Pokémon: Chronicles of Freedom-Chapter 482 - 481: The Use of the First Elixir

Looking at this incubator he hadn't seen in a long time, along with the precious Larvitar Pokémon egg inside, Cain felt a wave of nostalgia.

After so much waiting and searching for various methods, he was finally about to witness this Pokémon egg hatch.

Cain glanced at the day counter on the incubator.

Seeing it once again, he couldn't help but feel a bit powerless.

If it weren't for the half-dose of the Evolution Elixir he used last time, Cain honestly wouldn't know when he would have found a way to make Larvitar hatch.

Fortunately, this time he had finally obtained three full elixirs.

However, according to the system's calculations, the power of the Evolution Elixir was too potent. Even though the Larvitar egg had been soaking for years in geocentric cleansing milk, it was not recommended to use all three elixirs at once.

The best approach would be to use them one at a time.

In fact, according to the system, the optimal method was to use them with time intervals, though the difference in results between the two methods was negligible.

Thus, Cain chose the faster option.

He would soon need to train his second lineup of Pokémon, and Cain didn't want Larvitar to lag behind.

If he could train Larvitar alongside that group of Pokémon, it wouldn't just save time; it would also improve cooperation among the Pokémon.

For instance, now with Skorupi and Honchkrow, although they got along well, because they were trained at different times, the synergy between Skorupi and the other Pokémon was still somewhat lacking.

It was only during this wilderness training that Skorupi's power increased, enabling it to fight alongside Honchkrow and the others, barely developing a bit of basic synergy.

That's why, if you want Pokémon to show greater power in team battles, it's best to cultivate that synergy from a young age.

For this reason, whenever Cain released his Pokémon, he almost always did so simultaneously.

Cain opened the incubator.

A Pokémon egg with a thin crack appeared in his hands.

Feeling the weight of the egg, even after taking it out several times, Cain remained surprised.

Although Larvitar is naturally heavy, the weight of this particular egg was truly unusual.

Without examining it in too much detail, Cain lightly stroked the crack with his finger.

He didn't feel anything special.

He took out one of the Evolution Elixirs from his storage space. His hand, as he held the elixir, began to sweat slightly.

He took a deep breath. Whether or not Larvitar hatched depended on whether this elixir worked.

Cain removed the elixir's stopper, and a strange smell filled the tree cave. The four little ones playing nearby immediately turned their attention to Cain.

"Slowking, create a psychic barrier just for me," Cain said with a frown.

Slowking nodded, and with a slight movement of its psychic power, a thin dome of pink energy surrounded Cain, isolating the elixir's scent.

Cain slowly tilted the elixir tube, pouring the liquid onto the crack of the Pokémon egg.

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Like a dry sponge, the liquid was quickly absorbed.

Cain had been prepared to use his psychic power to help the egg absorb the elixir, but he didn't expect the egg to absorb it completely without resistance.

Cain wondered if, after all this time, Larvitar inside the egg had developed some form of awareness.

Perhaps it was like Mismagius living deep in dark caves, with no one truly knowing what was happening.

It was the first time Cain used telepathy on a Pokémon egg.

He could sense the heartbeat inside the egg becoming stronger and more energetic.

Moreover, a tiny spark of thought emerged in his telepathy.

Larvitar hadn't developed its own consciousness or independent thoughts.

It was like any other Pokémon egg.

However, with the help of the Evolution Elixir, the Pokémon inside the egg was rapidly taking shape.

There were many unknown liquids inside the egg—likely natural egg fluids or geocentric cleansing milk. Both substances seemed to have mixed, complicating Larvitar's hatching process.

The hardening of the shell was just part of the problem. The real obstacle was that Larvitar hadn't fully taken form.

But with the elixir's intervention, the two substances began to solidify quickly, and Larvitar's body, which had been just a skeleton and small blood vessels, began forming rapidly.

According to the system's analysis, if no more elixirs were used, Larvitar might take another fifty years to hatch.

Clearly, that wasn't what Cain wanted.

However, after using one elixir, it was better to give the Pokémon egg time to assimilate it.

Once the effects of this elixir were fully exhausted, Cain could use the next one to maximize the results.

Cain gently stroked the egg. Although telepathy couldn't do much, he still tried to communicate with Larvitar inside, unsure if it had any effect.

After half an hour, the elixir's effects on the egg began to stabilize.

Cain placed it back in the incubator, planning to use the other two elixirs once he returned to Leafy Town.

He hadn't yet prepared food for Larvitar, and the elixir's effects were still processing.

But it shouldn't take long, and this Pokémon egg, which had remained dormant for so long, would finally hatch.

Cain had a feeling this Larvitar wouldn't be like the others.

After soaking in geocentric cleansing milk for so long, it wasn't possible for this Larvitar to be like the others upon hatching. That would be too far-fetched.

There would be differences; he just didn't know yet if they'd be good or bad.

He'd only find out when it hatched.

Cain handed the incubator to Haunter, who stored it in its shadow.

For Cain, the safest place now was his shadow, where an elite-level Mismagius resided.

Although Mismagius wasn't a combat expert, the power of an elite-level Pokémon couldn't be underestimated.

Slowking dissolved the energy barrier.

Cain played with the little ones a bit more before falling asleep.

Tomorrow, he would return to Leafy Town, and as the Leafy Town Gym Leader, Cain needed to be at his best.

Larvitar would hatch once they returned to the gym.

Then, it would be time to plan the evolution of Sneasel and Haunter.

Afterward, he would train his second lineup of Pokémon.

In short, Cain had a lot to do and needed to be in top form.

Slowking and Haunter took care of the watch while Cain slept, so there was no need to return the Pokémon to their Pokéballs.

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The next day.

Dawn broke.

Cain, mounted on Tropius, set off once more on the road back to Leafy Town.

This would be a new beginning for Cain's growth.

(End of Chapter)