Chapter 21: The Power Of Monsters
The next morning, fine snow began to drift from the sky.
Old Butler Elif looked up at the snowflakes with some worry and said, “The temperature is getting even colder!”
Lei Wen glanced a few times, then said, “We need to speed things up.”
It wasn’t just them; the residents of the territory also felt a sense of crisis welling up in their hearts.
If it snows lightly today, it will be a blizzard tomorrow.
After hastily filling their stomachs, people immediately set off to the forest to log wood and build houses.
It started snowing, and the temperature outside plummeted.
Several children in the territory sat in a row under a tent, looking at the snow outside with worried expressions on their faces.
Three Snowrunt sat beside them, looking up at the snow before them together with them.
“Gugu~!”
As Ice Type Pokémon, Snowrunt are naturally unafraid of the cold; they can live freely even in an environment of minus thirty degrees Celsius.
Seeing the snow falling from the sky now, the three Snowrunt appeared very happy.
They looked at their good friends beside them, reached out and took their hands, wanting to invite everyone to play in the snow together.
“Gugu~”
But the children were not in the mood to play at all at this moment.
Although they were still young, they had understood their current predicament very well along the way.
They were lost, lacked food, lacked wood, and their parents’ faces were etched with worry every day.
At this moment, a few children looked up at the snow falling from the sky, their small brows furrowed, and they couldn’t help but start worrying about their parents, worrying that everyone wouldn’t be able to finish building their houses before the blizzard arrived.
The Snowrunt, a beat slower, sensed the children’s unhappiness and looked somewhat confused.
“Snowrunt, we can’t play with you today,” said a boy.
“Gugu?” The Snowrunt scratched their heads, a look of dejection appearing on their faces, “Gugu…”
“The blizzard is coming soon. Dad and Mom are all in the forest cutting wood to build houses. If we can’t finish building the houses before the blizzard arrives, everyone will freeze to death,” said a girl of five or six with a worried face.
“No, we can’t just play here!” A slightly older boy clenched his fist, acting sensibly, “We have to do something too!”
“But… what can we do?” another girl asked blankly.
“Gathering berries, collecting dead branches and leaves, helping to carry things, anything will do!” the boy said, standing up.
He looked at the Snowrunt and said to them, “Snowrunt, you play by yourselves today! We’re going to help!”
The Snowrunt blinked their eyes: “Gugu…”
Everyone seems to have encountered difficulties…
The Snowrunt looked at the children before them, then happily exclaimed, “Gugu!” They wanted to go too!
The children took out baskets, cloth bags, and other items from the tent to hold berries.
They didn’t dare to go far, so they picked berries from the shrubs near where everyone was felling trees.
The Snowrunt also trotted along.
They immediately saw the humans holding axes and vigorously chopping down large trees.
“Gugu…”
The three Snowrunt blinked their eyes, their gaze shifting from the children searching for berries to the adults felling trees.
Although they didn’t understand many things, they knew one thing clearly in their hearts.
—As long as everyone finishes their work, they can play with them again!
“Gugu…”
In that case, they would help too!
The residents of the territory also noticed the figures of the three monsters at this time.
But everyone was working hard for survival, so they didn’t pay them much attention.
It was a few men who suddenly saw the three monsters named Snowrunt walk up to a large tree.
The next second, a dense white light surged from their bodies, as if they were charging up some mysterious power.
What were those monsters… doing?
While a few people were stunned, a powerful energy erupted from the Snowrunt, forming a thick beam of light that shot towards the large tree in front of them.
With a “boom,” the thick, tall tree crashed down.
Everyone: “!!!”
The surrounding residents were also drawn to this scene, their faces showing expressions of astonishment.
“That’s…”
“What are those three monsters doing?”
The trees that they had toiled for half the day with axes to cut down were felled by those monsters in an instant…?
“Snowrunt?”
The children also noticed the actions of the Snowrunt at this moment.
They all looked over this way.
Facing everyone’s gaze, the Snowrunt simply responded with happy growls.
“Gugu~!”
The adults were slightly taken aback, not quite understanding what these three monsters were doing.
But seeing the Snowrunt’s appearance, the children quickly realized.
“The Snowrunt are helping everyone chop trees!” a girl shouted excitedly.
“What?!”
Hearing this, the adults who were working froze in place, disbelief on their faces.
Monsters… actively helping them work?
This… this is impossible, right?
But it was indeed happening before their eyes.
The people stared blankly at the scene.
But soon, Ryan was the first to react.
Prince Lei Wen was right after all!
These three monsters were truly different from those ferocious wild monsters!
Prince Lei Wen was right—as long as you treat monsters with care, they will definitely respond to you!
With the help of these monsters, they would surely be able to get through this winter smoothly!
Thinking of this, Ryan’s heart filled with fighting spirit. He looked at everyone and ordered:
“Everyone, don’t just stand there, cooperate with the Snowrunt and work!”
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“Master, we are ready!”
By the riverside, Anna and Zorua looked at Lei Wen with high spirits.
Humans and monsters, Monster Tamers and Trainers…
The thought of being able to become a Monster Tamer like Lord Aron made Anna too excited to sleep all night.
Last night, she had held Zorua and whispered to it for hours.
They were going to become very, very powerful Monster Tamers, so they could protect Mother and everyone else!
“Very good.” Lei Wen had many affairs to handle in the territory, so he didn’t beat around the bush and got straight to the point: “Have you memorized everything on the parchment I gave you the other day?”
“I’ve memorized it!” Anna replied loudly. She hesitated for a moment, then added, “It’s just… there are still many things on it that I don’t understand.”
For example, Type, Ability, Evolution…
Lei Wen smiled and said, “The rest is what I’m going to teach you today.”
