"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"
War. Absolute war.
At the command of the Beedrill leader, it thrust its stingers forward and charged without hesitation.
"Buzz—buzz!"
The remaining Beedrill followed.
They all knew the truth—
Their fragile bodies were not suited for close combat against enraged Tauros.
But there was no retreat.
Behind them was their home.
Behind them were the unevolved Kakuna and Weedle—their future.
Even if they were like insects trying to stop a charging cart… they would still fight, buying even a sliver of hope for the next generation.
---
"…Tragic."
Hidden in the distance, Icarus sighed quietly.
"But the outcome won't change."
He shifted his binoculars toward the rear of the Beedrill territory.
"Woo… woo…"
Weedle retreated with tears in their eyes—these were the most promising of the next generation.
A few Beedrill guarded them, their bodies trembling.
They wanted to return to the battlefield.
But they couldn't.
Without strong protectors, even if these young ones escaped to another territory, survival wouldn't be guaranteed.
Alliances had limits.
No one would raise another group's offspring as their own.
---
Icarus lowered the binoculars and refocused on the battlefield.
"Whoosh—!"
The Beedrill leader had already reached the front lines.
Its body blurred—
A sudden burst of speed.
"High-Speed Movement…"
Icarus narrowed his eyes.
"A top-tier move. No recoil like Quick Attack—sustained acceleration."
If Pidgeotto could learn this, its combat power would skyrocket.
---
"Pfft!"
The Beedrill leader dodged multiple Horn Attacks, then thrust a stinger glowing deep purple straight into a Tauros's flank—
—and ripped it out.
"Moo—!!"
The Tauros collapsed instantly.
One hit. Down.
"That's insane…"
Icarus couldn't hide his shock.
That Tauros had been among the frontliners—high-tier even among the herd.
---
"Buzz—!"
But victory didn't last.
More Tauros surrounded the Beedrill leader.
"Puff! Puff!"
Using its elite-level physique, it barely escaped the encirclement, carving wounds into multiple Tauros as it moved.
Yet—
"Moo! Moo!!"
This time, none of the injured Tauros fell.
They endured.
---
"Drip… drip…"
Blood slid down the Beedrill leader's stingers.
It looked at the tightening encirclement.
Determination flashed in its eyes.
"Buzz!!!"
Dark purple energy surged again—its stingers deepening in color.
A final burst.
---
"Whoosh!"
It darted forward—
Two targets.
Two strikes.
But—
"Moo!"
The Tauros leader roared.
A weaker Tauros stepped in—
A shield.
"Pfft!"
Both Tauros collapsed under the strike.
But the Beedrill leader had lost time.
And in a battlefield like this—
Time was death.
---
"BANG!"
A Tauros slammed into it from behind.
The Beedrill leader was sent flying.
Before it could stabilize—
"BANG! BANG!"
Two more Horn Attacks struck mid-air.
Only after being hit twice did it finally regain control and ascend.
---
"Buzz… buzz…"
Hovering in the air, it looked down.
Despair filled its vision.
Only a handful of its kin remained.
The rest—
Crushed. Torn apart. Reduced to pulp beneath hooves.
---
"…That's reality."
Icarus watched coldly.
"At equal levels, Beedrill can't face Tauros head-on."
"And here, they're outnumbered."
This wasn't a battle.
It was slaughter.
---
"Moo! Moo!"
The Tauros leader noticed the Beedrill leader hovering.
It thought it was fleeing.
With mocking eyes, it called out—
Then slowly redirected the herd toward the rear of the territory.
"Moo! Moo!"
"What? Running away? Then we'll crush your offspring instead!"
"HAHAHA!"
"RUMBLE—!"
The herd surged forward again.
---
"Buzz—!"
The Beedrill leader snapped out of its daze.
It saw the herd heading toward its future—
—and everything changed.
It moved.
Instantly.
Blocking their path once more.
---
The tribe had given it life.
Raised it.
Protected it.
Now—
It would repay that debt.
Even if it meant death.
---
"Buzz…"
Its stingers rose again.
But this time—
Only ordinary poison energy flowed.
---
"…So that's it."
Icarus observed sharply.
"That earlier power… was elemental."
"And now—it's gone."
That explained everything.
The Beedrill leader's aura wasn't overwhelmingly stronger than the Arbok Icarus had seen before.
Yet its earlier attacks had been devastating.
Now—
That power was spent.
---
"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!"
The Beedrill leader unleashed a barrage of Poison Sting.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
Several Tauros blocked the attacks with Horn Attack.
Most of the damage was nullified.
---
"Moo! Moo! Moo!"
The Tauros leader laughed.
"No more elemental power?"
"Then die."
"Remember this—don't be born weak in your next life."
---
Icarus understood.
The Tauros leader wasn't just raging blindly.
It had strategy.
It had deliberately used weaker members to absorb the Beedrill leader's strongest attacks—
—forcing it to exhaust its elemental power.
And now—
With that advantage gone—
The end was inevitable.
---
In this world—
There was no fairness.
Only one rule:
Weakness is the original sin.
---
(End of Chapter)
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