Ashborn's Pokémon were all in the backyard now. It had been more than ten days since they had returned home.
For those ten days, Ashborn had been a proper homebody, spending most of his time with his Pokémon.
Although he stayed at home, he didn't spend all day playing games on his phone. Instead, he focused on training his Pokémon.
In the afternoon, he would have a scheduled battle with his father, Valor.
In terms of commanding ability and combat experience, Ashborn was far from Valor's opponent.
The system enhanced the strength of Pokémon but didn't train the Trainer's combat experience, command ability, or on-the-spot adaptability.
As a Trainer, these skills needed to be developed through experience.
Ashborn could easily defeat opponents of the same level, but when facing Elite-level trainers, his shortcomings became apparent.
And Valor, a master at the top of the Elite level, was even more challenging.
In their battles, Ashborn felt that Valor was more ruthless than before.
In the past, Valor had used mostly Furry Swipe, but now he was fighting Metagross, Lucario, and other Pokémon until they were unable to fight.
Valor claimed it was for Ashborn's better training.
However, Ashborn suspected that Valor was jealous of him awakening Psychic and becoming the first dual-skilled person in Xortros.
Several Pokémon were training together in the backyard, even Shellder. A small figure stood at Ashborn's feet, watching them with admiration.
"Don't worry, you have to eat to get stronger before you can do exercises like them," Ashborn said, crouching down and touching Aron's smooth, cold head.
Aron was a Pokémon egg given to Ashborn by his father after they returned home.
It was the child of the Aggron in the Oreburgh secret realm, and the father of the child was Valor's Aggron.
Just the day before yesterday, the Pokémon egg had hatched.
Pokémon: Aron (Steel/Rock)
Level: 2
Potential: Blue
Ability: Heavy Metal
Items: None
Gender: Male
Moves: Tackle, Harden
Move CD: None
Genetic Moves: Head Smash, Body Slam, Endeavor, Dragon Rush
Aron's mother was a cyan Potential, and his father was also a cyan Potential.
However, Aron, who was born, had a rare breakthrough to the blue Potential, which was a pleasant surprise.
This made Valor even more jealous of Ashborn, his own son.
If it were someone else, Valor would definitely try to acquire a steel Pokémon with such a high Potential.
Aron's ability was the hidden ability Heavy Metal, which doubled its weight. This was the opposite of Metagross' Light Metal ability.
Heavy Metal ability Pokémon were more powerful when using certain moves that relied on their weight, such as Head Smash and Body Slam.
Imagine if Aron evolved into Aggron.
A normal Aggron weighed 360KG, and with the Heavy Metal ability, it would weigh 720KG. The well-known heavyweight Pokémon Snorlax was only 460KG.
Aggron's 720KG weight would be devastating when using Body Slam.
Ashborn took out the Soul of Totem from the system and clicked on Aron to use it. The Soul of Totem merged into Aron's body in an instant.
Aron, who had been trying to eat iron ore, suddenly stopped moving.
Ashborn was inexplicably surprised and asked, "What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?"
The system introduction didn't mention any side effects of using Soul of Totem.
"Aron," Aron shook its head and continued to work on iron ore.
It seemed to understand that eating more would help it grow stronger and train with the others.
Aron didn't eat power cubes. Instead, iron-rich ores and various Oreburgh rocks were its favorites. Eating these would increase the hardness of its shell, giving it a true Oreburgh body.
The fifty kilograms of iron ore prepared for it had already been eaten.
Now, Aron was picking up steel bars and eating them one by one. It seemed to enjoy it, making loud crunching noises.
Including Shellder, Ashborn now had six Pokémon. However, Shellder wasn't what he wanted. He wanted Slowking.
So he also needed a Slowpoke, and the minimum Potential must be cyan.
If it was lower than cyan, Shellder would evolve with the Kings Rock Slowpoke, and the evolved Slowking's Potential would likely be lower than cyan.
He didn't want to spend points to purchase Potential potions in the system. The price of blue-colored Potential potions was expensive.
The family was already helping him find Slowpokes with cyan Potential. He should find one soon. After all, there were quite a lot of Slowpokes.
In the coastal city of Hasner City, Central South State, there was a special Slowpoke Park with nearly 10,000 Slowpokes.
Slowpoke was also a symbol of this city.
Twenty years ago, Pokémon in a high-level secret realm in Hasner City suddenly rioted and broke into the city.
The protection of dozens of Slowpoke made a significant contribution.
Since then, Slowpoke had become the symbol and patron saint of the city.
In this city, there were the most water-based trainers and Psychic-power trainers, and these two types of Trainers basically chose to capture a Slowpoke.
Ganga City also have Slowpokes with cyan Potential, but like Pokémon with cyan Potential, they were usually kept within the family and rarely traded externally.
For example, Ashborn had bought a cyan-potential Shellder on TrainerAPP. This situation was rare.
The seller had sold it because Shellder had an incorrect origin and could only be sold to minimize the risk.
Seeing that Aron, who had eaten the steel bars, was constantly yawning, Ashborn picked it up.
Ashborn might not have had the strength before, but now with its Mega Pallet Town physique and a weight of 120KG, it was like playing.
"I'll take you to the Rest Garden in the Mimic Room," Ashborn said.
The Mimic Room simulated the environment of the secret realm.
According to research, Pokémon in the secret realm were generally stronger than those in the outside world due to the special energy suitable for their growth.
The higher the level of the secret realm, the higher the energy.
Therefore, the Mimicry Room appeared. An advanced Mimicry Room was equivalent to the energy in the Advanced Secret Realm, and the cost was sky-high.
A new Pokémon like Aron would benefit from staying in the Mimic Room and getting stronger after a good night's sleep.
"What are you doing in a daze?" Karen asked her husband blankly.
"I just saw Ashborn enter the Mimic Room with Aron, who has the Heavy Metal ability," Valor replied.
"My son is so strong," Karen said, smiling.
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Ara ara ~~ Sayo nara ~~