Back in the room, Axel leaned against Pheromosa's thigh and fell into thought.
It was true that he had been fooled by Arceus, but that did not mean this trip had been without gains.
Now he needed to carefully take stock of what he had brought back so he could convert the harvest into strength as quickly as possible.
First was that entire backpack of resources. If those were put on the market, they could easily crash the prices of an entire region.
On the first night, the officials and wealthy gentry of Xiapi City did not send gifts of especially high value, but the lords on the second day were rich.
Lord Wang might not be very sharp mentally, but when it came to commanding troops, he was extremely capable.
The scout units he dispatched notified not only the entirety of Xuzhou in a single night, but even nearby governors and inspectors.
After receiving the notice, those governors and inspectors were afraid of being targeted by Rayquaza in the "future," so they used every means possible to rush to Xiapi City.
According to Lord Wang, all the Dragonite in the entire Aurient region had flown until they were smoking.
As a result, there were now over six hundred treasures lying in Axel's bag. Even at the lowest valuation, that was still a full thirty billion.
Already barely surpassing Platinum's pocket money.
Of course, there was no way he was going to sell these things. Only by turning resources into strength could he make money more effectively.
Axel's Pokémon were now skyrocketing in level. The first tier had already surpassed Champion level, and the second tier were all at Gym Leader level.
The only one with a lower level, little Gible, was still a gold eating beast.
Just the daily food costs for these Pokémon alone were an astronomical figure. Axel planned to swap out a batch of rations and use the remaining resources to focus on cultivating Pheromosa, Gardevoir, and little Gible.
In this battle, Axel realized he was seeing Pheromosa's terrifying nature for the first time.
Her greatest strength was not dueling, but field warfare!
Arena battles could not bring out the Twin Blade Queen's true ability at all and instead became a restraint.
With terrifying speed, Pheromosa was a natural killer, the kind who could take an enemy general's head amid ten thousand troops.
Someone like Cao Cao would be at least a villain leader if placed in the present. Even so, after seeing Pheromosa's speed, he had been scared into a panicked retreat.
If there were large scale battles in the future, Axel could let Pheromosa stack Beast Boost to the max and directly assassinate the enemy boss.
Would that not be ending the game with GG amid laughter?
"Resources suitable for Pheromosa include five Quick Feathers, thirty four portions of Silver Powder, twelve Black Belts."
When facing those lords, Axel made no effort to hide his moods. Whenever he received something he needed, he would grin. If it was something he did not need, he would not.
If he received something not worth much, he would still smile and casually say, ("Don't worry, I don't hold grudges.")
Under those conditions, the gifts sent by the lords all suited Axel's tastes extremely well. Most of them were resources he badly needed.
"With these resources, I should be able to quickly raise Pheromosa to around level 70, right?"
"It's just a pity. For some reason, Pheromosa's aptitude still isn't god tier yet. Could it be that I didn't farm enough Destruction Feathers?"
Thinking about aptitude, Axel could not help but sigh.
In fact, he had another guess in mind. Ultra Beasts themselves were simply too strong, so when the power of Destruction Feathers dispersed through their bodies, it was hard to produce a qualitative change.
In Game Freak's settings, the combat power of Ultra Beasts could already rival many gods.
Some particularly fierce species even displayed destructive power more terrifying than gods, they just did not hold divine offices.
Right now, Axel had no clear leads either. He could only wait for a chance in the future to farm more Destruction Feathers.
Then there was Gardevoir. This time, she looked like she had massively profited. Even her aptitude had become "?"
But Axel felt Gardevoir could still become stronger.
During Gardevoir's battles, Axel noticed a limitation to their abilities: they could only synchronize, not imagine out of nothing.
Whether it was making the opposing Trainer believe they were a Pokémon, or making the opponent's Pokémon angrily attack their own commander, it all stemmed from strong thoughts within her heart.
Simply put, Axel felt this kind of power was too straightforward.
Only when she herself was angry could she make the other side angry. Only when she herself wanted to kill could she make the other side kill.
In Axel's view, this power could be simpler and more comprehensive.
Gardevoir did not need to actually want to kill someone. She needed to believe that she wanted to kill someone, preferably with emotions strong enough that even the opponent's Pokémon wanted to kill that person.
This required a power known as "I think."
In fact, mastering this power was very simple. In Axel's previous life, those discipline directors and most homeroom teachers had all mastered it.
I think you're wrong, so you're wrong.
Reason?
The reason is that I think you're wrong.
Only by cultivating such power would Gardevoir truly have pushed telepathic synchronization to its peak.
Thinking this, Axel lifted his head from Pheromosa's thigh and crooked his finger at Gardevoir outside the window.
"Can you imagine me as a great, righteous, shining good person?"
Gardevoir smiled, ["Master is already a great good person!"]
Axel: "..."
"Then can you imagine me as a great villain?"
A cold light flashed in Gardevoir's eyes, ["Whoever says you're a villain, I'll make sure they can never say you're a villain again!"]
Axel sucked in a breath through his teeth, "Hypothetically, I mean hypothetically, okay, can you imagine me as a villain?"
["Sure!"], Finally, Gardevoir nodded.
"Then imagine it?"
Gardevoir lightly bit her finger, gathered her thoughts for a moment, then suddenly waved at the Pokémon in the courtyard who were watching the drama.
["Master is going to wipe out the Aether Foundation. Everyone get ready."]
After speaking, Gardevoir looked at the completely dumbfounded Axel with firm eyes.
["Master wants to save his parents in an evil way, then I'm willing to be the most evil one!"]
Axel's mouth twitched for a long time, not knowing how to explain.
Suddenly, a familiar power of time came through, and Axel's eyes lit up.
"Ahem! The Aether Foundation thing isn't urgent. Let's first see how Glastrier is doing."
Axel felt that since he had crossed worlds once anyway, Glastrier absolutely could not have gone for nothing this time, right?
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