Good food, good drinks, good fun... everything belonged to the winner. The loser had no say.
So if they wanted to hire the Tauros to work for them, beating them was just as important as the promised Pokéblocks.
Seeing Xiao Ran nod, everyone immediately backed away, leaving room for the Guard Captain and the Totem Tauros to battle.
With a battle about to begin, the Totem Tauros wasted no time either. At its command, the Tauros underlings and consorts gathered around it scattered.
Just like that, a battlefield the size of two soccer fields opened up.
A red light flashed, and a Rhydon was summoned. Yet its enormous, two-meter frame looked like a child's in front of Tauros.
"Rooaaar!" Rhydon let out a roar, the fighting spirit in its eyes undiminished by its opponent's size.
The Guard Captain specialized in Ground- and Rock-types. Most Guard Captains specialized in those types, since they were a great help in repairing railway tracks.
Rhydon was the evolved form of Rhyhorn and possessed immense strength, rivaling Nidoking and Nidoqueen—or even surpassing them in raw power.
Faced with the impending battle, the Totem Tauros refused to be outdone. It rose to its feet and pawed the ground, ready to charge at any moment.
"Mooo!" With a thunderous bellow, Tauros charged toward Rhydon like a small mountain.
"Rhydon, Drill Run!"
Both Pokémon had reached late-stage Gym Leader Class. Rhydon was even at the peak of that stage, just one step away from Elite Four Class.
Their size no longer limited them. Rhydon might have been small by comparison, but its Drill Run was anything but. A spectral drill a full half meter thick hurtled toward Tauros.
Its opponent refused to be outdone. Spectral horns appeared, trapping Rhydon's Drill Run firmly between them. Despite the enormous gap,