Chapter 334:
A shadow, vast enough to blot out the sky above her, emerged as the Pidgeot flew out from the villa area.
Judging by its altitude and wingspan, this Pidgeot's standing height was probably around three meters?
That was almost catching up to the Dragonite's height!
But this was just a Pidgeot!
Mona was utterly astonished.
Even Alpha Pokémon within their groups weren't this large!
Generally, an Alpha Pokémon would be about 20% to 40% larger than ordinary Pokémon.
But this Pidgeot was a full twice the size!
However, she didn't find it unbelievable.
Because her grandfather had once told her that in such a vast world, there would always be some special Pokémon.
For example, in the Alola region, there was a type of Pokémon known as Totem Pokémon.
Furthermore, her grandfather was in contact with Professor Bill from the Kanto region.
She'd heard that Professor Bill was recently investigating a Dragonite hidden within the mist.
That Dragonite was extraordinary; she had seen the photos Professor Bill sent.
Using the professor himself in the photo for scale, that giant Dragonite was at least twenty or thirty meters tall.
"I should tell Grandpa about this!"
Mona quickly formed an idea.
Her grandfather was both a breeder and a researcher, and one of his research directions was why Alpha Pokémon and Totem Pokémon grew so much larger than ordinary ones.
He could come and ask this "Berry Plantation owner" about it.
After all, Grandpa was not only a breeding expert but also a research professor~
...
After rejecting Mona's challenge, Hayashi Kaede went into the forest as usual to train each of his Pokémon through battles.
But honestly, even after clearing a space in the forest, it wasn't quite enough for the several Pokémon he brought with him.
Right now, apart from Meowscarada, Alcremie, and Pidgeot,
The rest of his Pokémon had all reached levels above 60.
Even Pidgeot was now at level 59.
If they didn't control the power of their moves, it probably wouldn't take long to destroy the entire forest.
Especially the ones that controlled weather.
Alolan Ninetales could blanket most of the forest in a blizzard with one heavy snowfall.
Blaziken could make the sunlight so intense it felt like midsummer in the forest.
Pidgeot could whip up fierce winds, sweeping everything before its wings.
But even if it were destroyed, just planting tree seeds and having Serperior use Grassy Terrain could restore it to a dense forest in a very short time.
Since gaining the symbiotic power of the World Tree, Serperior's ability to accelerate growth had become stronger and stronger.
Of course, Hayashi Kaede definitely controlled the intensity of the training.
But even simple training, suppressing their energy output, made the Lucario observing from the shadows lip twitch in bewilderment.
It was Genmu's Pokémon, usually tasked with guarding this forest, preventing traveling trainers from accidentally starting fires by forgetting to put out campfires after picnics or sleeping.
Hayashi Kaede's actions of bringing his Pokémon here to train their moves these past few days naturally hadn't escaped its notice.
But seeing how powerful the aura emanating from that Blaziken was now, it found it absurd.
Because just a few months ago, that was just a Torchic.
A Torchic that used to run after Hayashi Kaede every day.
Yet a few months later, the power radiating from Blaziken was no weaker than its own!
Absurd, utterly absurd!
And after seeing the succession of Pokémon following Hayashi Kaede, it felt even more helpless.
Every single one of those Pokémon had this level of strength.
But by all accounts, just a few months ago, Hayashi Kaede was still a student, right?
How did he end up with so many powerful partners in just a few months!?
Lucario didn't understand, but seeing that winter had come and things were usually quiet in the forest during this season, it had begun to consider investigating the reason.
And the opportunity came quickly.
As for Lucario hiding in the trees nearby, Hayashi Kaede, Serperior, and Alcremie all possessed Aura abilities now.
Especially Serperior's Aura power; it could be said to be the strongest among them.
The Aura Sphere it condensed was even comparable in power to its same-type attack advantage move, Energy Ball!
Furthermore, it could integrate Aura power into other moves, increasing their power and ensuring they never missed!
These past few days, Serperior had mainly been training to integrate Aura power into its other moves.
However, monotonous training alone didn't yield much progress.
Hayashi Kaede thought finding a Pokémon skilled in Aura to spar with Serperior might give it deeper insights into Aura?
So, he didn't stand on ceremony.
He directly called out towards a large tree not far away, "Lucario, come give us a hand, will you!"
After his voice faded, there was silence for a few seconds.
Then, a figure leaped out from the shade of the trees.
A slender body, blue and black fur around its face, a pair of sharp yet resolute eyes, with sharp bone spikes on its fists and chest.
[Pokémon: Lucario]
[Gender: Male]
[Ability: Steadfast]
[Potential: Red]
[IVs: HP (27) Attack (28) Sp. Atk (30) Defense (16) Sp. Def (18) Speed (27)]
[Level: 67-69]
[Moves: Copycat, Feint, Vacuum Wave, Aura Sphere, Quick Attack, Final Gambit, Counter, Swords Dance, Calm Mind, Extreme Speed, Close Combat...]
[Friendship: 70]
[Happiness: 30]
Genmu's Lucario!
To be honest, he used to see this Lucario quite often when he was little.
Especially when his parents were still around. Back then, Genmu wasn't a forest ranger yet, and Hayashi Kaede, having just been reborn into this world not long ago, was at his most curious about Pokémon.
Especially a loyal and brave Pokémon like Lucario.
So, back then, he would occasionally go pet this big dog.
Later, after entering high school, most of his life was spent at school, so he saw it less often.
Now, seeing it again, Hayashi Kaede felt no strangeness, but instead a kind of inexplicable familiarity.
"Lucario!"
"Long time no see, Lucario! I never seem to find you whenever I look for you."
Seeing that Lucario was willing to come out, Hayashi Kaede's eyes lit up, and he quickly walked over.