Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 466 Sudden Wildfire!

After spending two days in Tokiwa City, accompanying Qiao Yiying to indulge in some shopping,

Qingyuan then left Viridian City with the Zapdos feather he had obtained in exchange for mating rights with a fossil aerodramus.

"By the way, can this thing actually detect where Zapdos is?"

Looking at the yellow feather preserved in the glass bottle, which occasionally flashed with electricity, Qingyuan said with a puzzled expression.

"Grumble! (Who knows, but there's definitely some electrical energy in here!)"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Scorpion King, who was standing nearby, popped a sour lemon candy into his mouth and said to Qingyuan.

"Stop eating! You've already eaten more than a dozen on this long walk!"

"Even if you're a Champion-level Pokémon now, you can't eat candy like that! You'll lose your teeth!"

Seeing Qingyuan pop another lemon candy into his mouth, he frowned and said to Scorpio King.

This guy has become increasingly arrogant ever since he broke through to the Heavenly King level.

"Gorilla! (This is the reward you gave me before. I saved it up to eat today. I didn't steal your candy, so you can't punish me!)"

Hearing that Qingyuan's tone was off, Scorpion King quickly stuffed the sour lemon candy from its pincers into its mouth and looked at Qingyuan warily.

"Hey, you bastard!"

Upon hearing this, Qingyuan was so angry that he laughed.

"Meow~"

Watching his older brother and trainer playfully fighting behind him, Zeraora knocked down the Serperior blocking his way with a Plasma Lightning Punch and couldn't help but shake his head.

This guy and the trainer are both unreliable. They can argue endlessly over something as trivial as eating candy. They're so childish!

"Hey! (Can't you just throw me somewhere else instead of knocking me out?!)"

"Neta! (It must have been tiring for me to clean up after you, you know!)"

Nidorino, who was cleaning up after Zeraora, used his horn to hang Arboro on a tree and protested to Zeraora.

This guy is so infuriating! He could have easily knocked it away, but he insisted on knocking it unconscious.

We need to let it tidy up so that the incapacitated Pokémon won't block our way.

Upon hearing Nidorino's words, Zeraora gave him a cold look.

He then kicked a small Rattata far away with force.

Although it was very unwilling to listen to what Nidorino had to say.

However, it will try its best not to provoke Nidorino if it can avoid it.

After all, a fiercely protective wind chime is not someone it can afford to mess with at this stage.

"boom!"

Just as Qingyuan and his companions were slowly making their way through the forest, a loud noise suddenly rang out.

Along with the sound came a strong tremor from the ground.

"What's going on?!"

Qingyuan and Scorpion King exchanged a glance, and Qingyuan asked, looking completely bewildered.

"Gore! (I'll go take a look!)"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Scorpion King performed a backflip and took off, flying directly towards the direction from which the sound came.

"Charizard protects me!"

"Zeraora, Nidorino, and Chimecho, come back first!"

As the Gliscor departed, Qingyuan threw out Charizard and then took out the Poké Balls of Zeraora and the others to store them away.

"Take me to see the Charizard!"

He flipped over and climbed onto the Charizard's back, patted its neck, and pointed in the direction from which the sound had come.

"Roar!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Charizard nodded.

Then it flapped its wings and flew directly into the sky above the forest.

However, as soon as he arrived, Qingyuan immediately gasped.

Things had gotten out of hand. About three or four kilometers directly in front of them, a huge fire shot into the sky and ignited the surrounding trees.

And it quickly spread to the surrounding forest.

"Greek! (The elf hunters are hunting something!)"

At this moment, Scorpion King, who had gone to check the situation, saw Qingyuan riding a Charizard flying in mid-air and quickly flew over to tell Qingyuan what had happened ahead.

"Damn it, a bunch of scum! Catching Pokémon is one thing, but you also started a wildfire!"

Upon hearing Scorpion King's words, Qingyuan immediately swore.

No one knows what the elf hunter was trying to catch, but the towering fire spread nearly a kilometer outward in just a few words.

"King Nidoran, organize the forest elves to build a firebreak, and stop the fire from spreading any further!"

"Venusaur, go and organize the Water-type Pokémon to put out the fire!"

After learning what had happened, Qingyuan threw out Nidoking and Venusaur's Poké Balls and said.

Nidoking is the overlord of the forest and has a renowned reputation among the many forest spirits.

In such situations, Nidoking of the forest usually steps forward, and most forest elves choose to obey his commands. This is the prestige that Nidoking's family has accumulated over the long forest.

As for Venusaur organizing Water-type Pokémon, one reason is that Venusaur itself has a good reputation in the forest. After a fire, the task of rebuilding their homes is usually led by the Venusaur and Bellossom groups.

On the other hand, Venusaur is powerful enough to forcibly organize a firefighting team using its strength.

"Nedo!"

"Da na!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Nidoking and Venusaur glanced at the thick smoke in the distance, then called out to Qingyuan before heading off into the forest in different directions.

"Let's go see what caused the forest fire!"

After watching Nidoking and Venusaur split up, Qingyuan patted Charizard's neck and said.

"Roar!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Charizard roared and quickly flew towards the direction of the fire.

Seeing this, Scorpio King quickly followed suit!

"Shellion uses Rain Dance!"

"Scorpion King, use the power of the earth!"

Seeing the wall of fire formed by the burning trees, Qingyuan placed the giant tongue shell on the back of the Scorpion King and gave a loud command.

"Greek!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, the Scorpion King let out a shout.

By directly manipulating the two earth pythons, they extinguished the wall of fire in front of them.

"Whoa!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, the Giant Tongue Shell let out a loud cry and desperately gathered water energy to form a dark cloud.

However, because the fire was too intense, it didn't even have time to form dark clouds.

The scorching heat directly dried up the water energy it had gathered!

"Ooh! (Sorry, I can't cast Rain Dance!)"

Looking at the dissipating dark clouds in the sky, Big Tongue Shell said to Qingyuan with a guilty expression.

"Since that's the case, the Giant Tongue Shell is using a water cannon!"

Hearing this, Qingyuan looked at the dissipating dark clouds in the sky and could only sigh before giving another command to the Big Tongue Shell.

At this critical moment, he couldn't care less about anything else; he just wanted to put out as much fire as possible.

If Slowking were here right now!