How much interest did Cain have in the Dragon-type Pokémon inside the Dragon's Den?
If it had to be said honestly, in reality, not too much. If he wanted to capture a Dragon-type Pokémon, there were many in the Dragon Space. Moreover, Cain still clearly remembered the path to the Dragon Space.
Now, unless a Pokémon of truly excellent quality appeared, one so good that even he could not help wanting to capture it, Cain might consider doing so.
For him, at present, whether a Pokémon was Dragon-type or not did not have too much meaning.
For other Trainers, Dragon-type Pokémon were treasures. Even any Pokémon that had some relationship, however minimal, with the word "dragon" would receive great attention and value.
Even after the appearance of the Fairy type, this phenomenon only weakened slightly, but did not disappear.
The reason was very simple. Among Pokémon of the same level, Dragon-type Pokémon had physical strength and bodily constitution among the most outstanding. Although some Pokémon could compare with them, they were very few. This was an innate advantage of Dragon-type Pokémon, and also the main reason why Trainers pursued this type of Pokémon.
But for the current Cain, this was something dispensable.
These advantages were far from being as important as allowing him to see the Pokémon's own advantages. It was more important that he could see some outstanding point belonging to the Pokémon itself.
At present, training Pokémon basically did not delay Cain's time too much, and the resource consumption it caused him was also something almost insignificant.
But that did not mean Cain could capture Pokémon arbitrarily, because for every Pokémon he captured, Cain had to assume a great responsibility.
When capturing a Pokémon, unless it was under unavoidable circumstances, Cain would undoubtedly assume the corresponding responsibility.
Kael was now already sitting on the ground with his eyes closed, carefully absorbing some important knowledge Cain had given him. Cain, for his part, took Gardevoir and walked toward the depths of the Dragon's Den.
The entire Dragon's Den, in reality, could be seen as a relatively large cave inside a mountain. Most of the place was covered by water, although of course there were also areas where one could walk directly.
Inside the mountain, many wild Pokémon could be found.
Of course, there were not only Dragon-type Pokémon. In reality, there were also quite a few Pokémon of other types, and among them, Water-type Pokémon were the most numerous.
And among these Water-type Pokémon, the most abundant and common were Magikarp.
After evolving into Gyarados, they became very powerful aquatic Pokémon. Their name also carried the word "dragon," and their fierce character, together with their appearance, made many people fascinated by their power.
There were also many people who, when they could not find Dragon-type Pokémon, treated these Pokémon whose name contained the word "dragon" as if they were Dragon-type Pokémon.
For example, a certain individual Cain knew very well who called himself the Dragon-type Elite Four.
And it was not only him. There were also quite a few people who did the same.
Of course, the strength of a Pokémon like Gyarados was truly very great, and it also possessed Mega Evolution. Its upper limit, in fact, was much higher than that of some Dragon-type Pokémon.
However, in the wild, existences capable of evolving by themselves from Magikarp into Gyarados were very rare. And even if a Trainer raised a Magikarp and it evolved into Gyarados, its violent character would not change. If the Trainer did not have enough strength, it would be very difficult to control it.
Cain also did not have too much interest in this kind of Pokémon.
Although the strength and upper limit of Gyarados caught his attention, and moreover, he happened to have a Gyarados Mega Stone in his hands, what Cain wanted most was to train a Pokémon from its initial stage to its final state. Only in that way would the rapport and bond between the Pokémon and Trainer be deeper.
But asking Cain to train a Magikarp... better forget it.
However, directly capturing a Gyarados also could not satisfy that damned obsession of Cain's, that damned pursuit of ultimate perfection in a Pokémon.
Besides Magikarp, there were also many other Water-type Pokémon.
Cain also discovered that these Water-type Pokémon here, compared with the wild Water-type Pokémon of the outer sea, and even with those Water-type Pokémon from carefully trained breeding grounds, were much more outstanding.
They were quite similar to the Steel-type Pokémon in the mines of Steven's family.
"It seems they are all Pokémon carefully selected by the Drako family. Those that remain here, although not especially exceptional, compared with the Pokémon an ordinary person can access, are far superior."
Cain and Gardevoir, relying on psychic power, were equivalent to walking on the surface of the water. They looked at the Water-type Pokémon swimming beneath their feet while Cain silently scanned their data.
Little by little, he discovered some strange phenomena.
"The Water-type Pokémon here not only have relatively outstanding aptitudes and talents, but even their bodies are much stronger. Moreover, their Egg Moves are also much better."
"If I only occasionally encountered a few, or even a dozen, it would not draw too much attention. But here, more than ninety percent of the Water-type Pokémon are like this!"
Cain felt silently surprised inside.
This was probably the main reason why the Dragon's Den existed, and even why it could regularly produce so many Dragon-type Pokémon.
Splash!
Just as Cain was calmly observing the situation around him, the water flow of the Dragon's Den stirred. A Pokémon appeared in front of Cain, with a gaze that showed a certain hostility.
It was also a Pokémon Cain knew well.
Kingdra!
However, Cain looked more carefully and discovered that beside this Kingdra, there were also several Horsea that looked quite weak.
These Horsea hid behind Kingdra. They did not show too much fear or worry; they looked at Cain and Gardevoir with faces full of curiosity.
(End of chapter)