“Abra, defeat this guy!” Red commanded.

As soon as the words fell, Abra immediately used Teleport, moving from Red’s embrace to the ice surface, cautiously observing the battle-ready Cloyster not far away.

Although displeased that its opponent wasn’t Snorlax, Cloyster didn’t show obvious dissatisfaction, because in Cloyster’s view, as long as it defeated Abra, Red would naturally send Snorlax to duel with it.

‘Hmph!’ Abra snorted in displeasure, thinking that Cloyster was underestimating it.

Bone-chilling cold emanated from Cloyster’s body, and hail began falling around the previously cold-emanating area. Although this hail couldn’t cause fatal damage, it could continuously drain the opponent’s stamina.

“Weather tactics? Although your idea is good, unfortunately Abra’s ability…”

Just as the hail was about to hit Abra’s head, something that shocked Cloyster happened. In Cloyster’s vision, a barrier suddenly appeared around Abra, blocking the hail damage.

This was the power of Abra’s Magic Guard ability—it wouldn’t be affected by any weather damage.

As for Snorlax, it had already been protected by Red’s psychic powers from the beginning of Abra and Cloyster’s battle. Red couldn’t very well let Snorlax be continuously tormented by the hail while watching the battle.

The battle erupted instantly. Five icicles approached Abra in succession—Cloyster had used Icicle Spear and luckily triggered the effect five times.

Abra’s eyes released azure light, using Psychic to control the five icicles. With a light wave of its small finger, it easily returned the five icicles to Cloyster.

Seeing this, Cloyster immediately used Razor Shell. Light blue radiance covered Cloyster’s horn, gradually becoming a blade. Cloyster wielded the energy-condensed blade, cutting the incoming five icicles into fragments.

Just as Cloyster was about to boast about Abra’s weak strength, it found that Abra had already disappeared from its original area, leaving only residual warmth.

When Cloyster was shocked and trying to find Abra’s figure, something strange happened. Cloyster suddenly felt its body lighten, and its perspective terrifyingly flipped in an instant.

Just as Cloyster was horrified by this development, Abra’s body suddenly floated in the air behind it, using Psychic to repeatedly slam Cloyster against the ground.

During its struggle, Cloyster used Icicle Crash, controlling large icicles to violently strike at Abra. Fortunately, Abra used Teleport in time to avoid the damage.

‘You’re ultimately just a stumbling block on my path to becoming stronger. Sink into the despair of weakness!’

As soon as these words fell, powerful psychic force emanated from Abra’s body, followed by brilliant evolution light radiating from Abra.

The dazzling white light faded, revealing the evolved Kadabra before Red.

After evolution, Kadabra had long, pointed ears with a red five-pointed star pattern on its forehead. Its face resembled a fox, with a narrow snout and two tufts of hair growing like whiskers.

Kadabra’s eyes were open, with deep eye sockets and narrow eye frames. Its torso was divided into golden shoulder-like armor, golden leather armor-like chest, and a triangular abdomen with three red markings.

Kadabra had a thick, long tail behind its abdomen with a golden ring pattern.

Kadabra’s limbs were also segmented at the joints, with three clawed fingers on both hands and feet. The silver spoon held in its right hand was Kadabra’s most distinctive feature.

Unlike ordinary Kadabra, Red’s Kadabra had silver-white skin, with the leather armor covering its skin showing a sacred golden color.

Having mastered new power, the excited Kadabra immediately launched an attack on Cloyster. Kadabra waved the silver spoon in its right hand, materializing mysterious psychic waves to attack the Cloyster before it.

Seeing this, Cloyster immediately closed its shell, blocking the incoming Psybeam.

Just as Cloyster was about to breathe a sigh of relief, an even more powerful psychic force instantly controlled Cloyster’s entire body. Using Psychic, Kadabra continuously controlled Cloyster’s body, repeatedly slamming it against the ice walls.

After a moment, noticing Cloyster’s pleading gaze, Kadabra finally released the psychic force controlling Cloyster’s body, then turned to look at Red with a questioning expression.

“Let’s spare it for now. After all, we’re the ones who trespassed into its territory, and it’s been taught lessons by both you and Snorlax. It must be quite miserable,” Red said teasingly.

Ding! Successfully added Synchronize ability to Kadabra!

Pokémon: Kadabra (Shiny: Silver)

Type: Psychic

First Ability: Magic Guard

Second Ability: Synchronize

Known Moves: Teleport, Psychic, Kinesis, Psybeam, Disable, Reflect…

Personality: Optimistic and upbeat, with the contrasting charm of being aloof yet having chuunibyou tendencies

“Synchronize’s status conditions combined with Magic Guard’s damage immunity—quite a nice ability combination…” Red said with a slight smile, as if he had discovered a special tactic.

Perhaps the previous battle with Cloyster had reached the ears of other Ice-type Pokémon. Currently, Red, Snorlax, and Kadabra encountered no further interference from other Ice-type Pokémon on their path forward, quickly reaching the deepest cave level.

A bone-chilling wind hit them head-on. Fortunately, Red had always been blessed with psychic powers and Viridian Power. Ordinary people would inevitably suffer frostbite when encountering this wind, even when wrapped in thick cotton coats.

Although Red still wore his usual outfit—a black sleeveless vest under a red jacket, black training gloves, blue long pants, and white sneakers—he showed no signs of being affected by the cold.

‘The aura ahead seems to be from the Frost Abyss!’ Kadabra said cautiously, completely unaware of Snorlax’s strange expression beside it.

‘Is this guy speaking Pokémon language? Why can’t I understand a single word?’ Snorlax scratched its face in confusion. Could it be that because it had been obsessed with fitness, it hadn’t noticed that Pokémon language had evolved considerably?

‘No, that’s not right. Even ancient Pokémon language I can understand—there’s no way evolution could have occurred.’

Battle sounds came from ahead. Realizing something was wrong, Red quickly rushed forward, with Kadabra and Snorlax hurrying to follow.

“Articuno, I mean no harm! Please calm down!”

A voice as refreshing as an ice spring came from ahead. The voice’s owner seemed to be trying to calm the agitated Articuno, but had been unsuccessful.

Appearing in Red’s vision was a beautiful, mature woman with glasses—an office lady type. She had beautiful long red hair tied in a ponytail. Although her body was wrapped in a cold-weather coat, it couldn’t hide her impressive, voluptuous figure.

Especially those proud peaks, which made countless men unwilling to look away, willing to be judged by Officer Jenny for indecency, and willing to spend a few days in jail.

Some even said it was “worth it,” getting free “bone-loosening” services from the escorting Officer Jenny.

Fortunately, Miss Lorelei was kind to people and didn’t pay much attention to others’ gossip.

“Ice-type Elite Four Lorelei? Finally, it’s not that workaholic Lance again,” Red said with relief. He could finally meet another Elite Four trainer from the Kanto region, otherwise Red would have to endure Lance’s nagging about “How do I always run into you?”

Battling Articuno was Lorelei’s Slowbro, though it was one-sided domination. Because Lorelei was unwilling to harm the emotionally rampaging Articuno, she could only have Slowbro try its best to block Articuno’s attacks.

“Kadabra, Snorlax, make that rampaging Articuno ‘calm down’!” Red said coolly.

(TL NOTE: Unfortunately, my LOTR: Playing Minecraft in Middle-earth book was mistakenly flagged as spam on Webnovel and removed. I’ll re-upload it under a different title by today at the latest. Thank you for your patience!)

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