Knights of the Elf World

Chapter 234 Xichen's Story

"Roar?" The little fire dragon looked at Xichen strangely. It didn't understand why Xichen was here.

"Didn't I say it? See you tomorrow." Xichen jumped down from the stone and looked at Charmander with a smile. The Stone of Unchange was still hanging around its neck, indicating that it did not reject Xichen's kindness.

It seems that this kid is not really indifferent to everyone. He just doesn't know how to get along with others. But this cannot be blamed on him. It's all the fault of that trainer. No, a trainer who abandons Pokémon can no longer be called a trainer.

"Come out, everyone. Let's get ready for training!" The next moment, Xichen released all his companions. Except for Little V, OrcGarurumon and MetalGreymon, the three that did not need training, all of Xichen's weapons appeared here, including Kendomon and Pipe Foxmon.

When Xichen's Onix came out, its huge body immediately scared Charmander. It had never seen such a big Pokémon before. Even Charizard would seem small in front of this Onix.

"Do you mind if we train here too?" Xichen asked Charmander with a smile.

"Roar~" The sudden appearance of so many unfamiliar Pokémon made Charmander a little uncomfortable, but it was its freedom to train anywhere, and Charmander was very well-mannered in this regard. Although it wanted to change places to continue training, this was the only place in the entire Charizard Valley that had such stones, and Charmander had developed feelings for this place.

Out of helplessness, Charmander had to nod and tacitly agreed to Xichen and the others to continue training here. Then he shook his head, walked to the boulder and continued to attack it. All his close combat skills such as Flame Fang, Flame Fist and Iron Tail were thrown at the boulder. This time, Charmander trained particularly hard, seemingly venting his dissatisfaction.

"Okay, let's start training according to the plan we made last night!" Xichen looked at Charmander, who was like a child, and chuckled. Then he clapped his hands and called on his Pokémon to move, and the Pokémon immediately dispersed.

Sky-Soar took Dratini and flew into the air, while Sword-Domon and Pixomon rode Onix to a location far away from Xichen. According to Xichen's training plan, they had to fight against Onix.

As for Bulbasaur and Heracross...well, Heracross was bending over and hugging Bulbasaur, and was sucking hard on the flower bud on its back. The offended Bulbasaur couldn't stand it anymore, and struggled to get out of Heracross' mouth, then stretched out the whip and whipped Heracross, and Heracross immediately held his head to defend himself.

"Roar?" The noise over there also attracted Charmander's attention. It looked at Xichen, meaning, as their trainer, why don't you do something about it?

"Uh..." Xichen couldn't bear to watch, but how could this not be a kind of training for hitting and resisting hitting? And since Heracross joined the team, he often treated Bulbasaur like this. Xichen had taught Heracross a lesson before, but it was probably because the flower buds on Bulbasaur were too attractive to Heracross, and Heracross could not help it. Xichen remembered that Xiaozhi's Heracross often pestered his Bulbasaur, and the two Pokémon were just minor fights, so Xichen simply ignored it.

"Don't worry about them, they always do this." Xichen said awkwardly, and then said to Charmander, "Isn't your training progress too slow?"

"Roar~" Charmander shook his head. It had always come this way and didn't think it was slow.

"That's because you haven't tried this." Xichen took out something from his backpack and handed it to Charmander. Charmander looked at the strange thing in Xichen's hand curiously with a puzzled expression.

"This is called a forced exerciser. It can make your training more effective. However, it is a bit heavy, so your movements will be restricted, but the effect is very effective." Xichen explained that all his first-tier Pokémon had used the forced exerciser.

"And look, they have it too." Xichen pointed at Torpedomon and Blademon who were fighting Onix. Charmander looked over there and found that the two Pokémon he had never seen before were indeed wearing this thing.

"How about it? Do you want to try it?"

"Roar..." Charmander looked at the Unchanging Stone on his neck and was in a dilemma.

Since I put on this stone of immutability, the restless energy in my body has calmed down. It seems that what the human said before was true. Then it is estimated that the thing in his hand can really improve the quality of my training. However, why does he want to help me in this way? Moreover, I have already accepted this stone. If I accept that thing, it will be a bit bad.

"It's okay. I also want to see the day when you defeat Charizard soon." Xichen saw what Charmander meant, said with a smile, and then put the forced training device on Charmander.

"Instead of thinking about whether to accept it or not, you might as well think about how to train later." Xichen said as he put the compulsory training device on Charmander. As the last button fell, Xichen stood up and put his hands on his waist and said, "That's it!"

"Roar!" After putting on the forced exerciser, Charmander moved his body and suddenly felt a sense of heaviness. This novel experience surprised Charmander.

"I have already adjusted the weight of this compulsory exercise machine. It should be just the limit of what you can bear. If it is any higher, your body will not be able to bear it."

"Roar." The little fire dragon nodded, then walked to the boulder with heavy steps, ignited flames with its claws, and hit the boulder. This time, only a shallow burn mark was left on the boulder. The forced trainer not only limited its speed, but also limited the way it exerted force, which caused the power of its ultimate move to become much smaller.

"Roar!" But Charmander didn't care. He might as well say it was better this way. After adapting for a while, Charmander continued to punch the boulder, and bursts of sparks flew.

Seeing this, Xichen no longer paid attention to Charmander, but came to the three Pokémon that were fighting and guided them in the battle. Half a day passed like this.

When Xichen came to Charmander again, Charmander had collapsed on the ground due to exhaustion, lying on his back, looking at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Very tired, right?" Xichen walked to the side of the little dragon and lay down. The little dragon didn't even look at Xichen, but just nodded. It was too tired to move. It found that just one morning was more tiring than the previous day's training.

"That's right, you're tired!" Xichen said with a smile, "Except for those legendary beasts, no Pokémon is born strong. If you want to gain powerful strength, you have to put in corresponding efforts."

"Roar~" Charmander responded softly. What Xichen said was actually what it was thinking in its heart. Whenever it was about to give up, it would think so in its heart. Of course, it would also think of the trainer who abandoned it!

Thinking of this, Charmander's mood became depressed again.

"Hey, Charmander, let me tell you a story." Realizing Charmander's mood at the moment, Xichen thought for a while and suddenly said. Facing Charmander's curious gaze, Xichen began to tell the story in his mouth.

"This is a true story. In the Kanto region, next to the Johto region, there is also a Charmander who was abandoned by a scumbag just like you."

"Roar?" Seeing that the protagonist in Xichen's story was the same as himself, Charmander immediately became interested. Seeing this, Xichen continued.

"That scumbag abandoned Charmander just because Charmander couldn't beat a water-type Pokémon. Of course Charmander was reluctant to leave because in the eyes of Charmander at that time, the trainer was everything to it and it didn't want to leave its trainer. So, that scumbag told Charmander to wait for him in a place and said he would definitely pick it up. But the truth is, that scumbag lied to Charmander and he didn't go to pick it up. What he said to Charmander was just to prevent Charmander from continuing to pester him. And Charmander really believed it and waited for that scumbag on the rock at that place. Very stupid, right? He didn't even know that he was abandoned." As he spoke, Xichen looked at Charmander.

Charmander nodded when he heard that. If it were him, he would leave the moment he knew he was abandoned. Although he would be sad, he would be more unwilling to leave. When he became stronger, he would let the trainer know what stupid decision he had made in the first place. This is what Charmander is doing now.

"Later, that Charmander met a trainer who was really good to it. Although that trainer might not be very reliable, his love for Pokémon was higher than anyone else. When that trainer saw Charmander for the first time, he was attracted to it, but Charmander was still waiting for that scumbag at the time and ignored the trainer. The trainer did not force it and just left."

At this point, Xichen noticed that Charmander had an expression of disappointment. Xichen just smiled and continued, "But that night, the trainer also learned the truth and knew that Charmander was abandoned there. He wanted to teach that scum a lesson, but as luck would have it, it suddenly rained heavily at that time. The trainer realized that Charmander was still on the rock, so he rushed out in the rain and rescued Charmander who was being destroyed by the rainstorm. After this incident, Charmander became the trainer's partner. After following the trainer, Charmander also showed his talent and helped the trainer win one victory after another."

"Roar..." Charmander was a little envious of the Charmander in the story.

"But after Charmander evolved into Charmeleon, the sense of superiority brought by its own talent began to swell. It became like the scum who abandoned it, looking down on weak Pokémon, weak trainers, and the trainer who saved it in the rainstorm. It began to act on its own, doing everything according to its own will, not listening to the orders given to the trainer at all. In order to fight against a powerful opponent, it even evolved into Charizard by force. However, this also compromised its talent, and its size was much smaller than that of a normal Charizard. Even in a very important game for that trainer, it was because of it that the trainer lost."

"Roar! Roar!" Charmander didn't expect that the Charmander in Xichen's story was actually a White-Eyes Dragon. He immediately growled excitedly, is such a guy worthy of having a trainer?

Xichen just smiled and continued, "But even though it was disobedient, the trainer didn't give up on it and still treated it the same as before, because in his opinion, no matter how disobedient Charizard was, it was still his Pokémon. He couldn't give up Charizard, so he put all the blame on himself, citing the so-called trainer level as the reason. It's ridiculous, isn't it?"

Charmander nodded. How could there be such a stupid trainer?

"Later, the trainer encountered a powerful opponent. None of his Pokémon were his match. He had no choice but to send out Charizard, which was still in its rebellious period at the time. Unfortunately, the opponent's Pokémon was a water-type. In that battle, Charizard was seriously injured. The trainer took care of Charizard non-stop after it was injured. It was this sincerity that finally moved Charizard. It finally began to listen to him. Under his command, Charizard defeated the opponent. In the following journey, Charizard became the trainer's trump card."

"But when they traveled to the Charizard Valley in the Johto region, Charizard found that he was not that strong. Here, he could not even defeat the weakest Charizard. This hit Charizard hard and he wanted to stay here to practice. So the trainer decided that no matter how reluctant he was, he would let Charizard stay here to train. He made a pact with Charizard and one Pokémon, and would come back to Charizard when he became the strongest. This pact was not the same as what the scum said at the beginning, but a real pact. Charizard was also very competitive. He kept practicing in the Charizard Valley and his strength was greatly improved. Whenever his trainer needed him, he would rush from the Charizard Valley to defeat one opponent after another for him, even the legendary beasts!"

Xichen finished telling the story, but Charmander was still immersed in the story. Seeing this, Xichen stood up, patted its head, and said softly: "Charmander, the protagonists in the story really exist. I believe they will come here soon. So, this world is not only full of scumbag trainers who abandon Pokémon, but also trainers who truly treat Pokémon as their relatives. The former are just passers-by in your life, and the latter are the ones who can accompany you. When you really defeat the trainer who abandoned you, what will you do next? Will you continue to stay in Charizard Valley?"

"Roar..." Xichen's words made Charmander fall into deep thought, and Xichen was ready to leave. Before leaving, he took off the forced exerciser on Charmander.