Mareep: The Sheep Pokémon. It has a docile nature and is easy to raise. Its body wool continuously grows long and it has a habit of shedding periodically. Even if all its wool falls off, it will return to its original state after one week.
Its fluffy wool contains a large amount of air, making it warm in winter and cool in summer. This wool can be processed into clothes, hats, socks, and other items, and is also the best material for making carpets.
However, because its wool contains static electricity, sudden contact can cause an electric shock, so be extremely careful when raising it. Rearing difficulty: Easy.
Draconis concentrated slightly, and the specific information about Mareep appeared in his mind.
"The rearing difficulty is easy…"
According to Draconis's observations, the panel divided the rearing difficulty of these Pokémon into seven levels.
They were: Novice, Easy, Normal, Difficult, Very Difficult, Nightmare, and Hell.
For Pokémon like Shuckle, which are naturally timid and have no aggressive tendencies, the rearing difficulty is mostly Novice.
For legendary Pokémon like Groudon and Kyogre, the rearing difficulty reached the highest level of Hell.
Although Mareep has static electricity on its body, if precautions are taken in advance, it is still very easy to make contact with it.
Therefore, its difficulty did not reach the "Normal" level of raising Aggron.
Draconis was pensive.
At this moment, Ryan, who was beside him, couldn't help but ask:
"Your Highness Draconis, are there any of these Magical Beasts that would be useful to us?"
Upon hearing this, Christina and Cleveland also turned to look.
Draconis nodded slightly: "Yes."
He pointed at Mareep in his notebook and said: "The wool on this Magical Beast sheds periodically, and from what I know, that wool is the best material for making carpets and clothing."
Not only that, but if electric lights were invented in the future, Mareep could also help generate electricity.
Ampharos, which evolves from Mareep, possesses an enormous amount of electricity in its body. The light bulb on its tail can even emit a very strong light at night, which can be used for illumination like electric lights.
Of course, Draconis did not explain the latter part, because in this era, humans did not yet know what electricity was.
"Then let me go catch them and bring them back to raise!" Ryan rolled up his sleeves, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.
Draconis: "…"
Christina said speechlessly: "Hey! There are so many of those Magical Beasts, if it's just you alone, you'd probably be defeated in one encounter!"
Cleveland, who was beside them, did not comment.
Because even he had no way to deal with such a large number of Magical Beasts, which would even "attack" just by being touched.
"I'm just preparing!" Ryan turned to look at Draconis, his eyes full of expectation: "And, His Highness Draconis must have a way, right?!"
Hearing this, the surrounding people also looked over.
Draconis nodded: "Yes."
Ryan immediately had an expression that seemed to say: See, I told you so?
"Since we cannot use brute force to subdue them, we can only use what we have to attract them, build good relationships with them, and let them voluntarily join the territory and live with us," Draconis said slowly.
Christina was slightly startled, then a light shone in her eyes: "Are you saying, Your Highness, that we should use food to entice them?"
"Exactly. This type of Magical Beast, Mareep, primarily eats fresh, lush grass, but occasionally also eats Berries."
At this point, Draconis paused, then turned his gaze to Alfred.
"Alfred, go find people to build a bridge over that large river. We need to go to the plains on the other side of the river. Hmm, also, fence off an area and build a ranch specifically for raising Magical Beasts, then have farmers plant fresh grass inside."
"Yes, Your Highness Draconis!"
Alfred nodded, then turned to walk out. But soon, Alfred seemed to remember something and turned back to Draconis, saying:
"Your Highness Draconis, our manpower is a bit insufficient at the moment…"
Currently, there were only seventy-eight people in the territory. Some were felling trees in the forest, some were mining clay, some were weeding in the fields, and some women and children were searching for food in the surrounding forests.
Everyone who could help was already working.
Hearing this, Draconis couldn't help but frown.
Indeed, a territory without sufficient population cannot develop quickly.
Could the plan to raise Mareep only be postponed for now?
"Never mind, let's focus on building houses and roads before considering other matters!" Draconis sighed and said.
Seeing this, Alfred also felt helpless: "Yes, Your Highness."
However, some Pokémon could start being raised earlier.
Draconis opened another notebook, then found the page for Shuckle, and turned to Ryan, saying:
"Ryan, I have a new task for you."
Shuckle, the Fermentation Pokémon, stores Berries in the jar-shaped shell on its body using its tentacles.
Those Berries ferment inside and gradually mix with Shuckle's bodily fluids, unknowingly transforming into delicious Berry Juice that can restore stamina.
Furthermore, Shuckle is a timid Pokémon with very weak strength, unable to even defeat a human child. When encountering danger, it will retract its head and hands into its shell and hide motionlessly.
This meant that as long as they could find Shuckle, they could directly bring it back to the territory and raise it.
They would ensure Shuckle's safety and provide them with Berries, and Shuckle would only need to help them brew Berry Juice.
"Yes, Your Highness Draconis! I guarantee to complete the mission!"
Ryan promised, looking at the Magical Beast in the notebook.
*
Unnamed village.
On the third day of arriving here, Evan's heart was already extremely anxious.
He would stand at the village entrance almost every day, gazing at the road leading into the village, hoping that Geralt would return soon so he could lead everyone to rendezvous with Draconis.
Although anxious, Evan did not forget the task Draconis had given him.
As early as the first day of arriving here, he had already inquired about news from the people in this village.
From the villagers, he learned that this place was located on the kingdom's border, near the northern part of the Unova region, and very far from Eindoak Royal City.
The only fortunate thing was that traveling merchants would occasionally visit this village from other cities, bringing specialties from other places to trade with the people here.
Sunset.
Just as Evan thought that Geralt would not return today either, two tall figures appeared at the end of the distant horizon.
The two figures grew closer and closer. When Evan clearly saw their appearance, a surge of ecstasy immediately welled up in his heart.
"Hey, Geralt!"
He waved vigorously at the person while shouting.