Chapter 45: Forest Hot Spring
Lei Wen had some impressions of Victini.
When the original owner was young, they often played hide-and-seek with Victini in the Castle of the Sword of the Earth.
When they set off for the fiefdom, Victini specifically came to see them off.
Lei Wen quietly pondered the matters of the Unova Region.
To be honest, he was very panicked.
From the current perspective, this war in the Unova Region was unavoidable.
He did not want to entrust his own safety to others, nor did he want to see the territory he had painstakingly built destroyed by war.
But with their current strength, they could not intervene in this war at all…
Lei Wen closed his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.
“It’s still not enough people…”
If the territory had enough people, he could slowly develop an entire army of Trainers to protect the territory.
And the third god of the Unova Region, Kyurem, who was formed from the body of the Divine Dragon.
If Lei Wen remembered correctly, Kyurem’s location was in the Giant Cave near Violet City.
If he could capture Kyurem, or gain its approval, then they would possess the strength to contend with Zekrom and Reshiram.
But they were currently trapped in this place by Blizzard, and coupled with his weakness, gaining Kyurem’s approval would be as difficult as climbing the heavens.
“Regarding this matter, I’m afraid it will take a slow and steady approach.”
Lei Wen looked at the heavy snow falling outside the window and murmured to himself.
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Around the territory, under the leadership of Ryan, the Knights were as usual, divided into two groups to patrol the outskirts of the territory in turns, thereby protecting the territory’s safety.
After several encounters with monsters these days, Ryan’s impression of monsters had changed greatly.
Both Lord Lei Wen and little Anna were proving that monsters could peacefully coexist with humans.
More importantly, humans could also command monsters to battle.
Everyone knew how powerful monsters were.
If such monsters could cooperate with humans and obey human commands…
A fanatical expression appeared in Ryan’s eyes.
He had repeatedly seen little Anna commanding the little monster named Zorua to use its power.
How wonderful it would be if he also had such an obedient monster by his side!
Of course, not monsters that looked harmless like Zorua.
The monster Ryan wanted to conquer was a humanoid monster that was full of muscles, had four arms, and possessed immense power!
Ryan had seen such a monster when he was in the Royal City.
That monster could easily lift a giant rock that was three times its height.
Ryan couldn’t help but start to fantasize.
A scene where he and that immensely strong monster fought together, accomplished countless merits, Lord Lei Wen personally bestowed countless rewards upon them, and granted him the title of Honorary Knight.
The imagined self was half-buried in treasures of gold and silver, which made the real Ryan unable to help but grin.
At that moment, a voice suddenly interrupted his fantasy.
“Lord Ryan! I found a strange place in the forest on the other side of the territory!” a young knight reported, his tone full of excitement.
“What’s the situation?” Ryan asked.
The young knight excitedly replied, “It’s a hot spring emitting steam!”
Hot springs?!
How could there be hot springs in this place? After all, there were no volcanoes here.
Ryan was stunned for a moment, but seeing the young knight’s excited expression, he felt it wasn’t fake.
Seeing this, he decisively said, “Take me to see it!”
“Yes, Lord Ryan!”
The two left the territory and headed south. Ryan observed the surrounding environment and found that it was in the opposite direction of where they had previously set out to investigate.
The two passed through a forest, and in a short while, they saw several steaming springs in a clearing in the woods.
Heavy snow was falling, drifting down slowly. As far as the eye could see, the entire forest was covered in white snow.
But around those springs, there was no trace of snow at all, as if it had been evaporated by the heat.
Ryan walked closer to inspect it carefully. As soon as he got close, he immediately felt a warm airflow washing over him.
He reached out and touched it; the water was hot.
It was indeed a hot spring!
Ryan’s eyes widened. He had to report this matter to Lord Lei Wen immediately!
But at this moment, the young knight beside him suddenly showed a look of horror.
He pointed to a hot spring and said in extreme fear, “L-Lord! There are monsters!”
Ryan followed the direction he pointed and, as expected, saw several monster figures on the water’s surface.
A monster with a yellow body, looking silly, and resembling a combination of a duck and a kappa.
And a small monster with a blue spherical body and large, round ears.
They were soaking in the hot springs in twos and threes, looking as if they were enjoying themselves.
Some of these monsters also noticed their arrival, but they only watched from afar and did not leave the hot springs.
“Report this matter to Lord Lei Wen immediately!” Ryan said.
Half an hour later.
Lei Wen looked at Ryan in front of him and couldn’t help but be slightly taken aback.
“You’re saying there’s a hot spring in this forest?”
Impossible, right? From his observation, there was no volcanic terrain nearby, so how could there be hot springs?
But Ryan said with great certainty, “That’s right! We saw it with our own eyes, and there were several monsters bathing in the water!”
Seeing this, Lei Wen pondered for a moment, then said, “Take me to see it.”
“Yes!”
The group set off from the territory. After passing through a forest, Lei Wen indeed saw several steaming springs in the clearing.
Some wild Pokémon were gathered there in twos and threes, soaking in the hot springs.
Lei Wen glanced and silently recited their names in his heart.
Psyduck, Marill, Wooper, Tympole, Pansear…
There are really hot springs?
Lei Wen was very surprised.
“Woo?”
The Dratini beside him seemed to be attracted by the scene.
The Dratini leaped up, and with a splash, it landed precisely in the hot spring and happily began to swim.
“Woo!”
The wild Pokémon around seemed accustomed to this scene.
One particularly bold Wooper even slowly swam forward and approached the Dratini, observing it curiously.
“Quack quack?”
While Lei Wen was in a daze, two more Psyducks ran over, looking at him and Ryan with their silly eyes.
“Lord Lei Wen, these monsters don’t seem to intend to attack us…” Ryan couldn’t help but say.
The young knight beside him also looked at the scene with great surprise.
“Yes, these monsters are all species that are relatively easy to get along with humans,” Lei Wen nodded and said.
Relatively easy to get along with humans?
Upon hearing this, Ryan’s ears immediately perked up.
