Chapter 319: All Villains
Mt. Silver.
On the path from Flower Mountain to Wolf Mountain.
"Buzz~"
"Buzz~"
Cute little Combee were carrying iron buckets, hurriedly heading toward Wolf Mountain.
Their expressions were anxious and panicked.
Crystal-clear honey constantly spilled from the buckets onto the ground, which would surely make humans cry out in waste.
But the Combee didn't want to waste this hard-earned honey either.
Moreover.
This honey was to be delivered to those wolves next door.
If this honey wasn't delivered, Flower Mountain would lack important fertilizer, and the flowers wouldn't bloom as beautifully as before.
By then, not only would the honey they collect decrease, but even the Queen would be in a bad mood.
"ROAR!"
A huge roar came from behind.
THUMP THUMP THUMP!
Followed by continuous and heavy footsteps.
"Buzz!"
A Combee with poor strength flew slower and was immediately slapped away by the Pokémon chasing from behind.
The Combee turned to look.
The iron bucket fell to the ground, and the honey was grabbed by a big bear (Ursaring) and stuffed into its mouth.
"Buzz..."
The Combee's cute little face fell immediately, sobbing pitifully, little tears streaming from its eyes.
If the Queen knew.
It would be scolded.
Other Combee wanted to help, but they were no match for this Ursaring, and they were carrying lots of honey.
The Queen demanded they deliver the honey to Wolf Mountain.
"ROAR!"
The Ursaring licked its paws, roared loudly, and prepared to attack again.
It regretted it so much!
It smelled a strong sweet scent nearby before.
But it was attracted to another mountain by other Pokémon at the time.
If it had known there were so many soft persimmons to squeeze nearby, it would have come early to eat the sweet honey.
Just then.
A blue figure leaped down from a nearby tree.
He raised his arm emitting purple light high and chopped at the Ursaring's head. Poison Jab (or Brick Break with poison/aura styling? Probably Poison Jab given Toxicroak).
On another tree.
An iron-gray figure aimed at the Ursaring's head and thrust with the hideous horns on its head. Guillotine (or X-Scissor/Horn Attack).
Crack!
The sound of bones breaking rang out.
The Ursaring rolled its eyes back, then fell heavily to the ground; not long after, it completely lost its life breath.
"Buzz?!"
The leading Combee was startled.
But seeing the comer clearly, it sighed in relief.
At the same time, it looked around, searching for the leading figure.
"Thanks for your hard work."
The Combee looked in the direction of the voice and instantly relaxed.
Will walked over with his other two minions, standing beside the palm-rubbing Toxicroak and the wooden-stake-like Pinsir.
Now, besides Will himself, the four minions had all reached their highest stage in normal conditions.
How to put it...
Except for Will, the appearances and temperaments of the four minions were all a bit fierce, and their actions were increasingly decisive, and...
Brutal.
"A bit heavy-handed."
Will looked down at the dead Ursaring and couldn't help but sigh.
Among the four minions.
Toxicroak struck the hardest.
Either don't strike, or strike to kill.
Pinsir wasn't far behind.
His attacks weren't cruel, but every attack was with full force.
Even hitting a piece of cotton, he would use full strength.
Therefore, every attack looked full of momentum, making bystanders shudder.
Floatzel and Cacturne had gentle personalities.
But their appearances had nothing to do with gentle.
Especially Cacturne.
Appearance completely lost the cuteness of the Cacnea period.
Sometimes just relying on appearance could scare some baby Pokémon to tears.
In short.
Because of appearance and style of action.
Their five-man team had quite a terrifying reputation around Wolf Mountain.
Could simply be described in two words...
[All Villains].
Will was really afraid that one day a few humans calling themselves heroes would come to crusade against their group of villains, implicating the Mightyena clan as well.
"Please help us deliver it a bit further; it's still a bit far."
"Buzz~"
The leading Combee agreed readily.
Others didn't know.
Didn't these Combee know?
Several times, Will led his team to save them and protect their honey.
So they trusted and liked Will very much.
Regarding the rumors outside.
They didn't believe a bit.
Okay.
Believed a little.
But still liked Will.
Although they were allies, the Mightyena clan generally couldn't enter Flower Mountain.
Only Will was an exception.
He could play freely on Flower Mountain.
As long as he didn't enter the hive where the Queen was.
Will often ran to Flower Mountain to snuggle with cute Combee.
Next, no blind Pokémon ran out on the way.
Especially after entering the Wolf Mountain range.
Absolutely no blind Pokémon would come out to seek death.
Under Will's painstaking management for more than half a year.
Not only the four minions.
Even the Mightyena clan was thriving.
Will made Wolf Mountain a transit station, gaining benefits from both humans and the Vespiquen clan simultaneously.
Purchasing fertilizers promoting flower growth and cans/buckets for honey from humans.
Obtaining delicious honey from the Vespiquen clan.
With some operation.
Will not only obtained currency from human society, which could be used to buy various valuable items.
But also obtained a lot of honey to raise the newly born Poochyena in the clan.
Under such circumstances.
The Mightyena clan and Vespiquen clan formed an alliance.
Provoking one clan, the other clan would bring reinforcements before long.
And according to Will's investigation.
In Mt. Silver, centered on Wolf Mountain and Flower Mountain, within a hundred kilometers, there was no clan stronger than this alliance of Mightyena and Vespiquen.
Wolf Mom and Vespiquen.
Two mid-Elite Four level Alphas were the strongest Pokémon in this area.
So even if Will left the clan in the future, there was no need to worry about any problems with the Mightyena clan.
Such a comfortable environment.
The Mightyena clan had no natural enemies.
Nothing to do all day, naturally started thinking about making babies.
Warmth and satiety breed lust.
So.
In this half-year, the clan added a dozen energetic Poochyena.
The current Mightyena clan, counting the four minions like Toxicroak, had reached a population of 100!
However.
Also because of the environment, the Mightyena started to become lazy.
Daily patrols continued.
But daily training was basically dropped.
Many Mightyena hardly leveled up at all in this half-year.
But this was also a manifestation of happiness.
Fighting hard in the past was for the sake of lying flat today.
So Will didn't force them to do daily training.
As long as the level reached Lv. 40.
It didn't matter if they didn't train.
This level was already very high.
As long as the Mightyena all reached Lv. 40 and Wolf Mom was still there, the wolf clan's status could always stand at the apex in this area.
Will paid more attention to the development of himself and his minions.
In seven or eight months, he leveled up 10 times.
Reaching Lv. 45.
Surpassing Pinsir, tying with Toxicroak, becoming one of the highest-level Pokémon among the Wolf Mountain Five Bullies.
Yes.
Toxicroak's level was also Lv. 45, having increased by about 7 or 8 levels.
Ranked third was Pinsir.
His level was relatively high when he joined the team; now Lv. 42, his cultivation speed wasn't slow either.
And the most amazing naturally belonged to the little cactus back then.
The hardworking Cacnea improved by many levels in half a year, surpassing Floatzel to reach Lv. 38, and evolved into the domineering Cacturne.
As for Floatzel.
The little cutie back then is now only Lv. 35.
And doesn't act cute like before.
Better not mention him.
Arriving at the mountaintop plateau.
The wolves' gazes converged.
This time was different from the past.
The Mightyena's gazes weren't only on Will, but also on Toxicroak and the others.
This was the status change brought by strength.
Will's four minions were no longer nobodies in the Mightyena clan.
They were all respected core figures in the clan.
"Combee, be careful on your way back."
Will turned to the twenty or thirty little bees beside him.
The way back didn't need Will's worry at all; he was just being polite.
Combee could fly.
Without heavy iron buckets and honey weighing them down, they could fly several meters in the air; Ursaring couldn't attack them.
And although these delivery Combee weren't strong individually on average.
They won in numbers.
Concentrating their power, low-level Pokémon couldn't do anything to them.
"Buzz~"
The Combee captain nodded.
They put down the iron buckets and left with the other Combee.
Once the outsiders left.
The dozen puppies in the clan ran over one after another.
"Whine~"
"Woof awooo~"
They rubbed against Will's legs constantly, making whining sounds.
This was acting spoiled.
Wanting to eat honey.
But they all knew the rules.
If the Wolf King didn't allow them to eat, they weren't allowed to eat.
So they stopped and looked at Will like this.
"Can't eat too much, watch out for cavities."
Will reached out and picked up a puppy for a snuggle, then put it on the ground and waved his hand.
Hearing this, the Poochyena wagged their little tails happily and ran to eat honey.
In the distance, Wolf Mom lying in her den sunbathing pursed her lips and smiled lightly.
Watching her wolf cub develop the clan to be stronger and stronger in this half-year, she felt quite proud and gratified in her heart.
However...
She often saw her puppy looking at the distant sky recently.
Wolf Mom knew.
Her puppy wanted to leave Wolf Mountain and see the outside world.
"Sigh."
Wolf Mom sighed.
She knew she couldn't stop him.
Nor did she want to stop him.
She had seen with her own eyes how wonderful and beautiful the outside world was.
So.
She also hoped her child could go out and see.
Even if Will wanted to stay on Wolf Mountain for a lifetime, Wolf Mom wouldn't agree to him doing so.
One day.
She would actively drive him out.
Drive him to that vaster and freer world.
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