Reincarnated in a Pokémon world

25. Last Stand?

Lyon didn't think Zangoose could overcome trauma on its own and now brandished Honedge in front of this psychopath. Because he dropped considering Zangoose as a fighting force when he saw how it was frozen by fear and seemed like it wouldn't be able to regain itself from its torpor soon, he counted Zangoose out of the plan. So there's 80% success when everything went smoothly and the chance dropped to only 50% if this son of a b!tch pulled out some other high-tech sh!ts. Lyon's glad that Zangoose had picked itself up just in time and surely wouldn't lose its way ever again after this. Though Zangoose was still trembling now, it's more than enough to attract this motherf#cker's attention and raise the chance to succeed.

But what made Lyon feel satisfying the most was seeing how Joltérax lost his composure, contorted his face when realizing he was slashed by Zangoose. His chest was bleeding when he dropped the smiling mask and roared.

"D@mn! So satisfying! It seems like I will probably become a sadist at this rate. Hahaha." Lyon's so full of himself right now, which was out of character for him. It seemed like all that torture made him weird in the head.

As Lyon's busy being elated, Joltérax was struck by extreme rage. "Again??!! This is the second time!" The black man hadn't thought even Zangoose breaking out of his control. First, that Kirlia brat. Now this? To him, a pet's disobedience was the greatest insult. He had been confident that they wouldn't have dared to rebel. And Joltérax had to pay the price for his arrogance.

- You do understand the consequences of your action, right? Z.A.N.G.O.O.S.E.

Zangoose trembled a bit when hearing Joltérax's words but it stood firm against him and didn't allow itself to take a step backward. The psychopath was gritting his teeth so hard that Lyon could hear the sound all the way here. Mad, huh?

Felt like there's no need to speak again, Joltérax raised his hand and swung the electric whip downwards. Zangoose instantly used Honedge to parry the coming attack. Seeing that, the psychopath couldn't help but frown. It appeared Zangoose had been trained properly to fight.

Lyon could barely hear Joltérax making the sound "tch" under his breath as he started swishing his whip frenziedly. The noise of electricity and the whip hissing in the air gave Lyon goosebumps all over his body. He understood one thing. This psychopath hadn't been serious earlier. Only now Joltérax went all out.

In the battle earlier, the black man had utilized the use of his electric whip to knock out some already-beaten-up Pokémons off guard. But now, had already seen that Zangoose was very cautious and tried its best to block all the attacks. It definitely didn't want to repeat the same mistakes.

Still, Zangoose had a bit of trouble parrying the intense barrage of attacks. But its training wasn't for naught, Zangoose blocked them successfully. Barely though.

- Oi, kiddo. I'm really surprised. You're able to train Zangoose to become this strong. Hah, this is unexpected.

As Joltérax was talking, he suddenly pulled out a knife and threw it towards Zangoose. WTH!!! That's cheap! But Lyon wasn't worried because he had trained Zangoose on how to handle an unexpected situation like this. See! Zangoose had already skillfully raised Honedge to block the throwing kn... BOOM!!!

A loud sound reverberated and made his ears start ringing. The explosion caused dust rising. Lyon couldn't see what had happened. This time, Lyon looked for Zangoose's figure in the cloud of dust. He's not confident Zangoose was able to block this attack.

Joltérax's also staring to find out if he succeeded or not. Then he saw a turquoise barrier formed by multiple hexagons.

- What?『Protect』?

Joltérax recognized this move. Still, he's surprised at how keen its perception was. "Tch, I wanted to end this fight quickly but..." Joltérax couldn't help but feel annoyed. He's already thinking about the next course of action.

Zangooose and Joltérax began to engage again. It seemed like the black man had the upper hand. Joltérax went on the offensive while Zangoose on the defensive. Being at a disadvantage, Zangoose wanted to turn the tables. It observed and waited for his chance to come. Unfortunately, that chance would never come.

Pokémons could use moves to their advantages. Joltérax also knew that. So he kept throwing barrages of attacks to prevent Zangoose from using any moves. He was too quick that Zangoose was only able to barely keep up with his speed.

Joltérax again pulled out knives and threw at Zangoose. This time, not one but three. Zangoose tried to block them with『Protect』but unfortunately, it didn't have the ability to perform the move consecutively.

The barrier had blocked the first explosion. Zangoose knew two other knives were coming so it strained itself to put up another one by using『Protect』again but the second barrier was incomplete and the third one wasn't able to be erected. As a result, Zangoose was hit by one and a half explosion.

Joltérax wouldn't let such chance slip away. He immediately swung his whip without confirming Zangoose's current state. Joltérax wanted to completely catch it off guard before being able to regain its stance.

Zangoose was already tattered from the explosions. It didn't have the strength to ward off the coming attack. Seeing the electric whip closing in, Zangoose clenched its teeth and endured the pain.

Joltérax increased the power of the electricity to the maximum so he could take it out in one shot. But Zangoose didn't let out a scream or even a groan when it was charred by the electricity. And obviously, Zangoose fainted.

But what made both Lyon and Joltérax surprised was Zangoose still standing after that. Zangoose stuck Honedge into the ground and leaned on it, refused to fall.

- Tch, how stubborn!

Joltérax was annoyed and kicked Zangoose to the side so he could look at Lyon's face. But he noticed there's something odd about Lyon's position. Joltérax was trying to think but couldn't figure out what was what. The black man shook his head to put aside these unimportant thoughts. There's a more important thing to do here. Then again, a smile appeared on this psychopath's face. Little did he know, it's a grave mistake to ignore such a sign. When he did so, his fate was sealed.

- Too bad. It seems like your last stand collapsed. Now what? Do you have any other tricks?

Joltérax provoked Lyon to make sure if the kid concealed another trap or not by judging the expressions. He had been careless before. There's no way he would let something like that happened again. Well, the main reason was this perverted sadist wanted to see the fear on the kid's face. Somehow this one was annoyingly and oddly calm compared to other people, it just made his desire to torture become unruly.

But to his surprise, Joltérax couldn't see any expressions on the kid. Lyon's gaze was completely tranquil.

Joltérax had thought Zangoose was Lyon's final plan. He had been a bit disappointed but also relieved to know it's over. This kid was too abnormal. But now, it's obviously not the case. "What the... Something's wrong." That's was when Joltérax saw Lyon grinned and talked in a mockery tone.

- Did you really think that's it?