After defeating the young man and receiving five thousand bucks, Ash and his companions chose to set up camp nearby, as it was already noon, and time for lunch.
Brock went to prepare the ingredients, Misty directed the Pokémon to make fire and fetch water, while Ash counted the spoils from their journey.
"A hundred and seventy thousand bucks, making money from wild battles is way too easy! If I were to work to earn a hundred thousand bucks, it might take a whole year or more!" Ash exclaimed after counting the money.
In just six days, they made close to one hundred and ten thousand; this is the massive wealth brought by wild battles, also thanks to Ash not losing a single match!
As we all know, gambling is about winning some and losing some, versus always winning, which are two completely different things.
If you bet three rounds, win two, and lose one, you can only earn money from one round, but if you win all three rounds, you earn triple, adding time and other factors...
Winning streaks and mixed results yield incomparable rewards.
And Ash was the former.
Through the journey of wild battles, the strongest Pokémon he encountered were only at Elite Level, which is already considered extremely powerful for trainers in the Wilds.
Elite Level equates to an intermediate difficulty in Gyms; generally, a trainer would have traveled for at least six months to own Pokémon of this level.
For Ash, leveling up his Pokémon in a few days and completing a massive amount of training in two weeks is almost unheard of.
Just with an Elite Level Pikachu carrying a Light Ball, Ash could be unbeatable in the Wilds!
After all, above Elite Level is Professional Level, who would play wild battles at that level? They've got more lucrative ways.
If a Professional Level trainer joined wild battles, it would be a drastic power shift—yes, that's Ash we're talking about.
With the current strength of Pikachu carrying the Light Ball, even without any added buffs, it could faintly touch a Professional Level.
Currently Pikachu is already at Elite Peak, yes, Pikachu leveled up again!
Besides Pikachu, other Pokémon have also seen various improvements, Charmeleon has reached Advanced Peak, and Kirlia has as well.
Squirtle evolved into Wartortle, reaching Intermediate Level, and Bulbasaur is only at Advanced Level now.
Initially, the highest level among the Three Starters, Bulbasaur's level has been surpassed by Charmeleon and is soon to be caught up by Wartortle.
This filled Bulbasaur, who originally did not want to evolve, with some anxiety, thinking—Is not evolving truly the right choice?
Pidgeotto remains stuck at Advanced Peak, but it shouldn't be long before it reaches Elite Level.
Finally, there's Riolu, who has finally leveled up from Newbie Beginner Level to Newbie Intermediate Level!
This also means his internal injuries have greatly improved, almost fully recovered.
All thanks to Ash's newly awakened Power of Viridian; without it, Riolu might still be stuck in the Pokeball recovering slowly, coming out occasionally to eat, and then going back to rest.
There's no choice; the life of a patient is like this, constantly lying down or on the way to lying down.
However, the healing brought by Power of Viridian allowed Riolu to leave this lifestyle early, and now most of his Ability Values and qualifications have returned to A-level. Within at most a week, he will completely recover and join the training.
After tallying the haul from this period, Ash did not join Brock and Misty in making lunch but instead began giving everyone a massage.
Massage is one of the skills of a Junior Breeder, but previously, it could only relax muscles a bit, making Pokémon feel a little more comfortable, without any other effects.
However, after long-term learning in group with Breeder Ash and his newly gained Power of Viridian synergy, the benefits of Ash's massage to Pokémon are now incomparable.
Ash first went behind Charmeleon, pressing its shoulders, channeling Power of Viridian through his palms into Charmeleon, which immediately showed a comfortable expression.
"Charmeleon, your training's been excellent lately; compared to last time, your body has grown even more."
"Roar~" Of course, because Ash always gives me the best recovery after my training.
"That's all your hard work in training; I merely massage you afterward, the final recovery is a bit exaggerated," Ash laughed, his eyes scanning Charmeleon's data.
[Species: Charmeleon]
[Gender: Male]
[Attribute: Fire]
[Level: Advanced Peak]
[Ability: Fierce Fire]
[Skills: Tackle, Growl, Ember, Smoke Screen, Scary Face, Flamethrower, Belly Drum…]
[Six-dimensional Ability: Physical Attack A(S), Special Attack A(S), Defense B(A), Special Defense B(A), Physical Strength A(S), Speed S(S)]
Charmeleon not only reached Advanced Peak in level, but its Ability Values are not lagging behind, having essentially touched the previous level's limits, or reached near-limit before leveling up.
Having recently upgraded to Advanced Peak, both its attack stats and Physical Strength are at A-Level, meaning before leveling up, it had maxed these Ability Values to S-Level, only regressing due to the level enhancement.