The necromancer of the Pokémon world

Chapter 54 The Unparalleled Development of the "Illusion" Property

"How could there be a Snow Fairy in the protected area? No! That's not right, you're not a Snow Fairy, you are... Zoroark!"

Lin Ye's guess was quickly confirmed by Zoroya, who felt a familiar sense of closeness from the "Frost Fairy".

The Snow Fairy made no attempt to hide anything, and transformed herself into the same Zoroark as before.

For a moment, the two foxes, one big and one small, stared at each other across the distance, their gazes complex, and neither of them even took the "lamp berry" for the time being.

After a moment, Zoroark sighed and pointed to the two fruits behind him:

"Never mind, although I've been waiting a long time for these two fruits, the little guy is still growing and needs them more than I do, so I'll give them to him!"

"Are you going to give both fruits to Zoroa? Thank you so much!"

"Sigh, it's been a long time since I've seen a true member of my own race, so just pretend I'm..."

"Wait a minute, how can you, a human, understand me? I sensed something strange about your aura just now; you're definitely not an ordinary person."

"It's just some ability to communicate with Ghost Pokémon; I call it Ghost Power."

Lin Ye was not yet familiar with Zoroark's background, so he did not tell him the whole truth.

"Forget it, you humans have so many strange and wonderful abilities, I'm too lazy to understand them all."

"But this little fox, I really didn't expect to see a descendant of the same kind as Gui Shengsheng in my lifetime."

"Zoroark-senpai, you must be a Pokémon who has lived for a very long time. What exactly happened to your race?!"

"Natural evolution, survival of the fittest, there's no point in bringing up the past."

As for me, hehe~, I was once a rebellious youth in my tribe and joined the rebel army against the monarchy!

But as the trainers perished in the battle to overthrow the feudal monarchs, I and a few of the rest of my old buddies simply settled down here in seclusion.

"What! You overthrew the dynasty? So you're the traitor who usurped the sacred artifact of our Hoenn Empire! Take this!"

"Wait!" Lin Ye quickly used the Necromancer's Pact to pull back the scabbards, then said to Zoroark:

"I'm sorry, Brother Sword was a warrior of the Hoenn Empire in his previous life, so it's inevitable that he misses his homeland."

But it was not yet in the final stages of its dynasty during its lifetime, and you had not yet revolted, so it cannot be considered your enemy.

"Hehe~, no need to worry, I've been living in seclusion for over a hundred years, why would I care about these things?"

But this Brother Jian is actually older than me! I didn't realize that. My apologies for not recognizing him sooner.

But your claim that I was the mastermind behind the usurpation of the imperial artifacts is somewhat of an exaggeration!

Back then, overthrowing the monarchical system was the common will of the majority of the people. How could a few people obstruct or overthrow it?

Afterwards, we didn't get involved in any of the management and governance affairs after the alliance was established, so where does this talk of usurping the divine artifact come from?

"Hmph~"

Although Dujiansheath was unconvinced, he had nothing to say, turned his head away, and remained silent.

"Oh, right! You just said 'you all,' does that mean that besides you, there are other Pokémon still alive who participated in the uprising and overthrew the feudal system?"

"Hehe~, for ordinary humans, living to a hundred years old is considered a long life, but for many long-lived Pokémon, existing for a thousand years is not an exaggeration."

As he spoke, Zoroark surprisingly extended an invitation: "How about it, would you be interested in visiting us old folks' homes?"

"Visiting as a guest?"

Lin Ye's heart stirred. He had originally wanted to ask this Zoroark about developing the "Illusion" ability, and now that it had taken the initiative to ask, how could he refuse?

So Lin Ye first had Zoroya pick the "lamp berries" he had been longing for, eat both of them together, and put them in his bag.

Although it takes some effort to consume two precious tree fruits at the same time, it's better than having them in your hands and having someone else covet them.

Then, Lin Ye sent a text message to Qiao Yijing to reassure her not to worry about his delayed return.

After all this was done, he proposed to go with Zoroark to visit their older generation of revolutionaries!

Zoroark nodded, then turned into a mighty and powerful fire-breathing dragon. This time, Lin Ye got closer and could truly feel the intense heat of the flames on the dragon's tail.

"This is incredible, it looks exactly like a real fire-breathing dragon."

Lin Ye recalled the Pokémon to his shadow, then climbed onto the back of the Charizard.

He touched the solid dragon scales and could feel the strong muscles beneath them.

With a flap of its wings, accompanied by the howling wind in Lin Ye's ears, the "Charizard" was already flying into the clouds in the blink of an eye.

Lin Ye couldn't help but ask, "Senior, how exactly did you train this 'illusion' trait? You can even simulate body temperature and flight techniques?"

The "Charizard" glanced back at him, a smile playing on its lips, and said as it flew:

"During the hundred years I've lived in seclusion here, there haven't been any intense battles, and my strength has hardly improved at all!"

But I haven’t wasted my time either. Over the past century, I’ve devoted almost all my energy to developing and cultivating this talent of “illusion.”

Now, I can perfectly replicate the characteristics and advantages of the Pokémon I transform into.

For example, if I transform into a Charizard, I can have superb flying skills just like a real Charizard, and if I transform into a Diglett, I can become a digging expert!

Furthermore, what I'm most satisfied with is that once I become a Pokémon of a certain type, I also receive a STAB (Same Type Attack Bonus) when using a move of that type.

"What?! I can actually gain the opponent's type advantage after transforming!"

Lin Ye was startled. Logically speaking, Zoroark could learn many skills, but only Normal and Ghost types could provide a STAB boost.

If what Zoroark said is true, then no matter what type of move it uses in the future, it only needs to become a Pokémon of that type to directly gain the STAB boost from that Pokémon's type. This is a huge advantage in battles.

Lin Ye was incredibly excited and immediately became even more interested in this enhanced version of the "illusion" characteristic that Zoroark had figured out on his own.

The fact that he gave the two long-awaited "Lampberries" to Zoroah shows that the other party is likely to share everything he has learned.

After all, Zoroark's appearance there in the dead of night as a Scorpion was most likely for the purpose of obtaining the fruit, and it was only by chance that it was attracted by the scent of Zoroark's kind; otherwise, it wouldn't have been such a coincidence.

After flying for about ten minutes, the "fire-breathing dragon" gradually descended, and Lin Ye saw a valley shrouded in thick fog.

The fog wasn't ordinary fog; it had a faint purple hue and looked exceptionally mysterious under the moonlight.

"We've arrived. This is our secluded place."

After saying that, Zoroark plunged into the fog.

Lin Ye felt a blur before his eyes, and then the scene brightened up. This was no valley at all, but a paradise on earth!

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