Spirit Dimension: I Fooled Groudon at the Start

Still, you had to hand it to the system—Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon had silver-grade potential right from the start!

Su Yi: →_→

Su Yi held a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon hatchling in each arm when the system's notification suddenly rang in his mind.

[Ping! Congratulations, Host! You successfully accelerated the hatching of two Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon and triggered a hidden reward: Spirit Foundation Potion ×3!]

Spirit Foundation Potion: Made exclusively for Pokémon hatchlings. Specially crafted by the system, it is most suitable for newborn Pokémon and helps them build a perfect foundation!

Three bottles of potion—just what he needed.

"System, claim the Spirit Foundation Potions!"

Su Yi thought the words, and three bottles of potion appeared in Spatial Storage.

With a thought, he took out two of them.

"Hey, you little ones."

Su Yi placed the two little ones on a soft cushion.

As soon as they felt themselves leave Su Yi's arms, both hatchlings opened their eyes.

"Yo?"

"Chah?"

They had no idea what was going on. They still wanted Su Yi to hold them.

Su Yi was the first thing they'd seen when they opened their eyes. And during the last stretch before hatching, both little ones had constantly sensed his presence.

That made them very attached to him.

But they seemed to notice that there was another Pokémon beside them who also wanted Su Yi to hold it. Larvitar and Beldum both started moving toward him.

"All right, here you go. Be good and drink this. It'll do you good."

Even Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon needed plenty of care when they'd just been born. Su Yi had been worrying about how to look after these two, but the system's hidden reward had taken that problem off his hands.

Larvitar and Beldum each had a bottle of Spirit Foundation Potion. The crystalline liquid was irresistible to the two newborns.

They began drinking.

While they were busy, Su Yi quickly took out two Advanced Pokeballs..

"Yo-ki... Yo~~"

Larvitar enjoyed the potion even more than Beldum. Wild Larvitar were usually born underground.

From the moment they were born, Larvitar deep underground began eating large amounts of soil.

Once their digestive systems developed further, they started eating rocks and all kinds of things containing Ground- and Rock-type energy.

Larvitar was a real big eater. Beldum, by comparison, didn't need nearly as much food.

As for what Beldum ate, Su Yi had never been very sure. The games hadn't mentioned it, either.

All he knew was that Beldum's cells were magnetic. It was a mechanical life-form that used the magnetic cells in its body to generate a magnetic force that repelled the ground, allowing it to float in the air.

Su Yi seemed to remember that there was a special food made for unusual Pokémon like Beldum.

It was only sold at Pokémon League headquarters.

Fortunately, he still had one bottle of Spirit Foundation Potion left. Su Yi decided to save it and use it little by little.

For example, he could mix a tiny bit into the food he gave the two Pokémon.

Once they'd finished their potions, the two little ones fell asleep again.

Holding an Advanced Pokeball in each hand, Su Yi gently touched them to the hatchlings.

Both were very attached to him, so they were caught without the balls even shaking.

Inside their Pokeballs, Pokémon could rest more comfortably.

[Ping! Congratulations, Host! Main Quest 2 complete: You successfully formed your first Pokémon team. Reward: Legendary Pokémon Traces Scroll ×1!]

The Legendary Pokémon Traces Scroll!

He finally had it!

An ancient parchment scroll lay quietly in Spatial Storage.

With a thought, Su Yi took it out.

He opened it!

Legendary Pokémon Traces Scroll description: In the Kunlun Mountains, a volcano erupts and a Legendary Pokémon appears!

Damn!

That was only fifteen characters, even counting the punctuation. Talk about stingy.

A volcanic eruption—something connected to fire. Which Legendary Pokémon could it be?

Moltres? Heatran?

Entei? Wind King?

A month from now. He still had plenty of time.

And with Raikou's trail to consider, he now knew of two Legendary Pokémon sightings. Raikou's location still needed confirmation, but the Kunlun Mountains were in the southern part of Spirit Primal Forest. Perfect.

[Ping! All first-stage quests complete. Quest rating: S. Rewards issued: Big Wheel draw chance ×3! Overcome Power! Spirit Language Mastery!]

Su Yi blinked. Nice!

Overcome Power let him communicate with Pokémon's hearts and understand their true feelings. Spirit Language Mastery let him talk directly with Pokémon. With the two abilities combined, Su Yi could become a Pokémon translator!

A Pokémon translator was a highly sought-after profession. Every provincial Pokémon League headquarters competed to recruit translators who could understand even a little of what Pokémon said!

Other people could only get the gist, like Su Yi had before.

But Su Yi could understand exactly what they were saying. And Spirit Language Mastery didn't just let him listen—it let him speak, too!

He could talk directly to Pokémon in their own language!

"Wasn't there a girl in some anime I watched who could talk to Pokémon directly in their language?"

It was his first time gaining an ability like this. As he muttered to himself, all kinds of knowledge he'd never had before appeared in his mind.

[Ping! Refreshing quests... Second-stage quests generated!]

[Ping! Main Quest 3 issued—Own a Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution! Reward: 2 million Gold Coins!]

[Ping! Main Quest 4 issued—Collect eight Gym Badges and graduate from Jingtian Academy as quickly as possible! Reward: Ancient Ruins Treasure Map ×1!]

[Ping! Main Quest 5 issued—Form your second Pokémon team as soon as possible! Reward: Danger Sense!]

[Ping! Side Quest 1 issued—Own three Pokémon that have reached their second evolutionary stage! Reward: Advanced Healing Pokeball ×3!]

[Ping! Side Quest 2 issued—Win ten Spirit Battles! Reward: Hidden Ability Activation Card ×1!]

The quests had refreshed, and the second stage had begun.

Su Yi reviewed them. As for Mega Evolution, he already had a set of Tyranitar Mega Stones and a trainer's Evolution Key Stone. Main Quest 3 would be no problem.

Collecting eight Gym Badges was one of the graduation requirements for students at Jingtian Academy. It was something he'd planned to do anyway, so Main Quest 4 would be no problem, either.

As for Main Quest 5, Su Yi thought it over carefully.

His first-stage quest rating had been S, but he hadn't known beforehand that the system would give him a rating after each stage.

He didn't know whether S was the highest rank, but the system's rating was probably based on the quality of his quest completion.

Take Side Quest 2, for instance. Win ten battles in a row? He was already an Advanced Trainer. How hard could that be?

But if he slacked off on the quests, his rewards might end up with a lower rating. That would be a waste, especially since the quests had no time limits.

Right—Yan Yuzhu had mentioned that the class would hold a Class Battle Competition at the end of the month. He could use that for Side Quest 2.

He'd see if he could train the two newly hatched Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon into fighters within a month.

The reward that caught Su Yi's eye the most was Danger Sense from Main Quest 5!

With that, his own safety would improve considerably!

"System, get ready for a Big Wheel draw!"

[Ping! Deducting one draw chance. Draw starting...]

The Big Wheel's pointer began to spin.

At last, it stopped on the three Question Mark Areas Su Yi had been looking forward to.

Su Yi's eyes lit up. The rewards from the three question marks had always been good. What would he get this time?

[Ping! Congratulations, Host! You obtained a Hidden Ability Activation Card ×1!]

A Hidden Ability Activation Card?

Su Yi had been planning to wait until he completed Side Quest 2 before using the card on Larvitar. He hadn't expected to get one early.

"Target Larvitar. Use the Hidden Ability Activation Card!"

[Ping! Congratulations, Host! Use successful. Larvitar's Hidden Ability has been activated!]

Larvitar's Hidden Ability was Sand Veil. During a sandstorm, it increased the evasion of Pokémon with this Ability.

When a Pokémon's Hidden Ability was activated with one of the system's cards, it wouldn't change as the Pokémon evolved. Only its other, regular Ability could change.

Now that Larvitar had activated Sand Veil, it would keep that Ability even after evolving into Pupitar. Its original Guts Ability, however, would change to Shed Skin!

Then, when it evolved into Tyranitar, Shed Skin would change again, becoming Sand Stream!

Sand Stream: Changes the weather to a sandstorm when the Pokémon enters battle.

Sand Veil: Raises the Pokémon's evasion during a sandstorm.

Those two Abilities worked perfectly together!

Nice!

Another draw!

[Ping! Congratulations, Host! You obtained 500,000 Gold Coins!]

Su Yi: ???

Anything was fine, just not Gold Coins!

One more. His last chance!

[Ping! Congratulations, Host! You obtained 300,000 Gold Coins!]

Su Yi: →_→

"Forget it. I've been lucky so many times; there were bound to be some unlucky draws. Maybe next time I can try drawing while the enhanced Good Luck Card is active."

An extra 800,000 Gold Coins was still pretty good. He'd had 1.7 million before that. After spending 250,000 to speed up the Pokémon's hatching and buying a few things from the shop, he now had... million Gold Coins.

Emm...

Night slowly deepened.

Su Yi called out Frogadier, Combusken, Vibrava, and Ampharos.

Ampharos had reached its second evolutionary stage and could digest food better. The other three Pokémon said they weren't hungry.

After feeding Ampharos some Energy Cubes, Su Yi trained for half an hour, took a shower, and went to sleep.

The next morning, he woke up feeling refreshed!

"Frogadier, Frogadier..."