[Polar Biome, a Certain Cave]
A horse-shaped Pokémon over two meters tall, with ice armor on its face and feet, lay prone on the ground.
Cold air continuously exhaled from its mouth and nose, and the entire cave was influenced by its breath, covered in thick ice crystals.
Its neck was raised high, and its cold gaze looked incredibly proud and unyielding.
It was precisely one of the legendary gods from the Galar region, the former king of the Crown Tundra, Glastrier.
The only thing that clashed with the environment was a Rotom Phone floating in front of Glastrier, radiating a distinctly modern aura.
[Payment received: 2000 yen]
[Payment received: 500 yen]
[Payment received: 1 yen]
[Payment received...]
Messages continuously popped from the Rotom, ranging from thousands of yen to just a few yen.
Each time a message appeared, Glastrier would excitedly rub its hooves, swipe the screen, and refresh the balance display.
It used to be the king of the Crown Tundra in the Galar region. Later, thousands of years ago, it encountered a very outstanding man and followed that man into the Aurient.
After that man died, Glastrier came to this place to dwell.
And it developed a habit of going to offer sacrifices to that man every decade or so.
Last time when it returned, it happened to obtain something called a Rotom Phone, which it occasionally used for entertainment.
Then just a month ago, it suddenly received a message from Napoleon.
[I am Napoleon. Actually, I did not truly die. Many people in the Aurient built temples for me, and now the power of faith has been collected. All that remains is one hundred million yen to reconstruct my body.]
[If you have money on hand, transfer it to the bank account I'll give you.]
[Once I am revived, I will appoint you as Great General, and together we shall rule this world.]
Glastrier was immediately excited.
It had lived in the Aurient and knew that Napoleon was someone who always kept his word.
If that was the case, then with enough faith, wouldn't its master Cloud also be able to be revived?
Even more fitting, its master already had ready-made faith.
Glastrier would occasionally visit Cloud Temple in Gol City and sometimes helped those who came to offer sacrifices to Cloud fulfill some small wishes.
For example, killing human traffickers, or causing scammers to get hit and killed, those kinds of things it had done.
It wasn't always getting hit by a car, sometimes it was it that did the hitting.
Though crude and direct, it was very effective.
With its occasional interventions, Cloud Temple gained more incense worshippers, and was even transformed into a tourist attraction.
'As for faith, my master should have enough, right?'
'Then next is money.'
Originally, Glastrier didn't know how to make money, but one time it saw a cute young lady pet a Vulpix and then give it some food, its mind suddenly became enlightened.
It wasn't good at making money, but it had lots of pokémons under its command.
So Glastrier immediately began. As long as a pokémon brought it money, it would teach them skills.
The more money earned, the more it taught; the less, the less.
As long as enough cash was paid, it could even teach powerful moves like Blizzard and Icicle Crash, and it taught them extremely well.
One told ten, ten told a hundred, and soon the news of a powerful pokémon in the ice cave teaching skills for money spread throughout the entire Polar Biome.
As things developed, the speed of collecting payments became too fast, and some pokémons even helped it set up an enterprise QR code... [T/N: LMAO!!!!]
As long as payments were received, it could track exactly how much tuition each pokémon had paid, greatly reducing the difficulty of Glastrier's accounting.
When the balance suddenly jumped by a few +1000, Glastrier let out a satisfied neigh.
'Looks like tonight I will teach that Avalugg how to use Icy Wind!'
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"ROAR!"
'Maybe tonight I'll finally master Icy Wind?'
Avalugg watched a few students leave, then shook its body cheerfully.
As a large-bodied pokémon, it had great physique and power. Its only weakness was speed.
And no matter how hard it tried to learn, it just couldn't grasp Icy Wind, a move that reliably reduced speed.
Fortunately, not long ago, that terrifying pokémon in the cave suddenly changed temperament and started charging for teaching moves.
Many pokémons had rapidly improved in strength, even the Snorunt next door had learned Ice Fang.
Thinking of this, Avalugg looked at Axel with motivation.
'The incoming guest seems to have quite a bit of money!'
Sensing Avalugg's gaze, Axel's pupils instinctively contracted.
That look was far too familiar, almost identical to how he looked at others' passive traits.
'This Avalugg definitely has its eyes on my stuff!'
Axel pushed Gholdengo forward and narrowed his eyes at the Avalugg stepping across the ice, "Little guy, what do you want?"
Avalugg blinked, forcibly turning its originally dangerous gaze into a smiling expression.
It lowered its big head as much as it could and let out a gentle growl.
"Roar~"
'Guest, would you like a ride?'
Before Axel could react, Gholdengo had already skillfully taken a gold coin from the treasure chest and placed it on Avalugg's head.
Receiving the coin, Avalugg's eyes nearly turned into heart shapes.
Its already bent spine arched even further, completely lying flat on the ground.
"Walala~", Gholdengo waved his big hand, striking a pose of taking charge of everything.
'Master, get on board!'
Axel, a little dazed, climbed on and relaxed some of his guard against the pokémons in this Polar Biome.
Though Lacey's warning was serious, based on the result, the pokémons here were clearly more easygoing than those in the Savannah Biome, and even had their own set of rules and order.
As for paying a little money... in Axel's view, it wasn't a big deal.
With Gholdengo and Masked Man around, as long as it wasn't an enormous amount, it wouldn't hurt Axel's wallet.
More importantly, the end of this order was likely the legendary pokémon, Glastrier.
Regarding this pokémon, Axel had always held it close in his heart.
This was a legendary pokémon that could increase strength just by riding it.
Calyrex was Psychic-type, Gardevoir and Mewtwo were also Psychic-type.
If Calyrex could ride it, why couldn't Gardevoir?
Among Axel's main force pokémons, some were divine beasts, some were pseudo-legendaries, and others were Ultra Beasts that weren't any weaker. In fact, even slightly stronger.
Only Gardevoir had the weakest base stats, relying solely on her invincible talent.
If Gardevoir could ride Glastrier, maybe it could really forge a combination rivaling the gods.
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