Chapter 836 830: The Reborn Lucario

After leaving the Diamond Kingdom, Ethan once again returned to the Battle Chateau.

Now, he had already completed the main objective for which he had come to the Tavaria League. The only thing left was his training mission.

In addition, this time he had come to the Battle Chateau with the intention of having his Lucario fight good battles.

Although Lucario already possessed a physical condition in accordance with its strength, it still had enormous deficiencies in close combat.

Therefore, he planned to use the battles of the Battle Chateau to properly polish Lucario's close-combat ability, allow it to familiarize itself with its new body, and thus integrate its close-combat skills into its battle system.

As long as it could successfully master the double-style tactic, Lucario's strength could break through once again, making its last weak point be compensated for.

...

"Battle requests from Marquises?"

As soon as he arrived at the Battle Chateau, the butler received him enthusiastically.

After a brief conversation, the butler handed him seven battle requests.

Once the title reached the rank of Earl, opportunities to be matched with a corresponding opponent were already very scarce, and even more so if it was a Marquis.

Therefore, every time a Marquis sent a battle request to the Battle Chateau, the Battle Chateau would send that request to the other Marquises.

Before, because Ethan had been in the Diamond Kingdom the entire time, he had not been able to receive the battle requests. Now, the butler handed him all the requests accumulated during that period.

"Battle requests?"

"This really is a coincidence."

"Butler, I would appreciate it if you arranged it. I accept all the battles. In addition, I also hope you can help me send a request. I plan to aim for the title of Duke!"

Ethan took the invitations and, without even looking at them, put them back into the butler's hands while speaking with a smile.

"A-alright."

"I will make the arrangements for you next."

Seeing Ethan accept them all so decisively, the butler was stunned for an instant before responding.

"In addition, do you really plan to aim for the title of Duke?"

Hearing the butler's question, Ethan nodded, showing a confident smile.

"I understand."

"I will go arrange it right now."

The butler took a deep breath and looked at Ethan seriously.

At that moment, he could not help recalling the first time he had met Ethan.

That had only been a few months ago. Back then, Ethan had only been a Knight. But in merely half a month, Ethan had risen without stopping all the way to the rank of Marquis.

And now, this young man of barely twenty-one years old planned to aim for the title of Duke.

If Ethan truly managed to become Duke, then he would become the youngest Duke of the Battle Chateau.

But... was that possible?

An Elite-level Trainer at only twenty-one years old?

The butler found it hard to accept in his heart, but seeing Ethan's confident smile, for some reason, he ended up believing it.

This was truly madness, a twenty-one-year-old Elite!

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"It... it defeated it with a single blow!"

"Another Marquis's Pokémon was instantly defeated!"

"This is a battle between Marquises!"

"If even like this it can defeat them with a single blow, the difference in strength is too great!"

In the Battle Chateau, exclamations of disbelief suddenly erupted.

If something like this had happened only once, they would have considered it an accident.

But for it to happen again and again meant that this was no longer as simple as a coincidence.

"Terrifying speed, terrifying strength, terrifying judgment..."

In a secret room of the Battle Chateau, the lord of the Battle Chateau was watching the previous battles.

On the giant screen, a Lucario and an Aggron were standing face to face.

In the next instant, Lucario's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

When Lucario appeared again, it had already arrived at Aggron's side.

Fighting-type energy condensed on its fist, and with a single blow, it directly struck the left side of Aggron's abdomen.

Under that punch, Aggron, whose strength had reached the Quasi-Elite level, rolled its eyes and directly lost the ability to battle.

"That speed... should be Teleport, right?"

"And that punch is Focus Punch, but within that attack, another force has also been integrated, making the power of that blow reach its limit."

"Hmm, if I'm not mistaken, the energy integrated into the move Focus Punch should be the move Focus Blast, right?"

"Focus Punch, the great close-combat Fighting-type move, plus Focus Blast, the great long-range Fighting-type move."

"One of those two moves belongs to physical attack, and the other to special attack. Lucario has actually fused both moves into one."

The lord of the Battle Chateau reduced the speed of the video on the giant screen to the minimum and began observing the details of that punch from Lucario frame by frame.

But no matter how much he reduced the speed, Lucario disappeared instantly. Therefore, he directly determined that Lucario had used the move Teleport.

Only, could Lucario learn the move Teleport?

Although he found it hard to believe, the facts were in front of his eyes, and the lord of the Battle Chateau could only abandon his previous point of view and accept it.

As for the following punch, after observing it carefully, he immediately discovered the hidden mystery. That move completely combined Lucario's physical attack and special attack capabilities, making the move Focus Punch and the move Focus Blast, which already had a special connection, produce an effect where one plus one was greater than two.

Thus, the terrifying speed and strength Lucario displayed in that move could be clearly explained. As for its terrifying judgment, not knowing that Lucario possessed the power of Aura, he attributed it to Lucario's combat experience and instinct.

"Perfect. This Lucario is too perfect!"

After repeatedly watching the slow motion, the lord of the Battle Chateau also took a deep breath.

Whether in close combat or special attack, this Lucario had reached an extremely terrifying level.

In that state, very few Pokémon of the same level could face Lucario.

"Now I know where Ethan's confidence comes from. With this Lucario, he certainly already has the strength to challenge a Duke."

At one side, after hearing the lord of the Battle Chateau's analysis, the butler recalled Ethan's confident smile.

"That's right. He already has the strength to challenge a Duke."

"Next, go send the invitations. I believe those next opponents will no longer be able to stop him."

"Perhaps... the youngest Duke of the Battle Chateau is really about to appear."

The lord of the Battle Chateau nodded and spoke to the butler beside him.

At the same time, he turned his gaze toward Ethan in the field, showing an expression full of expectation.