Pokémon: Aggron (Purple)
Gender: Male
Level: 86
Types: Steel + Rock
Ability: Rock Head
Held Item: Aggronite
Egg Moves: Dragon Rush, Head Smash, Stealth Rock, Screech, Body Slam
Basic Moves: Tackle, Harden, Mud-Slap, Headbutt, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Protect, Roar, Rock Slide, Take Down, Metal Sound, Iron Defense, Double-Edge, Autotomize, Heavy Slam, Metal Burst
Learned Moves: Iron Head, Earth Power, Iron Tail, Snore, Magnet Rise, Low Kick, Endeavor, Water Pulse, Icy Wind, Ice Punch, Fire Punch
TM Moves: Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Brick Break, Shadow Claw, Stone Edge, Flamethrower, Rock Tomb
At this moment, Aggron had also reached the first barrier of the Champion level.
A Purple color quality was not actually weak; it was just that, compared with several of Cain's other Pokémon, it seemed somewhat lagging behind.
If this special method did not exist, then it would be a different story. But now that he had obtained that method from the Stone family, for Aggron, nothing could be better.
Pokémon: Lucario (Dark Purple)
Gender: Male
Level: 79
Types: Fighting + Steel
Ability: Inner Focus
Held Item: Lucarionite
Egg Moves: Cross Chop, High Jump Kick, Blaze Kick, Meteor Mash
Basic Moves: Aura Sphere, Laser Focus, Foresight, Quick Attack, Endure, Detect, Metal Claw, Counter, Feint, Power-Up Punch, Swords Dance, Metal Sound, Bone Rush, Quick Guard, Me First, Work Up, Calm Mind, Heal Pulse, Close Combat, Extreme Speed
Learned Moves: Thunder Punch, Magnet Rise, Ice Punch, Water Pulse, Iron Tail, Role Play, Low Kick, Dragon Pulse, Absorb, Dual Chop, Helping Hand, Iron Defense
TM Moves: Protect, Earthquake, Psychic, Shadow Ball, Brick Break, Double Team, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Shadow Claw, Stone Edge, Substitute
The current Lucario could already be considered almost fully formed. The aura of strength from a Pokémon at the Quasi-Champion level was by no means weak, and now Cain also possessed Lucario's Mega Stone.
After Mega Evolving, it could break through to the Champion level and, even in real combat, coordinate with the Crimson Sand Hell and participate in battle without becoming a burden.
Moreover, Cain had a special use prepared for Lucario, and that method was already beginning to take shape. As long as Lucario's aura power increased a little more, it could be used in real combat.
However, compared with Aggron's Purple color quality, Lucario's Dark Purple color quality was much more difficult to improve.
But it was not impossible. Just like Steven's Shiny Metagross: when Cain first saw it, was it not also far from its current level?
Everything was possible, including Magearna.
The improvement method of the Stone family was quite special, and its principle also belonged to the type of things that were relatively easy to understand. The only requirement was mastering a special auxiliary agent.
In many circumstances, Steel-type Pokémon carry a large amount of metal in their bodies. Even a Pokémon like Lucario, which at first glance appears to be entirely flesh, actually has quite a few metallic parts. And Cain knew that inside its bones there was also a large amount of metal; only in this way could it withstand the explosive power its body was capable of releasing.
Because of this, those Steel-type Pokémon could be treated as if they were a special block of metal.
And all metal inevitably contains certain impurities to a greater or lesser extent. In theory, there is no metal that does not contain them; the only difference lies in the proportion they occupy.
For example, Cain's Aggron: its quality was not low to begin with, and it had grown up eating diamonds since it was young, so the impurities within the metals of its body should be few.
However, since it was a Pokémon that had never forged its own metal before, the first time this method was used, the assistance and increase in quality it would receive would undoubtedly be the greatest. After that, what remained would be gradual polishing.
Since Steven's Shiny Metagross had been able to reach that level, Cain believed that the upbringing of his own Aggron was not much inferior. In the future, he would undoubtedly also be able to raise it to that kind of level.
Only, the proportion of metal in Lucario's body was much smaller, so Cain could not be certain what the exact effect would be. It still needed to be tested to find out.
The improvement method of the Stone family treated Steel-type Pokémon as if they were a block of metal being constantly polished to remove impurities. But if someone thought that meant simply picking up a hammer and striking repeatedly, that would be far too naive.
Even for a simple piece of iron, when refining steel it is necessary to prepare certain special materials in order to truly eliminate impurities, let alone a living Pokémon.
Furthermore, the removal of impurities from a Pokémon's body was not done through physical strikes. It was achieved through a combination of several different minerals which, by interacting with each other, stimulated the Pokémon itself and tempered its body, thereby achieving the desired effect.
Within that method, the most important thing of all was, of course, the formula. And the timing of its use, as well as the appropriate quantity for each different Pokémon, was also an enormous science.
Those things were the result of countless generations of the Stone family, who had gradually discovered them through trial and error.
Cain examined in his mind the formula of the metallic agent that should be used on Aggron, the corresponding quantity, and the appropriate timing for using it on him.
Each Pokémon had its optimal proportion.
By itself, this was something extremely troublesome, but since Cain had the system, that powerful tool of processing and analysis, what was most difficult for others became rather simple for him.
The only problem now was that, within the formula, there were quite a few minerals that Cain did not currently have with him.
Within the Space-Time Continent, most of the materials he had collected were plant-type. The minerals he carried with him were not many.
So Cain immediately took out his communicator and contacted the people in charge of Team Heaven, Team Flare, and the Azoth Kingdom, informing them of the things he needed and ordering them to gather them as soon as possible.
(End of Chapter)