Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 104 Cooperation
The following day, after finishing all the affairs in his territory, Raven immediately took Dratini and Seviper to the wild for practical training.

This time, the opponent he chose for his two Pokémon was the evolved form of Rattata, a Pokémon called Rattata.

The Radamanthys resembles a large rat and usually walks on two legs. Its fur is mainly yellowish-brown, and its most prominent feature is its rapidly growing incisors, which are also the main parts that the Radamanthys uses to attack and forage for food.

Despite his seemingly harmless appearance, Rada's personality is far more ferocious than he appears.

Within a few rounds, several clearly visible wounds appeared on the bodies of Dratini and Snivy.

Lada are appearing in large numbers on this grassland.

As soon as Raven takes down one, the others will swarm in.

Raven methodically directed the two Pokémon to cooperate, but it was clear that Snivy's strong pride made it not think it needed Dratini's intervention.

It glided forward on its own, using vine whips and magical leaves to protect the weaker mini-dragon behind it.

While it was very effective against the Radamanthys, the result was also obvious: it suffered many unnecessary injuries.

Dratini emerged almost unscathed from the onslaught of Viper.

Although they finally managed to repel the Radamanthys, the injuries sustained by the Green Vine Serpent far exceeded Raven's expectations.

Raven: "..."

This is probably the only drawback of the Green Vine Snake?
Young Snivy is alright, just a little arrogant, but once it evolves into Green Snivy, its pride becomes extremely high.

It is well-known in future research circles that newly evolved Snivy needs a considerable amount of time to cooperate with other Pokémon.

Looking at the haughty Green Vine Serpent, Raven said nothing.

Instead, they turned around and found several more powerful wild Pokémon.

They were a herd of wild, frizzy water buffalo living on the grassland. There were about twenty of them, and the leaders were all muscular with shiny coats. Just by looking at them, they gave off a very conspicuous sense of power.

Raven used some special methods to lure three of the afro-haired buffaloes out of the main herd.

Seeing the afro-haired buffalo charging headlong towards them, the Green Vine Snake and the Mini Dragon immediately prepared for battle.

Two vine whips stretched out as the green vine snake tried to block the headbutt attack from the afro-haired buffalo, but the powerful force directly pulled the vine whips away.

"Teng Teng?"

The Green Vine Snake was slightly startled.

But before it could react, two more afro-haired buffaloes followed closely behind.

At this critical moment, with Raven's command, a strong current surged from Dratini's body.

Yellow electricity enveloped the two afro-haired buffalo, paralyzing them almost instantly.

"Don't stand there, Green Vine Snake, tie a knot in the grass!" Raven commanded in a deep voice.

The Green Vine Serpent reacted immediately. It placed one hand on the ground and mobilized the grass-attribute energy within the earth, creating strands of tough green grass intertwined around the feet of the two afro-haired water buffalo.

Just as the afro-haired buffalo was recovering from its paralysis and was about to charge again, it was tripped and fell to the ground the next second.

Their massive bodies crashed heavily to the ground, and expressions of pain appeared on their faces.

As expected, with the cooperation of the two Pokémon and Raven's command, the three wild, afro-haired buffaloes were quickly rendered unable to fight.

Raven first treated the three afro-haired buffalo, then gave them some berries as compensation, and finally watched them run away before turning around to look at his two Pokémon.

"Green Vine Snake, can you sense it?"

Raven asked as he fed the medicine to the two Pokémon.

Snivy was slightly taken aback: "Snivy?" "Do you know what would have happened if Dratini hadn't used its electromagnetic waves to help you control those two afro-haired buffalo in that battle just now?"

Upon hearing this, the Green Vine Snake fell silent.

With the sheer power of a buffalo with an afro, if it were to crash into it, it would probably be sent flying immediately.

Seeing the Green Vine Serpent's expression, Raven was worried it might overthink things. He carefully organized his thoughts before slowly saying:
"What I really want to say is that you don't need to take all the responsibility on yourself. Maybe you've always lived alone before you met me, so you're used to going it alone."

"But now you are no longer alone. You have me and the Mini Dragon. We are all your partners and teammates, and you could even say we are your closest family."

“I know you think that Dratini is weak and not as strong as you, so you naturally protect it behind you and face the enemy alone.”

The miniature dragon beside it also stared at the blue vine snake with its wet eyes.

"Woo~"

"Teng Teng..."

"But, Snake, this can't go on forever. The power of one Pokémon is far less than that of two Pokémon."

"So, could you please trust us a little more?"

The Green Vine Snake stared blankly at Raven.

After a long while, it turned away.

"Teng Teng."

Seeing this, Raven knew that the Green Vine Snake had agreed.

It will slowly try to cooperate with the dwarf dragon.

"Alright, let's get back to training!"

In the following training sessions, Raven discovered that the Green Vine Serpent had indeed begun to try to make changes.

It no longer fights alone, but instead works in conjunction with the Dratini to attack.

Although Dratini is still very weak, its electromagnetic wave and tail are two very good control skills.

After a day of grueling training, both little ones have grown a lot.

After dinner, Raven took them, along with the Burning Bugs and the Foam Squirrels, to the forest hot spring for a bath.

Many wild Pokémon still gather here. Although they are of different species, they seem to have reached some kind of consensus when they come to this forest hot spring, only bathing and not attacking each other.

The steaming hot spring water continuously emitted mist, and wisps of smoke rose from the distant territory.

The Dratini swam leisurely on the surface of the water, while the Slug closed its eyes, quietly enjoying the peaceful moment.

The warm hot spring water helped relieve their fatigue.

The burning worm doesn't like water. It stays obediently on the rocks on the shore, dozing off, because water would wet its fur.

In contrast, the foam squirrels had far fewer concerns. They jumped into the hot spring like dumplings being dropped into a pot, thoroughly cleaning their fluffy tails with the water.

Anyway, Raven will dry them off afterward!

Raven closed his eyes to rest, quietly enjoying a rare moment of relaxation with his Pokémon.

He wasn't worried about encountering danger because there were also members of the Knights patrolling nearby.

(End of this chapter)