"Our territory was attacked by a beast tide a few days ago. Although we successfully defended against it thanks to everyone's joint efforts, many houses were damaged, so we need you to go and cut down some trees to repair them."
Ryan pointed to the carts parked nearby.
"There are logging tools on the carts. One person pushes one cart, and I will go with you this time."
"Uncle White, please lead them to the city gate. I'll go bring Scyther over."
At this time, White also understood what Ryan meant by solving the lumber shortage. But would these esteemed guests from the divine realm really be willing to do the hard work of logging? Just as he was about to ask Ryan, he saw these guests from the divine realm excitedly lifting the carts, already eager to set off.
White immediately dismissed the thought of asking. It seemed that a mortal like him still couldn't understand the thoughts of those from the divine realm. He should just listen to Young Master Ryan from now on.
Ryan also saw the players' actions and couldn't help but find it a bit amusing, but he could also understand. He was also excited when he did quests while playing games, let alone in their eyes, this was a virtual reality game.
"Alright, let's go. We'll meet at the city gate."
"Understood!"
The players nimbly lifted the carts and happily followed White.
After seeing the players off, Ryan wasn't in a hurry to find Scyther. Instead, he went to the study first. He planned to draw a lottery.
The two previous main quests had rewarded a total of six lottery chances, and Ryan hadn't used any of them yet.
He and the players were going to enter the Flowing Firefly Forest this time. There were quite a few Pokémon inside, and their relationship with humans wasn't good. There might even be Pokémon who hated humans.
Although they had Scyther as a guard, just in case, Ryan still wanted to try the lottery to see if he could draw some useful good stuff.
"Let's try once to test the waters. Buddha bless—no, there's no Buddha in this world. Great Arceus, bless me with a one-shot hit! Come on!"
[Congratulations, you have drawn 3 Poké Balls]
"Poké Balls?" Ryan looked at the classic red and white balls in his hand, unsure 1 whether to be happy or not. 1. m.webnovel.com m.webnovel.com
On the one hand, these were just the most basic Poké Balls in the Pokémon games and anime, which was quite different from his expectations.
On the other hand, it wasn't like he was unhappy. After all, this was an epoch-making invention in the Pokémon world, completely replacing the existing monster devices.
"Why only three? By the way, can these things be made by oneself? I remember they were made from Apricorns, right?"
However, Ryan was just thinking about it. Not only did he not know the manufacturing method of Poké Balls at all, but even if he did, he wouldn't dare to mass-produce them.
His current strength was still very weak, and he understood the principle of "a tall tree catches much wind."
"My strength is still too weak. There are too many things to consider. Forget it, let's not think about it for now. Let's continue the lottery. Let's do a five-draw in a row!"
[Congratulations, you have drawn 1 Bug Repellent, 5 Tiny Experience Candies, 3 Honey, 3 Poké Balls, 5 Sticky Bombs]
The panel displayed the usage of these items, which was somewhat different from the games and anime.
Poké Balls didn't need much explanation. Bug Repellent in the games seemed to prevent players from encountering weak wild Pokémon for a certain number of steps, but the one he drew needed to be sprayed manually to drive away Pokémon.
Tiny Experience Candies had the same function as Experience Candies in the games, which was to increase the level of Pokémon, just with a different name and no specific amount of experience points shown.
Honey was used to attract wild Pokémon, while Sticky Bombs needed to be thrown. After hitting a Pokémon, they could restrict its movements.
Ryan looked at the few items displayed in front of him, still feeling a bit disappointed.
He had thought that ordinary quest rewards were just basic things like Pokémon food and potions, and that the good stuff would definitely be in the lottery.
As a result, although the items he drew were all useful, they still didn't meet his expectations.
As if sensing Ryan's thoughts, a line of text suddenly appeared on the panel after the lottery draw: [This lottery draw is a beginner lottery. After completing certain tasks, higher-level lottery opportunities can be unlocked.]
"Huh? There's a higher-level lottery? What can I draw from that? How many tasks do I need to complete to unlock it?"
Ryan asked excitedly, but the panel didn't respond.
"Tsk, I thought you could communicate and answer questions like other people's cheats. It seems this text was pre-set to appear automatically after the first lottery draw, huh?" Although the panel didn't answer Ryan's questions, his mood improved a lot. No matter how many tasks he needed to complete, at least there was something to look forward to.
"Let's not think about it anymore. I should go meet up with Scyther and the players first."
Ryan put away the items he had drawn and got up to find Scyther.
When he arrived at the resting room, he found that Scyther's condition was much better than yesterday. The previous dejection and listlessness were gone, and its eyes were full of fighting spirit.
"It seems you've really cheered up! Good! This is the Scyther I remember, the one who never gives up. Can you still fight now?"
"Scythe!" Scyther raised its scythe-like arms, indicating that there was no problem.
"Good! But before we leave, there's one more thing to do."
Ryan took out a Poké Ball and said to Scyther: "No matter what happens later, don't resist. You must trust me, okay?"
Although Scyther was a bit puzzled, it still nodded.
After getting Scyther's consent, Ryan gently threw the Poké Ball at it.
As the Poké Ball opened, Scyther turned into a red energy and was sucked into it, and the monster device on its body fell off.
The Poké Ball landed on the ground and swayed left and right for a moment, then emitted a "ding~" sound.
"Yes! I caught Scyther!" Ryan picked up the Poké Ball and struck a pose.
You had to admit, although the words and actions were a bit embarrassing, they were indeed quite cool and fulfilled one of Ryan's dreams.
"Ahem, come out, Scyther."
Ryan looked around guiltily, making sure no one had seen his previous display, and then released Scyther.
"Scythe?!"
As soon as Scyther was released, it looked at the Poké Ball in Ryan's hand with a puzzled expression.
It didn't understand how this small ball could have contained it, and it was quite comfortable inside.
"This is a Poké Ball. You can go in here to rest at any time in the future. You don't need to wear the monster device anymore either."
Only then did Scyther see the monster device lying on the ground. It hesitated for a moment, but still hooked the monster device up, indicating for Ryan to put it on for it.
Actually, given the relationship of mutual trust between Scyther and Ryan's father, they no longer needed the monster device.
The reason it was still worn was just to reassure the people of the territory.
But Ryan had already decided to change the relationship between humans and Pokémon. This monster device was a product of the distrust between humans and Pokémon.
Humans would select young Pokémon and tailor-make monster devices for them. Once a Pokémon disobeyed an order, the monster device would release various punishments such as electric shocks or needles.
After experiencing multiple punishments, the Pokémon would develop psychological trauma. Even if they grew up and became stronger, they wouldn't dare to break free from the device and would still obey human commands.
Ryan really couldn't accept such monster devices. As long as these things existed, the relationship between humans and Pokémon could never improve.
He wasn't worried that others would doubt him for not wearing a monster device.
Although using monster devices to control Pokémon was the mainstream, there were also many people who were unwilling or unable to afford them.
Seeing that Ryan resolutely refused to let it wear the monster device, Scyther didn't insist anymore. It also felt very uncomfortable wearing that thing, and its full strength couldn't be exerted.
"I remember there were wooden Poké Balls in the ancient times of the Legends: Arceus game. Could it be that the era I'm in is even earlier than that? Or is it a parallel world?"
"Forget it, thinking so much is useless. Let's go, Scyther, let's go meet those lovely players together."
"Scythe!"