"Axel, are you sure that the information is correct?", asked Oni with disbelief in its eyes.
"Why? Have you ever heard of Merchant Machamp giving wrong information? Of course, the information is not wrong. But the place is very far. We need to move swiftly.", said Axel.
"We are already moving with maximum speed. We also have to continue the training of Aggron and Jishnu."
"Sigh, I know, but with this speed, it will take us at least a month to reach that tribe.", sighed Axel.
When Axel and Oni asked about a tribe that was very good at finding treasures and places where those treasures lived, Merchant Machamp gave them the information. They had expected a powerful tribe of a powerful species, but the answer that they got was not something that they had expected.
That was why Oni was still questioning Axel about the information. But Axel had dealt with Merchant Machamp a lot in these past months and he knew that their information was never wrong.
Axel knew that even if he had around 4 years in this fairy realm, that was just his estimation. He didn't know any way to get out of here. Of course, there was a plan to get close to God Nedes and then get a way to the main world, but that was just one plan and since he had never met God Nedes, he didn't know if his plan would work.
Also, he had to be careful about the Pokemon that brought him here. As per Oni, even a hell rank tribe had to sacrifice a lot to open the portal, so the Pokemon who had done it must have some ulterior motive. Unfortunately, Axel didn't know who it was, and he knew that he was not powerful enough to fight it right now.
So, the exploration of the forest was basically being done for two reasons. One of them was for him to find treasures and anything that would improve the power of his teammates.
The second reason was to find a backup plan to go to the main world. Before he came here, he was too weak. His Pokemon were also very weak but now, things have started to change. Now, Togekiss had reached tier 2 king rank, most of his Pokemon had either evolved or ranked up, and he also had a trusted ally who was a master rank Pokemon.
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Since he had a master rank Pokemon with him, they were not disturbed by any Pokemon or any tribe. It was smooth sailing. But….
"Damn it!! Like this, our food sources will completely finish in a few days. What are we going to do?"
Due to the passive aura that was being released by Oni, none of the Pokemon even dared to come near it and Axel. They had packed some food for a week's worth of travel, and now it was going to finish in a few days. Since they had not been able to hunt in a week, they were running out of food.
Oni was also trying its best to conceal its presence, but it was not successful. It had just recently ranked up to master rank, and it had yet to stabilize its power. When a Pokemon reaches master rank, it takes a long time to get used to its new power.
After thinking about it for some time, the group decided to separate from Oni, other king rank Bisharp that came up with them, and young Pokemon. Axel and his elite team decided to hunt for food near the massive lake that was just ahead of them.
Just as they reached the lake, some of the Pokemon that came to drink some water ran away. They were mostly at elemental rank.
"Axel, wait….. I feel something here.", said Togekiss.
"What happened? What do you feel?"
"Ahh… I don't know, but I feel that this lake is unusual in some way. I feel strangely overpowered while sitting near the lake. Like, my whole body is energized in some way. It is hard to describe."
'Will we find some treasures relating to fairy-type energy here?', thought Axel.
"Okay. Then we will take a break. Just sit near here and try to meditate.", said Axel.
If there was a treasure inside this massive lake, why didn't Axel go there immediately to grab it?
It was because all the places where these treasures lived it was furiously protected by something or someone. Or the treasures were in such a complicated place that no one could get them.
Because if such treasures were so easy to find, they would not be called treasures.
The concept of treasures was something that Axel only knew about in this realm. This realm had far denser and higher-quality infinity energy than in the main world. So, these infinity energy gathered in one place due to some situation for a long time, there was a chance that a treasure would be born.
It could be anything. A rock, a flower or even a living organism. But such a thing was very rare even in this realm, but it was not impossible.
The main world might also have some of these treasures but they were extremely rare to the point of being counted on one hand.
"Lucario, use your detection abilities and try to see what is inside the lake.", said Axel.
Lucario did that for a few minutes, but the result was disappointing. Instead of a few powerful Pokemon inside, it could not detect anything.
Other Pokemon could also not detect the abnormality except for Togekiss.
'This treasure must be special. I will have to be cautious.'
Thinking about it, Axel decided to let this treasure go, for now. He told his Pokemon to hunt for food inside the lake, and within two hours, they got a healthy number of Magikarp and other water type Pokemon.
With this, they could feed themselves for another week. Finally, they had some food.
At that time,
"Axel, the refinement of the rage clone is complete. If the rage clone is refined more than this, then Garry might not be able to handle it."
"Oh, really? So fast!!!"
"Yes, I put all of my concentration on it, and this lake helped me a lot."
Axel turned towards Primeape and asked, "So, are you confident that you can evolve?"
Primeape gave a thumbs up and then patted its chest, saying that it was confident. For months, it had been focusing on its move 'Rage fist' and it had developed a good mastery of it.
Coupled with the refined 'Rage clone' inside Togekiss's seal, it was confident to evolve.
The evolution condition of Primeape to Annihilape was complicated. Not only would it have to use its 'Rage fist' continuously, which would consume all of its rage with each punch, but it would also have to transcend its anger to a higher form.
This could only be achieved if it were able to use 'Rage fist' continuously.
"Garry, take your position, and Togekiss, release the Rage clone."
Very soon, the clone was released from the seal. The clone was very different from the original. It looked more powerful than the original.
Primeape closed its eyes and started to gather all of its rage in its two fists. Its fist glowed in deep blue light. What did it mean to transcend its anger? Did it mean to become even angrier and gather all the power or did it mean to forget about being angry at all?
These were the questions that Primeape was asking itself. It was heavily concentrated. It could not miss this chance. The 'Rage clone' was a consumable resource. It had to use it effectively.
Primeape started to use its 'Rage fist'
First punch… BANG!!!
Second punch BANG!!!
Third punch…
Fourth punch…
The power of 'Rage fist' started to increase with each successive punch. This was the upgraded version of 'Rage fist'.
After using the ninth punch, Primeape could feel that its rage was already going to extinguish. So, it used the power of its 'Rage clone'.
Poff!!!!
Suddenly, the clone disappeared, and instantly, Primeape felt that its body was changing at a cellular level. Its power increased rapidly, and its extinguished rage started to increase to a whole new level.
Tenth punch.. BANG!! BANG!!! BANG!!!
Eleventh punch BANG!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!!
Twelfth punch BANG!! BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!! BANG!!!
Each successive punch started to echo more and become even more powerful.
Within a few seconds, it had already used 'Rage fist' 20 times.
But that was not the end of its rampage. The ground near the lake was already scorched from repeatedly using the move.
It was said that a Primeape would need to fire at least 20 'Rage fist' to evolve, but using higher than 20 'Rage fist' would improve its foundation and make it more powerful.
Each successive 'Rage fist' now improved the future power of Garry.
After using 'Rage fist' 35 times, Primeape gave a loud growl.
ROOOOARRR
The growl sounded painful but also liberating at the same time and then it started to glow in deep blue light.
It was finally evolving!!!
Axel could not believe it. It was finally happening.
Eagerly, the rest of the group waited for the new evolution. The process took longer than Axel had expected. It took nearly 10 times to complete the evolution, but after seeing the system notification, Axel realized why it took so much time.
ROOOOARR
A gust of wind assaulted Axel's hair when the roar came.
It had a round body that was situated on two thin legs with black shackles around its ankles. It was covered in shaggy grey fur that streamed upward and faded to white as it seemed to evaporate. Its skin was dark grey. The metal shackle on its left arm was broken, while it appeared to have no shackle at all on the right arm. It had three-fingered hands and two-toed feet. There were multiple throbbing veins on the left side of its face, with a large pink pig-like snout as well. Its eyes were red as if it was in extreme rage.
"Congrats, Garry. You have not only evolved to Annihilape but also ranked up to king rank."
Axel had expected Annihilape to go on a rampage. It had not only evolved but also ranked up. So, both the rush of evolution and rank up must have been too much for it to handle.
But he was surprised again.
"Thanks, Axel. I feel great. My whole body is screaming to fight and destroy everything."
This was the first time Annihilape had spoken, but the fluency was too perfect for Axel to notice that something was not right.
Before he could see the full status page of Annihilape, all of them heard a loud banging sound as if something had exploded.
All of them went to see what was happening, only to find out a small squirrel type Pokemon fighting a powerful Lapras with its electrical tail. The squirrel type Pokemon had a helmet made of an acorn, a type of nut and it also had a very small sword, which was even smaller than its already small size.
This was an electrically charged Pachirisu.