Chapter 134: Calyrex's Farming Story

The sudden disappearance of the friend made Calyrex very difficult. It wiped the cold sweat on its big head. Fortunately, the primitive dragon in front of it was willing to help it cultivate the Radiant Flower... Since it is a beast of a friend, then it should know something about the way of farming!

"Ao?"

Bo Dang Shui held the translucent Radiant Flower with its claw tips and looked at it, somewhat confused and tilting its head.

However, as the King of Bounty or something, don't you know how to cultivate crops yourself?

【In the past, I only needed to wave my hand to make flowers bloom, turning the barren land into a green paradise, just like what I just did to this piece of soil. But I have never personally farmed the land like a commoner...】

Calyrex's cheeks were slightly red.

As a king representing civilization, being asked such a question by a "primitive dragon", of course, it would be somewhat ashamed.

After all, I never thought that I would lose my power to such a degree!

【With my current power, I cannot make a whole flower bloom, and even ordinary crops cannot be grown on a large scale... I can probably only grow one or two plants.】 Calyrex touched its big head and reached an unbearable conclusion after a difficult psychological choice.

Bo Dang Shui made an "ao wu" sound. It didn't understand the concepts of king and commoner at all, just felt that this thing called "King" actually didn't know how to plant crops. If it lost its psychic power, wouldn't it be unable to do anything? What a weak king~!

"Purr~" Bo Dang Shui's big head looked left and right, first staring at the Pecha Berries it cultivated itself, and shook its head after a little thought.

No, no, this cannot be used as a sample.

Woo. Walking Wake closed its eyes, then thought of something good. It wagged its tail and ran back to the "small pile" of items it had brought back earlier, using its mouth to rummage through the pile, biting out a green vegetable and grabbing a tuft of wet, blue fur.

Thump, thump. Walking Wake walked back to Calyrex and handed the vegetable it was biting to Calyrex.

"Hmm. Primitive... no, Water Dragon, what is this vegetable? Why does it look like my head? Could it be broccoli..."

"But I have never seen such a large piece of broccoli!"

Calyrex's small eyes widened, its doll-like arms holding the green organic vegetable. Walking Wake let out a "woo" cry, vividly describing to Calyrex how hard it had been to obtain this vegetable!

It was truly a trial of hardships; there were three monkeys gathered together, one spitting fire, one spitting water, and one spitting grass...

Calyrex: "There is no such move as spitting grass, is there?"

Walking Wake: "Roar~ ow-ow~ woo~ (Anyway, the three of them together were very troublesome. It took me quite a while to knock them out. This vegetable was picked from the head of that green monkey. This strange plant has strong vitality; it won't wither even after leaving the host, making it very suitable for cultivation!)"

"Ow~ (And this fur was picked from the head of that blue monkey.)"

Calyrex's expression turned into 【-_-】: "That kind of behavior cannot be called picking; it should be called outright robbery."

Walking Wake (confused): "?"

What is the difference between robbing and picking? Taking things from an opponent after defeating them—isn't that just picking?

"... Hmm." Calyrex felt there was no need to discuss moral concepts with a primitive ancient dragon, so he stopped the topic and turned to study the large piece of broccoli in his hands.

Walking Wake: "Woo~"

Why don't you try planting this plant? I will teach you how to properly cultivate plants; it's actually all about the same!

"But this is not a flower, it is broccoli!" Calyrex looked at Walking Wake blankly.

Walking Wake: "Ow~ roar~"

It's all the same! As long as it looks like a flower, it's fine!

Using broccoli to cultivate the Flower of Radiance—this was the good idea Walking Wake had come up with. If everything went smoothly, the radiant petals would bloom again with the help of the broccoli; in ancient times, some plants grew this way.

"... Simply unheard of... Hmm, but since my friend has left, there is no one else to help me with farming for the time being... It seems I really must try to become a farmer, to be self-sufficient... Broccoli it is then, I hope your method works... How are these tools used?"

A large question mark appeared over Calyrex's large head. He picked up the farming tools and tried hard to recall how the human farmers of the past used them. Hmm! For the King of Bountiful Harvests who once ruled Galar, figuring out the usage of these tools was a mere trifle! This is the wisdom of a king!

"This is a hoe." Calyrex whispered, pointing at one of the farming tools. Walking Wake watched from the side, feeling utterly speechless.

Don't just stand there watching, hurry up and start working!

Walking Wake suddenly let out a long dragon roar, its dragon tail slapping the ground and causing a tremor, startling the muttering former king. This scared Calyrex so much he nearly fell over. After patting his chest to calm his spirit, Calyrex hurriedly defended himself: "I was just recalling the usage of this thing, and I am about to start working now! Do not rush me!"

"Hmm, I am going to start tilling the land!"

Before planting, one must till the soil. Only then did Calyrex notice some crop cultivation books left behind by Guang Tai before he disappeared, and he hurriedly opened them to start reading.

While reading, Calyrex was still a bit worried, because the language of later generations seemed completely different from ancient Galar, and his friend came from a region outside Galar, so the writing system might also be vastly different from Galar's. Through convenient psychic powers, although he could communicate without barriers on a mental and spoken level, he was completely in the dark regarding written text.

But fortunately, the Dream World seemed to actively "correct this problem," or perhaps his friend had adjusted the content of these items when taking them out. In any case, Calyrex found that the text on the books gradually twisted, changing from a language he couldn't quite understand into the ancient Galar language he could comprehend!

How magical! In that case, there would be no reading barriers!

The Calyrex of the past would have looked down on such books, but after losing his power, he analyzed these books word by word!

"... For broccoli cultivation, it is best to choose loam or clay loam, and apply sufficient base fertilizer. Generally, apply kilograms of decomposed fertilizer per acre, superphosphate... wood ash... After applying the fertilizer, be sure to deep-till the land to ensure the fertilizer and soil are mixed evenly. Broccoli loves light; insufficient light will lead to poor plant development and dull colors..."

"Hmm! I understand completely! Although I have never used farming tools with my own hands before, I have plenty of experience in dealing with soil! Then, let us begin!"

After Calyrex finished reading the book, his large head absorbed all the knowledge, and his eyes were filled with a confident glow!

If the brain has learned it, the hands are almost there too!

Plus, with his own great statue providing a buff, and this soil having been re-adjusted by his friend and Turtwig, he had even turned this land into Bountiful Soil!

Therefore, the remaining work could be done very easily...

Thirty minutes later.

"Huff, huff... Ve... very easy, tilling the land is a small matter for a king!"

Calyrex put on a brave front in front of Walking Wake.

But he was almost about to sit down on the ground.

My head, my head feels so heavy! The more physical strength is consumed, the heavier the head becomes!

As expected, the power was still over-consumed!

The King of Bountiful Harvests who once ruled Galar now looked clumsy even when gripping the hoe handle. His long, thin white legs and his body were covered in mud, looking somewhat comical.

However, Calyrex felt very happy.

Using psychic power to create bounty and tilling the land with one's own hands are completely different feelings. So... this is what it feels like when humans work!

Hmm, the greatest bounty is always born between fingers stained with mud.

As a king, he would fill this land with Flowers of Radiance, or other crops!

"How is it! My technique for handling the soil is very impressive, isn't it?" Calyrex revealed a face expecting praise, but all he got was a head full of question marks from Walking Wake.

A primitive person (dragon) doesn't know anything about handling soil!

However, although Walking Wake had no idea how to handle soil, as a "Dragon-type" Pokémon, it was naturally endowed with a perception and affinity for "life force." In the Pokémon world, the Dragon type represents the enhancement of life force; this was also recorded when Arceus created the Jewel of Life.

The soil before them, after being tilled for the second time by Calyrex, was filled with rich life energy. Water, grass, and earth were fused with the power of lightning, and then, enhanced by the power of the dragon!

Walking Wake roared toward the sky, and intense light was catalyzed; Walking Wake used "Sunny Day"!

The "Protosynthesis" ability was triggered, and Walking Wake's Special Attack was increased.

Afterward, Walking Wake waved its dragon claws, first stuffing the radiant petals into the broccoli, then squeezing water out of that tuft of wet, blue monkey fur from the Panpour, and sprinkling it over this bountiful land and the broccoli.

This was because Walking Wake had learned from the conversation of those three monkeys that the water stored in this blue fur was full of nutrients. That blue monkey would use its tail to water plants with this water, and if plants were watered with it, they would grow vigorously. When Walking Wake obtained this wet monkey fur, it felt that it was filled with unique Water-type energy.

"And, there is one final step!" Calyrex braced his large head and stood up from the ground again. Under Walking Wake's puzzled gaze, he suddenly began to dance on the spot.

"Hmm-mu, mu-ee! Crown, mu-ee! Crown, crown~ ee!"

Left foot tap, right foot tap, and finally hands raised high! Every grain of soil trembled under the king's majesty, bursting with azure radiance!

Calyrex's strange behavior left Walking Wake stunned; it had no idea why one would do such abstract things to cultivate crops. But soon, the farmland before them suddenly began to vibrate. Walking Wake was taken aback, watching the farmland vigilantly, and then looking at Calyrex!

"This is the manifestation of my power! Bounty shall descend upon this land I have tilled myself!"

Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!

Bang!

The special broccoli planted in the soil suddenly began to expand at a speed that defied common sense! A large amount of soil was pushed aside and overturned, the radiant petals were completely swallowed by it, and the green broccoli began to turn into the blue of the radiant petals!

(End of chapter)