Chapter 590: Dragon vs Snake
The Dragon Clan set off in a massive and mighty formation.
Even the Shieldons, Jangmo-o, and Cranidos were no exception.
It could be said they were taking the whole family along.
This time.
Kazuya also had the idea of letting the young dragons experience some training, accumulate some combat experience, and raise their levels a bit.
The Seviper don't have multiple evolutionary forms.
So.
Many Seviper might look full of power and quite intimidating, but their actual levels aren't high.
The Seviper clan had nearly fifty Seviper.
Among them, at least a dozen or so were small snakes with levels below Lv. 20.
Leaving them for the young dragons to deal with could be said to be just right.
In mid-air.
Kazuya flew leisurely above the main force of the Dragon Clan. Floette sat on his neck, listening to Kazuya's plan.
"That group of snakes is very cunning. Trying to wipe them all out at once might be relatively difficult, but if we don't clean them up completely in one go, we might be disgusted by them later. Floette, you and the Bastiodons must guard the perimeter well and stop them from escaping as much as possible."
"Flo-ette."
Floette nodded solemnly.
As currently one of the only two aerial combat units in the Dragon Clan, she would act as everyone's eyes in the upcoming team battle. She would keep a close watch on the direction of any Seviper attempting to escape and inform the nearest companions.
"I can see them now. I'll go say hi first. Have the Bastiodons and the cubs spread out, and the Rampardos and Hakamo-o charge into their nest at top speed."
A gleam flashed across Kazuya's golden pupils.
He opened his giant mouth, a few sparks churning in his throat.
"Flo-ette."
Floette nodded, hugging her Eternal Flower and descending.
Receiving the command, the dragons immediately sprang into action. The Hakamo-o vaulted onto the backs of the Rampardos, while the latter lowered their heads and charged forward at full speed.
The Bastiodons, leading the young dragons, split into two teams and moved forward in a semi-circle from two directions, preparing to encircle the Seviper before they could react.
The Dragon Clan's target—the Seviper clan.
At this moment, the Seviper were still enjoying a leisurely sunbath.
After eating lunch every day, basking in the sun on the soft grass was extremely cozy.
Especially the Alpha Seviper.
He felt his belly was warm...
Hot...
And there was a burnt smell.
"Sevi!!"
The Alpha Seviper let out a cry of pain and sprang up from the ground like a spring.
His red eyes scanned the area.
Rings of swirling flames rained down from the sky.
The fire ignited the surrounding grassland, forming a triple-layered encirclement of flames.
Even if the Seviper wanted to run, they didn't know where to run.
The fire was fierce and continuously spreading.
The Seviper's space to move was constantly being squeezed.
The continuously rising temperature and the stinging black smoke made them feel excruciating pain, yet the surrounding flames made them too afraid to run outward.
At this moment.
A massive shadow in the sky completely enveloped the Alpha Seviper's body.
The latter looked up towards the sky.
A giant flying dragon descended from the heavens, rubbing a rapidly spinning golden-yellow sphere in his hands, and smashed it towards his head.
Whoosh—!
The sharp screech of constantly compressed air rang out beside the Seviper's ears.
He only felt his scalp go numb and hurriedly rolled to the side.
Bang!
The massive Focus Blast failed to hit the Seviper.
But the aftermath of the explosion kicked up upon hitting the ground directly sent the Seviper flying, crashing into the flames, resulting in another burst of agonizing hissing.
Kazuya didn't even turn his head.
His thick Dragon Tail whipped backward.
The Alpha Seviper struggling in the flames was instantly swatted into mid-air.
Kazuya took a casual glance.
His exaggerated wings flapped forcefully, and invisible blades of air rapidly swept past, slicing the wall of fire in two before cutting into the Seviper's body.
Slash!
Blood spurted, and scales cracked.
The Seviper endured the pain, used the momentum to roll to the side, and ignoring the flames and high temperature on the grass, narrowed its eyes and ran outward as if its life depended on it.
He completely lost the intention to fight Kazuya.
As for the other Seviper.
He didn't care about them at all either.
Saving his own life was the most important thing.
Kazuya wasn't in a hurry to chase; instead, he flapped his wings and took flight, hovering in mid-air to first take a look at this battlefield.
Rampardos and Hakamo-o have a 2x resistance to Fire.
So their fear of the flames was not as great as the Seviper's.
The Rampardos' heads seemed somewhat clumsy when facing the Seviper, but their mouthful of rough teeth came to great use.
And the Hakamo-o fighting the Seviper was purely a professional match.
Their claws and tail scales, sharp as swords and blades, acted like they had built-in armor penetration and guaranteed critical hits when striking the Seviper.
As for the Bastiodons and dragon cubs standing by on the perimeter to prevent the Seviper from escaping.
There wasn't much of a problem either.
With the encirclement of flames, most Seviper simply couldn't run out.
If they didn't dare to wade through the sea of fire to escape like the Alpha Seviper, they could only wait to be surrounded and killed.
Confirming the overall situation was fine.
Kazuya withdrew his gaze, flapped his wings, and swept towards the Seviper that had already run out dozens of meters.
The sharp air blades failed to slice the Seviper in two.
This made Kazuya somewhat disappointed.
Due to the level issue.
His panel stats were not high right now.
If Kazuya were at the same level as the Seviper right now.
Then these few moves would have been enough to kill the Seviper.
However, the outcome of the Seviper clan's annihilation today would not change.
It was merely a matter of taking a few more moves.
Swish!
Kazuya did an Extreme Speed dive.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived behind the Seviper, raised his sharp claws, and slashed down at the Seviper below.
"Sevi?!"
The Seviper sensed something was wrong, turned half his head to look back, and was scared pale.
But with their species' speed.
It was completely impossible to dodge.
Stab!
Kazuya's claws fiercely pierced into the Seviper's body.
He raised his hand and flung the Seviper towards the sky.
"Rua!"
A large, rainbow-colored fireball shot towards the sky.
Boom——
The sound of an explosion rang out.
After the flames dispersed, only a pitch-black creature with a completely unrecognizable appearance fell from the sky.
Thud!
Coincidentally.
At the spot where the Seviper fell, there happened to be a rock lying across. He fell headfirst onto the rock, breaking both his venomous fangs directly, and he himself fainted on the spot.
What a pity.
If the Seviper swapped heads with any of the three Dragon Clans, it was highly likely he wouldn't be the one fainting, but the rock would be smashed to pieces.
Kazuya landed.
Without any hesitation.
He raised his hand and used Slash, decapitating the Alpha Seviper's snake head.
Turning his head to look at the main battlefield.
Kazuya estimated that the situation over there was almost settled as well.
He simply had the dragons disperse.
He himself flew high into the sky, forcefully flapping his wings to whip up bursts of sharp hurricanes, blowing away all the flames on the grassland.
When the flames completely dispersed.
A large wasteland with a diameter of over fifty meters had appeared on this grassland.
Not a blade of grass grew on this wasteland, and even the soil was scorched black.
"Hm?"
Kazuya was not only not sad, but his face even showed joy.
He turned his head to look nearby.
The territory snatched by the Seviper clan was quite good; there was a not-so-small lake right next to it.
In the past, when their Dragon Clan wanted to drink water, they had to run to a nearby river channel, which Kazuya even found a bit troublesome.
Now this was great.
They could completely migrate their territory to this place.
There was a ready-made water source here.
The use of this wasteland was also great; just turning the soil over, it could be used as farmland without needing to laboriously weed it.
Build a pasture next to it.
Everything would be perfectly complete.
"Just right, the Rampardos' food won't be lacking in the near future either."
Kazuya scanned the battlefield.
The corpses of over forty Seviper, pulling any random one out would be an eight-meter-long giant snake, enough for two or three Rampardos to eat a meal.
Moreover.
In the world of wild Pokémon.
You don't eat three meals a day.
One full meal down.
Not eating for two or three days is fine.
The corpses of these over forty Seviper were completely enough to last until the pasture completely took shape.
"Bastiodons stay to clear the area, Rampardos patrol and guard the vicinity, Hakamo-o go back and bring the resources from the original land over. Starting today, we move our base camp here."
Kazuya raised his hand and signaled, and the dragons responded one after another.
Moving the base camp.
Didn't mean the previous territory no longer belonged to them.
It just meant the location for storing herbs, sleeping, and daily activities changed.
Now that the Seviper clan was exterminated.
Once a ring of small black flowers was planted around the perimeter.
This place would be considered their Dragon Clan's territory.
"Flo-ette~"
Floette flew back over and landed on Kazuya's head.
"Mm, expanding the territory is normal. Just have them patrol more often on regular days. Anyway, they're full of energy all day long."
Kazuya took steps towards the nearby lake.
Currently, the three major clans of the Dragon Clan.
Rampardos and Hakamo-o both had that kind of restless personality.
The former 'Bang Bang' crashed into each other at home every day, and the latter sparred with 'Bang' sounds like forging iron.
Even the quieter and steadier Bastiodons would frequently make muffled noises from playing headbutting games with the Rampardos. This made it hard for Kazuya to even sleep peacefully during his afternoon naps.
Now this is great.
The territory expanded.
Let this group of energetic guys patrol a hundred or eighty times a day.
When they come back, they won't have the energy to mess around anymore.
Kazuya walked close to the lake.
Craned his neck to size it up.
This was an irregular, roughly oval-shaped lake.
The longest distance between the two shores was over seventy meters, and the shortest was about forty meters.
Placed in the League Era.
This lake was actually not bad.
But in this Era of Giant Beasts.
Especially in front of Kazuya, this twelve-meter-tall giant beast.
This lake could only even be called a 'pond'.
However.
Although the scale of this place wasn't large, the advantage was that there was a river channel connecting to the large lake east of the grassland.
This could make the water resources of this lake cleaner, and some fish might also appear inside.
Once Kazuya makes a net and cuts off the lake and the river channel, this place can be used to raise fish.
"Not bad."
"Flo-ette?"
"As for you... Oh right."
Kazuya pinched his chin and thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up, "Your clan should have the habit of planting flowers and grass, right?"
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