Chapter 557: Minions Also Want to Be Heroes
"NO!!"
Dayna's mournful wail echoed across the battlefield, but it couldn't reverse the harsh reality.
In just one exchange, Arthur had quickly killed her Weavile, a glass cannon with high attack but a fragile body.
The Ice/Dark typing was doubly weak to Fighting. Arthur's final Sacred Sword had truly cleaved the line between life and death.
This was exactly why Arthur had targeted Weavile first: Doublade's strongest single-target burst skill at the moment was the Fighting-type Sacred Sword, and Weavile was not only fragile but also doubly weak to it.
Even Arceus couldn't have saved it!
"Bastard!! Kill him!! Kill him now!!"
In a sudden emotional outburst, Dayna completely forgot her original plan to lure out the mastermind. She quickly pulled out a handgun from her waist and fired wildly while issuing a kill order on Arthur!
She thought her negligence two years ago, leading to her Jynx's death at Specter's hands, would be the most unbearable pain of her life. But facing Arthur again, less than a few minutes in, she was horrified to realize: that might have just been the beginning...
The bullets quickly shattered many of Mismagius's Double Team clones, clearing the ghostly images blocking her view.
But Mismagius's true body had cleverly turned into gas and vanished into the ground the moment Dayna drew her gun, giving her no chance.
At the same time, the sword Arthur had discarded actively played a role. Its wide blade blocked stray bullets, allowing Arthur to focus on completing the kill.
When Dayna emptied her magazine and looked up to meet Arthur's gaze, she shamefully discovered: she flinched.
Even though the opponent was just an eighteen-year-old boy, a mere brat in her eyes, the coldness in his eyes at that moment chilled her to the bone.
For a moment, she couldn't help but wonder: Who is the real Ice-type expert here?
"Where are you guys?!"
After hesitating for less than half a second, fear finally surged and overpowered her anger...
She chose to retreat temporarily, screaming for her subordinates.
In that brief exchange of glances, she couldn't believe it herself: she had chickened out.
Soon after, another Pokémon appeared beside Arthur, using Dig to sneak attack!
It was a Marowak!
Arthur turned and blocked the opponent's claw strike with his blade. At the moment of impact, he was slightly surprised by the enemy's strength.
Glancing at the glowing aura on the Marowak's bone club, Arthur immediately understood—
This Pokémon had used Swords Dance once!
This was unavoidable in a group battle.
The enemy had the numbers advantage, so they could always find opportunities to buff up by covering each other.
This was the strategic initiative naturally held by the side with numerical superiority in real combat.
The appearance of this Marowak also sounded an alarm for Arthur!
He had to end this quickly!
He didn't have much time!
If this dragged on, more enemy Pokémon around him would be fully buffed.
Fortunately, at least for now, he and his partners were putting enough pressure on the enemy that none of the cadre Pokémon, the core force, had a free hand to retreat and buff up.
The first batch to complete their buffs were just some professional-level minions.
Thinking back two years ago, when he went to Star Brilliance, the strongest Pokémon he had with him had just reached the professional level.
But now, just two years later, facing them again, Arthur could contemptuously dismiss professional-level opponents as minions.
His rapid growth was something neither Dayna nor Linda had anticipated!
This was perhaps a major reason why both of them had suffered setbacks in their first encounters today.
At this moment, behind Arthur to his side, the Marowak's trainer had quietly lain on the ground, setting up a light sniper rifle!
Earlier, Old Flame had rampaged at high speed, overturning all the nearby vehicles even at the cost of getting injured. This Stitched Shadow Army soldier took a while to recover from the dizziness of jumping out of the car.
But blessings and curses come together. After landing, he used the overturned vehicle to perfectly hide his position. Not only did he secretly hide so Marowak could find an opening to complete Swords Dance first, but he also picked up his sniper rifle and prepared to shoot.
"Marowak, don't be greedy. Just suppress that human. I'm behind you to the right."
Due to the distance, he had to use a telepathic link to transmit his orders.
Fortunately, while aiming, he was focused and calm, and the telepathic transmission was stable and smooth.
In his scope, he had Arthur in his sights.
As long as Marowak could suppress that human for one second, it would be enough.
He was confident in his marksmanship!
One second was enough to make that arrogant brat pay the price!
Since the leader had already given the kill order, he had no qualms about shooting now.
Heh, brat! A modern battlefield isn't like playing house in a stadium match.
He smirked, planning to teach Arthur a lesson!
But the next moment, a scene that left him dumbfounded occurred—
After having its bone club blocked by Arthur's sword, the Marowak, who had completed one Swords Dance, seemed unconvinced. Relying on its buff, it actually wanted to arm-wrestle Arthur.
The bone club in its right hand continued to press down, while its short left hand covertly threw a punch straight at Arthur's abdomen!
Marowak had used Dig to sneak in, so it was actually still on cooldown.
But it felt that after one Swords Dance, its strength had increased significantly, and it thought it could make a play!
This Marowak wanted to be a hero!
The direction it would knock Arthur back to was exactly to the rear right, where its master was.
If successful, the battle would truly end in his hands!
But unfortunately, this Marowak didn't have the ability to read minds, otherwise, it would have known Arthur's evaluation of it—
Minion!
Even if it had used Swords Dance once, Arthur's evaluation of it was still just: Minion...
The pressed-down bone club moved less than a centimeter before encountering a powerful rebound!
And its short punch failed to land.
Because Arthur's knee arrived first, striking its chin!
Marowak was shorter than a human, allowing Arthur's knee strike to easily hit its chin.
One hit, just one hit!
The Marowak with the Swords Dance buff was horrified to find that not only did it fail to become a hero, but it was also casually launched into the air by its opponent!
Then Arthur took half a step back, turned, and raised his leg, delivering a sweeping whip kick that sent the Marowak flying in mid-air!
"What?!"
The sniper was shocked!
Didn't my Marowak already buff up?
Why does it feel as weak as a toy in his hands?!
And coincidentally: the direction Marowak was kicked flying towards was exactly where its master was!
The line of fire was blocked!
Coincidence? Or intentional?!
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