First Blood !
Double Kill !
Triple Kill !
Quadra Kill !
With Slowking's Gardevoir assisting, Julian's Metagross had already achieved a quadra kill. Now, he was chasing down the enemy's mage, Akazam.
As Akazam got stunned, Metagross unleashed a bo of its 3-1-2 abilities, instantly taking down the squishy mage without issue.
"Penta Kill !!"
Excited, Julian shouted along with the in-game announcer.
"Five kills! I'm so f*****g strong," Julian said happily.
With the pentakill secured, their team pushed the enemy base aroyed the crystal within a mihe game was over.
"Let's go, game! My Metagross is unstoppable!"
Julian grinned as he reached to hit the "Start" button for another match.
But before he could, a system prompt suddenly echoed in his mind.
"Ding!"
"Temporary Mission: Haitian City Defetle"
"Mission Objective: Limit Haitian City's damage in this disaster to under 30%"
"Rewards:
- 30% damage: Early-stage Elite Experience Card, 3000 points.
- 20% damage: Mid-stage Elite Experience Card, Dragin Orb, 5000 points.
- 10% damage: Peak-stage Elite Experience Card, Steel and Dragin Orbs, 10,000 points.
- No damage: Steel Pte, 100,000 points"
The moment Julian saw the system notification, he sprang from his bed. He carefully reread the prompts, his expression quickly turning grim.
"Slow~"
Slowking, who was still waiting for the match to start, tilted its head in fusion. Wasn't Julian all pumped for aname? Why had his expression suddenly ged?
Something clicked in Julian's mind, and he hurried to the window. Being oh floor, he had a full view of Haitian City.
From his vantage point, the city sparkled with lights, bustling and calm. Nothing seemed amiss at first gnce.
But if the system had issued a mission, it meant a disaster was iable—perhaps it had already begun, and he just didn't know it yet.
"What kind of disaster could affect the ey?" Julian muttered, his mind rag.
Judging by the mission rewards, the scale of the disaster was enormous. Even with 30% damage to Haitian City, the rewards were generous.
A prosperous coastal city like Haitian, with nearly eight million perma residents, couldn't afford 30% destru without severe sequences.
And that wasn't even ating for the influx of tourists, especially with the Hundred Schools League bringing in more visitors than usual.
The current popution was estimated at around 8.8 million, a staggering number.
Julian's first thought about the disaster was a Secret Realm outbreak.
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At the Miller Family Estate, in a hidden chamber, several members of the Miller Family stared eagerly at a Pokémon egg, its surface already showing cracks, signaling that it was about to hatch.
However, none of them noticed the strange, powerful energy waves emanating from the egg.
These waves, though imperceptible to the humans in the room, were keenly felt by every Water-type Pokémon in the area.
In Haitian City, Slowpokes everywhere seemed to receive an unseen and. They began moving in unison, crawling toward the Miller Family Estate.
Although the Slowpokes weren't attag humans, their synized movement disrupted the city's traffic.
Normally docile and slow-moving, these wild Pokémon ighe bustling vehicles, crossing roads without hesitation.
Drivers swerved to avoid them, and acts soon followed. Within mihe city's eraffic system aralyzed.
Efforts by some Traio stop the Slowpokes proved futile, as they seemed singurly focused on their destination.
Haitian City, renowned for its abundance of wild Slowpoke, with their poputioimated at 500,000 to 600,000.
Their typically gentle and zy nature had never been an issue.
In fact, they were one of the city's main tourist attras.
But now, the simultaneous movement of such a massive number of Slowpokes, spread throughout every er of the city, threw Haitian into plete chaos.
As the Slowpokes advaraffic acts multiplied, and injuries became unavoidable.
Some of the Slowpokes closest to the Miller Family Estate had already reached its gates.
While the estate's walls and main gate initially held them back, a few well-aimed Water Guns bsted a hole in the wall and toppled the gate.
"What's happening?"
"Why are the Slowpokes breaking into the estate?"
"Quick, inform the patriarch!"
The estate's security team struggled to block the Slowpokes' advance while hurriedly tag the Miller Family head.
In the hidden chamber, the patriarch, Erick, received the call.
"Hello?…"
"Okay, I uand."
Hanging up, he stared at the crag egg with a mix of doubt and suspi.
"What's going on, big brother?" asked Derek.
"The Slowpokes outside have broken into our estate. It seems like all the Slowpokes in Haitian City are moving with purpose."
Derek's expression darkened as he pieced it together. "Could it be because of this Pokémon egg?"
Eriodded gravely. "It's highly likely."
Instead of w, Derek's face lit up with excitement. "Big brother, if the Slowpokes are reag because of the Pokémon ihis egg, then it must be somethiraordinary! It could be a mythical endary Pokémon—or even a first-tier one!"
The Pokémon hadn't even hatched yet, but it was already dispying such extraordinary traits. One could only imagine how powerful it would bee after hatg.
"But these Slowpokes are going to expose it."
While Erick was also thrilled, his excitement didn't cloud his judgment.
The ey's Slowpokes were on the move, and their destination was highly likely to be the Miller Family Estate. Though it was still early and the public hadn't noticed the specific destination of the Slowpokes, that wouldn't st long.
As time passed, and more Slowpokes gregated at their estate, it would iably draw the attention of the authorities.
In fact, they were probably already iigating the movement patterns of the Slowpokes.
Ohe authorities determihe Slowpokes' final destination was the Miller Family Estate, the sequences for the Miller Family could be dire.
Worse, the egg that caused the disturbance would almost certainly be fiscated.
"Wait," Erick said suddenly, "didn't that mysterious figure give us a box earlier? Bring it over immediately."
Derek quickly retrieved the box. It was a oer-by-oer cube made entirely of a transparent material that resembled gss.
The incubator, along with the hatg egg, ced ihe box, and the lid was sealed.
As soon as the lid clicked shut, the Slowpokes across Haitian City suddenly paused, their expressions turning fused as they gnced around. Their purposeful movement stopped entirely.
Moments ago, they had been able to sense something incredibly important to them, instinctively drawn to its location.
But now, they could no longer pinpoint its position. They still felt its presenewhere iy, but its exact location was a mystery.
