Chapter 696: You Really Are a Housewife?
Behind Volcanion.
Kazuya held Floette in one arm and raised his other hand, aiming at the distant tree canopy.
A distorted pink beam shot out.
Immediately, a figure holding a longbow fell from the canopy, unconscious.
This relieved a lot of pressure for the Azoth soldiers.
They weren't afraid of the group in front of them at all, only worried about the archers shooting arrows from the shadows.
Seeing this scene, the people from the Mountain Kingdom and the Boulder Kingdom.
Also realized the problem.
If they continued to let that green and white magical beast attack, their plan would completely collapse!
"Stop that magical beast!"
"That guy looks very fragile, get close and kill her!"
"That's right, that kind of magical beast clearly isn't good at close combat. As long as we can get close, she won't withstand a single blow!"
This group reached a common conclusion—Kazuya was the type of magical beast with very poor close combat ability and a weak physical constitution.
Or rather.
When humans of this era saw a Kirlia, they basically all had the same thought.
For humans of this era.
They basically judged a magical beast's type and style through its appearance and moves.
Most of the time.
This trick was very useful.
For example.
Volcanion looked extremely hard, and He was indeed very hard.
Even if His level wasn't high, trying to cause damage to Him with swords, spears, swords, or clubs was extremely difficult.
And the vast majority of Kirlia also fit the current judgment of this group of people.
The physical constitution of this kind of Pokémon is just poor.
From HP to both defenses to speed, not a single stat is presentable.
Close combat ability is also nearly zero.
If they don't specifically learn the corresponding moves.
Even if a Kirlia reached level 100, they would completely lack physical close combat moves.
Therefore.
Getting close to Kirlia before attacking.
Was the correct approach.
The premise is, being able to get close successfully.
As mentioned before, Teleport is a very simple move for Psychic-type Pokémon.
So wanting to get close to a Psychic-type Pokémon isn't easy.
Moreover, they also know Confusion.
"Eh! What is this!"
An unlucky guy was "grabbed" by Kazuya using Confusion. He found that no matter how he struggled, it was useless.
For a moment, despair wrapped around his heart.
Immediately after, he was "flung" towards a tree trunk beside him by Kazuya.
Bang!
The large tree shook from the impact.
The unlucky guy fainted on the spot.
"Watch out!"
An Azoth soldier's exclamation came.
Kazuya's expression remained unchanged as he raised his leg and swung it backwards.
The slender, long leg, like a green whip, instantly kicked away a human who was approaching.
"Pfft!"
A tooth was spat out along with a mouthful of fresh blood.
Clearly, the force of this kick was not light.
The speed of that whip kick.
No human present could catch it.
And no one noticed that a layer of ice had actually formed on the face of the person who was kicked away.
The Azoth soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.
They immediately gathered around.
Forming three inner and three outer rings of human walls around Kazuya and Floette.
"How is that possible?!"
"Could that guy actually be a close-combat magical beast?"
"The operation failed, run!"
That group of people was quite decisive.
Seeing the plan completely fail, and the opposing team having three magical beasts, they turned and ran without saying a word.
However, they had just turned around.
And saw Volcanion blocking their way from behind.
"Where are you running to?"
Volcanion narrowed His eyes.
He raised both arms, and a large amount of hot water sprayed out.
The group of people was instantly scalded red all over, rolling on the ground, and fainted from the pain in just a few seconds.
A surprise attack concluded at light speed.
The whole process could be described as a false alarm.
Speaking of which.
With Volcanion, a Champion-level Pokémon, present.
This was intrinsically a surprise attack that could never succeed.
Even.
Even without Volcanion.
Kazuya alone could protect Floette.
Not only could he use Teleport to run away with Floette, but he could also simply fly away using the Sea Crown.
It was just that there were over forty Azoth soldiers standing around, and he couldn't just abandon them.
Furthermore, the situation wasn't dangerous enough to warrant running away directly.
So Kazuya had stayed put all along.
After this battle.
In the eyes of the Azoth soldiers looking at Kazuya and Volcanion, there was a bit more fear.
Fear.
There was no gratitude in their eyes.
Only fear from the bottom of their hearts after seeing Kazuya's eerie abilities and Volcanion's terrifying strength.
After this battle.
They profoundly realized a problem.
Even if they all attacked together, they probably wouldn't be a match for these two magical beasts.
They would be easily wiped out.
Next.
The Azoth Kingdom's cavalry squad split off ten people, responsible for taking the surviving enemy soldiers back, while the rest continued executing the mission of escorting Floette.
Even though.
They felt that with Volcanion and Kazuya around.
The mission of guarding Floette no longer had much to do with them.
They could even just pack up and go home directly.
But the problem was.
If something really happened to Floette and they weren't by her side, wouldn't they be the first to die upon returning?
They couldn't bear the consequences.
Moreover.
Floette wasn't just making a one-way trip.
She also needed someone to escort her on the way back.
So they still had to continue escorting Floette to the Nebel Plateau.
"Heh, overestimating their capabilities, it's simply a farce."
Volcanion looked at the group lying on the ground, turning His head in disdain.
"This is no farce. If it weren't for the two of us, Floette might have really been in trouble."
Kazuya's expression was strange at this moment, seemingly enduring something forcibly.
After this matter was over.
He finally remembered.
These attackers came from two kingdoms—Mountain and Boulder.
He hadn't heard of these two kingdoms, but Kazuya had heard of one thing from Cynthia.
Three thousand years ago.
Floette was murdered by the other two countries in the Kalos region during a field battle.
It was also since then.
That AZ completely went berserk, stepping onto a point of no return to destroy Kalos.
This was somewhat different from the records in the diary left by Lysandre in the game, but Kazuya definitely trusted what Cynthia said more.
After all, the history of this world had been altered by him tens of millions of years ago.
Looking at it now.
If Kazuya and Volcanion weren't here.
Floette and the others would definitely advance along the route planned by these two countries, and would certainly fall into the ambush in the end.
Even if an Azoth soldier was sharp.
And noticed something was wrong in advance.
They wouldn't be able to dodge the first wave of "arrows + Molotov cocktails" bombardment, much less stop the subsequent fire from spreading. Sooner or later, they would be trapped and die in that Allearth Forest.
So.
The incident in history that led to Floette's death was highly likely the battle they accidentally stopped today.
"Hula~"
Floette rubbed her little face against Kazuya gratefully.
She was really scared to death just now.
Floette had been AZ's partner since she was a Flabébé, the princess of the Azoth Kingdom. She had never fought a battle growing up, and her level wasn't high either.
So facing the enemy's attack just now, she panicked for a moment, only knowing to hide.
"It's fine... Volcanion, hold her."
Kazuya shook his head, then his face tightened, and he handed Floette in his arms to the lump of iron beside him.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Your complexion looks very bad."
Seeing Kazuya like this, Volcanion suddenly became somewhat panicked.
The Azoth soldiers present noticed this scene.
They stepped back two paces one after another, staring at Kazuya warily.
They could tell now.
You absolutely cannot judge a magical beast by its appearance.
Just like this magical beast in front of them, who looked like a delicate girl next door, actually possessed such eerie abilities!
Capable of killing without leaving a trace!
"I'm going to evolve..."
Kazuya gritted his teeth, his entire body starting to become unbearably hot.
He glanced at his panel.
He had actually leveled up to Lv.28 during the battle just now.
Just as he thought.
His psychic training was too advanced, leading to the evolution standard being lowered, making him face evolution earlier than an ordinary Kirlia.
The feeling of evolving was not pleasant.
Just look at Dawn's Piplup from the original series.
In order to endure his body's evolution, he was in extreme pain every time.
"Evolve?! Don't you need a Dawn Stone to evolve?!"
Volcanion was shocked.
"Hula!"
Floette, on the other hand, showed a look of joy.
For the vast majority of Pokémon, evolution is a good thing.
Because it means stronger combat power and higher survivability.
So almost no Pokémon would reject evolution.
Especially in this Magical Beast Era.
Floette was sincerely happy for Kazuya.
"Kirlia has two evolutionary paths. One is to use a Dawn Stone to evolve into Gallade, the other is..."
Swoosh—!!
Before Kazuya finished speaking, a white light erupted from his body, instantly engulfing his form!
He ultimately couldn't hold it back!
"Hey, hey, what are you going to turn into?"
Volcanion's eyes widened.
He watched as if seeing a ghost as the figure transforming in the white light grew taller and taller.
This size.
Isn't it a bit too big?!
"Hula! Hula!"
Floette clapped excitedly, unable to contain her excitement, as if she were the one evolving.
The surrounding Azoth soldiers were also shocked by this scene, their mouths hanging open, even forgetting their wariness and fear, staring intently at this miraculous scene.
When the light dissipated.
An elegant and tranquil figure stood quietly in place.
Slender legs supported a height of three meters, but concealed by the pure white long dress, that pair of pure white long legs was covered completely.
Under the emerald green hair fringe.
A pair of ruby-like eyes were calm as water.
He looked like a queen who had walked slowly out from the depths of the forest, with a noble and awe-inspiring aura, yet the long dress fluttering in the wind added a touch of unshakeable gentleness to him.
"The other is to evolve as the level increases, into Gardevoir."
Kazuya's voice came.
His tone seemed to have become more 'mature and alluring' due to the evolution.
His complexion right now was gloomy enough to be terrifying.
But unfortunately, Volcanion lacked the ability to read the room. Looking at the Kazuya in front of Him, He blankly muttered, "You really are a housewife?"
Swoosh!
Bang!
A swift whip kick, wrapped in the white dress, struck Volcanion in the face.
This time He couldn't block it in time.
Because He inadvertently witnessed a glimpse of charm under that white dress.
It was a great terror.
Volcanion believed He was going to have nightmares tonight.
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