Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 103 Reasons to Fight

In the illusion, the green vine snake wandered aimlessly through the dense forest.

It calmly pondered countermeasures, trying to find a way to escape.

But in a daze, it saw the monarch snake again.

The monarch serpent slowly moved through the forest with its noble body, and suddenly, as if sensing something, it turned its head.

For a moment, their eyes met.

The Green Vine Serpent immediately assumed a fighting stance.

No, that's not right! It shouldn't be here!

The Green Vine Snake quickly recalled the little fox's ability: illusion... it was very good at creating illusions.

Therefore, everything here is an illusion created by the other party to trap him here so that Raven would lose the battle.

The Green Vine Snake keenly noticed this.

It tried to find an exit from this illusion, but after searching for a long time, it still couldn't find one.

In the end, the Green Vine Snake returned to the Monarch Snake, which was as noble and elegant as a monarch.

"Teng Teng..."

The Green Vine Snake pondered calmly.

At that moment, a bold guess suddenly popped into its mind.

Does this mean that to escape the illusion, one must defeat the monarch serpent that has caused it psychological trauma?

With that in mind, the Green Vine Snake immediately made a decision.

Raven is still waiting for it outside; it must get out of here as soon as possible!

The Green Vine Snake crouched down and slid along the ground as it charged toward the Monarch Snake.

But faced with this scene, the Serpent Lord only showed a disdainful and arrogant expression.

It gently opened its mouth, and an energy ball radiating green light condensed in front of it.

"boom!"

The green vine snake was sent flying by that force.

"Teng Teng——"

The pain in its body made the Green Vine Snake grit its teeth, and its gaze toward the Monarch Snake was filled with fighting spirit.

The Serpent Lord's energy ball attack not only failed to repel the Vine Serpent, but instead stirred up its strong sense of pride.

It will definitely not fall so easily!

The green vine snake charged forward again.

However, three seconds later, it was knocked back to the starting point.

The Green Vine Serpent paused for a moment, then launched another attack on the Monarch Serpent.

Once, twice, three times...

The tenacious figure of the Green Vine Serpent kept flashing, and all the content that Raven had taught him in the past flooded his mind at this moment.

Tying grass knots, vine whips, magic leaves—

Finally, after being knocked away for the 382nd time, the Green Vine Snake charged forward once again.

This time, it glided along the ground to avoid the Serpent's energy ball, and then leaped high just before it got close, avoiding the Serpent's vine whip.

Three hundred attempts had made the Green Vine Snake familiar with the Monarch Snake's every move. Before the opponent even raised its hand, the Green Vine Snake could already anticipate its next attack.

"Teng Teng——"

With a roar of all its might, the Green Vine Serpent unleashed a shower of magical leaves that hurtled down on the Monarch Serpent below.

With a loud bang, the Monarch Serpent's massive body crashed to the ground.

The surrounding scenery collapsed rapidly, and the Green Vine Snake landed steadily on the ground. Panting, it looked around and knew it had succeeded.

The illusion is about to collapse!

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“Teacher, we’re going to win! Now you can’t stop Zoroya and me from joining the Knights!” Anna said.

Everything in the illusion occurred within the Green Vine Serpent's mind; a long time passed within it, but to the outside world, less than a minute had passed. "Aren't you afraid of war, Anna?" Raven asked.

“All I know is that if we don’t fight back, we can only watch helplessly as the enemy breaks in. Then we will all die, and our homeland will be destroyed. So, Your Highness Raven, I also want to contribute my strength to you and the territory!”

Anna, recalling the stories her mother had told her about the war, pleaded.

Hearing this, Raven felt somewhat helpless.

If this were in modern times, Anna might become a carefree trainer, traveling the world, just like Ash and his friends.

But in this era... as Anna said, the weak will be attacked, and war doesn't show you any mercy.

Looking at the evolved Zoroark, Raven sighed helplessly and said, "I can feel your determination."

"Teacher, you agreed?!" Anna's eyes lit up instantly.

Just then, the Green Vine Snake's body suddenly moved.

Raven immediately noticed this, and his Green Vine Snake broke free from the illusion created by Zoroark!

"However, the battle is not over yet." Raven changed the subject and ordered, "Magic Leaf!"

Countless magical leaves immediately condensed around the Green Vine Serpent and then bombarded Zoroark.

Although Zorua has evolved, the Pokémon world is not like some RPG games where leveling up restores full health.

Before this, Zoroah had already taken damage from the Vine Whip, Magic Leaf, and Grass Knot attacks from the Green Vine Serpent.

This final, unexpected magical leaf attack left a series of gruesome wounds on Zoroark's body.

And the Zoroark finally couldn't take it anymore and collapsed to the ground.

Anna's eyes widened in disbelief, her little face filled with shock and indignation: "Teacher! You're cheating!!!"

“You’ve made a fatal mistake. Under no circumstances should you underestimate your opponent.” Raven smiled and continued, “Besides, sending children to the battlefield is not something a qualified king should do.”

The Green Vine Snake returned to Raven's side.

"Well done, Green Vine Serpent," Raven praised.

Snivy nodded proudly. It knew its place in the team very well. It was the strongest Pokémon here and should bear all the responsibilities.

However, upon seeing this scene, Anna almost cried.

Damn it! She shouldn't have underestimated her opponent!

However, Anna quickly cheered up.

"Teacher, I will fight no matter what!" she said firmly, "Whether you agree or not!"

Raven: "..."

After a brief moment of contemplation, Raven immediately came up with a solution.

He looked at Anna and said to her, "I'll give you five months. After five months, we'll have another battle. If you can defeat me then, I'll consider letting you join the Knights."

"Five months?" Anna calculated the time and nodded, "It's a deal!"

"of course."

"Zorua and I—no, it should be called Zoroark now—will definitely train hard to defeat you!" Anna said, clenching her fist.

Raven: "..."

Things won't be so easy then.

"I need to find a good balance between handling other matters and training my Pokémon," Raven thought to himself.

Although it was somewhat shameless to rely on a two-on-one strategy, he couldn't really send a ten-year-old girl to the battlefield.

During this period, he has been busy handling various affairs within his territory and has not had much time to train Pokémon.

In contrast, Anna spends all her time following his method to find wild Pokémon to battle.

They were starting from the same point, but now Anna is almost overtaking them.

Raven looked at the two Pokémon beside him and said to them:

"Starting tomorrow, I will take you to experience some real combat training."

Training alone without actual combat is far from enough.

(End of this chapter)