Results of Training

At this time, Folker and his pokemon trained at the river while Chelsea and Farlan sat on the sides of the river as they watched Folker train with his pokemon.

Folker dived through the floor of the river and stayed for a minute for endurance training. Lucario imitated him and also stayed with Folker on the bottom of the river as it tried to sense its surroundings.

Scizor was just standing by the sides of the river as it sent punches through the air, trying to create ripples on the river with its sheer punches without actually touching the water.

Meanwhile, Magneton was on its own world as it actually dived underwater as it swam, trying to chase some nearby Magikarp.

'Hey, why don't you try to sense your aura powers underwater. It should be easier this way' Lucario suggested as it sent a telepathy message to Folker.

Folker looked at Lucario and slowly nodded and closed his eyes to gain clarity. Surprisingly, it worked better than he thought. He was able to sense some kind of energy and was able to sense a familiar but powerful aura right next to him.

'It should be Lucario' Folker inwardly said as he tried to connect with the aura next to him. It took him a while to connect with Lucario but it was a lot earlier than it previously did.

'Hello, Luca. How are you' Folker said through telepathy.

'You sure have all the time in this world' Lucario replied.

'Well, I don't particularly have anything to do except for training myself and you guys. And this counts as training too' Folker replied as his telepathic figure smirked while his actual body remained expressionless.

'Suit yourself. In any case, I'll switch to close combat training with Scizor' Lucario said as it opened its eyes and surfaced from the river.

'Hmmmmm. Let me explore this river through aura senses' Folker thought to himself as he sensed the surroundings with his aura powers. He was able to get a black and white mental map on the surroundings as well as the movements of the nearby fish.

He was even able to get a clear view of Chelsea and Farlan's figures on the sides of the river as Farlan prepared some food while Chelsea sat beside him. Her Ivysaur and Charmander trained together on the nearby bush while Zoroark was on the lookout.

'Aura power sure is amazing. I'm pretty sure Zoroark used illusions to transform itself as a bush beside that tree but through the aura, I can get a clear and naked view of Zoroark' Folker thought to himself.

His attention was suddenly caught by Lucario who suddenly said through telepathy 'Hey, are you still there? Can you still hold your breath?'

Folker then exited aura sensing mode and found himself hungry and weak.

'Oh shit!' Folker then hurriedly surfaced from the river as he breathed heavily.

"Huff.. Huff.. That was.. huff.. dangerous!" Folker said as he panted for breath. He didn't notice that he was catching his breath until Lucario warned him.

Lucario just shrugged him off as it continued trading punches with Scizor while occasionally dodging some of them.

Folker looked at both Lucario and Scizor as he rubbed his chin in thought.

'Is it just me or Scizor's defense has become even more sturdy than before?' Folker thought to himself as he observed Scizor's figure enduring Lucario's punches.

"Hey, Luca. Don't you think that Scizor's defense has gotten even more sturdy?" Folker asked as he looked at Lucario.

"Oh? You just noticed? Indeed, his defense has tremendously shot up while his punches are even quicker" Lucario said while dodging Scizor's punches.

Scizor, who listened to their conversation, was tactful and showed off the speed of its punches.

It then used [Bullet Punch] while Lucario used [Bulk Up] to raise its defense. Scizor's [Bullet Punch] this time was different from before. This time, its punch was just as quick but the difference is that there were multiple punches as fast as a machine gun!

Even Lucario was helpless before its punches and could only strengthen its defenses through [Bulk Up].

The corners of Folker's eyes widened in shock as he witnessed Scizor's growth in its usage with [Bullet Punch]. Furthermore, its sudden increase in defense was unnatural, as if it was raised.

His eyes suddenly lit up as he rushed to his backpack and grabbed his pokedex. He then scanned Scizor's stats and found out that Scizor actually learned a new move on its own.

[Iron defense]!

It was a move that sharply increases Scizor's defenses by hardening Scizor's body surface like iron!

His lips showed a faint smile as he looked at Scizor whose lips curled upwards as it went back to just trading regular punches with Lucario.

Even without using the energy from [Bullet Punch], its punches were lightning quick, giving Lucario a hard time. It was a very good training method for sharply enhancing Lucario's reflexes, especially close combat attacks.

Folker then went to look for Magneton and easily found him with his enhanced aura senses. When Magneton noticed Folker's figure, it then surfaced from the river and levitated around Folker in cheerfulness.

Folker checked Magneton's stats and his eyes widened in surprise when he found out it learned a new move, just like Scizor!

[Flash Cannon]!

Finally, Magneton had a proper steel-type attack move. While it had [Gyro Ball], it was a move that was dependent on the user's speed. The slower the user, the greater the damage.

When it evolved into a Magneton, its speed increased, though not as much, its damage through [Gyro Ball] was weakened tremendously. Now, [Flash Cannon] came just at the right time.

Magneton was a pokemon with a not so good movepool in the early stages. Having [Flash Cannon] was a huge increase on its arsenal, as well as possible strategies Folker can cook up in the future.

He couldn't wait to have a battle with Chelsea once again and show her who's boss. However, his excitement quickly died down when he realized that he's not the only one that's getting stronger.

Him, Chelsea, and Corin are all trainers from the same generation who are on par with each other when it comes to talent. They all have their own training methods and battle style.

Chelsea's battle style leaned more towards well thought-out plans while Corin's was more versatile than his and Chelsea's. Folker's battle style, on the other hand, leans more towards speedy and sudden tactics.

The corners of his lips curled up at the thought that not only is he getting stronger but Corin and Chelsea too. In addition, there are also other trainers out there who can give him a good battle.

'This world is a wonderful world' Folker thought to himself as he looked up at the sky.