It seems that since ancient times, human beings have been making futile cuts with nature, whether it is castles and fortresses carved from logs and boulders in the Middle Ages, or gray jungles filled with reinforced concrete in modern times, human beings have always maintained a natural fear of nature, fearful and uneasy to escape from her.

However, not all human beings are like this, there are many different people who are more eager to embrace nature and integrate into nature, they prefer to smell the aroma of earth and grass, feel the gentleness of the pure wind, and taste the sweetness of cold water.

Merlin, undoubtedly, is such an outlier.

For as long as he can remember, his greatest dream was to escape from the cage of hypocrisy and filth, from the prison that bound his soul, from the place where he was bright on the outside but rotten and dirty on the inside. Today, albeit two years later than originally planned, Merlin has finally done it, and he has finally obtained the "freedom" he wants, and the so-called price he has paid is the shackles that Merlin has paid for him.

"It's still fresh air in the wild......" Merlin, who was standing on a small mound, took a deep breath and expressed his feelings very comfortably.

Merlin was a skinny teenager, perhaps because he was a little too thin, which made him look like he was not too tall. Even in a close-fitting and lightweight tracksuit—which is supposed to be the epitome of sunny clothing—Merlin still gives people a gloomy and sickly feeling, which probably has something to do with his unique sick temperament, which is so deep in the bone marrow that it cannot be changed.

A black backpack on the back did not give Merlin the youthful feeling of a young traveler, but because of his thin shoulders and slightly leaning forward body, people couldn't help but worry about whether his body could withstand the ups and downs of travel; A small waist bag with a bulging waist and an obvious set of backpacks also made him look bloated and overwhelmed; A pair of black fingerless gloves were placed on his hands, revealing ten pale, slender but slender fingers; Stepping on a pair of leather boots in a nondescript manner......

The flat blue short end does not seem to be too shiny; There were black-framed goggles tied to his forehead, which gave Merlin a bit of a trainer's temperament; There were narrow-rimmed glasses with silver metal rims on the ears, and the same texture of the glasses chain hung down at the back of the head, and a pair of eyes that should have been black and white were hidden behind the heavy lenses. There was no blood, but white lips, very thin, a little snarky. The nose is tall and stiff, but it doesn't seem to be in harmony with the whole, and it's a bit nondescript.

In short, in short—Merlin = freak—this equation has been tested by many people, and more will be there in the future.

"Even the sky is bluer than there......," Merlin continued, exclaiming.

[Hey, a wild fool has jumped out, hurry up and subdue him!] Suddenly, Merlin's voice rang in his head.

"Where? Where is it? Merlin very cooperatively put up a pergola with his hand and looked around.

[......] The voice was speechless for a long time, and said half-helplessly: [On the mound, that stupid person looking around, hurry up and subdue him, that is a cherished Pokémon.] 】

"It's not fun to say, Wizil." Talking to himself, Merlin jumped off the mound.

[Hey, that idiot is going to run away, hurry up and throw the baby ball!] The voice ignored Merlin, still joking to herself.

[You should have to fight before you accept it, right?] Merlin closed his mouth and "talked" directly to the voice in his head, [Why don't you go on?] 】

[Me? Forget it, you should let the newcomers get a little more exercise. You're right...... Caimen, Boss calling you......] The voice called Vizel faded away, as if the guy who spoke had run away to call someone else.

Merlin smiled helplessly while touching his upper lip, "Okay, okay, don't make trouble. It's time to decide where we're going next, so let's go. 】

【…… Honk...... Beep ......] A busy phone tone came to my head.

......Merlin shook his head, pulled the glasses on the bridge of his nose down, and rubbed the Tianying acupoint with the thumb and index finger of his right hand, which had become his habitual action.

[Hey, hello, the user you are calling is on the call......] Then there was another beep, and after a while, Wizir said breathlessly: "What does the boss command?" 】

[Where do you go next?] Merlin said angrily.

[uh...... Based on where we are, the closest gym is the Tokiwa Gym in Tokiwa City, and the gym is headed by the famous special trainer 'Sakaki of the Earth', although it is tricky, I still highly recommend you to go there......] As soon as it came to his job, Wizil suddenly became serious.

"Tokiwa Dokan...... Sakaki ...... "Merlin secretly chewed on these two names, [If I'm not mistaken, this Tokiwa Dokan doesn't release ten certification badges in a year, and the trainer who can win the badge from the owner of the hall, Sakaki, has not been seen in years, and it is said that even the winners of the quartz tournament do not necessarily hold the green badge of Tokiwa Dokan. 】

[Yes, you're right. Wizil said a little provocatively: "Could it be that you are afraid? 】

"Afraid?" Merlin grinned, [I really can't write this word, but you, do you have the strength and confidence to fight with your partner in a special trainer?] 】

[Naturally, there is no ......] Wizier frankly admits his weakness, [However, Sakaki is not in the Tokiwa Gym for at least eleven and a half months in a year, and the chance of going there to fight him directly is negligible, at most he fights with the disciples or trainers in the gym, and they have the power to temporarily act as the owner of the gym, and they are naturally able to put the official green badge. 】

[Besides, even if Sakaki is in charge himself, won't we be able to get the badge?] If all the gym owners were to show their full ability to fight, the trainers would probably not be able to accumulate those eight badges if they wanted to participate in the regional convention without traveling for five or six years. To put it bluntly, the gym master is just testing the tacit understanding, cooperation, and experience between your trainers and us, just like an exam, and if you pass, you will get the badge. And Sakaki, he probably belongs to the kind of strict teacher who only gives badges if he has to be excellent or even full score. Take 10,000 steps back and say that even if you can't get the badge, the value of the experience of fighting with the special trainer is far greater than the value of a badge......] Wizil said at length, [So I still build yì Let's go to Tokiwa City, but before going to the gym, we can educate the newcomers in the Tokiwa Forest, that kid from Kaimen is motivated, but he has neither strength nor experience, so he needs to be carved well. 】

[That's right, okay, that's it. After thinking about it for a while, Merlin agreed to Wizil's construction, in fact, as far as he was concerned, he also wanted to use Sakaki's hand to judge how many catties and taels he had.

"Special Trainer, that sounds amazing." Merlin muttered, but there was a faint hint of fighting spirit in his eyes.

It's no wonder that Merlin is highly motivated, in the current alliance's hierarchy of trainers, the special trainers are already powerful figures standing at the top of the pyramid, they are qualified to compete for the position of the Four Heavenly Kings of each region, and they can also get a glimpse of the supreme throne of the region, and if they are in charge of a gym, it is definitely an undefeated legend. You must know that among the more than eighty official gyms belonging to the alliance in the entire Guandu region, one hand of a super-level trainer can count them.

According to the division of the alliance, trainers are generally divided into five levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced, elite, and special. It's like a rookie trainer, just a verbal title, referring to those who have just gotten their first Pokémon and hurriedly embarked on a journey. The junior trainers, on the other hand, are those who have traveled for a long time, hold at least five or six badges in their hands, and have the hope of participating in the regional conventions. As for the Intermediate Trainer, it is generally a ruthless character who has traveled to several regions and participated in at least a few regional conventions. The Advanced Trainer is equivalent to an excellent player who has a good ranking in several regional tournaments, and at the same time, the Advanced Trainer is also the threshold that must be crossed to run an official gym of the Alliance. Elite trainers, on the other hand, are masters who have been immersed in this field for many years and have won a lot of money at regional conferences. Becoming an elite trainer also means being eligible to open a new gym in a suitable area where there are no gyms, or simply taking the title of gym master from an already established gym owner.

Each year, the league counts the achievements of each registered trainer - such as the number and quality of badges earned, the ranking of the regional conferences, and the results of certain major events - which are converted into points, accumulated and promoted to the league-wide when they reach the corresponding level. However, this system is not very popular with trainers, most of whom disdain to distinguish each other according to the league's hierarchy, preferring to speak with genuine strength. But even so, this classification of grades has been preserved, and at least some trainers still like to brag about it.

As for the special trainers who stand at the top of countless trainers, they are even rarer. In the past, it was categorically impossible to become a special trainer without being fifty or sixty years old, without a reputation of praise and a dazzling record that made people look up, but in recent years, perhaps for publicity or other reasons, a large number of relatively young special trainers have emerged in various regions, and many of them have even directly taken charge of the throne of the Four Heavenly Kings and the Supreme of the region.

Let's take the Four Heavenly Kings and the Supreme in the Guandu region as an example, among the four Heavenly Kings, only Mother-in-law Juzi is an old qualification that is difficult to shake, and the other three are all rookies who have only emerged in recent years, especially Mr. Du, who has a very popular reputation and is known as the "Dragon Messenger" who is "invincible in the world".

However, their own strength and resume are indeed impeccable, whether it is Miss Kona or Master Xiba, they both relied on their absolute strength to overthrow the old king in the "Heavenly King Challenge".

And Du, it only took two days, first won the position of the dragon king in the "Heavenly King Challenge", and then another person started the "Heavenly King Competition" against the other three heavenly kings, and at the same time the "Supreme Challenge" was held by the previous supreme, and after picking the three heavenly kings, he overturned the previous supreme and won the supreme crown with an absolute victory. Subsequently, he also easily defeated several special trainers who wanted to plunder the throne of the Heavenly King, and brazenly maintained his supreme position as the only one in the whole alliance as the Four Heavenly Kings and the Supreme. And Sakaki is also among the few special trainers who regretted the challenge to the cross.

It is not surprising that Wataru, who has taken the supreme with such an absolutely strong absolute strength, will be called "invincible in the world".

However, even if he was defeated by Wataru, Sakaki, who was a veteran and qualified special trainer in the Kanto area, was one of the best in Guandu in his own right. The reason why he has been absent from the gym for a long time is that on the one hand, it is to take care of his family's huge estate, and on the other hand, because there are too few challengers worthy of his shot. It is said that a few years ago, the Tokiwa Dokan was depressed or even closed for a short time because there were no challengers coming to the door. Later, if Sakaki hadn't used a group of his own disciples and trainers who practiced under the sect to place the badge on his behalf, maybe the Tokiwa Dojokan would have really declined like this.

But in any case, being able to really fight face-to-face with a master of this level is definitely beneficial.

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