While Ange was playing around, he suddenly heard the prompt sound of the system.
Whether it was a new mission, a completed mission, or obtaining an achievement, the system prompt sound was always a gentle ding, and the volume was not loud at all.
Therefore, when the prompt sound rang out just now, Ange felt a little confused and thought to himself, Did a mission come in?
The system hadn't issued a mission in a while, and to be honest, Ange quite hoped it would issue some missions on schedule so he could earn some extra cash.
Without missions providing intelligence points, how was his Aura Power supposed to grow stronger?
Once the card game ended, Ange took out juice for several Pokémon to drink while he opened the system interface.
As soon as the system opened, a pop-up notification appeared.
[Congratulations to the master for completing the achievement: Host the 4th Deity.
Rewards obtained: Intelligence +4, Individual Values +4, Three Flavors, White Herb Seed 1 bag, Mental Herb Seed 1 bag, Power Herb Seed 1 bag.]
The moment he saw the pop-up, he froze. An achievement? And an achievement for hosting a deity! What was going on? When did he complete this? Whom did he host?
A string of question marks flashed through Ange's mind.
Then he reacted, realizing that a deity must have visited his home.
Because he had met Giratina before setting off, Ange naturally thought of it first.
Could it be Giratina?
Because he was somewhat worried about the situation at home, Ange directly called Diancie and quickly learned from it about Giratina's visit.
Learning that everything at home was fine, Ange felt a wave of relief wash over him while he couldn't help praising Diancie, saying, "As expected of my capable assistant, you've been a huge help!"
The reward for hosting a deity was so generous; it was a good thing Diancie seized the opportunity!
Diancie glared at Ange. "Flatterer!"
After chatting for a few moments, Diancie said, "I will look after the house and everyone here, so you don't need to worry while you're outside. You must find Kirlia."
Ange nodded. "I know! I will!"
With that, the human and the Pokémon hung up the phone.
Ange reopened the system, intending to claim the rewards, but when he saw the contents of the rewards, a look of surprise crossed his face.
Were there this many rewards for this achievement?
Intelligence points and physical constitution points were standard rewards, and since it was an achievement reward, it wasn't surprising that the system gave him a few extra points.
However, besides those, the system also rewarded him with a recipe and three kinds of herb seeds.
Mental Herb, White Herb, and Power Herb were all very special plants, and the leaves they grew could be used directly as held items.
The effect of the Mental Herb was: it could cure the status conditions of Attract, Encore, Taunt, Torment, Heal Block, and Disable.
The effect of the White Herb was: when a Pokémon holding it had its stat stages lowered, it would reset those stat stages back to zero.
The effect of the Power Herb was: when a Pokémon holding it used a move that required charging, it eliminated the charging time and executed the move immediately (except for Sky Drop).
In addition, these three types of herbs were widely used in medicine.
Because of this, the market prices of the three herbs were extremely expensive, sometimes even sold piece by piece.
Of course, another reason for this was that the yield of all three herbs was very low.
The seeds rewarded by the system were packed in exquisite, fist-sized scented pouches, and a faint fragrance drifted from the bags, making anyone who smelled them feel refreshed.
The shapes and sizes of the three kinds of herb seeds were almost identical—long and slender, somewhat resembling husked grains of rice, and specifically long-grain rice.
However, their colors were completely different.
The Mental Herb seeds were blue and white, the White Herb seeds were pink and white, and the Power Herb seeds were deep red.
After admiring them for a moment, Ange retied the scented pouches containing the seeds, put them away in his system backpack, and then looked at the newly added entry in the recipe interface.
Three Flavors! What a special name.
Although this was called a recipe, it was less of a recipe and more of a classic tea manual, which recorded a unique method of pan-firing and brewing tea.
Originally, Ange thought the system rewarded him with herb seeds so that he could cultivate them to use as held items.
However, after browsing Three Flavors, he learned that the reason was actually because making Three Flavors required the three herbs as raw materials.
Three Flavors was the name of a type of tea, and the ingredients used to pan-fire this tea were precisely those three herbs.
Pan-firing tea with herbs was something Ange had never expected.
Once the tea was pan-fried, it still needed to be brewed.
According to the introduction in Three Flavors, the water used for brewing could not be ordinary water; it had to be "Life Water" produced by Pokémon using the move Life Drop.
This wasn't difficult for Ange, as quite a few Pokémon at his home knew the Life Drop move.
The reason Three Flavors was called Three Flavors was not only because there were three ingredients used to make it, but also because it possessed a triple effect.
Fire-type Pokémon drinking Three Flavors long-term could nurture the flames within their bodies, making the temperature of their flames increasingly higher.
Water-type Pokémon drinking Three Flavors long-term could continuously improve their affinity and mastery over Water-type energy.
Grass-type Pokémon drinking Three Flavors long-term could help their bodies grow sturdily and improve the efficiency of their photosynthesis.
Furthermore, when Grass-type Pokémon used Grassy Terrain to accelerate plant growth, the stimulating effect would receive an additional boost.
Upon seeing these three effects, Ange's eyes instantly lit up.
Such special and powerful effects!
Ange carefully read the contents of Three Flavors and discovered that whether it was pan-firing the tea or brewing it, there were extremely strict requirements.
Step by step, rigorous and meticulous.
Successfully brewing tea with special effects was not easy.
Tea culture was profound and vast!
Ange felt that mastering this skill was a test for himself, as he had never touched upon this kind of knowledge before!
At the very end of Three Flavors, Ange saw that the recipe also included supplementary content, which detailed the cultivation methods for the three herbs. Cultivating the three herbs using this method could slightly increase their yield and significantly enhance the quality of the harvested herbs.
As expected, anything produced by the system was of top quality.
After closing the recipe interface, Ange glanced at his personal information interface.
Ange
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 17 (+500)
Constitution: 87
Intelligence: 47
Culinary Evaluation: A young talent with outstanding culinary skills.
Title: Hand of God (When preparing gourmet food, the probability of special effects occurring increases by 20%)
Because the system had hardly issued any missions recently, his constitution had grown, but his intelligence points had not increased.
Closing the personal information interface, Ange began to allocate the 4 individual value points.
1 point naturally went to Metagross, because it was only lacking this 1 point for Metagross to have maximum individual values.
After adding it, Ange looked at Metagross's stats and revealed a satisfied smile.
Metagross
[Type] Steel, Psychic
[Ability] Clear Body
[Gender] None
[Level] 86
[Moves] Omitted
[Individual Values]
HP: 31
Attack: 31
Defense: 31
Special Attack: 31
Special Defense: 31
Speed: 31
Metagross's individual values were finally maxed out as well!
With 3 individual value points remaining, who should get them?
Ange's gaze swept back and forth across the stats of several Pokémon, and after pondering for a long time, he finally decided to give them to Pawmo.
Firstly, Pawmo had been with him longer than the other Pokémon whose individual values were not yet maxed, and secondly, Pawmo's individual values were very close to being completely full.
Ange added 2 of the points to Pawmo's HP and the final 1 point to its Special Defense.
Pawmo (Punching Glove)
[Type] Electric, Fighting
[Ability] Iron Fist
[Gender] Male
[Level] 52
[Moves] Revival Blessing, Scratch, Growl, Thunder Shock, Quick Attack, Charge, Play Rough, Dig, Slam, Role Play, Bite, Thunder Wave, Close Combat, Discharge, Thief, Thunder Punch, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Sweet Kiss, Agility, Brick Break, Play Rough, Focus Punch.
[Individual Values]
HP: 31
Attack: 31
Defense: 31
Special Attack: 30
Special Defense: 31
Speed: 31
Thus, Pawmo's individual values were now just 1 point of Special Attack away from being completely full.
After closing the system, Ange began chatting idly with his Pokémon.
Time flew by until evening, and the train carrying Ange and his group finally arrived in Anistar City.
As soon as they got off the train, Ange and his group intended to head straight for the Anistar Gym, but not long after they started walking, an arrogant voice came from behind them.
"Stop right there!"
Initially, because Ange was talking with Gardevoir and the others, he didn't notice the voice behind him.
Therefore, the owner of the voice shouted angrily, "I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?!"
This time, Ange turned around and saw that the person speaking was precisely the girl he had a dispute with on the train, and standing beside her was her older brother.
"Something the matter?" Ange raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Something the matter?" The girl's face was full of anger. "You have the nerve to ask? If it weren't for you, would I have lost so much face on the train?"
"You brought that upon yourself!" Ange said expressionlessly. "State your business if you have any, otherwise I'm leaving!" He was busy!
"Want to leave? No way! I won't let this go until you suffer a bit!" the girl said through gritted teeth.
With that, she took out a Poké Ball, and with a flash of red light, a Pokémon appeared in front of Ange.
This was a serpent-like Pokémon with a slender body, an elegant posture, and its head held high, resembling a ruler with a majestic temperament.
If it were an ordinary person, just looking into those eyes would likely cause them to feel awe and fear.
A look of surprise crossed Ange's face—it was actually Serperior, the Grass-type starter from the Unova region.
Serperior, the Regal Pokémon, a pure Grass type, was the ruler of the forest, and its disdainful gaze could strike fear into others.
The girl commanded Serperior, "Serperior, teach him a good lesson!"
As her words fell, Serperior suddenly vanished from where it stood, appearing beside Ange in the blink of an eye.
It raised its tail, and the tip of its tail instantly formed a sharp blade that slashed toward Ange.
That was the Grass-type move Leaf Blade.
Gardevoir reacted quickly, using Teleport to block in front of Ange and erecting a Reflect to intercept Serperior's attack in time.
At the same time, Gallade also made its move. It swung its arms rapidly, and two purple light blades materialized out of thin air, instantly sending Serperior flying backward.
Gallade used Psycho Cut.
With a loud crash, Serperior tumbled across the ground several times.
"Serperior!" the girl opposite shouted upon seeing this. She hadn't expected Ange's Pokémon to defeat her Serperior so easily.
She was a Top 8 competitor in this year's Unova League, yet she was defeated by some random passerby!
The Unova League and the Kalos League were held at different times; this year's League tournament in the Kalos region hadn't started yet, whereas the Unova region's had already concluded.
Ange happened to run into this pair of siblings because they were traveling to the Kalos region to relax after participating in the tournament.
Priding themselves as a Top 8 and Top 4 finisher in the Unova League respectively, they had been arrogant all the way, almost forgetting themselves entirely.
Ange looked at the siblings and asked, "Are both of you Trainers?"
"So what if we are?" The girl glared fiercely.
Ange let out a light sneer. "You truly insult the identity of Trainers. Did you become Trainers just to throw your weight around and bully the weak?"
"Mind your own business!" Furious, the girl turned to her brother and said, "Brother, help me teach him a lesson! Hurry!"
The boy actually had that intention all along. Hearing his sister's words, he immediately put on a pretentious act and said, "Since you bullied my sister, as her older brother, I have no choice but to step in."
Hearing this, Ange smiled contemptuously.
The boy seemed to catch the mockery carried in Ange's laughter, his face flushing slightly as he quickly pulled out a Poké Ball and released a Pokémon as well.
This Pokémon had deep blue skin, walked on four legs, wore arm guards on its limbs, had armor on its head, and its sharp gaze carried majesty.
This was also one of the starter Pokémon from the Unova region.
Samurott, the Formidable Pokémon, a pure Water type, was a master of the iaijutsu sword-drawing technique, and the arm guards on its forelegs were actually swords known as seeshields.
After Samurott appeared, it drew the seeshields from its legs and charged at Ange using Shell Smash.
Serperior wasn't idle either; although Gallade's strike had repelled it, it hadn't defeated it. It spat out an Energy Ball, hurling it toward Ange.
Latias and Latios, hiding in the shadows, were just about to act when a giant blue sphere of light suddenly appeared, instantly shattering Serperior's Energy Ball.
Ange was startled: Aura Sphere?
Immediately following that, a blue figure appeared in front of Ange, intercepting the Samurott charging toward him and launching a flurry of blows with Close Combat, knocking Samurott back over a dozen meters in the blink of an eye.
When Ange clearly saw the appearance of that Pokémon, he realized it was indeed a Lucario.
The siblings froze, wondering who was causing trouble out of nowhere.
Then, to the surprise of Ange and the siblings, a figure emerged from the nearby alleyway. He wore a blue hat and blue attire, matching Lucario's color scheme overall.
"Pardon me, did I interrupt you?" the man said with a warm smile.
"Where did this brat come from?!" The girl was furious to death; why was everyone opposing her?
The man introduced himself, "My name is Riley, a traveler from the Sinnoh region."
With that, he looked at the siblings and said, "Pardon my bluntness, but you are breaking the law, and there is nothing wrong with me stepping in to stop you."
Directing Pokémon to attack others within a city—was that not breaking the law?
Hearing Riley's self-introduction and looking at his attire, Ange was stunned.
Wasn't this a character from the games? It turned out he existed in the anime as well.