Kapitel 135: 135. Pryce

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"ROAR!"

Ash's scarlet monster suddenly burst out of the water with a powerful roar, and his red scales seemed to be shining like crimson rubies.

The golden eyes no longer have that color of pain that it had before, instead they are filled with boundless excitement and an abundant sense of power flowing through its body this time!

It was forced to evolve from Magikarp into Gyarados. As soon as he finished his evolved, he was targeted by Team Rocket, and his whole body was in constant pain.

But now, his body has been healed by the Clear Spring and has fully adapted to Gyarados' increased power after his evolution.

At this moment, it is doing his Bond Evolution!

Gyarados could completely feel Ash's spiritual communication when he was caught by him, and how he calmed down all his sadness and pain.

Moreover, Ash had still used the precious Heal Ball he had gotten. The moment he entered it, Gyarados began to feel the gentleness of the world and the gentleness that Ash gives off.

Ash even paused his journey for his health, took it to heal in this magical lake, and stayed with him all though this.

This made him extremely touched and grateful. The only way for Gyarados to repay such kindness is to fight for Ash wholeheartedly and without giving up!

Its bond with Ash have been very high from the beginning!

And as he gradually began to heal from his injuries, he slowly but surely turned into his much better form, and as his state of mind continues to move closer to Ash, so did his degree of compatibility continues to improve, thus making the Bond Value also increased significantly at a very fast speed.

Gyarados: 255/255

The moment it came out of the water and saw Ash, his Bond Value reached its peak with Ash. Golden light bloomed on it. Gyarados' Bond Evolution began at this very moment!

"Gyarados, transform into the dragon you were destined to be!"

Ash suddenly had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. He had a hunch that the evolution of his bond with Gyarados would never allow him to evolve into a Dark-type.

And it will be the same as his Charizard, a Dragon-type!

"GYARRRR!"

Gyarados actually jumped out of the water, and above the water, a dazzling light of evolution suddenly burst out!

His size has become much larger, but he has not become bloated like his Mega Evolution form.

The three horns on his forehead became larger and even turned golden, and the beard under his chin became longer, as if he was the real King of the Sea from the deep water!

The biggest change is the pair of huge dorsal fins that are the same as Mega Gyarados, but this time like a pair of dragon wings spread out!

Name: Ash-Gyarados(Shiny)

Attribute: Water, Dragon

Ability: Mold Breaker (Can use moves on the opponent without being interfered by the opponent's own Ability.)

Moxie (After it defeats an opponent, it will increase your attack stats.)

Item: Mystic Water

Skills: Twister, Hydro Pump, Scald, Hurricane, Dragon Dance, Ice Fang, Crunch, Hyper Beam, Outrage, Dragon Pulse…

Under the Bind Evolution, Ash could feel how terrifying the power Gyarados contained in his body at this very moment!

Even Charizard behind him was eager to try and fight the new Gyarados, wanting to know the power of his new companion personally. He let out a series of roars in response to Gyarados show of power!

But this is the clear spring, so they must not fight here.

Them wanting to fight, there was still future chances, but not now of here. Ash waved his hand and made Gyarados return to his original form.

This behemoth came to the water's edge and rubbed Ash's face with his big horn. Both Ash and Charizard can feel how joyful he was.

It's like a rebirth for him, Ash gave him a new life with a greater purpose!

After the Bond Evolution, Gyarados possesses the attributes of Water and Dragon.

The weakness he has from his Water-type is made up for by his Dragon-type, which has very few weaknesses. Even the Electric-type can only cause neutral damage to it, and types like Fire and Water can only cause very little damage to it.

And its only weakness, apart from its own Dragon-type, is the powerful Fairy-type.

Tyrouge was standing behind Ash the whole time it was going on, looking at the behemoth in front of him in a trance. Just now, he could clearly feel the powerful power of this Gyarados. He understood that Gyarados only needed to make a single move to make him lose his fighting ability, he did not need to test it out.

He currently has no ability to resist his attacks, showing how fragile he was.

Ash took Gyarados back to his Ball to rest up, saw its lowered expression, and said with a smile, "Ty, let me tell you something."

Tyrouge raised his head and looked at Ash straight into his eyes, only to hear him say, "If the Dragon-type is an attribute born for strength, then the Fighting-type is an attribute born for fighting! Whenever an enemy encounters another enemy, they will draw their weapons, and the brave will win regardless of weather or not they live to witness the next battle. No matter who it is, you must have the courage and confidence to challenge it! It is ultimately determined by yourself what you are, remember that!"

Ash himself is like this. Even if his opponent is the Elite Four or the Champion, he will still have the courage and motivation to challenge them. If he don't have the courage to fight against a powerful enemy, knowing that he is outmatched, then he is not even worthy of becoming the Pokémon Master!

Tyrouge nodded his head in a tentative expression. He would memorize his words down in his mind and once he would be able to understand it in the future, he will use it.

Looking back at the clear lake, Ash got on his Charizard's back and rushed towards Mahogany Town again.

"Big Brother, you're back!" Walking into the Pokémon Center, Molly was the first to greet him.

Ash rubbed her head and said, "Gyarados is now doing fine, now it's time to challenge the Gym!"

"Are you here for a Gym Challenge?"

Standing next to Brock and Misty was a rather burly aunt. This must be the Aunt Sheila whom Molly mentioned inviting her to have a Rage Candy Bar.

Ash nodded, "Hello, I am Ash from Pallet Town!"

"Hello to you as well, young men!" Aunt Sheila said in a very friendly manner, "I'll take you to the Gym!"

However, when they arrived at the Gym, they found that the door was closed tightly.

Sheila said in a voice full of regret, "It looks like Pryce is not here again!"

Pryce is the Gym Leader of the Mahogany Town Gym, known as "The Teacher of Winter's Harshness".

"If he isn't in the Gym, he should be practicing at the waterfall at this time!" Sheila said immediately.

This immediately made Brock, who was also a former Gym Leader, admire him very much, "He is indeed a real Gym Leader, he is always exercising his body and mind!"

"That's it! I'll take you to that waterfall!"

Aunt Sheila was really a good person and she led Ash and the others to the waterfall. They saw a old man with a slim figure meditating under the cold waterfall.

But the strange thing is that there is no Pokémon by his side.

Ash came to him and said, "Hello, I am Ash from Pallet Town, I'm here to have a Official Gym Battle with you!"

Pryce, who was under the waterfall opened his eyes, "So you are Ash. I heard Lance talk about you before, but why do you put your Pikachu outside of its Poke Ball?"

Ash glanced at his Pikachu on his shoulder and said, "Because this is my most trusted partner!"

However, Pryce put on his clothes and said in a cold voice, "It's useless. There must be a boundary between a Trainer and their Pokémon, maintaining that relation won't work!"

"Lance said that you will definitely become the Pokémon Master, but if you don't correct this, you won't be able to get there no matter how strong you are! Because you are affected by the Pokémon's emotions, it is easy to not see the situation clearly during the battle and be unable to use strategies, and then you will suffer a painful defeat and surrender your dreams!"

Pryce seemed not to agree with Ash's actions at all.

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Kapitel 136: 136. Piloswine

Ash was not angry when he heard that Pryce did not approve of his actions.

Everyone has a way of getting along with their Pokémon. Ash regards Pokémon as a friend and partner, a close family.

After obtaining the Bond System, he gained a deeper understanding of this during his journey. Because of this, he gained the respect of Professor Oak and the appreciation of Lance, and was even regarded as a strong opponent by him.

But he has no right to require all Trainers to be like him, just like how he doesn't think Pryce can deny his feelings and ties with his Pokémon.

"It's no use talking anymore, let's go and fight!" Ash threw his Tyrouges Poké Ball without any excuses or anything.

What could be more appropriate for a conversation between Pokémon Trainers than a battle?

"Okay, then let me correct your misguided thinking!" Pryce responded, "Come on out, Dewgong!"

The momentum of this Dewgong is very powerful, and there are waterfalls and flowing water here, which is environmentally beneficial to it.

"Is there any way you can defeat my Dewgong?"

Misty became happy when she saw it was Dewgong, "Ash, Dewgong is a dual Water and Ice-type Pokémon, which is very beneficial to your Tyrouge!"

However, Pryce also clearly heard this and said, "Pokémon battle strategies can only be of real value when the Trainer can accurately control their Pokémon!"

"That's true!" Ash smiled confidently and took the lead in launching the first attack, "Tyrouge, use Mind Reader!"

Tyrouges eyes suddenly shrank, and all of Dewgong's movements were clearly visible to him!

The next attack did not require any of Ash's order. It rushed directly towards Dewgong and was in front of it in the blink of an eye.

"Hmph! Dewgong, Ice Beam!"

This move Ice Beam is very fast and very powerful, one of the strongest Ice-type attacks. If such a close-range attack hits, Ash and Tyrouge knows that everything will be over for them.

Even Pryce himself thought that he had the chance to win this easily and was ready to declare his victory.

However, Tyrouge just dodged the powerful looking Ice Beam, and then kicked Dewgong hard with his flexible knee!

The Mind Reader move that he previously used is really useful for a Fighting-type Pokémon like him!

"Dewgong!"

Pryce couldn't believe the changes in front of him, it was just too quick. Tyrouge was unscathed, but his Dewgong was severely damaged.

He had to take Dewgong back before he could look at Ash again. For a moment, he fell into silence.

"Aunt Sheila, did something happen to Grandpa Pryce?" Molly whispered beside her.

Hearing this, Sheila asked in a surprise voice, "Molly-chan, how did you know that?"

"Just guessing, hehe!" Molly stuck out her tongue with one of her lest eye close while the right eye was open.

"Don't look at the current Pryce. He used to be a very cheerful person. Training his Pokémon was a very happy thing for him and his Pokémon's. He treated his Pokémon's like his family and friends!"

When Sheila started talking about his past, Pryce did not stop her. Instead, he took the initiative and said, "At that time, I thought I could understand Pokémon's heart just like you, Ash!"

"My Piloswine and I have won many battles together, but in a big game, an opponen used their Magmar to suppress my team, so I sent out my Piloswine on the field!"

"In the end, I lost the game and suffered severe burns from that Magmars powerful Fire attacks!"

When Ash and the others said this, their eyes bulged up. At Pryce's time, Trainer could also be harmed by a Pokémon's attacks if not carefully.

But obviously, Pryce's story is not over yet!

After losing the game, both Piloswine and Pryce were seriously injured. But just when he was feeling guilty about the failure of the battle, Piloswine walked into the heavy snow alone.

"Piloswine, he left the seriously injured me behind and left alone!" Pryce suddenly raised his voice, as if retorting to Ash, "From then on, I no longer treat Pokémon as my friends, but strictly train them without the same feeling!"

"Did you ever look for your Piloswine?"

Ash suddenly asked Pryce a very good question with a loud voice.

"You? What did you just say to me?" Pryce was suddenly shocked by Ash's burst of momentum.

Ash looked straight at Pryce, "Have you ever looked for it? Your Piloswine was seriously injured and ran into the heavy snow. What you were thinking was that it was going to leave you because of a single defeat? Even after all those times that you guys were fighting together!"

"Is this the so little amount of trust you have in your most trusted partner? At that moment, you were only disappointed with it, but you didn't have any worries him at all!"

Ash took his Tyrouge back and stood in front of Pryce.

"What are you talking about? Of course I went to look for it, but the heavy snow covered Piloswine's traces, and more than ten years has gone by, and he never came back to me!" Pryce was also very loud with his words!

"So, you think he must have abandoned you and found another Trainer that was more powerful than you?" Ash Aura continued to rise, his Aura was so high that even the regular Sheila was able to see it clearly. In his opinion, there must be another reason why Piloswine left in the heavy snow all of a sudden.

"Wait!" Aunt Sheila rushed up and stood between the two of them, "Stop arguing, this will get you nowhere!"

After Pryce and Ash's emotions finally stabilized, Sheila turned to Ash and said, "Ash, what exactly do you want to say?"

Ash breathed out, "I think there must be other reasons why your Piloswine left! For example, seeing how severely burned you were, Pryce, he braved the heavy snow to go out to find you some herbs to treat your burns, or something along the line!"

"Piloswine has a very good sense of smell. There are many people in Johto Region who train their Swinub's to find hot springs, so this speculation should be very reasonable!"

"As for why Piloswine didn't come back for so long, it should be..."

Ash suddenly paused, and his next speculation was obviously bad news for Pryce!

However, after hearing his words, Sheila and Pryce's eyes lit up at the same time, "If it is that, that means he must be at that place!"

As he said that, the two of them rushed deep into the forest together.

"Ash, what are going to do?" Misty and Brock quickly came to Ash's side.

"Let's go there too, follow them!" Ash hugged Molly tightly, "The forest here is very dense and there are no real mountain roads. You two must follow me closely!"

Ash's Aura power has a powerful detection capabilities, and by relying on his Aura power along the way, they have never intentionally lost their way.

Soon, they followed Pryce and Sheila to a cliff valley, "I've been here once or twice, and all kinds of herbs grow in this valley!"

In other words, according to Ash's speculation, Piloswine was probably looking for herbs for Pryce and accidentally fell into the depths of the Valley and has not returned yet!

Sheila quickly took out a rope, and sure enough, the group found the big anklet deep in the valley!

"Piloswine was really here!" Pryce hugged the anklet in his arms, his whole body trembling, "Ash, you were right, I was wrong, and I have been so wrong for so many years!"

"Let's find Piloswine first before continuing on with this!" Ash walked in one direction, where he sensed a weak but alive Aura.

Unexpectedly, after so many years, Piloswine was still alive. It was frozen in the ice at the bottom of the valley, and it still holds the herbal plant for treating burns in its mouth!

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