Chapter 290: 290. Crawdaunt
"RAWWW DOGGG NOWWWWW!"
Just when the group were packing their things up and were getting prepared to embark on their journey again, bunch of loud roars were coming from the other side of the forest they were in, and it sounded a little familiar to them, just as if they had heard it somewhere before.
With the burst of the leafage around them and bunch of dirt flying, the Pokémon that made the sound appeared in front of the gang.
"It's a Loudred!" May exclaimed with a look of realization.
When they were doing their things in Dewford Island before, Ash's Corphish had angered a Loudred for some time. If Ash hadn't calmed down its anger in time, the group would have been in trouble, not because they were weak, but because the damage that Loudred could have done to the surrounding area. May's Beautifly, who was still Silcoon at that time, had also gone missing for a little while.
Of course, this Loudred was not the same one they had met before as this one seemed to be much more violent, roaring and the group of people rush over without a giving a care.
"Cor! Cor corp!"
The ever restless Corphish, who was training with the rest, got up this time from his push up position and stood in front of Loudred, protecting Ash and his party behind him.
He truly was a knight in shining armor.
Ash's Dratini, who was next to him, glanced just sideways at it, glanced at the raging beast, and then lay down next to Ash again, not giving a damn about this random Pokémon.
"Corphish, use Crabhammer!" Ash immediately provided his support from the back. Corphish's eyes flashed with excitement, and his powerful shining pliers slammed into the ground before Loudred.
That huge force actually caused the ground to shake, and a big hole was opened on the mountain road like it was nothing to him.
"Thats so amazing!" May and Max also stood up and were shocked when they saw the scene in front of them. "To actually use a move like Crabhammer and to have the effect of an Earthquake!"
Loudred, who was still charging forward, lost his footing and fell to the ground. Of course, Ash will pursue a victory when he sees it in front of him, "Let's try the new attack Kingler taught you, use Razor Shell!"
This was a strong Water-type attack, especially when it came down to slicing things up. This was basically the signature attack of Samurott, one of the three Royal Starters of the Unova Region and their Royal Water-type Starter Pokémon. To use this sharp attack, one much have a hard shell or carapace to encase with a high concentration of pure Water-type energy.
Therefore, the only Pokémon that can use this mover proficiently were Cloyster, Kingler, Crawdaunt, and Samurott itself.
This was also the skill that Ash had his Kingler teach his Corporal recently when he teleported his Kingler back to him for some bonding time.
This move was especially good for Corphish now and his future self as a Crawdaunt, where he can combine it together to train and strengthen his giant pliers.
"Cor-Corphish!"
Corphish happily waved his big pliers excitedly, and water began to flow to it, forming a sharp looking water blade.
"LOUDDD!"
Loudred jumped up from the ground, roared again, and rushed towards Corphish as if he didn't see anything or fear that attack.
Brock and the other two were desperately covering their ears behind Ash, and Ash then used his Psychic to block the sound coming from Loudred to them.
The groups eyes were now fixed on the sharp looking attack on Corphish's pliers, with a sense of trepidation in their hearts.
Ash and his Corphish were now waiting for Loudred to approach their attack range. No matter how harsh the sound decibels were, they remained motionless in their stance. Finally, Loudred arrived at the most suitable distance for them to attack.
"Corphish!"
Corphish's big eyes shone with a bright light, and the water blade on his sides swung out violently. The blade flashed past, and the harsh noise stopped abruptly with a very noticeable sudden change.
Loudred was knocked out, losing his ability to fight and falling down in one hit.
"Loudred!"
At this time, most likely his Trainer arrived belatedly and worriedly. He hurriedly ran towards his injured Loudred to check just how injured he was, but found that Corphish's attack had only damaged him in his outer layer of fur and did not cause any serious damage to the main parts at all, so he breathed with a sigh of relief.
This guy was most definitely older than Ash and maybe a little older than Brock, "Thank you for helping me stop my Loudred from continuing on his rampage." He said with a deep bow.
"Anyways, hello, my name is Guy. Me and my Loudred here are traveling around various areas to gather our needed Gym Badges to participate in the Hoenn Region Ever Grande Conference." In other words, this was an opponent that Ash can actually relate to.
Hearing that Ash had already gotten 4 of his needed 8 Gym Badges, Guy began to admire him even more, "Thats amazing. We only got two Badges so far. It's really not easy to collect all those eight Gym Badges…"
"Thank you so much for calming him down now. This Loudred is my most important partner, he has been there for me every single time I needed him." Guy looked at his Loudred, who was snoring very loudly, with a look of pride on his face.
"But recently, for some unknown reason, he has become less and less obedient and sometimes gets violent for no apparent reasons, not only that, he is also much more energetic than I have ever seen him before. It was just like what you guys saw right now."
"Cor! Corphish!"
Corphish waved his big pliers again, just like before.
Max looked at him and said, "Corphish is also doing the same thing recently, but he still listens to Big Bro!"
Ash knelt down to pat his funny and happy looking Corphish on the head. They already had a strong bond and knew what was happening to the other, "I think your Loudred should be in the same as my Corphish is. It will soon evolve in its final form."
When some Pokémon are about to evolve, they will show unusual behaviors and personalities that they usually don't show. Experienced Trainers can use these to determine whether or not their Pokémon was about to evolve or to see if it was something else of significance m.
"Is he really going to evolve?" When Guy heard this, he immediately became very excited.
Corphish also blinked his eyes a few times, turned and walked towards the sleeping Loudred.
"What is he going to do?"
Guy was stunned for a moment, and then he saw that Ash's Corphish using claws Vice Grip's in his Loudred big and soft ears.
He still seemed to like the feel of pinching Loudreds whenever he had the chance.
"LOIDDD!"
Loudred immediately woke up from his sleep because of all ten akin he was feeling and immediately went into his riot mode again. The harsh noise scared May and the other three to quickly cover up their ears.
Guy became very nervous seeing his Loudred being this angry again, "Why is this happening now? What should we do now! Loudred, please calm down partner!"
However, it was now almost impossible for the furious Loudred to hear the voice of his Training at the moment. After he tried to run and to see it was of no avail, he looked at Ash and Corphish very angrily.
But he found that Ash was already standing opposite of him with his Corphish ready for another battle, "For Trainers like us, the best outcome to such a thing is to have a battle. A battle will more often than not calm a Pokémon on their angered state."
"What do you mean?" Guy looked at Ash with a new look of surprise. Was he really capable of commanding this battle now?
But after the words fell, he immediately realized something; wasn't it his fault as the Trainer that his Pokémon lost control so easily?
It was about to evolve, but as that Max kid said just now, Ash's Corphish was also about to evolve. It was also very irritable, but he was still very obedient to his Trainer. L
"Loudred, please hear my voice!" Guy began to call out to his Loudred very desperately, but his voice was completely covered up in the deafening noise that his Loudred was making.
However, the bond between a Trainer and Pokémon can really span throughout all of space and time. The sound between them does not ultimately have to rely on their voices, but from their hearts, where their shared bond was.
'Corphish, use Bubble Beam!'
Even in all this noise, Ash's orders were accurately conveyed to his Corphish's mind via Telepathy, and the Bubble Beam hit Loudred very accurately, knocking him away almost immediately.
The noise stopped suddenly, and Guy was now looking even more worried than before, "Loudred, are you okay buddy?"
"Lo, ud, read!" Loudred opened his eyes, but began to be able to accept his voice in a more calm state.
Seeing this, Guy suddenly became excited, "Okay, Loudred, use Stomp!"
Loudred roared and rushed over after hearing his Trainers command, stepping towards Corphish, but was blocked again by Corphish's pliers.
Ash's Corphish was much more physical powerful than himself. Guy calmed down and quickly tried to adopt to a new tactic.
"Loudred, use your Supersonic!"
However, at this very moment, both Corphish and Loudred were shining with the dazzling white light of evolution!
Loudred evolved into an Exploud, and jerk his appearance became even more and more terrifying, as if his whole body is filled with large blue subwoofers.
But the evolution of Corphish was still continuing when Explouds evolution ended, and his size was still growing until there was now his new signature five-pointed star on its head and the new height of 1.5 meters tall. It is no longer the cute crayfish it was before, and now his appearance was more sinister akin to his new type.
It evolved and got the secondary Dark-type, which made him became more ferocious, and thsi shows in his stronger and darker looking pliers. Not only that, he had also learned many new attacks.
"Crawdaunt, use Crunch!"
The battle still continued, Ash took the lead in launching an attack this time after evolution. At the moment, the two Pokémon were close at hand, and the dark and evil looking energy suddenly gathered into one place, forming a pair of terrifying fangs on the big pincers, biting Exploud's body fiercely.
An explosion occurred immediately, and Exploud lost his ability to fight, just like a few minutes ago.
Crawdaunt: 230/240