(A 12,000-character chapter, added for an alliance leader; the second consecutive day of 10,000-character updates.)
Xia You could clearly feel that Candice had grown more excited.
Perhaps, just as she had said, she really wanted to see what was different about this snowman.
It might also have been an instinctive response from her as an Ice-type Pokémon Trainer, making her interested in any Ice-type Pokémon, let alone a Snowman Snorlax, something she had never even heard of before.
It would have been strange if she were not interested.
In terms of types, both Pokémon were Ice-type, but Froslass was Ice and Ghost, while Snowman Snorlax was Ice and Normal.
Normal-type moves could not deal effective damage to Ghost-type Pokémon.
And Ice-type attacks did only half damage against another Ice type. From those two points, Snowman Snorlax seemed to be at a disadvantage.
Candice naturally knew that too.
But that was only how things stood in theory.
When the battle resumed, Xia You's Snowman Snorlax showed Candice just how different theory and actual combat could be!
The type disadvantage was real, but Snowman Snorlax's physical capabilities still astonished Morty.
She had never seen a Snorlax move so quickly, especially one with such a massive body!
Almost in the blink of an eye, Snowman Snorlax crossed half the field and slid right up to Froslass!
He was even considerably faster than Sneasel had been!
The ice, left riddled with pits by the previous two battles, might as well have been perfectly flat to Snowman Snorlax. His enormous feet ignored those tiny depressions completely, allowing him to keep sliding.
Having badly misjudged her opponent, Froslass was forced to respond hastily.
She fired a Ghost-type Shadow Ball, but Snowman Snorlax easily sidestepped it with nimble footwork, closing the distance between them again.
At that