《pokemon new age》 prologue In the forest of torment, There lay a silver dragon covered in wounds.These wounds consisted of cuts from swords and arrows lodged into various parts of it body. Surrounding this dragon were about 500 soldiers from the Forlon Kingdom. All the soldiers were gowned in red armor with their swords readied and prepared to strike at any moment. From these soldiers, there was one with gold armor making his way to the dragon in a calm manner. Unlike the rest of soldiers who had swords, This particular soldier was holding a spear about a meter in length. The spear¡¯s design was fairly simple except for the runes etched in the shaft which were giving off a crimson glow. When he was just a few feet away from the dragon, he stopped and pointed the spear at the dragon. Man in gold armor: Well Dylan, it looks like this is it for you. We have hunted down the rest of the dragonic clan and you¡¯re the only left. Do you have any last words? Dylan: You bastard! Your kingdom and my clan fought together for 10 years. We helped you conquer the surrounding kingdoms in the continent and given you weapons so Forlon can have to the strength to go against the neighboring continents. This is how you repay us?! Man in gold armor: Since you¡¯re life is coming to an end, I might as well tell you. The King had long ago decided to eliminate your clan. Although the dragonic clan has proven useful to us for years, the power it possesses is still a threat to us. Your clan¡¯s elders refusal to share the secrets of dragonification with the Forlon kingdom only strengthened the king''s decision. If the Forlon kingdom can¡¯t have this power, we cannot allow your clan to exist in this world anymore. Dylan: The Forlon kingdom will pay for this treachery. You may have the clans weapons but it will take more than that to kill me. Once I finish with you , the Forlon Kingdom is next. The man in gold armor shouted:¡° Men charge !!!!!¡± The soldiers closest to the silver dragon slashed their down on at the dragon¡¯s head. ¡®Too slow¡¯ Dylan raised his head and shouted ¡°Flame barrage!¡±. From his mouth, he released countless balls of flames at the soldiers charging toward him. The soldiers used their swords to parry the flames but the unexpected occured! When a ball of flame came in contact with the a soldier''s sword, the sword melted in the fraction of a second and made contact with the soldier''s chest. ¡°AHHHHHH¡± The attack didn''t stop their and made its way to the remaining soldier¡¯s. Countless screams were heard and the soldiers starting to run in panic. After the attacked ceased and the dust settled, only a third of the soldiers remained but the majority of them were injured. Man in gold Armor: Dammit!!, Everyone fall back and get into a defensive formation. My men¡¯s swords were made from the black ore which is supposed to be highly resistive to flame and flame based magic. How is this possible?! Dylan: You idiot. That may be true when it comes regular dragons but I made my contract with a silver dragon. It¡¯s flame is the most destructive of all the dragons and its temperatures far surpasses that of lava. In front of my flame, there is nothing it can¡¯t burn. That goes for the magical spear in your hand too. Man in gold armor: Shit! But regardless, your wounded and I doubt you can fight for long. While this spear is weak against your flame, your body is a different matter. This spear was designed to penetrate monsters with strong defenses capabilities. Of course that includes dragons. All I need is for my attack to hit you once. Rather than looking panicked, Dylan gave the man a cold smile and said ¡°That assuming you can hit me; you seem to forget I can transform¡±. Dylan body began to glow in a silver light and his body began to change. After a minute, the light dimmed and his body was revealed. He over 6ft tall with long silver hair, green eyes. He also had a single horn coming out of his forehead. His body was also covered in dragons scales and his hands were in the form of miniature dragon claws. From behind he had 4 foot long tail that seemed to be thick but with a sharp exterior. Dylan: Dragonification 2nd form... with this you and your soldiers finished. Man in gold form: hahahaha so what if you changed your size. You¡¯re still wounded and you just made it easier for my spear to reach your heart. Now I don''t have to go through all your scales and flesh. Dylan: ¡­. To think my clan fell perished to the hands of moronic and depescable men such as yourself. Man in gold armor: How are dare you underestimate me! Dylan: The only advantage your kingdom had was the element of surprise and your numbers. We never expected to be betrayed afterall. Well it¡¯s time to finish this. Sparring Dylan no more time,the man in gold thrust his spear toward Dylans chest. Rather than dodge, Dylan jumped and landed on the tip of the spear. In a split second, He dashed toward the man in gold armor and disappeared from his line sight. ¡®Wher..¡¯. That was his last thought before everything went black. Standing a couple of feet away was Dylan with the head of the man in gold in his claw hand. The rest of the soldiers no longer had the will to fight and began to run away. It didn¡¯t take long for them to retreat. Once alone, Dylan began to spit out fresh blood. Cough cough ¡°Dammit I pushed myself too hard in my condition. It will take weeks for my injuries to heal but I don''t have time. It won¡¯t take long for the king to realize his men failed in eliminating me. Before they have a chance to fortify their defences , I better change back to my final form and fly to Forlon kingdom¡±. Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. Meanwhile in Forlon Castle In the throne room were various nobles seated in a round table and at the end sat the King Philip . He looked to be well over 50. He stood barely 5 ft tall and was chunky in size. There were also over 30 knights stationed in the throne room to prevent assassinations. Unnamed noble: Our losses this time were too severe. We sent our full army of 300,000 to deal with dragonic clan who only had 3000 members. We may have annihilated the clan, but we lost over half our forces in doing so. Unnamed noble 2: These losses are unacceptable! We had a good relationship with their clan; they may refused to hand over the secret to their power but they were still loyal to us. King Philip what are you going to about these losses? Unnamed noble 3: If the other kingdoms get wind of this, they will rebel against the few forces we placed in their kingdoms. They will most definitely form an alliance. Their combined forces will decimate this kingdom. We must send out mandatory recruitment notices to all the nearby villages! King Philip you put this kingdom in this situation. How do you plan on rectifying this?! King Philip: Enough! It''s true i greatly underestimated their powers but as a result; we now possess the secret to their powers. A general was able to find a copy of the clans dragonification method in the ruins of the clan''s headquarters. Although some of the pages were burned, it still provides the important details that will allow all our soldiers the ability to transform into dragon warriors Unnamed noble 1: While this may be a gain for the kingdom, how long will it take for a soldier understand the method? King Philip: the method is fairly simple. All it requires is to consume the blood of a dragon. As it so happens, we brought back the corpses dragons the clan used in the battle. According to what¡¯s written in the method, the transformation will take effect in about a week. There are three forms of dragonification and reaching 2nd form will take the average person 3 years however reaching the first form is relatively simple and increases their strength 10 fold. Their scales will protect them from common swords and arrows. Unnamed noble 2: King Philip we must harvest the dragon''s blood with due haste. We must prepare for the oncoming assault of the other kingdoms Moments later a knight comes running and forcefully opens the door. The other knights pull out their swords. The knight paniced but quickly recovers and says: ¡°your majesty it¡¯s terrible; the watchtower has spotted a silver dragon on its way. We must get the nobles and your majesty to safety. King Philip: A Silver Dragon? It couldn¡¯t be¡­ Dylan?! I sent commander Allen with 500 troops to deal with him . I even gifted him a magic spear. How is this possible ?! Captain! Captain of the knights: Yes your majesty?! King Philip: Mobilise all available mages and archers to the castle walls. Make sure the Archers are equipped with arrows made from black ore. Gather the remaining knights and equip them with the best shields to protect the mages. Captain I am leaving this operation in your hands. Captain of the knights: Yes sir! Meanwhile about 5 miles from the Forlon Kingdom, Dylan was struggling to maintain his current flight speed. He was growing weaker by the second and knew he did not have much time left. ¡®Hah hah hah hah¡­ damn soon I won¡¯t be able to stay in this form. Regardless, I have to at least make the Forlon kingdom disappear from this world. Oh it looks like they''re ready for me.¡¯ Throughout the front portion of the castle walls, there were at least 100 mages and 300 archers with their wands and bows readied and pointed toward the incoming dragon. There were also 100 knights equipped with heavy shields standing front of the mages. Captain of the knights: Archers take aim! Mages, gather mana and prepare to cast Ice Arrow and do not cast your spells until after the arrows reach their target. 3...2....1¡­. Archers FIRE!!! 300 arrows made their way toward Dylans tattered body. However he looked at those arrows with a sneer and rather than dodge , He gathered an enormous amount of fire qi in his throat and unleashed one of his more devastating attacks¡­ ¡°Silver Flame Destruction!¡± Out of Dylans mouth came forth a gigantic wave of silver flames. Once the silver flames came into contact with the black ore arrows, they disintegrated in less than a second! The captain of the knights looked toward at the incoming flames with a fearful expression and thought to himself ¡®Those were BLACK ORE arrows for god¡¯s sake; how is this possible?!¡¯. Although scared out of his wits, he could not hesitate and stay still so he let out a shout: ¡°Mages do not hold back. Until you run out of mana, continue to cast Ice Arrow! All the mages: Goddess of Ice Atrina, bestow upon me your power to strike down the enemy before me: Ice Arrow!!! Countless amounts of arrows made of ice made their way toward the silver flame however it was no use. Although the speed of the silver flame slowed down, it still hurled its way toward the soldiers and mages on the castle walls. The captain of the knights could not keep his calm any longer and gave the following order: ¡°Men retreat retreat.!!!¡± Like flies, the soldiers on the castle walls scurried away in various directions but because there were too many men on the walls and too close to each other, some of the soldiers fell over and were trampled to death by their own comrades. Some were even pushed off the castle walls so they could make it into the castle. However it proved to be a fruitless endeavor. The soldiers didn¡¯t even have a chance to scream as the silver flame engulfed them all along with most of the castle. The flames were so intense the rocks forming the castle began to melt! Soon the castle that symbolized the king''s home and power was reduced to a field of flames. Dylan was not done because he then set his eyes on a few figures in the distance running toward the gate leading out of the Forlon kingdom. King Philip: Dammit all to hell! All my treasures, my men. ughh my CASTLE destroyed by a filthy beast!! Unnamed noble 1: Everything is lost! We can''t outrun a dragon on foot. Unnamed noble 2: There is no hope left! You bastard of a king. You doomed us all. King Philip: SHUT UP all of you! Look at Dylan, he is wounded and it looks as though he used up most of energy and can¡¯t move. Our remaining forces are due back soon. If we can rendezvous with them we could still eliminate Dylan. Even from such a distance, Dylan could still hear the nobles and that damned kings conversation. Dylan couldn¡¯t help but look at them with a cold smile. ¡®Those idiots still think they have a chance¡¯. Mustering his remaining strength, Dylan flew high in the air above the Forlon kindgom until he couldn¡¯t be seen with the naked eye. Dylan unusual action stunned the nobles and even the king who let out a sigh of relief. ¡®It seems that Dylan decided to run away and recuperate his wounds. Hmph Ill make sure you suf¡­. What is that?¡® After flying up a distance, Dylan took a sudden nose dive straight down toward the Kingdom. His whole body began to glow with a silver brilliance. ¡°Consider this an honor you damned King! This is my strongest attack¡­ FINAL JUDGEMENT!!¡± The silver light was so intense it covered the whole sky. The light emitted from Dylans body shout out and pierced out to the heart of the Forlon kingdom. Once the attack connected, The whole city along with the kingdom were vaporized. The last thought in king Phillps mind was ¡®how..¡¯. Once the light dissipated, there was nothing left but a big crater. Dylan laid in the crater but he was no longer in his final form. He had no strength left and felt his life was coming to an end. He stared up at the beautiful blue sky with a tranquil expression on his face. ¡° I have avenged you all. And it looks like I''ll be joining you shortly. For our clan to end up this way¡­ I guess this was fate. I only wish I got explore more in my life. If i could have a second chance I¡­. With that, The silver dragon warrior known as Dylan passed away. pokemon new age chapter 1: strange creatures know as pokemon In the outskirts of pewter city, there was a young boy lying unconscious on a grass field. He was covered in bruises and had a nasty cut on the left side of his head. The young boy started to regain conscious ¡®Ughh ughh¡¯. The boy slowly opened his eyes and attempted to move his body. What first came into his view was the big wide blue sky. Although injured, the boy had little difficulty in standing. ¡®Where am i? I remember activating Final Judgement and destroying the entire Capital of Forlon. However¡­¡¯ Dylan examined his surroundings and could not find any evidence of rubble or destruction. All he could see was a grassfield and a path leading to a forest. ¡®Something isn¡¯t right. I can¡¯t see any sign of destruction from my attack. I am very familiar with the forest surrounding the Capital of Forlon but this isn''t the same forest.¡¯ ¡®That seems to be the least of my worries however.¡¯ While checking the extent of his injuries, Dylan was shocked to see that this wasn''t his original body. It didn¡¯t take much to figure out that he had the body of a young boy. ¡®Based on my short height, the length of my arms and small size of my hands, I estimate this body to that of a 7 year old child.¡¯ ¡®....Was I reincarnated? No, If that was the case, I would be in the body of a newborn and I wouldn¡¯t have been able keep my memories. My soul must have found it¡¯s way to this boy¡¯s body but a human body can¡¯t have two souls unless¡­¡¯ . Dylan closed his eyes and attempted to examine the inner depths of his new body. So far there was nothing out of the ordinary he could find in the body. His primary focus was to see if there any sign of this boy¡¯s soul. The search however seemed to be fruitless. No matter how hard he tried, he was unable to find any trace of the young boy''s soul. ¡®It¡¯s just as I thought, the boy must have succumbed to these injuries and perished¡¯. Dylan concluded by looking at the state of these clothes, no more than a day has passed since he¡¯s been out here. ¡®It¡¯s sad about what happened to the boy, but I have more pressing matters at hand. Although my injuries don¡¯t seem that extensive, it¡¯s been over a day since this body consumed any food or water. I have the option of following the path leading to the forest and try to hunt for food. ¡®But I should probably consider that my last option. I have no idea what sort of creatures lurk in that forest. I¡¯ll head in the opposite direction. 1 hour will be the limit I set. If I can¡¯t find any traces of a town or human life, then I will have to take my chances and explore that forest¡¯. With a new objective , Dylan set off. Having walked for almost 30 minutes, There wasn''t anything peculiarly that Dylan noticed. It didn''t take long for him to familiarize himself with this body capabilities. On the way, Dylan ran, performed some push ups , sit ups and performed some basic martial arts. He didn¡¯t dare try to perform Qi based moves. Then again, there was no dragon core in his dantain. In fact, there was no Qi in his body either. Out of curiosity , Dylan attempted to sense if there was any Qi in the area. To his surprise, the amount of Qi in the air was thin which ruined the idea of attempting on improving his strength quickly. Dylan estimated it would take him at least 5 years before his body was strong enough to handle the process of absorbing the energy in dragon blood. Consuming dragon blood starts the process of the human body going through a transformation known metamorphoses. Metamorphoses is said to be very painful and unless the human undergoing this process has a strong mind and tough body, the human could not only fail in transforming, he/she could lose their life! The length of time a human goes through Metamorphoses ranges from 4 hours to several days. The Longest recorded time was 7 days and that was when Dylan consumed the blood of a silver dragon. Finding a dragon was something Dylan set aside for now. He had no idea if dragons existed in this new world and even if they did, he doesn¡¯t have the strength to fight them. After walking for a couple more minutes, Dylan suddenly halted his steps. Flap flap flap.. ¡®This sound... it¡¯s not from the wings of a dragon. The sound and force are not strong enough but whatever it is, it certainly isn''t a small creature either. Dylan looked up and into the distance¡­¡¯it''s coming from my right!¡¯ Turning his head quickly, he saw a creature flying toward him. It was hard to make out at first but it took seconds to see it was a bird of some kind. The bird flew over Dylan and landed around 15 meters away from his location. This ¡®Bird¡¯ was about 3ft tall, it was covered with brown feathers, and it also has a cream-colored face and underside. The birds feathers also contained a hint of pinkish-red and had black, angular markings behind its eyes. ¡®I have never seen a bird reach this size. But at least I don¡¯t have to worry about food¡¯. This bird was the solution to his food problems. Dylan looked down to see if there was anything he could use as a weapon. Shuffling around the grass he could only find a rather small wooden stick. The only positive point about this stick is that it has a very sharp pointed edge. ¡®While a bow and arrow would have been ideal, I should be able to penetrate its skin with this¡±. Dylan had also picked up a couple of small rocks. ¡®I could use some of these as a distraction¡¯. Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators! With that, Dylan crouched on the ground and slowly crawled his way to toward the bird . He crawled until he was only a few feet away. Dylan grabbed one of the rocks from his pocket. He then throw it high over the bird and it went into the bushes. The rustling of the bushes caught the birds attention. At the moment, Dylan made his move. He got up and sprinted toward the bird. He thrusted the small stick toward the bird''s neck! However, Dylan was too naive and had underestimated the bird intelligence. The bird attention to the noise only lasted at best 2 seconds. The bird reaction to Dylan''s assault was extremely fast. Before the small stick reached its target, the bird was quickly able to fly away to escape. It did not escape getting hurt. Before the bird was able to get away, Dylan was able leave a large gash on one of it wings. ''tch I was so close. And it looks like I''m in for a fight too¡¯. The large bird was now enraged and it''s killing intent toward Dylan was very apparent. Dylan took a fighting stance and prepared for the large birds assault. However the next thing that happened was out of his expectations. Rather than charging toward him, the large bird began to flap his wings in rapid succession. At first dylan was bewildered by this action but the look on his face quickly changed from that of confusion to fear. The force of the birds flaps caused a strong wind force which was aimed at dylan . Dylan knew he couldn''t avoid this attack so he crossed his arms and braced for the attack. The attack connected and sent dylan flying until a boulder stopped his flight. Plaw ugh; Dylan spat out a mouthful of blood and slid down to the ground. ¡® Unbelievable, if this boulder wasn''t here, I would still be flying¡¯. Dylan struggled to get up with his now tattered body. Luckily none of his bones were broken but the situation was looking grim. To top it off, the large bird still hovering in the air and was far from finished. The large bird flew in high speed toward Dylan. Once it was close, the bird used its talons in attempt to capture Dylan. Dylan jumped to one side and barely avoided its attack. CRUNCH! The bird''s talons were actually strong enough to rip off a big piece of that boulder! Looking at the state of the boulder, a chill ran down his spine. ¡®Not only are those talons sharp, their ridiculously powerful as well! Dammit what was I thinking trying to take down this large bird. I have nowhere to hide in this grassfield and I can¡¯t outrun it either. I only have one option left. I have let it charge toward me and attack it head on¡¯. ¡®My chances are surviving are close to zero but I have no choice. If it conjures up that wind attack again, then I¡¯m done for¡¯! Dylan grabbed hold of his short stick and pointed it toward the bird while getting into a kneeling position. He didn¡¯t have enough strength to stand on both legs so he bent and brought one of knees forward while having the other knee lay against the grass in the back. Screee!!! The bird gave out with what sounded like a war cry and set forth toward Dylan. It looks as though Dylan¡¯s gamble was indeed the right one to take. As the bird got closer and closer, Dylan gathered all his strength to his arms and prepared to thrust his small stick. Dylan gave out a loud shout ¡°COME!!!¡±. Just as the bird was just a few feet from Dylan, Someone yelled out ¡° Vulpix use flamethrower! Immediately after that a trail of flame came out of nowhere and hit the incoming bird. Scree!!!! The large bird gave out a mournful cry and flew away into the distance. Dylan turned to see a young woman who looked to be in her early twenties and a little fox like creature next her feet. The woman had long blonde hair. She had skin as white as snow with dark blue eyes. The creature next to her had a red-brown pelt with brown, pupil-less eyes and large pointed ears. Dylan couldn''t help but notice the creatures six orange tails ¡®Is that a young demon fox¡­ no, the number of tails doesn¡¯t make sense for its size. Plus the power it displayed is far from what a 6-tailed demon fox is capable of¡¯. Before Dylan can contemplate further, the young woman interrupted him. Young woman: little boy are you alright?! Dylan: Of Course not! Do you need glasses for your eyes woman!? Young woman: ummm¡­ Dylan: ugh just help me up please. Young woman: oh.. Right vulpix come along . The young woman helped Dylan on his feet and began to look over his body to what injuries he sustained. As she continued to examine dylan''s body, she couldn''t help but being surprised and Bewildered at the same time. ¡®How is he able to stay conscious with these wounds? Better yet how is he not crying at the pain or sight of blood¡¯. ¡°Ummm is there something on my face?¡± Dylan was feeling impatient and just broke the eerie silence. Young woman: ahh no its nothing. Anyway why was that pidgeotto attacking you. They normally don¡¯t attack humans unless they''re provoked. Dylan: Pidgeotto? Oh is that the name of that large bird? I haven¡¯t eaten anything in over a day so I was planning on making that bird my dinner. But as you can see, I was no match for it Young woman: No wonder it looked so agitated. What were you thinking taking on a pokemon by yourself. It¡¯s near impossible taking on a pokemon without having one of your own. Dylan: What are pokemon? I thought you said that bird was called a pidgeotto Young woman:... have you been living under a rock? Everyone know what pokemon are. They have been around since the beginning of time. ¡®This must be common knowledge for everyone. Dammit how do I explain this? Wait¡­ sigh I don''t have choice. Dylan: To be honest, aside from my name, I can¡¯t seem to remember anything about myself or anything about this world. When I woke up I was only able to recall my name. Young woman: Oh my! I''m so sorry little boy. The city is just up ahead. I would take you to the hospital but the Pokemon center is closer and I know nurse Joy won''t mind performing a thorough examination on you. Dylan: While I appreciate the sentiment, I would rather have something to eat first. I haven''t had anything to eat in over a day. Young man: Don''t worry the Pokemon center has plenty of food for you to eat but I must have nurse Joy take a good look at you first. I won''t take no for an answer. Dylan: Fine you win. Can we go know? Young woman: Yes but before we go I need to ask that under no circumstances should you repeat the story of hunting that pidgeotto to anybody. The hunting or killing of any Pokemon is unlawful and the punishment is very severe even for young children. Just say that you were unsure as to why that pidgeotto attacked you. Dylan: I see, thank you for the advice. Young woman: As long as you understand . Let''s get going. Vulpix return! The young woman took out a small sphere from her waist pointed it toward that creature. A small beam of red light shot out and enveloped the creature. The figure of the creature shrunk and the beam of light retracted toward the small sphere. Once the red beam of light nearly reached the sphere it suddenly popped open and the light made its way to that opening. Immediately the sphere closed trapping the red light. ¡®So that sphere works similar to an interspatial ring but it is able to trap living creatures. I didn¡¯t sense any magic coming from that red light either¡¯. Dylan and the young woman continued to walk and didn¡¯t take long for the city to into view. Needless to say, the sight of this ¡®town¡¯ overwhelmed Dylan. The majority of the buildings were almost 300 ft tall! The size of the city was roughly 4 times the size of Forlon Capital!. He kept walking until a big sign hanging over two pillars that were parallel to each other which read Pewter City. The young woman turned to Dylan and said ¡°Welcome to Pewter City little boy!¡± Chapter 2: Guardian In the pokemon center of Pewter city. There was a young boy with his eyes closed. He was in a room laying inside a tube like structure that was making various clanking noises. In another room there were two women overseeing the tubes operation and monitoring the young boy¡¯s condition. One of the women gave the following instruction:¡±Dylan the scan is almost done be sure to hold still.¡± While the in the tube like machine, Dylan was thinking the following:¡¯ So this machine has the ability determine the extent of a person or pokemons injuries. The advancement of technology has sure come a long way in this world¡¯. ¡®That woman said this ¡®machine¡¯ can see the full skeletal structure of a human body and can also identify diseases as well. The path of treatment and medicine of this world seems to focus more on the science aspect rather than our world where mages use healing magic. While healing magic can repair common injuries and broken bones, it is ineffective against treating diseases. In fact, our knowledge in regard to diseases is superficial at best¡¯. ¡® I have so much to learn and I''m still unsure of what my goals are but there is one thing I know for sure. I want to travel and explore what this world has to offer. I spent most of time in the clan except when they sent me out to train or on a mission. I do not want to be restricted ever again! Clank clank clank¡­ The sound of the machine was starting to die down. The machine came to a complete stop and one of the women in next room said: The scan is complete. You can go in the next room and rest for a bit. With that, dylan stepped out of the machine and exited the room. Meanwhile, one of the women who was in a nurses outfit was going over the results of the body scan. Her expression while looking over the results were that of astonishment but soon changed to that of sadness and pity. Noticing the nurses expression, the other women couldn¡¯t help but ask: Nurse Joy, will Dylan be alright? Nurse Joy turned around and said: Roxi, What on earth did this boy go through? While his injuries from the pidgeotto are serious, they are not life threatening. I am more concerned with his old injuries. Roxi: his old injuries? Nurse Joy: it seems the boy didn''t tell you or he probably doesn''t realize the extent of his injuries. He has multiple fractures to various bones in his body. He is severely dehydrated as well. These injuries were left months ago according to the scan and haven¡¯t healed completely. From what I can gather, this boy was tortured on a regular basis; there is no other explanation for it. Has he said anything to you Roxi? Roxi: ¡­.. No, when I found him, he said the only thing he could remember was his name. Who could do such a thing to a child. Nurse joy, is there any chance for him to regain those lost memories. Nurse joy: The scan didn¡¯t reveal any abnormalities in his brain. It is most likely he is suppressing those memories subconsciously so it hard to say. He could get them back in a few weeks or could be years. Roxi I think you should tell Officer jenny about the boy so she can start looking for his family. Roxi: I''m not sure if that is wise. You said those old injuries a few months old right? If the boy was kidnapped or missing, everyone in the city would know about it. The police station in town typically receives flyers of missing people from other cities in the kanto region but there hasn''t been reported cases of missing children in years. That could only mean¡­ Nurse joy thought for a moment before realizing what what Roxi was saying. ¡° You can''t possibly mean his family inflicted those horrendous injuries on him?! Nurse joy couldn¡¯t help but stare at Roxi with a frown. In all her 10 years as a pokemon nurse, she has seen the brutalities pokemon have suffered in the hands of humans who mistreat their pokemon but she couldn''t understand the mindset of people so cruel to hurt others especially a child. After thinking for a moment, she shook her head: ¡°Regardless, what do you plan on doing with him? Officer Jenny is on her way down here as we speak and we both know she is going place him in the orphanage if she can¡¯t locate his family¡±. After hearing nurse joy¡¯s question, Roxi was was about to reply but stopped herself. She just looked down on the floor and remained silent. In the other room, Dylan was enjoying a glass of milk with a tray full of sandwiches and chips. No matter how much he stuffed his face, it didn''t seem to be enough. It is understable considering his body had consumed no food or water for the past day and to top it off he used most of his energy fighting off that pokemon. Needless to say, he was starving. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. He soon finished all the food on his tray and gulped down the last bit of milk left in his glass. ¡®Food never tasted so good. Well that solved the issue of my hunger for now. Next, I have to heal these so called ¡°old injuries¡± that nurse was discussing with that Roxi woman.¡¯ While Dylan was consuming his meal, he had also diverted his attention to a room where nurse Joy and Roxi were going over the results of his scan Dylan was stunned that the machine was able to detect even the tiniest of fractures on his bones that even he couldn¡¯t spot. Thinking back to when he first arrived in this world, he suddenly realized the reason. Dylan had only performed a rudimentary check on the condition his new body aside of course from looking for the original owners soul. What surprised him even more that he was able to use spirit sense with a body that has yet to begin cultivation. Dylan has deduced it was due to his soul somehow retaining the ability to use that technique when he crossed over. While delighted with this surprise, that feeling soon turned to dread when he realized he could only send out his spirit sense 3 meters at most. ¡®With my old body, I was able to send out my spirit sense up to 100 meters but I suppose I can¡¯t be greedy. I have plenty of time to regain my former strength and possibly go beyond my previous limits. Oh I better stop using my spirit sense.¡¯ Dylan quickly retracted his spirit sense because his body was beginning to feel the strain of using this technique. ¡®I probably shouldn¡¯t use my spirit sense again until I''ve been cultivating for at least a year. It¡¯s only been 10 minutes and I am beginning to feel the strain already. Even without my injuries, the most I can maintain my spirit sense for another 5 minutes. I also need to change the way I have trained myself in the past. While waiting for Roxi to come out, Dylan got up and walked toward a window the size of a door. He looked out toward the distance and began going over the events from the beginning of his life to the moments when his clan was destroyed. Dylan blamed the Forlon kingdom for the demise of his clan but he couldn¡¯t accept that it fell so easily. However he soon came upon a conclusion that didn¡¯t sit well with him. The Dragonic clan over the years had become over reliant on using their dragon abilities. Whenever a clan member reached the required cultivation level( The 5th level of the mortal realm) to practice the dragonic transformation skill, They would consume the blood of a dragon. Most of the clan members were satisfied with that level of strength and did not strive to improve their strength. Barely 10 percent of the clan members reach the second stage and only a handful of experts aside from the three elders and myself could transform into dragons. Even Dylan himself had become complacent over the years. he had reached the peak of the core forming realm (5th level) and had been stuck in that realm for 5 years.The reason for this had nothing to do with talent. It all stemmed from the harsh requirement every dragonic clansmen had to deal with to increase their strength. While regular cultivators in other countries used Qi to form the essence core in their dantian,The members of the draconic clan had to circulate Qi and the essence in dragon blood in order to form their essence core otherwise they would be unable to continue with dragonic transformation skill. If Dylan wanted to breakthrough the next stage which was the Omega realm, he had to consume the blood of a gold dragon. However there was only one problem; they were extinct! There was a time that dragons of various races roamed the lands. black , silver, golden, and crimson dragons ruled the lands. Unfortunately, the majority of them were exterminated when humans learned to harness Qi and the number of cultivators soon outnumbered the number of dragons. By the time the dragonic clan was formed, there were only black dragons and very few silver dragons remaining. The founding elders of the clan realized the problem of few dragons remaining so they formed an alliance with the dragons promising to protect them. In exchange, every year, the dragons would hand over their blood so the elders and their disciples could gain their powers and abilities. Unknown to Dylan, Roxi had finished her conversation with nurse Joy and noticed him looking out the window. Roxi was about to call out to him but stopped when she saw Dylan¡¯s expression in the mirror. She couldn¡¯t help but feel a sense of heartache when she saw the sadness in Dylan''s eyes. Before she could muster up the words to comfort him, she was interrupted when a woman called out to her ¡°Hey Roxi!¡±. Dylan turned around and saw Roxi standing a couple of feet behind but soon turned his attention to the source of the voice. The woman in question looked fairly young, had curly blue hair and brown round eyes. Although not as beautiful as Roxi, she had her own unique charm. Roxi: Ahh Hi Jenny. You made it here pretty quickly. Officer Jenny: IT¡¯S Officer Jenny when I¡¯m on duty Roxi. Anyway, Nurse Joy filled me in on what happened. Is it true that he has no memories? Roxi: Thats right. Aside from his own name, he can¡¯t seem to remember anything else. Officer Jenny: ¡­ I see. Well it is unfortunate for a child to suffer such an experience. Roxi, aside from getting his side of the story, I''m going to drop him off and have him registered with the orphanage. Roxi: That won¡¯t be necessary. Officer Jenny: What do you mean not necessary? Wait you don¡¯t plan on¡­ At that moment, Roxi walked up next to Dylan and patted his little head. With a smile, she said: ¡°That''s right, I am going to be his guardian¡±. When officer Jenny heard this, she could only shake her head and sigh ¡°Roxi do you know what you''re getting into? Raising a child by yourself is no picnic¡±. Roxi then said without hesitation ¡°I have already made my mind¡±. She then turned to attention to Dylan surprised look ¡®leaving him in that orphanage will only make things worse for this child. He knows essentially nothing about the world around him and needs someone with patience to show him the way. Aside from that maybe this child has the potential to be great trainer¡­¡¯ Roxi recalled the scene where Dylan was facing that pidgeotto. Before she interrupted that battle, she was stunned with his courage and conviction when he bet everything on that last clash. It looked as though Dylan fought in many battles. ¡® chapter 3: Division leader One of the most popular bars in the cerulean city is the Angels touch. The alcohol served at this establishment is said to be so divine that any person who tries it would feel as though they were touched by the hand of an angel. It was a particularly stormy night so business wasn¡¯t exactly booming but that did not stop some of the most die hard drunks to visit the bar. In the far off corner of the bar were two men sitting at a table. Both men were wearing what seemed to be a uniform of sorts. The uniform consisted of black leather pants and a black long sleeved shirt with the letter D inscribed in the front. The two men seemed to be anxious as if they were waiting for someone. After a long period of silence, the two men began to converse with one another. Unknown man 1: We have been in this bar for over an hour Curtis. How much longer are we going to wait for this division leader to show up? Curtis: We¡¯ll wait as long as it takes Ryan. It¡¯s not like you had any special plans for tonight. Ryan: Says you Jackass! I had to cancel a date with that Florist we always pass by. Curtis: How on earth did you manage that? I seem to recall she would only date trainers who have grass pokemon. Last time I checked you only have that Ferrow and Ekans. Ryan: Hah shows what you know. I caught an oddish this morning in viridian forest. I searched the forest for weeks until I finally found a grass pokemon. Despite it being a forest all I could find were bug and flying pokemon. Curtis: ¡­.you are such a blockhead. Viridian forest is the territory of the Beedrill and Ferrow. While they allow other flying and bug times to roam the forest, they will not tolerate grass pokemon of any kind stepping into the forest. We have been stationed in this city for 2 months already. How is it you don¡¯t know this? Ryan: What!? seriously ?! damn I wasted so much time in that bloody forest. Curtis: Please tell me you didn¡¯t register that oddish as your third pokemon to the organization?! Ryan: Huh? Isn''t that protocol? Besides I can always catch something better later. Curtis: I hate to burst your bubble but that¡¯s no longer possible you dimwit. Ryan: Huh why? Curtis: The organization rules state that grunts can only carry 3 pokemon at a time. Once a grunt registers their third pokemon, they can no longer replace or carry any new pokemon. Catching new pokemon is only acceptable if you promoted, gifting that new pokemon to the organization or if any of your pokemon die. You are pretty much screwed my friend. Ryan: You gotta be kidding me bro. I was only planning on dating this chick for a couple of weeks and then get rid of that useless oddish. Dammit! Curtis: You reap what you sow dumbass. Although an oddish doesn''t have much attack power, it can learn some serious poison and other detrimental attacks which can be useful in assassination missions. Of course that is only true when it evolves to gloom. So be prepared to spend most of your time training that oddish. Ryan: Like I have much choice in the matter huh tch! Unknown woman: I swear Curtis; I can¡¯t believe you''re still partnered up with this ape. The two men were surprised because they could not sense the woman''s presence until she spoke and instinctively reached for their guns. However Curtis quickly realized who the woman was when he saw her face and yelled out to his partner ¡° Ryan put your gun away!¡±. Ryan looked at curtis confused but didn¡¯t holster his weapon immediately. Once Ryan identified the uniform the woman was wearing, his face turned pale with fright and quickly holstered his weapon. Unlike the standard uniform grunts wore, the woman¡¯s uniform consisted of a rather short white skirt with three black stripes itched on both sides along with a white tank top with the same ¡®D¡¯ insignia the two grunts wore. In the organization, the color a subordinate wore determined their rank. Black indicated you were a grunt. Silver uniforms were for junior division leader, white uniforms were reserved for division leaders and red uniforms belonged to the vice commanders who work directly under the Supreme commander of the organization. Seeing the expression of Ryan''s face made the unknown woman chuckle a little and then turned her attention to Curtis. With a charming but devilish smile the unknown woman spoke again ¡° It¡¯s been a year since I last saw you Curtis. It looks like you''re still a grunt as well¡±. The unknown woman''s words irritated Curtis but he swallowed down his bitterness and replied ¡°Hello Stacy, So I take it the organization sent you to monitor our mission progress in cerulean city?¡±This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Stacy: Perceptive as always Curtis. The organization gave you both 2 months to eliminate all the test subjects that escaped from the facility in vermillion city. How is the mission¡¯s progressing? Curtis: The mission is already completed. In fact it only took us a week to find and kill all the test subjects. We would have returned sooner but the mission stated we had reside in cerulean city and report to a division leader once a week at this bar. But we haven¡¯t heard anything until yesterday. Stacy: Do I hear a hint of criticism in your voice Curtis? Since when did you grow enough balls to question the way the organization conduct itself Curtis: Nothing of the sort. We just want to be kept in the loop. Stacy: Normally I would have smacked a grunt with your attitude but since we go way back, I''ll let it slide this time. As to why you both were left here unattended, it''s because we are currently at war with team Rocket Ryan: What?! Didn¡¯t we have an alliance with them? Curtis: ¡­.. I think I know. The attack on the facility was caused by them wasn¡¯t it? Stacy: Bravo Curtis. Im very impressed. You may a chance to get promoted with those brains afterall hah hah hah. Ryan: Why would they attack the facility? I don¡¯t remember the organization offending team rocket. Stacy: It¡¯s not a matter of offending you ape. They somehow found out the nature of the experiments we were performing in the facility and decided to steal that research for themselves. They also wanted to abduct the test subjects but they underestimated our defensive capabilities and ruthless nature. Except for the test subjects that escaped, we blow up the cages we were keeping the test subjects so team Rocket walked away with nothing! Curtis: Ruthless indeed. Still I¡¯m curious as to what kind of experiments the organization were performing. Stacy: Sorry smarty pants but that¡¯s need to know information. Not even junior division leaders have access to that information let alone grunts. Ryan: You guys are so irresponsible! At least you should have told us about Team rocket becoming our enemies. What would have happened if we had randomly come across each other?! Stacy: Oh is the big ape scared of team rocket members? Ryan: YOU BIT¡­ Curtis: Enough Ryan! Not another word. Stacy: you should thank Curtis you ape. Otherwise I would have sent you flying ha ha ha. Anyway, I assume you disposed of the bodies according to the organization''s standard procedures. Curtis: No problem on my end. The currents did the most of the work. However there was a problem with one of the test subjects that I assigned to Ryan. Should I tell her or do you want to explain yourself? Stacy: WHAT sort of problem you ape? Ryan: Tch I finished the boy off no question but once I reached to carry the body out of the forest I was attacked by a Ferrow who wanted the body for itself. I had no problem defeating it but once I did, a whole flock of spearow and some Ferrow came out from the forest and started to chase me. I was stuck in that forest for days fighting off and hiding from those blasted birds. I eventually returned to the spot but the body was missing. Stacy: You useless ape! Are you absolutely sure he was dead?! Where did you last see the body! Ryan: ¡­ The outskirts of pewter city. I¡¯m positive because I checked his pulse. Despite Ryan''s assurance, both of the grunts clearly saw black lines forming on Stacy''s forehead. There was no doubt she was pissed. If it wasn¡¯t because they were all in a public place, Stacy would have taken her frustrations mostly on Ryan but she would also include Curtis despite their long history together. This was an important mission from the organization. Normally a mission of this importance would have been given to 2 junior division leaders and 2 grunts. However because of team Rocket''s betrayal, The organization had to mobilize most of their forces and make plans for an counteroffensive against all of team Rocket''s known base locations. Unfortunately team Rocket was prepared for the organization''s response because in the majority of their bases, their members were lying in wait and struck back hard. Needless to say, the organization was short on manpower so they had no choice but to send two grunts to complete the mission. Eventually Stacy was able to calm herself down but she was still upset nonetheless. With a cold expression she looked at both of the grunts and said ¡° Clearly I overestimated your abilities Curtis. I gave you this mission because I thought you had what it took be a division leader one day. I was even going to recommend you take over my position in vermillion city but based on how you choose your partners, I¡¯ve changed my mind¡±. Both Curtis and Ryan stayed silent but they were both burning with rage inside. Despite Curtis scoldings, Ryan respected Curtis very much because he was very patient with him and occasionally gave pointers on improving his pokemon battle skills. Even Curtis wanted to voice his objections but he held his tongue. He was more aware than anyone of Stacy temper and besides, she was two ranks above him. If she had killed him and Ryan, the organization wouldn¡¯t care one bit. Stacy: Here are your new orders. You think of it as a punishment but i could care less on your opinions. You are to remain in cerulean city for 6 months. At most, you will be allowed to travel in the areas of this city, the viridian forest, viridian city and pewter city. I will send out photos of the test subject the ape lost to the bases stationed in other cities so the members of those areas can keep an eye for him. Ryan: 6 months?! That¡¯s ridiculous! All this trouble for a kid that is most likely dead already. And even if by some miracle he¡¯s alive, do you honestly think anyone is going to believe the words of a kid? Stacy: Question my orders one more time ape. My patience with you is wearing thin as it is. You will bring the boy back to me whether alive or in the form of his remains. Viridian forest is not that big and assuming he''s dead, his bones should at least be in the area. Curtis: Fine. It¡¯s not like were needed in the battlefield anyway. 6 months should be plenty of time. Stacy: This is your last chance Curtis. If you fail, I won¡¯t show you or that ape any mercy. Do I make myself clear? Curtis:.... Roger that. With that, Stacy turned away and walked out of the establishment. Ryan looked over at Curtis but was stunned when he noticed Curtis''s angry expression. Curtis was smart and kept a cool head throughout his partnership with Ryan so he rarely saw Curtis upset let alone now. Ryan got up from his chair and walked over. He patted Curtis¡¯s shoulder and said ¡°I¡¯m sorry Curtis, I didn¡¯t mean to get you in trouble too¡±. Curtis turned his head over but his expression changed when he noticed the guilt on Ryan¡¯s face. He formed a smile and said with a sigh ¡°you moron. The situation couldn¡¯t be helped even if a junior division leader faced what you encountered in that forest¡±. Ryan soon felt relieved when he heard that but he couldn¡¯t help but remember the latest orders that damned woman left for them tonight. They were to spend the next 6 months in this city searching for a boy that is most likely dead. With a worried tone, Ryan asked ¡° Where do you think we should start our search Curtis?¡± Curtis: Let''s worry about that tomorrow. Why don¡¯t you call up that Florist and see if she is still free. Ryan: Thanks Bro. you''re the best partner ever! Curtis: Make tonight count because starting tomorrow, we will both start searching this whole city first just in case he is alive and trying to escape. Every nook and crack will be checked. You won¡¯t have much of a social life for a while Ryan: Ahhhh that¡¯s no fair bro. Have mercy! Curtis: Sorry blockhead.