Chapter 42: Taking On The Many With The Few!
Seeing this uninvited guest Tropius who had intruded into its territory, Noctowl attacked without hesitation.
Noctowl is an unreasonable Pokémon. It will attack almost any creature that enters its territory.
Noctowl shot straight toward Tropius like an arrow off the string.
“Tropius, leave this Noctowl to me.” Lu Li shouted excitedly.
Lu Li formed hand seals with both hands, and a golden needle instantly condensed, then turned into a streamer and flew toward Noctowl.
Noctowl’s wings were instantly pierced by the golden needle. After its wings were injured, Noctowl let out a shrill scream and then plummeted toward the forest below.
Seeing this scene, Lu Li thought: “I hope the Pokémon is okay.”
After successfully repelling the uninvited guest Noctowl, Lu Li was just about to leave when he heard rustling sounds.
Soon another Noctowl flew out from the forest, then two, three…
Looking at the seven Noctowl emerging from the forest, Lu Li’s face turned green.
With his current energy reserves, he could release the Golden Needle Technique at most three times. He had already used it once, and after two more times, the Normal Early Stage Tropius would be besieged by at least five Noctowl.
Although Golden Chicken Village is far from Qingfeng City, according to territory divisions, Golden Chicken Village is definitely human territory. Why would these wild Pokémon like Noctowl come here? And so many at once.
Pidgey that can evolve into Noctowl in the wilderness have at least Normal Level Late Stage strength. There might even be Veteran Level Pokémon among them.
Lu Li finally understood why the villagers of Golden Chicken Village had moved away. With such a group of vicious neighbors next door, how could ordinary people dare to stay here any longer.
Without hesitation, Lu Li hurriedly shouted: “Tropius, run quickly.”
After hearing the trainer’s command, Tropius flew toward the distance without looking back.
Facing Lu Li, this invader who had harmed its kin, the already hot-tempered Noctowl could not possibly let him go easily.
Looking at the Noctowl closely following and getting closer, Lu Li gritted his teeth with a gloomy expression.
If this continued, Tropius would definitely be caught up.
The only fortunate thing now was that this group of Noctowl did not know any ranged skills.
“Tropius, wait. When I release the flames later, you dive downward, then get ready to be recalled into the Poké Ball.” After saying that, Lu Li formed hand seals and activated the Flame Conjuring Technique.
The Flame Conjuring Technique is just a basic minor spell for alchemists. Its lethality is not as good as Spark from a Pokémon of the same level, but the effect of the Flame Conjuring Technique is actually to generate flames and control flames.
After a small flame was thrown out by Lu Li, it instantly expanded. The Noctowl flying straight over were instantly enveloped in flames.
Tropius, who had already received the order, dove headfirst toward the forest below.
Just as Tropius was about to pass through the tree canopy, Lu Li recalled Tropius with the Poké Ball, while he himself fell into the forest.
After landing, Lu Li rolled forward. After dissipating the impact of the fall, Lu Li quickly ran under a big tree to hide.
The Noctowl that passed through the flames looked at the empty sky and instantly let out angry screeches.
The furious Noctowl circled above the woods. The not very intelligent Noctowl knew that the damned Tropius and the two-legged human had definitely hidden in the woods below.
Hiding under the big tree, Lu Li continuously prayed in his heart, hoping he would not be discovered.
But things went against his wishes. Under spiritual sense perception, Lu Li discovered a young Noctowl shooting toward his position.
Not daring to hesitate any longer, Lu Li rolled forward again.
The big tree where Lu Li had been hiding was instantly pierced through. The Noctowl whose attack had failed directly called for its companions.
Knowing he was exposed, Lu Li could only release Tropius again.
“Tropius, it looks like it’s going to be a tough battle.” Lu Li said with a serious expression.
Lu Li calculated his remaining energy. He could probably use the Golden Needle Technique two more times, which meant they still had to face five Noctowl next.
The good news was that these wild Pokémon Noctowl definitely did not know many skills. Currently, Noctowl had not shown any ranged skills.
“Tropius, use Leech Seed to attack the targets you can reach.” After saying that, Lu Li formed hand seals, and the Golden Needle Technique activated again.
This time his target was Noctowl, no longer its wings but its head.
Noctowl’s head was pierced through, and it fell stiffly to the ground.
Seeing their companion killed, the remaining Noctowl became even more furious.
Lu Li continued to command: “Tropius, Sweet Scent.”
Pink mist spread, but the Noctowl blinded by anger did not care about this. The Noctowl that approached Tropius directly used Fury Attack.
Lu Li also took the opportunity to use the Golden Needle Technique to deal with the Noctowl that had hurt Tropius.
Now the situation instantly became one against five. Without any attack means left, Lu Li would really become an ordinary trainer.
Fortunately, however, Tropius’s Leech Seed had succeeded, and Sweet Scent had also covered the battlefield.
“Tropius, use Razor Leaf on the Noctowl directly in front of you!”
Tropius condensed Razor Leaf, then rushed straight at Noctowl.
That Noctowl did not even dodge and directly charged into Tropius’s Razor Leaf. At the same time, the other Noctowl were not idle either.
They attacked Tropius from different places. With Tropius’s slightly sluggish speed, it could not dodge these attacks from different angles at all.
Moreover, this was in the forest, where the terrain was more complex, and even flying was quite difficult.
Only these Pokémon that live in the forest year-round and are good at flying could be less affected.
Fortunately, there were many trees around, so Tropius did not have to worry about being completely surrounded.
“Tropius, dodge all the attacks you can dodge as much as possible.” Lu Li could only shout.
In fact, even without Lu Li saying it, Tropius was trying its best to dodge Noctowl’s attacks, but even so, two Noctowl got close and left several wounds on Tropius’s body.
“Tropius, hold on, then continue Leech Seed. Hit whoever you can hit.” Lu Li continued to command.
Due to the terrain, Tropius’s Leech Seed was hitting perfectly every time.
Under Lu Li’s perception, Lu Li discovered that two Noctowl had already been hit by Tropius’s Leech Seed.
But at the same time, the second wave of Noctowl’s offensive had also arrived.
Lu Li continued to command: “Tropius, continue Leech Seed! Then hold on.”
Tropius’s Leech Seed hit another Noctowl in life. Now three Noctowl on the field had been seeded.
Tropius’s body had two new wounds, plus the previous ones. In a short time, Tropius had taken at least six skills: four Peck and two Fury Attack.
Especially Fury Attack, which caused the most wounds on Tropius.
Feeling that Tropius was approaching its limit, a gleam flashed in Lu Li’s eyes, and he shouted: “Tropius! Use Special Growth with full force on the surroundings!”
The setting that Noctowl only knows Peck has been changed. This is my mistake. My original intention was to say that Noctowl had only shown Peck, not that it only knows this skill.
The setting of this book is that Pokémon do not automatically learn skills just by leveling up. Learning skills depends on qualification. If everything follows the game, it would conflict with the outline, so it can only be adjusted appropriately.
