Manor Lord in the Pokémon World

As soon as I stepped into the hotel, a musty, dusty, and stale smell hit me.

This reminded Fangzhou of when he first arrived at the manor, when his little cabin had the same smell.

The hotel was dimly lit, with only a few rays of sunlight slanting in through the broken windows, casting dappled patterns of light on the dusty floor.

Just then, a whooshing sound rang out!

The next moment, several sharp-edged leaves swirled and shot out from the shadows of the stairs!

Sneak attack!

The little fire monkey was quick-witted and agile, flicking sparks from its tail to burn all the leaves.

A white figure appeared in the corner of the stairs not far away. Seeing that its move had been countered, it turned and ran.

dong dong dong.

In the blink of an eye, I was on the second-floor corridor.

Sure enough, that wind sprite had come to hide here!

"Chase!"

Ark recalled the enormous, immobile tropical dragon and chased after them with the little fire monkey.

"Da da di da da di~" The wind sprite ran frantically ahead.

"Chirp chirp!" Ark chased after them with the little fire monkey.

One person and two Pokémon began chasing each other in the hotel.

The hotel has five floors. After chasing each other for a while in the straight corridor, the wind sprite realized that it might not be able to outrun the human in the corridor covered with tattered carpets, so it decisively ran up the stairs.

Fangzhou felt like it had just completed a high-intensity training exercise, panting heavily as it chased after them.

Fortunately, the distance between the two sides was not increased too much.

But after running for a while, Fangzhou finally realized something was wrong.

"Little Flame Monkey, stop for a moment."

They were clearly running upwards the whole time, but...

It seems like we've been running for several minutes, but we still haven't seen the expected fourth or fifth floor stairwell exit.

The staircase in front of me seemed endless, just monotonously extending upwards.

The ark stopped and looked up.

The stained steps wound upwards, disappearing into the dim light, with no end in sight.

He looked back down and saw almost the same scene: a staircase stretching downwards, seemingly without end.

What's going on?

Am I trapped in a looping space?

Just as Fangzhou was puzzled, an even stranger scene unfolded.

The wind sprite that had been running upstairs ahead of them suddenly came running up the stairs below them, looking flustered and panting!

When the Wind Fairy saw the Ark and the Little Flame Monkey appear in front of her, she was terrified.

w(ﾟДﾟ)w

What's going on?!

How did this human and that monkey suddenly appear in front of me?!

The wind sprite was so frightened that its soft fur stood on end, and it turned and ran down the stairs.

Fangzhou stood there somewhat helplessly. After a while, he heard the sound of running footsteps coming from above the stairs.

The Wind Fairy came running down the stairs, panting, and saw Ark and Little Flame Monkey standing there.

Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

Ah!

How did this human suddenly appear down there again!

Without hesitation, it turned and ran up the stairs.

Fangzhou watched it wriggle around with amusement.

This wind sprite doesn't seem very smart.

He began to think about the reasons.

Without a doubt, this is a case of being trapped in a maze.

Fangzhou sighed. Sure enough, these abandoned hotels all had some terrifying legends. If he wasn't mistaken, they were also inhabited by a ghost-type Pokémon that liked to play pranks.

It's probably the Ghost-type Pokémon that's behind this, but they haven't shown up yet.

The wind sprite continued running up and down with all its might, as if it had finally run out of energy, and collapsed on the ground, panting heavily.

Fangzhou then noticed that it had sustained wounds from its previous battle with the Great Swan, and these wounds were tearing open with the intense movement.

tsk...

We need to treat it as soon as possible; it would be troublesome if it got infected.

"Wind Fairy, don't be afraid. We don't mean to hurt you. Let me heal your injuries."

Fangzhou tried to raise his hands and slowly approach to show that he meant no harm.

But the wind sprite, having just been chased by the Great Swallow and now by humans, was clearly already a bit stressed, and turned around and struggled to continue its escape.

Suddenly, a cloud of black mist appeared in the air.

The black mist swirled and twisted, gradually condensing into a shape, eventually transforming into a candle-shaped Pokémon floating in mid-air with a ghostly blue flame burning on its head!

"aiyiwei~"

It's Candlelight Spirit!

So that's what it was all about!

It grinned and chuckled.

It excels at creating illusions, exhausting its prey, and then draining their soul energy.

Delicious... such a delicious soul... hehehe...

When Whimsicott saw a terrifying Pokémon appear in front of it and humans behind it, it cowered on the steps, trembling and burying its head in the sand like an ostrich, unwilling to face anything.

"aiyiwei~"

Lidgment loves timid Pokémon, and immediately prepared to take care of Whimsicott and absorb its soul energy.

The poor wind sprite was so frightened that it trembled like a leaf.

"Chirp!" (If you want to attack the wind sprite, you'll have to get past me first)

The little fire monkey stood in front of the wind sprite, looking at it warily.

Candlelight Spirit laughed even more heartily.

A fire-type opponent, huh?

OK OK.

It's not your average candle holder; it's a candle holder with culture!

Before the hotel was abandoned, it had secretly followed many trainers to learn about the Flash Flame ability.

Being hit by fire-type moves will only make you stronger!

It flew around in front of the little fire monkey without any restraint.

come on!

Attack me!

Transform them all into my power!

Suddenly, the Poké Ball on Fangzhou's waist opened, and Tropius ran out of it.

"Ao Si~" Tropical Dragon pushed the little Flame Monkey aside.

This time, everyone was trapped here because it wanted to find a companion who knew how to use magic space, so it should be its turn to fight.

[Sprite: Candlelight]

Gender: Male

[Feature: Fire]

[Growth Stage: Elite Level]

[Skills: Fright (Mastery), Spark (Mastery), Spellcasting (Beginner), Strange Light (Mastery)...]

[Intimacy Level: -10 (Anyone who dares to enter my inn will become my food)]

[Mood: 90 (Tropical Dragon, I've got it! The opposing Pokémon were a Grass-type Whimsicott, a Fire-type Chimchar, and a Grass-type Tropius, and I completely shut them down!)]

"Alright, Tropical Dragon, let's use Leaf Storm!"

This is the first battle after Tropical Dragon's base stats were boosted.

"Aosi!"

A green storm vortex made of pure energy blades suddenly formed in the narrow stairwell!

The howling wind almost ripped our eardrums, and the powerful energy fluctuations made the entire abandoned hotel seem to tremble slightly!

Candlelight Spirit: ?

wrong!