The little guy blankly looked at Axel, then looked at the floating Kirlia beside Axel.
Retreated a few steps in fear.
His cautious appearance immediately made Kirlia playful, a wave of psychic power appeared, controlling Duraludon to float in front of herself.
After a friendly smile...
"Wahhh!"
Duraludon was scared to tears.
Two streams of mercury-like liquid flowed down, floating above the ground, without sinking at all.
'Still the light metal characteristic Duraludon?'
Axel's eyes lit up.
Duraludon is a kind of Pokémon different from most others, he has three abilities.
Namely the normal abilities Light Metal and Heavy Metal, and the hidden ability Stalwart.
What differs from normal Pokémon is that Duraludon's hidden ability is not outstanding, Light Metal is the best.
Once he evolves, Light Metal will become the Endurance ability.
This ability increases defense every time the Pokémon takes damage.
Combined with "Body Press", this special Fighting-type move, it can easily deal tons of damage.
[Body Press: Uses the body to ram the opponent for an attack; the higher the user's defense, the higher the damage dealt.]
"Little guy, don't cry, Big Sister Kirlia is a good person," Axel raised his hand and hugged Duraludon, gently patting his head.
Although Duraludon is a male Pokémon, not affected by the [Eating Soft Rice with a Hard Bite] tag, the [Dragon God's Blessing] tag still made him feel a kind of closeness toward Axel.
The little guy immediately pounced into Axel's arms, covering his eyes, not daring to look at Kirlia.
'Maybe because he's still young, this little guy is very light, plus the bonus of the Light Metal tag, just like an ordinary model.'
After calming Duraludon, Axel activated the panel to check Duraludon's stats.
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— Duraludon: Level 1
(Alloy Pokémon, body like polished metal, light yet hard)
— Type: Steel + Dragon
— Ability: Light Metal (halves own weight)
— Moves: Metal Claw, Mirror Coat
— Held Item: None
— Aptitude: Champion
— Tags: Dragon God's Blessing (Gold), Prodigy (Purple)
• Dragon God's Blessing: Increases power of Dragon-type moves by 50%, increases power of exclusive skills by 50%, increases casting speed.
• Prodigy: Increases level-up speed by 50%
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Seeing Duraludon's tag combination, Axel nodded with satisfaction.
'Although the aptitude is a bit 'poor', only Champion level, it's still very good.'
After all, Pheromosa was a Pokémon his parents searched through the Ultra Wormhole to find.
And Kirlia also seems to have some unknown secret.
Champion-level aptitude is already very top-tier in this world.
Plus his Prodigy tag, and the [Dragon God's Blessing] and his own [Breeding]...
'Feels like one day beating Doduo isn't a dream.'
'Right, weak Dragon Champion?'
After interacting a bit, Axel took out a spare empty Poké Ball, planning to subdue Duraludon first.
But before he could enlarge the Poké Ball, suddenly he heard Kirlia's telepathy in his mind.
["Wait... there's a gift..."]
Kirlia took out a Weakness Policy from her body and held it in front of Duraludon.
As a former Fairy Queen, Kirlia even understands Dragon-type Pokémon better than Dragon-types themselves.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have had the thought to directly challenge Rayquaza at Dragon God Plaza.
For Archaludon's evolved form Duraludon, the Weakness Policy is one of the most suitable treasures.
When this little guy grows up, he can definitely be a tank and a hitter in the team.
"Duraludon?"
Duraludon looked at Kirlia in disbelief, 'This fierce big sister actually gave me a gift?'
'Should I accept it or not...'
'If I accept it so easily, will big sister think I am easy to coax and beat me up often later?'
["Don't make me... slap you..."]
Duraludon: "!!!"
'Thanks sis, I love this gift so much!'
After accepting the Weakness Policy, Duraludon panicked and slammed into Axel's Poké Ball.
The Poké Ball shook a few times in Axel's hand and emitted a dazzling light like smoke.
Successfully subdued Duraludon.
Seeing Duraludon suddenly slam into the Poké Ball, Axel looked at Kirlia with some confusion.
"What's with him?"
Kirlia blinked her big eyes cutely.
["Don't know, Master, maybe he couldn't wait to see the family?"]
Pheromosa: "..."
'Earth is so complicated, when can I return to the Ultra Wormhole~'
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[Trial Challenger has passed the third stage, the fourth is the final stage]
After subduing Duraludon, the long-lost authoritative voice appeared again.
After a burst of purple light flashed, the previously defeated Tyrantrum, Aerodactyl, and Duraludon all reappeared.
Axel briefly looked at the three guys' skill combinations, and his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
'Damn, too dirty!'
'No wonder Gary got beaten up like that.'
Tyrantrum now has the move [Baby-Doll Eyes], Aerodactyl gained a Confusion-inducing [Supersonic] move.
Duraludon gained a Dark-type [Snarl], and a [Thunder Wave] that can paralyze.
Axel could understand Snarl; after all, that guy was abused badly, cursing a bit is normal.
'But what's with the other moves?'
'Playing dirty, huh!'
Axel curled his lips, not afraid of these messed up moves at all.
"Kirlia, get ready to retreat, after we get out let's learn 'Safeguard', and then come back to let these three misbehaving guys see what cruelty really is."
[Safeguard: A Normal-type move that can protect oneself and teammates from negative status effects.]
Looking at Axel's confident face, Kirlia smiled and nodded.
Although she could now defeat these three former losers with skilled combat techniques, she liked Axel's strategic demeanor.
As a Pokémon, of course she should listen to her master.
Just as they were about to turn and leave, a dignified voice suddenly echoed from the valley.
[This stage cannot be exited automatically, must be completed in one go. Please voluntarily choose whether to forfeit.]
At the same time, a black figure appeared above the valley.
That figure was entirely black, with a phantom-like form, just like a divine dragon from Aurient mythology.
"Damn, Rayquaza!", Axel's eyes widened, staring incredulously at the divine dragon flying in the sky, his mouth wide open.
'Crazy! This trial secret realm actually wants me to fight Rayquaza?'
'Is this even something a human can fight?'
Seeing the trainer's reaction below, Rayquaza's remnant soul finally let out a sigh of relief.
'Sure enough... this kid still has some respect for me, the Dragon God.'
As a remnant soul, He naturally couldn't engage in battle.
So choosing to appear was to make Axel give up, and by the way, spread the news of Rayquaza's appearance to the outside world.
That way, He could give Axel some other compensation.
Then peacefully wait for Aurient's genius Dragon-type trainer to bring His remnant soul away.
Everything was beautifully planned; in Rayquaza's view, there was almost no chance of failure.
But just as He was pondering what other compensation to give Axel...
Suddenly felt a fierce red gaze fall upon Himself.
Kirlia's gaze landed on Rayquaza, and her previously cute and cold little face revealed a smile that could only be described as ruthless.
'Aurient's guardian divine Pokémon, so you are hiding here?'
'Finally... found you!'
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