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Today was the day when they would go to the Bisharp tribe again. It was time for Koffing to have its battle for leadership. But Axel was not thinking about it. All of a sudden, after so many months, he got homesick.
He missed his parents, his mother, his sister, and his little brother Aurther. All these new realms and a new place were exciting, but there was nothing like home. He was also missing his Pokemon.
He knew that the time difference was quite high. His plan was to train his Pokemon here for four years, which would only be a month over there. But he was still worried that his mother might be worrying about him a lot. He had been kidnapped before, so he knew that his mother and father were used to it, but still he wanted to send them a message that he was okay.
He was actually angry with himself that he had missed the first day of his sister's academy. But maybe life had a different plan for him.
"Adler, in four years, all of you should reach pseudo-champion rank at the least. I have high expectations from you.", said Axel.
Adler, the Togekiss, was on the verge of improving its passive move '100 Healing Seals'. Axel knew that when it did, its power would increase a lot.
But upgrading a passive move was not as easy as a regular active move.
"Don't worry, you will be able to do it. Master that passive move to the limit. This will be your core move in the future."
With everything set up, they planned to leave. This time, Axel was taking Togekiss, Koffing, Salamence, Aerodactyl, Swellow, and Primeape.
These were some of the strongest Pokemon in his team right now. He was worried that the four tribes that he had targeted during the hunt would target them on their travel. That was why he wanted to make his journey as soon as possible. So that they would not even be prepared for it.
"Let's go, everyone. Remember, we will take the usual route and we will be fast. Swellow, you will carry Koffing and Aerodactyl, you will carry Garry. Garry, take a different weapon and shield, and not your personal weapon. If we need to make a sun, you will have to drop them."
The plan was in full motion. They had planned to move at night as swiftly as possible. This was obviously done to not make them a live target during the day. Fortunately, there were no ghost-type and dark-type Pokemon around their area.
SWISS… SWISSS. SWIIISSS…
Axel was being carried by Salamence. He didn't want Togekiss to carry anyone cause if there comes a time for battle, he wanted it to be ready. It was the strongest Pokemon in his team right now.
SWISS…. SWISSS….. SWISSS…
The only reason why Axel was taking Swellow, who was just a rare rank Pokemon in this adventure, was due to its reward.
The winning team would get a reward, and since Swellow's team won the competition of the hunt, there were eligible for this reward.
He had expected it to ask some personal things or some resources, but its request was very different from the rest of its team.
It had asked him to train to the limit so that it would reach pseudo-champion rank in 4 years. Now, that was a big ask. It had low potential, and it was just a rare rank Pokemon right now.
But if anyone could do it, it would certainly be Swellow because of its passive move 'Struggle king'.
Surprisingly, the journey was smooth. There were no hiccups. There were some Pokemon that the team saw, but they quickly avoided them. This was a place where Pokémon didn't live in the wild. They lived in tribes. So, during the night, the forest was almost empty.
At early morning, they finally reached Bisharp tribe. They had not rested for even a single moment during that time. All of them were tired, especially Swellow because it was just a rare rank Pokemon and flying for almost 14 hours was quite difficult for it. But it did it.
The guard at the gates already recognized them, and they let them in. Swellow immediately went to sleep, and others also were taking much-needed rest.
"You have come at the right time. Your friend is ready for the challenge.", said the leader Bisharp.
"Thanks and thanks for letting it live here for some time. How was your hunt? Was it good?"
When the leader told the numbers, Axel realized that he had made a good decision by making them allies. Their numbers were far higher than Primeape tribe.
"So, shiny Koffing, are you ready for battle?", asked Axel.
"Koff.. KOFFING!!!"
The shiny Koffing looked more lively and happy than before. It looked like the Bisharp tribe had taken good care of it.
"We will start the battle after two hours. Get ready. Alright?", said Axel, and it agreed.
Axel looked at its stat again and there were not many changes. It had learned a move called 'Substitute' and that was it. Axel could not see the mastery of the move since it was not technically his Pokemon.
Axel started to talk to the leader Bisharp. For some reason, the leader Bisharp seemed to be giving it a lot more importance than before.
Finally, he asked the question that he wanted to.
"You have been a nightmare rank tribe before. Your tribe was about to be the hell rank tribe. Now, I know that you have your secrets and I respect them, but I need a favor from you."
The leader was intrigued and decided to listen to the favor.
"I need a way to send the message to my home world that I am safe and okay. I came here due to an accident. My family doesn't know that I am here. Since your tribe had been a nightmare rank tribe, you must know a way to communicate with other realms, right?"
"Axel, it is not that I don't want to help you. I just can't. First of all, you said that you came here due to an accident. If that is your assumption, then you are wrong. Nobody can cross a realm and come here by accident. So, someone wanted you to be here, and that is why you are here."
"You mean to say that there is someone who wanted me here? Who could it be? Is it Xerneas?"
"Might be, but Xerneas is not the only one that could open the portal to another realm. The leader of the hell rank tribe could also do it. Of course, there are a lot of restrictions and it takes a lot of resources, but it could be done."
This information had shaken Axel to the core. Till now, he had been thinking that it was an accident but now, he knew that it was not the case.
"Now, for your information transfer, as I said before, we were a nightmare rank tribe and we were about to become a hell rank tribe.
A hell rank tribe also has the power to send information to the other realm and during our peak, we could do so."
"So, you mean to say that you cannot do that right now?"
"Yes. There is a device called the teleporter. With it, you can send information to another realm. Our tribe had that device before all hell broke. We had to leave our tribe's area and come here.
Now, that place is abandoned. The battle was so huge and legendary that the place is not suitable for living right now. But that teleporter is still in that place."
This excited Axel a lot.
"So, can't we go there if we want?"
"Currently, we cannot. Our previous place is very far away. This place is under God Nedes. Our place was under a different hell rank tribe, and that hell rank tribe was the one who eliminated us."
"How strong do we have to be to go there safely and return?"
"One must at least be at champion rank, and that is the minimum requirement. Of course, if you have someone who is an expert in hiding their presence, then a pseudo-champion rank might also do.
Also, we will need someone who can protect us from poison because that place is filled with poison."
"So, if I can get someone who is an expert in hiding us and also someone who can protect us from poisons, then you can take us there."
"Yes, that is the gist of it."
"If I did this within two years and help you get there, will you give me some sort of reward?", asked Axel. He was not hoping for anything. It was just a normal question.
But the leader was thinking seriously about it.
"If you do that, then our whole tribe will work under you given that your friend will evolve into Kingambit."
"Huh? Really?"
"Yes."
Axel didn't know why the leader would say such a thing, but he didn't complain. He could tell that the leader could be trusted. Still, it was years away.
They talked for a couple of hours, and now it was time for the battle. Axel and the leader went to the training ground where the battle would be held.
Slowly, both of the Koffing came, getting ready for battle. Axel first saw the status page of his own Koffing.
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Pokemon's name: Koffing
Pokemon Nickname: N/A
Pokemon Rank: Common rank
Pokemon Tying: Poison
Ability: Neutralizing Gas
Hidden ability: Stench
Potential: Brown (Monstrous)
Health: 1500 /1500 Attack: S
Agility: S Defense: S
Sp. Atk: S Sp. Def: S
Moves: Stockpile (E) (Lvl 43), Pain-split (C) (Lvl 25), Toxic (G) (lvl 32), Gunk shot (G) (Lvl 34), Explosion (Lvl 3), Heat wave (E) (Lvl 42), Swallow (E) (Lvl 43), Spit up (E) (Lvl 41), Substitute (G) (Lvl 38), Poison armor (E) (Lvl 42), Toxic spikes (C) (Lvl 22), Venoshock (C) (Lvl 21), Dark pulse (G) (Lvl 35), Shadow ball (G) (Lvl 32), Psybeam (E) (Lvl 42)
Hidden power: Dark (15%)
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It had made a massive improvement in almost everything. It had also been able to upgrade Psybeam to level 42. That was why Axel was not worried about this battle because he was pretty confident that it could win it.
Axel also looked at the move description of the upgraded moves.
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Heat wave (Koffing) (Level 40): Covers a large area and has a higher chance to burn the target. It can stay in the environment for a long time.
Spit up (Koffing) (Level 40): Can use it on other moves too. The conversion ratio is 70% of the total power while using Stockpile.
Swallow (Koffing) (Level 40): The effectiveness of the move has increased. Can heal the user two times while using Stockpile two times.
Poison Armor (Koffing) (Level 40): After the armor has absorbed all the damage that it could, it would be pushed from the user's body at a high speed, which might hit the target.
Stock pile (Koffing) (Level 40): The user can stockpile 3 times, and the speed of the execution has increased.
Psybeam (Koffing) (Level 40): The move can be fired anywhere within 5 meter radius of the user.
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For a common rank Pokemon, upgrading six of its moves to level 40 and above was a huge thing. It had really been trained to its limit. Axel was happy with the progress.
Then he looked at the status page of Shiny Koffing.
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Pokemon's name: Koffing (Shiny)
Pokemon Nickname: NA
Pokemon Rank: Common rank
Pokemon type: Poison
Ability: Neutralizing gas (80%)
Hidden Ability: Stench (83%)
Potential: Brown (Monstrous)
Health: 1500/1500 Attack: S
Agility: S Defense: S
Sp. Atk: S Sp. Def: S
Moves:
Active moves: Explosion, Sludge wave, Venoshock, Endure, Smog, Will-o-Wisp, Protect, Toxic spikes, Rest, Substitute.
Passive move: Poison Bomb
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"Are you both ready to battle?", asked Axel as he acted as a referee for this battle.
"Koff.. "
"KOFFFING!!!"
"Remember, this is not a battle to the death. I will announce the winner if the loser cannot battle anymore. Now, let the battle begin!!"
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