Chapter 589: Expel Them All
Early morning.
"Flo-ette, flo-ette~"
Kazuya gradually woke up amidst Floette's singing.
Ever since he made Floette understand what 'singing' meant a few days ago.
This child would often study various melodies on her own, and frequently pester Kazuya to hum for her.
Although Kazuya had forgotten the lyrics to many songs, he still remembered the basic melodies, so he hummed many songs for Floette.
For example, there was one called [Binks's Brew].
Kazuya remembered it very clearly.
He had learned it from Tom and Corphish back then.
During the ten years Kazuya and the big cat stayed in Ever Grande City, this was the song they sang the most.
"Yawn~"
Kazuya sat up and stretched.
The Dragon Clan had just been established.
For the past few days, Kazuya hadn't assigned any work to the clan members.
After all.
The three clans had just allied.
Especially the Rampardos clan in the past, who had somewhat of a grudge with the other two clans.
So Kazuya planned to give them some time to allow the Rampardos to integrate into the clan.
The results were actually quite good.
The Rampardos, who loved headbutting and fighting, could be said to have won the hearts of the Bastiodons and Hakamo-o.
The former liked headbutting, while the latter liked fighting.
The Rampardos could satisfy the preferences of both other clans.
Moreover.
Their number of Rampardos was exactly equivalent to the combined number of Bastiodons and Hakamo-o; no one would be left out.
After a few days.
They had even become good brothers who hugged each other to sleep in the middle of the night.
Especially the former Alpha Rampardos.
After finding out his size had shrunk.
He was as happy as an idiot, wandering around the clan every day with a strut that ignored everyone.
He also particularly liked seeking out the Bastiodon patriarch and the Hakamo-o patriarch.
The reasons went without saying.
Currently.
Everyone really liked the present living atmosphere.
They could happily headbutt and fight every day without facing the danger of death.
If they got injured, they had herbs prepared by the big brothers and sisters to treat them, without worrying about too much pain or taking too long to recover.
Beautiful.
This beauty.
Is what every member of the Dragon Clan wants to maintain.
However.
As the saying goes, you don't know the cost of daily necessities until you run a household.
Other than Kazuya himself.
No one knew what he was worrying about right now.
"Food..."
Kazuya pursed his lips and muttered.
For herbivorous Pokémon like Bastiodon, and omnivorous Pokémon leaning towards herbivory like Hakamo-o.
On this grassland, there is absolutely no need to worry about food.
Just by gnawing on the wild grass and berries seen everywhere on this grassland, it's enough to sustain their lives.
Moreover.
The growth speed of these wild grasses and berries is extremely fast, and their momentum is fierce.
A bare patch of grass.
Can grow back to over a meter high in less than three days.
And even if Bastiodons don't eat for three days, they won't starve to death.
So.
Not only do the Bastiodons and Hakamo-o have no need to worry about food.
There is similarly no need to worry about this grassland being eaten into a desert.
What Kazuya is worried about is his and his brother's food problem.
As well as the Rampardos'.
They are all omnivorous Pokémon leaning towards carnivory.
Eating berries to satisfy hunger for three to five days is completely fine.
But eating berries for three to five months, what would happen is hard to say.
With good luck.
It might just be malnutrition.
With bad luck.
A decline in overall strength is completely possible.
"Must start preparing, animal husbandry."
Kazuya wiped his mouth and stood up.
He jumped down from his exclusive throne—the large rock, and then called all the Jangmo-o and Hakamo-o over.
To achieve food freedom in this Ancient Era.
Animal husbandry is the only way.
Kazuya didn't want to hunt Pokémon to satisfy hunger.
But he had no pity for those ordinary animals.
Perhaps.
Under the Dragon Clan's captivity, their survival time could be several times longer than their survival time living in the wild on their own.
"Haka?"
The Hakamo-o were somewhat confused.
They didn't know what the king intended for them to do, and why he didn't call the other two clans.
"I need you to catch some nearby animals and bring them over."
Kazuya didn't call the other two clans together, naturally having his considerations.
The physiques of the Bastiodons and Rampardos were too large and conspicuous; just showing their heads would alert the prey.
Furthermore.
The speed of the Rampardos and Bastiodons was a major shortcoming.
Calling them snails is truly an exaggeration.
But catching an animal like a wild hare or vole on this grassland is basically something they can only dream about.
When those animals run at full speed, they are almost not inferior to some Pokémon using Quick Attack.
For these two clumsy species, the Bastiodons and Rampardos.
It's impossible to catch them.
So.
If Kazuya didn't handle this matter personally.
Then he could only entrust it to the Hakamo-o.
The Hakamo-o's speed actually wasn't fast either, but mainly there was no one else available.
Picking the tallest among the short.
Only the Hakamo-o could shoulder this important task.
"Haka?"
The Hakamo-o couldn't understand the intention behind Kazuya doing this.
But they didn't hesitate.
Instead, they immediately turned around and led the other Hakamo-o into action.
Whether they understood or not wasn't important.
Anyway, the boss would definitely make everyone's life better!
At this.
Kazuya nodded gratifyingly.
The three patriarchs all had some flaws.
But the Hakamo-o patriarch's flaws had the smallest impact in daily life.
Only when it came to battle would his flaws be magnified.
Evening.
The Dragon Clan sang the song of bidding farewell to today as usual—The Chant of the Ancient Dragon.
The Hakamo-o who went out to catch animals returned amidst the singing.
However, they didn't bring back good news.
"Haka..."
A Hakamo-o threw a lively, plump hare onto the ground.
This was the first prey they had caught.
Even.
It was the only prey they had seen today.
"Can't find any? How could that be? I remember there were quite a lot of animals on this grassland..."
Kazuya raised his hand and scratched his head in confusion.
Suddenly.
A flash of light crossed Kazuya's mind.
His gaze turned to look towards the west.
Speaking of which.
These days the Seviper hadn't come to provoke them.
But Kazuya didn't quite believe this group of Pokémon could settle down.
Then.
Where did they go?
And what did they do?
Kazuya looked at the dozen or so Hakamo-o returning in defeat, only bringing back a single wild hare.
He roughly had a guess in his heart.
These damn snakes, couldn't have wiped out all the animals on the northern grassland, could they?
Kazuya squeezed his fists.
With a flap of his wings, he shot up into the sky, flying towards the west.
Facing a group of snakes that couldn't fly.
Kazuya was completely fearless, preparing to go over single-handedly to take a look, to see what this group of Seviper had been doing these past few days.
Just while flying in the air towards the west.
Kazuya happened to see a Seviper crossing the black flower border, intruding into their Dragon Clan's territory.
That Seviper, within the encirclement of the black flowers, opened its large mouth towards a shivering sheep-like creature.
"Tch, damn it."
Kazuya cursed, diving down towards the ground.
That momentum.
Was simply like a version of Dragon Rush without special effects.
This Seviper broke the rule the Dragon Clan had just established.
If he didn't teach it a lesson.
Wouldn't the rule he established as the boss of the Dragon Clan be like a fart?
Moreover.
Floette would also be in a bad mood because of this.
For example, if the black flowers were trampled on or something.
Below.
"Sevi!"
The Seviper looked at the lamb in front of it, excitedly opening its large mouth, ready to swallow this tempting delicacy all by itself.
Right at this moment.
An orange-red figure delivered a palm strike descending from the sky, slicing the Seviper into two halves with one claw.
The sudden brutal attack put the Seviper in agonizing pain.
But even with its body instantly severed into two.
The Seviper didn't die immediately.
Instead, it constantly hissed and writhed its two severed body parts.
The upper half with the head even struggled to stretch its neck and its purplish-red highly toxic fangs, intending to bite towards Kazuya.
"Roar!!"
Kazuya blasted it with a Flamethrower.
The Seviper instantly turned into a roasted snake overflowing with a charred smell.
Kazuya was certain.
His brother would absolutely love eating this.
However.
This time Kazuya didn't plan to take this Seviper back.
Instead, he grabbed the roasted body of the Seviper, tossed it directly into his mouth, and chewed.
Mm.
The texture wasn't like spicy strips.
Instead, it was somewhat like roasted squid tentacles.
The taste wasn't bad.
"Seviper..."
Kazuya turned his head and glanced at the little sheep that didn't even dare to breathe loudly, then his head glanced towards the west, a ferocious look revealing in his eyes:
"Must expel all of them, leaving not a single one behind!"
The Dragon Clan of today.
Is not something a group of stray dogs fleeing from the swamp can mess with.
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