Tristan and Jade left somewhere on the rooftop where they can view the scene of the bookstores.
Jade is the one who takes responsibility for guarding the weapons and also spying on the front of stores. While Tristan's job was only a soy sauce in the battle, his group cannot still trust him to handle the mission. Especially with his temper, if he takes the job of investigating who knows if everything was messed up?
So, having nothing to do, he's got bored.
He looked at Jade: "Are you not bored?"
Hearing what Tristan said, he looked at him and just said: "I'm not"
Jade is an introverted person and he was used to this silent atmosphere. Even if he will stay here within 24 hours, he doesn't care. He's also a person who can't take initiative to talk except if it's important, just like before when he suggests fighting Tristan.
What's important? Of course, his crush, their vice-captain.
Well, it doesn't matter, many people have crushed on their vice-captain, it doesn't matter adding one in thousands just like the person in front of him.
He also knows the temper of this guy but he didn't care, he will be a teammate next year.
This how open-minded he was. Even though he was introverted as long as the other person will take initiative to talk to him, he will reply.
"How long do you think it will take"
"Don't know"
"Make a guess"
"three"
"Three? Three hours you meant?"
"Yes"
"It's too long"
"It's not"
"Hey you, why can you only speak one or two words?"
"I'm Jade"
Tristan looked at Jade who was still focusing on spying on the gate as if didn't want to bother to talk to him so he didn't force it.
He activated his summoning contract.
BOOM!
A little iron ball appeared.
Jade looked at it, he knew what it was. It's Tristan's contract beast. He doesn't know what it was and he's not familiar with it.
The amazing thing about this is Tristan's contract beasts can be summoned, unlike others. But the other problem was this little guy was weak. How can it be stronger in the future?
Looking at its little body, can it be stronger? Maybe.
How much will he invest in this guy?
Imagine these little guys growing up like the shape of a nuke, can it fight?
But he didn't know that there's a species that can evolve.
There are many contract beasts in Individual Alliance Conferences because it's the requirement for the competition, but maybe most of them regretted it.
And the one he knew was Carlo Baker and the one who won in the Blue Region Individual Alliance Conferences.
Spending time for cultivation, mastery, and then contract beast, can he afford it?
Then he shook his head and focus on his mission.
It's not his contract beast anyway, it doesn't matter.
Back to the beldum.
Compared to when it just started training, it's gotten bigger now.
It also reached level 17.
The reason why he summoned it, that's because he's gotten bored now, and wants to train it in just a few hours to let the boredom pass.
Whiiiing! Whiiiing!
Whiiiiing! Whiiing!
Beldum who just appeared couldn't help but made a noise against him.
You can tell by its face that it was angry.
[it said, why did you let it back, it said it don't want to go there, bad master, stupid master!]
"I'm on a mission, it's not appropriate to bring you"
Whiiiiing Whiiiiiing!
[What's not appropriate, it said, it was getting stronger now]
"You?" Tristan looked at him doubtfully.
"Then let's train, let's see if you have really gotten stronger"
Whiiiiing Whiiiiing
[Don't worry, it can even fight 3-4 beldum with its strength, it said]
"Huh…?"
"You're bullying them again, right?" Tristan smiled at it but beldum feels not smiling.
Beldum stopped a bit remembering that it said something that shouldn't be said and shook its body nervously.
Whiiiing Whiiiiing
[It said, it's the bad master's fault for letting it come inside]
"Hmph, just keep reasoning… Come here, let's see what you can do."
Whiiiiing Whiiiiing
Beldum feel nervous and then made a noise.
[It said, master, you're a good master, the most handsome master in the world, please be easy on me, I'm still a baby]
Tristan didn't take its flattering word seriously and just said: "You're boasting that you can take 4 beldum right, so let's see if it really is"
Beldum nervously walked in front of him.
Whiiing
[Master please be easy, please be easy]
"Don't worry I will just use my scabbard"
He took the Wado Ichimonji with his left hand but he didn't open it.
Beldum on the other side couldn't but sigh in relief.
"Go!"
It immediately activated its strongest attack the "Iron Head" towards him.
Beldum only had three skills, the "Tackle", "Iron Head", and "Iron Defense"
Tristan on the other side didn't even plan to dodge is received the damage while parrying with his sword in his left hand.
BANG!
This strength
Senior Early Stage!
He immediately thrust his sword toward it but he was surprised because the guy moved quickly and avoid it.
Beldum changed his unique ability from Clear Body ⇔ Light Metal into:
Light Metal ⇔ Clear Body
Compared to the effects of this ability in the game, it really became literal effects based on the description of Light Metal.
Light Metal - halves the Pokémon's weight in battle.
Because of the decrease in weight, beldum became faster but there's also another disadvantage which is when it used the 'Light Metal' it doubled its speed but also halves its defense.
Imagine beldum normal def and spd stats are 80 and 30 in order, became 40 and 60 after the effects of Light Metal.
This speed… was already comparable to the Senior Middle Stage.
Tristan became serious a bit and then attacked him again.
Wheew
Wheew
Wheew
Beldum forced its speed to its full extent to dodge it all, he can't even counter-attack because once it did that, it will surely hit.
Wheew
Wheew
But how long can it be used for this?
Just a few seconds later, it was helpless to dodge, and could only use its "Iron Defense"
Ping!
It flew a few meters away.
Tristan didn't continue attacking and looked at it.
This guy's strength was still in Normal (M) of beasts, slightly ahead on Proficient Early and Middle Stage, and can be par with Proficient Late Stage. Once it used its skills, it can reach the senior stage of human.
[Tristan, I suggest letting it practice changing its two abilities and then combined them with skills, also improving its speed and reaction]
(Do you have any suggestions on ability?)
[When using "Tackle" and "Iron Head", it can combine with "Light Metal." When using "Iron Defense", you can combine it with Clear Body]
(I see)
Tristan nodded and immediately talked to beldum about the training plan.
First: let it be familiarized with changing its two abilities.
Second: familiarize changing its two abilities while using skills
Third: Practice its reaction ability
Fourth: Learn to counter-attack while moving or dodging.
More than an hour had passed until they did the training.
And based on the result, the first, third, and fourth training plans were feasible, while the second, it can't.
With beldum's body, it can't stand using it. Its physique was still not enough to use various skills, it will drain its stamina fast once it does that.
But it's still a good result for Tristan, to have these results. For the second training plan, once the beldum physique improved or even evolves, maybe it really can. No worries, there's still time, and there's no need to haste, it might be counter-productive if he does that.
On the other hand, Jade on the other side was surprised. It seems this guy has potential.
The most surprising thing that he saw was the skill of this fellow seemed don't belong to 5 main elements but belonged to hidden ones like Iris.
Tristan on the other side saw the tired Beldum and immediately took the big pouch in his bag, and took the colorful rainbow pokeblock.
Compared to before, this poke block was made of Gold ore which is more expensive than Silver ore.
If the price of 1 ton of silver ore was 30,000 hunter points which is equivalent to 3,000,000 pesos, the gold ore was 50,000 hunter points per ton, also equivalent to 5,000,000 pesos.
In the first month, 1 ton of silver ore was enough for this guy to eat but when it started training, 1 ton of silver was only enough for it in a half of month. After that, he changed the silver ore to gold ore which almost spend more than half of his points.
(AN: I changed it from 30,000 Pesos per 250 kilograms to 30,000 pesos per 10 kilograms, so it will not be too exaggerated. But actually, it is still too exaggerated. Well I could only say that pesos worth is not the Philippine Peso hahaha)
Now he only has 49,000+ hunter points.
He regretted buying it.
It wasn't even enough to buy the next ton of gold.
These pokeblock were the last ones, and he need to buy them later.
(AN: If you're confused, Minerals can be converted to the pokeblock mixer converter)
So, this mission reward was enough for the last gold ton.
He also thought, it was good, he got this mission.
The reward was 30,000 Points.
"Here, these are the only last portion" He patted beldum's head and said.
Beldum immediately approached and eat it.
Previously, he's always asked Tristan about Gold Ore because it's delicious compared to silver ore, and the addition of mixer converter, gold ore + mixer converter = Delicious Pokeblock!
And then another hour had passed when they heard a huge noise coming inside the bookstore.
It's coming.
Tristan and Jade immediately became alerted and focused on the bookstore.
Beldum who had already eaten all of his pokeblock followed Tristan on his side, don't know what happen, but it seems so serious.
…
Inside the bookstore,
Somewhere in a hidden basement,
Alfred was here protecting the captured children, and he contacted the alliance police.
Iris and others are fighting on the other side.
"Hello, can you trace my phone? I'm one of the members who accepted the task of missing children three months ago"
"You must hurry and come here"
"My teammates are fighting on the other side"
"Look at it, if you think I'm joking!"
Then he points his phone toward the children.
You can see their hair was a mess, there's a trace of cut on every part of their body, it's no doubt, they were tortured.
"We already call your station before and you said we're joking, now, did you see it? If there's an accident happens here, we will report you"
"This was station 689, Jukino St., near the slum, and also near the border of the gate you can see Shona's Bookstore"
"Alfred, my name is Alfred Sadani"
And then…
BANG
"Hurry! Evacuate them!"
"There's a person here!"
"Kill him!"
Alfred saw some people already come here and seen him.
He immediately hung up the phone and held his two daggers and activated his wind element.
BRING IT ON! THIS BATTLE, I'LL TAKE IT!
…
On Iris's side, she was at another exit.
She's blocking people here to escape. You can see a huge thick ice wall blocking the exit.
And currently, she's fighting two middle-stage fire and wind elements.
There are also other people who plan to help but they immediately lose consciousness.
Their strength was not enough to interfere with the battle.
And this battle is one-sided in favor of Iris.
Other people couldn't but retreat to find another exit to escape.
…
On Fred's side, he was at another exit, fighting people to stop their escape.
…
On Jess and Paul's side, they're capturing people here, especially the senior stages, but because of this some people immediately run away. They hoped Jade and Tristan will get them.
…
On Tristan's side, Jade immediately prepared his two fifth-grade pistols and was ready to act.
This guy was rich!
Jade looked at him and said: "You don't need to be here, just attack in front, and I will back you up"
This was the first time he talked too much, that's because it's important.
Tristan looked at him and said: "Got it"
He immediately rushed forward to the front gate of the bookstore.
Beldum immediately followed him.