Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 853: Chapter 1070: Peak Pseudo-Champion

Although Bewear had the Fluffy ability, which reduced the power of contact moves by half, the gap between it and Lucario was still far too great.

Five minutes later, Bewear was defeated by Lucario. Watching it struggle to get up for a long time before finally collapsing with a thud, completely knocked out.

"Yay! Lucario, you're amazing! I knew you could do it!"

Celebi flew over to Lucario, circling around it excitedly, showering it with praise, and thrilled that Lucario had avenged it.

Then it flew over to the unconscious Bewear and started kicking and punching it.

"That's for tricking me! That's for hitting me! Come on, get up if you dare!"

Celebi was still seething with anger. Even now, it still hadn't realized that Bewear waving its arms earlier hadn't been a welcome gesture at all—it had been a warning to stay away.

From this perspective, the fault actually lay with Celebi. After all, Bewear had clearly issued a warning, but Celebi's lack of knowledge had led it to misinterpret the meaning.

After venting for a while, Celebi finally stopped.

Bewear on the ground was already bruised and swollen all over.

"Hmph, that's the price you pay for messing with me!"

Celebi dusted off its hands, satisfied with its handiwork.

"From now on keep your eyes open. Some Pokémon aren't ones you can mess with."

After getting in one last round of trash talk, Celebi finally returned to Julian's side.

"Pseudo-Champion Peak."

Julian looked at Lucario with pleasant surprise.

Not long after its battle with Bewear, Lucario's aura had grown noticeably stronger.

Checking with his Probing Eyes,—sure enough, Lucario was now level 90, having reached the peak of Pseudo-Champion tier.

"Luca~"

Lucario nodded, its aura radiating happiness.

Becoming stronger was naturally a cause for celebration.

After all, reaching the Pseudo-Champion peak meant it was now just one step away from the Champion tier.

Watching Metagross, Moltres, Gengar, Dragonite, and Aggron all become Champions one after another, even the usually steady Lucario had felt a bit anxious inside.

Now, at last, it could see the hope of becoming a Champion itself.

Unfortunately, Julian didn't have any Pseudo-Champion-grade Rare Candies on him—otherwise, he could have given one directly to Lucario and pushed it straight into Champion tier.

It seemed that next time the system rewarded Pseudo-Champion–grade Rare Candies, he shouldn't use them right away. He should wait until one of his Pokémon reached Pseudo-Champion peak first—then use it, so it could break straight through to Champion.

Besides Lucario, he also had Milotic that was already a peak Pseudo-Champion.

In other words, in the future he would gain a sixth—and even a seventh—Champion-level Pokémon.

Lucario's level increase wasn't really because of Bewear. Bewear hadn't put any real pressure on Lucario at all.

The level-up was more a matter of things naturally falling into place. Even without Bewear, Lucario would have reached the Pseudo-Champion peak within a few days anyway.

Bewear was, at most, a catalyst.

Julian held high hopes for Lucario as well. Its Aura compatibility with him was extremely high, and their synergy in some aspects even surpassed that with Metagross.

Feeling Julian's hopeful Aura, Lucario quietly clenched its fists a little tighter.

It would soon become a Champion to live up to its trainer's expectations.

Patting Lucario's shoulder, Julian then returned it to its Poké Ball.

"Let's go, let's continue exploring this area."

Julian mounted Dragonite and headed toward another direction within the Ursa's Ring.

Since he had just arrived in this area, he needed to follow his plan and explore the entire region.

"Seems like there aren't many treasures here."

Looking at the Dowsing Machine, he noticed that in previous areas, there were usually around ten red dots on the device, with only a few places having fewer than ten.

But here, even after flying for quite a while, the Dowsing Machine rarely showed ten red dots at once, which left Julian somewhat puzzled.

"Maybe a Ultimate treasure will suddenly pop up later."

Jirachi, seeing Julian's expression, thought he might be feeling down and immediately tried to comfort him.

"There probably won't be any Ultimate treasures here," Julian shook his head.

Bewear had already used an Ultimate treasure, which it had most likely obtained from the Ursa's Ring, and it was rare for one area to have two Ultimate treasures.

Moreover, the number of ordinary treasures here was relatively low. So having even one Ultimate treasure was already good, and that Ultimate treasure seemed to have been already used.

In fact, Julian could have killed the Bewear and extracted the essence from its flesh and blood, which would allow him to refine out part of that Ultimate treasure.

Of course, it wouldn't be a full extraction—only a small portion at best.

But Julian naturally wouldn't resort to such methods and had never even considered them.

However, this approach was relatively common among certain aristocratic families.

After all, the number of civilian trainers far exceeded that of aristocratic trainers, and because of this, civilian trainers often encountered more opportunities and fortuitous encounters than their aristocratic counterparts.

Some civilian trainers who rose to prominence through such opportunities might be recruited and funded by certain aristocratic families.

But there were also some families that resorted to cruel methods—killing the Pokémon of these trainers and extracting the essence of the Ultimate treasures from their flesh and blood.

Of course, this kind of thing had to be done secretly. If discovered by the Trainers Association, the mastermind behind the scheme would undoubtedly be executed, and the entire family would face severe punishment.

The punishment was extremely harsh, yet many families still chose to persecute civilian geniuses, the reason naturally being that the probability of being discovered for doing this was extremely low.

Just find a Secret Realm or a secluded location and eliminate both the trainer and their Pokémon—how would anyone ever find out? When committing such acts, they always prepared meticulously.

There weren't that many brainless villains.

To be a villain, one must first have brains. Those without intelligence couldn't become villains—they were simply the ones who got exploited by them.

And precisely because of this, it was extremely difficult for civilian trainers to rise. Even if they did rise, becoming an Elite-level trainer was often their limit.

As for William, who rose from civilian origins to become a Champion, it was indeed a miraculous feat.

But many people were unaware that Champion William's wife came from the Hearth family—yes, the same Hearth family from Orient City, the family Ember belonged to.

Without the support and protection of the Hearth family, the dangers William would have faced on his path to becoming a Champion would have been unimaginable.

As a typical descendant of an aristocratic family, Julian's identity was inherently tied to the aristocracy. Moreover, the Walker family had now became the leading force among all aristocratic families in Drakoria.

So to some extent, if civilian trainers were to rise, the Walker family would be the first to be affected.

Julian, however, wasn't concerned about that. After all, no matter how formidable someone might be, they were unlikely to outshine him.

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