Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Gallade's mood improved slightly.

Blaziken has always played a mentor-like role in its growth process, both in terms of fighting skills and combat methods.

This is why it didn't choose to evolve into Gardevoir like its parents.

Since its "master" had said so, it stopped worrying about it.

However, compared to her initial position, Gallade is now closer to Tetsuya.

Its superpowers would occasionally surge around its trainer.

Tetsuya shook his head helplessly.

Even for Psychic-type Pokémon, multitasking is not an easy task.

Gallade, who fights while protecting others, is undoubtedly adding unnecessary burdens to herself.

"Left rear, Frozen Fist."

He didn't say much, but instead began to command Gallade in battle.

This made things much easier for Gallade.

Xiao Gang's Golem also defeated its opponents, two elite-level Sandslash Kings.

He looked at Tetsuya: "Let's speed things up."

"Row."

Tetsuya nodded in agreement.

After what just happened, he no longer wanted to train Gallade's independent combat ability.

Therefore, there is no value or meaning in this battle between the group of pangolins and the pangolin king.

"Blazing Chicken".

He let out a soft gasp.

"Down"

The Blaziken, which was connected to Tetsuya's mind, understood his thoughts and immediately enveloped itself in flames.

A red figure moved through the cave passage.

One after another, the sprites took flight and landed.

A moment later, the running Blaziken slowly stopped, and the flames on its body disappeared.

The nearby passageways returned to their initial tranquility.

If you ignore the sand rats and sand slugs scattered all over the ground, then this scene is quite normal.

Under the charged flame attack of the Elite Four-level Blaziken, these ordinary-level Pokémon mixed with a few elite-level Pokémon simply had no chance to fight again.

Even if a few of them have decent stamina, Blaziken can easily finish them off with a kick.

If it were a trainer commanding their Pokémon, they might be able to hold out for a while longer thanks to their coordinated teamwork. But for these chaotic wild Pokémon, it's already a miracle if they don't accidentally hurt their own companions in the chaos of battle.

It's really asking too much of the elves to expect them to overcome the huge gap in strength through cooperation.

With Nine-Tailed Fox by his side, Brock cautiously approached the unconscious wild Pokémon.

Tetsuya did the same thing.

"Did you find anything?"

A few minutes later, Xiaogang raised his head and looked at Tetsuya.

“No.” Tetsuya frowned and shook his head. “These Pokémon are indeed acting more irritably than usual, but Gallade said their emotional fluctuations are normal.”

Furthermore, all the indicators measured by the instruments I have are normal.

To put it simply, contrary to what Xiaogang and Tetsuya just thought, this wasn't the Rockets' doing.

Experiments that essentially use the emotional energy of anger to control spirits will inevitably leave traces.

"That's a bit strange." Xiao Gang squinted and stroked his chin, starting to think.

If Team Rocket didn't do it, then why are the Pokémon underground so violent that they attack anyone they see?

You should know that Pokémon like Sandshrew and Sandslash are quite timid.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be categorized as a mouse-type Pokémon.

They don't like to fight, and even if attacked by their trainers, they will usually choose to dig a hole and escape.

Pangolin is a bit braver, but not impulsive.

The two exchanged a glance, their curiosity growing even stronger.

“Let’s take a closer look,” Zhe suggested without hesitation.

Xiao Gang nodded in agreement.

This strange phenomenon is an irresistible temptation for trainers.

As the two ventured deeper, the attacks from the elven race became increasingly frequent.

A few hours later, around 7 or 8 p.m. outside, the attack frequency and the strength of the elven race reached their peak.

"The giant rock monster is sealed off by rocks;"

Serpent Lord, Grass Blender;

Knight Snail, Iron Wall Defense!

Tetsuya uttered a series of commands.

Including Blaziken and Gallade, who were already outside from the start, he sent out almost all the Pokémon suitable for underground battles.

There was no way around it; the number and strength of the elves in front of them were far greater than before, and they were also much stronger.

With seven near-Elite Four members and dozens of elite Pokémon, along with nearly a hundred ordinary-level Pokémon, if they weren't in a huge rocky cave, the sheer number of them would have left the two of them with nowhere to stand.

Xiao Gang also sent out Sun Rock to protect his safety.

In this area, his Onix also had room to fight.

However, its massive size made Onix a target of concentrated fire the moment it appeared, so he immediately recalled it into its Poké Ball.

Sometimes, being big can be a disadvantage.

Although wild Pokémon have a huge numerical advantage, Tetsuya and Brock have the upper hand on the field.

There's no way around it, Blaziken is just too strong.

The moment it entered the battle, it pulled away five Pokémon at near-Elite Four level.

Moreover, judging from its effortless manner, if Tetsuya hadn't told it to leave two for the Giant Rock Monster and the Serpent Lord to train, it probably would have wanted to take on all seven of them at once.

The remaining elite and ordinary level Pokémon were mostly controlled by Nine-Tails.

Their eyes all revealed an unusual sense of confusion.

For the Nine-Tails, which possesses special abilities, group battles are the least of its fears.

The extra Pokémon became practice targets for Gallade, Escavalier, and Golem.

Everything seemed to be in good order.

"Tsk, I'm getting more and more curious about who's in charge of them."

Tetsuya and Kogo were talking.

If they didn't know the reason for the elves' uprising at the beginning, after so long, they had some guesses.

In this situation, it usually means that something has happened to the dominant Pokémon in the area, so it sends its subordinate Pokémon to drive away the intruders.

It's possible he was injured in a fight with the leader of another territory, or it's possible he's about to have a child.

Either one is an opportunity that neither of them should miss.

After all, the local boss must be a powerful Heavenly King level expert.

Putting aside whether it's necessary to capture them, there are many treasures of Elite Four level Pokémon, so making a fortune from them wouldn't be a problem at all.

As for being a runner-up or a champion, that's impossible.

The League had already discovered the powerful Pokémon beneath Mount Leibo, and the two sides had held friendly negotiations.

The unknown entities in this vicinity are not within the habitat of the powerful elves marked by the League.

Tetsuya and Kogo were both looking forward to it.

Chapter 439 The Powerful Bear Spirit (Edited in one hour)

The battle in the cave was gradually coming to an end.

Because Blaziken won against five opponents, the wild Pokémon showed signs of disarray.

Even before the Knight Snail and other sprites attacked them, they had already begun to scatter in all directions.

The instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm is inherent in every living being, and elves are no exception.

"Down"

Taking deep breaths to relieve its fatigue, Blaziken expressed its helplessness.

Tetsuya rolled his eyes at it.

As Blaziken's trainer, he was perfectly aware of this guy's thoughts.

Blaziken just wants to fight.

Having learned of the powerful, unknown adversary deep within, it was eager to fight it.

As for those five near-Elite Four level Pokémon, they were just a warm-up for Blaziken.

It wouldn't have been so badly damaged if the underground cave hadn't been so small.

After all, Blaziken's speed advantage can only be fully realized in open spaces.

"Monarch Serpent, Grassy Field."

Seeing that the wild Pokémon were either unconscious or running away, Tetsuya had Serperior activate Grassy Terrain to help each of his companions recover their stamina.

While Grassy Terrain's healing effect isn't as good as moves like Healing Wave, it's more stable and long-lasting, and to some extent unaffected by differences in Pokémon levels.

If it were a healing wave, and the user were a near-Elite Four level Pokémon, it would probably take all of its power to barely reduce an Elite Four level Pokémon from a serious injury to a minor one.

On grassy terrain, Serperior only needs to expend about half of its stamina to do this, and it's done in groups.

The trade-off is that the latter is nearly ten times slower than the former.

This can be considered an alternative form of energy conservation in the world of elves.

This is mainly because the two skills have different compositions.

Healing Wave simply uses its own energy to restore the released person, while Grass Field utilizes the power of nature.

For the user, the Serpent Monarch serves primarily to gather and stimulate energy.

The Life Drop is actually similar, somewhere between the Healing Wave and the Grassland Field.

In terms of the nature of energy, Grass-type Pokémon are indeed gentler, and few Pokémon will experience discomfort from them.

Green light shone in the cave, illuminating this small world.

Tetsuya and Kogoro diligently began collecting the spoils of war.

It's a wild Pokémon team that's almost Elite Four member plus a bunch of elite Pokémon, so there's a high probability they're carrying unfinished items.

If you're lucky, you might even get a fully-formed item.

However, it's clear that neither of them had much luck.

Preemptive Claws, Soft Sand, Hard Stones, and Coarse Bones—while the seven pseudo-Elite Four Pokémon of various forms did provide a number of Pokémon items, none of them were fully formed.

This makes their value far less than one might imagine.

The only advantage is that, since the spirits that condensed these unformed items were quite powerful and lived for a considerable period of time, the quality of these unformed items can be considered extremely high.

They are excellent breeding materials for Ground and Rock-type Pokémon.

Tetsuya took two portions of soft sand and two portions of hard stone, and gave the remaining materials, except for the soft sand, one portion of each to Tsuyoshi.