Pokémon: When the World Changed

Chapter 595 590: Exploration of the Secret Kingdom

"Now, the Pokémon hunter professional evaluation officially begins. All examinees, prepare your equipment and make sure you properly carry the recording device."

Upon hearing the examiner's words, the examinees immediately began checking their equipment and their Pokémon.

Then, under the examiner's organization, the examinees began moving one by one toward the entrance of the Secret Kingdom.

Because of Ethan's outstanding performance in the first round of the evaluation, he was the one who entered the Secret Kingdom first this time.

Suddenly, his vision became blurry.

When Ethan opened his eyes again, he discovered that he was deep within a dense forest.

Without hesitation, Ethan directly released Slowking, Vibrava, and Lucario.

Among them, Slowking and Vibrava were the defensive core of his team.

Lucario, on the other hand, was responsible for detection. Under the perception of his Aura power, nothing within a radius of several kilometers could escape his detection.

Aura power could itself be considered one of the most powerful perception abilities in this world.

"And now you, Meltan."

While Lucario activated his Aura perception, Ethan released Meltan.

"Meltan, I'm going to ask you to take charge of finding the exit of the Secret Kingdom."

Upon hearing Ethan's words, Meltan quickly nodded his head and immediately began activating his Magnet Pull ability.

At once, invisible waves of magnetic force spread out from Meltan's body, beginning to detect the surrounding spatial magnetic field in order to locate the point with the strongest magnetic intensity within the Secret Kingdom.

"Luucaarr!"

At that moment, Lucario had also finished his exploration using Aura power.

After a brief exchange of information, Ethan obtained a general understanding of the environment he was in.

Within the detection range of Lucario's Aura, everything consisted of trees and muddy areas.

In the nearby forests, Bug/Poison-type Pokémon such as Beedrill and Ariados were predominant, while in the swamps mainly Poison-type Pokémon such as Muk and Weezing lived. In addition, the strongest Pokémon dominating this area appeared to be a Nidoking.

"Poison-type Pokémon..."

"Last time, the advanced-level evaluation also took place in a Poison-type Secret Kingdom. I didn't expect that this Pokémon hunter professional evaluation would also be in a Poison-type Secret Kingdom."

Ethan sighed lightly, and his expression became serious.

Poison-type Secret Kingdoms could be considered among the most dangerous.

In a place where Poison-type Pokémon lived everywhere, even the slightest carelessness could lead to coming into contact with toxins.

And the toxins of Poison-type Pokémon posed a deadly threat to humans; if someone were poisoned, the situation would become extremely troublesome.

"It seems I can't act carelessly."

Very soon, Ethan made a decision in his mind.

Moving recklessly in a Poison-type Secret Kingdom was completely unfeasible.

The best option for now was to wait for Meltan to successfully find the exit of the Secret Kingdom.

Then, relying on Lucario's Aura detection, they could avoid all dangers and head directly toward the exit.

"However, it's still necessary to record the exploration process of the Secret Kingdom."

Ethan thought for a moment and checked the recording device he was carrying on his shoulder.

After confirming that the power indicator light was still on, he felt relieved.

However, when he took out his mobile phone to check it, the screen had already turned into a sea of static.

At the same time, only constant interference noise came from the communicator, indicating that it had stopped working.

"Continuing to wait like this doesn't seem like a good idea either. The most important part of the Pokémon hunter professional evaluation is still the exploration of the Secret Kingdom."

"I'd better take a walk around the surroundings and record the nearby situation."

Thinking this, Ethan adjusted the recording device and pointed the camera toward the environment.

"Lucario, lead the way. Let's take a look around the surroundings."

Hearing Ethan, Lucario nodded and leaped forward.

Although due to a congenital deficiency Lucario's body was still weaker than that of others of his species, after completing his evolution and gaining the Steel type, his physique had strengthened considerably.

Now he could move like a normal Pokémon without any problem.

Seeing this, Ethan first recalled Slowking into his Poké Ball, carried Meltan with him, and let Vibrava lift him as they flew into the forest.

According to his experience, in forests inhabited by many Poison-type Pokémon, the ground, tree trunks, and other places were often contaminated with toxins to varying degrees.

Therefore, he let Vibrava keep him floating, avoiding any contact with the ground and thus ensuring he would not be poisoned.

Lucario, thanks to his Steel type, was not affected by those mild toxins, so he could move freely.

Very soon, under Lucario's guidance, Ethan made a circuit around the nearby forests.

At the same time, the recording device on his shoulder captured all the information from the surroundings, turning it into the results of his exploration of the Secret Kingdom.

While recording the situation of the Secret Kingdom, he also asked Lucario to try locating other examinees using Aura power, but obtained no results.

It wasn't long before Meltan, relying on his abilities, successfully detected the spatial magnetic field of the Secret Kingdom and, based on its intensity, located the position of the exit.

"So far away?"

"It seems there's still quite a distance to travel."

After learning the approximate location of the exit, Ethan gently shook his head.

"Good work, Meltan. From now on, the real evaluation begins."

Ethan looked in the direction of the Secret Kingdom's exit and smiled faintly.

Fuu, fuu, fuu.

Behind Ethan, Vibrava lightly flapped its wings, lifting him into the air.

"Luucaarr!"

Lucario fully activated his Aura power.

With the expansion of the Aura, he managed to find a safe route.

During the journey there were no surprises; just as Lucario's detection had indicated, Pokémon were rarely seen.

Only occasionally did a few Beedrill appear, but Ethan paid them no attention. If any dared approach, he simply ordered Vibrava to use the move Air Cutter, and with a snap they were split in two.

There were indeed many Poison-type Pokémon in this Secret Kingdom. After flying for less than half a day, Lucario had already detected several groups of Poison-type Pokémon.

"Can it no longer be avoided?"

Suddenly, Lucario stopped.

Under the perception of his Aura power, there were several groups of Poison-type Pokémon directly ahead.

"A group of Nidoking, a group of Victreebel, and a group of Ariados."

Ethan thought briefly. According to Lucario's detection, those three groups had completely blocked the path ahead of them.