"Whew..."
Caesar let out a long breath of turbid air. His entire dragon body felt like it was falling apart, with every limb and bone screaming in soreness.
He finally won.
Honestly, that Charizard was on a completely different level of difficulty.
Under the restriction of only carrying four skills and one item, if he had lacked even one of his three trump cards—Fire Terastal, Sandstorm, or Weather Ball—he would have been finished here today.
Every step was calculated, and every choice felt like walking on a tightrope.
He could only say it was a stroke of luck that the opponent hadn't been devious enough to use Gigantamax. Otherwise, if they had directly unleashed G-Max Wildfire, he probably wouldn't even have ashes left; he would have been sent packing on the spot.
Although Caesar couldn't help but complain about "word count padding" whenever he read novels where the protagonist tallied their gains, his body was very honest when it was his turn.
Nothing was more joyful than looting the spoils.
Slight increase in size (+0.2), HP limit +40.
Hmm, it gave more than when he took down Venusaur. Not bad, not bad, but these were just the minor gains.
Caesar's major gain instantly triumphed over the minor ones because his gaze was fixed firmly on the last line of the System prompt.
[Congratulations! For your outstanding performance, you have passed the sixth floor trial and obtained extra loot—Ability (Solar Power)!!!]
Solar Power!
The moment Caesar saw those four words clearly, he felt like he was already invincible in the world.
[Solar Power: Under harsh sunlight or extremely harsh sunlight, Special Attack increases to 1.5x, but 1/8 of maximum HP is lost each time a special skill is used.]
The phrasing in the System's description had changed slightly, but the core effect remained the same. Isn't this Charizard's Hidden Ability!
Caesar felt both excited and a bit like he couldn't keep a straight face.
He thought back carefully; since his Transmigration, several hard-fought battles had been won relying on Fire-type Special Attack moves.
Against Viola and the Giant Crystal Crab King, it was the Z-Move Inferno Overdrive.
Just now against the Old Charizard, it was the quadruple-boosted Weather Ball.
And now, he had added the [Solar Power] Ability!
Caesar began to construct his ideal, world-destroying damage calculation in his mind.
Under sunny weather, using Fire Terastal, holding a [life orb], and then using the Z-Move [Weather Ball]... and now stacking a 1.5x Special Attack boost from [Solar Power]!
With such a terrifying demon god, what else in the world could stand against him?
Damn it! What else could stand against him!
However... "Why is it Fire-type again?"
Caesar also felt a bit exasperated.
"And why is it still enhancing Special Attack? When will you give me a proper STAB physical ultimate move?"
"Am I really destined to be like a certain green caterpillar who is also four times weak to Ice, with my strongest skill being the Fire-type V-create?"
The more Caesar thought, the more ridiculous it became.
Wait a minute... both are four times weak to Ice.
Both are exceptionally good at using Fire-type skills.
Furthermore, I, Caesar, and Rayquaza have never appeared in the same movie!
So...
I equal Rayquaza?!
Caesar was amused by his own ridiculous deduction.
He shook his head, tossing these unrealistic fantasies out of his mind.
[Solar Power] sounded wonderful, but the activation conditions were too harsh; it was part of a grand narrative, and whether he could even put together a full set was another story.
In comparison, the remaining two rewards were much more practical.
[✲ Loot Obtained: TM Blueprint (Aerial Ace), TM Blueprint (Scorching Sands)... ✲]
Both of these skills were ones that Mega Charizard had just used.
[Aerial Ace] was used for its elusive and agile movement, while [Scorching Sands] became a large-scale field control god-tier skill under its terrifying Special Attack.
Caesar had a guess that the loot dropped in the Legacy space should be directly related to the defeated opponent.
He immediately clicked on the System description to check carefully.
[Aerial Ace (Flying/Physical/Power 60)]: Slashes after toying with the opponent with agile movements. The attack has a tracking effect.
[System Description] (Skipped)
[Synthesis Path: Skywing Tail Feather ×1 (Quality: Silver), Wind-Whisper Dandelion ×3 (Quality: Iron), Energy storage crystal ×1 (Quality: Bronze), Monster-Tanned Arcane Leather ×1 (Quality: Silver)]
[Scorching Sands (Ground/Special/Power 70)]: Attacks the opponent with scalding sand. May sometimes leave the opponent with a Burn.
[System Description] (Skipped)
[Synthesis Path: Molten Lizard's Searing Sand Sac ×1 (Quality: Silver), Sand-Walking Scorpion's Dry Stinger ×1 (Quality: Silver), Crimson Sulfur Crystal Powder ×5 (Quality: Bronze), Energy storage crystal ×1 (Quality: Silver), Monster-Tanned Arcane Leather (Quality: Silver)]
At first glance, the synthesis Materials for both skills were quite complex.
But Caesar carefully tallied the stock in his Storage Ring and found that he wasn't actually missing many Materials.
Skywing Tail Feather, Wind-Whisper Dandelion, Arcane Leather, Crimson Sulfur Crystal Powder... the remaining Materials, including several Energy storage crystals of different qualities, were already on hand.
He could only say, thanks for nature's bounty!
(Raimond: I'll explain your dream.)
(Crab King: My passionate horse.)
As for the Arcane Leather, Caesar decided to look for some in the next city.
If all else failed, he would go to a Plasma Cult stronghold to "restock"; those guys seemed very good at collecting all sorts of miscellaneous Materials anyway.
After the experience of synthesizing [Weather Ball - Modified], Caesar also thoroughly understood that Energy storage crystals and Arcane Leather were strategic resources for him.
The higher the quality, the more likely it was for unexpectedly powerful affixes to appear when synthesizing skills.
After tallying all his gains, Caesar exited the Legacy space with satisfaction.
In the real world, deep within the cave.
He glanced at the light cocoon beside him. Cecilia was still in a deep sleep, the light steady, appearing unchanged.
The [sharp claw] on his chest was also quiet, not jumping out to carve words again.
Since he had nothing else to do, Caesar closed his eyes again, his consciousness sinking into the sea of spirit as he began a new round of tower climbing.
[✲ Matching seventh floor opponent for you... ✲]
[⊹ Opponent Confirmed: NO.007 Squirtle]