Chapter 100: Forming An Army
“Get up!”
Seeing everyone’s reaction, Lei Wen chuckled and shook his head.
“It’s not like we have no chance.”
What?
Hearing this, everyone was slightly stunned.
“That was bad news, and besides that, there’s also good news.”
Lei Wen didn’t keep them in suspense, but continued.
“As far as I know, the war hasn’t broken out yet; it’s still in the stage of recruiting soldiers. And even if it does break out, our current location is very remote, so it will likely take a long time to affect us here.”
This is the benefit of the vast and sparsely populated Pokémon World.
“Therefore, we still have time,” Lei Wen glanced at everyone. “And the reason I called you here today is for this matter.”
“Does Your Highness have any ideas?” Geralt pondered for a moment and then asked.
Lei Wen nodded slightly. He looked at everyone and asked, “What do you all think of the power of monsters?”
“The power of monsters?” The knights present were all stunned.
For them, as well-trained warriors, while monsters were terrifying, they were not unbeatable.
Back in the Royal City, their training courses included dedicated lessons on monsters.
However, compared to others, Ryan, who had encountered Pokémon first, had a different perspective.
“Prince Lei Wen, I understand what you mean!” Ryan’s eyes lit up. “We can use the power of monsters!”
Geralt couldn’t help but fall into thought.
Hearing Ryan’s words, Lei Wen smiled and nodded. “That’s right. To be honest, I plan to form an army of monsters.”
For example, each person could lead a squad of Aggron, forming an entirely new legion.
Aggron, as a Pokémon, can learn many types of moves.
For instance, Flamethrower, Earthquake, Blizzard, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Rock Tomb, and powerful moves like Hyper Beam.
These include moves of the weather type as well as area-of-effect moves.
If this group of well-trained Aggron were formed into a legion, they would possess considerable combat capability, even against the human armies of his two elder brothers.
Fifty Aggron simultaneously using Earthquake, Sandstorm, and Blizzard would bring a truly terrifying natural disaster to the entire battlefield.
“An army of monsters?”
However, upon hearing this, the knights present showed expressions of shock.
Geralt, however, understood Lei Wen’s intention.
“Your Highness means to train monsters uniformly, like training humans?” he asked.
Lei Wen nodded. “That’s right. We will capture the same type of monsters uniformly, and then I will provide everyone with training methods, just like training human soldiers.”
“And unlike human soldiers, monsters can use various types of moves, such as breathing fire, firing beams, and even causing great earthquakes.”
Hearing this, Ryan immediately understood Lei Wen’s intention.
The others also showed expressions of sudden realization.
“Geralt, I’ll leave this task to you. I’ve already found suitable monsters for everyone.”
With that, Lei Wen handed Geralt a drawing of Cranidos, which Christina had drawn.
“This monster is called Cranidos, and it likes to eat Iron Ore. If you can provide them with Iron Ore, you can quickly build a good relationship with them.”
“They live near the mines, where you can find them. Also, if they are unwilling to follow you, try finding another one. I need you to make them choose you from the bottom of their hearts and accept you, rather than simply forcing and enslaving them with brute force, understand?” Lei Wen asked.
“Yes!” everyone replied in unison.
“In addition, the Knight Order can also be appropriately expanded,” Lei Wen said. “Go, Geralt. If you don’t have enough Iron Ore, you can take it from the mines.”
Currently, there was nothing in the territory that required large amounts of Iron Ore. The batch of Iron Ore that had been gathered before had been stored in large quantities, which was just right to be useful at this time.
“Yes!” Geralt nodded, and then led the knights away.
Regarding this matter, Lei Wen felt there was no need for him to give special instructions.
Geralt had Axew by his side, and Ryan had Pansear. They had experience in interacting with monsters.
Watching everyone leave, Lei Wen couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
He was now immensely grateful that he hadn’t chosen to go to Li Yong Territory, which the Old King had arranged for him.
Otherwise, he would likely have already been targeted by his good elder brother or second elder brother by now.
Moreover, he couldn’t possibly recruit soldiers and buy horses in front of his elder brothers; if he did, the war wouldn’t have even started before he was either controlled or sacrificed on the spot.
At this moment, Elif returned.
He reported, “Your Highness, the transaction with the merchants is complete. After they leave this time, they will help me find livestock and monsters and bring them to us.”
Hearing this, Lei Wen leaned back in his chair and nodded. “That’s good.”
The Old Butler’s face showed unconcealed worry.
“Your Highness… I wonder how His Majesty is doing now…”
Lei Wen recalled the relevant plot from the anime and said, “Father King should be alright. After all, Victini is still by his side.”
Moreover, his two elder brothers were just a bit extreme; they shouldn’t be capable of committing the cruel act of regicide.
Furthermore, the movie clearly recorded that the Old King died of exhaustion while suppressing a runaway Dragon Vein beneath the Royal City.
Before the Dragon Vein went out of control, His Majesty should be fine.
It’s just that the only pitiable one is Victini.
It’s forced to be sealed within Aindook, unable to ever leave there.
“Sigh!” Elif sighed deeply. “Let’s hope so!”
Victini is quite pitiful.
Lei Wen couldn’t help but start pondering if there was anything he could do to help Victini.
However, after thinking for a long time, he realized that they were all in a precarious situation themselves, let alone being able to help Victini.
This time, even Lei Wen couldn’t help but sigh.
“Sigh!”
Seeing this, Elif, in turn, began to comfort Lei Wen.
“Your Highness, don’t worry. His Majesty will definitely be alright.”
Lei Wen: “…”
*
At the same time, in the northern part of the Kingdom.
A large troop was slowly advancing towards the Kingdom Border.
Victini was staying with a court maid, who was assigned by the Old King to take care of it.
At this moment, Victini was chatting with the Pidgey leading the way.
“Nini?” （ Pidgey, have you seen Lei Wen? How is Lei Wen doing? ）
Lei Wen? Who is Lei Wen? The forgetful Pidgey already had some trouble remembering the name.
Had it seen him?
Seeing this, Victini felt a bad premonition.
“Nini…”
This Pidgey, wouldn’t it have forgotten the route to Lei Wen and the others?
With a worried expression, it asked, “… Nini?” （ Do you still remember the way back? ）
Upon hearing this, Pidgey let out a cry. Of course, it remembered! Its Master Ai Wen was still there!
Hearing this answer, Victini finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Nini—”
It gazed at the distant mountains and forests, its heart filled with anticipation.
Great, it would be able to see Lei Wen soon!
