Chapter 116: Insufficient Firepower Phobia
Large nature reserves like Viridian Forest, which border multiple alliances, normally require each surrounding alliance to deploy rangers.
After all, the Great Reconciliation concerns all of humanity, not just a single alliance in isolation.
In principle, the rangers from multiple alliances jointly maintain the order within the said reserve.
However, on the actual level of execution, it's generally still a case of each managing their own respective border.
The appearance of a Kubfu Alliance ranger team on the western side of the mountain range was already a rare occurrence in itself.
Added to that, they were unfamiliar with the terrain of this area. No matter how the poacher leader thought about it, he felt it should have been impossible for them to catch up to him so quickly!
Normally, in the forest, it was commonplace for them to evade the rangers for four or five days without letting them even catch a glimpse of their coattails.
If they encountered complex terrain or rainy weather, preventing vehicles from penetrating deep, forcing both sides to dismount and proceed on foot, it was quite common for a chase to drag out for ten days to half a month within a certain area.
Yet this time, they had just finished their job and were immediately intercepted.
How could the leader not curse his mother!!
If he found out who was responsible for this, he swore he would absolutely kill him tender!
At the same time, aboard David's team vehicle, everyone was similarly filled with surprise at this outcome.
But while the opposing side was currently experiencing shock and fear, they were feeling pleasant surprise.
This pursuit had been unexpectedly smooth.
This was all thanks to Arthur's intelligence gathering and meticulous reasoning.
His grasp of the habits of a rare Pokémon like Salazzle was simply too accurate.
At this moment, David yelled loudly in the vehicle.
"Brothers, everyone pull yourselves together! Don't let the newcomer steal all the glory!!"
Talk of stealing glory was, of course, said in jest.
He was motivating everyone to bring out their drive, not wanting Arthur to steal the show all by himself.
"Okay!!"
Immediately, a vigorous response came from the other vehicle, instantly followed by the roaring sound of machine gun fire.
Following the shoulder-fired rocket launcher, the vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun also began to unleash its power.
The poacher group on the other side quickly had their Pokémon use various means to dodge. The several people in the car all ducked down onto their seats, momentarily not daring to even lift their heads.
"WTF mother!! Are these damn Kubfu rangers or a damn anti-terrorist squad?!!"
This was a type of question frequently raised by all the poacher groups in the vicinity whenever they encountered Kubfu rangers.
In their eyes, the Kubfu people seemed to possess a pathological "Fear of Insufficient Firepower" ingrained in their bones.
Anyway, besides this alliance, they had never heard of rangers anywhere else keeping rocket launchers and grenade launchers as standard equipment in their patrol vehicles.
It was just damn ridiculous!
Actually, it wasn't just them.
At this moment, Arthur, sharing the same vehicle as David, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
This level of firepower similarly opened his eyes.
In the era he was familiar with from the past, most rifles still required manual bolt action to complete casing ejection; automatic ejection and continuous fire were still just hot research topics in military supply depots back then.
Earlier at the camp, seeing technologically mature automatic and semi-automatic rifles had already surprised him quite a bit; it was just that the fundamental principle of shooting hadn't changed, making it easy for him to get the hang of it.
But arriving at this moment, the astonishing display of firepower suppression before him finally broadened his horizons greatly, causing him to reveal an obvious change in expression.
This level of firepower intensity would have been uncommon even on main battlefields two hundred years ago.
Assuming, that is, one didn't factor in the assisting battle Pokémon.
Initially, Arthur had still worried: could it be that in this era, the intensity of firefights between poachers and rangers had universally reached such a level?
However, after observing a little more, he quickly realized he might have been overthinking.
It seemed... only their alliance's side possessed firepower like this, while the intensity of the opponent's return fire clearly lagged behind by more than just one level.
Recalling again, Arthur remembered David mentioning that the poachers here were mostly from the Star Brilliance Alliance, not Kubfu people. Arthur instantly felt relieved.
It's just our alliance's old tradition.
Connecting this again to David's earlier reminder before departure to be careful when encountering people from other alliances and not to suffer losses...
Combined with the scene of severely overloaded firepower before him, Arthur silently nodded his head inwardly.
This feels right.
Too feels right.
Even after two hundred years, Kubfu is indeed still that Kubfu...
"Damn it! Stop the car! Let the Pokémon counterattack!! First beat back their wave!!"
Ahead, the leader of the poacher group, after seeing their vehicle's rear-view mirror get shot off by a bullet through the car window, decisively issued an angry roar.
Continuing like this wouldn't work!
The terrain around the experimental farm was too open; there was absolutely no cover in the center of the fields. They were practically living targets.
Given the current firepower disparity, they likely wouldn't be able to escape into the forest before being blown up.
They couldn't remain passive like this any longer; their only option was to risk a gamble!
"Salazzle, use Poison Gas!"
The poacher called Jin yelled towards the outside of the car.
Immediately, the Salazzle cruising through the fields quickly took action, turning its head to spray out a large amount of pinkish, suspicious gas.
The Poison-type skill: Poison Gas. It blows poisonous gas towards the enemy, capable of causing the poisoned status effect. Simultaneously, this gas itself is flammable and explosive, making it extremely dangerous.
Although Salazzle was usually arrogant and domineering, when truly faced with a life-or-death critical moment, she was still willing to contribute her strength.
After all, the empress couldn't possibly abandon her serving male attendants and flee alone, right?
On the other side, David saw the Poison Gas floating over and quickly gave the order, "Grenades, everyone put them down first!"
The "Poison Gas" was a skill released by Salazzle, so even without wind, the gas was all drifting towards their side. If it truly exploded, they would definitely be the ones to suffer.
Simultaneously, Arthur also quietly released Frogadier, assigning him a task.
"Quietly sneak over there. Use Water Sport!"
Water Sport was the skill Frogadier had just learned after evolving; now it happened to be useful.
The skill "Water Sport" makes the surroundings extremely humid, inhibiting explosions and combustion.
"Gadier!"
Frogadier gave a serious nod of his head. After receiving the order, he quickly disappeared among the plants in the field.
However, him sneaking over still required a bit of time.
And at this moment, the enemy's attacks were continuously arriving.
Several earth-yellow stone blocks appeared out of thin air above, smashing down towards the other patrol vehicle that Arthur wasn't in.
"Careful!!"
The people in the vehicle shouted loudly.
This looked like multiple Pokémon jointly releasing the Rock-type attack skill: Rock Throw.
The stone blocks smashed precisely towards the heavy machine gun mounted at the rear of the vehicle.
After a violent jolt, the base support bracket of the vehicle-mounted machine gun was smashed bent, causing the gun muzzle to tilt directly downwards.
The machine gunner also lost balance and fell out of the vehicle.
Fortunately, the vehicle's speed had already decreased by then, and the ground in the field was relatively soft.
The ranger who fell out rolled several times in the field, and before long, climbed back up again, looking largely unharmed.
Seeing the situation, David simply adapted accordingly, changing the command.
"Everyone out of the vehicles!! Engage the enemy on the spot!!"
The field was too open with no cover; both sides could only dismount and use the vehicle bodies as cover to engage in a gunfight.
Simultaneously, both sides began releasing their respective Pokémon.
A true Pokémon wild battle in practical combat was about to erupt at any moment!
(End of Chapter)
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