Chapter 598: New Dragons
On the grassland.
Kazuya was already nine months old in this life.
Currently, one-sixth of the land in the northernmost part of this grassland belonged entirely to their Dragon Clan's territory.
However.
The Dragon Clan's encirclement and expulsion of the Poison-type Pokémon hadn't ended yet; this battle was still ongoing.
Moreover.
In reality, this wasn't just the Dragon Clan's battle.
Any Pokémon living in the northern part of the grassland who saw a Poison-type Pokémon clan would come and report it to the Dragon Clan.
It could be said that the northern grassland was covered in the Dragon Clan's informants.
Many Poison-type Pokémon had already been driven back to the swamp by the Dragon Clan.
As for whether they planned to eke out a living in the swamp or migrate to the rocky mountains and snow mountains next door to the swamp, that had nothing to do with Kazuya.
"Goomy has been training very hard recently."
Kazuya took a stroll around the farm and saw Goomy sparring with his companions.
Goomy had been with the Dragon Clan for three months now.
For the first month.
This child almost never actively trained, mainly focusing on making friends and playing, doing whatever made him happy.
He clearly didn't have a personality that liked battling or desired to become stronger.
But for the latter two months.
Goomy's enthusiasm for training was frighteningly strong.
He showed more energy than even the Rampardos and Hakamo-o.
It was unknown whether he was stimulated by the pasture attack previously.
"Flo-ette."
Floette nodded, a look of worry revealing in her eyes.
A Pokémon wouldn't suddenly have a drastic change in personality without any warning.
Once such a thing happened.
It meant he must have encountered something extraordinary.
"Don't worry too much. He won't run into any trouble staying with the Dragon Clan. Perhaps it won't be long before he tells us what happened."
Kazuya opened his mouth and blew a puff of air at Floette.
This breath of air blew Floette so hard she somersaulted in mid-air.
Making her so angry she chased after Kazuya, smacking him with her Eternal Flower.
A moment later.
Kazuya lay on the ground, snoring loudly.
He had accidentally been hit by Floette's Sleep Powder.
Kazuya's mental energy was quite abundant to begin with, and having practiced Psychic abilities for a period in his previous life, he certainly had some resistance to Hypnosis.
But against this kind of Sleep Powder that took effect on a physical level, he was somewhat helpless.
"Flo-ette!"
Floette turned her head away and slowly flew off.
By the time Kazuya woke up again.
He was awakened by his little brother spewing Ember in his face.
"Rua."
Charizard casually explained a sentence, and then flew towards the south.
"Yawn~"
Kazuya yawned, wiped his face, and then also flew into the sky.
Under normal circumstances.
If the Dragon Clan encountered special situations outside, it was left to Charizard and the original clan patriarchs to make their own judgments.
If it really didn't work out, they would go ask the Intellectual Rampardos.
They rarely came to bother Kazuya, letting him concentrate on cultivating or playing with the dragon cubs.
But this time.
Evidently, they had encountered something they couldn't decide on or a Pokémon they couldn't defeat.
It required Kazuya to personally go over and take a look.
About ten minutes passed.
Kazuya arrived at an unowned area south of the Dragon Clan's territory.
This place had only been cleared out by Charizard and the others two weeks ago. It was said to have originally belonged to a domineering Nidoking clan.
However...
For a clan that could only flee in panic from the swamp, no matter how domineering they were, their strength was only so-so.
In the end, they couldn't escape the fate of being driven back to the swamp.
"Why did you bring me here?"
Kazuya followed Charizard down to the ground, scanning the surroundings with a puzzled look.
This place was completely empty.
Even the topsoil had been gnawed by the Nidoking clan, leaving a patch missing here and a bald spot there.
Kazuya didn't even care for this place.
So he didn't include it in their territory.
"Rua."
Charizard waved his hand, signaling Kazuya to follow him.
And the thing that surprised Kazuya soon appeared.
Not far away.
There was actually a tunnel leading underground.
And at a glance, it was obvious it was a tunnel dug out by Pokémon.
"Dug by the Nidoking clan?"
Kazuya wiped some soil from the tunnel entrance, rubbed it in his hands, and muttered to himself.
"Dug not long ago?"
It seemed.
After the Nidoking clan was driven away.
A new Pokémon clan had moved right in.
This was actually nothing.
After all, a territory the Dragon Clan didn't want would just be wasted if left alone; letting other Pokémon clans survive there was fine too.
But if it were only that.
Charizard wouldn't have specially brought him all the way here.
"The clan down here, are they very special?"
Kazuya glanced at his little brother.
For his own biological brother, he certainly gave some special treatment.
Usually, besides teaching practical moves without holding back.
He also stuffed Charizard with quite a few miscellaneous practical skills.
Among them included judging the species and attributes of Pokémon.
For example, when encountering Pokémon that can spray water or have feathers.
Don't burn them with fire.
Switching to Thunder Punch would be better, things like that.
"Rua!"
Charizard nodded and gestured with his hands.
Kazuya couldn't understand what he was gesturing at all.
But he understood what his brother was saying.
There were 'dragons' down there.
It could be Pokémon that looked like dragons.
Or it could be Dragon-type Pokémon.
Anyway, Charizard confirmed there were such Pokémon down there and thought they could be recruited to expand the Dragon Clan's scale and military force.
"Very good, you're starting to learn how to consider things for the clan."
Kazuya smiled and reached out to pat Charizard's head.
Compared to discovering new 'dragons'.
He was more gratified by his brother's growth.
It had to be said.
The core strength of the Dragon Clan, that is, the number of Dragon Clan members.
Was currently stretched somewhat thin.
The main reason was that the Dragon Clan's territory had gotten quite large, and it was still in the process of gradually expanding.
Daily patrols alone were a hassle.
Not to mention if intruders appeared within the territory, dispatching personnel was also an arduous task.
The Bastiodons couldn't run.
The speed of the Rampardos and Hakamo-o wasn't fast either.
The only ones slightly faster were Charizard and the Kommo-o.
If new members joined.
That could relieve everyone's pressure.
"Roar~"
Charizard put his hands on his hips and proudly raised his head.
He actually hadn't thought that much at all.
He just felt that.
Finding these dragons would make his older brother happy, so he hurriedly ran back to tell his older brother.
Just as Charizard was planning to brag about how awesome he was so his older brother would praise him more.
He turned his head only to find his older brother was already pondering how to get into the hole below, completely not intending to listen to him.
Charizard crossed his arms, turned around, and sat heavily on the ground.
Sulking.
Kazuya, on the other hand, had no time to pay attention to him right now. He used his Aura Power to sense and found that beneath this tunnel was a not-so-large underground space.
There were about twenty Aura signatures inside.
The number wasn't large.
On this grassland, it could only be considered a small to medium-sized clan, just slightly more numerous than the initial Rampardos and Hakamo-o clans.
That made sense.
If it weren't so.
This clan down below wouldn't have been living in the further southern areas of the grassland.
As for how they became down and out enough to come pick up this kind of wasteland to live in, he probably had to ask them personally to find out.
And the current problem was.
How to get in.
Or rather.
How to get the clan below to send someone out who could communicate.
The height of this tunnel entrance was only four meters; for Kazuya, it was completely impossible to squeeze in.
Even his little brother would have a hard time squeezing in.
The Pokémon clan living below was quite smart; this way, the safety factor for their survival was much higher.
At this moment.
Kazuya suddenly took two steps back.
He felt an Aura walking towards the tunnel entrance.
Presumably, it heard the commotion transmitted down from outside and planned to come out to see what was going on.
Soon.
A head poked out of the tunnel entrance.
It looked like a Dilophosaurus, and also somewhat like a lizard.
Four eyes met.
Both sides showed completely different emotions. Kazuya's eyes revealed surprise and pleasant astonishment, but the other party's eyes were filled with fear and a hint of hatred, immediately shrinking its head back inside.
This made Kazuya couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, muttering:
"It seems they have some connection to my hometown over there."
The other party's attitude.
Clearly indicated some old grudge with the Charizard clan from the volcano.
Since that was the case.
Wanting to recruit this Cyclizar clan, he had to use some unconventional methods.
That's right.
Living underground was the Cyclizar clan.
Cyclizar is a Normal and Dragon-type mount Pokémon.
Although its outward appearance isn't very domineering or handsome, it is undeniable that the Cyclizar clan is unexpectedly quite popular.
Moreover.
Their base stats are completely different from their ordinary appearance.
They have already surpassed 500.
Their speed is even a staggering 121.
According to Pokédex data, Cyclizar's speed can even reach 120 km/h.
Placed in the real world.
This is simply better than motorcycles and cars; truly deserving the name of a mount Pokémon.
No wonder there are few cars in the Paldea region.
With Cyclizar, which is fast, can fight, and can climb rocks, who needs a car?
In human history.
As early as tens of thousands of years ago.
Traces of humans and Cyclizar living together were discovered.
They are a clan with a friendly and gentle personality, even being social butterflies who act familiar with everyone.
The personality of Cyclizar.
Is actually somewhat influenced by their body structure.
Cyclizar is a clan with relatively low body surface temperatures, yet being Dragon-types, they paradoxically fear the cold.
When not in a running state.
Cyclizar's body temperature will drop, which makes them feel uncomfortable.
So to restore vitality to their bodies.
They are very willing to snuggle with other creatures, especially those friendly creatures with high body temperatures.
It is also because of this reason that Cyclizar lived together with humans in the Paldea region a long time ago.
They needed to use the body heat of humans to warm their backs and resist the unbearable cold.
Like right now.
There is also this layer of reason for the Cyclizar living underground.
The terrain of the grassland allows the Cyclizar to run wildly.
But the nights on the grassland are very cold.
The Cyclizar definitely couldn't bear it.
To ward off the cold, they had to live underground, where it was airtight.
"Mm... Use force first, then courtesy."
Kazuya nodded with his arms crossed over his chest. He had set his sights on the Cyclizar clan and prepared to recruit them.
However.
With the Cyclizar clan's current attitude.
It left him completely unable to communicate with them.
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