“No, I can’t light it… The torrential rain yesterday soaked all the firewood.”
Gui Ling rubbed his swollen head, looking at the knife with only a hilt left, and threw it away.
“This is so frustrating, sigh…”
Everyone’s mood was a bit low, but Gui Ling suddenly thought of something.
“Banette, Will-O-Wisp!”
“Ding-dong!”
After receiving the command, Banette immediately released a ball of Will-O-Wisp and threw it onto the firewood. Then, a blue Will-O-Wisp ignited in the fire pit, but the fire was not large.
“Why is it so small?”
Gui Ling just reached his hand over the fire, wanting to see if the flame was hot, when the Will-O-Wisp shot up, burning even more fiercely, directly burning Gui Ling’s hand.
“Ah!!!”
…………
After a while, Kirlia was bandaging Gui Ling’s hand, while Gui Ling looked at the fire in front of him with a look of despair.
“Why does it feel like nothing is going smoothly?”
“………… (You’re being punished by heaven.)”
“You go over there.”
Then Gui Ling skewered a fish and placed it over the Will-O-Wisp to roast, but the next second, the high temperature of the Will-O-Wisp directly burned the fish into charcoal.
“What?”
Watching the roasted fish slowly turn into ashes, Gui Ling’s eyelids twitched, and then he quickly extinguished the Will-O-Wisp. It seemed the fish couldn’t be roasted today…
“Isn’t this over? The Pokémon food was already soaked by the water, and my own compressed biscuits also met the same fate. It seems we… won’t be eating tonight?”
Upon hearing this, all the Pokémon sighed, and Gui Ling waved his burned hand, feeling even more speechless.
But just then, there was a movement behind them. A young man with somewhat dark skin and a Fennekin on his shoulder walked out.
“Wow, so many Pokémon!”
The young man’s eyes sparkled, and at this moment, everyone saw the Fennekin on his shoulder and excitedly ran over.
“Oh my goodness! No… I’m injured… Cough, cough, cough…”
The young man took a step back, somewhat confused by the excited Pokémon, but then Gui Ling’s words directly dispelled the young man’s fear.
“Brother, can I borrow your Fennekin to make a fire? If we don’t make a fire soon, we’ll starve to death…”
“Ah? Is that so? Haha, I thought you guys were going to catch my Fennekin.”
“You’re overthinking it. Hurry, hurry, don’t let the fish dry out.”
Fennekin jumped off the young man’s shoulder and used Flamethrower to ignite the firewood. Gui Ling immediately put the fish on to roast, and everyone sat by the fire, waiting for dinner.
“Brother, you have so many Pokémon?”
“Only six.”
“That’s already very impressive! Frogadier, Kirlia, and Gengar! But I don’t know the other three. I’m still just a beginner, haha.”
Gui Ling nodded and introduced everyone one by one.
“This is Noivern, a Dragon-type Pokémon.”
“Hello there, Noivern.”
“Sound Wave.”
“This is Banette, a Ghost-type Pokémon. He is one of my main trump cards.”
“Banette? This is my first time seeing this type of doll-like Pokémon.”
“Ding-dong!”
When it was the turn of the giant eagle next to Gui Ling, he reminded the young man not to be scared.
“Next, I’m going to introduce my first Pokémon. Don’t be scared, okay?”
“Oh, it’s fine.”
“Do you know anything about Legendary Pokémon?”
“Let me think… I know Rayquaza!”
“Anything else?”
“No, he’s the most famous one.”
Upon hearing this, Yveltal felt like crying without tears. So, his reputation was not even as good as that big mudfish! Immediately, Yveltal’s desire to defeat Rayquaza grew stronger and stronger.
“Uh, haha… It’s okay, Yveltal.”
“………… (How can I not even compare to the reputation of that big mudfish! I am the God of Destruction! I am the Death God!)”
“Hahahaha! Alright, alright, alright, alright! Hahahaha!”
“………… (You’re still laughing?!)”
“No more laughing, no more laughing, hahahaha!”
Meanwhile, the young man beside them looked at Yveltal in surprise, while Fennekin shivered in fear, feeling the pressure of a higher being.
“The Pokémon spoke?!”
“Haha, because some divine Pokémon can speak human language through telepathy.”
“So… this Pokémon is a Legendary Pokémon?!”
“Yes, he is one of the three XYZ gods of the Kalos region, the Death God Yveltal.”
Then Gui Ling flipped to the Legendary page in the Pokémon Encyclopedia and showed the Yveltal illustration to the young man.
“He is an evil Pokémon that controls death, and is opposite to the life god Xerneas.”
“Evil Pokémon? Then it…”
“It’s fine, it won’t attack you. We are all traveling companions.”
“Is that so? Although I’m still a bit scared, it’s really awesome to observe a Legendary Pokémon up close!”
“………… (Thank you for starting the fire.)”
“No problem, no problem! Oh my! A Legendary Pokémon actually thanked me!”
Soon, the young man’s mood became very happy, and he was no longer afraid.
“Oh, by the way, my name is Xiao Liang, and I’m a Trainer who just started my journey.”
“Gui Ling, that’s the name I gave myself. I just rescued some Pokémon from hunters, so I got a bit injured and can only lean against this tree.”
“Is that so? I have medicine, I can help you with your treatment.”
“No need, Yveltal and a Gardevoir already helped me.”
“Gardevoir?! Where is she?”
Seeing Xiao Liang’s excited eyes, Gui Ling smiled.
“She already left, but I caught Kirlia.”
“Kirlia~”
“Kirlia is also very cute! Gui Ling, how about we have a Pokémon battle?”
“Sure, but I can’t stand up, so let’s have one.”
“Okay, then I’ll leave it to you, Fennekin!”
“Fennekin!”
Fennekin VS Kirlia
“Fennekin, Flamethrower!”
“Fennekin!”
“Kirlia, use Confusion to dodge!”
“Kirlia!”
Fennekin shot out a flame, and Kirlia immediately used Confusion to fly up and dodge the attack, while also moving above Fennekin.
“Shadow Sneak!”
“Quick, dodge!”
Kirlia released Shadow Sneak and slammed it towards Fennekin. Fennekin narrowly dodged, then sprayed another flame.
“Reflect! Then use Confusion to lift it up!”
A green barrier appeared in front of Kirlia. After blocking Flamethrower, it used Confusion to lift Fennekin into the air. Fennekin tried to struggle but it was useless.
“Psybeam!”
This attack directly heavily injured Fennekin. Fennekin tried to struggle to its feet, but was lifted up again by Confusion.
“Shadow Sneak to finish it!”
Kirlia immediately used all its strength to gather a very large Shadow Sneak, directly smashing it towards Fennekin. After a purple explosion, Fennekin also lost its ability to battle.
“Good job, Fennekin.”
“Amazing! Kirlia!”
“Kirlia~”
“Kirlia is too amazing! I really want to catch one too!”
“Haha, then you must be kind.”
“Oh, how so?”
“Ralts, Kirlia, and Gardevoir all have one characteristic. They are very united and can use their psychic power to detect your good and evil, and if you want to take them away, you must have a 1V1 battle. Only then will you gain the leader’s approval.”
“Such strict conditions… But I will try my best!”
“Fennekin!”
“You think so too, right?”
“Fennekin!”
Looking at the high-spirited Xiao Liang, Gui Ling also smiled. Everyone began to eat dinner together, and then went to sleep.