"Fraxure, return!"
Iris shouted, and a red beam shot over, recalling the sleeping Fraxure with its head lowered.∙∙·▫▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫▫·∙∙
Milotic, which had taken a deep breath, failed to spit out its gathered freezing breath and looked somewhat disappointed.
"Milo~"
After evolving, it had wanted to win its first battle against another Trainer in style, taking down the enemy in one go. It had not expected its opponent to be sent back so quickly.
What a letdown!
"Don't rush. Pay attention to your opponent's movements."
Baimu soothed it, somewhat surprised by Iris's decisiveness.
She had managed to switch Fraxure out so precisely and in such a timely manner. It seemed she had already thought of switching when Milotic's tail had entangled the former.
Most Trainers in the anime belonged to the type who refused to switch until they were knocked out. Iris had clearly surpassed the level of an ordinary Trainer.
However.
The difference in strength between the two sides was simply too obvious.
Although they had only exchanged two or three moves, Milotic had already suppressed Fraxure with ease. If they had fought one-on-one, victory would merely have been a matter of time.
Baimu himself was actually even more surprised than Iris.
Because of Feebas's physical limitations, he had rarely sent it into battle after leaving Verdanturf Town. Most of its battles had been internal sparring.
He had not expected its performance to be this good—
Or was Fraxure simply too weak?
Baimu realized that Fraxure was still in its growth period. To put it bluntly, it was in the middle stage—better than those below it but not yet among those above it—and was far from being capable of shouldering heavy responsibilities.
Its baby stage had lasted too long.
It had traveled with Ash for a year without evolving. The writers