Pokémon: Sandstorm Sovereign

Chapter 505 - 506: Ghostly Shadow Protection

"Hon~edge~"

Honedge still had that sinister smile on its face, completely unmoved.

"Sure enough, this guy has a surprisingly high IQ and is not so easy to fool!"

Basalt scratched his head.

Honedge had developed self-awareness as early as the egg stage, and after absorbing fragments of human memory through the sacrifice method, it had a preliminary understanding of all aspects of human society. In terms of IQ, it was already no less than a seven or eight-year-old child. Although still within the range of being fooled, it was obviously not that easy.

"Carb~ink~ Carb~ink~"

Fortunately, seeing Basalt fail to fool it, Carbink started to speak up to help.

Basalt found that when facing Carbink, the sinister smile on Honedge's face would restrain a lot and become serious. Crucially, Carbink's persuasion effect was also very good. Under its persuasion and comfort, Honedge showed an interested expression. Basalt is definitely a trainer worthy of reliance and trust!

"Sure enough, a damn simp!"

Basalt breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Carbink stood on his side, Honedge was basically handled!

Pouting, Honedge wasn't very smart after all; it finally nodded in compromise and tapped the switch of the Pokéball with its blue ribbon. The Pokéball opened, and Honedge turned into a red light and was taken inside entirely. After shaking slightly a few times, the Pokéball stopped shaking.

Honedge, successfully captured!

"Let's check the moves Honedge has learned; presumably, it won't disappoint me."

Basalt rubbed his hands excitedly, then took out the Pokédex and aimed it at the Pokéball.

Scan successful. Honedge's data immediately appeared.

Honedge

Type: Ghost/Steel

Ability: No Guard

Moves: Curse, Destiny Bond, Spite, Confuse Ray, Shadow Sneak, Phantom Force, Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball, Metal Sound, Screech, Autotomize, Iron Defense, Iron Head, Flash Cannon, Swords Dance, Hone Claws, Wide Guard, Block, Double Team, Sacred Sword, Fury Cutter, Slash, Night Slash, Shock Wave, Retaliate, Aerial Ace, Gyro Ball, Solar Blade, Psycho Cut, Air Slash.

"Hiss..."

Everything was normal at first, but when Basalt saw the densely packed skills below Honedge's move list, he went numb directly. Because Honedge had mastered too many moves. He counted carefully; there were a full thirty moves.

Thinking of Honedge's stealth and concealment ability again, Basalt felt his scalp go numb. Is this a newborn Pokémon baby? It's simply a Pro-level Pokémon with fully formed combat power; even used for league battles, it would probably be enough!

Especially Curse and Destiny Bond; these were the moves Basalt needed most currently. One can consume the opponent's vitality with high intensity, and the other can perish together with the opponent; both are necessary measures to deal with super-strong opponents, improving the team's fault tolerance rate.

As for moves of different types like Slash, Fury Cutter, Solar Blade, Psycho Cut, and Air Slash, they also made Basalt giggle repeatedly. This coverage range is simply too wide.

"Eh? Even learned Sacred Sword?"

When seeing the Sacred Sword move, Basalt was surprised again.

Sacred Sword, a Fighting-type move, attacks the opponent with long horns or long swords, ignoring the opponent's stat changes and dealing damage directly. Just looking at the introduction, the Sacred Sword skill seems ordinary. But one must know that Sacred Sword is a move almost exclusively mastered by Legendary and Mythical Pokémon and Ultra Beasts, such as Keldeo, Kartana, Zacian, etc. The Honedge line is the only ordinary Pokémon that can master this move besides these divine beast groups.

Even so, not just any Pokémon can master it; the learning difficulty is very high. But Honedge mastered it right after birth, naturally perfect.

Looking at Honedge's data, Basalt couldn't put it down, and even his gaze towards Carbink became much gentler. Thanks to not killing Honedge back then; otherwise, he would have missed a great general.

"Come out, Honedge!"

Basalt released Honedge again; the latter still had that sinister smile, as if it was its signature expression, unchanged for ten thousand years.

" This is a medium-grade Steel Gem; take it as a meeting gift."

Basalt handed over an attribute gem. After sensing the energy inside with its ribbon, Honedge snatched it immediately, the blue eye body on the hilt excited. Because it could feel that the energy in this gem was of great benefit to it.

"As long as you behave well in the future, I will buy you some Ghost Gems next. If you satisfy me, even a high-grade Spell Tag, I will find a way to get it for you. Understand?"

Basalt started drawing a pie (making promises).

Honedge swayed its body, seeming to understand but not fully.

Basalt winked at Carbink; the latter understood and immediately stepped forward to explain softly. Beauty trap activated successfully; Honedge fell into "simp" mode.

Honedge nodded, indicating it would do its best to follow Basalt's instructions. The premise was, there must be delicious food, and Carbink must accompany it. Hearing this, Basalt naturally agreed readily.

Seeing Honedge initially submit and recognize Basalt's trainer identity, Basalt was also overjoyed.

Recalling Honedge's ability to disappear in stealth just now and the anime watched in his previous life, Basalt asked curiously, "Honedge, do you have the ability to hide in shadows? For example, in my shadow?"

Shadow Contract? Basalt didn't know if this world had it. But contract or not wasn't important; anyway, as long as Honedge could hide in his shadow, the effect would be the same.

Honedge nodded, its body flashed, turning directly into a black shadow and disappearing quickly.

Basalt looked around and found nothing wrong. Only Hakamo-o closed its eyes and sensed carefully, finally focusing its gaze on the shadow behind Basalt. Obviously, Honedge was currently hiding in the darkness of the shadow.

And except for Hakamo-o, all other Pokémon couldn't sense it without using special means. For Swampert and Camerupt, even if they used means, they might not accurately sense the specific location where Honedge was hiding.

"Wonderful!"

Basalt rubbed his hands, sighing with emotion, "In this way, my self-protection ability has risen by a large margin. Mainly because ordinary opponents can't detect it; concealment is greatly improved."

And as a Ghost-type Pokémon, Honedge itself was very sensitive to life energy perception. Plus the assistance of the Spring of Life, its perception ability was also very strong. Combining these two, Honedge was a good bodyguard with keen perception, following like a shadow, and able to block blades at critical moments.