Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 946: Entering The Secret Realm

Julian informed Love that he was heading to a Top-tier Secret Realm and wouldn’t return for a long time.

"Dee~"

Love nodded, feeling a hint of reluctance. Julian hadn’t been home for long before leaving again, but it understood him.

In the world of trainers, stagnation meant regression. Julian must continuously improve, not just for himself, but also for his Pokémon.

Relying on Metagross’s Teleport, Julian quickly traveled from Lake City to Babath.

The newly emerged Top-tier Secret Realm had already been secured by Pierce with troops. By the time Julian arrived, Jake was already there too.

"Brat, do you really plan to go in alone?" Jake asked.

It wasn’t that he was worried about Julian’s safety—with Zekrom and Reshiram by his side, Julian could easily walk sideways even within a Top-tier Secret Realm.

What worried Jake was the possibility that Julian might not find the exit portal once inside.

After all, in a Top-tier Secret Realm, the entrance and exit were not the same portal.

Beyond the inherent dangers of a newly emerged Top-tier Secret Realm, the most critical challenge was locating the exit portal.

If the exit portal happened to appear somewhere in deep mountains or forests, that was still acceptable, at least it was visible to the naked eye. But if it was hidden underwater, inside a mountain, or even within magma, the odds of finding it became extremely small.

If Julian couldn’t locate the exit portal, no matter how strong he was, he would still be trapped inside.

This was Jake’s greatest concern.

In Jake’s opinion, Julian’s strength already surpassed that of any trainer in the world, so there was no need for him to take such risks in a Top-tier Secret Realm.

The safest approach would be to let the first exploration team enter. Once they located the exit portal, Julian could follow. If the exploration team discovered any Ultimate treasures during their mission, Drakoria could unconditionally grant them to Julian.

There was simply no need for him to take this risk.

Wouldn’t it be better to stay home and relax?

"Don't worry, I have a way to find the exit portal."

Julian understood Jake’s concerns. For him, the greatest uncertainty was whether he could locate the exit portal after entering.

In the past, he might not have dared to enter, as he wasn’t particularly lucky, and finding a Secret Realm portal often required a great deal of fortune.

However, he had recently discovered Lucky Charms for sale in the system shop that could temporarily boost his luck. So when the time came, he planned to buy a few, which should help him locate the exit portal.

"Fine, I won’t try to persuade you further. But the Elders Council has given you six months, if you don’t emerge from the Secret Realm within that time, an exploration team will be sent in."

This was also for Julian’s safety.

Currently, Julian was the stabilizing pillar of Drakoria. In fact, the Elders Council did not approve of Julian venturing in alone, but James and John stepped forward to "convince" the others.

Moreover, they understood that if Julian was determined to enter, they couldn’t stop him anyway.

"Got it"

Julian nodded.

If nothing unexpected happened, six months should be enough for him to explore this Top-tier Secret Realm.

"Stay safe."

Pierce patted him on the shoulder.

"Lieutenant General already?"

Julian nodded, and noticed that Pierce’s military rank had been changed from Major General to Lieutenant General.

"My performance at the tournament was decent, and thanks to you, I’m now in charge of security matters in Babath. Naturally, my rank went up."

Pierce said with a smile.

Before leaving Babath, Julian had called Brandon and specifically recommended that Pierce lead the troops stationed there—naturally, to ensure that the benefits went to someone close to him.

Waving goodbye to his father and Pierce, Julian stepped into the portal of the Secret Realm.

The next moment, Julian appeared inside the Secret Realm, hovering in mid-air. Fortunately, with his Psychic abilities, he didn’t fall.

"Meta~"

Metagross beside him showed a content expression.

"It seems this really is a Steel-type Top-tier Secret Realm," Julian muttered to himself.

Metagross’s reaction was very telling. If the Steel-type energy inside the Secret Realm wasn’t dense, it wouldn’t have reacted this way.

Jirachi wore a similarly delighted expression.

"Julian, I love the environment here!"

Jirachi squinted its eyes, happily looking around.

"You’ll get bored of it in a few days."

Celebi, perched on Julian’s head, seemed somewhat listless.

When they had been in the Forbidden Zone, Julian could still have someone specially build a signal tower and such, but inside a Secret Realm, which was isolated from the outside world, constructing a signal tower was impossible.

So, for the time being, all internet-related activities—whether it was TikTok, Pokémon Glory, food delivery, or anything else—would be unavailable.

"The trees here seem somewhat different."

Julian had already landed on the ground, and the area he was in at the moment was a forest. Looking at the trees in front of him, he noticed that they shimmered with a metallic sheen under the sunlight.

He walked up to a tree and placed his left hand on it, feeling a cold and hard texture. Applying a bit of force with his arm, he found that the tree didn’t budge at all.

Given his physique, if it was an ordinary tree, the force he had just applied would have at least caused it to shake.

Yet the tree remained completely still.

At the same time, Julian realized that the ground beneath his feet lacked the softness of soil. Though not as hard as concrete, it felt more like stepping on a rubber-like surface.

Since this Secret Realm was primarily Steel-type, it was saturated with abundant Steel-type energy. And under the influence of this energy, everything within the realm had undergone changes.

Even the small grass underfoot felt as hard as twigs, and stepping on it was somewhat uncomfortable.

"Let’s find the secret realm's exit first."

Locating the exit portal would eliminate his only concern.

"Meta?"

Metagross looked at Julian somewhat puzzled.

"Use Teleport to explore the entire Secret Realm, memorize its full layout, and check if there’s an exit portal along the way."

"Meta~"

Metagross: "Finding the exit portal should be impossible, given how unlucky you usually are."

Julian’s face darkened slightly as he forced himself to explain, "I feel like my luck is pretty good today. Besides, I’m asking you to find the portal. If you can’t find it, it’s because your luck is bad."

He wasn’t planning to buy the Lucky Charm just yet—he wanted to search first. If he found the exit, he could save hundreds of thousands of points.

After all, there were many mouths to feed at home now. Daily expenses for Pokéblocks and various supplements alone cost tens of thousands of points.

Moreover, with Zekrom and Reshiram now in his care, these two were major point consumers.

Julian didn’t want them to reduce their consumption by hibernating, as that would be too boring. So, he provided them with good food and drinks every day.

He even had Zekrom and Reshiram take turns picking up and dropping off his mother from work on alternating days.

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