At that mont, the energy of Groudon residing within Pupitar had already been completely assimilated, and its level had reached 34. With this advancent, it surpassed Lairon and Combusken, becoming the strongest among Cain’s second team.
Moreover, it had now learned the move Precipice Blades. Although this version was incomplete, it was the only one Pupitar could perform—otherwise, it wouldn’t be Pupitar, but Groudon itself.
Even a newly awakened Groudon could only use an incomplete version of Precipice Blades; only its primal form could unleash the move’s full potential. The difference lay in the perfection of the attack.
Cain approached and lightly struck the terrain altered by Pupitar’s Precipice Blades. It was considerably solid, though there was still room for improvent—sothing that would require constant training.
After testing the move’s capabilities, Cain pulled out one of the ga Stones from his collection. During his recent travels, he hadn’t had the chance to let his Pokémon interact with it. Now was a good ti.
Among Cain’s Pokémon, it was already known that Lairon had its own ga Stone. Just by observing both ga Stones, it was clear this new one didn’t belong to Aggron. That left other team mbers as potential candidates.
The Pokémon in Cain’s current team capable of ga Evolution included Gengar, Swampert, Blaziken (Combusken’s final evolution), Tyranitar (Pupitar’s final evolution), Salance (Bagon’s final evolution), Altaria, Diancie (Carbink’s evolved form), and Gardevoir (Ralts’s final evolution).
Additionally, Cain had Pokémon like Absol in his base in Leafy Town, who were also capable of ga Evolution. But even without Absol, Cain’s team already had seven or eight potential ga Evolution candidates.
All that remained was to find the specific ga Stones for each of them, which would undoubtedly boost their abilities enormously.
With help from his monitoring system, Cain let each Pokémon approach and interact with the ga Stone.
He started with Gengar, one of his oldest and most reliable Pokémon. Their bond was unshakable, and if the ga Stone belonged to Gengar, it could ga Evolve imdiately.
Cain already had a Key Stone in his possession, which ant he was ready to activate this transformation at any mont. However, to his disappointnt, the ga Stone didn’t react to Gengar.
Although Gengar didn’t show discouragent, Cain felt a twinge of frustration.
Next up was Pupitar. If the ga Stone belonged to this Pokémon, its power would be imnse, as pseudo-legendary Pokémon like it reach their true potential in their final stage. But again, the ga Stone showed no reaction.
Cain continued with Swampert and Combusken, two of Hoenn’s most iconic starters. Both could ga Evolve and were key parts of the team. But once again, the ga Stone remained inert.
Next was Bagon, who would eventually beco Salance, another pseudo-legendary Pokémon. Cain had high expectations, but once more, there was no reaction.
Only three Pokémon remained: Altaria, Carbink (still in the process of evolving), and Ralts, who had just entered its developnt stage. All three shared one trait: the Fairy type.
Altaria, though currently a Dragon/Flying type, would beco a Fairy type upon ga Evolving, turning into a direct threat to other Dragon-type Pokémon.
It wasn’t surprising that, after this trait was discovered, so nicknad Altaria "The Dragon Clan’s Traitor." Its type combination was devastating: immunity to Dragon-type moves and double damage from both Dragon- and Fairy-type moves.
Altaria was the next to attempt interaction with the ga Stone. As she approached, Cain noticed a spark of interest in her eyes.
Like many Dragon-type Pokémon, Altaria had a natural inclination toward shiny objects. However, what truly surprised Cain was the ga Stone’s reaction.
As Altaria drew near, the ga Stone began to emit a faint vibration, and the system confird that it was indeed Altaria’s ga Stone.
Cain could barely contain his excitent. He had finally found a ga Stone he could use imdiately. There was no need to test with Carbink or Ralts; Altaria’s compatibility was confird.
As Altaria gazed at the ga Stone with curiosity, feeling a special connection to it, Cain smiled and said with enthusiasm, "That’s right! This ga Stone is yours, Altaria!"
Altaria responded with a soft trill, still a bit confused, but trusting Cain. He placed the ga Stone on Altaria and pulled the Key Stone from his inventory.
Now, it was ti to attempt sothing Cain had never experienced firsthand—even after two lives in the Pokémon world: ga Evolution.
"Let’s give it a try, Altaria!" Cain said, his voice full of excitent.
Although Altaria didn’t fully understand what "giving it a try" ant, she trusted her trainer completely. Since Cain had taken her in, her life had changed for the better, and he had always worked to strengthen and protect her.
So, when Cain raised the Key Stone and synced it with the ga Stone, Altaria closed her eyes, ready for what was to co.
"ga Evolve, Altaria!" Cain exclaid with determination.
(End of Chapter)
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