Because of their evolution, Ribombee’s diet needed to be readjusted, and this task naturally fell to Terrance.

In fact, Terrance had already formulated many meal plans. Not only for Altaria and his other ten main Pokémon, but also for Rotom Pokédex, Froakie, Togepi, and even all the Bug-type Pokémon in Fallarbor Gym. All of their diets were personally arranged by him.

This time, since preparing a few portions or many portions didn’t make much difference, Terrance simply spent extra time to prepare a larger quantity.

Aside from the Pokémon that always stayed by his side and Ribombee, Terrance also prepared eight additional portions of food. He personally delivered them to several small Bug-type Pokémon in the Gym and stayed with them for a while.

These eight Pokémon—Little Beautifly, Dustox, Beedrill, Butterfree, Vivillon, Ariados, Forretress, and Masquerain—were all personally raised by Terrance. They had all hatched from Pokémon Eggs he obtained from Crown Academy. Compared to the newer Bug-type Pokémon later entrusted to Kotoko for training, they undoubtedly shared a deeper bond with Terrance, and he occasionally took extra care of them.

In Fallarbor Gym, these eight Pokémon were also the strongest. They were generally used to face experienced Trainers who had participated in multiple conferences. As for dealing with rookies and ordinary Trainers, Kotoko had raised many new Bug-type Pokémon. In fact, even without additional training, the thousands of Bug-type Pokémon in Fallarbor Town and Fallarbor Woods could respond to the Gym’s call at any time. Handling one or two battles was no problem at all.

That day, Terrance prepared food until very late, but he also rested well.

As long as he didn’t waste the day doing nothing, he could always sleep soundly at night, no insomnia at all…

The next day, Terrance once again began training his main Pokémon alongside Rotom Pokédex.

With the Elite Four battle approaching, there was no room for carelessness.

Altaria had already integrated Flame Orb and Sunny Day moves into Flame of Life, completing the Flame of Life system. Its most important task now was to practice sound-based moves.

Beautifly needed to continue developing its vitality, Gallade had to train Mean Look and Shadow Sneak, and Castform needed to absorb the energy of Fire, Grass, and Rock-type. These Pokémon had not yet fully absorbed the Genetic Potion, so their training goals were very clear.

Ninetales continued to build a Fairy Domain using Never-Melt Ice, while Arcanine was adapting to a new battle system centered around Reversal, Morning Sun, and Sunny Day…

Additionally, since they had reached the top-tier level, their opponents now have methods to resist illusion skills to some extent. Thus, Mismagius continued to develop its illusion skills based on the concept of “Enhanced Hypnosis illusion skill.”

This concept was easy to understand: when Mismagius uses Rest move to restore its stamina and remove status conditions, it would first use Hypnosis on itself to leave behind a trigger for rapid awakening—this was one of the techniques within the “Enhanced Hypnosis illusion skill” system.

In addition, using Hypnosis on itself to eliminate the sense of pain could play a decisive role in turning the tide in critical situations. There were many similar applications—for example, the method used by Mewtwo to erase memories with psychic power was also a form of Hypnosis. If such a method were used in reverse, applying Hypnosis to oneself with certain modifications, it could achieve the effect of instantaneous amnesia like a Psychic-type move.

At the same time, using Hypnosis on itself to enter a state of high concentration can achieve the effect of locking onto an enemy, making it very difficult for them to escape.

By using Hypnosis to stimulate the consciousness of allies or itself, it could also enhance combat awareness. All of these were applications of the “Enhanced Hypnosis illusion skill.” Since Terrance intended to integrate Mismagius into the Fairy Domain team battle system, he devised a new illusion-based concept for it. If Mismagius were used solely for interference, it would be a waste of its potential.

On this day, Terrance also reorganized Gardevoir’s training plan.

After returning from the Hoenn Desert, Gardevoir began learning Rain Dance, though not the version that Castform had practiced. Instead, it borrowed some of its underlying principles and used psychic power to control the weather, achieving the effect of enhancing or weakening it. This was the primary direction Terrance wanted Gardevoir to train in.

Terrance discovered that, compared to simple meditation, this kind of training accelerated the accumulation of Gardevoir’s psychic power and provided a more efficient form of refinement.

Integrating psychic power with other move systems… seemed particularly suitable for Gardevoir’s unique psychic power.

However, controlling Rain with psychic power placed much higher demands on Gardevoir. Even for it, this was not easy to accomplish. Still, as a Pokémon with top-tier potential, with some practice it was able to use psychic power to control the rain clouds.

As for the results… it was a rather ordinary Rain. Not only did it fall far short of the Rainstorm created by Mewtwo, it couldn’t even match Castform’s Rain Dance.

The effect of fusing psychic power and Rain Dance was underwhelming, barely reaching the level of a normal Rain Dance. This did not meet Terrance’s expectations. Perhaps continued practice would bring improvement, but this attempt at altering how psychic power was used sparked even more creative ideas in Terrance’s mind.

If Gardevoir were to fight alone, its lack of powerful finishing moves would certainly be an issue. However, Terrance chose to focus on how to make it perform more effectively in team battles.

If he wanted to balance both solo combat and team battle capabilities, Rain was clearly a poor choice. Even if Gardevoir could control Rain like Castform and fully develop this unique use of psychic power, what then? It still wouldn’t integrate well into the Fairy Domain.

Soon, due to Gardevoir’s insufficient control over Rain, Terrance found a new direction.

Misty Terrain!

This move was similar to the Haze and Mist move. Its effect was to prevent Pokémon from falling into Status Conditions, while also weakening Dragon-type moves within the mist.

The core energy of Misty Terrain was Fairy energy. Since Gardevoir did not possess Mewtwo’s extraordinary talent to perfectly control Rain, it made sense to take a step back and instead use psychic power to control Misty Terrain—a move highly compatible with its type.

And indeed, that proved to be the case. When Gardevoir attempted to fuse psychic power with Misty Terrain, the move immediately underwent astonishing changes. Its density increased, its strength improved, and with the enhancement of psychic power, Misty Terrain became even more refined. Moreover, as Gardevoir manipulated its psychic power, Misty Terrain could be freely controlled according to its thoughts, constantly shifting and changing.

In other words, by using psychic power to control Misty Terrain, Gardevoir could achieve complete freedom, turning the mist into its own limbs to interfere with opponents. Furthermore, when Gardevoir controls the mist with psychic power, the mist can even be shaped rapidly.

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