Master Craftsman of the Elven World

Chapter 539 Sorry, [Battle Switch] is just so classy!
Encountering a distribution mission was unexpected, but Hefu was willing to wait here. After all, even if she were eager to go to the Sinnoh region, she wouldn't be able to find a trainer she knew who was skilled at training and willing to take on the task.

Rather, it's necessary to learn about those ancient legends from the moss so that the egg can grow safely and smoothly.

She continued to gaze at the sky at the end of the Champion Road, while Glow Moss walked toward the final gate of the Pokémon League.

Many towers stand here.
The basic designs of the Pokémon League throughout history have been "towers" and "castles," with significant variations in design and style depending on the region. Even the headquarters of the Ranger League, and the joint venue for international decisions, are combinations of "castles" and "towers."

However, this rule was broken starting with the seventh generation.

The seventh generation is mountains and caves, the eighth generation is skyscrapers, or you could say the city of Miyako itself, and the ninth generation is the circular building.

Next to the League, there's a Pokémon Center undergoing pre-battle recovery. It's not the venue for the tournament, so it's almost empty. However, the presence of someone needing recovery services signifies...
For Nurse Joy, this was also a great opportunity to be a bloodthirsty spectator, especially when Lightmoss entered the Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy, who was a little sleepy, immediately perked up!
"There is a situation!"

Although there are many experts on the road to the championship, they will not come here for treatment until they are covered in injuries. Miss Joey knows all of them, but Guangtai is a stranger to her. This means that...

"You're here to challenge the Pokémon League?! That's amazing, a newbie! Did you complete the Champion Road and defeat all the trainers there, or battle them all?"

"The Pokémon League is a place where strength is purely pursued and demonstrated, and it is the greatest challenge for all trainers. Are you ready?"

Miss Joy was very curious about the arrival of the Lightmoss, but she was quick with her hands. After operating the machine, she carefully looked at the six Pokémon displayed on the screen.

"There are many types that I've never seen before!"

“Yes, there are some types that aren’t commonly seen here.” Lightmoy nodded. “Did people often come to challenge you before?”

“Only those who make it through the Road to Champions are eligible to take on this challenge,” Miss Joy smiled. “That’s why I said you need to be prepared. Once the challenge begins, you can’t leave until you win or lose. If you lose even once, you have to start all over again.”

"You can challenge any of the four towers first."

Miss Joy cleared her throat, and seeing Guangtai's somewhat strange look, she smiled awkwardly: "Because the alliance is a little short-handed recently, they asked me to help introduce them."

"However, I've wanted to say this for a long time!"

"There's a stone statue in the center of the four towers, you see it!"

"This Pokémon League has four powerful members: the one in the southwest is a master of the Ghost type; the one in the southeast is a master of the Fighting type; the one in the northwest is a master of the Dark type; and the one in the northeast is an expert in Psychic Pokémon!"

"When you defeat all the strong with courage and wisdom!"

"Then we can reach the summit where the strongest trainer champion resides!"

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In Wanlong's tower, the dim lights suddenly came on, and accompanied by a gust of cold wind, the rustling sound of writing stopped abruptly.

Wanlong looked down at the entrance below the platform.

The four towers are where the Four Heavenly Kings usually work and rest, which is equivalent to their workstations within the alliance. Therefore, the interiors of the towers are designed and decorated.

Wanlong's tower was filled with books and novel manuscripts. Unfinished manuscripts were scattered everywhere. Dim lighting and a bunch of supernatural items were placed in various corners. The spiral staircase allowed Wanlong to take books from the bookshelves at any time.

"You're here, store manager! So you chose me first after all? Ghosts are supposed to be a relatively strong attribute, aren't they?"

Wanlong looked at the moss that had been sent up by spiritual power, and said with a hint of pride, "How about it? This [Spiritual Power Staircase] is interesting, isn't it? Challengers in the past would be intimidated by it, thinking that I was a powerful spiritualist. But in reality, I don't have any spiritual power at all!"

Lightmoss: "For people who are afraid of ghosts, this is probably a form of intimidation. It might make them unable to perform at their usual level."

Wanlong: "Oh, it's not that scary. After all, I'm quite cute, aren't I? Besides, the Four Heavenly Kings' rooms have to be both luxurious and dangerous!"

"The shop manager has become one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the Parthian region, hasn't he? What's your room like? It must be decorated like a steam workshop, right?"

"My room?" Guangtai spoke without hesitation, with a subtle emotion in her voice: "When the Four Heavenly Kings of Padia are fighting, they actually share a waiting room and a battle room."

"If you break through the first Heavenly King, the second one will be called out from the waiting room behind. The decoration style is very simple and has no special features."

Wanlong: ".?"

"It's probably because of insufficient funding," Guangtai said with a helpless laugh.

Each generation of the Elite Four has its own room. Even though the Alola League has just been renovated, ample space has been reserved for the Elite Four's cave rooms.

The result was that the four Heavenly Kings of Zhu and Zi shared a single battle room, giving the impression that they were cutting costs due to budget constraints.
Fighting the champion, even on a rooftop, gives off a vibe of a rooftop showdown where the loser might jump off.

“Is that so? Saving money is also a great thing, haha.” Wanlong was a little embarrassed and didn’t know what to say. “Maybe our league cares more about the trainer’s personality.”

Guangtai: "It's simply because the Four Heavenly Kings have different roles, but the salary is quite high, so it doesn't matter to me."

"Did you win your battle against Denji?"

Wanlong: "Of course! Although that handsome guy who's good at 100,000 volts is very powerful, in the end I still came out on top!"

"So, I won't let you pass through here easily! We're both Heavenly Kings, so let's test the strength of Heavenly Kings from different regions! This time, I'm stronger than in the last friendly match!"

"Oh, right, there's one more thing. I'm planning to write a new book and have you play the main character. What do you think?"

Guangtai: "If it becomes a bestseller, I'll split the royalties and copyright fees in half."

Wanlong: "Hey! That's way too much to ask for, but it's alright! It's settled then!"

She put down the psychic notebook and psychic pen in her hand, both of which were part of the complete paranormal set that Guangtai had sold her!
"Manager, I wasn't idle while you were gone! I really learned a lot from Kikuko-senpai while you were closed!"

Hikari: "Your lineup and Granny Kikuko's lineup have absolutely nothing in common. But let's leave the chat here!"

"The first one, Aegislash!"

"Wow! An ace right from the start!" Wanlong exclaimed in surprise, then picked up the Poké Ball!

"Then this will be my first one!"

The battle between the Heavenly Kings has officially begun, and Wanlong's starting lineup is "Death Coffin"!
As a Ghost-type Pokémon unique to the Unova region, almost every local powerhouse with a Ghost-type Pokémon owns a Cofagrigus. This creature boasts extremely high Defense and Special Defense, but very low Speed. In past battles, it has generally appeared as Slaking's close companion!
The Coffin of Death disguises itself as a beautiful coffin, trapping tomb raiders who mistake it for a real one inside and mummifying them. It is said to have lost all memory of its human origins. The Coffin of Death craves gold nuggets, symbolizing the wealth of kings, and thus, its image is depicted in many ancient tombs.

Because its speed stat is only 30, Wanlong's first move is—

"Magic Space!"

"Hey!"

Wanlong's Death Coffin emitted a strange laugh, and a powerful superpower instantly filled the entire tower!

Lightmoy: "He said he was learning from the Ghost King, but he used a Psychic-type move instead?"

Wanlong: "After all, Gadriya is my friend! Please forgive her!"

"Trick Space creates a bizarre space. Underneath this space, slower Pokémon can move first!"

"The slower the speed, the faster the action!"

The Coffin of Death hurtled toward the Shielded Sword Monster with a whoosh, its purpose was self-evident!

Characteristics: Mummy.

If touched by an opponent, it will turn the opponent into a mummy. In other words, it has no special abilities!
In the game, this feature is only triggered when the character is attacked by an opponent, so the Coffin of Death is now actively seeking to be attacked!

Of course, if the Shielded Sword Monster doesn't dare to attack, then you'll have to take its damage instead!
"The Aegislash's special ability is [Battle Switch]!"

Wanlong pushed up her glasses, and her catgirl-like appearance suddenly transformed her into the wise Conan: "Gathering information and data is a novelist's specialty; we can always find the material we want from various documents and classics!"

"The ability to switch between combat states changes during battle! The ability to defend is completely different from the ability to attack!"

"If Aegislash's special ability is sealed, then it won't be able to freely switch powers!"

However, when Guangtai saw the Coffin of Death rushing over and heard Wanlong's confident voice, she still raised her finger and shook it.

The Shield Sword Monster neither dodged nor evaded, and just as the Coffin of Death charged towards it, it suddenly swung its sword!
The massive sword suddenly glowed, purifying the mind and unleashing a sword technique capable of slicing through invisible enemies!
"Shadow sneak attack."

As the Aegislash's greatsword swung down, a Shadow Blade pierced through the Shadow Ball that had been condensed in the Death Coffin's hand and was about to strike it, nearly splitting the coffin apart!

"The effect of Shadow Ball must be excellent!" Wanlong was amazed and shocked as he watched his Death Coffin almost get killed in one hit.

"In the Trick Space, preemptive moves like shadow attacks still have the upper hand, their power exceeding expectations, and they even hit vital points, but this was also part of my plan!"

However, things rarely go smoothly. When Wanlong saw the Aegislash raise its shield, she immediately began to question it!

"What happened? It's switched to a defensive stance again?! The special ability should have already..."

Wanlong was momentarily stunned when she saw the Shield Sword Monster switch to its shield form.

Guangtai shook her finger again:

"In Trick Room, use the Mummy ability to attack first and lure the opponent into using a contact move to initiate the attack, thus creating a winning start for your teammates. Because the Mummy ability is [Contagious], you can use this to block many troublesome abilities."

"However, something is not right."

"Aegislash's ability [Battle Switch] is one of the [Unoverridable Abilities]! It's ineffective against Mummies!"

An unavoidable ability refers to a Pokémon's ability that cannot be transferred or eliminated. Mummy is not considered particularly strong in terms of "elimination-type abilities," so there are many abilities that it cannot suppress.

While ancient activity, quark charging, crimson pulsation, and hadron engines are generally considered to be characteristics that cannot be overridden, this can be understood as the energy of the past and future being so strong that they can be forcibly activated.

In subsequent updates to *Zhu/Zi*, version 3.0.0, these features were updated to "[This feature can be overridden by other features.]", and Crimson Pulse and Hadron Engine could even be copied and swapped.

This type of characteristic belongs to the category of "pseudo-uncoverable characteristics".

However, the battle transitions are different!
"Strictly speaking, there are only fifteen abilities related to form changes, or even the Pokémon's own power, that cannot be canceled or overridden. Unfortunately, battle switching is one of these fifteen abilities!"

"And in this Unova region, only the yet-to-be-discovered [Daruma Mode] is a feature on par with switching between battle modes!"

Regarding what constitutes an absolute ecological characteristic and what constitutes a false ecological characteristic, these are actually determined based on game updates. But unfortunately, regardless of the version, the Ghost Sword's characteristic priority is always extremely high!
"Wild swings and strikes!"

The Greatsword of the Shielded Sword Monster suddenly spun around, smashing the golden coffin of the Death Coffin like a windmill!

"Oh dear, what a bad start!" Wanlong scratched her head. She hadn't expected that the battle switching feature had a secret. Her tactic of using mummies as the starting point for the [Pharaoh's Curse] was now ruined!
"In that case, we can only fight by relying on sheer strength!"

"There's still room for magic tricks. Second one: Clay Giant!"

"Use [Seal]!"

If your opponent has the same move as you, then only your opponent is unable to use that move!
"Aegislash is a Steel/Ghost hybrid Pokémon, so as long as Ghost-type moves are blocked, it's not weak against Steel-type Golem!"

"In addition, double the resistance to rocks and insects can perfectly block the pursuit of [Double-Edged Headbutt] and [Combo Slash], and superpowers cannot effectively suppress it either, which means that [Mental Blade] cannot deal effective damage either!"

"Although it is somewhat vulnerable to Dark-type moves, Dark-type moves without a Same-Type Attack Bonus are not a threat to Aegislash!"

"【trick】!"

When Guangtai saw Wanlong make the Clay Golem use magic, she was startled, but then she realized that Wanlong's Clay Golem's special ability was [Iron Fist] instead of [Clumsy].

Clumsy Golems will be unable to use their held items, and the ability to carry items will be nullified, including negative effects.

This makes the Magic Giant a master of scheming.

You can carry an assault vest or other items from the "Effective" series. Seize the opportunity to switch your items with the opponent. After forcibly locking the opponent's moves, you can also use the "Spiritual Slash" to make the opponent's items attack the opponent, thereby dealing huge damage.

However, the Assault Vest and the Premium Series are items that can only be made in the Lightmoy Workshop and are only included in the game company's software. You can't see these items in normal matches, so there's no need to worry!

"We got it! It's the Ghost Gem!"

Wanlong's lips curled into a smile: "The Shield Sword Monster's personality is careless! So the item I gave it was a [Leba Fruit]!"

Lightmoss: "Lebanon Berry, a berry native to Lofty City in Hoenn. It activates when the Pokémon's HP is below one-quarter of its maximum HP, restoring one-third of its maximum HP. If the Pokémon's nature dislikes bitterness, it will become confused after activation."

"That's right! If you get into trouble, you're finished! Use Shadow Punch!" Wanlong also cosplayed as a martial artist, throwing a punch forward. Although it looked weak and powerless, the power of the Claydol's punch would reach a fairly strong level with the support of the Iron Fist ability and the Same Type Boost!

Claygoo's base Physical Attack stat is a whopping 124!

Wanlong: "Shadow Fist will definitely hit; it's a guaranteed hit!"

Lightmoss: "That's right. The base power is 60. With several buffs, the move's power will become a guaranteed hit move with a power of 108. With the boost from the Ghost Gem, it will increase to 140!"

The Aegislash doesn't have Shadow Fist, only Shadow Claw, since it is a sword.

However, knowing full well that the [King's Shield] cannot be sealed, the fact that they still dared to launch the first attack suggests their true purpose is definitely—

"King's Shield!" Guangtai gave the order, and Wanlong's glasses suddenly reflected light, revealing a ghostly, phosphorescent glow.

"We've been tricked! A sneak attack by a hidden spirit!"

The attack energy of Shadow Fist suddenly changed, and the Clay Golem used another tactic: escaping into the shadows!
Ghost dives!

"The [Clay Giant] vanished instantly!"

It wasn't Shadow Fist, but a stealthy attack! That punch was a feint!
Phantom Strike, also known as Shadow Strike, is a Ghost-type move that allows a Pokémon to travel into another dimension! The Pokémon using Phantom Strike enters another dimension on the first turn to charge up its power, and then attacks on the second turn!

The attack ignores the target's defensive status and the target area's rapid defense status.

Furthermore, it will forcibly remove the aforementioned statuses and the wide-area defense and trick defense statuses of the target area!
Boom! The clay giant's body vanished from sight, then shattered the alternate dimension, striking the Aegislash monster from another direction with a single punch!
The base power of Phantom Strike is even higher, reaching 90. After being boosted three times by STAB, Iron Fist, and Gem, its power will reach 210!

That punch should have been incredibly effective! Right?
"Huh?" Wanlong blinked. She keenly noticed that although the damage should have been doubled, the punch that hit the Aegislash monster shattered the King's Shield, but she couldn't feel anything. The Aegislash monster didn't react at all!

Although it's a defensive stance with ridiculously high defense, it shouldn't be like this!

“Oh right, God’s blessing.” Wanlong remembered some things she knew. The shopkeeper’s Shield Sword Monster was said to have received a strange blessing that turned all the most effective moves into normal damage, or even made them negligible!
In other words, as previously analyzed, if you want to defeat this Shielded Sword Monster, its weakness becomes the usual water and electricity, but that's just the normal damage multiplier!

"Lightning Fist!" Wanlong immediately switched to a fighting style, and a powerful burst of lightning erupted from the clay giant's fist!

All fist-type moves will be amplified by the Iron Fist ability!
"Iron Fist is indeed a pretty good ability, but in my opinion, it's not as good as [Hard Claws]!"

Lightmoss looked at the Aegislash: "Use [Holy Sword]!"

Wanlong: "How is that possible! Fighting-type moves are ineffective against ghosts?!"

Lightmoss: "A special martial art, a sword technique that cuts through invisible enemies, can give the Pokémon that uses this move the [Detect] effect!"

The Holy Sword struck the Claydol with a loud bang. Aegislash's Holy Sword would ignore changes in the opponent's abilities and still slash, but Wanlong gritted her teeth slightly: "It's alright! Legendary moves are powerful, but Aegislash doesn't have a Same Type Attack Bonus!"

"The power of the Holy Sword is limited! The Clay Golem won't be defeated so easily. This time is different from last time!"

"However, I really didn't expect it to come with [Detection]. The ghost's trust level has increased from 0 to 1, but it's still not quite at its best!"

“There’s more than one kind of sword.” Lightmoss chuckled, and at that moment, the Shielded Sword Monster raised its giant shield, the three dots on it lighting up with a green glow! At the same time, it raised its other arm high into the sky!
In the dimly lit Ghost Tower, intense sunlight suddenly appeared!
Sunny day!
The brilliant light gathered on the shield, transforming into a lightsaber that pierced the sky!
Sunlight Blade!
Lightmoss: "My Aegislash is a sworn holy swordsman, and a holy swordsman's attack is guaranteed to hit a vital point. Moreover, as a legendary swordsman, its damage is not just greatly increased, but completely doubled."

Under the impact of the Sunblade lightsaber, the clay giant crashed to the ground!

"The third one!" Wanlong took a deep breath. Such an intense battle of offense and defense had her mind racing!

Tactics failed one after another, but that's okay, there are always new ones!

"Chubby!"

Chubby, its appearance is that of a giant pink jellyfish. It is a Pokémon designed in the Unova region to correspond with the Tentacruel family. The male is blue like a king, and the female is pink like a queen.

According to legends that have been passed down to this day, they are Pokémon that were originally inhabitants of an ancient city that sank to the bottom of the sea!
In other words, he is someone who has a close connection with the king of the underwater ruins!
"Sunlight Blade!"

"Please rain!"

The torrential rain replaced the sunny day, and the power of the Sun Blade suddenly weakened. The bombardment of the plump female body failed to defeat her in one blow, even though the ultimate move that should have been extremely effective was now ineffective!
Then, a dark light appeared in her eyes, and the green light on the Aegislash's shield quietly faded away.

“Trait: Cursed Body.” Wanlong exhaled. “Shopkeeper, you’re the real boss, aren’t you? I know that Shielded Sword Monster is the ace, but you’re not planning to beat me with just one, are you?”

"When attacked, the cursed body will immobilize the opponent's attack."

"The Sunblade is blocked, and besides, water power should be able to cause a lot of damage to your Aegislash!"

"The power of water-attribute moves increases significantly in the rain!"

"Let me show you the most powerful move under the rain. As one of the few secret techniques that can be learned, my chubby little one has mastered it in just one month!"

"【Self-Regeneration】! Then use 【Water Spray】!"

Under the rain, it only provides partial cover!
(End of this chapter)