135. Pryce
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"ROAR!"
Ash's scarlet monster suddenly burst out of the water with a powerful roar, and his red scales seemed to be shining like crimson rubies.
The golden eyes no longer have that color of pain that it had before, instead they are filled with boundless excitement and an abundant sense of power flowing through its body this time!
It was forced to evolve from Magikarp into Gyarados. As soon as he finished his evolved, he was targeted by Team Rocket, and his whole body was in constant pain.
But now, his body has been healed by the Clear Spring and has fully adapted to Gyarados' increased power after his evolution.
At this moment, it is doing his Bond Evolution!
Gyarados could completely feel Ash's spiritual communication when he was caught by him, and how he calmed down all his sadness and pain.
Moreover, Ash had still used the precious Heal Ball he had gotten. The moment he entered it, Gyarados began to feel the gentleness of the world and the gentleness that Ash gives off.
Ash even paused his journey for his health, took it to heal in this magical lake, and stayed with him all though this.
This made him extremely touched and grateful. The only way for Gyarados to repay such kindness is to fight for Ash wholeheartedly and without giving up!
Its bond with Ash have been very high from the beginning!
And as he gradually began to heal from his injuries, he slowly but surely turned into his much better form, and as his state of mind continues to move closer to Ash, so did his degree of compatibility continues to improve, thus making the Bond Value also increased significantly at a very fast speed.
Gyarados: 255/255
The moment it came out of the water and saw Ash, his Bond Value reached its peak with Ash. Golden light bloomed on it. Gyarados' Bond Evolution began at this very moment!
"Gyarados, transform into the dragon you were destined to be!"
Ash suddenly had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. He had a hunch that the evolution of his bond with Gyarados would never allow him to evolve into a Dark-type.
And it will be the same as his Charizard, a Dragon-type!
"GYARRRR!"
Gyarados actually jumped out of the water, and above the water, a dazzling light of evolution suddenly burst out!
His size has become much larger, but he has not become bloated like his Mega Evolution form.
The three horns on his forehead became larger and even turned golden, and the beard under his chin became longer, as if he was the real King of the Sea from the deep water!
The biggest change is the pair of huge dorsal fins that are the same as Mega Gyarados, but this time like a pair of dragon wings spread out!
Name: Ash-Gyarados(Shiny)
Attribute: Water, Dragon
Ability: Mold Breaker (Can use moves on the opponent without being interfered by the opponent's own Ability.)
Moxie (After it defeats an opponent, it will increase your attack stats.)
Item: Mystic Water
Skills: Twister, Hydro Pump, Scald, Hurricane, Dragon Dance, Ice Fang, Crunch, Hyper Beam, Outrage, Dragon Pulse…
Under the Bind Evolution, Ash could feel how terrifying the power Gyarados contained in his body at this very moment!
Even Charizard behind him was eager to try and fight the new Gyarados, wanting to know the power of his new companion personally. He let out a series of roars in response to Gyarados show of power!
But this is the clear spring, so they must not fight here.
Them wanting to fight, there was still future chances, but not now of here. Ash waved his hand and made Gyarados return to his original form.
This behemoth came to the water's edge and rubbed Ash's face with his big horn. Both Ash and Charizard can feel how joyful he was.
It's like a rebirth for him, Ash gave him a new life with a greater purpose!
After the Bond Evolution, Gyarados possesses the attributes of Water and Dragon.
The weakness he has from his Water-type is made up for by his Dragon-type, which has very few weaknesses. Even the Electric-type can only cause neutral damage to it, and types like Fire and Water can only cause very little damage to it.
And its only weakness, apart from its own Dragon-type, is the powerful Fairy-type.
Tyrouge was standing behind Ash the whole time it was going on, looking at the behemoth in front of him in a trance. Just now, he could clearly feel the powerful power of this Gyarados. He understood that Gyarados only needed to make a single move to make him lose his fighting ability, he did not need to test it out.
He currently has no ability to resist his attacks, showing how fragile he was.
Ash took Gyarados back to his Ball to rest up, saw its lowered expression, and said with a smile, "Ty, let me tell you something."
Tyrouge raised his head and looked at Ash straight into his eyes, only to hear him say, "If the Dragon-type is an attribute born for strength, then the Fighting-type is an attribute born for fighting! Whenever an enemy encounters another enemy, they will draw their weapons, and the brave will win regardless of weather or not they live to witness the next battle. No matter who it is, you must have the courage and confidence to challenge it! It is ultimately determined by yourself what you are, remember that!"
Ash himself is like this. Even if his opponent is the Elite Four or the Champion, he will still have the courage and motivation to challenge them. If he don't have the courage to fight against a powerful enemy, knowing that he is outmatched, then he is not even worthy of becoming the Pokémon Master!
Tyrouge nodded his head in a tentative expression. He would memorize his words down in his mind and once he would be able to understand it in the future, he will use it.
Looking back at the clear lake, Ash got on his Charizard's back and rushed towards Mahogany Town again.
"Big Brother, you're back!" Walking into the Pokémon Center, Molly was the first to greet him.
Ash rubbed her head and said, "Gyarados is now doing fine, now it's time to challenge the Gym!"
"Are you here for a Gym Challenge?"
Standing next to Brock and Misty was a rather burly aunt. This must be the Aunt Sheila whom Molly mentioned inviting her to have a Rage Candy Bar.
Ash nodded, "Hello, I am Ash from Pallet Town!"
"Hello to you as well, young men!" Aunt Sheila said in a very friendly manner, "I'll take you to the Gym!"
However, when they arrived at the Gym, they found that the door was closed tightly.
Sheila said in a voice full of regret, "It looks like Pryce is not here again!"
Pryce is the Gym Leader of the Mahogany Town Gym, known as "The Teacher of Winter's Harshness".
"If he isn't in the Gym, he should be practicing at the waterfall at this time!" Sheila said immediately.
This immediately made Brock, who was also a former Gym Leader, admire him very much, "He is indeed a real Gym Leader, he is always exercising his body and mind!"
"That's it! I'll take you to that waterfall!"
Aunt Sheila was really a good person and she led Ash and the others to the waterfall. They saw a old man with a slim figure meditating under the cold waterfall.
But the strange thing is that there is no Pokémon by his side.
Ash came to him and said, "Hello, I am Ash from Pallet Town, I'm here to have a Official Gym Battle with you!"
Pryce, who was under the waterfall opened his eyes, "So you are Ash. I heard Lance talk about you before, but why do you put your Pikachu outside of its Poke Ball?"
Ash glanced at his Pikachu on his shoulder and said, "Because this is my most trusted partner!"
However, Pryce put on his clothes and said in a cold voice, "It's useless. There must be a boundary between a Trainer and their Pokémon, maintaining that relation won't work!"
"Lance said that you will definitely become the Pokémon Master, but if you don't correct this, you won't be able to get there no matter how strong you are! Because you are affected by the Pokémon's emotions, it is easy to not see the situation clearly during the battle and be unable to use strategies, and then you will suffer a painful defeat and surrender your dreams!"
Pryce seemed not to agree with Ash's actions at all.