With Master-tier Psychic abilities, Julian could now go head-to-head with a pseudo-Elite level Pokémon—though his physical body still couldn't compare to a Pokémon’s.
You could think of Julian as a glass cannon—a fragile mage who could only cast spells from a distance.
"And I can even do this now…"
Julian muttered to himself, and in the next second, his body vanished from where he stood.
"ta?!"
tagross panicked for a mont.
However, Julian soon reappeared about fifty or sixty ters away.
tagross: "Was that Teleport?"
"Yeah, but the range is pretty short," Julian nodded.
Unlike tagross, which could teleport hundreds of kiloters in one go, he couldn’t even manage a hundred ters. And given his current psychic energy reserves, he could only use Teleport about five tis before exhausting himself—it consud a lot of energy.
"ta?"
tagross: "Are you sure it’s really safe to keep those things inside you?"
It looked at Julian with concern.
"Relax, it’s fine."
Julian patted tagross on the head. So far, the Unown hadn’t caused him any harm. In fact, before entering this room, he had already purchased a special item from the system store.
If the Unown ever did anything harmful, Julian could use that item to forcefully expel them from his body.
Julian still didn’t understand why the Unown had chosen him. He wasn’t naive enough to believe he was so "chosen one" or had a special constitution like the "Primordial Sacred Body" or anything like that.
They had to be up to sothing. Why else would they give him benefits for free?
The rest of the collection room mostly contained stone slabs inscribed with Proto-Ancient Pokémon language, along with so fossils and other artifacts—whether they were art pieces or antiques, Julian wasn’t sure.
He dumped them all into his system space without a second thought.
Then, he spent another ten minutes clearing out the entire laboratory—every piece of research equipnt was taken.
All that remained now was the giant tal door.
It was far too large for ltal to eat in one go, but the guy was smart—it had already chewed through the connecting hinges.
That ant Julian could now store the entire door in his system space.
"Its level actually went up…"
Julian noticed that ltal’s level had increased from 76 to 77.
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Pokémon: ltal (Steel)
Level: 77
Potential: Purple
Ability: Iron Fist
Held Item: Black Belt
Gender: Genderless
Moves: Harden, Thunder Shock, Headbutt, Tail whip, Charge Beam, Thunder Punch, Acid Armor, Flash Cannon, Thunder Wave, Dynamic Punch, ga Punch, Double Iron Bash, Protect, Discharge, Superpower
TMs: Ice Punch, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Thunderbolt, Brick Break, Electric Terrain, Hamr Arm, Brutal Swing, Thrash, Body Slam, Ice Beam, Darkest Lariat, Heavy Slam, Earthquake, ga Kick, Steel Beam, High Horsepower, Focus Punch
Egg Moves: None
Note: After consuming tal containing Ortanium, its foundational power has improved.
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Previously, ltal didn’t have that last note in its status.
Which ant that the giant tal door just now must have contained Ortanium.
But what exactly was Ortanium?
Julian quickly searched for it in the system shop.
[Ortanium: The core ford after a planet’s explosion, condensing all the tals from the entire planet. Exclusive to ltal. After use, enhances Steel-type origin power and increases Steel-type move damage by 40%.]
[Price: 2,000,000 points (1T).]
When he saw the price, Julian’s eyes nearly popped out of his head. At that cost, this thing was absolutely a Top-tier Ultimate treasure—most Ultimate treasures only cost around 500,000 to 600,000 points, but this Ortanium was priced at a whopping 2 million!
No wonder that tal door was so damn hard—it must’ve had a tiny bit of Ortanium mixed in.
But this material was ltal-exclusive.
'So Aggron can’t eat it?'
Julian thought for a mont—considering Ortanium’s hardness, Aggron probably wouldn’t even be able to bite through it.
Only a Pokémon like ltal, who feeds on pure tal, and possesses special saliva that can dissolve high-level alloys, could consu sothing like this.
He had no idea how much Ortanium was in that door, but if the quantity was high enough, maybe ltal could even undergo a transformation.
To make sure he didn’t miss any other treasures, Julian even took out his Dowsing Machine.
And there—a huge red dot blinked back at him.
'Damn, I actually missed sothing!'
The red dot was very close by, which ant there was still a treasure within the collection room.
But the room had already been completely stripped bare—even the shelves were gone, leaving nothing but empty walls.
And yet, the Dowsing Machine showed the red dot was right above his head.
Julian looked up—there was a lamp overhead, and the bulb looked like it was made of crystal.
Scanning with his Probing Eyes.
[Ortanium]
'…Are you kidding ?'
This was 'the' Ortanium—being used as a damn light bulb?!
Whoever owned this collection room was definitely a cunning genius. Who would’ve thought the most valuable treasure in the entire place was just… hanging overhead like a lamp?
Julian shook his head. 'This guy was next-level sneaky.'
Good thing he took out the Dowsing Machine just in case. Otherwise, he would have walked right past this priceless treasure.
He carefully removed the "bulb"—and the mont it landed in his hand, he felt its astonishing weight. It was about the size of a fist, yet Julian estimated it weighed over one ton.
If not for his ga Pallet Town Physique, his entire hand would’ve been crushed instantly.
He quickly stored it in his system space.
Checking the Dowsing Machine again, the giant red dot was now gone, replaced by dozens of smaller red dots—indicating multiple treasures within a 50 km radius.
"So many treasures…" Julian muttered.
It was, after all, an unexplored Ruin, and a high-tech one at that.
Technological Ruins didn’t just contain technology—they were also packed with treasures, and quite a few of them were made using modern technology.
"tagross, let’s head out," Julian said.
There was nothing left of value in the lab.
tagross used Teleport to take Julian back to the floor where the special elevator had been earlier.
The Dowsing Machine showed a red dot right inside the office behind him.
It turned out to be the chairman’s office.
The door wasn’t locked, so Julian pushed it open and walked in.
The mont he stepped in, Julian’s eyes were drawn to the desk.
The red dot was located exactly there.
"Made from Purpleheart wood… now that’s luxurious."
Julian examined the grain, then leaned in—a faint, soothing fragrance wafted from it.
Just this desk alone could be sold at auction for around one billion.
Purpleheart wood wasn’t just ordinary wood—it could be used to make perfus, Grass-type Pokéblocks, and even dicine.
If Grass-type Pokémon regularly consud Pokéblocks containing Purpleheart wood, their chlorophyll production would increase, boosting their natural recovery abilities.
It wasn’t useful to Julian personally, but since he was already here, he wasn’t going to leave empty-handed. Straight into the system space it went.
The office also had so exquisitely crafted art pieces, though they held no practical value.
"Huh? There’s a map here."
On the wall, Julian spotted a detailed layout of the entire city.
"tagross, help find where the library is."
The fastest way to understand this Ruin? Head straight to the library.
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