On Bathers Lagoon, Julian sat atop Milotic's head, exploring the area.
The lake's surface reflected Milotic's alluring form. As its tail swayed gently, it moved across the water like a graceful dragon—smooth, steady, and fast.
From time to time, it let out soft, pleasant sounds, its slender eyebrows gently swaying, clearly in a very good mood.
After all, this was the first time its trainer had ever ridden on it.
Milotic: 'It feels like my trainer likes me even more now.'
Among Water-type Pokémon, Julian only had Milotic and Slowking. Slowking's body clearly wasn't suitable for this, so naturally Milotic was the choice.
Of course, riding a Flying-type Pokémon would work just as well.
But riding Milotic suited the scenery better—and since Bathers Lagoon was so beautiful, Julian wanted to take his time enjoying it.
As Milotic swam ahead, a large group of Feebas followed behind, including one shiny Feebas that was entirely white.
Julian had no intention of catching it. Feebas were about as numerous as Magikarp, so with such massive populations, the chance of a shiny appearing was naturally higher.
Just like with Magikarp, even now, Pokémon researchers still hadn't fully figured out how Feebas evolved into Milotic.
So far, no decisive clues had been found regarding its evolution.
And in the wild, the number of Milotic was far lower than that of Gyarados.
This showed that Feebas's evolution conditions were even harsher than those of Magikarp.
As for Magikarp evolving into Gyarados, researchers had at least produced one research finding: anger.
By harnessing the power of rage, Magikarp had a small chance of evolving into Gyarados.
Of course, how to make a Magikarp "properly" angry was another challenge entirely.
After all, you couldn't just beat or torture it to provoke anger—because if it really evolved into Gyarados that way, the first thing it would probably do was kill you.
Julian spent ten points in the System Shop to buy a bag of fish food.
From time to time, he scattered some, attracting a swarm of Feebas competing for it.
"This little guy is pretty strong."
Julian noticed that the white Feebas managed to push aside many others and grab the most food, which surprised him slightly.
After all, shiny Pokémon were usually not accepted by their peers, so most of them were physically weaker than normal individuals, and many even died young.
But this shiny Feebas was different—its physical strength actually surpassed that of ordinary Feebas.
"Milo~"
Milotic let out a soft cry, and with a slight flick of its tail, it instantly created a large wave that sent all the Feebas behind it flying—especially that white one, which was knocked the farthest away.
"You've started acting like Arcanine now too, huh?"
Julian chuckled and patted Milotic's head when he saw this.
Clearly, it was jealous—that was why it had smacked the Feebas away. Especially that white Feebas, which had been directly targeted.
Milotic's face flushed slightly.
But when it thought about how its trainer was famously a bit of a playboy who liked new things, it worried—what if he suddenly decided to capture that white Feebas?
If that little thing evolved, wouldn't it become a serious competitor?
Milotic was already stunningly beautiful—but if it were a shiny Milotic, wouldn't its charm be off the charts.
Although Milotic was confident it was the most beautiful in the world, it still didn't want an extra competitor.
Bathers Lagoon wasn't very large, and Julian finished exploring it in three days, finding one sub-Ultimate Water-type treasure.
Naturally, he gave it to Milotic.
On the fourth day, Julian arrived at Tranquility Cove.
Bathers Lagoon had been formed by seawater from Tranquility Cove passing through a sandbar.
Tranquility Cove itself was a part of the ocean within this Primal Secret Realm.
It took Julian nearly half a month to fully explore Tranquility Cove, where he found one Water-type Ultimate treasure and three Water-type sub-Ultimate treasures.
[Water Soul Orb: Carrying this orb increases the area of rainfall by 50%, and increases rainfall intensity by 30%. Under equal conditions, weather effects created by the user are extremely difficult to override.]
This Water-type Ultimate treasure wasn't something to be consumed—it was a held item.
Many Pokémon possessed weather-based moves that could alter the weather of their surroundings.
For example, Water-type's Rain Dance, Fire-type's Sunny Day, Ice-type's Blizzard, and so on.
Under favorable weather conditions, the power of moves of corresponding Types increased.
In rainy weather, Water-type moves were strengthened, while Fire-types were weakened.
And the duration and scale of weather effects were directly related to the Pokémon's strength.
An Elite-level Pokémon could easily change the weather of an entire city.
And for a Champion-level Pokémon, the area it could influence would be even larger.
With favorable timing, terrain, and moves, seizing the advantage of weather certainly granted a certain edge.
If two Pokémon of equal strength—one Water-type and one Fire-type—used weather moves at the same time, two scenarios could occur:
One was that their weather effects canceled each other out.
The other was that rain formed above the Water-type Pokémon while harsh sunlight formed above the Fire-type Pokémon—both weather effects succeeded, but neither could override the other.
To truly influence or replace the opponent's weather, there was only one determining factor: strength.
And the Water Soul Orb didn't just increase the coverage of rainfall—it also enhanced the intensity of the rain itself.
In other words, at the same level, if a Charizard used Sunny Day, the presence of the Water Soul Orb would make that Sunny Day fail to take effect.
Unless that Charizard also possessed a similar treasure that boosted weather abilities.
And the Water Soul Orb wasn't restricted by Type.
In theory, any Pokémon that could use Rain Dance could carry it.
However, since Rain Dance was fundamentally a Water-type move, Water-type Pokémon would naturally use it with greater effectiveness than non-Water types.
Julian naturally gave it to Milotic.
The orb itself was also very beautiful. Julian used a cord to hang it around Milotic's neck, adding a few more points to Milotic's charm.
"Milo~"
Looking at its own reflection in the water, Milotic was delighted.
Truth be told, if Julian had a Dragonair, it could have brought out the full potential of the Water Soul Orb.
After all, Dragonair was also known as the "Weather Dragon" because it could use the orbs on its neck to influence multiple types of weather—sunny, rainy, thunderstorms, even blizzards.
The Drake family even had trainers who specialized in weather strategies. And to preserve Dragonair's ability to freely manipulate weather, they would have it hold an Everstone, preventing it from evolving into Dragonite.
Based on Julian's estimation, if Milotic used Rain Dance at full power with the Water Soul Orb, it could affect the weather of entire Silver province.
Making it rain continuously for one or two months should likely be possible.
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