"So, what is the situation? How strong are they?", asked Axel.
'I could not see them properly. There is a wall made of multiple tree trunks. It is truly bizarre. We noticed a couple of Primeapes outside the gate of the wall. But I was able to see something inside the wall. It was something like a stadium where they fought. It was quite big.'
"Really? Did you detect any Pokemon that are higher than king rank?"
'We could not because we could risk getting close. The place looks heavily guarded, and looking at their settlement, there is a big possibility that the leader is a king-rank Pokemon.'
This had increased the difficulty for Axel and the team. He didn't know if the group was hostile. Axel didn't believe that they would accept him and the group because they had a Primeape with them.
If the leader was at king rank, then it was going to be a problem because Axel didn't have any king-rank Pokemon with him right now.
"So, this way we will do..."
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It had been 2 days since that day. Axel and the team brought the fruits to the cave, and everyone shared it. The fruit was reached in water content, so they didn't need water right now. Axel knew the location of the new water source, but he was hesitating to go there.
Axel was sure that the water source would be filled with many dangerous Pokemon, and since he didn't know where he was right now, he was not taking any chances.
After living here for a couple of days, Axel discovered some things. First of all, the Pokemon here grow at a rapid rate compared to his own world.
Take the example of Primeape, who was now training in the move 'Substitute'. It had not only learned the move but had also made a lot of progress in the move training.
But why was it learning this move?
"Primeape, you not only have to train in this move but also level it up to 40 so that you can connect your consciousness with your substitute. That is the only way we can talk to the group of Primeapes."
If his Primeape could talk to the guards outside the wall through substitutes, it even if the guards attack it, it would not be hurt. This was the precaution that Axel had to take. The guards were at elemental rank, but Axel didn't want to take any risk in this place.
"Magneton, monitor the progress of Garry and give me hourly updates.", said Axel.
By saying it, Axel focused on Koffing's move pool. Axel believed that with proper training, it would be a good control type and defensive tank Pokemon. Koffing had a high defense stat, but it didn't have any moves that would complement its stats.
There were some moves like 'Protect' and 'Endure' that it could learn, but this only protected itself, not its allies. Tide battles were becoming popular, and in the future, he would need a Pokemon that could act as a tank and control the battlefield defensively if needed.
Axel believed Koffing was perfect for the job. This was not only due to its high defensive stat but also due to its typing. It was a poison-type Pokemon. Axel felt a poison type could be one of the greatest manipulators in a large tide battle.
Axel looked around and saw that Koffing was training its move 'Toxic'. It looked serious and not in a good mood. It had just recently lost a very easy battle, and not only that, but Blastoise was also blaming it for losing that previous mystic water. How could it sleep soundly when its own friend was criticizing it.
So, it decided to train harder and prove to its friends and others that it was not to be taken lightly. Axel could see that it was not training properly. It was just training harder to get better results.
A body needs to have a perfect balance of training, rest, and resources to get the maximum benefit.
"You know, you cannot win against that Poliwhirl if you trained like this.", said Axel.
Koffing looked back and saw Axel walking towards it. Koffing didn't have a close relationship with Axel as Axel didn't have the time to bond with it before. So, it didn't trust Axel as Togekiss or Primeape.
"Did you know why you lost, Koffing?"
"Koff.. KOFFING!!!"
"Yes, you lost because you were weak, but why were you weak? Do you know that?"
Koffing shook its head, saying that it had no idea.
"First, you didn't train hard in the previous month. I didn't tell you what to do to see if you can train yourself. But it looks like you need to learn about discipline. It is not that you should train for 20 hours in one day and rest for 2 days. No. You should follow your routine and train every day…."
It had just come out of its baby stage. So, it didn't know how one could become stronger, about regular training, rest, and also about discipline. Today, Axel was explaining it. Axel knew that it would not follow everything to the point from day 1.
The habit was coming that could only be cultivated with enough time. But it was a start.
It took around an hour to explain Koffing everything about the training, discipline, and results.
After completing his training, he asked, "So, what kind of a Pokemon do you want to be? I can only recommend it to you, and you will have to decide for yourself. But remember, you can only choose once. I think that you will be a perfect tank that will use poison abilities to control the tide battle in the future.
But that is what I believe. If you think that you cannot do it, you can choose another path."
Axel also told Koffing the importance of choosing its fighting style. After talking about it to Koffing, he let it think for a day.
"I want the answer tomorrow, and we will start our training from tomorrow. Right now, just think and rest."
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After talking to Koffing about its life goals and the basics of training, Axel went to Pawniard to talk about the same thing. He could have the conversation with both of them at the same time, but since he felt guilty of not giving them enough time, he believed that one-on-one talk was the way to go.
Unlike Koffing, Pawniard had many directions in which it could go. It would be a physical attacker with enough speed. It could be a tank with a good physical attack, or it could just be a good tank.
There were many directions.
Axel preferred it to be a speedy Pokemon with a good physical attack.
Aron was close to evolution, and it had only trained on its existing moves till now. The most important thing for it was not the mastery of moves but proper resources till it evolved. Resources played a vital role in their future growth.
As of right now, Aron was strictly focusing on defensive moves like 'Iron defense' and other physical moves like 'Head smash', and 'Iron head'. There were other special type moves, too, but Aron was known for its physical stats, so Axel wanted it to concentrate on it.
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After six more days, Primeape was finally able to train the move 'Substitute' to level 40. This was one of the fastest progression of moves that he had seen. There were some moves that leveled up fast depending on Pokemon, but there were also moves like 'Substitute' that took time to level up.
'Substitute' was a complicated move, but Primeape had proven itself by leveling it up to 40. At least, that was what Axel believed because the move had clearly been upgraded. This was his hypothesis, as he could not use the system right now.
The system was recalibrating and had not finished.
"Garry, now is the time. You will go there and talk to the guards and say that you have something important to talk to the leader.
If they become hostile, tell your substitute to run to the opposite of where we are.
If they don't let you talk to the leader, then they tell them that you come from a different world and talking to the leader is important. Don't you ever reveal that I am your trainer."
After talking with Poliwhirl, Axel felt that humans didn't live here because the group of Poliwags had no idea who Axel really was. They thought that Axel was a kind of Pokemon, too.
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Pokemon POV start
Primeape had been training under Feraligatr for 3 days. It was not only training for the move 'Substitute' but it was learning the subtle art of 'Acting'. Primeape was a warrior. It never had the time for acting, but now it needed to do it.
Axel had given it a mission it should go and talk to those guards and convince them to meet the leader. For that to happen, it would have to lie. Since it never knew how to lie properly, Primeape decided to seek help from the biggest liar that it had ever seen.
Feraligatr.
"I must say, brother, you have to come to the right place. Make no mistake, this might be the turning point of your life."
"Turning point? How?"
"If you excel in this job, then Axel might give us a mission to infiltrate like this. Remember, these are highly sensitive missions. Like, if you fail this one, we might probably die."
Things got serious instantly!!!
"Now, the first thing that you know is to create your own persona?"
"Persona?"
"Yes, different personality. Something that you are not."
"But why?"
"Multiple reasons. Protecting your identity and many other things. You will not understand. So, we need to make a persona that is not so serious and something that could be trusted very easily."
"Hmm, but what kind of persona do you think will fit me?"
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2 Primeapes were sitting on either side of a massive gate. The design of the gate and the walls were very interesting. It looked as if it had been naturally formed with trees and stones.
These 2 Primeapes were on guard duty today. It was high in the morning, and they were doing their duties. These Primeapes looked extra large with big biceps and looked intimidating.
Suddenly, one of them saw something coming towards them. It nudged the other one to concentrate, and they saw something that they had never seen before.
A Pokemon of their own species was coming towards them. But that was not what made them doubt reality. The Primeape had a black eye patch covering its left eye. It was wearing torn clothes, and it looked drunk.
As it came near, the 2 Primeapes could feel the stench coming out of its breath. One of the guards who was holding a spear pointed it forward and said, "Don't come closer. State your purpose."
"Ahoy there, ye shiny stranger! Name's Sergeant Roderick—hic!—Terror o' the Ten Seas, Slayer o' the Seaweed Kraken, and Winner o' the 3rd Annual Grog-Gulpin' Gauntlet!
But ye can call me Rod."
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