Jacob and Raya's phone call lasted for a long time, only ending half an hour later.
"Since Eleanor didn't choose to betray you, you can put her off for now. Wait until she presses you."
"Understood."
"Oh, by the way, your birthday gift is still with me. When are you coming to pick it up, or should I bring it over to you sometime?" Raya reminded him.
"I'll come find you after a while. I'm going to be quite busy intensifying my Pokémon's training during this period," Jacob thought for a moment and said. "I'll also pick up a Gimmighoul from the Ghost-type Secret Realm then."
"Alright, I'll wait for you," Raya replied.
After hanging up the phone, Jacob frowned, thinking about Eleanor's matter for a while.
He disliked this feeling of things being out of his control. Although Eleanor wouldn't reveal his true identity for now, what about the future?
The future is always full of variables, and all he could do was minimize their impact and try to keep everything within a controllable range.
Or...
A light shimmered in Jacob's eyes. He had actually already thought of a way to resolve the hidden danger.
Gently shaking his head, Jacob temporarily pushed these troubling thoughts aside, then turned his attention to Noivern, Fraxure, and Shelgon.
These three Pokémon were currently the ones most in need of special training. Fraxure and Shelgon's training focused on strengthening their power and evolving as quickly as possible.
Under normal circumstances, Fraxure evolves when it's at Overlord level, close to Gym Leader level, similar to Noibat's evolution stage.
Shelgon, on the other hand, evolves a bit later.
"Fraxure, come here."
Jacob gently waved to Fraxure. Hearing Jacob's call, the hat-wearing Fraxure ran toward Jacob on its short legs.
The biggest change between Fraxure and Axew is that its two tusks become as sharp as axes, and the tusks become non-regenerative.
During the Axew stage, if its tusks broke, they could quickly regenerate. However, from the Fraxure stage onward, if a tusk breaks, it's equivalent to a permanent disability.
Therefore, the most important aspect of training Fraxure at this stage is tusk care, as well as supplementing minerals to strengthen the tusks' hardness.
"Fraxure, come on. Today's special training might be a bit difficult." Jacob gently rubbed Fraxure's round head, then took out two tools he had prepared long ago and placed them aside.
Both tools were made of hard artificial alloy, with extremely high hardness.
"Your task today is to use your tusks to cut through this metal as much as possible," Jacob said, pointing to one of the metal plates that looked like a shield.
"This tool is a sharpening stone, specifically prepared for you to grind your tusks. Come, let me help you try." Jacob spoke while having Fraxure lower its head and gently slide it across the metal sharpening stone.
"Screech!"
The sound of metal friction was a bit jarring, but Fraxure's face showed a joyful expression, clearly indicating it liked the metal sharpening stone.
Many Pokémon can use this metal sharpening stone, such as Scyther, Bisharp, and a series of other Pokémon can use it to sharpen their weapons.
However, the cost of this metal sharpening stone also varies depending on the material. Ordinary metal ones are relatively cheap, while one made of special lightweight metal, like this one, is extremely expensive.
During Fraxure's grinding process, metal shavings will cover its sharp tusks, like a layer of metal coating, serving to protect the tusks and increase sharpness. Consistent long-term use can significantly boost Fraxure's combat power.
This also made Jacob realize that being a Trainer is truly an extremely expensive profession. Of course, you could also ignore all this and not provide your Pokémon with these tools at all.
But in battle, in a duel between Fraxure of the same strength and potential, a Fraxure that has used the metal sharpening stone is simply stronger than an ordinary Fraxure; it can indeed cut off your tusks.
"Fraxure, don't overexert yourself. Remember to protect your tusks well."
Fraxure nodded, then lowered its head, wanting to continue sharpening its sharp tusks.
For Pokémon like Fraxure, their tusks are their life.
Jacob watched this scene, smiled, and bent down to continue teaching Fraxure how to use the two tools. After ensuring it could use them independently, he then turned his attention to Shelgon.
The key to Shelgon evolving into Salamence, besides its strength, is its reliance on Flying-type energy. Therefore, Jacob has already begun supplementing it with Flying-type energy. Other aspects are proceeding as usual, continuing to wear the weighted vest for training and improvement.
After arranging these two Pokémon, Jacob finally turned his attention to Noivern. After using five Bottle Caps, Noivern's potential had significantly improved.
Noivern had undergone tremendous changes during this period. Most notably, its size increased. Secondly, its bat wings and dragon scales became more lustrous. Finally, its Speed also received a huge boost.
Charizard, in recent sparring sessions with Noivern, could already clearly feel Noivern's surging power. Without its Mega Evolution, Charizard could only slightly suppress Noivern.
It should be noted that the old Charizard used to be able to completely dominate Noivern, and this was even before Noivern had undergone special training.
As long as Noivern is given some time to fully unleash its potential, its power will experience explosive growth.
And once it learns the Boomburst move, Noivern's combat power will directly skyrocket by a large margin.
"Noivern!" Jacob called out to Noivern. As Jacob's starter Pokémon, coupled with Noivern's telepathy ability, the two could already achieve perfect understanding.
"Starting today, we're going to begin intense training. Are you ready?"
"No problem," Noivern replied.
"First, add weight." Jacob's expression was serious, as if returning to those difficult years. "You must add it until you reach your limit."
"Okay," Noivern nodded.
At this point, it was no longer the Noibat it once was. It remembered how back then, it would complain about being tired after just a little effort and would often slack off during training. But as it saw the gap widen between itself and Sceptile and Charizard, Noivern finally had a sudden realization.
Only by losing something does one learn to cherish it.
Now, Noivern naturally wouldn't give up any opportunity to become stronger!
Jacob continuously added weight to Noivern. Soon, the weight on Noivern reached a significant level.
"Can you add more?"
"Yes."
Noivern struggled to flap its wings; just flying was already quite strenuous, but it still didn't stop, signaling Jacob to continue adding weight.
"Good, tell me if you can't hold on."
"I can still do it."
As the weight increased, Jacob didn't continue adding weight until Noivern's body began to subtly tremble while flying.
At this point, the weight on Noivern had reached an impressive 2.5 tons.
This was an extremely heavy load. In the real world, the maximum load for large raptors is 2-3 times their own body weight, and note that this is the absolute limit.
Under normal circumstances, it's 1.5-2 times.
Even though this is the Pokémon world, filled with supernatural phenomena, the weight limit would not exceed about 10 times its own body weight.
Noivern's standard height is 1.5 meters, and its weight is only 85 kilograms.
Even if Jacob's Noivern was slightly larger, it was still growing, its size not exceeding 2.2 meters, and its weight around 120 kilograms. Ten times that would only be about 1.2 tons.
Yet, Noivern's current load had reached an impressive 2.5 tons, clearly showing Noivern's exceptional physique and unwavering will.
Under such a high load, Noivern could no longer take off by simply flapping its wings. It could only use the pushing force of its legs to painstakingly fly into the air, struggling to maintain balance.
"Very good, it seems this weight is your limit. Begin training!"
Looking at the weight on Noivern and its struggle to fly.
Sceptile, Charizard, and all the other Pokémon showed surprised expressions. When did Noivern become so powerful?