'Draconic Aura' had a lot of potential. Axel imagined what would happen when Salamence mixed it with 'Intimidation.' All in all, it had caught up to its friends. As of right now, he believed that it was only second to Togekiss, which was wild to even think about.
Axel was now understanding why dragon-type Pokemon were considered powerful.
"All of you, do your best and submit your strategies to me by tomorrow. Then for the next 6 days, you will train in that strategy, and finally, we will be ready for the hunt."
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Flashback, a couple of hours ago,
In the meeting hall,
Axel began to examine the rules of the hunt. It was said that the hunt would only begin outside the tribe's premises. No one can attack the tribe's area and the Pokemon inside it.
There were nine tribes around the Primeape's tribe, and they would be the target for this hunt. Other tribes were quite far and were not easy to attack either.
The names of the tribes were:
Bisharp, Ursaring, Hawlucha, Nidoking, Tauros, Snorlax, Donphan, Swellow, Slaking
These were the nine tribes that had an agreement with the Primeape tribe, and they would also be targeting them. According to the leader, the Snorlax and Slaking tribes were out of the question. First of all, they loved to eat plants and didn't care much about meat, and secondly, they were powerful. They were the strongest tribe in this region.
So, fighting against them would be suicide. That was why all the tribe avoided them. The Bisharp tribe was an ally tribe due to Axel. So, they could not attack them. So, they would only have to look for six tribes.
Among these six tribes, the Ursaring and Hawlucha tribe were their rivals. It was challenging to deal with Swellow because they could fly. The Nidoking tribe was the third strongest tribe after the Snorlax and Slaking tribes. Tauros was the weakest tribe after the Donphan tribe.
"What we will do is that we will only focus on two tribes for now. Let's not spread out to deal with six tribes but only two tribes.", said Axel.
"Then it will be Ursaring and Hawlucha tribe.", said the leader, because the tribe had a rivalry against them.
"Alright, but the Hawlucha tribe would be difficult to deal with. How do you guys fight with them?", asked Axel.
It was a flying-type Pokemon, and it was resistant to fighting-type moves. So, Primeape would naturally be at a disadvantage.
The leader explained how they dealt with it. The tribe had been focusing on weapons like spears and swords to deal with Pokemon like Hawlucha. Primeapes would use spears and swords like a Javelin and throw them towards them. Axel found out that they were exact and fast while doing so, but this was a rudimentary way of dealing with these types of things.
"That is just one solution, and it is also not very good. I just don't understand how you guys are alive till now.", sighed Axel.
If Axel were given time, he would have trained all of them in special attack moves and weather moves, but a week was not enough to train them in all these things. Also, they could not ignore this tribe because they were rivals.
"Let's try to avoid the Hawlucha tribe as much as possible. Also, in groups of five to six Primeapes, two of them will learn the move 'Thunderbolt'. Don't worry, my friends will teach you how to train the move faster."
Most of the Primeapes in the tribe had learned the move 'Thunder Punch'. This was done to tackle Hawlucha, basically, but since they could fly, the move was not very effective.
The tribe believed that physical moves were the most effective approach and didn't consider special attack moves to be important.
'Thunderbolt' was easy to learn. So, a week was an adequate time for it.
"Now, I don't know why there is no concept of a shield here, but after I told the blacksmith to make one, a lot of you have started to train on it. I must remind all of you that defense is the most important thing. Now, we cannot change all of it in a matter of a few days, but each group will have a tank, a special attacker, and a physical attacker."
Axel also wanted the group to have a healer, but Primeape didn't learn any healing-type moves. He could have thought about something interesting as a substitute, but there was no time. At the end, he told me that every Primeape must learn the moves 'Rest' and 'Dig'.
This was the only healing move that they could learn. 'Dig' was just the way to get underground so that no one would interfere while using the move 'Rest'. Of course, one must have a good level of mastery of 'Dig' to remain underground for a long time. Such a thing could not happen in just 7 days.
The final strategy was the fire flare. This was something that he had discussed with the Blacksmith, and after a long hour of explanation, the Blacksmith was able to make a prototype of the product.
When a group was in danger, they would shoot out a flare into the sky. The group near it would go there for help. It was a simple strategy, but since there was no concept of flair in this realm, all of them were mesmerized by Axel's intelligence.
These were the strategies he devised for the hunt. He knew that it was still not enough, but he didn't have the time.
Flashback End.
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Remembering what they had planned, Axel thought to use this time to train himself seriously and also look after his Pokemon. He had already told the leader to stock up on healing potions and antidotes. Coincidentally, the leader had already been doing that for the whole year. So now, they had no problem with healing potions.
"The winner from each forest will get a reward from the hell rank tribe. But such a thing is a dream for a tribe like us."
While passing, the leader had mentioned this. Axel knew that they were not strong enough right now, but after a year, they would be. Axel had planned to train the tribe to the limit.
E had also recently reached pseudo-king rank, and only C was left.
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A week had quickly passed. Koffing had learned 'Psybeam' this week, and it had been training on moves like 'Heat Wave', 'Swallow', 'Pain Split', and 'Stockpile'.
"Koffing, your 'Psybeam' is still very slow. I not only want it to be swift, but it must be more powerful and have a higher chance of confusing the target."
The training on the move 'Heat wave', was going exceptionally well due to it taking tips from Salamence. Koffing was still unable to emit heat waves from its entire body, but the move had reached level 40 and had been upgraded. Now, the move covered a larger area, and it had higher chances of burning.
The training on other moves was also progressing quite well, but none of them had reached level 40 or above. Axel must say that he was training very hard, entirely focusing on what Axel was saying. It wanted to win the upcoming battle.
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All of them were now ready for the hunt. As per the leader, the first day was always the most brutal because everyone wanted to prove themselves.
"So, we will not start our hunt on the first day. We will start it from the second day.", said Axel.
But the leader and other Primeapes were not having it. They were a proud warrior tribe. How can they back away from a fight?
"Sigh, if you want to do it, then do it, but make sure you follow the plan."
Unlike them, Axel didn't let his team go out for the hunt. It was far too dangerous. There were no restrictions on rank, and if a king-ranked Pokemon came to hunt you down, it was over.
But he was also not going to sit still.
"Salamence and Aerodactyl. Both of you will do the scouting job. I want to know the hunting place of Ursaring and Hawlucha. I also want to know how powerful they are and about the hunting location of other tribes, if possible."
Axel had been training Salamence and Aerodactyl in flying at high speed inside the forest. It was going to come in handy now.
The entire day went smoothly for Axel and his team. All of them were training for the next day. In the evening, Salamence and Alakazam came to report. By this time, some groups had already arrived in the tribe. These groups came only because one of their tribe members was seriously injured and could not fight any longer.
Two of them seemed to be permanently injured from the hunt. Some of them were crying after knowing that they could never fight in their lives, while a lot of them were unconscious. Axel didn't have any reaction to it. He had already warned them, but they had not listened to him.
After receiving the reports from Aerodactyl and Salamence, Axel now knew the hunting spots of Ursaring and Hawlucha. They had also gathered some information about the big three. After hearing about their reports, Axel could understand why they were the strongest. They had spotted 5 king rank Nidoking in today's hunt, and it was just the first day.
Fortunately, none of these tribes were near Primeape's tribe. Axel believed that he should share this information with the leader, and he did so.
Even though they had not listened to him and suffered, they had still given him a place to stay.
"Thank you, Mr. Axel, for your input. It was not a good day for us. I cannot believe that two of them could not fight again in the future.", said the leader, taking a big sigh.
"I told you not to go for the hunt on the first day. Well, it is all your fault. There is nothing I can do about it. My team will start the hunt from tomorrow."
Saying that, Axel turned back and went to guide his team.
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"The hunt starts from tomorrow. Let's revise the battle strategy that we have discussed", said Axel with a smile on his face.
He was happy with this situation. This will increase the leadership qualities of his key Pokemon, not only of Togekiss.
Team 1 will focus on Hawlucha. Not only did they have Magneton, who was an electric-type Pokemon, but Togekiss was also very good in aerial battle. B and D were also pseudo-king rank Pokemon. So, it was a strong team.
Meanwhile, Team 2 will be focusing on the Ursaring tribe. Most of the team members were physical attackers. Actually, all of them were physical attackers. So, fighting against Ursaring would increase their experience in that field.
Finally, Team 3. They would also be focusing on Hawlucha. There were two reasons for it. First of all, Hawlucha were more of a threat to Primeape's tribe than Ursaring's tribe. Also, there were two flying-type Pokemon in the team. Lairon could use its powerful burst attack at the time of need, too.
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