ctnovel Chapter 47 Mirror-winged Moth
Chapter 47 Mirror-winged Moth
"We need to find a way to pinpoint his location..."
Jiang Yong stared thoughtfully at the screen. Given Nott's status and capabilities, he was undoubtedly the commander-in-chief in this operation, and his location was most likely near those large central radio stations. But so far, he had neither spoken on the channel himself, nor had any orders been issued in his name.
In addition to the flaws that Jiang Yong had deliberately left behind, he was basically certain that Nott had a contractor similar to Chen Yue, who was a long-range reconnaissance type, acting as his eyes and ears, using the shared senses between contractors and elves to bypass radio and transmit messages.
After a moment's hesitation, Jiang Yong stood up, turned to his head, and said, "Someone on the other side is keeping their radio silent. I plan to go and investigate personally."
"Roman, please."
"clear."
A blond man with a cool and aloof demeanor, who was resting by the side of the carriage, narrowed his eyes and nodded in agreement. His name was Roman, an elite scout and stealth expert. His fused spirit was the light-type "Mirrorwing Moth," whose specialty was scattering scales from his wings to create a precise reflective system in the air, deflecting light and achieving optical invisibility. He could also launch light attacks from tricky angles, which, while not very destructive, were extremely troublesome and suitable as an auxiliary infiltration tool.
The three groups were allowed to enter Munger Town to assist in reconnaissance. This was agreed upon at the beginning of the group formation and was also Roman's main responsibility. Since Jiang Yong planned to enter Munger Town, he naturally needed Roman to lead the way.
"...Then come back as soon as possible."
Chen Yue watched as Jiang Yong picked up a portable small radio and stood up with Roman. He swallowed nervously – once these two left, he, a fragile member of the reconnaissance unit, would be the only one left behind.
Since Chen Yue's control over the Pokémon couldn't cover the entire town of Munger, the three groups split into two. The other two went to scout out a location on the other side of Munger, while only Jiang Yong, Chen Yue, and Roman remained at the radio truck.
"Yes, contact me anytime if anything happens."
Jiang Yong nodded, disengaged from the fusion with Kotia, put on the Spirit Cocoon, put Kotia back into the fusion sphere, nodded to him, and then jumped out of the car with Roman and disappeared into the dense forest.
……
As they were about to leave the woods, Roman suddenly unleashed his aura, conjuring a large, white-gold moth the size of a washbasin, which gracefully circled the two of them. Jiang Yong immediately sensed a strong sense of envy emanating from the spirit pupa.
It also wanted to become a giant fluttering moth...
Jiang Yong's lips twitched, trying his best to control his distracting thoughts so as not to let the spirit pupa know any terrible truth.
Generally speaking, the more you try not to think about something, the more you'll find yourself thinking about it, but that only applies to ordinary people with single-digit mental attributes. Jiang Yong is now a master with dozens of mental attributes, so he has that much self-control.
On the other side, Roman had already controlled the mirror-winged moth to activate its skill. Layers of shimmering powder fell from its wings, but were not affected by the airflow at all. They steadily dispersed in the surrounding air, quickly forming a hazy mist that enveloped the two of them.
"Polarized Light Maze": Attribute skill, grants the user an 80% chance to dodge the next two attack skills; increases the power of the user's next two light attribute skills by 20%.
In reality, this means that you and your contractor can enter a state of optical invisibility, making it virtually impossible to spot any flaws unless you look closely. The reason you can only dodge two skills is because the opponent's attacks will interfere with the formed light mist—it's incredibly realistic.
"Which way to go?"
Once the light and mist stabilized, Roman turned to Jiang Yong and asked.
"Over here."
Jiang Yong recalled the locations of the several central radio stations he had previously discovered, pointed out a direction, and began to walk, trying to conceal himself as he went with Roman.
After walking for a while, Jiang Yong raised his hand to signal to stop, and then his body also flared up as he summoned the Spirit Cocoon.
"The Cocoon of Protection"!
A bronze aura surged in, and the ghostly cocoon outside the Spirit Breath pupa trembled nimbly, seemingly becoming thicker. At the same time, a subtle energy fluctuation spread outward from the Spirit Breath pupa, but under Jiang Yong's control, it precisely bypassed Roman's mirror-winged moth.
"What's wrong?"
Roman was startled when he saw Jiang Yong suddenly use a defensive skill. His aura immediately brightened, and he asked in a low voice.
"...It's alright, it's just a detection method."
Jiang Yong shook his head, waited a few seconds, and then gestured for Roman to continue.
During the rest of the journey, Jiang Yong would stop every so often to release a protective cocoon. He would release it around a central radio station before immediately moving on to another station and repeating the process. Roman, unaware of the specific mechanisms of the Spirit Breath Cocoon, could only follow silently.
"The Cocoon of Protection"!
……
[You have entered combat mode!]
finally come!
Jiang Yong's eyes flashed, and he immediately looked at the battle panel that had just popped up.
He had been using the ability of the Spirit Cocoon to apply debuffs to enemy targets in an attempt to secretly trigger the battle panel and see if he could find a spirit to use as Nott's spy!
The elves acting as informants typically have limited control range, so he prioritized targeting the area near the central radio stations. If the investigation yielded no results, he would have to find another way, but clearly, he was right.
Name: Army Ant Company Commander
[Level: 25]
[Attribute: Insect]
[Special Feature: Each attack includes an additional 3-5 hits]
[Race: Rare, Lower Rank]
The Army Ant Company Commander, a swarm Pokémon... is the evolved form of the Army Ant Platoon Leader. It can act as the thought center for hundreds of Army Ants and control their actions, while sharing their senses. Although its own combat power is weak, it is a support Pokémon with a huge reconnaissance range and excellent stealth.
"So it was this elf."
Jiang Yong understood. This thing was indeed an excellent reconnaissance sprite, but the price was that the contractor needed to simultaneously keep an eye on the perspectives of hundreds of army ant offspring, requiring extremely high mental attributes. Even Jiang Yong couldn't maintain this level of control for long. The other party must have specifically cultivated a technique that enhanced mental strength.
Moreover, the evolution chain of this Pokémon is very realistic. The previous evolution chain included "Squad Leader of the Army Ants", and the final form "Battalion Commander of the Army Ants" will appear later. It focuses on quantitative change without qualitative change.
However, the battalion commander represents the evolutionary limit for this race. Similar groups of elves exist in the universe; those reaching the regimental or brigade level are at least elite races. Some races with extremely high-ranking elves can even summon interstellar legions, capable of completely flattening a planet's surface in moments, leaving it barren—truly mobile natural disasters, posing a significant threat to interstellar civilizations.