Pokémon: When the World Changed

Chapter 592 587: Regretting It to the Very Core

"Has he started accelerating?"

"Then now... the real exam has begun!"

Seeing the examiner's action, Ethan took a deep breath. Then he had Vibrava begin to increase its speed.

At this point, the real exam had finally begun.

Everything Ethan had done before had merely returned the situation to the starting point.

Although Ethan hoped that the more aspirants who passed the first phase the better, the examiner obviously also had his own set of elimination criteria.

However, although the examiner's Pidgeot was fast, it still remained within a reasonable range.

"It seems this exam isn't a simple speed race. At this pace, most of the aspirants can still keep up. There must be a standard set: as long as that standard is reached, it will be considered a pass."

Ethan looked at the figures that were gradually getting closer from behind and shook his head slightly.

Now that the exam had truly begun, it was no longer something he could interfere with.

This time, the test consisted of entering a small Secret Kingdom to explore it. In theory, the more people who entered, the better.

But aspirants who were too weak would instead become a burden during the exploration. Of course, a long-distance flying test could not completely represent a trainer's strength, so Ethan still hoped everyone could keep up with the group.

Thus, the prolonged flight test in the air continued.

Throughout the entire process, Pidgeot maintained a steady and appropriate speed.

Ethan's Vibrava followed closely behind, while the other Pokémon flew more scattered.

"That Vibrava is incredibly fast!"

"Yeah, it's unbelievable! I never thought a Vibrava could be that fast!"

"It's way too strong. If it's already like this at the Vibrava stage, how terrifying will it be when it evolves into Flygon?"

Some aspirants behind them conversed through long-range communicators. After seeing Vibrava's terrifying speed, they couldn't stop exclaiming in amazement.

Thanks to Ethan's earlier guidance and the fact that he had intentionally reduced his speed, those aspirants' hostility toward him had completely disappeared. However, the impression Vibrava left on them remained unchanged.

They swore it was the strongest Vibrava they had ever seen in their lives; perhaps even the strongest in the world. Not even champions would be able to raise one this powerful!

"By the way, where the hell are we going?"

"We've been flying for so long... if this keeps up, our Pokémon might not be able to endure it physically."

After the round of admiration, the aspirants began talking about this very real problem and discussing how to pass the exam.

"Sigh... now I truly regret it, I regret it deeply. From the way he guided us earlier, you could tell that although he's strong, he isn't someone arrogant."

"If we had set aside our prejudices back then and invited him to the team, maybe we could be listening to his advice now."

The leader of that group of aspirants spoke with great frustration, causing the others to lament aloud as well.

There was no need to say more: right now they owed him a huge favor, and letting such an expert slip away made them regret it to the very core.

"I can't go on! My Pokémon already spent too much energy earlier, it can't hold on anymore!"

Suddenly, one aspirant shouted in panic, asking his companions for help.

"Forget about that guy for now. First let's solve the crisis in front of us."

"Does anyone still have a second flying mount? If so, you can take turns riding it."

"If you don't have another flying mount, release a Water-type Pokémon to hold on for a while. We'll leave markers ahead; follow us slowly."

"The objective of the exam is to reach the location of the Secret Kingdom. As long as you get there, it will be considered a pass!"

The captain of the group began giving orders, and the others immediately responded, adjusting their teams.

"Besides flight speed, a Pokémon's endurance must also be one of the evaluated points. We don't know exactly where the exam site is. At this level of flight, if the endurance isn't enough, they'll definitely fall behind."

Ethan was also observing the situation of the aspirants coming from behind. Seeing those whose Pokémon, due to endurance problems, were slowing down until they fell far behind, he sighed slightly.

However, from the details it was clear that those aspirants had not trained their Pokémon enough. Endurance training is the most basic thing; if they couldn't even maintain the minimum endurance, the trainer's level could only be considered average.

"Taking turns riding?"

"That's actually a pretty good idea."

At the same time, Ethan observed some of the aspirants' solutions and smiled faintly.

"Vibrava, do you want to rest for a bit?"

Ethan smiled and spoke to Vibrava.

After all, besides Vibrava, he still had Charizard; he could rotate them without any problem.

"Viiibbrraa!"

After hearing Ethan, Vibrava shook its head.

At that level, Vibrava didn't feel the slightest bit of fatigue.

During flight, most of the time it relied on controlling the air currents and its Levitate ability to move.

That kind of flight technique was extremely difficult, but since it didn't completely depend on wing flapping, the energy consumption was greatly reduced.

Because of that, even after such a high-intensity flight, Vibrava's expression remained calm, showing no signs of fatigue; it wanted to keep flying.

"Hey, hey, have you noticed the situation with that Vibrava?"

After taking turns with their mounts and gradually stabilizing their flight speed, some aspirants began chatting again through the intercom.

Naturally, their gazes once again turned toward the Vibrava flying at the front.

And upon observing it, they were once again stunned, their expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

Under normal circumstances, any Pokémon maintaining that pace of flight should be exhausted, right?