"In our world, there live countless magical beasts."
"You can see them in the sky, on land, in the sea, and in forests and grasslands."
"But not all magical beasts are the same; some breathe fire, some discharge electricity, and some even attack by releasing leaves and petals."
"And this, is [Attribute]."
"Based on the power of different magical beasts, they are categorized into different attributes. Magical beasts skilled in fire are Fire-attribute, those skilled in spraying water are Water-attribute... And Zorua can release energy filled with malice, so I call it a Dark-attribute magical beast."
Draconis, considering the current era, simplified what he knew as much as possible.
"Dark-attribute..." Anna murmured, then, drawing an inference, asked, "What about Snover? Are they [Snow]-attribute magical beasts?"
Draconis smiled and shook his head, "To be precise, calling them [Ice-attribute] is more accurate. And from what I've observed, Snover doesn't just have one attribute. I'll explain this to you in detail later. Of course, you can also discover it through your own observations."
Anna immediately became interested.
"Attributes and energy are inseparable. The energy I just mentioned that magical beasts are skilled in using is their attribute. Correspondingly, when magical beasts release this energy in the form of beams, spheres, etc., I call that a [Move]."
"I know that! Zorua's Extrasensory is a Move it has mastered!" Anna said.
"Exactly." Draconis smiled and nodded. "What I'm going to talk about today is how to train magical beasts to make them stronger."
Anna and Zorua immediately sat in a row, listening obediently to Draconis's explanation.
"In some aspects, magical beasts are no different from us humans. Humans hone their bodies and train their muscles in various ways, and magical beasts can also hone their bodies in the same way."
"Running continuously every day can strengthen a magical beast's leg muscles, making it more agile. And if, on that basis, the magical beast trains with weights, it can further increase its strength, turning it into a strongman."
"Of course, these are only physical enhancements. For a magical beast to truly become strong, it cannot do without the Moves it has mastered."
"For this, my advice is to have your magical beast use its Moves frequently every day to improve its proficiency with them, thereby enhancing its combat ability. Perhaps during this process, your magical beast might even have a flash of insight and automatically learn other Moves."
Anna listened very attentively.
Draconis stopped there; too much information at once would be overwhelming. He didn't plan to teach Anna too many things at once.
"Alright, that's all for today! You can try training Zorua first. If you have any questions, come ask me later."
"Yes!" Anna was already eager to go train with Zorua.
Seeing this, Draconis did not stop her.
After Anna left, Draconis turned to Dratini and said to him, "Alright, let's continue today's special training!"
"Woo~ !" Dratini's face was serious.
After this period of interaction, Draconis found that Dratini's friendliness towards him had increased from 20 to 70.
This Dratini had begun to rely on him and trust him.
It was still Twister training.
Dratini opened his mouth and continuously spewed Twister attacks.
Draconis stood by, observing.
After a day of special training yesterday, Dratini's proficiency with this Move had improved significantly.
If, at first, Dratini needed to first mobilize the Dragon-attribute energy in his body, then concentrate it in his mouth, and finally spew it out in the form of a Twister, it would take about four or five seconds to unleash the Move.
Now, Dratini only needed two seconds to unleash Twister.
Undoubtedly, these were all proofs of improved proficiency.
Dratini was, after all, a young Pokémon. Before long, the Dragon-attribute energy in his body was completely depleted.
Dratini was panting from exhaustion, lying in Draconis's arms like a dead fish.
"You worked hard, Dratini. Your performance today was excellent." Draconis praised him generously.
He gazed at the river, lost in thought.
Currently, Dratini only knew three Moves.
They were: Wrap, Glare, and Twister.
In fact, the Wrap Move could also be developed and used as another means of attack.
Wrap, a Normal-attribute Move, involves coiling the opponent's body with a long body and squeezing tightly to attack.
This Move was somewhat similar to how snakes constrict their prey.
If Dratini's strength were great enough, using Wrap on an opponent at that moment would surely cause considerable damage.
Draconis couldn't help but fall into contemplation.
Just then, Dratini in his arms suddenly let out a confused Growl.
"Woo?"
The next second, accompanied by crackling sounds, a yellow current was released from Dratini's body.
Draconis felt a jolt throughout his body.
This was... A moment later, he quickly realized.
Dratini had learned a new Move!
"Dratini, use that Move again!" Draconis was a little excited.
After the first use, the method of using the new Move automatically emerged from the depths of Dratini's brain, as if it were engraved in his genes.
Dratini flew up, and a faint yellow current condensed around his body.
"Thunder Wave... That's right!" Draconis was quite excited.
Thunder Wave, an Electric-attribute Move, sends a weak Thunder Shock to the opponent. Although it doesn't cause much damage, it can paralyze the opponent.
First using Wrap, then using Thunder Wave at close range, the two Moves combined could incapacitate an opponent for a short time.
This way, Dratini could possess a certain level of combat ability!
If Thunder Wave was further trained to improve Dratini's control over Electric-attribute energy, perhaps in the near future, he could learn powerful Moves like Thunderbolt and Thunder!
At that time, Dratini could use Thunderbolt in the river to catch a large number of fresh fish!
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Nearing noon, to save time and build the winter cabin as quickly as possible, the people who had been working outside all morning did not choose to go back for lunch.
They took out pre-prepared dry rations from their bundles and sat around, eating.
At this moment, everyone's hearts were filled with excitement.
Because with the help of the three magical beasts named Snover, they had cut several times more trees in one morning than they had in the previous few days!
The three Snovers sat with the children. They had worked all morning and were now completely exhausted.
Looking at the smiling faces of their friends, the Snovers felt very happy.
"You guys are really amazing, Snover!" The children said with expressions of admiration.
Snover happily narrowed their eyes: "Moo goo~" Once the work was done, they could play together!
Just then, several tall figures suddenly appeared before them.
"Moo goo...?"
The Snovers looked up, stunned.
But the next second, they saw the grateful expressions on these humans' faces.
The humans were also holding some biscuits, bread, and other food.
Under the Snovers' confused gazes, the people placed the food they were holding in front of them.
Then, Snover heard the people say, "Thank you, Snovers!"
Snover was stunned.
"This is our human food. If you don't mind, please have some!" A man said, emboldened.
Everyone... This was great! These people no longer disliked them!
At first, these people had always avoided and shunned them.
This made Snover feel very sad. They had always thought these adults didn't like them... But now, looking at the adults who cast friendly, grateful glances at them.
The Snovers couldn't help but let out happy Growls.
"Moo goo~ !"
Although their bodies were very tired, Snover was incredibly happy at this moment. Humans were sharing their food with them!
They really liked these people!
So, under the man's astonished gaze, they picked the freshly grown berries from their bodies and handed them to the man.
At this moment, looking at the innocent expressions and naive eyes of the magical beasts before him, a strange feeling suddenly arose in the man's heart.
— Magical beasts... Maybe they weren't so scary after all?