As the st Vigoroth fell, Aro out a cry, and in the moment, a bright white light enveloped it.
"It's evolving."
Seeing this, Julian ched his fist lightly and murmured to himself, feeling that the day had not been wasted.
He had spent over 3,000 points just on those bananas, but Aron's evolution made it all worthwhile.
When the light faded, there stood Lairon, now t even taller than an average Aggron.
Standing before it, Julia like an ordinary persoo Shaquille O'Neal.
If it evolved into an Aggro, its size would probably be beyond massive—a true prehistoric beast.
"Meltan!~"
Meltan was ecstatic, even more thrilled than Julian. It shot forward in a fsh, aiming for Aron's shed armor.
For Meltan, who loved eatial, Aron's old armor was the ultimate delicacy, and now it was finally his to savor.
But before it could take a bite, Lairon nudged Meltan away and begaing its own shed armor bit by bit.
"Meltan!~"
Bast***d! No way!
Meltan looked ed and tried to lunge back at the armor, only to be picked up by Julian as it struggled.
"Here."
Julian handed a piece of rare metal from the system shop to Meltan.
"Eat this. the armor is for Lairon."
With its trainer's instrueltaantly accepted, though it looked disappointed.
Aron's armor tained trated metal nutrients it had ed in its previous form. Eating it now would allow Lairon to reabsorb those nutrients.
Giving it to Meltan would have been wasteful.
After finishing its armor, Lairon stomped heavily to Julian's side.
"Well done."
Juliao be able to pat Aron on the head, but now he could only pat Lairon on the side.
"Lairon~"
After evolving, Lairon's personality had beuch more posed, no longer as lively as when it was an Aron.
Pokémon often experience personality ges after evolution, and ireme cases, it feel like they have a pletely new character.
Pokémon: Lairon (Steel/Rock)
Level: 32
Potential: Blue
Ability: Heavy Metal
Item: Metal Coat
Gender: Male
Moves: Roar, Tackle, Harden, Headbutt, Protect, Rob, Metal Cw, Earth Power, Iron Head
Disc Moves: Earthquake, Sandstorm, Dig, Shock Wave, Rock Slide, Rock Smash, Water Pulse
Geic Moves: Stomp, Heavy Sm, Endeavor, Dragon Rush
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With Lairon's evolution plete, Julian's attention shifted to Meltan, who was happily mung oal. Not long ago, it had been picky about the metal, but now it was eating it with obvious enjoyment.
Sensing Julian's gaze, Meltan paused, looking at him curiously.
"Meltan, do you want to evolve?" Julian asked.
He had already collected the 400 Meltan dies needed for its evolution.
The reason he hadn't evolved Melta artly because Melmetal's presence would be too spicuous. Melmetal was a Steel-type mythical Pokémon exclusive to secret realm of Wyvernia, and having it appear in Drakoria could cause iional issues.
The other reason was that little Meltan's size was just too cute.
"Meltan!~"
Meltan nodded eagerly.
It had long wao evolve! It had watched as Beldum evolved into Metagross, Riolu into Lucario, Dratini intonite, and now even Aron had evolved into Lairon.
Evolution was so exg—how could it not want to join in?
But thean looked at Julian, puzzled. It seemed unsure of how to evolve.
It couldn't evolve like Aron did with a sudden burst of light; it seemed to need something specific.
"I have a way."
Julialy poked Meltan's soft cheek with his fihen took out 400 Meltan dies from his system space, surrounding it with the dies.
Before Meltan could react, the familiar bright light enveloped it, even brighter than Lairon's evolution moments ago.
The other Pokémon instinctively shut their eyes from the intense glow.
Deep in a ke within the secret realm, a sleepie-level Gyarados suddenly opes eyes, sensing the surge.
In other areas, several Elite-tier Pokémo a powerful life force asding to a higher level.
The white light sted a full three minutes before finally fading.
When it cleared, a t Melmetal stood before Julian and his Pokémon.
Melmetal's body was adorned with nine dark gray hexagonal bolts embedded or attached across its folden hexagonal bolts circled its neck, with a smaller bolt serving as its head.
"Melmetal~"
Melmetal looked down, fasated by its evolved form, and casually swung a fist, stirring up a gust of wind.
Pokémoal (Steel)
Level: 61
Potential: Purple
Ability: Iron Fist
Held Item: None
Gender: Genderless
Moves: Harden, Thunder Shock, Headbutt, Charge Beam, Giga Impact, Thunder Punch, Acid Armor, Fsh on, Thunder Wave, Dynamich, Protect
Disc Moves: None
Geic Moves: None
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Melmetal was Julian's third Pokémon, raised alongside Riolu from the time they were both still in eggs.
Although it had never been shown publicly, its spot oeam has never fallen.
When it came to resources, Metagross had the most ied in it, with Meltan ing in a close sed.
As a mythical Pokémon, Julian was dedicated to training it well.
During its time as Meltan, it had a high level but couldn't learn many moves. Because of this, Julian hadn't prioritized TM moves for it.
Now, with its evolution into Melmetal, it not only knew a variety of moves, but also had the potential to learn TMs.
With its 'Iron Fist' ability, Melmetal could increase the power of its punch-based moves by 20%.
Looking at its massive fists, Julian figured that even a Bstoise's shell might crader one of its strikes.
Melmetal sized itself up beside Lairon, holding out a fist to pare heights—though Lairon was still slightly taller, standing at 2.7 meters to Melmetal's 2.4 meters.
Of course, both were dwarfed by Steelix, the true giant of the team, with even Dragonite's nearly 3-meter height, they were uo take even sed pce.
Julian pocketed his phoer rec Melmetal's evolution. He had a feeling this footage would e in handy iure.
