Chapter 394: The Rampaging Carbink
"Danger!"
The moment the blinding light appeared, Bronzong's voice echoed in Basalt's mind.
As a Psychic-type Pokémon, Bronzong liked to extend its psychic power outward, both in battle and daily life, because it enjoyed the feeling of having everything under control.
Therefore, its reaction was the fastest among all the Pokémon.
White light enveloped Basalt and the Pokémon, and Bronzong's powerful psychic force formed a defensive shield, blocking the blinding light.
"This is... Dazzling Gleam!"
After the shock, Basalt finally recognized the move Carbink had used.
Dazzling Gleam, a Fairy-type move that emits a powerful light to damage the opponent. In games, this move has a power of 80, barely qualifying as a strong move.
In Carbink's hands, the power of this move was maxed out. Although it looked like gentle light, it forced Bronzong's psychic power to retreat steadily.
"What's going on? Is this Carbink this fierce?"
Basalt was startled.
After receiving Celebi's elemental essence, Bronzong's psychic power had skyrocketed. He didn't expect it to be unable to withstand an attack from a newborn Carbink?
Are you kidding me!
However, thinking of this Carbink's origin, Basalt felt relieved. Compared to Xerneas, Celebi was just a little brother.
"Dorong-ss~"
Seeing the pained expression on Bronzong's face, the Rock-type energy in Excadrill's body circulated, and a hard rock wall instantly replaced Bronzong to take the hit.
As a defensive god-tier move, Wide Guard was much stronger than pure psychic power, instantly blocking the pink light completely.
A dull sound rang out again, accompanied by a slight tremor of the walls and floor. Basalt's expression changed slightly, and he shouted, "Cradily, Root Bind!"
"Dily-da~"
Tentacles swayed, and countless emerald green roots suddenly shot out from the ground, covering Carbink, which was slamming into the wall, trying to break out.
If not for the special materials used for the training room's walls and floor, which had explosive strength, Carbink would have probably escaped during that brief interval.
Basalt's mouth twitched slightly.
Because he couldn't understand why the newly hatched Carbink was so terrified upon seeing him?
Am I that scary?
"Carb~ink~"
Facing the encroaching roots, the fear on Carbink's face faded slightly, but its body suddenly began to spin.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Because the opponent's body was spinning at high speed, Cradily's roots couldn't get a grip and were easily bounced away.
"It's Gyro Ball!"
Basalt raised an eyebrow.
He was very familiar with this move; Bronzong loved using it before evolving. It integrated offense, defense, and movement.
Unfortunately, Cradily's roots were too numerous, densely covering and trapping Carbink in the middle.
"Dily-da~"
Cradily exerted slight force, and the Root Domain began to tighten.
But just then, a blinding pink light lit up again in the center of the roots.
Under the pink light, Cradily's roots strangely melted away, turning into powder and disappearing.
Basalt was not alarmed but delighted, praising, "What terrifying and pure Fairy-type energy! Truly worthy of an existence that absorbed the Horn of Life!"
Although it didn't evolve into Diancie, which was somewhat regrettable for Basalt.
But Carbink's performance was enough to excite Basalt.
Because the intensity of this guy's Fairy-type energy had clearly crossed the Pro-level threshold, completely on par with Basalt's "Big Three."
Whizz!
Seeing Bronzong and Cradily fail one after another, Excadrill, as the big boss, immediately turned its body and rushed out like a stream of light.
"Excadrill, go easy!"
Basalt quickly warned.
Rock-type Carbink was double weak to Ground and quadruple weak to Steel, and Excadrill was a grumpy fellow who went for extreme physical attacks, often lacking restraint.
If Carbink got hurt, Basalt would have nowhere to cry!
"Carb~ink~"
With a scream, Carbink was sent flying, hitting the wall and creating a sizeable dent.
It was clear that Excadrill held back at the last moment.
Otherwise, Carbink wouldn't have just hit the wall; it would have been pinned to the wall by the drill and drilled to death.
"Carb~ink~"
Carbink landed injured. Although its face showed some pain, it was still full of vitality.
"It's acting like nothing happened?"
Basalt was surprised again. "Is this defense overly strong?"
Basalt knew Carbink's defenses were inherently excellent, but the problem was that the opponent was Excadrill, which had absorbed the energy of Groudon's scale!
This was Excadrill!!!
"Xerneas's Horn of Life not only strengthened Carbink's Fairy-type energy but also its life essence!"
Just as Basalt was overjoyed, the gem on Carbink's forehead began to glow. Strands of energy were collected, eventually forming an energy beam shooting rapidly toward Excadrill.
The energy beam was fast, but hitting Excadrill was a bit difficult.
However, Excadrill didn't dodge because Numel was behind it, and it feared Numel getting accidentally injured.
Boom!
The beam hit Excadrill, who had crossed its arms in front of itself. The terrifying force sent Excadrill flying, just as it had sent Carbink flying moments ago.
But just then, the ground beneath Carbink suddenly became moist.
Before long, the ground turned into a swamp, and Carbink was deeply stuck, unable to free itself.
Swamp Domain!
It was Swampert making a move!
At this moment, the fear on Carbink's face intensified. It screamed frantically, but to no avail.
Because Carbink had no hands or feet and couldn't fly, it didn't even have a chance to struggle against the swamp.
"Broonz~"
Bronzong floated over, its eyes emitting a hazy light as psychic power surged into Carbink's consciousness.
Psychic-type move, Hypnosis!
Soon, the panicked Carbink became drowsy and stopped struggling.
So Swampert dispersed the swamp, and Carbink returned to the ground.
Basalt breathed a sigh of relief. The sudden rampage of Carbink was overwhelming.
"But first, let's catch it!"
Looking at the motionless Carbink, Basalt decisively took out an Ultra Ball.
But to be safe, he had Bronzong use Dream Eater to drain Carbink's stamina.
Unexpectedly, Carbink's stamina was very robust. Bronzong drained it for quite a while before Carbink's eyes spun and it lost consciousness.
Bronzong, on the other hand, had an enjoyable expression on its face.
Because Carbink's energy level was extremely high, it tasted delicious.
Basalt threw the Ultra Ball, and Carbink turned into red light and was sucked in.
Then, the Ultra Ball shook, but it stopped after just one shake.
"Carbink, successfully caught!"
Basalt was overjoyed.
But thinking of the fear on Carbink's face when it saw him, Basalt frowned and released Carbink again.
"Bronzong, enter Carbink's dreams and try to find out the reason for its fear."
Basalt signaled to Bronzong.
This issue was very important.
Otherwise, if there was a barrier between the Pokémon and the trainer, and they couldn't trust each other, they were destined not to go far.
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