"Congratulations, contestant Mu Yun! Here are your prizes for this year's Yinzhou Cup!"
After a brief awards ceremony, the host brought over a wooden tray draped in red brocade.
Three scales of different colors lay on it.
They were a pale pink Deep Sea Scale, an orange-red Red Scale, and a rainbow-colored Prism Scale.
Deep Sea Scales were special scales that Gorebyss naturally shed after reaching maturity. How often they shed them depended on their strength: the stronger they were, the more frequently they shed.
Elite Four Level Gorebyss were said to shed one every year, so the supply—and the price—remained stable.
Their only effect was helping Clamperl evolve. That was it.
This was only a rookie tournament, after all. The prizes weren't especially useful.
Red Scales were shed by Red Gyarados. They had an effect similar to Gyarados Horn Bone: when eaten, they increased a Magikarp's size.
Prism Scales, meanwhile, came from Milotic and could help Feebas evolve.
In terms of value, Red Scales were the most expensive, since Red Gyarados were the rarest of the three.
Prism Scales came next, while Deep Sea Scales were the cheapest.
After some thought, Mu Yun chose the Prism Scale instead of the more expensive Red Scale.
For one thing, he already had a Gyarados Horn Bone. The Red Scale would be redundant.
For another, he wasn't particularly interested in ornamental Pokémon like Clamperl and Gorebyss.
A pearl produced by Clamperl did have the special effect of strengthening mental power, but a Clamperl could produce only one in its lifetime.
Rather than raise one himself, it would be easier to buy a ready-made pearl from the Points Exchange Shop later.
A Prism Scale, on the other hand, might come in handy someday.
Milotic had beauty, strength, healing ability, and defense. Raising one