Chapter 36. Evolution! Double Happiness!
"Boss Giovanni, should I lead the troops to take down the Royal Dragon Kingdom in one fell swoop?" Ares looked at Giovanni with burning eyes, his fighting spirit fervent, just like a war maniac. "Don't underestimate the Royal Dragon Kingdom too much, and first, let's handle our matters here before we talk." Giovanni shook his head casually. The Royal Dragon Kingdom itself started taming Pokémon earlier than the Earth Kingdom.
Moreover, the Earth Kingdom was greatly depleted in the civil unrest 5 years ago, and there are still some remnants of the former dynasty hidden among the people. Giovanni is still looking for traces of these people. He doesn't want a bunch of traitors here stabbing them in the back or leaking intelligence to the Royal Dragon Kingdom when the great war breaks out. When it comes to military strength, the Earth Kingdom is definitely not stronger than the Royal Dragon Kingdom.
What he can be certain of is that his strength is definitely greater than that queen's. After all, he heard that the queen only started raising her Pokémon a little over a month ago. "Heh heh." Thinking of this, Giovanni couldn't help but chuckle. She started raising Pokémon nearly 20 years later than him. How could she possibly contend with him? Giovanni even dared to boast that even if Liz were given another 5 years, he could still suppress and crush her. This is the confidence of the King of the Earth Kingdom!
"Alright, then what about Mt. Silver?" "Send more teams in, just maintain friction with the Royal Dragon Kingdom, but don't let a real large-scale conflict break out." "Yes." "You may go." Watching Ares leave, Giovanni got up and went to the window. The sky outside the window was a hazy gray, with scattered white light points falling from the dark clouds. "Beedrill, it's snowing."
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Royal Dragon Kingdom, Pokémon Academy. Today seemed to be another ordinary day, but only Ryū knew that this day was extraordinary. A month had passed since the day Liz decided to annex the Earth Kingdom. During this month, his leveling speed suddenly dropped, and progress became extremely slow. Especially after reaching Lv. 30, he had experienced at least 30 to 40 battles, but still hadn't leveled up. It was as if he had entered a 'bottleneck period.'
Ryū couldn't detect the reason for the sudden drop in leveling speed. From his perspective, his daily routine hadn't changed at all, and Ryuuki, this little tool-person, had also been online the whole time. In the end, Ryū could only attribute the reason to his body 'accumulating' the energy needed for evolution. "It's been 3 days since I last Shed Skin. It should be today."
Ryū quietly lurked in his small lake. Ryuuki had many classes today and wasn't by his side. Otherwise, with that little girl's personality, she would definitely be a tag-along every day. Since Ryū hadn't Shed Skin 3 days ago, he sensed that he was probably about to evolve. The feeling from his previous life, where his body started to heat up before evolving into a Beedrill, also suddenly appeared when he woke up today.
"The water temperature has dropped quite a bit." Suddenly, Ryū noticed that the temperature of the lake seemed to have dropped slightly. He curiously floated to the surface and poked his head out to look outside. Unfortunately, his head was covered by the tree canopy, so he couldn't see what the weather was like. Ryū crawled out of the lake, slithered onto the grassland outside the small forest, raised his head, and began to stare blankly at the sky. "It's snowing."
Ryū gently exhaled a puff of snowy white cold air. Since coming to this world, it was the first time he had seen snow. Suddenly, his body trembled. Although he quite liked snowy days as a human, as a Dragon-type Pokémon, his body didn't seem to like them very much. "Ah~" Ryū's will developed a desire to fight against his body.
Not only did he not retreat back into the lake in the forest, but he also opened his mouth wide and ate the snowflakes falling from the sky. About 5 seconds later, Ryū was amused by his own actions and couldn't help but shake his head. But the next moment, his eyes suddenly widened. He felt his throat was icy cold, as if a large mass of cold air had suddenly appeared. However, before he could exhale the cold air in his mouth, his body underwent a change first.
Ryū's entire body began to emit a pure white light. Subsequently, the form of his entire body began to change. Not only that, but most importantly, the body covered by the white light actually floated up into the air. "Ying!!!" A beautiful, song-like voice echoed through the sky. An elegant and magnificent Pokémon, even carrying a hint of a sacred aura, appeared in the sky.
"I, I've finally evolved, ahaha... Pfft pfft pfft!!" Ryū, realizing what had happened, fell into a frenzy of joy. However, halfway through his laughter, the cold air gathered in his throat suddenly erupted. A frosty white spray of cold air, mixed with tiny ice crystals, gushed out from his mouth, spraying onto the earth and immediately covering the grass with a thin layer of frost.
"This is..." Ryū didn't think much and immediately opened his personal panel.
[Dragonair]
[Potential]: Purple
[Level]: Lv. 31
[Type]: Dragon
[Ability]: Shed Skin
[Height]: 9 m
[Weight]: 38 kg
[Moves]: Hone Claws (Inherited), Wrap, Glare, Twister, Thunder Wave, Dragon Tail, Agility, Slam, Icy Wind
"Not only did I evolve, but I also learned a new ice-type move! I'm practically a god!" At this moment, Ryū was overjoyed. Over 2 months! Besides himself, no one knew how frustrated he had been during these past 2 months! Today, that small lake can no longer restrict him. The world is vast, and he can go anywhere!
"Ying ying ying~~" Ryū happily used the power within him that could control the weather, flying freely in the sky and emitting a series of 'ying ying' sounds. A Dragonair can fly by relying on this weather-manipulating power to ride the wind. After probably thrashing around for 2 minutes, Ryū gradually stopped. "By the way, I'm quite large."
He stared blankly at his body data on the panel. According to the Pokédex, a Dragonair's length and weight are 4 meters and 16.5 kilograms respectively. His is more than double that, which is simply exaggerated. This length can completely rival that super huge Onix on the grassland. "Oh right, I should hurry and show Liz. She'll definitely be very happy."
Thinking of this, Ryū flew directly out of Pokémon Academy. Now that he had the ability to fly, he could go anywhere he wanted. What if he wasn't good at moving on the ground? He could fly! Along the way, Ryū's flying altitude wasn't high, so many people witnessed his figure. When the 2 Pokémon scholars of Pokémon Academy stared blankly as Ryū flew out, their minds couldn't process it for a moment.
"Does our academy have this kind of Pokémon?" "I don't know, first time seeing it, but... don't you think that posture and color are very similar to Lord Aran?" "Could it be..." "Lord Aran has evolved!!!" The eyes of the 2 Pokémon scholars widened. When they looked up at the sky again, Ryū's figure had already disappeared.
Recalling that figure, the shock in their hearts was beyond measure. "Lord Liz's taste is really good." "Yes, so cute when it was young, and still so beautiful after evolving, and it looks so powerful." Envy appeared in the tone and eyes of the 2 Pokémon scholars. But they didn't take any special action. There was no point. They knew that the news of Lord Aran's evolution, as well as its beautiful appearance, would soon spread throughout the Royal Dragon Kingdom.