Pokémon: Hoenn Storm

Chapter 231 A Slightly Late Evolution Dragon Slayer Warrior Mari Luli (55 in ) ()

Playing or resting, everyone and every Pokémon has their own arrangements. In an ordinary day without fighting or training, everyone gained a rare peace.

Just like this city that seeks balance and integration between humans and nature.

The tense muscles relaxed again.

More importantly, the tense spirit was relaxed.

Among Lai's friends, except for Nian Meilong, they all belong to the type that no matter what they look like, they are actually very self-disciplined. Even Nian Meilong will do everything possible to dig out Lai's needs and requests. own potential.

This kind of character is the fundamental reason why they continue to make progress and breakthroughs, and it will also bring some burden to them every once in a while. At this time, they need to spontaneously or proactively arrange for recuperation, so as to achieve work and rest. combine.

Looking at the six friends playing together, Lai thought of the Lizard King far away on the Island of Prayer. At this moment, it was probably still working as the "kindergarten director" he liked, taking care of a group of children with vague inner trauma. Pokémon.

Gathering his thoughts, Rai looked at his friends in front of him.

The giant swamp monster and the big-billed gull are almost invulnerable. They are just absorbing energy step by step. More than half a month has passed and they are getting closer and closer to level 54. Making improvements is inevitable in the next few days.

Compared with the giant swamp monster and the big-billed gull, the Nianmeilong and the Natural Bird are slightly behind, but they are also making steady progress. Next, the Nianmeilong needs to continue to strengthen the understanding of attributes, and the Natural Bird needs to continue to strengthen its still weak body. After making up for their shortcomings, the distance between them and the giant swamp monster and the big-billed gull will be much closer.But this can only shorten the distance. If you want to truly catch up, you need to make a breakthrough in some extraordinary ability. Their respective characteristics may be an opportunity.

In Lai's judgment, the real extraordinary power should be divided into three forms of expression. They have different emphasis on each other, but they also penetrate each other, and in the end they reach the same goal through different paths.These three forms of expression are [force], [potential] and [skill].

Big-billed Gull's initial exploration of law and power is a type of force; Swampert and Malilu's understanding of the aura belongs to the category of potential; as for magic, Lai has not fully understood it, but in his opinion , can originate from characteristics, and then develop into a certain use mode that integrates attributes, energy, and body.

As a manifestation of the body's instincts, characteristics often present a Pokémon's deepest advantages. Developing around them may be the best key to opening the door to a higher realm.At this point, Malilu, who had vaguely touched the sea tide aura that perfectly suited the characteristics of Hercules, was ahead of them, even one step ahead of the Lizard King who had already stepped onto the threshold of the King of Heaven.

The Lizard King, who is in the jungle, is now beginning to think about his own aura or [situation], but he hasn't gained much yet.

Jirachi is a Pokémon that does not require training. As a fantasy Pokémon, it is a type of "born with knowledge". Its powerful energy is created by heaven and earth. It is difficult to improve and does not require training. promoted.

As a partner, Lai only hopes that it can remain innocent and happy, but if one day it wants to train and fight, Lai will fully support it. Although progress is slow, it does not mean that it cannot make breakthroughs.

In the end, only Marilu was left.Since this little guy who likes to play pranks joined the team, no matter how many teammates he added, he has always been relatively lagging behind in terms of strength. Although he is extremely talented, he is always one or two steps behind everyone.

In the battle, it can only be used as a restriction and support, and there are few occasions for positive performance. When participating in the battle, you will lose more than win.

Although Lai never blamed it for this, he always encouraged it, and other partners also praised it, especially the Swamp Monster with a similar style.

But the constant backwardness still left a small knot in the heart of the young Marilu. Learning from the Swamp Monster was also a way for it to try to catch up with its friends.

Recently, Lai often had vague perceptions. In the middle of the night, Marilu would go out alone and find a place where no one was around to train silently. Even her appetite increased a lot.

In this regard, Lai did not find a good way to comfort it. He could only silently increase the frequency and duration of massage to help it eliminate fatigue.

Today, seeing it having fun with the giant swamp monster and the big-billed gull, Lai felt that this might help it get out of its inner tangle.

With the power of the heart swept gently, Marilu's body has been strengthened to an outstanding level. Any trainer would have evolved without hesitation at this time.

However, it was still a little bit short of perfection, which made Lai more or less unwilling.

Playing with the water stone in his hand, Lai's eyes were a little complicated.

At some point, Naqi, who had rested for a while, quietly walked over to Lai and sat quietly aside.

"Naki, do you think you should evolve now?"

Unable to make up his mind, Lai turned to his girlfriend next to him for help.

"What's my opinion? In fact, I have always felt that after getting this special water stone, it could and should absorb the energy in it and then evolve. Malilu evolved into Malilu There is no need to accumulate such depth in Liluli, this water stone is just the icing on the cake."

Hearing Lai's question, Naqi responded decisively, and she had obviously thought about it.

"Instead of asking whether we should evolve today, we should think about why we have to wait any longer?"

Gently holding his chin, Lai told Naqi the results of the Heart Power detection, as well as the little entanglement in his heart.

After listening to Lai's story, Naqi also found it a bit funny. She leaned closer, stretched out her white fingers and tapped Lai's cheek, and asked: "At that time, the water jumping fish evolved into the bog jumping fish, and the bog jumping fish evolved into a giant fish." Swamp monster, is it truly perfect?"

"No, it was fine when the marsh jumping fish evolved. It was a coincidence that the water jumping fish evolved earlier than I expected." Lai explained the truth honestly.

"Isn't this the end?" The tapping turned into pulling, and two fingers pulled Lai's cheek into a small arc. "It's not that there is no chance to continue to strengthen after evolving. You are just too pursuing perfection, but you didn't think about it. But how much pressure did you put on it when you said that Malilu's foundation was not enough? Do you know how much is still missing? Does it know? The unknown is often accompanied by huge fear and lack of confidence. Whether it is intensive training or other methods No matter what, they are all trying to eliminate them, but it often backfires.”

A word to wake up the dreamer.

Although there is information sharing brought about by the power of the heart, in the final analysis, this cannot be the whole story.

Partners trust Lai and unconditionally support and recognize everything Lai says and does, but Lai sometimes fails to truly grasp what they are thinking.

At this time, Lai understood the difference between "suitable" and "best" that Yongren said a year ago, and also understood what Bonnie had said to him on the beach in Wudou Town. These ideas were consistent with his cultivation on Tianshui Island. The thoughts in the heart are merged together.

"In fact, there is no limit to good, but fitness has its own limits. If you pursue the perfect route too much, you will deviate from the right track due to deliberate efforts."

With that said, Lai stood up, walked towards Marilu by the water, and held her in his arms.

The wet Marilu soaked Rai's clothes.

"Lilu?"

The little guy who was playing in the water was a little confused and asked curious questions.

What are you doing here suddenly?
"Marilu, actually you have been doing very well, but I have some problems."

Sitting by the water, he put Marilu in front of him, looking at the calm lake and the aquatic Pokémon he met from time to time.

"At your age, there are only a handful of Pokémon that can do this well. I put too much pressure on you."

Gently rubbing Malilu's furry little head, Lai showed his true feelings when he saw that it was still a child but was under a lot of pressure.

"Lilu?"

Marilu still doesn't understand the situation. Why does her trainer suddenly seem to have changed?
It turned around and tapped Len's cheek with its small fist, as if to verify whether the person in front of it was its trainer.

Suddenly, there was a light touch under his feet, and he was picked up again by Lai, and his cheek was rubbed against it again and again.

Since she evolved, she and Lai have rarely been so intimate. The sudden close contact made Marilu feel a little awkward and she pushed Lai twice unconsciously.

On both sides, the Big-billed Gull and the Swampert who had been together for the longest time had fully understood Lai's intentions and withdrew with relief on their faces, leaving this space to Lai and Marilu.

"I look at you now, just like when we first met. Although you were still very young at that time and had not evolved yet, you were such a small lump. But from that time on, I have liked you very much. "

"Lilu."

Lai's frankness made Marilu a little embarrassed.

The three little guys in the distance also paid attention.

"It's not because you are very powerful, nor because you are very talented, although it is true. What makes me feel the best is your character. I really like your carefree and free side."

"In the past period of time, perhaps because of my request, you lost it at some point. Now I hope to help you get it back."

"Strength is never the most important thing. I hope you can all spend every day happily. Leave other things to me to consider!"

"Lilu!"

With a big smile, Marilu threw herself into Lai's arms.

"You worked really hard, Marilu."

"Effort should be rewarded."

"So, now, take this thing you have always wanted and use it."

One hand stroked Marilu's little head, and the other hand took out the top-quality water stone that had been stored for some time from the backpack.

"Lilu?"

He raised his head and looked at the water stone not far away, his evolved life instinct was boiling.

But Marilu still didn't understand. Didn't she not meet the requirements?

"No, you must have fully met my expectations, and even greatly exceeded my expectations. It's just that I'm not a good trainer. I always want to watch you get better and better, until you are so good that I can't even imagine. The point. But in fact, it is good enough, and now is the right time." "Lilu."

There were faint tears in Malilu's eyes. The vague bitterness in her heart was aroused by the surging emotions, and turned into an emotional release at this moment.

With much greater strength than when they first met on the unknown island, Marilu threw herself into Lai's arms and threw him to the ground.

A shallow flow of heat surged through the already moist chest.

Lying down on the grass, patting Marilu's back gently, feeling her mood, Lai said softly:

"Marilu, you have always been my pride."

After a long time, the little guy climbed up from Lai's chest, his eyes glowed with a rare look in many days, and his voice became high-spirited and firm.

"Lilu!"

I want to evolve!Become as strong as everyone else!

"I will always watch you, Marilou. It has been the same in the past, it is the same now, and it will be the same in the future."

The almost crystalline water stone looks particularly bright under the sunlight.

Lai's hands and Marilu's hands were placed on the water stone at the same time.

The water stone burst out with dazzling light, and the hard outer crystal slowly melted, turning into a tide of pure energy that entered Marilu's body.

Soon, the energy inside almost condensed into liquid.

Finally, it is the body of the water stone.

The evolution stone seemed to melt and sublimate. In the blink of an eye, it became part of the majestic energy tide.

Marilu's evolution does not require a water stone, but the one in front of her is an exception. It is particularly suitable for Marilu.

The moment the evolution stone disappeared, a purple shadow flashed past and appeared behind Marilu, but it disappeared in an instant.

"Kapu Fin Fin?"

The power of the heart keenly captured this scene that only existed for a moment. The purple figure was really too familiar.

"Lilu!——"

Accompanied by a high-pitched cry, the last energy entered Marilu's body.

The white light of evolution slowly rises.

The sublimation and transformation of life has officially begun.

It grew bigger little by little, and the spherical body seemed to be elongated, turning into the shape of a rugby ball.

The round ears also grow upward and become soft, pointed ears that can be rolled up.

Malilu, who had already grown to a full 60cm tall, quickly broke through the one meter limit and continued to grow.

Finally, at a height of nearly 1.2 meters, he stopped.

The white light gradually faded, and the dragon-slaying strongman Mariluli slowly revealed the lineup.

The same blue and white body has changed from a cute spherical shape to a more powerful and three-dimensional oval, but the charm has not diminished at all.

The round ears become pointed and elongated, and are slightly bent downward from the middle, complementing the changed body shape.

The originally short limbs have become slightly longer after evolution, and can support significantly more movements.

The originally arc-shaped blue and white boundary on the chest now has many spots of different sizes. They are irregular, but they appear very vivid and contain the rhythm of life.

In addition to black and white, the eyes also vaguely reveal traces of purple, which has always been the gift of Kapu Fin Fin.

I just don’t know why the island guardian god in the remote Alola region has the power to appear on such a water stone located outside Hoenn.

Looking at Mariluli, whose eyes were full of expectation, Rai put all these thoughts behind and hugged Mariluli into his arms with a smile.

Now that it has grown up, it is no longer the little round ball that can be fully hugged, but has become a big child that can hug each other.

"Congratulations, Mariluli, for reaching a new level."

"Mary!"

"Yes, from now on, you will be able to stand alone."

The power of the heart was injected into Mariluli's body, replenishing its losses and checking its body.

Mary Luli
gender: female

Personality: naughty

Attributes: Water, Fairy

Trait: Hercules

Height: 1.15m
Weight: XNUM X kg
Energy Level: 50
Skills: Leap, Water Gun, Tail Wagging, Help, Bubble Light, Coquettishness, Gift, Charming, Self-motivation, Tickle, Bump, Water Tail, Water Ring, Play, Circle, Roll, Water Cannon, Rain, Iron Rolling wheel, mist explosion, life-threatening collision, fake crying, waterfall climbing, surfing, megaton punch, reckless action, hot water, water jet, brute force, mist field (the fairy energy is insufficient and cannot be developed temporarily), the power of the moon (The fairies have insufficient energy and cannot be developed temporarily)
Physical condition: upper limbs (highly developed, need to supplement energy), lower limbs (highly developed, need to supplement energy), tail (extremely developed, need to supplement energy), trunk (highly developed, need to supplement energy), sea tide aura (preliminary, understanding middle)
The powerful water stone, combined with Malilu's profound heritage, and the previously saturated natural energy, were all released. Not only was the gym-level accumulation surpassed in one fell swoop, not even the threshold of the quasi-king was able to stop its progress. OK.

Kapu·Fin's gift brought it two extremely excellent fairy-type skills. Unfortunately, Maliluli was currently unable to truly develop and comprehend them due to lack of energy.

I had vague insights into the sea tide aura as early as that time on the beach. Now with the help of the tide of energy, I finally made a breakthrough and completed the introduction, but I was still a step away from the initial mastery.

Mali Luli was only one step away from becoming the ideal dragon-slaying warrior, the abdominal drum. To learn it, one would need to pay a lot of money and put in a lot of effort, or find a famous teacher to help.

"Mary!"

Feeling the seemingly endless power within her body, Mariluli smiled happily.

Finally, I am no longer a drag in the team!
The gift box was placed in Len's arms.

Lai looked at Mariluli, who was a little shy, and gently opened it.

"boom!"

There was a muffled sound, and Lai's face turned the color of charcoal.

"Mary Mary"

Mariluli laughed and hummed a tune that only she could understand.

"You child"

A helpless smile appeared on Lai's face. Taking advantage of the moment when Maliluli relaxed her vigilance, she pulled her into her arms and rubbed her black face against her furry body, dyeing her original blue and white body. On a black.

"Mary—"

Seeing the black marks on Lai's flawless body that had just evolved, Maliluli was about to cry without tears. She bumped into Lai's body and beat her with her small fists, making Lai breathless.

"Stop beating me and surrender. Nian Meilong, help me!"

Before he could finish speaking and Nian Meilong hadn't arrived, the natural sparrow who was already watching the play very close gathered up a small hammer and hit Lai on the head, making a "dang" sound.

"There are also natural birds, little cotton-padded jackets, please help!"

【That’s pretty much it~】

But even though they said that, Natural Bird and Nian Meilong still had no intention of saving lives. They laughed as they watched Lai being mercilessly "beaten" by Mariluli.

On the grass in the distance, Naqi hugged her knees and quietly watched the relationship between the person in front of her and her partner. Beside her, six Pokémon had gathered at some point and surrounded her. Together.

　Marilu was on the Island of Prayer at the time, and the core reason for her interest in the Water Stone was the power of Kapu Fin. It was precisely because of it that the Water Stone could be perfectly absorbed by Marilu. , promoting its leap-forward evolution.The foreshadowing from dozens of chapters ago has finally been filled in! (slapping the leopard’s belly triumphantly.gif)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)