"Charizard, Litwick. You two don't rush just yet."
Ethan looked at the two Pokémon, who seemed a bit impatient, and smiled slightly.
Then he raised his head to look at the sun on the horizon; in this Secret Kingdom, the sunlight was surprisingly intense.
After hearing Ethan's words, both Pokémon calmed down and waited for his instructions.
"Charizard, take me up into the sky. First, we need to find a Gigalith."
Ethan smiled, and riding on Charizard, quickly soared into the sky.
Charizard flew swiftly over the desert, and in the distance Ethan could already see a sandstorm roaring across the sky.
"It's a sandstorm. It might have been formed by a Gigalith's Sand Stream ability."
Seeing the sandstorm covering a wide area in the distance, Charizard quickly headed toward it.
Sure enough, that sandstorm had been created by a Gigalith with the Sand Stream ability.
"Gigaltth!"
Upon seeing Charizard flying through the air, Gigalith's pupils shrank.
"It doesn't seem to be that Gigalith family from before. But that's for the best—coming with the whole family would be quite troublesome as well."
Ethan smiled faintly and decided that this Gigalith would do.
"Charizard, use Sunny Day to suppress the sandstorm weather."
Carrying Ethan, Charizard steadied itself in the sky.
After receiving the order, it opened its mouth and released a fireball that shot straight into the heart of the sandstorm, transforming into a blazing sun that shone with intense brilliance.
Immediately, the energy of the Sunny Day move began to pour out continuously, clashing against Gigalith's Sand Stream ability.
Little by little, the sandstorm was suppressed and slowly dissipated across the field.
Seeing this, Litwick, who was floating beside Ethan, immediately dove straight down from the sky.
It quickly used the move Substitute, and dozens of Litwick appeared around Gigalith's body, launching relentless attacks against it.
After Charizard used Sunny Day to suppress Gigalith's Sand Stream ability, it also spewed flames from its mouth, coordinating with Litwick to restrain it.
Although that Gigalith's strength was quite impressive, it could barely contend with Litwick. Once Charizard joined the battle, it was quickly overwhelmed and finally fell under the searing flames of both Pokémon.
"Go, Poké Ball!"
Seeing that Gigalith had lost its ability to fight, Ethan took out an empty Poké Ball and threw it.
A flash of white light shone, and Gigalith's figure was directly absorbed into the Poké Ball. After shaking slightly, the ball stopped moving.
"Gigalith successfully captured."
Ethan held the Poké Ball that Litwick had brought back and smiled faintly.
After capturing Gigalith, he asked Charizard to carry him back to the cave.
Next, he could officially begin the training of Charizard and Litwick.
"¿Littwwiikk?"
"¿Charrzz?"
Charizard and Litwick circled around Gigalith, letting out sounds of doubt.
No matter how much they thought about it, they couldn't understand how their training method had ended up depending on Gigalith.
That rock-covered guy didn't seem to have absolutely anything in common with them.
"¡TYYRANN!"
At that moment, Tyranitar, sensing that other Pokémon had appeared in its territory, came out of the cave.
It looked at Ethan, then at the frightened Gigalith trembling in the distance, and scratched its head.
"Gigalith, don't worry. I only captured you so you could help me with a small favor. Once the research is finished, I'll let you go."
Gigalith was a bit dazed, but after hearing Ethan, it quickly nodded its head while looking at Tyranitar with obvious fear.
After learning that Gigalith was a Pokémon captured by Ethan, Tyranitar yawned, then found a distant spot and lay down there, looking toward Ethan with the expression of a curious spectator.
Ignoring Tyranitar, and after obtaining Gigalith's cooperation, Ethan took out the training plan he had already prepared in advance from his backpack.
At first glance, Gigalith didn't seem to have anything in common with Charizard and Litwick, but Ethan knew that the orange crystals distributed across Gigalith's body had a special use.
According to Pokédex records, the orange crystals on Gigalith's body can absorb sunlight and, through its internal core, concentrate solar energy, triggering a reaction that amplifies that energy. Additionally, it can create spheres of light and fire them from its mouth to attack.
On the other hand, Gigalith can also use its core to generate compressed explosive energy, a force capable of moving mountains and shaking the earth.
It was precisely because of Gigalith's orange crystals' ability to absorb, concentrate, and amplify solar energy that Ethan had taken an interest in it.
After all, Charizard possesses the Solar Power ability. If they could understand the principle by which Gigalith absorbed and amplified solar energy, and then enable Charizard to master that power, its strength would undoubtedly increase enormously.
And if they could also master Gigalith's ability to generate compressed explosive energy with its core—just imagining it was already thrilling!
Moreover, as a Fire-type Pokémon, Charizard also benefits from the power boost under Sunny Day weather, absorbing solar energy to strengthen itself. In this regard, its abilities were quite similar to Gigalith's, so Ethan planned to begin the training from this point.
Perhaps, thanks to Gigalith's capabilities, Charizard could improve the boosting effect of Sunny Day to some extent, further increasing the power of its Fire-type moves.
On the other hand, Charizard had also mastered the Sunny Day Dragon method, and Gigalith's ability could likewise be combined with that move.
At the same time, these capabilities would also be useful for Litwick, a Fire-type Pokémon. With its Flash Fire ability, it might also be able to develop new skills.
"¡Charrzz!"
After hearing Ethan's explanation, Charizard became completely excited.
Its eyes sparkled as it circled around Gigalith, examining it from top to bottom, and from time to time it even tapped its orange core. That gaze, which seemed as if it wanted to directly dig out the orange core for research, made Gigalith tremble nonstop.
"Don't worry. During this time, I'll help you complete the training of amplifying and compressing solar energy. For this, I've specially requested a complete set of research equipment, and I've also put a great deal of effort into learning how to use it."
Ethan smiled as he took out a large number of research instruments from his backpack and set them up on the spot. For the training of his Pokémon, he had truly gone all out.
(End of chapter)