Starts with a Bang

Axel had also trained Agnes on how to train her Pokemon. He was also telling her to focus on her own body and she had just started to do it. So, he just gave a bunch of instructions and then went his own way.

The girls were very girly and Axel didn't like that for some reason. Agnes was not that girly or maybe she was. Axel didn't see her that way.

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Axel was now monitoring the training of young Pokemons and he was also training his 'Aura sense' and 'Mental communication'. The young Pokemons had started to get better. Since they were training in the training grounds, their body stats and reaction speed had started to increase.

His aura techniques were now harder to level up. Axel took the advice from Red before and started to train his 'Aura sense'. As of right now, he could sense if it was a Pokemon or a human and he could sense the general power level of that Pokemon.

He wanted to sense more details of it right now. He knew that his objective was to increase the area of sensing but he didn't want to sacrifice the quality of his technique.

He also started to notice that instead of saying the full sentence, he spoke only a few important words, and then he could reach out to a larger area. 'Mental communication' takes a greater toll the longer the distance is. He was starting to learn these few tricks and it was helping him a lot.

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Another week passed and now only 1 week was left. Nidoking was able to do it. It had leveled up to 'Thunder punch' to level 40 and the move had become very interesting.

Thunder punch (Nidoking) (Level 40): The punches contain a hint of poison. It has a higher chance of paralyzing the target.

This was a groundbreaking move for Nidoking. First of all, the poison was not making the enemy poisoned. It was helping the Nidoking paralyze the opponent. Poison could do a lot of things but Nidoking's poison till now could only decrease the health points. Now, it had changed.

Secondly, an electric attack had reached level 40, so, the hidden power mastery of Nidoking had also rapidly increased.

Thirdly, Nidoking was finally able to combine 2 types of energy. Electric and poison. That was a huge thing as it took a lot of time to do it.

However, Nidoking had not yet reached tier 2 king rank status. Axel was not worried. This just showed that the foundation of Nidoking was rock solid.

Another thing that happened was that Nidoking combined 'Sand storm' and 'Sand hardening' and created a new move called 'Sand construct'. This move could not only make armor made of hardened sand but also make spears and swords made of sand and then attack the enemy.

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Sand construct: Nidoking could now make armor, swords, and spears of hardened sand. The power of the move is heightened if it is during sandstorm.

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When Axel saw its stats, he realized that Nidoking was the only Pokemon who had learned so many moves. It also had mastered these moves to a good level.

"Meg, now I have some proposition for you. You know 35 moves and you have mastered them quite well. I feel that you don't need to learn a new move for a long time. You need to now master these moves and upgrade them.

I also want you to increase the synergy of your moves. Think of a number of synergies that you can make from your moves and add them to your battle strategy. You are a big guy now. Do you think that you can give it a try?"

"Yes, don't worry Axel. I can do that in a jiffy.", said Nidoking with a proud face.

Nidoking was the first official Pokemon of Axel. Axel always thought of Nidoking as a small kid and even though it was now bigger, bulkier, and scarier than Axel, he still thinks Nidoking as a kid. However, he knew that it had also grown a lot. So, he needed to give it more responsibility.

While others think that learning so many moves was a waste of time, Axel didn't think like that. If Nidoking could come up it 10 strategy of combining and synergizing its moves, it would become even more broken than before.

For Axel, Nidoking was almost the perfect Pokemon. It had a great defense. It also was a powerful physical fighter and its special moves were also very deadly. Its agility was not so high as it was very heavy but since Axel had been teaching it to increase its speed since it was just a Nidoran, it could move at a high speed for a short distance like 5 meters.

Axel was waiting for Nidoking to reach tier 2 and he knew that it would dominate the battle. Even though reaching tier 2 was not a major rank-up but a sub-rank-up, it still did give Pokemon a small boost.

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All of them were now ready for the tide. Only a week was left and Axel had tightened the defense of the walls. They were prepared for most of the soldiers, it was their first time facing the tide. So, most of them were nervous.

Only 4 days were left now and he called all of the soldiers for his speech.

"Now, all of you know that I am the one leading the tide and we are facing the tide for the first time in the city. That doesn't mean we are not prepared. We have traps, plans, specified teams, and powerful trainers by our side. We will not only survive this tide but also dominate it.

We will be facing the tide after 4 days. I want all of you to be vigilant right now. Remember that this is just an estimated time. The tide might start tomorrow. Follow the orders of your leaders and if you are facing any problems tell your leaders.

I promise that we will have the most successful tide in the history of this world."

The soldiers were excited about the tide now. Hearing such a confident speech from the leader, they felt that they would survive this tide.

Saving all the soldiers in the tide was impossible because it was a war and soldiers die in war. However, Axel wanted to reduce the deaths to only 5%.

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After 3 days,

All of Axel's Pokemons were on the south side. Shedinja and Absol were fighting during the night time while others were fighting during the day time. Most of the time, the leader of the tide would be in the center giving orders but Axel didn't do it. He knew that his Pokemons would play a major role and he would always be scared if his Pokemons were fighting on the south side while he was in the center.

Liam was a perfect guy to be in the center. He was the leader of the soldiers before Axel came along and he knew all the soldiers of Hakone city. However, Axel would be making major decisions when it was needed.

As Axel was looking at the files of the soldiers, he heard a huge alarm and then he stood up from his chair. This was a signal telling that the tide had started.

Hector came running towards Axel and without even a proper knock, he opened it. He looked scared.

"What happened?"

"Sir, the tide had just started."

"I know that. Why are you so scared?"

"Sir, a tier 3 king rank Arcanine has come up."

"This early? Let me join the fight. Also, call Cody and tell him to come to the south side. Are there any king-rank Pokemons that came with it?"

"Yes, there are 4 tier 2 king rank Pokemons and 5 tier 1 king rank Pokemons.", said Hector.

The situation was serious. Normally, when the tide starts, the powerful Pokemons or the leaders would not come out first to battle. However, this time, it was totally different and Axel had to take the stand.

"Gather up all others who have king-rank Pokemons. Also, call Lance to the fight. We will be fighting with full force.", said Axel and went outside to fight the battle.

He called out all of his king-rank Pokemons to fight the battle except for Gogoat. Gogoat was protecting the young Pokemons.

They had around 18 king-rank Pokemons excluding Gogoat. So, it was a sufficient number. However, 10 of the king-ranked Pokemons were coming to fight at the start of the tide battle.

He went outside to the battle. The tier 3 king-rank Pokemon was Arcanine and it didn't have 'Flash fire' as its ability. This was good cause 'Flash fire' was very hard to deal with. He didn't have time to look at its moves as he was also looking at other king-rank Pokemons that were coming to battle him.

Among the tier 2 king-rank Pokemons, there were:

Pidgeot Gyarados Poliwrath Golem

Among the tier 1 king-rank Pokemons, there were:

Fearow Golduck Butterfree Machamp Victreebel

"Charles, you will fight with Pidgeot. Marcus, you will go with Golem. Light, you will fight with Poliwrath, and Beedrill you will fight with Gyarados.

Meg, you will go with Machamp and Victreebel. Venusaur, you have an important job. You will fight with Golduck and Butterfree and also try to help the rest of the party in healing.

Finally, Mamoswine, fight with Fearow. All of you, if the fight is too hard, try to hold off till Lance and Cody come along. Hector, your Raichu will help Mamoswine in dealing with Fearow.

Tory, your Ninetales will deal with Victreebel and help Meg with the fight."

Axel divided the fight between his Pokemons. One of the Pokemons of Cody and Hector had also ranked up to tier 1 king rank and they could help in the fight. Since they had recently ranked up, they were not so powerful, but they could help in the fight.

Lance was supposed to be on the south side but since the tide started a day early, he was on the east side. Lance and Cody were coming towards the south side to join the battle but it would take some time.

So, till that time, Slowemperor would have to deal with tier 3 king rank Arcanine.

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A tier 2 Pidgeot was hard to deal with. This was basically due to its high speed. It immediately used 'Aerial ace'. Since it suddenly attacked Charizard with 'Aerial ace', Charizard knew that it could not dodge the attack. So, it used 'Dragon scales' and increased its defense to a high level.

Just before it was going to attack Charizard, it used 'Dragon roar' which disturbed the attack direction of Pidgeot. 'Dragon roar' was a powerful move that might flinch or paralyze the target. It might also lower the speed and attack powers of others.

Fortunately, the attack was missed. Charizard then used 'Sunny day' and then used a full power 'Flamethrower' towards Pidgeot. Since the Pidgeot was still disturbed by the 'Dragon roar', it was hit by the attack.

Crrripppp

It shouted in pain but Charizard was not going to let it go. It used 'Fire pledge' and multiple pillars of fire came from the ground and tried to attack Pidgeot and the Pokemon around it.

Even though Charizard was fighting with Pidgeot, there were other lower-rank Pokemons that were disturbing the fight. It had become hard for Charizard to truly show its powers. By using 'Fire pledge', others didn't come near the fight of those 2 Pokemons.

Pidgeot was able to dodge the 'Fire pledge' but in the meantime Charizard used 'Smoke manipulation'.

'Smoke manipulation' had leveled up and crossed level 40. It now had a new function. After using 'Fire pledge', a huge amount of snow was coming from the ground. Charizard was now able to use that smoke to its advantage.