Knights of the Elf World

"Vermilion Leaf City is the most famous seaport city in the Kanto region, and large ships often dock there, hmm."

"You are a trainer too! As the saying goes, when trainers' eyes meet, they will fight, so let's fight!" Xichen, who was reading the introduction of Vermilion City, was stopped by a boy of about eleven or twelve years old, who was holding a Poké Ball in his hand.

"Okay, what are the rules?" Xichen was not surprised by this. He often encountered such things along the way. Xichen didn't hate it very much, because the Pokémon of this kind of trainer were not very strong. They were simply experience babies. It just happened to help the Sandshrew who had just joined the team gain some experience.

"The rule is that each side can only use one Pokémon. Go, Rattata!" Seeing that Xichen did not refuse, the other party also sent out a Pokémon.

"In my opinion, this is the one. Sandshrew, take this battle for me!"

"Chiji!" The little guy seemed full of fighting spirit as soon as he came out.

"Then you attack first." Xichen generously gave up the right to attack first.

"Rada, use your special move! " The young man didn't hesitate and immediately ordered Rada to attack.

"Sandshrew uses Roll." The two Pokémon collided, and Rattata was knocked back a few steps by Sandshrew's Roll, but Sandshrew did not stop. It then rolled and knocked Rattata down, making it lose its combat ability.

"You are so strong! With your strength, you might be able to defeat that beast master Xiao Ming!" The young man did not seem depressed after being defeated, but instead recommended someone to Xichen.

"Xiao Ming?"

The name of the good passerby. I didn’t expect that Xiao Ming, who accompanied me for nine years of compulsory education in my previous life and then retired gloriously, would meet him again in the Pokémon world.

"Yes, Xiao Ming, who is also known as the Beast Master, is right in front. He has a private gym and he is the owner. He has won 99 consecutive games now! And he also uses Sandshrew."

After hearing what he said, Xichen suddenly remembered that there was indeed such a person near Cerulean City. His training method was indeed good, but it was too harsh. As a doctor, Xichen knew that although excessive training could make Pokémon stronger in a short period of time, it would also consume the potential of one's own Pokémon. So Xichen still hated his approach.

"Then let's go and meet this beast master Xiao Ming." As he said that, he put away the mole rat and walked forward. Although he hated it, Xichen still wanted to go and take a look.

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"'Ninety-nine consecutive wins at the unofficial Pokémon Gym', it's great to be able to do that, but his personality..." Through the huge wooden door, there was a circus-like tent inside, and above the door was written what Xichen had just said, and there was also an electronic counter recording the number of consecutive wins.

In fact, no matter which trainer it is, being able to achieve ninety-nine consecutive victories is a proud thing. Xichen still admires this point. At least he does not have so much energy to achieve this winning streak, and Xichen will not mark the record so blatantly.

Pushing open the door, what came into view was a huge stone arena, which seemed to have been built by Xiao Ming himself.

After looking around and finding no one, Xichen walked towards the tent. Sure enough, he heard the sound of whips whipping from inside, so he walked in. There were a lot of Pokémon here, but they were basically common Pokémon like Butterfree, Beedrill, and Rattata. However, they all wore a strange device. Xichen knew something called a forced exerciser, but this one was different. It should be an enhancer made by Xiao Ming himself. I don't know if it has any side effects.

"Who are you!" Noticing Xichen entering, a young man with dark green hair spoke up, holding a whip in his hand. Next to him was a sandshrew also wearing an enhancer. There were some water stains on its body. Xichen also noticed that there seemed to be a pool of water behind Xiao Ming.

"Since you don't want to talk, then leave and don't disturb my training!" Seeing Xichen staring at his Sandshrew without saying anything, Xiao Ming said to Xichen impatiently, then turned around and ordered the Sandshrew to jump into the water. Seeing this, Xichen on the side couldn't bear it anymore.

"Hey! Don't you know that sandshrews are afraid of water?!"

"We are just doing training to transcend attributes, what do you know?" Xiao Ming's face darkened when he saw that Xichen, an outsider, was trying to stop him from training.

"Is this the way you torture Pokémon by transcending attributes?" Xichen was also impolite.

"For our ideals, we will endure all the pain. If mole rats become timid when encountering water, how can we realize our ideals?" Xiao Ming looked as if it was a matter of course, which made Xichen annoyed.

It was obviously only his Pokémon that was suffering, but he still said it so righteously. How shameless! Why didn't I find him so annoying when I first read the original novel?

To be honest, Xichen's Pokémon training is definitely not any less strenuous than Xiao Ming's Pokémon, but Xichen will never let his Pokémon do any training beyond their attributes, and Xichen will not whip his Pokémon. A trainer is not a tamer, and Xiao Ming obviously treats his Pokémon as tools and has no intention of taking them to the top.

"There's no point in saying more. Let's fight. I'm here to challenge you!" Xichen didn't plan to say anything more about this unreasonable guy. It would be more refreshing to beat him up!

"Oh~ So you are the fertilizer to help me complete one hundred consecutive victories. You can challenge me, but you have to wait for my sandalwood to recover its strength." Xiao Ming was immediately delighted when he heard Xichen's words. He spent so much time to achieve ninety-nine consecutive victories, and he was only one step away from the nearest goal. Naturally, he agreed readily, and then took off the enhancer on the sandalwood, and then went to get food to replenish the sandalwood's strength.

"Use this if you want to replenish your strength." Xichen took out a blue tangerine from his bag and threw it to Xiao Ming. It was not because Xichen was kind, but because he was in a hurry. Although food could restore physical strength, it was still too slow and the effect was not as good as the blue tangerine. Xichen wanted to defeat him in his strongest state and let him know who is the fertilizer for whom!

"Oh? Lanju? Thank you." After Xiao Ming helped Lanju, he also thanked Xichen, and then fed Lanju to the sandmouse. Soon, the sandmouse recovered its strength. Seeing that the sandmouse had recovered, the two of them came to the stone arena together.

"Then send out your Pokémon. I'll use Sandshrew!" Xiao Ming said to Xichen confidently, holding a whip.

"Sharptooth Land Shark, take this battle for me!"

"Crack!"

Xichen also sent out the Sharp-toothed Land Shark, which let out a demonstrative roar as soon as it appeared.