The next Pokemon sent out by Gym Leader Chari ended up being a (high) gold Shiftry, and its battle with Pri/Beedrill resembled a high-stake chase which concluded with Pri's victory due to the mounting damage Shiftry suffered from the bug moves Pri managed to land. Even though their battle took a while, I was confident that Pri would be able to tie things off on his own; At least that was what I thought before I saw what Chari sent out as his final Pokemon. A (low) dark gold stage Sceptile was a bit more than I expected, but it was what we were going to face.
I had honestly not expected the Gym Leader to use a 2nd dark gold stage Pokemon since Gym Leader Toprak from Drafthill City had used a full (high) gold team. Not that I truly minded it since it provided a better challenge for my Pokemon. As for the chance of Pri losing, that was possible, but losing was okay since I was sure he would make it costly allowing to tie things up with Gwen/Gardevoir. More importantly, Pri getting pushed like that was likely to help speed up his limit breaking, which was preferable compared to him having a relaxed battle.
Just as I thought, the battle against Sceptile was quite a bit harder than the one against Shirfty. Sceptile was faster, stronger, and tougher than Shirfty. Additionally, Pri's attacks were causing less damage to Sceptile while it had the ans to pay back as much damage as it took using the surprising amount of strong dragon and normal moves Sceptile knew. Nonetheless, even though Pri was barely hanging in there in the air, and I ant that quite literally, he did manage to take Sceptile down after battling it for more than 15 minutes. It honestly only took that long because both Pokemon were extrely stubborn and refused to stay down, dragging their bodies up again and again even after they had reached the point where they should have gotten knocked out.
Hence, I was not surprised when Pri began to fall out of the air as soon as the referee declared Pri the victor. I had expected as much, which was why I stopped his fall using telekinesis, moving him toward my side under the cheers and claps of the audience. I let him enjoy the adulations of the crowd for a mont more before I praised him for beating Sceptile before scolding him a little for pushing his body as much as he did since he had pushed it too far. Had it not been for Utopia and its incredible healing/recovery capabilities, I would have recalled him even if it ant that he would have forfeited/lost the battle.
Thankfully we had Utopia so my Pokemon were able to fight recklessly like this without worrying about suffering any permanent or long-lasting damage. While Sceptile had pushed itself quite a bit as well, its situation was not as serious as Pri's since it was objectively stronger due to its stage even though it lost, which was more due to it being less stubborn than Pri than it being weaker. Anyway, the referee declared that I had won the battle against Gym Leader Chari Narkul as I recalled Pri, and the audience cheered for while Chari clapped politely as well before approaching . He stretched out his hand and we shook hands as he congratulated on besting him.
The Badge I got from him had the standard B-rank Badge design, just colored green to denote that it ca from a grass-type Gym. Either way, it joined the other 2 Minor Gym Badges once I confird that the 3-stars were branded on it. A few minutes later I left the Gym, and I settled down on a bench not far from the Gym to consider my next step. I was inclined to leave Oplain City since I have been here for a few days already, but I chose to take another look at my travel plans. The next big stop I was really looking forward to was the Hoenn Desert, and If I went at my usual travel speed, we would reach it within a month or so.
However, there were a few stops I had to make on the road since there were 2 more Minor Gyms and a Standard Gym on the way there. Now, I did not mind stopping for those Gym Challenges since they allowed my Pokemon to have good/decent battles, but I was not happy with the amount of ti I had to "waste" waiting for the Gym Challenge after registering for a Gym Battle. The waiting ti of just these three Gyms would likely raise my travel ti to the Hoenn Desert to nearly 2 months, effectively doubling it. If only the registration for the Gym Challenges did not have to be done on-site, I would have been able to save quite a bit of ti by signing up for a battle before I made it to the city.
I could Teleport or fly to the city with the next Gym and sign up for the battle before returning to my previous spot and then travel towards the city, but that honestly took the fun out of the whole travel thing for , which was why I was not doing that. Still, I knew that there were valid reasons why one had to do the registration in person on-site instead of being able to do so online, on the phone, or through a proxy. Avoiding any mishaps, whether that be ti-related or to prevent possible online fraud was only one of those.
I understood that those were valid reasons, but unfortunately, they were getting in my way right now, so I decided to see if there was a way for to sign up for Gym Challenges/Battles remotely regardless of those valid concerns. Frankly, I did not mind staying in a city for a day or two, but everything above that was too much, especially when the only thing that interested in most of those cities was the Gym. My search turned out positive, and I actually found out that there was a possibility for to remotely sign up for Gym Challenges thanks to alliance-granted privileges that I earned through my contributions to the alliance so far, though there was a note that warned that I could lose those Gym privileges if I ended up missing an appointnt without a valid excuse such as being delayed due to a horde or sothing along those lines.
Nonetheless, I was not worried about that since I could just fly or Teleport to the city if things got tight ti-wise, and in case I did co across a real ergency, I did not have to worry either since it was a valid excuse. That said, I decided to sign up for the Gym Challenge each ti I earned one, starting now. The first stop on my way to the Hoenn Desert was Selia City, so I accessed the Gym's official site. However, because they did not offer a remote sign-up option, I was unable to sign up online. They did however have the Gym's public phone number listed there, so I just called them instead.
I told the receptionist who took my call that I wanted to sign up for a Gym Battle, and she told that I had to co to the Gym for that. I told her that I was invoking alliance regulation 469_B2 to do so anyway, and she actually had to look it up since it was the first ti she ca across this situation. However, after she confird that I was not just spouting nonsense, we went through the usual process. We just did the usual process over the phone instead of face-to-face. Ultimately, I ended up registering for a battle/challenge for Palkiday next week.
That gave a week to travel to Selia City, which I was confident in managing even at our usual traveling speed. As long as I made it there at any point on Giratiday, I could show up on ti for my Gym Battle at 9:30 a.m. on Palkiday. As for the Gym challenge itself, I naturally registered for a 3-star one, and the receptionist inford that I would be facing 2 Gym Trainers before I would be allowed to face Gym Leader Numan Zehir. The Gym itself was a poison-based one, so I would be fighting poison specialists. That was pretty much all I knew about this Gym Challenge, and just like I had previously decided, I had no plans to look up anything else either.
Anyway, once the registration was done, I left Oplain City and resud my journey after bringing out my posse. Chibi Mothra/Butterfree, who insisted on accompanying on my head, was one of them, as were Nyx/Umbreon and Hades/Gengar, who chilled inside my shadow. Thor/Raichu would have loved to co along as well, but he was still stuck inside Utopia, while the others either had to train or were too attention-grabbing, so it was just those three that accompanied . After we stepped out of the city the days blurred by without anything outstanding happening, and just like I wanted to, I managed to make it to Selia City long before lunch on Giratiday.
I strolled around the city for two hours before entering Utopia for lunch, and I resud my exploration of the city right after we had eaten. I had to say that Selia City truly honored the origin of their city's na. The number of flower stores/parks as well as perfu stores was very high, and from what I could see none of those places lacked visitors. Selia City was nad as such because of the Roselia tribe that allowed the first settlers to settle at this place and even cooperated with the people to protect the city, which at that ti was still a town.
The Roselia tribe had stuck to Selia City ever since then, living in harmony with the people, and the city's biggest rose garden was where the tribe and its descendants were living nowadays. That rose garden was the most beautiful flower garden in the city thanks to the care of the local governnt as well as the Roselia tribe, and it was open to the public so everyone got to enjoy it. There was just a single rule that visitors had to respect, which was that trying to capture or challenge any of the Roselia line mbers was forbidden, though there was a monthly event where visitors could legally try their luck with any of the Roselia that were willing to humor them.
The Budew and Roserade were not included in the monthly event since the tribe deed the Budew as too young to leave and the Roserade were the protectors/leaders of their tribe. Because the alliance/local governnt was supporting them no one dared to go against the regulations. Well, no one who was not a criminal, but those had to first pass the guardians, both Pokemon and human, so mishaps in that direction were pretty rare. Either way, I definitely enjoyed strolling around Selia City, and I made sure to post a few pictures in our group chat to recomnd/advertise the city a bit to the others since it was a nice tourist spot.
The next morning I headed straight for the Selia City Gym after a slightly early breakfast. I made it to the Gym with 10 minutes to spare, and after waiting for only 5 minutes, I was called up to the battlefield. My first opponent sent out a (low) gold Dustox that got dusted pretty easily by Ali/Gallade. Ali also made quick work of the (low) gold Seviper that got sent out next. He had a slightly harder ti against the (mid) gold Roselia that got sent out at the end, and I had to say that I found it nice of the guy to field what practically counted as the specialty of their city. Gym Trainer no 2 also used a Roselia, though hers was the first Pokemon she sent out.
Still, Po took Roselia down, along with the Nidoqueen that got sent out after Roselia. He only began to struggle against the (mid) gold Gengar she sent out as her final battler and its assassin-like fighting style. Nonetheless, Po eventually took Gengar down, but he ended up falling directly after to the Destiny Bond Gengar used monts before due to the damage that had accumulated until then.
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