Chapter 150: As Reliable as in the Past
It didn't take too long before Arthur, leading Kevin, had already arrived before the enemy's final defensive line.
This place was originally just a piece of wasteland by the roadside; not far away, one could still see a flourishing rapeseed field. Although it looked somewhat sinister at night, during the daytime, this place was also a scene of lush greenery.
However, at this moment, this area had been reclaimed and scarred beyond recognition!
Everywhere were crisscrossing trenches and earth mounds.
Ground-type Pokémon generally possess considerable skill in digging. The Stitched Shadow Army side had configured many Excadrill and Krokorok; they were all experts at digging trenches.
Previously, less than five minutes after the battle with the Kubfu Alliance army began, this piece of land had completely changed its appearance.
Simultaneously, in the direction directly facing the Kubfu army, they had also utilized several Flygon and Hippowdon to pull up a temporary sandstorm barrier, used to block the advance of the opposing side.
At the same time, a large number of landmines had been buried by them within the sandstorm, causing the opponent's attacks to be repeatedly hindered.
The coordination between Pokémon and the human army, at this moment, actually appeared to complement each other well.
Unfortunately, these barriers were mainly oriented towards the direction of the Kubfu army.
After all, no one would think to construct their defensive line behind themselves.
Therefore, these obstacles, very unfortunately, all failed to stop Arthur's infiltration.
He sneaked over, crouched in a patch of grassland to observe. Ahead, there were only a few trenches and patrolling Pokémon; the sandstorm and minefield area were still very far from him.
Not far away, within his field of vision at this moment, he could already vaguely see Mismagius, restrained by iron chains and special inhibitors, being used as bait.
Arthur observed while simultaneously communicating with Specter.
"Closest to Mismagius are four Pokémon: Slowbro, Jynx, Electivire, and Raichu. Their trainers haven't shown themselves. Do you have any impression of these four Pokémon?"
Specter emerged with half his head from the shadows, his face grim as he replied, "They are all Pokémon belonging to those two cadres. Slowbro and Jynx are Dayna's. Electivire and Raichu are Linda's."
Arthur nodded his head.
It seemed that ultimately, a fight with these two cadres was unavoidable.
He could escape the slums, but he couldn't escape this current ordeal.
"They are very strong. Don't underestimate them," Specter then added. "Under circumstances where they are on guard, it's very difficult for me to heavily injure them with just one strike."
In previous battles, Specter, regardless of which Pokémon he faced, almost always displayed a crushing momentum. Even Dark-attribute Pokémon that countered him by type basically couldn't last more than one move against him.
But now, facing opponents against whom he still held some attribute advantage (Ghost-type counters Psychic-type), he frankly admitted he couldn't achieve a one-move defeat.
The main Pokémon of the three cadres were, after all, no mediocre bunch.
However, Arthur's gaze remained firm.
"Relax, you still have us!"
The next moment, he decisively issued instructions—
"Kevin, have Honchkrow use Double Team to spearhead the attack!"
Kevin instinctively sighed in relief.
Luckily, this time his mission is no longer just throwing smoke.
Honchkrow quickly split into six clones, charged out from cover, and met the enemy head-on.
The next moment, gunfire suddenly erupted loudly from the front!
The trenches and ditches, which had looked silent and deserted just moments ago, now instantly had four or five gunmen stand up!
The enemy's skill in lurking was also considerable.
Unfortunately, they were still tricked out by Arthur using a Double Team.
Honchkrow's clones were instantly shot down and burst.
But this little bit of time was already enough for Arthur to use his gaze to lock onto all the gunmen who had shown their heads!
He quickly charged out from his hiding place, rushing towards a trench in front with the speed of wind and lightning.
En route, he still didn't forget to issue instructions: "Kevin, pay attention to self-preservation! If you're afraid, retreat first! Lapras, Water Gun, suppress those two gunmen on the right!"
This time, he didn't rush to have Specter make a move.
Although currently among his Pokémon team, Specter was indeed the absolute ace C-position (main damage dealer/carry), there were still four formidable Pokémon strong enemies ahead.
Specter's skills could not be used so casually for the time being.
Otherwise, if Specter consumed too much energy here, their chances of winning the later battles would be greatly reduced.
Therefore, the small fry had to be cleared out by them!
Arthur's running speed was very fast.
The gunman closest to him had just revealed half his body from the trench, fired three shots that burst one shadow clone, and instantly sensed something was wrong. When he turned his head again, he saw a human figure as if flying close to the ground, speeding towards him at high velocity!
"WTF?!"
He subconsciously burst out with a curse, turned his gun muzzle, and pulled the trigger again!
But in the night darkness before him, a wisp of smoke and sparks suddenly lit up.
In the first moment, this gunman didn't even react or understand what had happened.
Until that ancient sword, covered in countless sparks, like a suddenly blooming full moon, instantly filled his entire vision.
The blade slashed past. His thoughts finally froze on—
Using a sword blade to block bullets? Are you f*ing kidding me?!
With one sword strike, Arthur nailed the first, closest enemy dead in the trench. He exhaled heavily, a white plume of air almost spraying from his mouth.
This dash of several tens of meters followed by a sword strike was, even for him, extremely dangerous and consumed a huge amount of energy.
Even though the bullets were all blocked with Honedge's help, the kinetic energy of the impact still made his arm numb.
But now was still far from the end!
"Frogadier!"
The next moment, with a loud yell, disregarding the soreness and swelling in his arm, he called for Frogadier to leap onto his forearm.
Then, with all his might, he made a shot put throwing posture, using all his strength to hurl Frogadier, who was stepping on his arm, towards the distance!
In this way, the distance between the two trenches was crossed in almost a flash.
Just as Arthur's side finished off their opponent, Frogadier had already immediately flown and arrived in front of the second gunman!
Flying in mid-air, a ball of black Dark-type energy first condensed in Frogadier's palm.
Immediately after, this energy gradually spread upwards, enveloping its arm, until it covered more than half of its body. In the end, Frogadier, in mid-air, almost its entire frog form, transformed into a phantom wrapped in black mist!
The black shadow flashed past. The instant it landed, a large gush of blood spurted synchronously from the enemy's side neck; the timing was perfect.
This one strike, swiftly sweeping past the enemy's most fragile and fatal vital point, was precise and elegant!
It was precisely the Dark-type skill: Night Slash!
After instantly completing the double kill, Arthur and Frogadier simultaneously crouched down, hiding themselves within the trench in front, just managing to dodge the subsequent pursuing bullet spray.
Just before going down into the trench, Arthur still didn't forget to shoot out the Poké Ball's recall beam, recalling Little Lapras, who had been left on the spot, as well.
This wave of cooperation could be described as smooth as flowing water. In total, they were only exposed in the enemy's vision for less than two seconds. First, they used clones to bait out gunfire, then launched a surprise attack. In just the blink of an eye, they quickly finished off the two gunmen who had emerged, and incidentally, also smoothly jumped into the enemy's trench.
Afterwards, Arthur, keeping low, advanced rapidly along the trench. Specter, although not using any skills, could use his ghost ability to phase through walls, helping him scout information ahead in the trench beforehand.
Thus, in less than half a minute, he ran back and forth over a distance of several hundred meters, taking out all the gunmen in the trenches one by one!
Specter didn't need to make a move at all during this entire middle part!
Afterward, Specter was able to preserve his skills, ready to meet the four strong enemies behind in optimal condition!
In that moment, Specter, hidden within the shadows, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Even if a hundred years have passed, even if former partners are all no longer here, Master is indeed, at any time, still as reliable as in the bygone days!
(End of Chapter)
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