After leaving Team Flare's base, Cain did not stop. This trip to Kalos included other matters. In the past, he had devoted considerable effort to that region, and now it was practically time to reap the rewards.
Mounted once again on Salamence, he returned to the outskirts of Kalos and went back to that place forgotten by most people, the Nebel Plateau, the site where he had captured Magearna.
Thinking of Magearna, a smile appeared on Cain's face.
Since she was one of his Pokémon who did not particularly enjoy battling, Cain had never insisted on forcing her to fight or to improve rapidly. Instead, he did his best to allow her to do what she truly liked.
Although Magearna's strength was not especially high and there was still a considerable gap between her and Tyranitar and the others, her mere presence already represented very important support for Cain's Pokémon.
The power of life was slowly but steadily improving the capabilities, potential, and even the minds and hearts of his Pokémon.
It had to be said that Magearna truly possessed the potential and aptitude to become a genuine Legendary Pokémon, or rather, a true Mythical Pokémon. The only thing she lacked was a suitable opportunity.
Similar to Magearna was Diancie, that small and obedient diamond princess who treated Cain's words almost as sacred commands.
But Diancie was also different from Magearna. It could not be said that she liked battling as much as Salamence or Tyranitar, but at least she did not dislike it.
Moreover, within one of Cain's plans, Diancie occupied an extremely important position.
Within the Carbink kingdom on the breeding island, an initial scale had already taken shape. Cain had already begun asking Minister Carbink to focus on training a group of newly born Carbink with good talent and potential, in order to form his diamond legion.
A diamond legion led by Mega Diancie, with Mega Tyranitar and other Pokémon as its core. When that force grew, it would undoubtedly become something impossible to ignore.
Of course, raising so many Carbink required resources and costs that not everyone could afford.
But it was not necessary to train every Carbink to the level of Cain's current Pokémon. It would be sufficient for them to reach an acceptable level.
Furthermore, Cain did not currently have too many problems with money and possessed considerable resources. Raising a portion of those Carbink was still entirely feasible.
Additionally, Pokémon such as Carbink did not require excessively expensive resources to grow. A certain quantity of minerals was enough.
When that day came, if Tyranitar's Crimson Sand Hell domain were combined with a large number of rock- and fairy-type Carbink, even dragon-type Pokémon would probably tremble in fear upon seeing such a formation.
Cain had devoted quite a bit of effort recently to both Diancie and Magearna.
And not only to them. He had also begun to shift part of his attention toward other relatively weaker Pokémon, gradually reducing the amount of focus he previously gave to Darkrai, Tyranitar, Gengar, and the others.
For example, Salamence, whose strength had grown tremendously but still had significant room for improvement. Or Aggron and Lucario, to whom he needed to give special attention thanks to the steel-type Pokémon aptitude enhancement method he had obtained from the Stone family. Or also the outstanding and excellent psychic queen, Gardevoir.
Of course, aside from those Pokémon requiring special attention, Cain had no intention of neglecting the others either. Each of them was a companion he needed to value.
Although some Pokémon were gradually falling behind due to issues of aptitude and potential, that was absolutely no reason for Cain to abandon them, nor an excuse to stop investing resources in them.
If Pokémon were at a disadvantage in terms of talent, then, as their trainer, it was natural to do everything possible to compensate for that disadvantage. Otherwise, why would they need a trainer? Was it not precisely because Pokémon needed trainers to create miracles for them?
Cain now did not lack resources, did not lack money, and certainly was not lacking ideas. The only problem was that sometimes the investment and the result were not proportional.
If it had been in the past, when his strength was still insufficient and his resources were limited, of course he would have needed to calculate every drop of resources carefully, giving the most suitable resources to the most suitable Pokémon in order to increase strength as quickly as possible.
Then, thanks to the increase in strength, obtain more resources, thus forming a virtuous cycle.
But the Cain of now was no longer the same as before.
His current identity and power, viewed from any angle, practically gave him inexhaustible resources.
And if resources were no longer so precious, what did it matter to waste a little, even if they were not used in the most efficient way possible?
In Cain's heart were not only Pokémon like Honchkrow or Weavile, whose combat abilities were still quite decent, but also Miltank, the one he had selectively forgotten for a long time, the one who had remained diligently working on the breeding island, helping him maintain a stable rear line, the best assistant he had ever had by his side during those early days.
Only, in the end, Miltank's aptitude was still somewhat lacking. And since she did not have an evolution that could bring about a qualitative change, she had gradually been excluded from the core of Cain's main training focus.
But that did not mean Cain had completely forgotten her. It was simply that, with the limited resources of that time, no matter how much affection he had for her, he could not do more.
Now, however, he could once again include her in his training plan. Even if he did not expect her to directly participate in battle, that did not prevent him from wanting to train her.
(End of chapter)