As the last Vigoroth fell, Aron let out a cry, and in the next mont, a bright white light enveloped it.
"It's evolving."
Seeing this, Julian clenched his fist lightly and murmured to himself, feeling that the day had not been wasted.
He had spent over 3,000 points just on those bananas, but Aron's evolution made it all worthwhile.
When the light faded, there stood Lairon, now towering even taller than an average Aggron.
Standing before it, Julian felt like an ordinary person next to Shaquille O'Neal.
If it evolved into an Aggron next, its size would probably be beyond massive—a true prehistoric beast.
"ltan!~"
ltan was ecstatic, even more thrilled than Julian. It shot forward in a flash, aiming for Aron's shed armor.
For ltan, who loved eating tal, Aron's old armor was the ultimate delicacy, and now it was finally his to savor.
But before it could take a bite, Lairon nudged ltan away and began eating its own shed armor bit by bit.
"ltan!~"
Bast***d! No way!
ltan looked outraged and tried to lunge back at the armor, only to be picked up by Julian as it struggled.
"Here."
Julian handed a piece of rare tal from the system shop to ltan.
"Eat this. the armor is for Lairon."
With its trainer's instruction, ltan reluctantly accepted, though it looked disappointed.
Aron's armor contained concentrated tal nutrients it had consud in its previous form. Eating it now would allow Lairon to reabsorb those nutrients.
Giving it to ltan would have been wasteful.
After finishing its armor, Lairon stomped heavily to Julian's side.
"Well done."
Julian used to be able to pat Aron on the head, but now he could only pat Lairon on the side.
"Lairon~"
After evolving, Lairon's personality had beco much more composed, no longer as lively as when it was an Aron.
Pokémon often experience personality changes after evolution, and in extre cases, it can feel like they have a completely new character.
Pokémon: Lairon (Steel/Rock)
Level: 32
Potential: Blue
Ability: Heavy tal
Item: tal Coat
Gender: Male
Moves: Roar, Tackle, Harden, Headbutt, Protect, Rock Tomb, tal Claw, Earth Power, Iron Head
Disc Moves: Earthquake, Sandstorm, Dig, Shock Wave, Rock Slide, Rock Smash, Water Pulse
Genetic Moves: Stomp, Heavy Slam, Endeavor, Dragon Rush
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With Lairon's evolution complete, Julian's attention shifted to ltan, who was happily munching on tal. Not long ago, it had been picky about the tal, but now it was eating it with obvious enjoynt.
Sensing Julian's gaze, ltan paused, looking at him curiously.
"ltan, do you want to evolve?" Julian asked.
He had already collected the 400 ltan candies needed for its evolution.
The reason he hadn't evolved ltan yet was partly because ltal's presence would be too conspicuous. ltal was a Steel-type mythical Pokémon exclusive to secret realm of Wyvernia, and having it appear in Drakoria could cause international issues.
The other reason was that little ltan's size was just too cute.
"ltan!~"
ltan nodded eagerly.
It had long wanted to evolve! It had watched as Beldum evolved into tagross, Riolu into Lucario, Dratini into Dragonite, and now even Aron had evolved into Lairon.
Evolution was so exciting—how could it not want to join in?
But then ltan looked at Julian, puzzled. It seed unsure of how to evolve.
It couldn't evolve like Aron did with a sudden burst of light; it seed to need sothing specific.
"I have a way."
Julian gently poked ltan's soft cheek with his finger, then took out 400 ltan candies from his system space, surrounding it with the candies.
Before ltan could react, the familiar bright light enveloped it, even brighter than Lairon's evolution monts ago.
The other Pokémon instinctively shut their eyes from the intense glow.
Deep in a lake within the secret realm, a sleeping Elite-level Gyarados suddenly opened its eyes, sensing the surge.
In other areas, several Elite-tier Pokémon felt a powerful life force ascending to a higher level.
The white light lasted a full three minutes before finally fading.
When it cleared, a towering ltal stood before Julian and his Pokémon.
ltal's body was adorned with nine dark gray hexagonal bolts embedded or attached across its form. Golden hexagonal bolts circled its neck, with a smaller bolt serving as its head.
"ltal~"
ltal looked down, fascinated by its evolved form, and casually swung a fist, stirring up a gust of wind.
Pokémon: ltal (Steel)
Level: 61
Potential: Purple
Ability: Iron Fist
Held Item: None
Gender: Genderless
Moves: Harden, Thunder Shock, Headbutt, Charge Beam, Giga Impact, Thunder Punch, Acid Armor, Flash Cannon, Thunder Wave, Dynamic Punch, Protect
Disc Moves: None
Genetic Moves: None
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ltal was Julian's third Pokémon, raised alongside Riolu from the ti they were both still in eggs.
Although it had never been shown publicly, its spot on the team has never fallen.
When it ca to resources, tagross had the most invested in it, with ltan coming in a close second.
As a mythical Pokémon, Julian was dedicated to training it well.
During its ti as ltan, it had a high level but couldn't learn many moves. Because of this, Julian hadn't prioritized TM moves for it.
Now, with its evolution into ltal, it not only knew a variety of moves, but also had the potential to learn TMs.
With its 'Iron Fist' ability, ltal could increase the power of its punch-based moves by 20%.
Looking at its massive fists, Julian figured that even a Blastoise's shell might crack under one of its strikes.
ltal sized itself up beside Lairon, holding out a fist to compare heights—though Lairon was still slightly taller, standing at 2.7 ters to ltal's 2.4 ters.
Of course, both were dwarfed by Steelix, the true giant of the team, with even Dragonite's nearly 3-ter height, they were unable to take even second place.
Julian pocketed his phone after recording ltal's evolution. He had a feeling this footage would co in handy in the future.
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