Trainers returning from the Kingdom of Roc

Chapter 42: Finding Hou Hao

Ding!

As expected, the Prism Ball flew back into Luo Yan's hand.

Looking at the Prism Ball in his hand, which had already been successfully contracted, Luo Yan smiled.

Are you kidding me? If I saw a Pokémon like this and didn't catch it, would I be stupid?!

"A heterochromatic ice and snow dragon, how interesting." Luo Yan chuckled as he tucked the Prism Ball into his pocket.

As expected, the Ice Dragon is level 48, so it's probably impossible to command it for a while. But in a way, it's a win, isn't it?

Besides, even if we can't command this 'big guy,' we still have two 'little guys,' don't we?

Yes, the moment he caught the ice dragon, as its massive form was absorbed into the ball, Luo Yan quickly spotted two smaller ice dragons hidden behind it.

This is a degenerate form of the Ice and Snow Dragon. Although it is smaller, it is only one head smaller than the Demon Wolf, which is enough to show how large the other species is.

No wonder the other party didn't attack me; it turns out they were taking care of their child and were probably worried that their baby would get hurt if a fight broke out. Also, the demon wolf didn't show any aggression.

But now...

"Go, King Ball!"

Ding Ding!

So what if I don't have many prism balls? I still have the King Ball!

It has the same 100% capture rate and the same ability to enhance talent. The only drawback is that it can't change a Pokémon's color to Shiny like Prism Ball, but that's not a big deal.

Ancient living Pokémon are rarer than shiny Pokémon.

Before she could even celebrate, Luo Yan carefully stored the two King Balls, jumped onto the Demon Wolf, and patted it. "Danger over, Demon Wolf, let's move on!"

"Awoo!"

The demon wolf responded and leaped into the dense forest.

He was already used to Luo Yan's actions. Although Luo Yan was different from his previous appearance (Locke), their magic power remained unchanged.

When Luo Yan was exploring the Kingdom of Rock on his back, Luo Yan was like this. Whenever he saw a powerful Pokémon, he would throw Poké Balls at its face, sometimes a Great Ball, sometimes a King Ball.

The demon wolf still remembered the day he first met Luo Yan. At that time, Luo Yan laughed heartily at him, as if he had seen something of value.

Then a colorful, spherical object hit him on the head, and he knew nothing more.

Um...

In a sense.

I look quite similar to that big guy from earlier.

I wonder if that big guy will become my good friend in the future.

Luo Yan had no idea what the Demon Wolf was thinking at that moment; all he could think about was Hou Hao's whereabouts.

He became nervous after witnessing the family of three ice dragons.

This is a genuine primitive world! It's like Hou Hao was delivered to our doorstep. Even if we add Poliwag and Heracross, it'll only make things a little difficult for these primitive Pokémon.

He's lucky to have encountered the vegetarian Pokémon, Ice Dragon. What if Hou Hao had encountered a carnivorous one? Would he have been overfed?

The demon wolf crossed the forest, and soon the surrounding environment turned into grassland, and more and more primitive Pokémon appeared in Luo Yan's field of vision.

But he had no intention of stopping the demon wolf, because the more Primal Pokémon there were around, the greater the chance that Hou Hao would be in danger. He could only feel his heart beating faster and faster.

After crossing another hill, the sea came into view.

"Holy crap, did that kid fall into the sea?!" Luo Yan felt a chill in his heart.

He remembered watching a science channel that said something like, "If humans traveled back to ancient times, the land would definitely be safer than the water."

While there may be countless huge predators on the shore, making it seem dangerous, the danger level increases several times over once you get to the sea!

Just as Luo Yan's heart was pounding, the voice of the demon wolf suddenly rang out.

"...Over there..."

Upon hearing this, Luo Yan was taken aback at first, then suddenly looked in the direction the demon wolf was pointing.

On several large rocks along the coastline, a small figure was gesturing wildly, seemingly directing something, while below the rocks, a mosquito coil frog was battling a gray creature.

"call--"

Seeing that Hou Hao was safe, Luo Yan finally felt relieved.

It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive.

He wanted to go back hand in hand with Hou Hao, not just hold Hou Hao's hand.

"Thank you for your hard work, Demon Wolf. Leave the rest to me." Luo Yan patted Demon Wolf's neck and put him back.

It's best not to let Hou Hao see this guy for now, since he's his only trump card at the moment.

There weren't many original Pokémon around, and they were quite far away, so Luo Yan picked up the pack and ran towards Hou Hao.

By the time he reached a closer position, Hou Hao's battle with the mosquito coil frogs had reached its final stage.

"Mosquito Coil Frog, give him the final [multiple slaps!]!"

"just!"

The mosquito coil frog leaped high into the air and slapped its opponent repeatedly with two vicious slaps.

The creature battling the Poliwag is an oval-shaped creature called Fossil Helmets. Of course, that's its name after it's been "resurrected." Now that it's not a fossil, it should be called... Helmets?

"Now's the time! Go, Poké Ball!"

As Luo Yan was thinking, Hou Hao had already thrown out the Poké Ball.

With a flash of light, the fossil helmet was stored inside. Hou Hao stared intently at the Poké Ball, his hands gripping it tightly.

The Poké Ball wobbled slightly, seemingly not resisting much. After a while, the Poké Ball calmed down and settled with a "ding".

"Yay!!"

Hou Hao let out a loud shout and jumped up excitedly, then lost his footing and rolled smoothly down the rock.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch—"

"So you do feel pain, huh?" Luo Yan crossed her arms and went around to the back of the big rock, looking at Hou Hao who was sprawled out on the ground. "Do you know how scared I was? And you, you were just playing around like that."

"Luo Yan!?"

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Hou Hao sat up abruptly, and then, upon seeing Luo Yan, he immediately smiled.

"Hahaha, I knew you'd be alright! You truly are my best brother, hahaha!"

"You rascal." Luo Yan rolled her eyes. "Next time I tell you to run, you should just run obediently and not stop and look back, okay?"

"But how could I have experienced something so awesome if I didn't look back!"

Hou Hao stood up excitedly, took three Poké Balls off his belt, making a total of four including the one in his hand.

"Look, these are what I just caught: three Omanyte and two Kabuto. Pretty impressive, right?"

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