On October 12th, tless spectators flooded into the Haitian City Sports Arena.
The arena sisted of five sub-stadiums and one main stadium. Each sub-stadium could aodate 150,000 on-site spectators.
At Sub-Stadium 1, every seat was filled, with even the aisles packed with people. The total attendance reached aimated 170,000.
A rge security team, equipped with Pokémon, maintained order on-site. All the security personnel were Advanced-level Trainers, while the security captain was a Trai Pseudo-Elite level.
Advarainers earned saries calcuted on a monthly basis, depending on their work type, iy, and risk level, with a minimum monthly pay of 2 million.
For Pseudo-Elite Trainers, the sary wasn't monthly—it was weekly, starting at a minimum of 5 million per week.
Although being a Trainer required signifit spending, those who achieved success found tless ways to earn a high ine.
Today, Sub-Stadium 1 was livelier thaher four stadiums because the match featured Imperial Uy vs. Modu Academy.
A battle between two of the Top Five colleges.
Regardless of the oute, the losing team would lose its pce among the Top Five uies this year. Reg that title would only be possible by participati year.
(T/N: For anyone who got fused for a moment-me, as to how fighting among themselves would they lose the rank, it's because there are five groups A to E and the winners from each group will be the op Five)
Previously, Imperial Uy had faced weaker teams, making the matches uful and tension-free.
Now, going up against Modu Academy, they weren't overly nervous but approached the match with the respect a strong oppo deserved.
Coach Wade had already started pnning the lineup order.
Although Modu's students primarily specialized in Dragon-types, they likely had Pokémon of other types as well.
If Imperial Uy sent out aype, and their oppo predicted this, they might ter with a Trainer using a Fire-type Pokémon.
Thus, the order of partits could signifitly influehe oute of the match.
"Ding!"
"Daily Task Released"
"Dragon Syer: Defeat at least four Dragon-Type Pokémon."
"Task Rewards: Number oed;
- Four : 4,000 points
- Five : 5,000 points
- Six : 6,000 points
- Eight: 8,000 points"
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At precisely 8:00 a.m., the daily task appeared as usual.
Seeing this task, Julian was momentarily stunned. While the daily tasks often offered small yet practical rewards, like high-grade Energy Cubes, the point rewards were typically minimal, around a few hundred.
But this time was different—starting at 4,000 points, although there were no additional rewards but these thousands of points were good enough.
'Alright, I'm fired up!'
"Coach!"
Wade was about to discuss the lineup order when Julian suddenly raised his hand.
His voice was inexplicably a little excited.
If Frank was here, he would surely remember the time when the Shu Uy exge team visited Imperial Uy, and Julian had requested to be the first to battle with the same enthusiasm in his voice.
"What is it?"
"I want to be the first to battle," Julian said.
The task points depended on the number on-types defeated. If his turn came ter in the lineup, he might lose the ce to earn points.
The task required defeating at least four Dragon-types; anything less, like three, would yield no rewards.
"Sure"
Wade agreed immediately. He had already pnned for Julian to take the lead and Max, the captain, to go st.
Julian hadn't expected such a quick agreement. This saved him the trouble of ing up with excuses.
Wade the over the lineup order before handing it to the referee.
At 8:10, the match officially began.
Livestream chat;
"King Julian's up first!"
"Metagross: I wonder if these baby dragons handle me."
"Hah fools, the Dragons will crush him. You uimate them!"
"Oh, we've got a Dragon fan here!"
"Don't fet, Metagross is also a pseudo-legendary. It's no less powerful than a Dragon-type!"
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After the toss, Imperial Uy was assighe red side, while Modu Academy took the blue side.
As the red side, Imperial Uy had to send out their Pokémon first, giving the blue side the advantage of seleg Pokémoer suited to ter them.
This starting disadvantage was especially ing for the first battler.
Julian couldn't help but suspect that the toss result was rigged against him. Would it have been the blue side if someone else had gone first?
A ent floated across the live stream:
CharizardFan (Will): "Haha, cssilucky Julian moment."
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Standing at his position, Julia out Metagross.
In a sario where he had to face 1v8, only Metagross gave Julian the fideo plete the mission.
His sed-stro Pokémoal, seemed less reliable iype of situations.
Julian trusted and even relied oagross, and the bond was mutual.
"Metagross"
Thinking of the minimum 4,000 points and a maximum of 8,000 points, Julian said in a low but enthusiastic voice: "Today, we are taking down every single one of them."
"Meta!!~"
Floating three meters above the ground, Metagross responded with an intense roar, feeling its Trainer's unusually strong belief (or rather, the power of the points).
On the Modu Academy side, the first battler stepped forward—it was Owen, Ian's older brother.
"Samence!"
Owe out his Samence. Whether through insights from his younger brother Ian, his uncle Wade, or the i, he was well aware that Julian and his Metagross were not oppos to take lightly.
Samehough a Dragon and Flying type, but was well known for its mastery of numerous Fire-type moves.
The Intimidate ability triggered upon its release, yet it had no effeetagross.
This told Owen a lot about Metagross's level—it was at least on par with Samence, likely at the peak of pseudo-Elite css.
"Metagross, Teleport!"
Owen: 'Ridiculous, Everyone knows Metagross 't learn Teleport. You're just trying to fake me out while actually using Agility, aren't you?'
Feigning one move while actually using another was a on strategy, though rarely seen in serious matches unless it had the potential to turide.
But just as he was starting to look down on Julian a little, Metagross really vanished from the spot.
Disappearing with the distinctive "blink" characteristic of Teleport.
"Samence, Protect!!"
His rea speed was very fast, as he immediately shouted
Since he didn't know where Metagross might reappear, he opted for the safest route, anding Sameo use the move Protect.
As the protective barrier formed around Samence, Metagross materialized directly behind it. Its Meteor Mash, shimmering with a colorful glow, collided fiercely with the protective shield.
"Phew"
Owen exhaled deeply, relieved that the Protebsp;worked. But before he could ponder how Metagross had mao use Teleport, a chilling sound reached his ears.
"Crack.. Crack.."
Owen: "??!" (°□°）
