Poké Balls had two types of closed states: standard close and locked close.
In the standard close state, the Pokémon inside could co out on its own.
In the locked close state, the Pokémon inside couldn't exit on its own.
Most of the ti, trainers kept their Poké Balls in the standard close state, so in unexpected situations, the Pokémon could co out on its own, saving the trainer the trouble of manually opening the Poké Ball.
All of Julian's Poké Balls were in the standard close state, which was why ltal could co out on its own.
But couldn't this foolish thing check the battle environnt from inside the Poké Ball before coming out? It plunged straight to the bottom as soon as it appeared.
They say evolution changes a Pokémon's personality, but who knew it could lower their IQ too?
Even though the two Gyarados had their mouths open, Julian had the feeling they were laughing.
"Slowking, get ltal out of there!"
Better to pull ltal up before the fight actually starts—no need for it to beco the first Mythical Pokémon to drown. That'd be quite the "honor."
Just as Slowking was about to dive in, a fist suddenly broke through the water and struck Gyarados's jaw, sending it flying.
As the fist began to retract back underwater, tagross grabbed it and, with a firm pull, lifted ltal from the lake.
Seeing its child get sent flying in front of it, the Elite Gyarados felt a surge of rage.
"ltal!~"
Even as tagross held it in mid-air, ltal didn't settle down. Its fist, crackling with electricity, swung toward the Elite Gyarados.
Gyarados leapt into the air, eting the Thunder Punch with an Iron Tail to block it.
Seeing this, Slowking unleashed an Ice Beam that froze the surrounding lake surface solid.
Gyarados landed on the ice, glancing at Slowking, then at ltal, tagross, and Dragonite.
- Are they planning to gang up on ? -
Its fighting spirit, fired up by rage, was suddenly dampened.
"ltal!~"
ltal also landed on the ice. Fortunately, the ice was thick enough; otherwise, with its 800kg weight, it would have broken through imdiately.
"Alright, it's up to you"
Julian said, seeing ltal's eagerness to fight. This was its first battle since hatching and evolving, and its opponent was an Elite-level Pokémon.
For a Mythical Pokémon, having an Elite-level opponent as its first battle was certainly fitting.
"Gyarados, one-on-one! If you lose, I'm taking all your treasures. If I lose, I'll give you this."
Julian took out a Water Gem. This item was worth more than ten top-grade Water Stones and, when carried over ti, could enhance a Water-type Pokémon's essence.
Upon seeing the Water Gem in Julian's hand, Gyarados's expression instantly turned depressed.
It once had a Water Gem just like that, but it was stolen by a wretched human who not only beat it up but also captured one of its harem—a beautiful white Magikarp.
Julian: (?_?)?
'What's going on? How am I sensing waves of depression from a Pokémon?'
Julian had no idea that the Water Gem had stirred up Gyarados's painful mories.
"ROAR!!"
Gyarados suddenly raised its head.
Those bitter mories and the trampling of its pride finally ignited its fury. It wanted payback; it was going to take down the Pokémon in front of it and snatch all of this human's Pokémon.
Its Intimidate ability activated, but aside from Slowking looking a bit scared, neither tagross, Dragonite, nor ltal showed any signs of fear.
With the level difference between Slowking and Gyarados, it was natural for Slowking to be affected by Intimidate.
Julian recalled Slowking back into its Poké Ball to keep it from getting caught up in the upcoming battle.
The Gyarados before him was level 75, a mid-tier Elite Pokémon. ltal, on the other hand, was level 61, at the early pseudo-Elite stage—a full tier below.
However, as a Mythical Pokémon, ltal's life force was on par with Elites and even surpassed many Elite-level Pokémon.
"ltal!~"
ltal taunted Gyarados by bending forward and lowering its head to his crotch to look at it.
Gyarados couldn't tolerate this.
With a mighty Hydro Pump, Gyarados unleashed a powerful blast of water. Even though they were on the ice, the surrounding lake gave Water-type moves a natural power boost.
ltal wasn't exactly a fast Pokémon.
In fact, most Steel-types were heavy, tank-like Pokémon; only a few, like Lucario, Escavalier, and Bisharp, etc, fall into the agile category.
ltal t the Hydro Pump with a Dynamic Punch. With its Iron Fist ability, the power of its punching moves was increased by 20%, and white energy swirled around its fist.
"BOOM!!"
The two attacks collided, and ltal was pushed back three or four ters.
Gyarados then went for a Fire Fang, its fangs blazing as it lunged at ltal.
Being able to learn Fire-type moves, this Gyarados had even better talent than expected.
ltal blocked with its arm, and though Gyarados was a Water type, its Elite-level status ant that even Fire-type moves were still potent.
ltal's body had a unique feature—it was fluid, composed of liquid tal. When Gyarados's fangs clamped down on its arm, ltal took damage, but it quickly controlled the liquid tal in its arm, creating a gap in the area being bitten.
Gyarados felt as though its mouth was suddenly empty and was montarily confused. Just then, a crackling sound of electricity buzzed near its ear.
A Thunder Punch struck Gyarados square on the chin with a loud "bang," sending its body airborne. But as soon as it left the ice surface, Gyarados twisted in midair, using the montum to whirl around and channel a swirling stream of water along its tail.
ltal was about to block with its arms when Julian's voice rang out.
"Protect!"
The battlefield was on ice, and if ltal tried to block Aqua Tail with its arms, the impact would shatter the ice beneath, causing it to sink once again.
Protect shielded against the Aqua Tail, and Gyarados landed heavily back on the ice. In that instant, a silver-white beam shot toward it.
Flash Cannon
The attack hit its mark, pushing Gyarados back several ters.
Imdiately, ltal swung its fist, its liquid tal body allowing for extre reach, extending Dynamic Punch over a wide span of several ters.
"ROAR!!"
Gyarados unleashed a Hyper Beam, blasting the Dynamic Punch away.
"Protect" Julian called out again, though his tone sounded a bit uncertain.
ltal tried to use Protect once more… but it failed this ti.
Julian's luck seed to have run out.
Unlucky King Julian was back.
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