David carefully stored the Sacred Ash in his system space. Nowhere else would he trust to keep it safe.
For a purple-grade item, its practical value was hard to overstate. As long as the recipient still had a breath of life in them, it could restore them fully — no matter how severe the injury, no matter how close to the edge they were. In effect, it was an unconditional second chance. Having it on hand gave him a quiet but genuine sense of security for whatever lay ahead.
That opening draw had been a strong start. With the Sacred Ash tucked away, David moved on to the main event: the standard ten-pull.
The system screen cycled through its familiar sequence. Streaks of light crossed his vision — white, green, blue — and then, at the very end, one last flicker of purple. Eleven clusters of light settled in front of him.
Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained…
Rage Candy Bar × 2 Old Gateau × 2 Lava Cookie × 2 Wild Dragon Fire Berry (1 kg pack) × 3 Lucky Egg × 1 Dragon Fang × 1
Six white, three green, one blue, one purple. Eleven items in total.
David's expression fell.
All his luck seemed to have gone into that first draw. If the Sacred Ash had set the bar, this ten-pull was the floor. Looking at the list, he couldn't help but stare for a moment.
"Is this a regional snack sampler?"
Apart from the Dragon Fang at the end, everything else was food. The white-grade items — Rage Candy Bar, Old Gateau, Lava Cookie — were at least recognisable. Each was a famous treat from a different region of the Pokémon world: the Rage Candy Bar from Johto, the Lava Cookie from Hoenn, and the Old Gateau from Sinnoh's Old Chateau. He could try them himself, and the recipes might be worth studying for later.
The Old Gateau in particular made him smile despite himself. He had made his own version of it just the night before as part of the New Year's Eve dessert spread. Receiving an original from the system the very next day was a coincidence he hadn't seen coming.
If he recalled correctly, the Rage Candy Bar was also said to be a favourite of Bruno, the Fighting-type member of the Kanto Elite Four. That alone made it worth tasting.
Setting the snacks aside, he looked at the green-grade items.
Wild Dragon Fire Berry — no lengthy explanation needed. Like the Wild Sand Scale Berry he had drawn previously, it was a rare natural berry capable of meaningfully enhancing a Pokémon's strength. The Sand Scale Berry had boosted Defence; the Dragon Fire Berry boosted Special Attack. That made it directly useful for two of his team, and a solid green-grade reward in its own right. The only issue was the quantity — three kilograms wasn't much when split across training.
Good steel belongs on a sharp blade.
Among his four Pokémon, Zorua and Kirlia stood to gain the most from a Special Attack boost. Their Energy Cube diet already incorporated some Dragon Fire Berry extract, but the raw, system-produced berry would be considerably more effective than processed ingredients. He would give it to them as a supplementary meal.
Then there was the Lucky Egg.
Lucky Egg: Produced by a Champion-level Blissey. Rich in nutrients. After consumption, it can slightly increase the energy within a Pokémon — effectively accelerating their growth. A rare, high-quality ingredient.
David was well acquainted with Lucky Eggs. He had eaten them himself on more than one occasion, and the household had its own Blissey. At first glance, a blue-grade rating seemed like a stretch.
Then he read the source: a Champion-level Blissey.
That changed things considerably.
The Chansey line was widely known for its gentle temperament. In the wild, Chansey were rarely targeted by other Pokémon — they were recognised as healers within their ecosystems, protected collectively by the Pokémon around them. Their natural disposition leaned heavily toward care and support rather than battle. As a result, Champion-level individuals within the line were extraordinarily rare. Even the League's dedicated Blissey breeding programmes, with all their resources, would struggle to produce one.
A Blissey willing to push itself to Champion level represented something truly uncommon — a member of its species that had genuinely chosen to become stronger. The Lucky Egg it produced would reflect that. The nutrient content alone would be far beyond what a standard Blissey could provide, and the growth effect on whichever Pokémon consumed it would be proportionally greater.
The blue-grade rating was warranted.
I'll need to think carefully about how to use this. An ingredient this rare shouldn't be wasted.
David looked at it for a moment longer, resisting the urge to take it out and examine it directly. Timing mattered with something like this.
Last on the list: the Dragon Fang.
Technically the highest-grade item in the pull — and genuinely the least useful to him personally. Dragon-type items were something the Moore household had no shortage of. If he went through the family's stores, he would almost certainly find something comparable or better already sitting in storage.
That said, Dragon-type resources consistently commanded high prices on the open market. Supply never kept pace with demand, and items tied to Dragon-types sold well above standard market value as a rule. A Dragon Fang boosted the power of Dragon-type moves by thirty percent, and despite being the same rarity grade, its resale value would comfortably double that of most equivalent items. At auction, it could go higher still.
Useless to him as a held item. Quite valuable as an asset.
David collected all eleven items and filed them away.
The screen, which had been static, flickered again.
The ten-pull was not finished. The draw he had actually been anticipating was still ahead.