Chapter 27: The Second Inherited Move

Mt. Chimney.

In the blink of an eye, it has been three days since Darren started the targeted training with Swablu. This is already Darren's sixth day and night in Mt. Chimney.

These few days, Darren has truly experienced what it's like to be a "wild man." The long isolation from the world, although he has Swablu's company, still made him feel uncomfortable.

Within two days of being trained, Swablu became proficient in using Peck and improved its flying abilities. It no longer experiences the unstable state it had during its initial stages of development.

"Although the power is enough, it's not flexible enough." Looking at Swablu still pecking at the wooden stake, Darren thought to himself.

From the very beginning, Swablu just left a faint white mark on the wooden stake. Now it can make a depression. For itself, this is undoubtedly a great progress. Darren is also very satisfied with Swablu's progress.

Moreover, Swablu's energy control has been greatly enhanced. With the "Peck" move, it can now disperse its energy into two to three uses. While the power may be slightly weaker, Darren saw the beginnings of the move "Fury Attack" move in it.

Aside from these, they are not the most important achievements of these two days. What surprised Darren the most was that Swablu actively understood, or awakened, its second inherited move, Agility.

Without accident, this move should also be inherited from Master Shozo's Pidgeot.

A day ago, when they went to collect food together, Swablu and Darren encountered a lurking Seedot that was waiting to scare people. Darren was fine, but this little guy Swablu was not. Being a young one whose inner self has not yet matured, it was scared by the Seedot "Astonish" and flew around in a panic. This scare was not what surprised Darren. What surprised him was that Swablu actually learned Agility at this moment. Its speed greatly increased. However, because it did not control the speed well, Swablu lost balance. Fortunately, Darren caught it and it did not suffer much harm.

Swablu has just mastered normal flying. Now, wanting to control Agility is still very difficult, so Darren did not force it. He just temporarily added it to the daily training tasks.

Also worth mentioning is that under the catalysis of the food made by Darren prepared in advance, the proud voice of Swablu's has grown up to some extent.

Originally, it takes a few weeks for the throat of a newly-born Swablu to mature, but with the wisdom of a breeder, this time has been greatly shortened by Darren's care.

The maturation of the voice means that Swablu can initially use its voice to show its racial characteristics.

Based on the Growl move's foundation, Swablu has already learned to sharpen its voice and use a weakened version of the "Astonish" move under Darren's guidance. However, Darren estimated that Swablu's "Astonish" move might have the same destructive power as Seedot's "Astonish".

Apart from the "Astonish" move, Darren also taught his Swablu the "Sing" move.

Swablu can use this move to sing soothing melody lulls the target to sleep.

In essence, the "sing" move is not fixed and cannot be directly understood. It requires the Pokemon's own "talent" or external influence. Currently, the Pokemon known to be most flexible and proficient in using this move is Jigglypuff.

Jigglypuff's specialty lies in its vocal cords, which can freely change the wavelength of its voice, allowing it to sing at the most hypnotic frequency for its opponent. This is something that Swablu clearly does not possess.

When Swablu evolves into Altaria, its vocal attributes will gradually evolve, attributes such as high pitch, stamina and volume will increase substantialy.

Therefore, if Swablu wants to master the sing move, it will inevitably require some hard work. However, if the practice time is controlled well and reaches the appropriate level, it can have a certain effect on refining Swablu's vocal cords.

Unfortunately, Swablu currently does not have Jigglypuff's voice spectrum and Darren cannot provide much guidance for Swablu's sing move. He can only offer advice based on some common sense and misconceptions he knows.

This is basically all the progress that Swablu has made in the past two days. Although it is still very weak, it is already a considerable improvement compared to two days ago.

After two days of basic training, Darren is somewhat hesitant about whether he should find some Pokemon for Swablu to battle against to gain some experience.

However, upon careful consideration, Swablu's attack moves are really pitifully few. A slightly more powerful "Peck" attack that can be used continuously but loses power with each use, the "Feather Dance" move that only has a minimal effect, and the "Astonish" move that is almost useless. Plus, the Agility move, which causes severe self-injury due to the impact of high-speed movement, makes Darren doubtful of the possibility of putting Swablu for battle currently .

It can even be said that Swablu's combat effectiveness is at the level of a beginner Pokemon trained by the League's standardized breeding and training process. This process includes a one-month adaptation period for rookie trainers to ensure that the initial Pokemon can be quickly controlled by their trainers and put into battle.

This is something that newborn Pokemon do not possess.

"Shaa~~~shaa~~~shaa~~~"

Trudging through the grass, Darren plunges into the forest with Swablu in tow.

Currently, Swablu does not have a powerful move that can play an absolute role in real combat, which is its weakness. Its moves are too basic.

But this is also normal since it has only been born for a few days, and everything needs an adaptation process.

Moreover, Swablu has not yet entered the high-speed growth period, and some things cannot be forced. It will be easier for it to comprehend things once it leaves the infancy stage.

Regarding this, Darren can only figure out a solution in the future.

After thinking for a long time, Darren did come up with an idea, but unfortunately, he does not have the necessary preparations at hand. So he has to bring Swablu back to the forest again.