Chapter 114: News Of Kyurem
“In addition, there is one more thing I need to report to you,” Elif said again.
“Oh?” Lei Wen looked up.
“Recently, the commoners in the territory, influenced by you and Megan, have also started to proactively interact with monsters.”
“So far, in addition to Megan’s Gyarados pasture, several more pastures specializing in raising monsters have been opened around the territory. Those people have asked Anna to help them find monsters to raise.”
“The monsters they often choose are Combee, Mareep, Cherubi, Sawsbuck, Deerling, Whimsicott, and Potter, among others. Some farmers, for better farming, hire Sandshrew and Sandshrew to till their fields using food as payment,” Elif reported slowly.
Hearing this, Lei Wen was not too surprised.
The wool of Mareep, the leaves of Cherubi, the tea leaves of Sawsbuck, the cotton of Whimsicott, the berry juice of Potter, and the honey of Combee are all very useful items for humans.
Those people are quite intelligent. They can see the benefits that Pokémon can bring to humans. When the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, these residents will begin to actively interact with wild Pokémon.
All of this was within Lei Wen’s expectations.
These are all necessary for this territory.
This is because the pastures and farms around the territory supply the daily needs of the entire territory.
Lei Wen glanced at the Citizen Panel, which showed a staggering 123 Pokémon citizens.
The matter does not end there.
Some intelligent residents have even used their savings to buy shops and started selling items produced by Pokémon.
In addition to these shops, smart people in the territory have also started to run shops such as inns, restaurants, and barbershops.
“The systems I mentioned earlier can also be gradually implemented,” Lei Wen said.
For example, establishing a tax system more friendly to commoners, distributing fields to farmers, strongly encouraging commoners to raise Pokémon for trade with merchants, and promoting commercial development, among other things.
In addition, Lei Wen plans to search for Pokémon Eggs that are gentle in nature, easy to raise, friendly to people, and have not yet hatched, and give them to children under ten years old in the territory to care for.
Although they cannot be of much use now, in the future, these children, who will become Trainers, will play a significant role in the development of the entire territory.
“Yes, Your Highness!” Upon hearing this, Elif nodded, took note of the matter, and prepared to implement it later.
Just then, a voice suddenly came from outside.
“Is Prince Lei Wen here?”
It was Ai Wen’s voice!
He had returned from Kagome Village!
Lei Wen was somewhat surprised and quickly called him over, asking, “How was it?”
“I have fulfilled my mission!”
After several days of arduous travel, Ai Wen looked quite disheveled, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.
“Your Highness, I have investigated Kyurem’s whereabouts from the locals!”
“Tell me quickly!”
Ai Wen then slowly recounted his journey.
After leaving the territory, he went directly to Kagome Village.
After nearly a week of long travel, he successfully arrived there. It was a very small village with only a dozen households.
They were very friendly to Ai Wen, a lost traveler, and warmly welcomed him.
From the locals, Ai Wen received a piece of information.
It is said that decades ago, a giant meteorite fell from the sky into the nearby mountains.
Inside the meteorite lived a ferocious and terrifying beast that would appear in the village at night, and with the cold wind, would snatch people and monsters and devour them.
To prevent this from happening, the villagers built walls around Kagome Village. Moreover, the local village chief established a rule prohibiting villagers from going out at night and ordering them to stay at home.
The locals named that man-eating beast Kyurem.
Kyurem lived in a cave near Kagome Village called Giant Cave. It is said that the cave was formed by the meteorite impact, but because Kyurem eats people, the local villagers dared not approach it.
“It is said that a few years ago, someone approached Giant Cave, and a terrible disaster befell him. Since then, the local villagers have never seen him again!” Ai Wen said with some fear. “I did not dare to approach that cave…”
After listening, Lei Wen was full of astonishment.
No way? Does Kyurem really eat people?
But it shouldn’t be… Kyurem is so powerful. If it wanted to eat people, it could just run into the village and eat everyone. It wouldn’t specifically choose the night and specifically eat people who left their houses.
After all, it is a legendary Pokémon; human houses could not possibly stop it.
The veracity of this rumor remains to be confirmed.
However, the good news is that he has finally determined Kyurem’s location. He can contact it at any time later.
“You’ve worked hard, Ai Wen. Now, you should get some good rest,” Lei Wen said.
Ai Wen nodded, but as he looked at Lei Wen, a surprising thought suddenly crossed his mind.
Your Highness— he isn’t planning to capture that monster named Kyurem, just like he captured Servine, is he?
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At the same time, in Raven City, the caravan led by Zack and others looked at the clean and tidy red brick streets and the densely packed houses on both sides of the road with expressions of shock.
Wait! What is that? Monsters are running on the street? And not just one!
Watching the Snowrunt running with the children, the merchants couldn’t help but freeze in place.
Those are incredibly dangerous wild monsters!
Are they hallucinating?
But the next moment, they saw a unit of knights in armor, carrying swords, walking in an orderly fashion down the street, seemingly on patrol.
This was not unusual in itself, but there was a large group of monsters following that unit of knights… It looked like those monsters were patrolling with them.
W-What is going on?!
“Boss, are we in the right place?!” one of his subordinates couldn’t help but ask.
Zack was also bewildered at this moment. He had seen humans and monsters walking together before.
However, those monsters usually wore chains and ankle restraints to prevent them from going berserk.
But… why do these monsters look so happy?
“Boss, look! There’s a monster wiping sweat for that little girl!” another subordinate suddenly said.
Zack turned to look and saw Zoroark using a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Anna’s face.
After wiping the sweat, Anna took a Berry from her bag and handed it to Zoroark. Then, Zoroark happily ate it.
This seemingly ordinary scene, however, caused a huge stir in Zack and his group.
That little girl… Could she be a distinguished Monster Tamer?
But what about those knights and children just now?
Could it be that everyone in this place is a Monster Tamer?
The scene before them completely exceeded Zack and the others’ understanding.
This town is strange!
