This regulation had severely limited the growth time of trainers from aristocratic families, but it had also protected the development of the underprivileged.
At the same time, this regulation was also very important for the entire country. Without this regulation, the entire nation would have had no place to live for underprivileged trainers. All the trainers from aristocratic families would have had above Advanced-level Pokémon.
This was also extremely detrimental for the development of a nation.
When a country had conflicts between classes due to huge gaps, that country was likely to fall into chaos.
Moreover, the number of trainers from civilian families was far greater than that of trainers from aristocratic families. With such a huge number, there would always be some outstanding people who would rise by their own efforts and luck.
At present, among the top 18 Type Elites of Drakoria, seven had been born from ordinary families, and among the five Champions, two were from civilian background.
This percentage was already very high.
The nine of them were all idols of thousands of civilian trainers. Countless civilian trainers wanted to become as powerful as them one day, and their words and deeds could affect the entire nation.
Because of such regulations, the Drakorian Trainer Association had very high standing among civilian trainers.
In the eyes of civilian trainers, they stood on the same starting point as trainers of aristocratic families, at least in terms of age.
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The two students who had chosen Bug-type Pokémon immediately became nervous when they heard the head teacher's words. They had almost forgotten about it just now.
With the growth rate of Bug-type Pokémon, it was estimated that their level would exceed level 5 within three or four days of hatching. If they forgot it, they would probably miss the Trainer profession in this life.
After all, for people born in ordinary families, there was often only one chance.
"These two months of summer vacation, I hope you don't waste them, whether you become a student in the third year of ordinary class or a student in the Trainer class or the Breeder class."
"As long as you do well in the university entrance examination and enter a good university, then you may still have a chance to become a Trainer in the future."
"The current Ground Elite, after graduating from university, succeeded in starting a business based on their own ability, and only got their starter at the age of 26."
"Seventeen is only the minimum age required for registering as a Trainer. It doesn't mean that you must register at this age. The Trainer Association only stipulates the minimum registration age, not the highest."
"So even if you are 80 years old, you can still register as a Trainer, but you must register a starter Pokémon if you want to receive the identity of a Trainer."
Hearing the words of the head teacher, most of the students who had signed up for the ordinary class became excited.
Every human was a potential stock, and everyone of them had the potential to become the next Elite.
"As for the Trainer class and the Breeder class. The Breeder class doesn't have much to do for the summer vacation in two months. But the Trainer class would have battles in the first week of the third year of high school, and the top 15 would enter the elite class."
"Elite classes give five times more resources per week than regular classes."
The profession of a Trainer required competition to make rapid progress; whether in cities, towns or rural areas, it could be seen everywhere on the battlefield.
Therefore, during the school period, the school began to cultivate students' sense of competition.
Because only truly excellent Trainers were qualified to climb toward the top.
After leaving the school, Julian walked through a street where the car was already waiting for him.
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The matter of the Oreburgh Great Wall had been resolved, and there had been no appointments for Gym challenges recently, so Jake was still relatively free during this time.
At this moment, he was cleaning his Pokémon in the backyard, holding a half-meter-long steel brush and brushing it on Aggron.
Aggron lay on the ground with an expression of delight.
"Meta~"
Behind Aggron were five more Pokémon, including Metagross, Steelix, Mawile, Scizor, and Magnezone.
"Okay, it's almost your turn."
Jake soothed the remaining five Pokémon. Aggron's size made it difficult to clean.
Just then, a sudden gust of wind blew in front of him, and then a Pokémon with blood-colored wings and a somewhat ferocious head appeared in front of Jake.
"Roar!"
"Salamence, didn't I just clean you up a few days ago?"
Jake's palm pushed away Salamence's outstretched head.
While he focused on Steel-types, he also had Pokémon with other Typings.
This situation was also very common among top Trainers, so that not only could they be used for Type coverage, but also to learn more about Pokémon.
Some top-level trainers even found that their talent for their secondary Type was similar to that of their main when developing a sub-Type, and some even surpassed their main Typing.
And some Types were closely related to a Trainer's choice of sub-Type.
For example, the second Typing of some Grass-type Pokémon Trainers was Poison-type, and the second Typing of Flying-type Trainers was Normal-type.
Many Dragon-type Pokémon had Flying as their second Typing too.
For example, a certain Dragon-type Elite in the anime was obviously a Dragon Trainer, but was called the Flying-type Champion.
Jake didn't want to choose a sub-Type; he wanted to go to the end on the road of Steel-types, but got Salamence because of an accident.
If it hadn't been for the regulations of the Drakorian Trainer Association, the Bagon would most likely have been given to Julian, who had only been seven years old at the time.
Bagon could have grown up with Julian. And when Julian turned 17 years old, Bagon would already have evolved into a Salamence. With it, even if not the Elite rank, pseudo-Elite would have been guaranteed.
The current Salamence was a level 65 pseudo-Elite.
Therefore, by Trainer Association's rule, Julian was also a victim; otherwise he would now have been a 17-year-old pseudo-Elite Trainer.
Not the 17-year-old Rookie Trainer who had just signed up for a starter Pokémon.
The difference was huge.
"Dad, where's my Beldum?"
Julian entered the house, but didn't see his parents. At this time, his mother should be working at the association. But he found Jake who was cleaning Aggron in the backyard.
"Your grandpa sent Beldum over this morning, the Poké Ball is sitting next to your pillow in your bedroom."
Hearing that, Julian hurriedly turned and went upstairs.
"This kid is so impatient, I was much more stable at his age. Metagross, don't you think so?" Jake smiled, while bragging.
However, Metagross next to him turned its head away.