Chapter 596: Pasture Attacked, Dragon Clan Rampages
"Haka!!"
Big Brother!!
A shrill cry broke the peace that had enveloped the Dragon Clan for several months.
Kazuya opened his eyes from a deep slumber, his consciousness feeling somewhat groggy.
He didn't know if his soul was getting old.
Or if daily life had just become too boring.
He seemed to be getting more and more lethargic.
"What's wrong? Did some fools seeking death come knocking?"
Kazuya propped himself up and let out a yawn.
He rubbed his eyes and only then noticed that the Jangmo-o who had run over was covered in wounds.
"Haka, haka!"
Ignoring its own injuries, Jangmo-o hurriedly explained the situation to Kazuya.
The pasture was under attack.
The fences were smashed.
Most of the chickens, ducks, cows, and sheep in the pasture had been killed and snatched away.
Even the Shieldons guarding the pasture were mostly severely injured.
Floette, Bulbasaur, and Goomy, who were stationed at the farm, were currently protecting them.
The Pokémon that usually received the Dragon Clan's protection had also spontaneously come to help protect the Shieldons.
Therefore, there were temporarily no fatalities yet.
Hearing this, Kazuya didn't say another word.
With a flap of his wings, he immediately flew towards the pasture.
Because they were afraid that the Dragon Clan members would scare the livestock so much they wouldn't lay eggs on regular days, the core resting area of the Dragon Clan was a distance away from the pasture.
However, the distance was very short.
At Kazuya's normal speed, it would only take a minute to fly there.
If he used Extreme Speed, it wouldn't even take half a minute.
"Rua!"
Charizard (brother-kun) roared and hurriedly flapped his wings to follow.
With Floette absent.
The two brothers were the only two flying units in the Dragon Clan, naturally possessing the fastest speed.
The Hakamo-o and Rampardos would need three to five minutes to arrive.
The Kommo-o's speed would be a bit faster.
But even he would need two and a half minutes.
When the massive figure of the fire dragon swept across the grassland, countless Pokémon living here looked up to the sky.
They didn't know what had happened.
But they knew some Pokémon were going to be out of luck.
The Dragon Clan's pasture.
This was the Dragon Clan's logistics base, a core location akin to a main artery.
Attacking the Dragon Clan's pasture was no less than crippling half of the Dragon Clan.
Unforgivable.
When Kazuya arrived at the pasture.
He saw the livestock corpses scattered everywhere.
The bloodstained, chaotic pasture.
And his companions retreating to a corner, struggling to defend themselves.
"Roar!!"
Kazuya was instantly furious, letting out a roar to the sky, his golden dragon pupils sweeping across the scene.
The ones who launched this attack weren't a single clan.
But multiple Poison-type Pokémon species, including Skuntank, Drapion, Toxicroak, and Scolipede.
These Pokémon were all unfamiliar faces.
Without a doubt, they had just fled from the swamp.
They had no idea who this pasture belonged to, let alone who governed this land.
But regardless.
That couldn't become a reason for Kazuya to let them off.
"Good, good, good... other than the toads, the rest are all edible. You guys can replace that group of livestock."
Kazuya waved his arms and let out a long howl to the sky.
"Roar——!"
Massive, sharp boulders plummeted from the sky. Just this single move (Rock Tomb/Stone Edge) crushed over a dozen relatively weaker Poison-type Pokémon to death.
Moreover, the landing spots of these giant rocks were quite tricky.
They didn't land seamlessly but with a certain distance between them.
However, this distance perfectly trapped those large Poison-type Pokémon, leaving them with absolutely nowhere to escape.
This place, originally a pasture meant to corral animals.
Had now become a rock pillar cage created by Kazuya to trap these Poison-type Pokémon to death.
"Rua!"
Charizard's voice came from the horizon.
Seeing the miserable state of the pasture, his eyes immediately turned red.
He didn't even need Kazuya's order.
The younger brother dove headfirst into the pasture and began to engulf the entire area in flames.
Kazuya didn't stop him.
Similarly, he wasn't in a hurry to personally enter the fray.
He unhurriedly took a moment, and then unleashed another Rock Tomb.
Another large barrage of stone pillars descended from the sky.
This time, they were slightly offset, wedging perfectly between the previous wave of rock pillars, completely sealing off this wall of rock.
This way.
The flames stirred up by Charizard wouldn't spread outside and ignite other wild grass.
And inside the rock wall, it turned into a massive furnace, literally roasting all the Poison-type Pokémon trapped within.
Of course, Kazuya knew that the Pokémon inside could break the rock pillars.
He could tell with a casual glance.
There were still some slightly more powerful Pokémon.
For example, the Alpha of the four aforementioned species; they were all robust, towering individuals with levels above Lv. 45.
However, when they broke through the rock pillars and came out...
"Haka!!"
A cry full of fighting intent and fury came from behind.
Kazuya turned his head to look.
The Kommo-o indeed arrived first, and about a hundred meters behind him, the figure of the Alpha Rampardos could also be seen.
Crash!
A giant rock pillar was smashed by Drapion.
He squeezed out, his face flushed red, the purple carapace on his body glowing with a red hue and emitting steam.
Toxicroak and Scolipede scrambled to run out.
Toxicroak was the most agile. He pushed off Drapion's back with his foot, flipped over, and leaped towards the grass ahead.
However, before he could land.
A massive golden figure lunged from the side, swatting him over a dozen meters away with a single claw strike, leaving four ferocious bloody trails on his face.
"Croak..."
Toxicroak stabilized his body, turning his head in terror to look at the figure that had landed in front of him.
The precise, golden-grey scales reflected a biting cold light.
Accompanying the Kommo-o's every movement, they let out a metallic clank-clank resonance.
A hint of cowardice revealed itself in Toxicroak's eyes as he searched for an opportunity to escape.
But Kommo-o wasn't about to give him that chance, charging straight ahead and launching a storm of attacks.
Having undergone Kazuya's Fighting-type special training.
Both being Fighting-type Pokémon.
Toxicroak's close-combat dogfighting ability was far inferior to Kommo-o's, and he was beaten into a steady retreat.
In less than two minutes.
There wasn't a single patch of intact skin on Toxicroak from head to toe.
Inside the rock wall.
Skuntank failed to escape, but not because he was slow or weaker than Scolipede.
Rather, he was targeted by the younger brother.
The reason Charizard targeted Skuntank was also very simple.
Among those four Alphas.
Regardless of Skuntank's strength.
His size was the smallest.
Only six meters tall, just half a meter taller than Charizard.
This allowed the younger brother to realize the idea in his head.
Charizard seized the opportunity, grabbed Skuntank from behind, and flew into the sky.
When they reached a height of over a dozen meters, he began spewing rings of fire to envelop himself and Skuntank, and like a falling boulder, they spiraled straight down vertically.
The younger brother was deliberately imitating the move Kazuya used to defeat the Alpha Rampardos back then—Scorch Release: Spiral Flame Seismic Toss Type Zero.
Boom!
When the fireball heavily slammed into the earth from high above.
The tide of flames sweeping out in all directions like ocean waves swallowed countless Poison-type Pokémon, causing many of them to fall into a burned state.
Looking at Skuntank again.
His cervical vertebrae seemed to have been smashed crooked.
Even if he could still stand up, he wouldn't be able to walk steadily.
On the side outside the rock pillars, clinging to the wall.
Scolipede looked left and right, searching for an opportunity to slip away.
Now she finally understood.
They had barged into the territory of another Pokémon clan.
Of course.
That wasn't the crucial point.
The crucial point was that this Pokémon clan was stronger than all their clans combined.
Since that was the case.
There was no need for Scolipede to stick around anymore; preserving her life was the top priority.
Anyway, they were originally fighting their own battles and weren't companions. They were just too hungry and happened to discover this place, so they attacked it together by coincidence.
If Kazuya had arrived even a little later.
These Poison-type Pokémon might have started fighting amongst themselves over the food.
Scolipede's logic wasn't wrong.
But with her 15-meter height, wanting to slip away under everyone's watchful eyes was simply wishful thinking.
Kazuya, flying high in the sky, had noticed her movements long ago.
He just didn't go to intercept Scolipede.
Someone else was going to intercept her.
"Pelu!!"
Thud! Thud!
The Rampardos' fury vented from his throat and continuous, heavy footsteps.
Looking at the arriving Rampardos.
Kazuya couldn't help but grin.
In the entire Dragon Clan, aside from him:
In terms of strength.
Kommo-o is No. 1.
In terms of temper.
Even including Kazuya.
Rampardos is No. 1.
Seeing the pasture, which was tied to the Rampardos' lifeline, destroyed, one could imagine the Rampardos' mood.
Right now.
Even if Kazuya personally spoke up to stop him.
The Rampardos probably wouldn't let this group of Poison-type Pokémon go.
Hearing the commotion, Scolipede subconsciously turned her head.
Bam!
Then she felt a sharp pain in her body, her vision spun, and she was already flying into the sky.
Before she could fully land.
The Rampardos had been waiting at the landing spot for a long time, looking up and glaring at her like a tiger watching its prey.
Scolipede felt her scalp go numb and opened her mouth, intending to blast a Venoshock right into the Rampardos' face.
Right at this moment.
A Dragon Breath came from afar.
The Dragon Breath accurately hit Scolipede's newly opened mouth, brutally forcing all the Dragon-type energy down her throat.
The Alpha Rampardos' biological younger brother, the Intellectual Rampardos, arrived on the scene!
With him around.
Scolipede shouldn't even think about using her petty tricks on the Power-type Rampardos.
As for the final Drapion, Kazuya didn't need to deal with him either.
The powerful ones in the Dragon Clan weren't just Charizard and the others; there were also quite a few powerful Rampardos and Hakamo-o nearby, just not as prominent as the former.
The Hakamo-o didn't like to fight with a numerical advantage.
But the Rampardos weren't so particular.
At this moment, over a dozen Rampardos surrounded Drapion; the opponent couldn't escape even if he grew wings.
And what Kazuya had to do was very simple.
Clean up the small fry.
A simple and easy task.
His gaze swept towards the inside of the rock pillar wall.
Because the battles outside the rock wall were too terrifying and fierce, and the Hakamo-o were blocking the outside, killing anyone who came out.
So at this moment, most of the Poison-type Pokémon were still cowering inside the rock wall, not daring to go out, even though the inside was like a giant furnace.
And this perfectly gave Kazuya the opportunity to wipe them out completely.
It's just that his little brother might have to suffer some friendly fire.
But it didn't matter.
Being a Fire-type move as well.
His brother could tank it.
"Floette, use Petal Blizzard over there!"
Kazuya turned his head to look at Floette, who had been rescued and was currently healing the Shieldons, and pointed towards the inside of the rock wall.
"Flo-ette!"
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