Chapter 800 794: The Mountain of Extreme Cold

"From now on, the real training begins. If I follow the training tasks, I have to challenge the eight Gyms of the Federal League."

Pushing all those thoughts out of his mind, Ethan took out the map and began to check it.

He had already decided before that he would go to the mountain of extreme cold to challenge the Ice Dragon Gym.

And now the time had come!

As for the other seven Gyms he still had to challenge, he directly took out the Federal League Gym ranking.

"The Gym system of the Federal League has been developing for many years, to the point of having almost reached perfection. And the League here also cannot be compared with the Daleron League, which is only just beginning."

"There are less than two months left before the Federal League's Pokémon League begins. As long as I obtain eight Badges within that time, I will be able to participate."

"In addition, since the Federal League is the freest country of all, the League does not impose restrictions regarding the nationality of participants or anything like that."

While reading the introduction to the Federal League's League, an expression of interest appeared on Ethan's face.

The Federal League's Pokémon League was, without doubt, the closest to the version of the Pokémon world he remembered, and that caused a special excitement to be born inside him.

To tell the truth, anyone who had ever watched the anime had dreamed, at least a little, of participating in a Pokémon League. And Ethan was no exception.

Now, the existence of the Federal League's Pokémon League might finally allow him to fulfill that small wish.

"Then it's decided. With less than two months, if I hurry, obtaining eight Badges will be totally possible."

And since he was the type to act as soon as he made a decision, after setting his next route, Ethan flew directly toward the mountain of extreme cold on Charizard.

This time, to participate in the Federal League's Pokémon League, he planned to use Garchomp and Kommo-o as his two main Pokémon.

Because of that, training them even more thoroughly was absolutely necessary, since among the participants of previous years, there had been no small number of Quasi-Elite-level Trainers.

And, from time to time, Trainers close to the Elite level even appeared.

And those Trainers, naturally, did not enter the Pokémon League for a simple champion title, but for the rewards that came with victory.

Because anyone who managed to win the Pokémon League obtained the right to challenge one of the Elite-level Trainers of the Federal League.

Although that was not exactly an Elite Tournament, it was still one of the rare opportunities to measure oneself against one of them.

And precisely because of that opportunity, some Trainers were even willing to put aside their pride and enter the tournament.

"Challenging an Elite!"

"That really is an opportunity hard to find."

Ethan also began to feel expectant about that possibility.

Right now, he had Melmetal and two Pokémon capable of Mega Evolving in his hands.

As for facing an Elite-level Trainer, he had enormous confidence.

If the opponent was one of the weaker Elite-level Trainers, in a one-on-one battle, it really was not certain that they could deal with an Elite-level Mythical Pokémon like Melmetal.

"But now is not the time to think about that."

"What we have to do now is conquer this mountain of extreme cold!"

Taking a deep breath, Ethan raised his eyes toward the extremely tall peak before him.

The lower part of the mountain was nothing more than a normal mountain, but as one approached the middle, blizzards and snow began to appear.

And, once one reached the highest part, that was when one truly entered the mountain of extreme cold.

The temperature there was so low that even many Pokémon were unable to endure it.

"Koomom!"

"Gaarrcchhmp!"

At that moment, Kommo-o and Garchomp had already heard about the Ice Dragon Gym on the mountain of extreme cold.

Both roared at the same time, completely filled with confidence.

The two wanted to become the most powerful Dragon-type Pokémon; how could they accept being inferior to other Dragon-type Pokémon?

If the Dragon-type Pokémon of the Ice Dragon Gym could do it, then they could too!

"Very well, that is the attitude needed."

Ethan let out a laugh and began preparing everything necessary to climb the mountain.

After all, this time, they were facing a land of extreme cold, so indispensable equipment such as thermal clothing, oxygen bottles, and the like was absolutely necessary.

Fortunately, he had Charizard at his side, which could control the temperature. Thanks to that, the difficulty of climbing the mountain of extreme cold was greatly reduced.

Once everything was ready, Ethan began the ascent together with Kommo-o and Garchomp.

The first half of the climb passed without problems.

In the area where the middle part of the mountain connected with the region of extreme cold, there was a small town.

That town was also known as the Adventurers' Village, and in it, all kinds of tools and resources specialized for exploring icy mountains could be found.

And on the very summit of the mountain of extreme cold was the Ice Dragon Gym, so, strictly speaking, both places belonged to the same environment.

After buying quite a few supplies, Ethan was fully equipped.

Then he asked for advice on the important points that had to be kept in mind during the climb up the icy mountain, and afterward, he set out together with his two Pokémon toward the mountain.

When they reached the second half of the mountain of extreme cold, both Dragon-type Pokémon trembled at the same time.

That Ice-type moves were super effective against Dragon-type Pokémon was common sense.

Under those conditions, the damage suffered by Kommo-o and Garchomp, both Dragon-type Pokémon, was easy to imagine.

Dragon-type Pokémon naturally felt aversion toward cold, and overcoming that weakness all at once was not simple at all.

Even so, neither of them retreated. They directly entered the snowy mountain, leaving a line of footprints beneath their feet.

As for Ethan, aside from being fully equipped to resist the cold, Charizard's body continuously emitted heat.

Thanks to Charizard's ability to control the temperature, the cold of the mountain could not do him the slightest harm.

And mounted on Charizard, he rose easily into the sky and arrived directly at the summit.

At that moment, the mountain of extreme cold was already at the height of the clouds in the sky.

That was enough to demonstrate how truly tall that mountain was.

In addition, aside from the height of the place, the first thing Ethan saw was the Ice Dragon Gym!

And outside the Gym, several Dragon-type Pokémon were training.

The icy environment did not seem to instill the slightest fear in them.

And, without exception, all those Dragon-type Pokémon gave off an impressive aura.

After having overcome the cold, those Dragon-type Pokémon no longer seemed to suffer at all from the damage caused by Ice-type energy.

And this was precisely the training that Ethan wanted to impose on Kommo-o and Garchomp: directly ignoring the damage from ice and wind, and at the same time further strengthening their bodies.

After moving his gaze away from those Dragon-type Pokémon, Ethan turned his eyes back toward the mountainside.

At that moment, dark Kommo-o and Garchomp had already advanced a good stretch, and footprints were densely piled all along the path they had traveled.

But, judging from their expressions, it was clear that this was not easy for them at all.

After persisting for some time, both Pokémon withdrew to the Adventurers' Village, intending to adjust a little and try again later.