Chapter 586: Grand Ambition
"I have a question to ask you guys."
Kazuya turned his head to look at the Bastiodons and Hakamo-o.
He had an idea in his mind.
But whether this idea could work must take into account the opinions of the Bastiodons and Hakamo-o.
"Bastio?"
"Haka?"
"If I plan to subjugate the Rampardos clan, would you mind living together with them?"
Kazuya looked down at the dragons below the rock.
The Rampardos clan didn't have much brains.
It would be quite easy to subjugate them.
Just beat them into submission.
Moreover.
Kazuya believed the Rampardos would be very happy to make friends with the Bastiodons and Hakamo-o.
More accurately speaking.
The Rampardos clan.
Likes to make friends with Pokémon that have hard heads.
Why do the Rampardos chase the Bastiodons and Hakamo-o to fight every day?
Isn't it just because their heads are hard, allowing the Rampardos to fiercely ram them?
To the Rampardos, they are equivalent to tool dragons like 'teething sticks'.
Kazuya wanted to subjugate the Rampardos clan to strengthen the power of this alliance.
Relying on the combat power and speed of the Rampardos and Hakamo-o.
Whether it was the Seviper.
Or whatever other clans came from the swamp later.
They would no longer be a problem.
Even Kazuya could lead this three-clan alliance to expand towards the center of the grassland.
Absorb other clans.
Strengthen their power.
Expand their territory.
Establish a defense line.
Plant crops and raise livestock.
Achieve self-sufficiency in food, and then this grassland could become a peaceful zone.
That way, Kazuya himself wouldn't have to worry about needing to hunt a large number of Pokémon to satisfy his hunger after becoming an Alpha or Overlord.
However.
If this grand ambition was to have an easier start.
It depended on whether the Bastiodons and Hakamo-o, who had been repeatedly harassed, were willing to accept the Rampardos joining.
If they were not willing.
Then Kazuya could only wipe out the Rampardos or drive them away.
Charmeleon could also eat the corpses on the ground.
If they were willing to accept them.
Then the Rampardos corpses on the ground could not be eaten.
Those were the clansmen of future companions.
"Bastio?"
The Bastiodon patriarch's eyes showed hesitation.
She turned her head to look at the other Bastiodons and Shieldons.
Their clan had a gentle disposition.
But they didn't have much of their own opinions.
For this kind of thing, they couldn't even make a decision.
"Haka."
The Hakamo-o's answer, however, was very quick.
They didn't mind the Rampardos joining.
Even if the Rampardos had killed their clansmen in the past, they wouldn't resent the Rampardos.
Because the Rampardos didn't use conspiracies and tricks to kill the Hakamo-o, but defeated them fairly and squarely in duels.
Losing to a strong opponent in that kind of battle.
For the Hakamo-o, was neither a disgrace nor unacceptable; on the contrary, it was seen as an honor.
Moreover.
Perhaps because the Hakamo-o were covered in hard, mouth-pricking iron scales.
After killing the Hakamo-o, the Rampardos didn't eat them.
This point was very important.
In the eyes of the Hakamo-o, this was the Rampardos respecting their opponents.
Although the Rampardos might not have thought that much about it.
So.
They did not reject the Rampardos joining.
Having more powerful Pokémon willing to become companions was something worth rejoicing over for the Hakamo-o clan.
That meant the intensity of their daily sparring could be raised.
Kazuya nodded, then turned his head to look at the Bastiodons:
"You all can go discuss it."
He felt the problem wasn't big.
Compared to the Hakamo-o clan losing companions.
The Bastiodons had only lost some land.
The Rampardos had never been able to take a single soldier from the Bastiodons.
It was as if...
The Rampardos never intended to kill the Bastiodons at all.
They just simply came over to find a place for them to ram against.
After all, on this grassland, other than Bastiodon and Hakamo-o, there was nothing else for them to ram.
If their skulls didn't ram something after a long time, they would itch.
And about a few minutes later.
Under the frequent urging of the gluttonous Charmeleon.
The Bastiodons finally gave an answer he didn't want—they were willing to accept the Rampardos clan.
"Roar!"
Bang.
Charmeleon lay weakly on the ground.
He looked blankly at the sky, only feeling that his mouth was tasteless today.
"Good, since that's the case, in a few days, we will take down the Alpha Rampardos, and then absorb the Rampardos clan."
Kazuya stood up and nodded gratifyingly.
Since that's the case.
Then the implementation of his grand ambition to dominate the grassland would have no problems.
Right now.
His most important thing was to quickly level up.
When he evolved into a Charizard.
His strength would usher in a qualitative leap.
Flying plus Extreme Speed.
The speed of this combination would definitely be faster than the Sea Crown plus Extreme Speed.
When the time comes.
He only needed to openly and fairly defeat the Alpha Rampardos.
Then he could rely on powerful force to absorb the Rampardos clan.
Next would be to reason with them and move them with emotion.
Use his dragon personality to gain the sincere respect and following of the Rampardos.
"By the way, Hakamo-o, please send the Rampardos corpses back. Let them figure out how to deal with them themselves. Just let them know we didn't eat their clansmen."
Kazuya raised his hand and gave the order.
Immediately, four Hakamo-o took on this task.
Unknowingly.
Kazuya already had a significant voice in this alliance.
He was the only member who could command both the Bastiodons and the Hakamo-o.
"Phew... I need to train. Floette, help me keep an eye on the west."
"Flo-ette."
Floette nodded.
She was simply like Kazuya's secretary. Many tasks.
Kazuya was more willing to hand over to Floette, especially those relatively meticulous tasks.
He trusted her very much.
Eyes closed.
Eyes opened.
In a flash, another month passed.
Kazuya had already been in this era for more than two months.
Over this past month.
The Rampardos had launched attacks two more times, and each time they returned in a great defeat, their spirit severely crushed.
When the Rampardos left the second time.
Their heads were lowered like a mistress caught cheating, too ashamed to face their elders.
Obviously, they were severely struck.
And for a full two weeks since then, the Rampardos hadn't shown their faces in Kazuya's territory again.
Even when Kazuya expanded the territory outward by two rings.
He didn't see any movement from the Rampardos.
Presumably, they were truly beaten into submission.
This was not an easy thing to do.
On the other side, the Seviper clan.
Since their last unsuccessful night ambush, where they were sprayed with Dragon Breath instead.
The Seviper clan gave up their ideas on these formidable enemies.
Now, the Seviper clan should be dealing with those weak Pokémon clans around them.
Kazuya temporarily had no mind to deal with them either.
If there were any other changes.
More and more Poison-type Pokémon were running over from the swamp.
However, most of them were still individuals.
Clans migrating as a whole like the Seviper were ultimately fewer.
This was also normal.
After all, not all Poison-type Pokémon were like Seviper, where living on the grassland and living in the swamp made no difference.
For some Poison-type Pokémon.
If they left those poisonous flowers and weeds of the swamp, and that environment completely covered in poisonous mist, they would very likely not be able to survive.
Back to himself.
Thanks to the Rampardos.
Kazuya was finally about to evolve.
On the grassland.
"Go all out, don't worry about hurting me."
Kazuya looked at the Hakamo-o patriarch opposite him, raising a hand and waving.
He was already Lv. 36.
But the expected evolution had not arrived.
It might be that the accumulation of some kind of energy in his body was not enough, and he still had to raise his level a bit.
But Kazuya figured it was about time.
His body temperature had been rising frequently recently.
That was a sign of impending evolution.
Raising it one more level, presumably, he could smoothly evolve.
Regarding the reason why he failed to smoothly evolve at Lv. 36, Kazuya also had two guesses:
One is.
The Charmeleon of the Ancient Era.
Had a higher energy requirement for evolution, which could basically also be understood as having a higher level requirement for evolution.
The other.
Is that Kazuya and Charmeleon had too miserable of an infancy period.
They hadn't eaten anything decent.
The nutrition they lacked when they were young reflected on their current evolution, requiring them to accumulate a bit more than other Charmeleons before they could make up for the past deficiency.
"Haka!"
Hakamo-o let out a low roar.
His sharp claws swung towards Kazuya's chin from the bottom up.
That sound of breaking the air seemed like it wanted to take Kazuya's chin completely off.
Kazuya tilted his head back.
Taking advantage of the momentum, he raised his leg and whipped it, parrying it away with a horizontal kick.
Smack!
The hard iron scales on Hakamo-o's body let out a crisp sound.
This kind of damage was completely harmless to him, so he directly tanked it.
Immediately followed by a quick crouch.
A Headbutt directly hit Kazuya's abdomen, knocking him back several meters.
"Ugh... Not bad, you've improved very fast."
Kazuya grinned and clutched his stomach.
His nerves reacted.
But his body couldn't react in time.
Speed was not Charmeleon's advantage, and Kazuya temporarily had no time to spend extra effort training it.
When he evolved into a Charizard.
His speed would be drastically improved.
At that time, while Kazuya re-adapted to flying combat, he could intentionally hone his speed.
"Haka."
Hakamo-o nodded gratefully, then quickly charged up.
Back then, he didn't have such a fast reaction speed, nor such skilled combat techniques. He didn't know when to tank a hit, and when he should dodge.
All these were taught to him by Kazuya.
Even though Kazuya's level was lower.
But his experience in combat made the entire Hakamo-o clan fall short.
Everyone in their hearts treated Kazuya as a master.
Bang!
Two Dragon Claws clashed.
Kazuya's face immediately became extremely ferocious, the base of his claws split open, and his entire palm was bleeding.
He could have dodged that move just now.
But he didn't dodge.
Over his six lives, he had evolved more than ten times.
He knew what he lacked to evolve.
He lacked a sufficiently intense stimulation.
This kind of stimulation could cause the life energy in his body to briefly surge, thereby helping him break through the threshold and achieve evolution.
Just like right now.
Pain is a very good stimulation.
Especially the pain of an upturned fingernail, that was something only someone who had personally experienced it could understand.
The fingers are connected to the heart.
That wasn't just a casual saying.
Buzz——
The dazzling light of evolution abruptly lit up on the grassland.
All the gazes present unanimously looked towards the direction Kazuya was!
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