Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 1086: Chapter 1303: EQ

Regarding these Ancient Stone Tablets, this was already Julian's second time collecting them. The first time, he had gathered them not only domestically but also from abroad.

So from that very first collection, foreign nations knew that there must be some secrets hidden within the tablets—secrets unknown to them—otherwise Julian wouldn't be collecting them.

Yet no matter how much they studied the tablets, they couldn't uncover any secret. Some even ground the tablets into powder, yet still found nothing.

Later, Julian even returned the tablets to them, leaving various countries utterly baffled.

After all, they had assumed the tablets held secrets, but if secrets truly existed, why would Julian give them back?

If, upon their return, a few tablets had gone missing, that would have indicated something was definitely amiss. However, every single tablet that various nations had given to Drakoria was returned in full.

And there was no forgery whatsoever.

This greatly puzzled those countries, yet one thing remained certain: the tablets absolutely harbored some secret unknown to them.

So now that Drakoria was trading with countries around the world for stone tablets a second time, it served as even stronger proof that the tablets contained a great secret.

Unwilling to give up, the nations launched a second round of research.

At the same time, the Walker Family publicly announced that if a stone tablet turned out to be one that Julian needed, its owner would receive assistance from the Walkers.

From this statement, it wasn't hard to infer that not every tablet held a secret—only a select few did.

This also perfectly explained why the various nations had failed to uncover any secrets.

They believed that the tablets they had been studying were all ordinary ones, not the special tablets Julian truly sought, which was why they had found nothing.

The Walker family's public announcement quickly drew the attention of many countries and the major clans within those nations.

From a national perspective, the Walker family was now a colossal entity. And with Julian present, any country other than Drakoria was essentially at his mercy, a target for his bullying.

Add to that the strength Organization Y had recently displayed.

If that organization were to appear in their own country—never mind that mysterious Demon God, even the Pseudo-First-class Legendary Dragonite alone was something they couldn't handle.

At that point, wouldn't they have to seek help from Drakoria?

Therefore, building good relations with Drakoria in advance was definitely necessary. So if Julian wanted stone tablets, they would give them.

Since they couldn't figure them out anyway, they might as well hand them over.

On the clan level, it was even simpler.

If the stone tablet they provided happened to be one Julian needed, then their family would effectively gain the support of the Walker Family's enormous backing.

If other families wanted to make a move against them, they would first have to consider the Walker Family's stance.

Killing a few of their people might not be enough to provoke the Walker Family into action. But if anyone dared to exterminate their entire clan, that would be a direct slap to the Walker Family's face.

At that point, the Walkers would definitely wipe them out in return.

It was essentially the equivalent of possessing an immunity token. It couldn't guarantee that the family would prosper. But it could guarantee that the family's bloodline would never disappear.

Countries and clans alike were all making their moves.

Not just for Julian, but also for their own sake.

The higher-ups of various nations were also no fools. The power Organization Y had displayed was completely beyond their ability to handle—only Julian could deal with it.

And when Organization Y resurfaced, the one who appeared next time might not be the Master, but that Demon God. So when that time came, who would step up to face it?

That Demon God, without even having shown itself, was already capable of isolating Drakoria, Celestria, and Volkaria, preventing all three from summoning their First-class Legendaries.

That alone showed just how terrifying its strength truly was.

From this, it was very likely that the Demon God's power surpassed even the First-class Legendaries the three nations could summon.

So when it truly emerged, the three nations probably still wouldn't be able to summon their First-class Legendaries. And by then, only Julian would be capable of stopping it.

So helping Julian was tantamount to helping their future selves.

When it came to matters concerning the very survival of their nations, each country still possessed a strong sense of the bigger picture.

Normally, around the negotiating table, they might dislike each other. They could argue, insult one another, or even fight—those are all trivial matters. But if someone wanted to flip the entire table over, everyone sitting at that table would oppose it.

Naturally, they would unite and deal with the one trying to overturn the table.

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"Love, I'm heading out for a bit."

"Dee?"

Love: "Where are you going?"

Love looked at Julian with a vigilant expression.

Ever since the last time Julian had said he was "heading out for a bit" and almost ended up getting himself killed, Love had become extremely wary of those words.

It always felt as though whenever Julian said he was going out, he was actually going to fight someone—and not just any fight, but the kind where either you die or I die.

Ahem.

"I'm just going to the Primal Secret Realm. I'll be back soon," Julian quickly explained.

Seeing Love's expression, Julian understood exactly what it was worried about.

He really wanted to say that last time was an accident—how was he supposed to know Organization Y would pull such a massive stunt with him?

As for why he was going to the secret realm, it was because even though the King Form Pokémon in the two remaining regions of the Primal Secret Realm had already been defeated by Deoxys, the World-class treasures located there still hadn't been claimed.

Moreover, those two remaining regions should contain other Ultimate treasures as well.

So he had to go in and retrieve them.

"How soon?"

Love was still not reassured.

"I should be back in time for dinner."

Julian checked the time—it was a little past noon.

This time, he had no intention of personally exploring the remaining two regions. He would simply have Metagross use Teleport to search and collect the treasures while he waited in place.

And given Metagross's speed, exploring the two regions should not take more than a few hours.

"Mhm."

Love scrutinized Julian once more, and deciding that he probably wasn't lying this time, nodded in agreement.

Julian: 'I wasn't lying last time either. That was an accident.'

With Metagross's Teleport, Julian quickly arrived at the Primal Secret Realm.

The two remaining regions were the Coronet Highlands and the Alabaster Icelands.

Julian handed the Dowsing Machine to Metagross and had it go explore, retrieve the Ultimate treasures and World-class treasures, and bring them all back while he waited in place.

"Meta~"

Metagross nodded and soon disappeared from the spot.

"Julian, I feel like I'm about to become a Champion soon. When the time comes, can I have that World-class treasure?"

Celebi lay on top of Julian's head, its eyes filled with anticipation.

It was currently at the peak of Pseudo-Champion tier and was indeed very close to breaking through.

"If you can become a Champion through your own efforts, I'll reward you with ten thousand in spending money."

Julian had originally intended to reject Celebi outright.

But after thinking about it, he knew that if he did, this little troublemaker would definitely start pestering him again. So he chose a different method of refusal.

Low EQ: 'I'm not giving it to you.'

High EQ: 'Level-up on your own and I'll reward you with ten thousand.'

"Then it's a deal. You can't go back on your words."

The moment Celebi heard there was that much money involved, its fighting spirit immediately shot through the roof.

Ten thousand!

That was even more than Jirachi's entire savings stash.

All it had to do was break through to the Champion tier and it would get ten thousand. This deal was simply too good.

Jirachi, meanwhile, was so jealous its eyes turned red.

It had spent over half a year saving money and had only managed to accumulate fifteen hundred bucks.

Strangely enough, it never seemed able to save beyond that amount.

Every time its savings exceeded fifteen hundred, the extra money would somehow end up being spent because of Celebi.

It was starting to suspect that Celebi had discovered the location of its secret stash again.

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