[All Your Schemes-Can They Stop a Single Sword?]

Towering peaks and deep ravines stretched among majestic mountains.

In Stone Village, nestled in the Mangcang Mountains, a pink cow mooed, a black ball at the end of her tail.

Unlike the other savage beasts of the wilderness, she had a peaceful disposition and was exceedingly gentle. The gleam of intelligence shone in her large eyes; she was remarkably perceptive and friendly toward humans.

"Miltank, the Milk Cow Pokémon. Her milk is packed with nutrients, making it the ideal drink for the elderly, the sick, and young children. She has a gentle temperament and dislikes fighting."

System 10086 took the form of a Pokédex to deliver this introduction, leaving Lin Xian with a sense that time and space had become jumbled.

"System, finding a creature so perfectly suited to Little Dot must really have taken some effort." Lin Xian sounded deeply aggrieved. He had never seen the system put so much care into anything.

"Host, I just want to get ahead." Having followed Lin Xian for years, System 10086 had picked up a few things from him. It declared solemnly, "Rather than count on you to carry me to greatness, I might as well count on the Desolate Heaven Emperor."

Lin Xian's face darkened. "System, you've gone bad," he said gloomily.

"All thanks to your excellent teaching, host," System 10086 replied calmly. In the beginning, it, too, had been an utterly innocent, respectable system.

If its host could mooch off Ye, it could mooch off Huang.

The system would never be outdone by anyone!

"Heh..." Lin Xian sneered, then looked toward Miltank. A little troubled, he muttered, "How am I supposed to raise her?"

Before Lin Xian could figure it out, Little Dot's eyes lit up. He ran over on his short little legs, murmuring, "Cow-cow, milk-milk."

"Mil, mil..." Miltank