Chapter 581: Iron Wall Clan
The next day.
When Kazuya woke up, the scorching sun was already high in the sky.
However, he woke up naturally, not awakened by the glaring sunlight.
"Bastio."
A Bastiodon beside Kazuya smiled and said good morning to him.
It had been lying beside Kazuya all along, using its massive body to shield Kazuya from the sun so that the annoying sunlight wouldn't wake him up.
"Thank you."
Kazuya thanked it.
He sat up and looked around.
Floette and Charmeleon were chasing and playing with a few Shieldons on the grass.
Kazuya couldn't help but smile.
In this era.
It was truly not easy to see different species coexisting peacefully.
"Generally speaking, how many days do you need to recover for your injuries to heal?"
Kazuya looked at the injuries on the face of the Bastiodon beside him.
It could only be said to have recovered a little.
But to fully recover, it would take at least three days.
"Bastio."
Bastiodon shook its head.
It couldn't say for sure about this kind of thing.
After all, the injuries suffered each time were of different degrees.
Today it might face a stronger Rampardos, tomorrow it might face a weaker one.
However.
It basically wouldn't take less than three to five days of rest.
If they were attacked again during this period, it would make their injuries even more severe. They could only shrink their territory to avoid encountering the Rampardos as much as possible.
The Bastiodons' territory.
Was plundered bit by bit by the Rampardos just like this.
"I see... I might need your help to test the efficacy of some medicine."
Kazuya looked at the Bastiodon in front of him.
He guessed this Bastiodon should have just evolved not long ago. Its level wasn't high, so it was relatively weak, and its degree of injury was also heavier.
He tested over a dozen plants yesterday.
The taste and effects of two of them were suspected to be the raw materials for future Potions.
They might be able to accelerate the healing of the Bastiodons' wounds.
But Kazuya had no injuries on him.
He couldn't test if it was effective.
He needed a guinea pig.
As for whether it would worsen the Bastiodon's injuries.
This wasn't a problem at all.
He would reduce the dosage of the medicine.
Moreover.
Kazuya's Aura Power also had the effect of healing external wounds.
Currently, his Aura wasn't quite enough. Wanting to heal every Bastiodon was definitely impossible.
But healing just this one beside him was not a problem.
"Bastio."
Bastiodon nodded, not refusing.
This made Kazuya couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
The personality of a Pokémon like Bastiodon is truly great. It's truly a pity they went extinct in the future.
Coming to the pile of herbs collected yesterday evening.
Kazuya picked two and held them in his hand, put them in his mouth to chew them up, then kneaded them into a paste and smeared it on the scars at the corner of the Bastiodon's face.
"Bastio."
Bastiodon blinked and said a word.
"Does it have a slight stinging effect? That's a good thing."
Kazuya nodded, observing quietly.
Producing a stinging pain doesn't necessarily mean it has a negative effect. Some medicinal effects require producing a sensation of pain to show they are working.
Stinging pain.
Is precisely one of the manifestations of medicines like Potions taking effect.
In the original anime, Pokémon sprayed with Potions or Super Potions would all tremble all over, stimulated by the stinging pain.
"Bastio..."
Bastiodon didn't say anything else, lowering its head to nibble on some wild grass.
Seeing that he wouldn't be able to see any effects for a short while, Kazuya started chatting with it:
"About how often do the Rampardos attack?"
"Bastio."
Bastiodon shook its head.
Meaning there was no accurate frequency.
That group of guys.
When they remembered them, they would set off immediately.
There had even been situations where they came once a day, lasting for three to five days.
When they couldn't remember.
They might not be seen for ten days to half a month.
"Are they only targeting us to fight?"
Kazuya asked again.
"Bastio."
Bastiodon shook its head once more.
That group of warmongers would 'take care' of every Pokémon clan bordering their territory.
Some clans would even take the initiative to attack the Rampardos' territory.
Not counting them Bastiodons.
There were probably three other Pokémon clans around the Rampardos' territory.
"Is that so..."
While Kazuya breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes also lit up.
In this situation.
With good luck.
Bastiodons would not only have enough recovery time, but even have time that could be used for training and strengthening their power.
With bad luck...
They could only temporarily cede the land to buy time for recovery.
"Bastio."
At this time, Bastiodon suddenly said something.
Kazuya shifted his gaze to its face.
The scar where the medicine was applied just now had actually already scabbed over!
"It succeeded. The effect of mixing these two medicines is pretty good. Call all the injured clansmen over."
Kazuya reached out and patted its leg.
"Bastio."
Bastiodon looked at Kazuya with sparkling eyes and nodded.
It felt Kazuya was so amazing!
To actually be able to create such a magical thing!
Before long.
The entire Bastiodon clan walked over.
"Floette, help me crush and knead these ointments into balls, and smear them on everyone's wounds."
Kazuya turned his head and said to Floette beside him.
"Flo-ette."
Floette nodded, indicating she understood.
"Roar~"
Charmeleon rushed up and shook his older brother's tail.
The meaning went without saying.
"No, you can't."
Kazuya glanced at Charmeleon's sharp claws.
He didn't think his brother-kun could control his strength well.
What if he accidentally stabbed his claws into someone's wound while applying the medicine.
"Roar."
Charmeleon sat down sadly on the ground.
The flame on his tail weakened by three degrees.
He was never going to pay attention to his older brother again.
"Shiel~"
Shieldon-kun ran over to invite Charmeleon to play a head-butting game.
Charmeleon immediately got excited again and ran off happily following him.
Kazuya watched his back and shook his head helplessly.
Then he looked at the diligent Floette.
Thank goodness he picked up a sensible and diligent sister-kun halfway, otherwise these days probably wouldn't be so easy.
Don't look at the fact that there were only over a dozen wounded.
But the Bastiodons were all four-meter-tall giant beasts.
This bit of herbs was completely not enough for them to use.
So in the afternoon, Kazuya set off again, preparing to gather herbs with Floette.
This time, the Bastiodon patriarch still called two Bastiodons to assist from the side.
Evening.
Kazuya returned home with the collected medicine and prey.
Seeing his older brother return with prey.
Charmeleon immediately came up to greet him with a playful smile, completely forgetting what he was thinking in the afternoon.
He spent another few hours applying medicine to the remaining Bastiodons.
At night.
Kazuya invited the Bastiodon patriarch to patrol the vicinity together.
To escort and protect everyone sleeping.
"Bastio?"
Bastiodon looked at Kazuya curiously.
She could tell Kazuya had something to say to her.
"If this continues, the Bastiodon clan will sooner or later be forced into the swamp area by the Rampardos, and there is no food suitable for you to eat there."
Kazuya voiced out the considerations he had been pondering all day today.
"Bastio."
Bastiodon nodded with a solemn look in her eyes.
But she didn't know what to do either?
"Everyone in the Bastiodon clan must make a change."
Kazuya didn't make things difficult for her to continue thinking.
After all.
Rampardos are stupid.
But the Bastiodon clan isn't much smarter.
Ultimately, they are all Pokémon from the Ancient Era, trapped on this grassland for their entire lives.
They don't have much experience.
Naturally, they wouldn't have any good ideas.
But wasn't Kazuya here.
He had, at any rate, been the last State Preceptor of the Earth Kingdom for over a decade.
"Bastio?"
"The Rampardos dare to come and attack the Bastiodon clan time and time again, simply because they feel we are easy to bully."
Kazuya looked at the Bastiodon patriarch's big head and shook his head with emotion,
"This is also a fact."
Cold sweat flowed down the Bastiodon patriarch's forehead.
She felt they were still quite strong.
"Bastiodons' defense is top-notch, but their offensiveness is practically zero."
Kazuya pointed out the crux of the matter,
"Unable to deal damage to the Rampardos, they naturally won't fear us. They don't even need much recovery time; they can fight today and attack again tomorrow."
"...Bastio."
Bastiodon only felt an itch in her brain, and then nodded.
What Kazuya said made sense!
"Do you understand now?"
"Bastio?"
Understand what?
Kazuya was dumbfounded.
He had already spoken to this extent.
Did Bastiodon still not understand?!
Of course it was to learn offensive moves!
With the brains of the Rampardos and the defense of Bastiodon, learning a few offensive moves would be enough to beat the Rampardos into retreating steadily.
By then.
They wouldn't need to fear the Rampardos' attacks anymore, and could even seize the opportunity to reclaim all the lost land.
Once resources were abundant.
The next step would be reproduction!
Expanding the number of Bastiodons!
Creating an iron wall-like city wall clan on this grassland.
Such a simple logic.
The Bastiodon patriarch couldn't figure this out?
It seemed Rampardos weren't the only ones to die of stupidity; the Bastiodon clan was probably about the same.
Kazuya patiently informed Bastiodon of his ideas.
But what put Bastiodon in a difficult position was...
Who would they learn offensive moves from?
Regarding this.
Kazuya just gave a disdainful smile.
Telling Bastiodon to rest assured and leave it to him.
The next day.
The Bastiodon patriarch gathered all the Bastiodons to this place.
There were only a dozen or so Bastiodons in total.
A very small number.
To the point that Kazuya could grab them one by one to train.
Kazuya had each dragon individually demonstrate their personal abilities and moves, and then conduct one-on-one sparring.
Just during this process.
Kazuya seemed to have discovered something incredible.
So he increased the intensity of the testing.
Even grabbing a few Shieldons to try it out.
Finally reaching an astonishing and pleasant conclusion—the Bastiodon clan, is Steel/Dragon!
A Steel and Dragon attribute configuration!
"So that's how it is. Bastiodon itself is Steel/Dragon. It's just that after being resurrected from fossils in the future, the Dragon type was replaced by the Rock type."
Kazuya pinched his chin and analyzed, unable to hold back the wild joy in his heart.
The Rock/Steel attribute configuration is also okay.
But it can't compare to Steel/Dragon.
Steel/Dragon has a full 10 resistances, only 2 weaknesses, and both are only 2x weaknesses.
While Rock/Steel only has 9 resistances, 3 weaknesses, and two of them are 4x weaknesses.
The gap is obvious.
The Steel/Dragon attribute configuration, paired with Bastiodon's exaggerated dual defenses.
This could turn the [Iron Wall Clan] idea in Kazuya's mind into reality!
Those are still far off.
Not mentioning them for now.
After learning that Bastiodon is a Steel and Dragon attribute combination.
He directly overturned the list of learnable moves in his mind for the fossil-resurrected Bastiodon of the League Era.
What moves the Bastiodon of this era could learn.
That had to be tested to know.
Kazuya prepared to teach 'Dragon Breath' and 'Dragon Tail' first.
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