I just saw it! Why is your Tanjiro different from the others? It's wearing armor and a cloak, so cool!"

Handsome?

Tan Xiaoshi looked at his tattered armor and cloak, and scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

Although the knight's equipment was in a sorry state, his spirit was recognized!
"If you want to participate, you should register now! If you don't have time to go, I can register you for you, it's just a small favor!"

"The celebration competition will last for about three days, around the end of September."

"I participated in this competition mainly to improve my skills and prepare for the Iron Fist Championship in other regions before the end of the year."

Guangtai's brow twitched slightly: "The Iron Fist Tournament? You're a participant too?"

Huang Bo exclaimed in surprise, "Also? Could it be? Ah, what a coincidence!"

Unexpectedly, Miss Huangbo in front of me also wants to participate in the Tekken Tournament. Of course, it's a grand event for fighters, after all, it's a competition that the Kentei region has funded, so it will naturally attract people from many places.

However, given Ms. Huangbo's current skill level, it's questionable whether she can even defeat Cai Dou.

However, judging from Huang Bo's current state, she's probably just participating for fun.

Guangtai: "This tournament will have many martial artists from various places participating, and the skill gap is huge. If I may be so bold, with your and Kentairo's strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to rank among the top."

"It seems that the top fighters from various regions will be present, as well as the rumored Alliance Master from the Ironclad region."

However, Huang Bo was not afraid:
"Wow, there are so many experts! Wow, I'm getting excited!"

"It's okay to lose, I just want to see the real world of fighting."

Huang Bo looked outside the church:
"Besides, I am a fighter, after all, and I won't lose easily! Of course, I won't lose to you easily either!"

"By the way, since you're also a participant, why don't we have a match?"

"Whether it's the Iron Fist Championship or the Bullfighting Tournament, we need to familiarize ourselves with both and warm up, right?"

"As a spice of the journey?" Lightmoy looked at Charcoal Knight, and the enthusiastic little knight nodded excitedly.

A bullfight! Although it's not the giant bull from those chivalrous tales, this bull is still quite impressive!
The knight's hammer points at the black bull!

He made countless contributions.

Master, please let me fight it!

"I am also a martial artist, so let's have a go at it."

"But before that, how about we eat something first? We can't fight without strength!"

Guangtai suggested that after waking up, one should always eat something first.

So, twenty minutes later.

When the rain stopped and the sun shone on this ancient land, Miss Huangbo trembled as she silently and voraciously ate with her Tauros!

As Lian Wutian once commented, dishes made with Radiant Vegetables are perfect for fighters and martial artists, and now a secret seasoning leaf has been added.

Although it's just one piece, it has given the stew a qualitative upgrade!
Guangtai held her bowl, and her companions around her chewed vigorously, the crunching sounds filling the old church with a sense of life.

"Is that enough? If not, there's more."

Huang Bo: "It's so delicious, I'm speechless! This is the first time I've ever eaten something so delicious since I was born."

"Thank you so much for your hospitality, but I'm full!"

Guangtai looked thoughtfully at the bowl, which was cleaner than a washbasin.

Yes.

Huangbo's cooking skills in the story seem to be on the worst level, and many people even describe them as "terrifying dishes that will make you sick after eating them".

"."

Huang Bo suddenly became emotional and even shed tears, leaving Guang Tai completely bewildered.

No, even if your cooking skills are terrible, it doesn't have to be like this.
Huangbo: "This level of cooking, this level of cooking!"

She then remained silent for a long while, her cheeks gradually turning red, as if she had made up her mind, before suddenly shouting:
"Please, please!"

"How can I possibly improve my cooking skills to the same level as you? No! Just one-tenth of that would be enough!"

(End of this chapter)