Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 1077: Chapter 1294: Peak

Feeling the warm presence of his Trainer, Arcanine finally confirmed that it wasn't his master who had died—it was himself who had come back to life.

Arcanine's eyes darted craftily as it quietly muttered, "Master, before I died, you promised to take me to the dog park a hundred times—that still counts, right?"

Julian's face darkened slightly. Before dying, this dog didn't even have the strength to speak. Yet here it was making things up.

But still, Julian nodded, agreeing.

"Master, you also promised to let me tear apart your bed."

"Fine."

Julian nodded again, though his voice had grown noticeably lower.

"And you said you'd renovate my doghouse—I want the deluxe version."

"Alright."

Julian was already starting to grit his teeth.

"Also, before I died, you said you'd let that stupid bird become a stray and that you'd smash its Poké Ball."

"Right, and Master, you—"

Arcanine's mouth was suddenly clamped shut by Julian's hands. By now, all of Julian's joy over Arcanine's resurrection had evaporated.

"Doggo... that's enough."

He looked at Arcanine with a somewhat sinister expression.

Right now, Julian felt exactly like a parent with a child studying far away at university. After not seeing the child for several months, the child finally came home during summer vacation.

During the first few days, the parent would care for them meticulously, feeding them delicious food and showering them with affection.

But after four or five days, that parental love would rapidly decline, and afterward, no matter how they looked at that lazy freeloader of a child, they would find them annoying.

[T/N: So true!]

That was Julian's current mood.

Arcanine immediately nodded, knowing when to stop while it was ahead.

Julian then recalled it back into its Poké Ball and directly locked the Poké Ball shut. Earlier, because of various things, he had failed to lock Arcanine's Poké Ball, which was why it had run out on its own.

Now, although the dog had revived, it was only level 1. With that pitiful combat strength, Julian figured even he himself could beat it.

"Luca~"

Lucario's face was brimming with a warm smile. Seeing its companion revived made its Aura ripple with joy.

"Meta~"

Metagross also narrowed its eyes slightly.

The entire scene of Arcanine's resurrection had been witnessed by the Master, yet she hadn't interrupted Julian embracing his revived Arcanine or break their moment of joy.

It wasn't that she didn't want to—it was that the King Form Metagross was giving her a genuine sense of threat.

Or rather, the so-called "Demon God" behind her was feeling a sense of threat.

The King Form was connected to Arceus. In this form, it naturally carried traces of Arceus' aura, giving it an intensely sacred and divine presence.

As the Creator God, Arceus's status was absolutely supreme. No matter how powerful this so-called Demon God was, it clearly couldn't compare to Arceus.

It was precisely because she sensed the aura emanating from the King Form Metagross that the Master dared not act rashly.

"Here."

Julian tossed a Rare Candy to Metagross. After swallowing it, Metagross's level rose from 99 to 100, officially reaching the peak of the Champion tier.

When he completed the Main Mission, the reward had included not only the King Form but also five Rare Candies usable at the Champion level.

However, these Rare Candies couldn't break through the bottleneck between peak Champion and First-class Legendary tier.

Previously, Julian had easily used Rare Candies to raise several peak Pseudo-Champions into true Champions.

But this time, it wouldn't work.

After all, though a peak Champion and a First-class Legendary seemed separated by only a single level, the gap between them was actually an enormous gulf. It wasn't something that could be overcome by relying on Rare Candies alone.

That kind of shortcut no longer worked.

With four candies left, Julian released Aggron, who was critically injured and on the verge of death.

The Master had just watched Julian give Metagross something resembling a piece of candy, and Metagross's level had immediately risen to Champion peak.

Now, seeing Julian release the dying Aggron, still holding the same type of candy in his hand. There was no way she didn't understand what Julian was about to do.

Even though the current Metagross already gave her a sense of great threat, if Aggron regained its combat ability as well, wouldn't she be in even greater danger?

"Stop him!"

With a furious shout, Dragonite, Salamence, and Hydreigon simultaneously unleashed Dragon Pulses toward Julian's location from the sky above.

"Meta!"

Metagross' eyes erupted with a brilliant azure light. In its King Form, the power of its Steel- and Psychic-type moves had both doubled, and this boost could stack together with the boosts from the treasures it had previously consumed.

Its overwhelming psychic power transformed into a torrent of psychic force, surging forward like a massive wave. In an instant, it intercepted all three attacks.

By now, Julian had already shoved the remaining four Rare Candies into Aggron's mouth.

Although Aggron was heavily injured and on the verge of death, it still retained a sliver of consciousness and instinctively swallowed the Rare Candies.

With four Rare Candies down, its level began to climb—from 96 to 97, 98, 99, and finally to 100. In less than a minute, Aggron had also reached the peak of the Champion tier.

When Pokémon leveled up, they would recover a certain amount of stamina and heal part of their injuries. Thus, Aggron had now pulled itself out of the brink of death.

Although it was still injured, it was far better off than before. At the very least, around half of its injuries had already healed.

The Rare Candies couldn't save Dragonite. Although Dragonite was also near death, its condition was far worse than Aggron's, to the point that it couldn't even swallow the candies.

Rising back to its feet, Aggron scratched its head, somewhat confused. Wasn't it just at death's door? How come half of its injuries were healed now, and its strength had also shot up this much?

And that golden Metagross—why did it look so much like their own Metagross? Had that guy suddenly become more shiny or something?

"Alright, we can talk about Metagross later. Right now, your job is to protect me."

Julian had already jumped onto Aggron's shoulder. Even while still injured, a peak Champion Aggron could at least tank a few Pseudo-First-class Legendary level attacks.

Worst case, it'd just end up near death again.

Aggron: 'You really are the best Trainer ever.'

"Lucario, thanks for your hard work."

Lucario shook its head.

Julian then recalled it into its Poké Ball. Lucario had been guarding him all this time. For a Pokémon that was only at the early-stage Champion-level to endure the shockwaves of Pseudo-First-class Legendary attacks had truly been too much to ask of.

Several times, Julian had even sensed from Lucario an aura of absolute resolve—a willingness to die if necessary.

Fortunately, it hadn't come to that. Otherwise, Julian would have truly lost one of his Pokémon.

"Cough, cough—"

Just as he secured Lucario's Poké Ball to his waist, Julian suddenly broke into a violent coughing fit, spitting out several more mouthfuls of blood.

His own injuries were also extremely severe. Earlier, the immense joy of Arcanine's resurrection had temporarily suppressed the damage within his body.

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