Chapter 78 - Marcus VS Charmeleon (2/2)

After some time, Charmeleon was almost going to faint. Before it fainted it looked at Marcus. It still could not believe that it was losing. None of its moves were connected or had any damage. 'Maybe that is why he is the boss' it thought. But Marcus said ”You have anger and hate in your eyes, but you are still family. And family should live in peace. Because the more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war”

Hearing this, Charmeleon finally fainted.

Pokemon POV end

The battle may have looked extremely easy for Marcus, but only it knew how hard it was. Marcus had planned this battle for weeks. Axel had told it, Charmeleon's nature could drastically change after it evolved and it may become arrogant. So, Marcus had deduced that it would directly challenge the boss, a.k.a itself.

So, Marcus had been thinking of Charmeleon's moves and ability and planning its battle. And finally, it had won. If only a single 'flamethrower' among dozens of it had somehow hit it, it would have been a goner.

The battle went exactly as Axel thought. He thought that Charmeleon would lose terribly and it did happen. He noted down all the problems of Charmeleon's training and thought to improve it in later stages.

First, Charmeleon had a habit of using its moves as it was instructed by Axel. So, it never planned its moves. 'Dragon dance' at the beginning was unnecessary. It increased attack and speed. Charmeleon didn't have any direct attack move that could hurt Marcus (it only had ember and flamethrower that could hurt Marcus. Both are sp. Attack moves). And as for speed, Marcus was insanely fast, and the increase in speed was not going to affect it much.

The second thing was Charmeleon's knowledge. It didn't even know that Marcus is immune to dragon-type moves.

The third would be that it was not observant. Marcus purposely led it to the trees where it could use its 'shadow sneak' better.

One of the many strategies which impressed Axel was Marcus using multiple 'hypnosis' in the beginning. It didn't have any direct effect on Charmeleon, as its body was energized with evolution energy but it broke Charmeleon's balance. It had just evolved. Its stats and move powers may have increased but it was not stabilized. It was wild and haywire. And 'hypnosis' just affected its energy balance even more.

Axel was surprised at Charmeleon's stupidity. It used 'dragon rush' 3 times. It was a stamina-draining move and it had no effect on Marcus.

But when Marcus used 'gravity' and put Charmeleon to the ground he knew the game was over. 'Gravity' had now destroyed, the already disturbed energy balance of Charmeleon. 'Bug buzz' was just the cherry on top. It had further contributed to energy imbalance. And before he knew it the game was over.

This battle was not like a battle of equal, or battle of a powerful monster and a smart one or even like a rookie with experienced. This battle was like a battle of a mortal against a god. The difference between them was like heaven and earth. Like a son and father when it came to the matter of sėx. Or like a frog in a well with an eagle in the sky.

Charmeleon was not very hurt. It just needed to cool down for some time and take some rest.

But this was the first battle that Charmeleon ever lost.