Chapter 208: The Potential of Garchomp

Chapter 208: Chapter 208: The Potential of Garchomp

"Cynthia, your Garchomp and Glaceon can give it a try as well."

As long as a Pokémon was above Level 80, this kind of training wouldn’t harm it. Instead, it could dramatically increase its potential.

As his relationship with Cynthia continued to deepen, Sora naturally wasn’t going to forget about her.

"Really?"

Cynthia was somewhat excited.

Her primary occupation was that of a mythologist, but she also had another profession—or rather, hobby: being a Pokémon League Champion.

If she could strengthen the likes of Garchomp, why would she refuse?

"Of course."

Sora smiled.

"However, ordinary Pokémon, Legendary Pokémon, and Calyrex are definitely going to have different levels of adaptability to the liquid-state energy."

"It’ll take longer for them. All I can say is that I’ll do my best to have at least one of your Pokémon master Demonization before this journey ends."

"That’s enough."

Cynthia wasn’t greedy enough to expect all her Pokémon to break through.

That would be too much.

"Let’s have Garchomp do it first. Her level is the highest, so she should be able to complete the Demonization training."

Her other Pokémon would still have opportunities in the future.

Besides, everyone knew Garchomp’s position and strength within Cynthia’s team.

If she became stronger first, none of the other Pokémon would have any objections.

"Garchomp~~"

Garchomp had been watching the Demonization experiments from the sidelines, so she clearly understood just how powerful this new force was.

Although Demonization couldn’t increase a Pokémon’s stats or strengthen its moves, fundamental reserves were the foundation of everything.

With her reserves enhanced, Garchomp felt that even when using Swords Dance, she could probably stack several more layers of enhancement.

Against true experts, this kind of amplification could be decisive.

It was no exaggeration to say that once Cynthia’s Garchomp mastered her own Demonization, she would instantly become one of the strongest Champion-level Pokémon in existence.

And if she could also fully master the divine secret techniques Sora had given her...

Well.

The strongest Champion, Cynthia.

This version update was getting ridiculous.

It had almost left Leon in the dust.

"There should still be some time."

Sora glanced at the time and saw that it was only a little after six in the evening.

So he had Victini inject liquid-state Dynamax Energy into Ogerpon, Magearna, Volcanion, and the others one after another.

With Calyrex mounted on his steed nearby, Sora wasn’t worried about them losing control.

The next moment, several enormous figures that seemed capable of reaching the heavens appeared within the Slumbering Weald.

Fortunately, there was no one else around.

Otherwise, anyone who witnessed this scene would probably be traumatized.

However, Ogerpon and the others didn’t adapt particularly well to Gigantamax.

Although they entered Gigantamax forms, none of them displayed any unique transformations.

Their coloration was also different from Calyrex’s, remaining the usual dark red.

"So Calyrex really is special?"

"And this strain is getting a little excessive."

Maintaining multiple Pokémon simultaneously while using Aura to soothe their emotions placed an enormous strain on Sora’s mind.

Fortunately, Victini kept replenishing his Aura from behind.

Otherwise, this one round alone might have completely drained him.

"We still have to do this one at a time. We can’t rush it."

Sora had everyone exit Gigantamax as quickly as possible before testing them one by one.

The final results were that their Demonization progress was far slower than Calyrex’s.

Calyrex had been able to adapt to this power and master it within an hour.

For Ogerpon and the others, the time required was roughly five times longer than Calyrex’s.

That meant there was definitely no way to finish everything today.

"Next, should we try my Garchomp?"

The Pokémon on Sora’s side weren’t low-level.

But they were all Legendary Pokémon.

As mentioned before, the difference between Legendary and non-Legendary Pokémon—and specifically the presence or absence of divinity—was enormous.

If Sora wanted to determine whether Demonization was universally applicable, data from ordinary Pokémon was extremely important.

Unfortunately, he hadn’t brought Ursaluna with him.

The only Pokémon here who could help Sora conduct the test were Cynthia’s.

"Come out, Togekiss and Glaceon."

Cynthia released two more Pokémon.

Together with Garchomp, she now had three Pokémon present, at Levels 82, 85, and 89 respectively.

Garchomp truly was Cynthia’s ace and strongest combatant.

That Level 89 was genuinely frightening.

Of course, that didn’t mean every Champion’s strongest Pokémon could reach Level 89.

Cynthia already ranked among the strongest Champions.

And her Garchomp was an absolute top-tier powerhouse, easily among the strongest Champion Pokémon in existence.

"Roar!!"

Soon, a gigantic Garchomp appeared.

Then the Gigantamax form vanished.

"So this is what it feels like?"

Cynthia nodded.

"It really is quite strange."

Garchomp wasn’t Sora’s Pokémon, so during the training, the responsibility of soothing her emotions could only fall to Cynthia.

Cynthia hadn’t mastered Aura.

But she had an incredibly deep bond with her Pokémon.

In the Pokémon world, bonds were practically a universal solution.

If your strength wasn’t enough, bonds could make up the difference.

Even across the boundary between illusion and reality, bonds could bridge the gap.

No matter what the problem was, as long as the bond was strong enough, it wasn’t really a problem.

If something couldn’t be solved...

That simply meant the bond wasn’t strong enough.

Just like now.

Relying on her profound bond with Garchomp, Cynthia was able to steadily maintain the connection.

"Progress has increased by 0.05%."

In other words, for Garchomp to completely adapt and finish her Demonization training, she would need roughly 2,000 minutes.

"Calyrex needs 100 minutes, Ogerpon and the others need 500, while Garchomp needs 2,000."

Glaceon and Togekiss required even longer than Garchomp.

"Is it related to base stats?"

No.

That didn’t make sense either.

If it were determined by base stats, how would Ogerpon be explained?

Ogerpon’s base stats weren’t particularly high.

And Magearna and Volcanion had the same total base stats as Garchomp.

"Perhaps it’s because of divinity!"

Divinity was the only explanation Sora could think of.

Garchomp was known as a pseudo-Legendary Pokémon.

Although the term "god" in pseudo-Legendary was merely a fan-made designation, her stats were enough to rival certain Mythical Pokémon.

That couldn’t be faked.

The evidence was that Glaceon and Togekiss required roughly similar amounts of time.

Afterward, Sora conducted tests on Cynthia’s other three Pokémon.

The results were exactly as he’d expected.

The greater the amount of divinity a Pokémon possessed, the less time it needed to complete Demonization training.

"Garchomp possesses divinity?"

"Yes."

Sora nodded.

"It’s still extremely faint, but she definitely possesses a certain degree of divinity."

He suspected that Garchomp’s divinity might have originated from the blessing of one of the great gods of Sinnoh.

And that also meant...

As long as Cynthia continued to train Garchomp, she had a chance to break through the Level 90 barrier and reach the true realm of the divine.

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