Beta Testing the Apocalypse 077 (Patreon)

"Hey, Leon! Come train with me...!" exclaimed Eris, bouncing to her feet and approaching the moment Leon arrived back at the resort with Latia. There was a chance that everyone would need to complete the survival Quest to access the Ninth Floor, so Eris was among the first thirty or so people forced to stay at the resort, leading to her being very bored. And, ever since they had sex, her preferred way to pass the time seemed to be seeking out Leon.

"Hmmm..."

Raising Eris's face, using the side of his left index finger to lift her chin, Leon noticed faint pink hearts in the center of her vermillion eyes and a heavy scent of arousal hanging around her body. Back in her world, the Greyrat Family, of which Eris was a part, was nearly world-renowned for their sex drive. Some of the only thoughts that passed through her head were filling her belly, becoming stronger, and having sex, so Leon hadn't been too surprised when he learned she had permitted Ruijerd to fuck her as repayment for his protection and mentorship throughout the entirety of their near three-year journey. Thus, while he felt sorry for Rudy, Leon felt he would be doing the reincarnated Otaku a favor if the two cousins never became a couple...

"Sure..." replied Leon, giving Eris, who had already closed her eyes and puckered her lips, a quick peck before adding, "But I can only stay for an hour or two. You may have lost track of time due to the perennial sun, but it's pretty late in the afternoon. I have 'other' duties to attend back at the palace..."

"An hour or two is plenty..." replied Eris, her voice low and husky as she guided Leon's hand to her cheek and began panting in excitement. She 'really' wanted to have sex, but before that, the two legitimately trained for a little over an hour. Rather than sparring, however, Leon possessed Eris's body, allowing her to experience what it was like to be stronger so she would have a clear goal to strive toward while training between eight to fourteen hours a day by herself or with other members of the Crimson Valkyrie Squad...

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"You want me to 'give' you the Eighth Floor...?" asked Leon, raising his brows after Echidnas's larva, now called Nia, informed him she would like to propagate the virtually lifeless Floor.

Nodding in affirmation, Nia, seated on a chair in front of Leon as he used an enchanted comb to brush her long, Mana-dense violet hair, explained, "The sea is the font of life. We shall impregnate its depths with what you call our 'mutagen' and allow life to flourish..."

Holding up her hands as if she were cupping water to drink, Nia exuded a fragrant but tar-like substance from the pores in her palms, filling them to the brim and taking care not to spill any. A few seconds later, the surface of the substance started to bubble and decrease as a large, amoeba-like creature rose from its depths, staring up at Nia before she abruptly bit its head with her inordinately sharp teeth and slurped it like a noodle...

"We just finished bathing you..." remarked Leon, but Nia didn't care, licking the black substance from her hands, dirtying her face and naked chest as she responded, "We do not share your fixation with cleanliness...but if you insist, we shall permit you to bathe us again..."

Rolling his eyes, Leon picked Nia up from her chair but paused when her snake-like lower half abruptly sloughed off, exposing slender, milky white legs covered in the same black substance marring her face and chest. Her crotch, calves, and the tops of her feet were still covered in purple scales, and her toes and soles were notably reptilian, but she was markedly more human than before...

"It fell off..." remarked Nia, her expression and tone flat as she stared at Leon's face to gauge his reaction.

"Yeah, I noticed..." responded Leon, staring down at the tail that was very quickly melting into a pile of black, notably foul-smelling goo. However, as Nia shed at least once a day, causing her to become notably more mature with each successive molt, Leon recovered quickly, asking, "Do you want to try walking...?"

"No...we like it when you carry us..." replied Nia, nestling against Leon's shoulder and turning her eyes up in a conspicuous attempt to appear cute. In truth, she was adorable, but since Leon knew she was only appealing to him to expand her territory and increase her brood, he rolled his eyes and replied, "We'll discuss it after we clear the Tenth, maybe the Twentieth Floor..."

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'I guess I shouldn't be surprised...' thought Leon, entering the Ninth Floor and encountering a tiny, panda-like creature he instantly recognized as a Pancham. It was startled when it saw him appear out of the entry portal, which hadn't been there previously, but instead of turning tail and fleeing, it got into a pose like it was preparing to charge its Ki, ready to fight.

Confusing the Pancham, Leon sat down, patting his left thigh as he said, "Come here. I have a treat for you," before pulling out a plate of aromatic Pokefood.

Sniffing the air and getting a whiff of the Pokefood Leon had produced, the Pancham furrowed its brows but tentatively approached, maintaining its combat posture until it was within twenty centimeters of the former's position.

"Here," said Leon, placing the plate on the ground and watching silently and smiling relaxedly as the Pancham carefully inched closer to the plate before abruptly grabbing as much as it could in its paws and leaping back a 'safe' distance. When it saw Leon didn't attempt to give chase, it placed one of the cubes into its mouth, tentatively chewing before its black eyes lit up like stars. After that, it dropped its guard completely, plopping down and eating the remainder of the savory cubes with a smile.

While watching the Pancham eat, Leon thought, 'I'm pretty sure Pancham is Sixth Generation. If there are Fifth and Fourth Generation as well, I'll be one step closer to 'completing' my Menagerie...'

Though he couldn't have considered it a year prior, Leon now had a list of Pokemon he actively desired to add to his Menagerie, just to satisfy what remained of his curiosity. He had also teased Nanachi a few times, telling them he would bring back a surprise once they encountered Fourth Gen Pokemon. So, if nothing else, Leon needed to find and convince at least a Buneary to come back with him. Its evolved form, Lopunny, was virtually never seen in the wild due to the requirements for its evolution, but Leon would only know for sure after looking around...

With such thoughts in mind, Leon pulled out the Mana Radar and turned it on to see if there were any particularly large Mana signatures nearby. The previous Pokemon-themed Floors had the same requirement of collecting orbs from Legendary Pokemon, so if the trend held, he would need to find their nests and then take them to a tower located in the north...

"Pancha...?"

Ostensibly realizing Leon wasn't a threat, the Pancham approached and sat in front of him before tilting its head as if to ask where he had come from. In response, Leon gave it a bit more food as he explained, "I came here from outside. Now, I'm looking for a way to keep moving up. Do you know of any super powerful Pokemon, little fella? Like big scary dragons or giant monsters...?"

"Pacha! Cha-cha-panchaaa!" replied the Pancham, raising its arms and making gesticulations Leon had no hope of understanding. Despite this, he nodded sagely, asking, "Oh? You know where powerful Pokemon can be found? Can you show me...?"

"Pancha...!" replied the Pancham, hopping to its feet and walking off as if to lead the way, a sentiment reinforced by the fact it looked back several times to ensure Leon was following...

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Though he didn't have many expectations, Leon felt a combination of disappointment and exasperation when the Pancham led him back to the cave it shared with three other Pancham and its big-breasted bear of a mother, standing more than 2m tall and weighing more than 250kgs. Her proportions weren't much different from a normal Pangoro, but she had a massive rack with visible black nipples, a first among all the Pokemon he had encountered up until that point.

Confirming Leon's suspicions that the Pokemon were becoming even more human as he progressed up the tower, the female Pangoro, after hearing what her child had to say, looked up at him, asking, "You bring food...?" with a deep, feminine, cavewoman-like tone.

"Sure, but be careful, it's hot," replied Leon, pulling out an entire roasted boar from his Storage, still steaming as if it had only recently been pulled from the rotisserie/spit-roast.

Though she gestured for her cubs to stay back, the Pangoro approached the boar without fear, effortlessly tearing off one of its legs before biting into it with her powerful jaws. Her expression didn't change, but Leon got the impression she liked it quite a bit as she declared, "You stay..." before plopping onto her tremendous ass and tearing away another large chunk of meat...

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After teleporting away when the Pangoro approached, began sniffing, and then attempted to drag him deeper into her cave by his leg, Leon released Latia from her Pokeball and performed a cursory sweep of the area while monitoring the Mana Radar in her hands. Bulma had developed a far more powerful version of the device that could be set up like a radio tower, but until they had secured the area around the entry portal, it was too risky to bring out.

'Oh? That was fast...' thought Leon, directing Latia to a truly phenomenal Mana signature near the center of a large forest. When they approached, however, they found a strange, almost ghostly white tree whose branches vaguely resembled antlers.

'This clearly has something to do with Xerneas...' concluded Leon, urging Latia to move closer but to remain cautious and alert. She eventually got close enough to place her paws on it, remarking, 'It's warm and pleasant like Leon...' but nothing of note happened.

"Nooooo...let...me...goooooooooo-!"

Hearing the distant sound of a girl shouting, courtesy of Latia's incredible hearing, Leon didn't need to say anything before she raced to the voice's location. Leon expected to find one Pokemon attacking another, but while that was very clearly the case, he was left speechless as he saw what, at first glance, looked like a limbless female Lucario being manhandled by a conspicuously male Pignite. Closer inspection revealed it had gold rings where its arms and legs should have been, shimmering with bluish-white energy swirls.

Once again, without Leon needing to say anything, Latia used Psychic to tear the Pignite away from the Lucario, sending it crashing into a tree. At the same time, she zipped forward to cushion the Lucario's fall, the poor Pokemon unable to do more than wriggle about as the rings at the base of its arms and legs displaced them elsewhere.

"Hey! Who dares to interrupt my fun...!?" exclaimed a distinctly feminine voice, followed by a small, light-purple Pokemon with a vaguely humanoid appearance. It had green eyes with yellow sclerae, a yellow ring adorning the center of its forehead, blush-like markings under its eyes, a tuft of hot pink hair fashioned into a ponytail, two horns protruding from the sides of its head, a ring around its waist, and, most notably, hands and arms that were detached from its body with red rings around its wrists.

'Don't attack this one...' said Leon, interrupting Latia as she was about to blast the diminutive Pokemon, a Mythical species known as a Hoopa, with a full-powered Psyshock. She reluctantly complied, and while she moved to protect and use Healing Pulse on the exhausted Lucario, still invisible, Leon separated from her to say, "Well, hello there..." in his best impression of Obi-Wan Kenobi...

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