Chapter 180: Is This Human Strength?

Chapter 180: Chapter 180: Is This Human Strength?

A/N:13/14 Bonus Chapters

-----------------------

Julian came out wearing a mask, and Cynthia’s behaviour did indeed become much better.

Cynthia tacitly did not ask why Julian had put one on.

Once they boarded the plane, apart from sleeping, there was nothing to do but watch soap operas.

The movie playing on the screen told the love story of a Mime Jr. king and a Jynx princess.

Cynthia, at least, seemed to be enjoying it.

Julian smiled.

"I didn’t expect you to like romance movies like this too, Cynthia."

Cynthia rested her hand against her smooth chin and smiled slightly.

"This director’s works are still quite interesting. They’re perfect for passing the time."

"Although I’m an Elite Four member, in your mind, Julian, am I the kind of person who doesn’t understand romance and only cares about getting stronger?"

Julian shook his head.

"That’s not it. I was just making conversation."

Cynthia raised an eyebrow and asked, "Then what kind of movies do you like?"

Julian thought for a moment.

"Comedy, mystery, thriller, action, mythology, that kind of thing?"

The culture of the Pokémon world was similar in some ways to Julian’s previous world.

It was just that movies here included far more Pokémon.

In fact, Pokémon were usually the protagonists.

Watching from a human perspective, there was slightly less immersion.

However, Maylene liked watching movies, so Julian had made movie-going one of their family activities.

He would drag Darius away from the Game Corner and take his little sister to watch movies together.

All to leave Maylene with good childhood memories.

...

Fourteen hours passed quickly.

After getting off the plane, Julian stretched his body.

"Finally off the plane."

"Shall we eat something in Mesagoza first, then take a car to Zapapico?"

Near Zapapico was the lowest gap in the cliffs surrounding the Great Crater of Paldea.

Because of that, Trainers heading into the crater for expeditions usually entered through the gap near Zapapico.

Cynthia nodded.

"I want to try Paldea’s speciality ice cream!"

Southern Paldea was rich in citrus, mangoes, guava, and other fruits. Ice cream made from those fruits was refreshing and perfect for cooling off.

Conveniently, Mesagoza was in southern Paldea.

The variety of local fruit-flavoured ice creams was dazzling, leaving Cynthia unable to decide for a while.

Julian could only help her choose.

"How about a combination of citrus, mango, and guava?"

Cynthia nodded.

"I’ll listen to you."

There was also a winter-style ice cream made with almonds, Honey, and nougat. Its texture was dense and sweet.

There were many other speciality ice creams too. If Julian had not stopped Cynthia, she absolutely would have eaten ice cream as her meal.

"Let’s try some of Paldea’s local dishes too. I want to learn them so I can make them for Professor Rowan and the others when we return."

Seafood paella, garlic shrimp, braised beef cheek, charcoal-grilled ribs, cold tomato soup, and ham sandwiches.

The ham tasted excellent. It was simply a top-grade ingredient.

If it were Julian, he wanted to try using this ham to make ham mooncakes.

Julian remembered that Paldea seemed to have a Pokémon called Lechonk.

This ham... couldn’t be made from Lechonk, could it?

Whatever. Eat first!

Cynthia nodded repeatedly.

"It’s not only the ham. The bread holding the ham is also excellent. Pokémon probably helped during the making process too."

At a hotel in Mesagoza, they rested for one night to recover from the fatigue of the long flight.

The next day, the two of them took a car to Zapapico feeling refreshed.

After arriving in Zapapico, they did not stay in town for long.

They bought some supplies, then directly followed the map towards the entrance to the Great Crater.

In the past, many Trainers had entered the crater through this route.

Because of that, a relatively wide mountain path had been trampled out.

But because it was too dangerous, the road into the Great Crater of Paldea had been sealed by the Paldea League.

Fortunately, it was still barely passable.

Julian and Cynthia were part of the scientific expedition team sent by Professor Rowan.

One was an Elite Four member, and the other was a Gym Leader.

Professor Rowan’s expedition application had been approved very smoothly.

At first, the journey went extremely well.

But soon after entering, Cynthia discovered that the terrain here was extremely complicated.

And they did not know where Annihilape lived.

If their goal were simply to explore the crater, they would only need to keep descending.

But their objective was to capture Annihilape and send it back to Professor Rowan’s laboratory to assist his research into Primeape’s evolution method.

Because of that, they might need to thoroughly explore each level.

Cynthia took out a Poké Ball and released Garchomp.

Julian also took out a Poké Ball and released Goodra.

Both Pokémon cautiously observed their surroundings.

Julian released his Aura, attempting to explore the area.

But for some reason, the Great Crater of Paldea’s energy field was extremely strange.

It seriously interfered with the use of Aura.

When Julian released his Aura, he could explore halfway before the energy field interrupted him.

Julian frowned slightly.

"Aura won’t be much use here. We may need to explore bit by bit."

Cynthia waved her hand.

"That’s fine. This is what adventure is normally like."

The two casually chose a direction and moved forward.

Before they had gone far, a dragon’s cry rang out from the sky.

A Pokémon very similar to Salamence appeared overhead.

It aimed at Garchomp and fired a powerful Dragon Pulse.

Cynthia frowned.

"Garchomp, Dragon Rush!"

Cynthia was rather curious and carefully observed the Pokémon in the sky.

"It looks very similar to Salamence, but both wings are covered in feathers. The difference from Salamence is obvious. Could this be Paldea’s regional form of Salamence?"

Julian raised an eyebrow.

"I didn’t expect you to have researched regional forms too, Cynthia."

Cynthia shook her head.

"I’ve only heard that in some regions, the same Pokémon can develop different attributes and powers because of differences in local energy."

"As for exactly which Pokémon have regional forms, I don’t know much."

Julian smiled and said, "I feel like a feathered Salamence is more like an ancient Salamence. After all, there was a period when many bird-like dragons existed, wasn’t there?"

Cynthia nodded.

"That is possible too."

Suddenly, the two heard a loud elephant-like cry.

Three Donphan-like pokemon with enormous tusks smashed through stone pillars and appeared in front of them.

After seeing them, the Great Tusk let out loud cries and charged straight towards Julian and Cynthia.

"Goodra, Blizzard!"

As expected of the Great Crater of Paldea.

They had only just entered, yet they had already been attacked by Roaring Moon and Great Tusk.

Cynthia frowned slightly and released Milotic too.

"Hydro Pump!"

Although she did not know much about Great Tusk yet, those enormous tusks made Cynthia unwilling to fight them at close range for now.

Great Tusk’s power was brutal.

One of them actually endured Blizzard and Hydro Pump and rushed all the way to Julian.

Cynthia’s expression changed.

"Julian, be careful!"

"I’m fine."

Julian’s expression did not change. He grabbed Great Tusk’s enormous tusks, twisted his body, and directly threw Great Tusk back into the Blizzard.

Cynthia stared with her mouth slightly open.

"He... threw it back?"

Is this strength a human could possess?

-----------------------

A/N: Up to 100 advance Chapters available on: P*tr*on.com/wardentranslations

Weekly Power Stone Goal:

300 PS = 1 bonus Chapter(COMPLETE)

400 PS = 2 bonus Chapters(COMPLETE)

500 PS = 4 bonus Chapters(COMPLETE)

600 PS = 8 bonus Chapters(COMPLETE)

700 PS = 16 bonus Chapters (COMPLETE)

800 PS = 25 bonus Chapters(COMPLETE)

900 PS = 30 bonus Chapters(COMPLETE)

If you’re enjoying the story, add it to your collection, leave a review, comment and drop some power stones to support the novel!