The old man nodded, confirming that the Haxorus guarding the entrance to the Dragon Cave was also his Pokémon.
System Scan Pokémon: Haxorus Level: 78 Gender: Male Ability: Rivalry (Becomes stronger against opponents of the same gender as his fighting spirit flares up, but becomes weaker against opponents of the opposite gender.) Moves: Scratch, Leer, Dragon Rage, Outrage, Pursuit, Dual Chop, Scary Face, Slash, False Swipe, Dragon Pulse, Swords Dance, Dragon Dance, Guillotine, Outrage, Giga Impact Held item: Dragon Fang Egg Moves: Razor Wind, Dragon Pulse, Iron Tail Individual value: 26 Technical Machines/Move tutoring: Dig, Earthquake, Rest, Rock Slide, Substitute, Protect, Brick Break, X-Scissor, Dragon Claw
Seeing that Haxorus was at the intermediate King level, Roy breathed a sigh of relief. At least he had a fighting chance.
The old man explained that as long as Roy could defeat this Haxorus, he would give Roy the Rising Badge for clearing the highest difficulty.
"Roy, don't think I'll let you breeze through the test just because you helped me carry a bucket at noon. I won't go easy on you."
Clair, the Acting Gym Leader who had come to watch, looked disdainful when she heard the old man's words. "You've already gone easy on him by a mile!" she muttered.
Of course she knew the old man had a Champion-level Haxorus. Using his other Haxorus, one at the intermediate King level, was obviously going easy on Roy.
No, he was practically handing him the win!!!
But even against this Haxorus, who was only two levels away from reaching the high-level Elite Four tier, Roy dared not let his guard down. He immediately took Misdreavus's Poké Ball from his waist, and a red light flashed.
A Mimikyu and Misdreavus appeared in the Arena at the same time.
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