Pokémon: Arcanine (Fire)
Level: 91
Potential: Purple
Ability: Flash Fire
Held Item: Golden Fire Stone
Gender: Male
Moves: Leer, Ember, Howl, Bite, Flame Wheel, Helping Hand, Agility, Extreme Speed, Reversal, Flamethrower, Crunch, Fire Fang, Roar, Retaliate, Play Rough, Take Down
TMs: Protect, Fire Spin, Hyper Beam, Dig, Sunny Day, Giga Impact, Heat Wave, Wild Charge, Psychic Fangs, Blast Burn, Burn Up, Incinerate, Thunder Fang, Flame Charge, Body Slam, Eruption, Heat Crash
Egg Moves: Flare Blitz, Overheat, Double-Edge, Outrage
Note: Fire-type moves are boosted by 20% due to the Fire Crystal.
Note: Possesses the Flame of Life, allowing one Rebirth—after revival, potential rises to Gold, but level resets to zero.
Note: Have used the Flintwood, increases the power of Fire-type moves by 30%, raises Burn chance by 70%, reduces damage taken from Fire-type moves by 50%, and reduces damage taken from Water-type moves by 20%.
Note: When holding the Golden Fire Stone, there is a 1% chance for Fire- or Rock-type moves to deal 10× damage (can trigger once every 24 hours).
Note: After soaking in the Terraflux Magma, its Fire-type essence has been purified—physical strength increased by 2 to 5×, Fire-type moves power increased by 50%, Burn chance raised to 100%, and Water-type damage is reduced by 40%.
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Because of Moltres and Arcanine's arrival, the parent-child event ended in a hurry.
Afterward, Julian brought Jade back home.
Now in the backyard, Julian finally had time to properly look at the changes these two Pokémon had undergone over the past year.
As expected, Arcanine had already broken through and become a Champion—that was good.
"Where did you get this Golden Fire Stone?"
Seeing that the item Arcanine was carrying had changed from the original Hard Charcoal to a Golden Fire Stone, a possibility crossed Julian's mind.
But after thinking about it, that Arcanine probably wouldn't be that generous, right?
"My good bro gave it to me."
When Arcanine spoke, its expression was even rather proud.
Good bro?
Wasn't it calling him "dumb dog" before?
Back when Julian left, the two were still arguing. And to stop his own Arcanine from being bullied by that Arcanine, he had even given it a bunch of dog toys and Pokéblocks.
And now, after eleven months, they both actually became friends—almost sworn brothers at this point?
"Doggo… you didn't swindle it, did you?"
Julian looked at Arcanine with a strange expression. The Golden Fire Stone was not an ordinary item. It was an Ultimate treasure-grade held item.
Even if that Arcanine was its good bro, there was no way it should be giving his Arcanine something like this, right?
This was practically no different from handing over its wife to you.
Although his own dog usually looked foolish, Julian knew very well that Arcanine was actually quite clever—it only seemed dumb because it couldn't be bothered to use its brain.
And Julian had indeed wanted the Golden Fire Stone before, but he knew that Arcanine absolutely wouldn't hand it over willingly.
Of course, he could have taken it by force, but since his own Arcanine and Moltres were going to be soaking in the Terraflux Magma for nearly a year, and he wouldn't be around to accompany them.
So if he really had snatched that Golden Fire Stone by force, that Arcanine would definitely have retaliated against his Pokémon afterward.
So Julian ultimately gave up on the idea.
Yet unexpectedly, Arcanine had actually brought the Golden Fire Stone back with it after coming out.
"Arf~"
Arcanine: "Nah, I just told it that my strength was lagging behind in master's team and that I was disgracing the Arcanine line, so it gave me this Golden Fire Stone."
"And you call that not swindling it?"
Julian immediately blurted out.
'Your bro bares its heart to you, and you play mind games with him.'
'Doggo, that's really quite something. I approve.'
"But my strength really can't compare to Boss Metagross, Dragonite, Lucario, and the others," Arcanine said.
When the dog put it that way… it actually wasn't wrong.
But back then, it had only been a Pseudo-Champion—of course it couldn't compare to those actual Champions.
Still, with the Golden Fire Stone, Arcanine's strength had undoubtedly increased tremendously. This kind of surprise—Julian felt he could do with a few more.
"Did it say anything about you giving it back?"
Julian quietly asked, his expression as if that golden Arcanine was right beside them.
"It said I can return it the next time we meet."
Arcanine nodded.
"What a stingy dog. You even treat it like a brother, yet it couldn't bear to give you a single item permanently." Julian's face was filled with disdain.
"There won't be a next time though. We're never going to see it again."
Now that the treasure was already in his hands, how could he possibly return it? Especially since this treasure was genuinely excellent.
"Tres~"
Moltres: "Master, I think the Golden Fire Stone suits me better. Giving it to this dumb dog is a waste."
Moltres was extremely envious of the Golden Fire Stone. It had seen with its own eyes that Arcanine use the power of the Golden Fire Stone to amplify the power of Flare Blitz tenfold, nearly melting a Metagross in the process.
If it had this item, even if it still couldn't beat Metagross—its win rate against Dragonite and Lucario would definitely be much higher.
With a tenfold boost in move power, as long as the attack landed, opponents at the same level—or even several levels above it—would basically be one-shot killed.
"I already have the Blaze Stone and the Triple flame. So if I add this Golden Fire Stone on top of it, and everything triggers together, even a Champion-level opponent would get blasted into ashes by me."
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Pokémon: Moltres (Fire/Flying)
Level: 94
Potential: Purple
Ability: Pressure
Held Item: Charcoal
Gender: Genderless
Moves: Gust, Leer, Ember, Safeguard, Wing Attack, Flamethrower, Agility, Ancient Power, Incinerate, Air Slash, Roost, Heat Wave, Sunny Day, Hurricane, Endure, Overheat, Sky Attack
TMs: Protect, Take Down, Acrobatics, Flame Charge, Fire Spin, Aerial Ace, Air Cutter, Fly, Will-O-Wisp, Fire Blast, Flare Blitz, Solar Beam, Sunny Day, U-turn, Brave Bird, Hyper Beam, Temper Flare, Substitute, Sandstorm, Scorching Sands
Egg Moves: None
Note: Due to consuming a Blaze Stone, the power of Flamethrower is doubled.
Note: Due to consuming the Triple flame, there is a 50% chance that Fire-type moves will deal double damage and a 30% chance they will deal triple damage.
Note: After soaking in the Terraflux Magma, its Fire-type essence has been purified—physical strength increased by 2 to 5×, Fire-type moves power increased by 50%, Burn chance raised to 100%, and Water-type damage is reduced by 40%.
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Honestly, what Moltres said really was possible.
The Blaze Stone doubled Flamethrower's power, and the Triple flame had a chance to triple it—that was six times.
Then adding the Golden Fire Stone's tenfold multiplier—that became sixty times.
A sixty-times boosted Flamethrower…
Just thinking about it made Julian a little excited. He glanced at Metagross beside him.
If it really came down to a sixty-times Flamethrower, even Metagross would be in some serious danger.
Seeing Julian genuinely seemed to be tempted, Arcanine instantly panicked and roared furiously at Moltres, "You stupid bird! I'm really biting you to death today!"
Then it lunged straight at Moltres.
"Dumb dog, like I'm afraid of you!"
And just like that, the two Pokémon started brawling right there on the spot.
Julian paid them no mind.
Instead he was thinking—with his luck, the chance of actually triggering a sixty-times Flamethrower was practically zero, but maybe he could use some Lucky Charms to boost the success rate.
Of course, the most important point was that Arcanine absolutely wouldn't be willing to hand over the Golden Fire Stone to Moltres.
And if Julian really forced it to do so, the dog would probably run away from home the very next second.
So after thinking it over, Julian ultimately gave up on the idea.
After all, this was a gift from Arcanine's "good bro."
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