The King and his Conditions

We were surrounded and the only way we can stop the horde from attacking is if Electrike meddles in. Thankfully she did and all of the Manectrics were perplexed on what to do next.

[Stop the attack, I am not interested in going back, go inform my father that I found my trainer and will go on a journey with the trainer], she barked.

Sandile was with me and translating the conversation on both sides. All the Manectrics were stunned and there was an uneasy silence for a while as no one knew what to do. Then, the lead Manectric came forward and talked to me(technically barked), Sandile did his translator job to mediate.

[Human, it's very wrong to take away our princess. You need to come back and inform the princess's father about everything that happened. The decision will be left to him so please cooperate and follow us back to the nest or else we will be taking you with force irrespective of what the princess thinks as its an order from the king.], leader Manectric said it.

"Sure, I will come and convince her father. So lead the way, but I will be walking in my own pace or else you can carry me to make this quicker," I said as I had no other way. At least I will use this opportunity to ride the Manectric.

[Human, thank you for understanding and you can ride that Manectric over there so let's go.] he said pointing at a Manectric which had the least potential among all here. I could see that the leader Manectric is giving me some face because of their princess.

I went toward the pointed Manectric and climbed on it clumsily, I am excited and at the same time worried. I have never ridden a Pokemon before, I do have some knowledge on Horse riding from the previous world but I assume that it won't be off any use. After seeing that I climbed, the Manectric had a playful smirk which gave me a bad feeling.

I immediately asked Electrike to ride with me, 'who does he think he is to one-up me, trying to go fast so that I fall off? Dream on.'

Electrike gladly accepted my offer and jumped over. Seeing the Princess on the Manectrics back, the smirk stifled. Everyone went with their leisure pace which was as fast as the horse from Earth. It was very uncomfortable and scary even at their normal speed.

I think I would easily fall off if Manectric goes with max speed, this Manectric I am riding has a red potential and weak as hell. So if a high potential Manectric runs then it will be uncatchable. My Bumm and back are aching from all the jumping and speed variations. I think I need to get used to riding on Pokemon or else it can cause future troubles.

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After an Hour:

We were deep into the Zone, this zone looked different from the dense forest feel of Zone 5, all the trees here are much smaller and the sun is a bit harsher due to that.

This zone has a sunny feel to it, I could see a lot of Wurmples and Volbeats around. I could also see the dense school of seedots on the trees, they were leisurely hanging on the branches and looked identical to walnuts. The sightings of wild Pokemon got scarcer as we went deep, even trees vanished as we go on.

After a while, we arrived at our destination. It looked like some birds nesting rather than a cave or den that I expected. They had nests similar to how Falcons and Vultures have, all the nests were to the sides of the cliff and some looked like they will fall off anytime.

The mountain in front looked more like a small hill. As you look up, you could see the density of nests decreasing level by level. Hierarchy? Then, I could see the endpoint of the hill right at the top. There was a huge lone nest at the tip of the hill, most probably the King's.

Seeing a stranger's presence, all the Pokemon around got alerted. I could feel the atmosphere getting electrified, I could even feel the faint tingling on my skin due to the electric-field around.

The lead Manectric went ahead and explained the whole situation to the rest of the group before it gets messy. All the Electrikes and Manectrics dropped their fighting stance but the look of vigilance never disappeared.

Honestly, it was intimidating to be stared at.... by more than fifty pokemon. Sandile which was on a different Manectric did not even blink, as if he did not give a fuck.

I need to teach him a lesson for always underestimating electric and psychic types. I hope he gets mauled by those types in the future to learn his lesson.

Joltik on my head seemed ecstatic because of the terrain around. I was not surprised as she has a lot of electrical energy to absorb which in turn boosts her time for evolution.

I got down and waited for someone to take me to their king. Unsurprisingly, my Electrike guided me to the top.

It was a good experience, I mean a tiring experience. It took us an hour to reach the top, the moment I reached the top, a Manectric came running and headbutted my Electrike.

I was caught off guard and tried to save the flying electrike but before I could do that another Manectric stood by me. He was five and a half foot tall, this Manectric had a beastly aura but a tinge of majesty to him. He started roaring at me for an explanation, I think this one is the father and the one that headbutted was a mother.

Before the situation turns bad, I explained to him about my psychic powers and asked if it would be okay to communicate with telepathy. He readily agreed and I formed a connection between us.

[Human, I need an explanation on why you would dare to abduct my offspring. She is very young and can be easily manipulated, how dare you take advantage of that.], he said with a deep voice which had an authority.

[Mr King, I did not do any of those. It was your daughter who took the initiative to converse with me and asked me about the travels around different regions.], I said. That was half-truth and half-lie. I reckon that my electrike is getting hard lessons from her mom right now.

[Even so, I dare not put my daughter's life in the hands of those filthy Team Rockets. If there is a chance I would like to annihilate all of them.], he said with an unhidden rage. I was terrified by his grudge towards team rocket so I readily explained to him,

[Mr King, Although I am under team rocket now, I am actually an undercover agent working for the League. So please understand that and judge me.]

[Kid, are you telling the truth? How do I know if you are not lying? You say you are a psychic right? Show me your past and prove it now.], he said.

I was confused by that statement, how do you project my thoughts into him? Seeing my confusion he readily replied

[Just think about the memory you want to project and send the thoughts towards me with your psychic powers, this might consume a lot of power but I don't care about that.]

'Ohhhh, so it's like that huh'

I did what he said and showed him the conversation with Oak through my thoughts. He carefully analysed the situation and nodded in understanding, then he turned a bit sad and started explaining me of his grudge with Team Rocket.

[Kid, I am actually from a region called Hoenn. My father is the King of all Manectrics on Route18, our species are only found in that route as lightening occasionally strikes there. I have a younger brother who is very talented, unlike me who is just a low grade green potential pokemon. So I as an older brother was always looked down on by my clanmates.]

Seams like the start of some sad story, I was sure about what happened next but I let him continue

[I thought I should prove myself and ran away from my home, I was just an Electrike that time. Just a day after my leave, I was captured by the Team Rocket people and was brought here. Nearly seven years have passed and I could never go back. Even if I wanted to go back, I don't want to show my sorry face to my brother and father.]

After saying that, he looked up towards the sky with melancholy, then his face suddenly brightened up a bit and he started continuing his story,

[ Luckily my daughter was not like me, she inherited my father's potential. My father is a Blue grade, King level Pokemon. I could see his silhouette in my daughter but had no way to show it to him. I never thought Arceus would take pity on me and send you to me. Young man, I can send my daughter with you but only on two conditions. ]

My eyes brightened at the last part and I was eager to accept his conditions.

[ Sure Mr King, please state your conditions.]

Seeing that I was ready to accept, the Manectric brightened his mood. The atmosphere around turned a bit friendly,

[ My first condition is to prove your worth, I can't just randomly give my precious daughter to a talentless trainer. You will battle me with your pokemon and show me how good you are. Don't worry, I will go easy on your Pokemon.]

I was not okay with the first condition because how can a level 19 Sandile battle with a Manectric who is at an advanced level. Even if he goes easy on Sandile, it will be tougher but I still waited for the other condition.

[ As for the second condition, you need to become a talented trainer and take my daughter to her grandfather in Hoenn. He needs to see that his son is not useless and produced a great offspring that's equal in strength with him. As for what he does after seeing his granddaughter is none of my business. It's left to your ability.]

I felt the second condition was reasonable but I don't have any other choice regarding the battle with him. There is no way I could leave Electrike behind.

[I accept the conditions but before we start our battle, may I know what a Royal Gene is?]

Manectric got startled by my question and replied

[Ohhhhhh, how amusing young man, only the royal families in humans know about that term. Very few know the meaning of it as per what my father said. I can't say its meaning now, only if you are capable enough I will reveal the info. Battle me first and then I will tell you about it.]

"Alright, I accept the challenge. We should start right away as I have only a day and a half left before round one of the trials get over," I said.

He nodded at that and took me to the battlefield at the edge of the hill. I summoned my Sandile from Pokeball and explained to him about the whole situation.

[Bro you don't worry, it will be over before you know it. Taking on an electric type is not an issue, although I am a little worried about Electrike getting mad at me for hurting her father. I mean he is my father-in-law, so I will go a bit easy on him.]

'Bastard, at least take this seriously', I thought angrily.

Sandile has not lost one battle and was hunting all the high potential Pokemon he finds to eat. He got proud of his winning streak, but I couldn't find anyone to teach him a lesson. Now, I hope Manectric pummels him like how that Slowking did.

"Sandile, don't be full of yourself, we are battling an Advanced level Pokemon so take this seriously. Don't forget that you got thrashed by Slowking which is a psychic type, I told you this before about not underestimating Electric types or any other pokemon. Anyway, you will know when you battle him so let's get ready. "

Sandile did not care and took the battle stance, I used appraisal on Manectric so that I can predict some of his moves.

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Manectric(M)

Lvl: 36

Type: Electric

Height: 5' 7"

Ability: Lightning Rod

Characteristic: Mild

Potential: Green(Low Grade)

Moves: Thunderbolt, Headbutt, Snarl, Roar, Bite, Thunderfang, Discharge, Rain Dance.

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Only eight moves but all of them are useful. They are perfect for a level 36 pokemon, maybe his father taught him some of those moves before he escaped. I need to make Sandile stay low and wait for an opportunity to attack using dig. His mild characteristic means he has a weaker defence, I could turn this to my advantage.

"We are ready Mr King," I said.

We were prepared and Manectric blurred from its place and unleashed a headbutt...

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