Chapter 414: Fleeting Childhood
The little blacksmith ran very fast.
In the blink of an eye, he almost ran to the flat field area in the east.
In this field area, Dalubi with a bone-like object on his back was playing carefree.
And the evil dog Hound, which was more slender and covered with bone-like structures, as if it came from hell, was paying attention to the surrounding situation like a guard.
It seemed to be a harmonious atmosphere, but it changed completely the moment the little blacksmith and the night thief Salamander broke in here.
Almost instantly, Dalubi, who was playing, paused and looked at the little blacksmith and the night thief Salamander with ferocious eyes together with Hound, and low threatening roars came one after another.
The night thief Salamander, who was overwhelmed by the desire to seek credit, also stopped chasing the little blacksmith, and his blood quickly cooled down, and his reason returned.
It turned its neck stiffly, looked at the group of bully Pokémon like hellhounds in horror, realized that something was wrong, and wanted to retreat.
But how could the little blacksmith who had taken so much effort to bring it here let it fail?
A hazy metallic luster lit up on its little hand.
Using all his strength, the little blacksmith jumped in front of the Night Thief Salamander with extremely agile movements, and hit it towards Houndoom and Dalubi with one claw.
The Night Thief Salamander was stunned.
When it drew a beautiful parabola in the air and landed in the center of Dalubi with a snap, the sweaty Night Thief Salamander subconsciously used the most skilled attacking moves to defend itself at the sight of the group of ferocious dogs surrounding it.
The fierce Night Thief Salamander was besieged by several Dalubi and sprayed a mouthful of venom on one of them, causing it to scream in pain.
This behavior undoubtedly intensified the anger of Dalubi and Houndoom.
The brilliance of the move immediately engulfed it completely.
After a moment,
Relying on his agility, after pushing the Night Thief Salamander out as the fuse of the conflict, while all the attention of Dalubi and Houndoom was on the Night Thief Salamander, the little blacksmith dodged and hid in the bushes and quietly poked his head out.
Looking at the Houndooms who were running towards the territory of the Flame Queen Lizard in groups, holding the unconscious Night Thief Salamander in their mouths, and seemed to be going to seek justice, the little blacksmith was completely relieved.
The plan of diverting trouble to the east should have been successful.
Next, while the Flame Queen Lizard and Houndoom were fighting, he would find the right opportunity to sneak into the hill and look for the nest of the Steel Armored Crows with many feathers.
The little blacksmith happily ran to the place where he had temporarily buried the feathers before, held it in his arms very preciously, and carefully hid in the bushes, looking for opportunities.
August 29, 798th year of the Alliance Calendar.
It was less than a day away from the opening of the Summer Ice Sculpture Competition.
Luo Mu's progress has almost reached the end of the goal.
In the ice cellar.
The flame sword of the Blue Blade Ghost was flying very flexibly.
After learning the sword skills of the Iron Warrior, the Blue Blade Ghost's sword skills also became more delicate and skillful. Let's not talk about the changes in the battle, but when carving, this delicacy can make the quality of the work reach a higher level.
If the Sandshrew couple needs to use the big claws to dig out the general shape of the ice, then the Blue Blade Ghost is assigned to shape the ice more carefully.
For example, it is like transforming a crooked rectangle into a winding dragon body.
The work of the Mimikyu is the same as it. The shadow claws shave off the ice very accurately, revealing a lifelike winding dragon body.
When their work is finished, Luo Mu with professional tools will appear on the stage. From scales to expressions and various details, he will carry out the final process.
A moment later.
The dragon-shaped ice sculpture, which was only about one meter long, was already completed.
Luo Mu looked at the Bud Crown King riding the Snowstorm Horse.
Bud Crown King nodded slightly and stepped forward to use that move.
After a moment.
Looking at the mysterious dragon-shaped ice sculpture that was looming in the "clouds and mists", Luo Mu smiled with relief.
The only voice echoed in his heart, telling Luo Mu that he had decided on it.
In Luo Mu's expectation, this piece of white mist, combined with the Aurora Curtain, should be able to present a very good effect.
The production of the reduced version has been successful, and when he participates in the competition tomorrow, he will have the confidence to make an enlarged version.
Unless people cooperate with each other, the huge dragon-shaped ice sculpture with a total length of dozens of meters can only be completed in this world with the power of Pokémon.
He is looking forward to the official appearance of the ice sculpture.
Thinking that the time is almost up, Luo Mu asked the Blue Blade Ghost and the others to rest first, and then came to the Bud Crown King.
"How do you feel?" Luo Mu asked.
The Bud Crown King answered honestly: "There is no problem with the details of the appearance, and the appearance is not awkward, and it has beauty. However, it is still far from being as lifelike as the wood carving made by Zhihuixing."
"I think so too." Luo Mu shook his head helplessly, with a nostalgic expression on his face, "Especially the moment when Zhihuixing carved the eyes on the wood, I even felt that I was facing the Rayquaza again."
"It's just the finishing touch, that's all."
Luo Mu knew very well where his limitations were.
No matter how talented he was, it was impossible for him to go from a layman to an ice sculpture master in just a week or so.
In fact, it was because he had handed over most of the previous processes to the Sandslash King and his wife, the Blue Blade Demon, and Mimikyuu that he could focus on learning the details of carving with Zhihuixing.
Even if he couldn't achieve the spirit of the spirit, he could make the level of ice sculpture infinitely close to those masters' works through various clever thoughts and designs.
After chatting with the Bud Crown King for a while and listening to some of its suggestions, Luo Mu, who thought that the time was almost up, waved to it, "I'll leave it to you tomorrow."
The treasures who followed him to participate in the summer ice sculpture conference have been completely determined.
The Sandslash King and his wife, the Blue Blade Demon, Mimikyuu, Vulpix, Regiace, and the Bud Crown King who can restrain the Snow Horse.
Luo Mu felt that his lineup should be one of the best in the conference.
The Bud Crown nodded slightly, "No problem, I'm also curious about how lively the activities held by humans will be after so many years."
When Luo Mu was about to turn around and leave, the Snowstorm Horse suddenly said: "Ice-hiss!"
Luo Mu paused, and the Bud Crown King showed a helpless expression and translated the meaning of the Snowstorm Horse's cry for Luo Mu.
"The Snowstorm Horse said that you should let Vulpix do what you can, and don't try too hard. It will not be worth it if you break your body."
Luo Mu was stunned, and a smile appeared on his face, "I know, I think so too."
He looked at the Snowstorm Horse in surprise.
I didn't expect that this irritable old horse who would explode at the slightest temper would have such a gentle and careful side. It's really true that you can't judge a treasure by its appearance.
Until Luo Mu walked away, he didn't notice the Snowstorm Horse's incredulous look at the Bud Crown King.
Noticing the look in Snowstorm Horse's eyes, the Bud Crown King touched its head, showing a helpless smile like a head of a family meeting an ignorant child, and said: "Ai Ma, I just said what was in your heart, it's not good to say one thing and mean another."
"Besides, you told Vulpix not to overestimate his abilities. It might be sad to hear this."
Snowstorm Horse's expression suddenly became very stiff, and its confidence suddenly became insufficient.
Luo Mu took the opportunity to come to the open space.
It was almost dusk, but the training here was still in full swing.
During this period, with the help of Luo Mu's special training, Tropical Dragon's flying leaf knife accuracy has finally improved a lot.
Aiming at a target ten meters away, basically every flying leaf can guarantee to hit within the five rings, and occasionally with good luck, it can hit the bull's eye.
Compared to the previous "outline gun method", Tropical Dragon's progress is huge.
The tropical dragon is now facing three balls of fluffy cotton, constantly using the Flying Leaf Knife to break through the seemingly soft but actually extremely difficult cotton defense.
According to Luo Mu's request, the white fluffy people who continue to deploy the cotton defense force themselves to throw harsh words to the tropical dragon from time to time.
For example, words like "Have you eaten?" "Please, you are really weak", etc., use verbal provocations to stimulate the emotions of the tropical dragon.
Since the accuracy has increased, the next step of training is naturally to improve the power of the moves.
The Flying Leaf Knife is not a high-powered move, but as a move used by tropical dragons to train accuracy, energy control skills, and strength when laying the foundation, the Flying Leaf Knife is just right.
These days, as a precious resource of nutrients and seasonings, the strength of tropical dragons changes almost every day.
The tropical dragon has also naturally comprehended a few moves. When it is a little bored with using the Flying Leaf Knife, Luo Mu will let it use the newly learned moves for a while to satisfy its pleasure.
The simple Tropical Dragon had no idea how deep the trainer's routine was, and he was happy to do the extra training.
After paying attention to the training of Tropical Dragon for a while, Luo Mu corrected several of its problems, and interacted with Bai Pengpeng and the others for a while. He did not forget the main business, and then walked to the other side where the Vulpix was training.
Even at dusk, the heat of midsummer was only relieved.
But the temperature here is much cooler than the other side.
The reason is the hail weather that was summoned by the Vulpix and floated in the air.
Like the "rainfall" of the Frog King, the "snowfall" of the Vulpix can bring hail weather, so the evolved form of the Vulpix often appears as a member of the weather team.
The Aurora Curtain move is an important defensive move for the Ninetails to protect themselves from being threatened during the battle.
During this period of time, the progress of the "Aurora Curtain" training of the Vulpix was not ideal.
As for the Aurora Curtain move, since there is no reference, even Bud Crown, Snowstorm Horse or Regiace cannot use this move. Luo Mu can only use his imagination and try as many methods as possible to let Vulpix learn the Aurora Curtain move by analogy through the Aurora Beam.
Luo Mu's idea is to let Vulpix activate the characteristics and control the energy as much as possible when using the Aurora Beam, so that the energy that constitutes the Aurora Beam can be dispersed and integrated into the hail weather. The hail and the Aurora Beam echo each other to form the light curtain with protective power.
However, he found that after the actual implementation, it was unexpectedly difficult to achieve the expected results.
The main problem should be that Vulpix's skills in energy control are too unfamiliar.
Luo Mu naturally used his connections and asked the two ice attribute experts he knew, Kona and Gulusha, about this question.
Their answers were surprisingly consistent.
Luo Mu's thoughts and ideas were not wrong, but "Aurora Curtain" was an ice-type move with outstanding effects and difficulty in learning. It was a bit too fanciful to expect to see results in just a few days.
According to their experience, those Pokémon that can learn "Aurora Curtain" are all Pokémon that have strong control over their own energy and already possess a certain level of strength.
Vulpix happens to be not among them.
The time it took to participate in training was still too short.
Luo Mu's eyes fell on the looming snow-white figure in the center of the hail.
At this time, Vulpix was trying his best to open his mouth and release the aurora beam in a dispersed manner, trying to blend it into the hail weather.
Unfortunately, the Aurora Beam broke away from Vulpix's control after being dispersed, and escaped into the air. It was still too early to merge into the hail.
Another failure.
Vulpix stopped moving. It had been frustrated for a long time. Its big eyes flashed with a look of unwillingness to admit defeat. It recalled the way its mother used the Aurora Screen, and raised its head again, planning to try again.
At this time, Luo Mu took a step forward and stopped Vulpix's movements.
Looking into Vulpix's puzzled eyes, Luo Mu touched the fluffy hair on its head and said with a smile: "It's almost time to rest. We are going to Shuangmo Mountain early tomorrow morning. What's next is It’s a two-day protracted battle, so you have to conserve your energy.”
"Miaowu." (However, the aurora curtain is not yet available.)
Vulpix lowered his head, not daring to look at Luo Mu.
He still failed to use the Aurora Screen. I wonder if Luo Mu would look at him with disappointed eyes.
Without the need for translation, Luo Mu could understand what Vulpix was thinking through its expression. After slowing down his voice a little, Luo Mu said softly: "If you can't learn it now, then you can't learn it."
"Miaowu?"
Vulpix raised his head and looked at Luo Mu in confusion.
Picking up Vulpix, Luo Mu said in a brisk tone: "Did you forget? We are participating in the Ice Sculpture Convention to enrich our lives this summer."
"It doesn't matter about victory or ranking. We are here to relax. Everything is about happiness. Once you collapse from exhaustion, isn't it putting the cart before the horse?"
"The days ahead are still very long. Maybe after you evolve, you will naturally learn the Aurora Curtain?"
Luo Mu's words hit Vulpix's heart directly. It blinked and thought, so this is what happened.
Luo Mu could feel that Vulpix's slightly tense body suddenly relaxed.
That's right, whether it's training or participating in an ice sculpture competition, it's just a part of making life more colorful.
Vulpix is still very young, and is the youngest Pokémon in the entire farm, except for the offspring of the Danzan King and his wife who have not yet broken out of their shells.
The life I want to provide for it must be a happy one.
Childhood is fleeting.
As soon as he relaxed, the fatigue in his body that had been ignored suddenly surged up.
Drowsiness came over him like a tide. After a short time, Vulpix couldn't resist the sleepiness. He closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully in Luo Mu's arms.
Stroking Vulpix's body gently, Luo Mu raised the corners of his mouth slightly and murmured: "Have a sweet dream."