Chapter 691: Why Reward Him?
The next day. Floette arrived early.
She was probably very much looking forward to returning to Azoth with Kazuya. This was her first time bringing a friend home.
However, when she saw Volcanion, with cotton balls stuffed in His nose, was also coming along, Floette's face immediately fell.
Even though they had become friends. A Volcanion allergic to pollen was truly not very likable to Floette.
"Volcanion is worried about me, so He wants to accompany me." Kazuya smiled and patted Floette's head, holding her in his arms.
"I am not worried about you." Volcanion turned His head away, the hardest thing on His body being His mouth.
"Hula." Floette nodded gently, reluctantly agreeing.
The group set off. The Pokémon of the Nebel Plateau were not too worried. It came down to trusting Floette and AZ. Although Kazuya and Volcanion had never met AZ, everyone here had met that man and could be considered friends.
"You're really hard, not as comfortable as my little Amaura." Bang! Bang! Kazuya reached out and patted the lump of iron beneath him.
Because Amaura didn't come, and Kazuya didn't want to ride a horse, his mount was temporarily changed to Volcanion.
"Bastard, be grateful I let you sit. If you're going to be picky, roll off." Volcanion looked displeased. This was the first time in His life acting as a mount. He felt quite uncomfortable inside.
It was only because it was Kazuya. If it were someone ugly or someone He wasn't close enough with, He would immediately let them know what it means to be ruthless.
"How dare you speak to the great King Kirlia like that! Insolent!" Kazuya stepped on Volcanion's head.
Smack! If Pancham had seen this scene. He would definitely cry out: Why reward Him?!
Unfortunately. Volcanion was ultimately not Pancham.
"Get your stinky foot off!" Volcanion cursed and opened His mouth to bite. Kazuya quickly moved his foot away.
"Hula, hula~" Floette sat in Kazuya's arms, laughing non-stop. These two guys together were really too entertaining.
The surrounding Azoth soldiers also couldn't help but look sideways, thinking these two magical beasts were quite interesting.
To put it plainly. Looks matter everywhere. Volcanion looked quite aggressive, giving off an invulnerable vibe, so the soldiers didn't dare to get too close to Him.
On the contrary, Kazuya. Gave off a frail and delicate feeling. And was good-looking too. Like a girl next door.
The soldiers' hostility and wariness towards Kazuya, if not zero, was close to it. A few human soldiers even had a positive impression of him.
Stepping out of the Nebel Plateau for the first time. Kazuya was still somewhat curious about the Kalos region in this Magical Beast Era. His gaze constantly lingered on the surrounding scenery, while also observing the Azoth soldiers around them.
There wasn't really much to see regarding the scenery. Outside the Nebel Plateau was a large ring of the Allearth Forest. Just an ordinary forest. Only extremely vast.
The number of Pokémon living within it was certainly uncountable. For the Azoth Kingdom to be able to protect the Nebel Plateau, such a pure land, within the encirclement of the Allearth Forest was truly incredible.
But through observing this group of human soldiers. Kazuya gradually understood the Azoth Kingdom's method of protection.
It was actually smearing shit on their bodies and surroundings!
That's right. Just shit. Based on Kazuya's observation... That seemed to be Tyrantrum's shit.
Relying on the smell emitted by this shit, and the large number of Azoth soldiers, it really could scare away the vast majority of Pokémon.
Kazuya didn't know where the Azoth soldiers got this shit. But judging from this situation. The impact the Dragon Clan left on this world was still quite profound. Tens of millions of years later. The Tyrantrum clan's shit still had such a deterrent effect. It was truly remarkable.
But even so. The Azoth soldiers remained vigilant along the way. They would also show expressions of fear towards Pokémon that suddenly appeared around them.
Fortunately, they were quite experienced. Avoiding the territories of various powerful Pokémon along the way, they managed to walk out of the Allearth Forest without any real danger.
At the moment they stepped out. "Quite a harvest." Kazuya glanced back at the forest behind him and muttered.
"What harvest?" Volcanion asked curiously.
Having stayed on the Nebel Plateau for a month. He had at least clearly realized. It wasn't that He, as a Pokémon, knew too little. It was that Kazuya, as a Pokémon, knew too much—like a walking encyclopedia of the Pokémon world.
He could always inadvertently learn a lot of knowledge from Kazuya. So Volcanion also often acted like a curious baby, asking Kazuya various questions.
"Everyone on the plateau refuses to fight me. Once I get the Dawn Stone, I can come to this forest to train." Kazuya waved his hand casually and explained, then added, "The places those humans deliberately avoided must be home to some particularly powerful Pokémon, or a particularly large group. I've memorized them all."
"Then you could just ask me. I used to live in that forest, so I know it quite well." Volcanion raised His head proudly. There was finally something Kazuya wasn't too clear about, but He knew very well.
"Wow~ Volcanion is so amazing~" Clap clap. The girl Pokémon on His head clapped her hands, fully satisfying Volcanion's vanity.
However. If a certain woman who loved playing with water and ice were here, she would definitely spit disdainfully and curse Kazuya: Damned green tea bitch.
"By the way, what is a Dawn Stone?" "A special kind of stone that can make me evolve into Gallade." Kazuya raised his hand and looked at his fist. This body. Always gave him a feeling of not being able to release much power. Only as a physical attack-oriented Pokémon could he unleash his full combat strength.
"Gallade? Never heard of it." "You'll know once I evolve." "Oh."
They chatted as they moved forward. Exiting the Allearth Forest. Outside was a boundlessly vast plain.
Seeing this plain couldn't help but remind Kazuya of the grassland from his previous life. But it was just a passing thought. In reality, he knew very well that was impossible.
In his previous life, Regigigas stood on the grassland, so the center of the continent's splintering also started from the grassland where the Dragon Clan was. Perhaps the grassland of the past. Was now just a corner of various regions. It might even have sunk to the bottom of the sea under the wear and tear of long winds, howling gales, and seawater.
"The field of vision is very wide." Seeing a great plain for the first time, Volcanion's eyes couldn't help but light up, and even His steps became much lighter.
"This is a plain, the most suitable place for humans to live." Kazuya nodded gently. There was no place more suitable for infrastructure construction than a plain.
Half an hour passed.
"Hula~" Floette pointed to the human town gradually appearing at the end of their vision.
Seeing that town standing on the plain. Both Kazuya and Volcanion couldn't help but widen their eyes.
The latter was purely seeing it for the first time, shocked by human construction technology. But the former thought a bit more.
Kazuya didn't expect. Azoth's development was actually so advanced.
Perhaps Azoth's scale in the League Era could only be considered a town-level city. But placed three thousand years ago in the Magical Beast Era. It could be said to be one of the largest human settlements in the world. Not much worse than the Dragon Tamer Kingdom's capital and the Earth Kingdom's capital a thousand years ago.
The Azoth Kingdom. This name really wasn't given in vain. It indeed had the strength to back it up.
Approaching all the way. Arriving at the front, Kazuya looked up and assessed the height of the city wall.
Five meters. Three thousand years ago, a city wall of this height was already not low. To build a five-meter-high wall while ensuring safety, for humans who hadn't yet borrowed the power of Pokémon and lacked decent tools, constructing it was quite arduous.
But... Five meters, this was a necessary height. Think about it. A single Luxray is already three meters tall. If even a mere five-meter city wall couldn't be achieved, how could they bluff the Pokémon on this plain?
The "Magical Beast" in Magical Beast Era. Contained not only humans' disgust for Pokémon, but also their fear.
In the Magical Beast Era, Pokémon were generally two to three meters tall or more. To humans. These giant beasts were truly too terrifying.
"There are quite a few Pokémon on this plain, right? With humans being so high-profile, won't it attract attacks from other Pokémon?" Volcanion asked in confusion.
"How many Pokémon do you think would dare to attack such a 'behemoth'? They wouldn't even dare to get close." Kazuya pursed his lips casually, leisurely swinging his little legs.
Honestly. After entering a human town. Kazuya's mood instantly livened up. He couldn't help it. Compared to the ever-changing wilderness environment. This kind of essentially unchanging human town made him feel more familiar and relaxed.
Even though... The citizens inside Azoth didn't really welcome them.
"Look at that magical beast, ordinary arrows probably can't pierce its body. We better stay away." "Why did the soldiers bring magical beasts into the city? Aren't they afraid they'll go berserk? They shouldn't have let them in." "It must be Lady Floette who ordered them brought in. The King won't say anything, he stopped caring about this country a long time ago." "Look, the magical beast holding Lady Floette doesn't look that dangerous." "You're right, it looks like an elf princess, quite pretty. It should be a gentle type of magical beast like Lady Floette."
Similar words flowed into Kazuya's ears. Having sharp five senses wasn't always a good thing sometimes.
However, it surprised Kazuya. As a magical beast, Floette's reputation in the Azoth Kingdom seemed to be quite good. That was also rare.
"Oho~ Elf princess~" Volcanion's teasing voice came from below.
"Tch." Kazuya smacked his lips in displeasure. And stomped his foot on His head.
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