After a day of sele, five didates were finally chosen for the main petition by the previous css teacher, Sam.
The selected individuals were Julian (Steel), Han (Water), Zosh (Ground), Shen (Fighting), and Will (Fire).
Among these five, no dared to face Julian again after initially beied.
This also demonstrated Sam's keen eye for talent.
From the remaining ohree didates were chosen based on their previous performan challenges.
The chosen ones were Chase (Ice), Chris (Bug), and Zaormal), all hailing from the regur Trainer css.
With these eight individuals gathered, Sam addressed them, announg, "The Silver White High School League will take p Lake City in a month."
As the capital of Yale Province, Lake City hosts several key petitions each year, including the ret Breeders petition and the uping High School League.
"I will be your coach," Sam tinued. "The school will provide you eight with prioritized resources. Although the substitution team will only get half that of the main team, this will still give you an opportunity to shine, as they will still be more resources than given to the elite css."
The three didates dispyed excitement rather than dissatisfa. ing from ordinary backgrounds, they khat the resources allocated to them surpassed those avaible to the elite css.
"Meet here at 8 o'cloorrow for training. If you perform well in the league, even without achieving a top ranking, colleges will take notid may offer you early acceptance," Sam stated before leaving.
Julian also followed in his footsteps and was about to leave, when Will quickly joined him.
"Aren't you curious why I've gotten s in just two days?" Will asked, eager to share his experiences from Secret Realm No. 1.
"I'm not curious; I'm sure you'll tell me eventually," Julian replied, tinuing on his way.
Will's character was ohat often couldn't keep things to himself, and he felt pelled to share.
Meanwhile, Chase, another didate, suddenly looked downcast at Julian's retreating figure.
"He's so proud that he looks down on people like us," Shen ented, one of the selected didates. Despite her family's background, she felt a disparity with Julian.
"No, no, you misuood"
Chase hurriedly shook her head and expined with a slightly red face, "He helped me, so I am very grateful to him, that's all."
If Julian hadn't givehe Water Stone, maybe she and Shellder would have died in the No. 1 secret realm.
Now, after evolving with the Water Stone, her Cloyster boasted powerful ice abilities.
It was also because of Cloyster's battle with Shen's Machamp that attracted Sam's attention and she became one of the three didates.
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"So you were lucky, and found three Fire Stone fragments actally, and the Onix required by the mission happeo be injured?" Julian asked.
"What luck? It's my talent, my uable will!" Will retorted, jumping up at Julian's dismissive expression.
Though some might call it luck, Will had indeed made great progress after Charmeleon absorbed the three Fire Stone fragments and evolved into Charizard.
Plus, submitting the captured Onix had ed him nearly 10 million, enough to train three Pokémon for a siderable time.
After parting ways with Will, Julian chose not to head home but instead made his way to a prestigious private battle club in Lake City.
"Young Master Walker!"
The staff at the entrance reized Julian immediately, hastening to open the door and be him with warm smiles.
"Master Walker, a pseudo-Elite steel trainer came to our club yesterday, don't know if you are ied," the staff said.
The Battle Club emerged alongside the growth of Trainers.
In essehe Battle Club funs as a sparring team.
For Trainers looking to enhaheir Pokémon's abilities, battles are essential. However, choosing the right Rival for improvement in these battles is equally important.
Lower-level Rivals be dull, while high-level Rivals be too intense and ruthless, potentially harming your Pokémon's development.
Thus, the role of sparring professionals was established.
At the Battle Club, you'll enter Trainers ranging from Rookies to pseudo-Elite and evee-level Trainers.
The primary focus of the sparring teachers is to align with your specifieeds.
"Oh, I think I'll have him as my sparring parthis time." Julian expressed slight i.
Although this Battle Club is the leading facility in Lake City, it has several pseudo-Elite sparring Trainers, with elite-level Trainers occasionally visiting;
however, there are no specialized steel type sparring Trainers avaible.
Julian has battled with these prospective ae Trainers and gained substantial experience.
"Here, take a look at his profile, master Walker," said the staff member,
handing Julian a tablet taining information about the new prospective Elite Trainer.
Name: Wren
Age: 45
Trainer grade: Steel pseudo-Elite
Pokémon: Steelix lv65, Magnezone lv63, Mawile lv60, Ursaring lv59, Persian lv59, Linoone lv55
After reviewing the details, Julian hat Wren appeared to be an average pseudo-Elite Trainer with only three steel-type Pokémon, which seemed insuffit for someone specializing iypes.
However, this be uood, as the number of steel type Pokémon tends to be less diverse pared to types like Fire, Water, and Grass.
Julian's own family exclusively possesses two steel Pokémon in Drakoria: a Metagross and an Aggron.
Metagross is a steel-type pseudo-legendary Pokémon, whereas Aggron serves as a formidable steel-based defense.
Both Pokémorategic assets for Drakoria, allowing the exge of unique species with ions to enhahe try's Pokémon diversity and facilitate research.
Shortly after, the staff member returned with a middle-aged woman, roached Julian with a prideful demeanor.
To Julian, this pseudo-Elite seemed quite ordinary, but for the staff, she was a figure of admiration.
"You're the challehis time," Wren stated, raising her head and looking at Julian with a sense of pride.
"Yes," Julian replied, slightly taken aback by her tone.
