Pokémon from Galar

Hearing this, Marie gave Gengar some instructions, then looked at Kyon, who had blocked the attack and returned to his head.

On the other side, although he knew that this attack would definitely fail, he still clicked his tongue in annoyance at the appearance of Gengar, picked up the Poké Ball and used it to recall Tyranitar, which had just finished its move exchange and was watching Greninja and Dragapult battle.

Then it was thrown back towards Gengar.

As expected, Tyranitar needs to distract them; otherwise, given the opponent's abilities, they won't be able to touch a hair on the mission target. Moreover, the battle pace between Dragapult and Greninja is just too fast; they seem like ghosts and ninjas in the jungle, and Tyranitar can't get involved at all.

The burly man looked around and saw that Mega Houndoom and Crobat had gained the upper hand. Once they finished off their opponents and were free to deal with them, Marnie would have nowhere to escape.

She's still just a little girl, so timid. If that jellyfish had intervened then, the outcome would have been very different.

However... if that's really the case, then he wouldn't mind personally teaching this brat a lesson.

As for Mary, she was naturally unaware that her opponent was secretly mocking her cowardice. However, even if she did know, she probably wouldn't care. The inconspicuous Z bracelet on her wrist emitted a faint light. Mary twitched the corner of her mouth, her heart stirred slightly, and Si-chan was the first to unleash her domineering aura.

"Everyone, let's finish this quickly! Kyon!"

"Yay~ (Here I am~)"

As Sis-chan unleashed her power, and sensing the familiar flow of energy, both Balu, who had heard the command and those who hadn't, also unleashed their auras. Meanwhile, Kyon opened his tentacles and swallowed half of Mari's body in one gulp.

"What--?!"

"Holy crap—!!"

Even the two seasoned hunters were completely bewildered by what they were seeing. They could vaguely recognize what the three dazzling golden auras were, but what was this thing that was devouring their trainer?!

The situation instantly reversed. With the explosion of aura and the huge boost without any side effects, Ichigo successfully caught up with the power difference brought about by Mega Evolution, while Suzumi pushed back in one fell swoop.

On the other side, Baloo's speed suddenly increased, disrupting Greninja's rhythm in one fell swoop.

Once the fusion was complete, Marie accelerated and flew directly towards the burly man who had revealed her location earlier by making a sound. That Houndoom was the Pokémon of the person who had been hiding, and she had her eye on his Key Stone.

"Retreat! Damn it—! What kind of monster is that?!"

The burly man called to his two Pokémon, then turned to retreat. Those damn bastards! The intelligence never mentioned the target having this ability! They're monsters!

"Run? It might be a little too late to run now~"

A slight smile appeared on Mary's lips as she swiftly drifted towards the burly man.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the beautiful yet strange body that had merged with the jellyfish and was floating in mid-air. The burly man quickly calmed down, then his heavy body nimbly leaped to the side, swiftly changed direction, and ran towards his Mega Houndoom.

He absolutely cannot outrun that female monster behind him on his own! He must reunite with his Pokémon.

The burly man held his last Pokémon in his hand. Once he joined forces with Houndoom, he could activate Purgatory, delaying the opponent for a moment and burning down this small patch of forest, allowing him to escape from the sky!

As for Greninja, if there's not enough time, we'll have to give up.

asshole!

Those were top-tier starter Pokémon that he had acquired at great expense! He had spent countless resources training them to this point, and the thought of them possibly losing here today made the burly man feel his heart bleed.

Chapter 234 Spoils of War

Marie made a sudden stop to dodge the jet of flame that came from the side, allowing the burly man, who was about to be touched by her tentacles, to successfully reunite with Mega Houndoom.

Unfortunately, this didn't make much sense.

She glanced at Ichigo, who was also chasing after her from behind, and stopped to the side of Mary, maintaining her lightning-fast stance, waiting for Mary's command.

The darkness was brightened considerably by Ichigo's aura, and the wild Pokémon in the vicinity had long since disappeared, avoiding her like the plague.

"I-chan, please let it rain!"

Marie had no intention of wasting time. She had Ichigo activate a small-scale weather effect, while she launched an attack on Mega Houndoom.

"Purgatory!"

The burly man gave the order almost simultaneously, firmly grasping the last Poké Ball in his hand. Houndoom roared to the sky, and a massive flame erupted from him.

The flames didn't spread towards Marie; instead, they enveloped the burly man and Houndoom, then swept towards the top of his head!

Ultimately, it was a lack of proficiency in the techniques. The rain summoned by Ichigo appeared almost simultaneously with the flames, but it couldn't extinguish the intense fire for a moment. Meanwhile, Mari's technique was the last one to be used.

A thick white beam of light flashed and disappeared, piercing into the flames that had become shrouded in mist.

"Well--!"

The muffled groan, which was masked by the fierce flames and rain, was successfully caught by Mary, which surprised her a bit. She should have been aiming at Houndoom, but it seemed that she had hit the burly man instead.

The burly man in the middle of the flames gritted his teeth, glanced at his left arm that had almost been severed, and shoved his wound against the wall of flames beside him.

Sizzle—!

The blood and wounds were instantly charred, but the burly man gritted his teeth against the pain and then gave Mega Houndoom a meaningful look.

"……continue!"

Mega Houndoom dared not be distracted, squeezing out the energy within his body to maintain the flames that destroyed the dense forest above, while the burly man casually tore open his shirt, ignoring the pain, and stuffed his left arm, which was about to fall off, into his clothes to wrap it up. As long as he could escape this time, there was still a possibility that his left arm would recover.

Fortunately, he had the quick thinking to switch positions with Houndoom. The burly man tried to distract himself, his entire body glowing red from the heat emanating from the flames—this was only because Houndoom deliberately controlled the energy radiation. Otherwise, he would have been burned to death by his own Pokémon.

"Roar—! (It worked!)"

"go!"

The burly man let out a low growl, and Houndoom unleashed the remaining flames, sending them surging towards Marnie outside. Meanwhile, the burly man pressed the switch on the Poké Ball in his hand.

"Wow—!"

Huge wings unfurled amidst the still-burning flames. Houndoom and the burly man clung tightly to Pidgeot's feathers, then soared into the sky towards the direction where stars were already faintly visible above!

"Can you get away?"

The Power Gem was fired again, aiming straight for Pidgeot's wing, while Marnie controlled her tentacles to open Chip's Luxury Ball.

"Divine Bird Strike!"

The narrow passage left Pidgeot with no room to hide. Even after changing direction as much as possible, the Power Gem, which was originally aimed at its wings, struck its abdomen squarely, tearing open a large wound.

"唳——!!!"

With a mournful cry, Pidgeot continued its ascent, not daring to hesitate for a moment.

Chirp had been watching from inside the Poké Ball for a long time, itching to make a move, but unfortunately there was no room for him to show off in the forest. So now that he could finally unleash a powerful attack, he was eager to do so.

Without further ado, it spread its wings with all its might and swung them down, unleashing its most powerful energy fluctuation to date, accompanied by the simultaneous activation of its domineering aura, as it faced the rain.

Charging towards the one-way road, the eagle broke free of the forest first, while the burly man, who finally saw the stars in the sky, dared not relax at all, as he could vaguely sense the boiling energy reaction below.

"Houndoom, Flamethrower!"

Mega Houndoom, which was also perched on Pidgeot's back, turned its head to look at the massive figure rushing up below, and opened its mouth wide, unleashing a burst of flames once more.

"Gah—!? (That's it—?)"

Having finally gotten a chance to shine, Chirp roared to encourage himself, bracing himself against the boiling energy that enveloped his entire body, and charged headlong into Pidgeot as if he didn't care about his life!

Marnie, who flew up right after, watched as Chucky, engulfed in flames, struck Pidgeot in mid-air, and her beautiful eyebrows furrowed.

"That guy is acting way too recklessly."

He flew over quickly, his tentacles extending to wrap around the burly man who had fallen from mid-air and Houndoom, who had already exited Mega Evolution. He activated Kyon's ability, rendering the two in his hands powerless, before looking at Chirp, who was still barely flying in mid-air.

"Gah~! (How about that~ wasn't I incredibly cool just now!)"

"..."

The words of reproach that he had prepared were suddenly stuck in his throat. He silently looked at Xiao Qiu, who seemed to be seeking praise, and finally sighed deeply, smiling as he said:

"Very handsome, you did a great job, come back and rest now."

He recalled Chirp, then took a slightly longer route to retrieve the heavily injured Pidgeot that had fallen into the treetop and the Houndoom he was holding, also returning them to the burly man's Poké Ball.

Mary then turned and flew back towards the battlefield.

However, when she returned to her previous location, she found that because of Mismagius's intervention, apart from the tough Tyranitar that was still putting up a fight, all the other Pokémon had been defeated by Palmon and the others and thrown together.

Mary glanced at the badly injured Greninja, the Explosive Rock Monster whose body was ripped to shreds, and the Crobat that was fast asleep and unresponsive.

So he deliberately disengaged from the fusion with Kyon and returned all the fallen Pokémon to their respective Poké Balls.

Yuri was still nervously touching Mary's body, seemingly checking if Mary was injured. Although Mary felt it was unnecessary, seeing Yuri's concerned expression, she let her do as she pleased.

boom--!!

"Hehehe~ (That Tyranitar isn't very good; it went down after only a short while. It wasn't as troublesome as Nie Zi's.)"

As Tyranitar crashed to the ground, Gengar appeared beside Marie in an instant, letting out its usual laughter.

Marnie reluctantly took Tyranitar's Poké Ball from the man lying beside her, walked over to the pseudo-legendary Pokémon, looked down at it for a moment, and, seeing its body covered in new and old wounds, said:

"After all, it's a Tyranitar in the hands of a hunter, so its potential hasn't been fully explored, it's been battled too many times, and its healing hasn't been thorough enough."

"Hehehe~ (Do you want to subdue him? This guy's a bit slow, the success rate should be pretty good.)"

"...How does the League usually deal with these hunters' Pokémon?"

Marie pressed the switch to return Tyranitar to its Poké Ball, then turned to ask the two Ghost-type Pokémon beside her.

"Hmm~ (After healing, those with low aggression will be released to suitable locations, while those with high aggression will be placed in an area to be watched over. Don't worry, unless they are extremely dangerous, they won't be killed.)"

Mary nodded slightly, looked at the Poké Ball in her hand, and said with a smile:

"Then let's find a suitable place to release him. He's spent half his life fighting with hunters, it's time for him to experience the life of a normal Pokémon."

Back at the camp, Mary looked at the burly man who was slumped on the ground, still unconscious, smiled, and then squatted down to touch him.

"Ughh ...

The burly man, already slurring his words and unable to speak, still tried to resist, but he was completely unable to stop Mary's actions. He could only watch helplessly as the girl in front of him took away his trump card, the one that made him famous, from both himself and Houndoom.

Keystone, and Houndoom Mega Stone.

"what is this?"

Yuri looked at the two crystal-clear glass beads in Mary's hand and asked curiously.

"Items for Mega Evolution, spoils of war."

"..."

The dream demon beside her glanced at Mary but didn't say anything. Generally speaking, the spoils of war from such operations are handed over in a unified manner, counted, and then distributed among the individuals.

However, this time it was Marnie who was taking the risk, and the gym leaders felt bad about needing Marnie to act as bait, so Mismagius and Gengar turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.

After all, if the items are handed over and then distributed, and the two gym leaders share them, Marnie might not receive the Mega Stone and Key Stone set as a reward.