For Heiduo, the greatest gain hadn't been the broadened horizons or the things he'd bought.
It was—
"Two of them? You sure you weren't born from Arceus?"
Umbreon blinked her round black eyes at the two Pokémon huddled together and trembling before her.
They had the same white hair as her, complete with five red streaks. Their faces were dark, and their lower bodies resembled silkworm cocoons, much like the larvae of certain moths.
There was no doubt about it.
These were the Larvesta known in ancient Unova as creatures born from the sun.
Their Evolution, Volcarona, was even regarded as the sun's incarnation.
One could imagine how impressive that sounded.
Unfortunately, its base stats were painfully lacking.
Only 550. Like Arcanine in the past, it was a Pokémon people had wildly overhyped.
Of course, whether a Pokémon was truly strong depended on its effective base stats.
Volcarona only had sixty Attack, which was already pretty good.
"I'm wearing the Creation Ring! Watch yourself!"
Heiduo shook the Creation Ring hanging from his chest and added, "Back up a little! You're scaring them!"
"Tch! It's not like they're Wimpod..."
Umbreon wasn't blind. Naturally, she could see Larvesta's frightened behavior, and she turned away in annoyance.
That left Heiduo wearing the grin of a creepy old man as he tried to get close to the two plump little silkworms.
The two were most likely Timid by nature and were extremely afraid of Heiduo, curling tightly into a ball. If they hadn't attacked earlier and found it ineffective, they probably would have sprayed Ember at him already.
These two had come from Relic Castle beneath the Desert Resort on Route 4. In the games, there was a Volcarona available for capture at the deepest part of Relic Castle.
But reality was different.
There