"Someone is going to rise to Marquis."
That day, explosive news spread through the circles of the Battle Chateau.
Marquis.
Since the Battle Chateau became popular until now, there were not many Trainers capable of becoming Marquises.
In the last year, not even a single Earl had managed to successfully rise to Marquis.
After all, at the rank of Earl, the strength of the Trainers was already very close to the Quasi-Elite level, and some had even already reached the Quasi-Elite level.
Obtaining ten consecutive victories under those circumstances was something extremely difficult.
Only those powerful among Quasi-Elite-level Trainers could chain victories all the way to the top.
"Who will it be?"
"Could it be Kevin?"
"I remember that before, he had already reached nine consecutive victories, right?"
Some Trainers had already begun to speculate. The first one they thought of was Kevin, the new-generation dragon messenger.
"That's right. One of them is Kevin."
Seeing that someone had guessed it, the one who revealed the news admitted it very frankly.
Then he continued adding, "Kevin's opponent this time is not simple either. He is also an Earl who has obtained nine consecutive victories."
"In addition, this Earl's performance is also very astonishing. It only took him half a month, without suffering a single defeat during that period, to go from the rank of Knight to Earl. Now he is also only one step away from becoming Marquis!"
Hearing the words of the one who revealed the information, the Trainers were stunned. Such speed was truly terrifying.
That proved that the rank of Earl was by no means his limit. He himself already possessed Marquis-level strength!
"Did they finally match me with the last Earl?"
After receiving the battle notification, Ethan slowly exhaled.
During this time, he and Garchomp had chained victory after victory, but after reaching the Earl stage, progress became much slower.
Although many Trainers gathered in the Battle Chateau, most were only Knights and Barons.
Those Knights and Barons stayed in the Battle Chateau mainly to learn something from the battles that often took place there.
But after reaching the Earl level, those Trainers no longer wandered around the Battle Chateau all the time. If one wanted to battle them, the Battle Chateau itself first had to issue an invitation.
In the previous battles, when the number of consecutive victories was still not high, it was relatively easy to be matched with Earls. But upon reaching nine straight victories, the Earl he had to fight needed to have at least seven consecutive victories.
"Kevin?"
Seeing the name of his opponent, Ethan was slightly surprised.
Could this Kevin be the same Kevin from the Dragon Messenger Battle?
The training method of his current Garchomp had, to a large extent, imitated the combat style of the other's Garchomp.
"Ethan, finally... I've been waiting for you."
At that moment, in one of the rooms of the Battle Chateau.
Kevin was watching the videos of Ethan's battles in the Battle Chateau.
He recognized him at first glance and immediately let out a cold laugh.
Originally, he did not care at all about this so-called Battle Chateau.
The title of Earl he possessed now had also been obtained in the past, when he was training his Pokémon.
Now, precisely because he saw that his opponent was Ethan, he had specially come to the Battle Chateau.
This time, he had naturally come for revenge.
In the Dragon Messenger Battle back then, the fact that he had lost to Ethan had left a thorn in his heart for a long time.
"That Garchomp seems to have imitated my Garchomp's raising method."
"Heh, this time I'll directly use Garchomp to teach him a lesson."
After closing the video of Ethan's battle, Kevin stood up. A Poké Ball appeared in his hand.
...
"Ohhh, it started!"
With Ethan and Kevin entering, the entire place erupted into intense cheers.
Before this battle began, the Battle Chateau had already given it sufficient promotion.
This confrontation also attracted a great many Trainers.
Among them were a large number of Dragon-type Trainers. After all, Kevin, who appeared this time, was a dragon messenger of Dragon Valley.
And Kevin's opponent, Ethan, had also come all the way here while always relying on Garchomp. It was very possible that this battle would become an internal war between Dragon-type Pokémon.
"Ethan, I didn't expect you to come here."
Kevin's gaze fell on Ethan, with a smile at the corner of his lips.
"I also didn't expect my opponent to be you. But this is just right, so you can also see my Garchomp."
Ethan's face also showed a confident smile.
Although the route followed by Garchomp had taken the combat style of the opposing Garchomp as reference.
Now, he had confidence that his Garchomp had advanced farther than the other on that path.
After all, that was Mega Evolution, a path exclusive to Garchomp!
"I truly look forward to it. Let's see if your Garchomp is stronger, or if my Garchomp is stronger!"
As Kevin spoke, the Poké Ball in his hand opened, and likewise, the figure of a Garchomp appeared in the field.
After coming out, the two Garchomp crossed gazes. As they swung both arms, each condensed an air blade more than one meter long at its elbows.
Then, the two Garchomp stepped on the ground at the same time and their figures shot out directly. The air blades collided forcefully with each other.
"This... the combat style of the two Pokémon is exactly the same!"
Seeing the two Garchomp clash like swordsmen in the field, the spectators showed surprise.
Boom, boom, boom!
The battle in the field continued.
Ethan and Kevin watched with calm faces, without opening their mouths to give orders.
"It seems that in the clash of basic slashes, victory is mine."
Seeing his Garchomp gradually begin to gain the advantage, Kevin smiled proudly.
"Everything has only just begun."
"Garchomp, use Dual Chop."
Ethan's face remained calm at that moment. After all, his Garchomp's cutting techniques had not yet finished developing.
"Gaarrcchhmp!"
After hearing Ethan's words, Garchomp nodded. The air blades were wrapped in Dragon-type energy, and it launched the move Dual Chop!
"Then we'll use Dragon Claw."
Kevin also spoke at that moment.
In response, his Garchomp used the more powerful move Dragon Claw.
In addition, after Garchomp executed the move Dragon Claw, the air blades vaguely changed again, extending another section while cutting toward Ethan's Garchomp.
Boom!
The move Dual Chop and the move Dragon Claw collided with each other, and Ethan's Garchomp once again fell into a disadvantage.
Outside the field, the spectators watched the exciting clash between the two Pokémon and could not help shouting with enthusiasm.
And seeing Kevin occupy the advantage, they shouted even more excitedly.
Kevin, as the newest rising Trainer of their Tavaria League, was naturally the crowd favorite against Ethan, who came from the Daleron League.
(End of chapter)