Chapter 49

"Dandelion Aged Wine" (Golden Legend): Brewed by Barbatos himself using fruits from the tree. When Pokémon drink it, they receive the blessing of the Wind God, greatly increasing their speed and overall potential.

If used by Flying-type Pokémon, their Flying-type moves can be transformed and enhanced into Wind Elemental Power moves, but only Wind Vision holders can benefit from this effect.

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"Heart of the Divine Oak" (Golden Legend): A treasure blessed with mysterious divine power. It can only be used by Pokémon at Champion-level or higher. After use, the Pokémon's level is forcibly increased by +1. If it reaches an evolutionary threshold, it evolves instantly, regardless of evolution conditions. For Legendary Pokémon, if it meets the power threshold, it can break through its current power bottleneck.

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Takumi nearly lost his composure.

As expected, it's impossible to underestimate the treasure trove of any of the Seven Archons.

Barbatos, who owed money for wine and relied on performing arts to pay his debts, could still easily pull out two legendary-grade items, let alone the wealthy names like Raiden Shogun and Morax.

"Dandelion Aged Wine..." Takumi carefully examined the information.

The standard effect was incredibly powerful, significantly boosting speed and potential. Pokémon that had already maxed out their potential would reach new heights after drinking this aged wine.

The key, however, lay in the secondary effect.

"Can transform Flying-type moves into Wind Elemental Power moves. Only Wind Vision holders can benefit from this effect."

Takumi immediately thought of Z-Moves.

Z-Moves could enhance a Pokémon's moves into powerful signature attacks, far stronger than normal Pokémon moves but at the cost of a heavy burden on both the Pokémon and its trainer. Additionally, to use Z-Moves, trainers needed to wear a Z-Ring or Z-Power Bracelet set with Z-Crystals, resonating with their Pokémon.

For instance, Ash's Pikachu once used the Z-Move "10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt" to defeat the Totem Marowak.

However, the Z-Moves researched by Professor Kukui were ultimately different from the elemental power moves provided by Dandelion Aged Wine.

Flying Type → Elemental Wind Skill

Z-Crystal → Wind Vision.

This was the key distinction.

"To put it simply, this jar of aged wine is incredibly valuable for trainers specializing in Flying and Wind types."

"Using it would essentially give their main Pokémon a powerful finisher to keep in reserve!"

If this existed in the Pokémon world, Champions would fight over it. A finishing move that could decide the outcome of a battle was an overwhelming advantage.

"Next..."

Takumi turned his attention to the "Heart of the Divine Oak." His heartbeat quickened.

Damn!

Isn't this just an enhanced version of Rare Candy?!

Originally, Rare Candies were almost exclusively reserved for Legendary Pokémon. After all, once they hit level 100, each level required an enormous amount of experience to surpass.

But the frightening thing about the "Heart of the Divine Oak" was that it not only forcibly increased any Pokémon's level by one but also bypassed all evolution conditions—even allowing a Legendary Pokémon to break through power thresholds.

This was truly incredible!

No wonder the system labeled it as a "golden legendary resource" and didn't dare assign a price to it.

Such resources were directly tied to myths.

For instance, the "Heart of the Divine Oak" was intimately connected to the legend of Vanessa's ascension—an exclusive, god-tier resource born from a legendary story.

Venti had brought these two treasures. Even just the Dandelion Aged Wine alone was astonishing.

As for the second item—Venti likely sensed the divine energy remaining in the Heart of the Oak Tree, yet he had tossed it onto the counter so casually...

Perhaps, maybe, it was some kind of "bribery," a special gesture of goodwill.

"I recognize you as a brother!" Takumi patted Venti's shoulder and quietly stowed the two treasures under the counter.

Then, he pulled out a blank Pokédex, handed it to Venti with both hands, and grinned:

"Registration and verification."

"Draw as much as you like!"

"You only have five draws this week, but don't worry—you'll receive VIP treatment every week from now on, free of charge!"

Venti laughed, a cheerful smile on his face.

However, there was a meaningful glint in his emerald-green eyes as he looked at Takumi.

Jean might see that this store and Pokémon would lead a new era.

And so did he.

Unlike Khaenri'ah, which had fallen into ruin.

In this new "era," many entities of godly power would emerge. When the time came, it wouldn't be solved by some Sky Island being able to arbitrarily mete out divine punishment.

"Heh."

"Like that old guy Morax says, this is called making an investment."

Behind the Church of Favonius

"Ugh..."

Rosalind stood up shakily.

"What happened to me?" she muttered. Her head felt heavy. She remembered why she had left the Goethe Hotel, but whether her goal had been accomplished, she had no memory of it.

After a while, Rosalind returned to the hotel.

Counselor Anastasia carefully opened the door and entered.

"Lady Signora, did you gather any information during your visit?"

Rosalind's eyes darkened.

Anastasia immediately fell silent, not daring to press for information about the mission.

"Then our next move..." Anastasia began hesitantly.

Rosalind waved her hand dismissively. "Proceed as planned."

Once the female counselor left and closed the door, the darkened room was filled with Rosalind's murmur.

"I serve as an executive among the Harbingers, purging sin."

"Especially for... Mr. Takumi!"