With a thought, Adrian immediately activated the Dragon Dance tm and poured it into Gyarados's body.
Immediately after, Gyarados's mind began to tingle.
A completely new way of energy utilization appeared in his mind and was deeply imprinted, with every step crystal clear.
"Aoh hou~"
Gyarados became excited.
Although he hadn't fully digested the move yet, this didn't stop him from knowing how terrifying it was.
This was the strengthening move Gyarados currently lacked the most!
And it was a double buff, strengthening both attack and speed.
Facing Feraligatr, whose basic stats were superior in all aspects, Gyarados had almost no power to retaliate, and his loss was not unjust.
But if basic abilities weren't enough, then strengthening would make up for it.
If he could strengthen himself once with Dragon Dance, while Gyarados still wouldn't dare to boast about being able to defeat Feraligatr, at the very least, he wouldn't lose as badly as he did today.
If he could strengthen himself twice, he would have the confidence to contend with Feraligatr.
If he could strengthen himself three times... While Gyarados was digesting, Adrian's gaze turned to another usable tm.
[Giga Impact: A Normal-type move that uses all of the user's power to attack the opponent. The user will be unable to move on the next turn.]
Giga Impact is a super powerful move comparable to Hyper Beam.
Although Gyarados using Hyper Beam to attack has appeared many times in the anime, almost becoming Gyarados's signature move.
However, in reality, Hyper Beam is a special attack move, while Gyarados is a pokémon that excels in physical attacks, so the compatibility between the two is not high.
From a practical application perspective, Giga Impact is clearly more suitable for Gyarados.
"Gyarados, comprehend it thoroughly!"
A moment later, Adrian taught Giga Impact to Gyarados.
Learning two unusual moves in a short period, Gyarados finally regained most of his confidence.
However, thinking that his basic abilities were still very weak, Gyarados swam directly to a nearby waterfall and began to climb it with his physical strength, repeatedly exercising his physique.
"The lazy Gyarados has actually become diligent."
Looking at the highly motivated Gyarados, Adrian stroked his chin and said, "It seems this defeat may not necessarily be a bad thing."
Due to the existence of energy cubes and tms, the pokémon under Adrian's command hardly needed to put in much effort to easily gain strength and victory, so they were usually quite lazy in training.
But now, having tasted 'failure' for the first time, Gyarados finally became diligent, and Adrian was greatly relieved.
Finally, Adrian set his sights on the last reward.
[X Attack: An item used in battle that can greatly increase a pokémon's attack power during battle. The effect will disappear after the pokémon leaves the field.]
"I even got an X Attack."
Adrian fiddled with the item in his hand, his face full of joy.
X Attack is a type of battle item.
And its effect is also terrifying, equivalent to allowing a pokémon to use Swords Dance once, which can double the pokémon's attack power.
The key is that it's an 'outside-the-box' move; not only can it be used on any pokémon, but it also doesn't take up the pokémon's battle turn, nor does it have to worry about being broken by the opponent's 'Taunt', guaranteeing 100% success.
This is truly terrifying!
"Now, when I'm fishing in the wild, I'll have a life-saving trump card."
Adrian happily put away the X Attack item.
If it were a normal battle, a win is a win and a loss is a loss, and Adrian would disdain to use an 'outside-the-box' move like X Attack.
But if he encountered danger in the wild, then Adrian wouldn't care what kind of move it was, as long as it could save his life.
"Karoo~"
Just then, Magikarp surfaced from the water, panting, but with a strange excitement on his face.
"Skill Master, I've swum a hundred round trips."
"How was my performance?"
"Very good! Very spirited!"
After praising him a few times, Adrian pointed at the nearby waterfall and Gyarados, and continued to coax, "Then, next, go practice climbing the waterfall! To learn Bounce, you must first climb the waterfall to train your tail and bouncing ability."
"Karoo~"
Looking at Gyarados constantly climbing the waterfall, Magikarp was impressed but didn't understand, and immediately accepted the command and left.
"Finally, I can fish in peace again."
Watching Magikarp swim away, wagging his tail, Adrian continued to manipulate his fishing gear and began to fish.
Thump!
The bait hit the water, and Adrian waited quietly.
Before long, the float moved.
Adrian gently pulled up, and a small, cute pokémon appeared, mostly blue, with a light yellow front belly and dorsal fin, three spikes on each side of its head, a long cylindrical mouth, and a tail curled forward in a counter-clockwise direction.
"Horsea!"
Adrian's face lit up with joy; he finally caught one.
[Caught 'Horsea', rewarded with 1 'Dragon Breath' tm.]
[First catch of 'Horsea', extra reward of 1 'Dragon Scale'.]
As the cheat ability's prompt appeared, Adrian became even more delighted.
Dragon Scale, this item, in addition to increasing the power of Dragon-type moves for the pokémon holding it, is also key for Seadra to evolve into Kingdra.
Immediately after, Horsea's attribute panel appeared.
[pokémon: Horsea]
[Attribute: Water]
[Ability: Sniper (When a critical hit occurs, the power becomes stronger)]
[Skills: Water Gun, Smokescreen, Dragon Breath, Twister, Focus Energy]
"If I could catch this Horsea, that would be great. I could directly use the reward as a 'starter'."
Looking at the timid Horsea nearby, who spit out the bait but was unwilling to leave, obviously conquered by the bait's taste, Adrian couldn't help but glare angrily at the sleeping Dragonite.
Cute blue pokémon can only be caught by fishing, not captured! What a tragedy!!!
But then, Adrian's eyes darted, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind.
He first pointed at the sleeping Dragonite nearby, then pointed at himself, and said with a smile to Horsea, "Hello, Horsea. I am Dragonite's good friend, Adrian. Dragonite entrusted me to distribute new flavored food here. If you want to eat more, I can give you some."
"Pachi~ Pachi~"
Horsea was originally a little scared of Adrian, a stranger.
But when he followed Adrian's finger and saw Dragonite, the guardian deity of Dragon Sanctuary, his courage immediately grew.
With the peace-loving and evil-hating Lord Dragonite nearby, what did he have to fear?
Besides, this human also said he was Lord Dragonite's friend.
And that food was really, really delicious!
"Pachi~"
Dragonite's presence gave Horsea a great sense of security, and he immediately narrowed his eyes and swam over.
Seeing this, Adrian also kept his promise and took a piece of bait for Horsea to eat.
Horsea was not much bigger than Pichu, and after another bite of bait, he was full, looking very satisfied, and his favorability towards Adrian also continued to increase.
"Is it delicious?"
Adrian seized the opportunity to stroke Horsea's smooth little head, and seeing that the latter didn't resist, he whispered, "Horsea, I have a lot of food here. Dragonite asked me to distribute it to the pokémon in the lake, but I can't go into the water. Can you help me notify the pokémon in the lake to come here and get food?"
"Pachi~ Pachi~"
The naive Horsea glanced at Adrian's 'good friend' Dragonite, didn't doubt him, and immediately nodded obediently, apparently also a good baby who was happy to help others.
"Then I'll leave it to you!"
Splash!
Horsea dived into the lake and disappeared.
"I'm going to have a huge catch! I'm going to have a huge catch!"
Adrian danced with excitement, his face full of joy.
If he were in another place, Adrian would still worry about whether Horsea would stand him up.
But this was Dragon Sanctuary, and he had 'Dragonite's guarantee', so Adrian was sure Horsea wouldn't trick him.