Chapter 22: Acceptance
“Many monsters live in our world.”
“Their figures can be seen everywhere, whether in the sky, on land, in the ocean, or in forests and grasslands.”
“However, not all monsters are the same. Some monsters breathe fire, some discharge electricity, and others attack with leaves and petals.”
“And this is the 【Type】.”
“Based on the power of different monsters, they are classified into different types. Monsters good at fire are Fire Type, monsters good at spitting water are Water Type… And since Zorua can release energy filled with malice, I call it a monster of the Dark Type.”
Lei Wen simplified what he knew as much as possible based on the current era.
“Dark Type…” Anna murmured. She thought of a similar situation and asked, “What about Snowrunt? Are they monsters of the 【Snow Type】?”
Lei Wen smiled and shook his head. “To be precise, calling them 【Ice Type】 is more accurate. Furthermore, from my observations, Snowrunt doesn’t have just one type. I’ll explain this to you in more detail later. Of course, you can also discover this through your own observations.”
Anna immediately became interested.
“Types and energy are inseparable. The energy that monsters are good at using, which I mentioned earlier, is their type. Correspondingly, the process by which monsters release this energy in forms such as beams or spheres, I call 【Moves】.”
“I know this! Zorua’s Psychic is a move it knows!” Anna said.
“That’s right,” Lei Wen nodded with a smile. “What I’m going to talk about today is how to train monsters to make them stronger.”
Anna and Zorua immediately sat down neatly, listening obediently to Lei Wen’s explanation.
“In some ways, monsters are no different from us humans. Humans hone their bodies and train their muscles in various ways, and monsters can also train their physical bodies in the same manner.”
“Running non-stop every day can train a monster’s leg muscles, making it more agile. If, on top of that, you have the monster train with weights, it can also increase its strength and turn it into a powerhouse.”
“Of course, these are just physical trainings. For a monster to truly become stronger, it cannot do without the moves it has learned.”
“In this regard, my suggestion is to have your monster use its moves often every day to improve its proficiency with those moves, thereby enhancing the monster’s combat ability. Perhaps in the process, your monster might have a flash of inspiration and automatically learn other moves.”
Anna listened very attentively.
Lei Wen stopped while he was ahead; it’s hard to digest too much at once, and he didn’t intend to teach Anna too many things in one go.
“Alright, that’s all for today! You can try having Zorua undergo special training first, and if there’s anything you don’t understand, come back and ask me.”
“Yes!” Anna couldn’t wait to train with Zorua.
Seeing this, Lei Wen didn’t stop her.
After Anna left, Lei Wen turned to look at Dratini and said to it, “Alright, let’s continue our special training for today!”
“Wuu~!” Dratini looked very serious.
After spending some time together, Lei Wen found that Dratini’s friendship level with him had risen from 20 to 70.
This Dratini had begun to rely on him and trust him.
It was still the Twister special training.
Dratini opened its mouth and continuously spewed out twisters to attack.
Lei Wen stood by and observed.
After a day of special training yesterday, Dratini’s proficiency with this move had improved considerably.
If, at the beginning, Dratini needed to mobilize the Dragon-type energy within its body, concentrate it in its mouth, and then spew it out in the form of a twister to use the move.
This process required about four to five seconds of animation time.
Now, Dratini could release a twister in just two seconds.
Undoubtedly, these were all proof of the improvement in proficiency.
After all, Dratini was still a young Pokémon, and soon, the Dragon-type energy within its body was depleted.
Dratini, exhausted and panting, lay in Lei Wen’s arms like a beached fish.
“You worked hard, Dratini. Your performance today was excellent,” Lei Wen praised without reservation.
He looked at the river surface, lost in thought.
Currently, Dratini only knew three moves.
They were: Wrap, Leer, and Twister.
In fact, the move Wrap could also be developed and used as another means of attack.
Wrap is a Normal-type move where the user attacks by engulfing the target in a long, vine-like appendage and squeezing it tightly.
This move was somewhat similar to how snakes hunt their prey by constricting them.
If Dratini’s strength was sufficient, using Wrap on an opponent at such a time would likely cause considerable damage.
Lei Wen couldn’t help but fall into thought.
Just then, Dratini in his arms suddenly let out a confused cry.
“Wuu?”
The next second, with a crackling sound, a yellowish current was released from Dratini’s body.
Lei Wen felt a jolt run through his body.
This is…
A moment later, he quickly reacted.
Dratini had learned a new move!
“Dratini, use that move again!” Lei Wen said excitedly.
After the first use, the method for using the new move automatically surfaced in the depths of Dratini’s mind, as if it were etched into its genes.
Dratini flew up, and a faint yellow current gathered around its body.
“Thunder Wave… That’s it!” Lei Wen exclaimed excitedly.
Thunder Wave is an Electric-type move that sends a weak jolt to the target, which may paralyze it.
By first using Wrap and then Thunder Wave at close range, combining the two moves could immobilize the opponent for a short period.
This way, Dratini would have a certain combat capability!
If Thunder Wave were further trained to improve Dratini’s control over Electric-type energy, perhaps in the near future, it could learn powerful moves like 【Thunderbolt】 and 【Thunder】!
Then, Dratini could use Thunderbolt in the river to electrocute fish, thereby catching a large amount of fresh fish!
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As noon approached, to save time and quickly build the wooden house for winter, the people working outside all morning did not return to eat.
They took out the dry rations they had prepared from their bundles and ate together.
At this moment, everyone’s heart was filled with excitement.
Because with the help of those three Snowrunt monsters, they had chopped several times more trees in the morning than in previous days!
The three Snowrunt sat with the children. They had worked all morning and were now completely out of strength.
Looking at their friends’ smiling faces, the Snowrunt felt very happy.
“You are all so amazing, Snowrunt!” the children said with admiration.
The Snowrunt happily squinted their eyes, “Ugu~” Once the work was done, they could play together!
Just then, several tall figures suddenly appeared before them.
“Ugu…?”
The Snowrunt looked up blankly.
But the next second, they saw the grateful expressions on those humans’ faces.
In their hands were also some cookies, bread, and other food.
Under the confused gaze of the Snowrunt, those people placed the food in their hands in front of them.
Then, the Snowrunt heard them say, “Thank you, Snowrunt!”
The Snowrunt blinked in surprise.
“This is human food. If you don’t mind, please have some!” a man said boldly.
Everyone…
That’s great! These people don’t dislike them anymore!
At first, these people had always avoided them and kept their distance.
This made the Snowrunt feel very sad and upset. They had always thought these adults didn’t like them…
But now, looking at the adults who were casting friendly, grateful glances at them.
The Snowrunt couldn’t help but let out happy cries.
“Ugu~!”
Although their bodies were very tired, the Snowrunt were extremely happy at this moment. People were sharing their food with them!
They really liked these people!
So, to the man’s surprise, they picked some fruits that had just grown on them and handed them to the man.
At this moment, gazing at the innocent expressions and naive eyes of the monster before him, a strange feeling suddenly arose in the man’s heart.
–Monsters… don’t seem so scary after all?
