The Dragalge were panting heavily, but Aegislash remained unfazed—in fact, the look of disdain became even more pronounced.
It extended its silky hand, brushing down the shield and flicking all the mud onto the ground.
It raised an eyebrow.
Is this all?
The Dragalge were stunned.
In their secluded corner, they had never seen a scene like this.
"Chall~~"
"Oss~~"
"Buyi~~"
Seeing their blank expressions, Togekiss and the other two little creatures were almost bursting with laughter.
And their laughter undoubtedly further provoked the fragile hearts of the Dragalge.
Splash—
The entire lake surface began rippling around them.
Now things were getting serious.
"Hm!" Aegislash tapped its blade handle with its silk.
'From here on, it's up to you; give them a good thrashing for me.'
Clang!
Aegislash transformed from the "Shield Form" to the "Sword Form."
This is the ability or trait that Doublade obtains upon evolving into Aegislash.
Aegislash's trait is "Battle Switch," a unique trait solely possessed by Aegislash in the entire Pokemon Realm, allowing it to freely switch between "Shield Form" and "Sword Form."
As its form changes, its attributes, state, species value, and so on all change.
In "Shield Form," Aegislash is extremely adept at defense, with both physical defense and special defense species values reaching a terrifying 150 points, addressing the special defense weaknesses it had as Doublade.
With double defenses of 150 points, it's an exceedingly formidable base value.
And after evolving, it could finally take on the role of the first shield in Natsuhiko's team.
Upon switching to "Sword Form," physical defense and physical attack, special defense, and special attack capabilities exchange.
In other words, Aegislash's attack power in "Sword Form" becomes exceptionally explosive.
Absolutely the all-round Pokémon combining both attack and defense.
Plus, with the coating Natsuhiko applied during its Doublade period, Aegislash's abilities in these areas are even more prominent.
For Poison-type Techniques, not to mention Dragalge, even Salazzle with the "Corrosion" trait has to try to know if it can break Aegislash's defense.
"Hm?!"
After the form switch, the cautious nature took control of its body.
Its face was filled with bitterness.
Why?
Cautious nature: Why is it that you do the showboating, and I deal with the fighting?
Brash nature: Oh~? Why separate us?
What a crime.
But Aegislash quickly calmed itself down.
This was theoretically its first battle post-evolution, so it had to take it seriously.
Meanwhile.
During the attacks of the three Dragalge earlier, Natsuhiko assessed their strength.
All at Gym Leader Level.
The difference was only that the lead Dragalge was a bit stronger, while the other two were slightly weaker.
However, the Dragalge evidently realized that Poison-type Techniques were ineffective against Aegislash, so they went ahead and abandoned using Poison-type Techniques.
Three clusters of bluish-purple energy fluctuations gathered in their mouths, surging with dense Dragon Energy.
Dragon's Fluctuation!
Aegislash wished it could cry.
It only wanted to say: Use Poison-type Techniques on me again; this time I guarantee you'll hurt me, I promise... pretend a little more convincingly!
The importance of acting.
But well.
Dragon-type Techniques, huh...
"Chall!"
At Natsuhiko's signal, Togekiss used "Divine Speed" to appear in front of Aegislash at maximum speed.
The three clusters of "Dragon's Fluctuation" smashed into Togekiss.
Then they saw...
Togekiss was bathing in the rich Dragon Energy of "Dragon's Fluctuation," even starting to sing.
At that moment.
Aegislash was moved to tears.
Good brother, no, good sister!
And the Dragalge on the opposing side were completely numb.
What's going on?
Can we still fight?
If not, let's disperse! My mom is waiting for me for dinner.
Poison-type Techniques are useless; Dragon-type Techniques are useless, what's left to play?
Natsuhiko waved his hand.
After the Dragalge showed off, it was now their turn.
Even though the leading Dragalge is quite outstanding among the Gym Leader Level, it could not withstand being completely countered by the types.
Within Alakazam's "Unlimited Defense Swap" system based on "Instant Movement" and "Exchange Arena" Techniques, the Dragalge couldn't create a significant storm.
Defeat was just a foregone conclusion.
It really is...
Everyone else is showing off, while the Dragalge keep getting hit.
And this scene of the "Unlimited Defense Swap" system, composed of Beedrill, Alakazam, Togekiss, and Aegislash—a tailor-made system by Natsuhiko—was watched by Latios, Monferno, and Eevee nearby.
They each showed expressions of admiration and longing.
So.
This is team combat?
But after watching for a while, Natsuhiko didn't let them idle.
Those restless Skrelp became their practice targets.
Maximizing benefits, the older ones like Beedrill handled it, while the younger ones like Latios dealt with it, not wasting a bit.
Before long, they completed the cleanup of Dragalge and Skrelp in the lake.
Natsuhiko successfully acquired three Dragon-type Pokémon and seven beings that could evolve into Dragon-type Pokémon in the future.
This round was definitely profitable.
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Two chapters nearly 5000 words, it's almost at ten thousand words, there should be another chapter later~~