> "They're dead, all dead. It was too horrifying."
> "That was over a hundred Elite trainers—how could they have put up so little resistance?"
> "Serves them right! They brought it on themselves, all because of their greed."
> "Even the two Champions died. One of them was from XX, too—they finally produced a Champion, and now they're gone just like that."
> "Just how strong are Regirock and Registeel? Killing Elite trainers is easier for them than killing a chicken is for me."
> "According to the data released by the World Trainers Association, the three Regis guarding Regigigas are all at the peak of Champion-level."
> "Thank goodness no one from Drakoria went."
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It wasn't that trainers from Drakoria didn't want to go—they simply couldn't.
The Drakorian government was worried that some trainers, whose ambitions far outstripped their abilities, might stir up trouble and end up needing the nation to clean up their mess.
Therefore, all trainers of Elite-level and above were strictly forbidden from leaving the country, except in special circumstances or with official permission.
If anyone tried to sneak out, sorry—once caught, you'd be locked up.
During this period, over a dozen Elite trainers who attempted to secretly leave Drakoria and head to Regigigas' location had already been arrested.
This bloody massacre served as a powerful deterrent. Trainers who were still on their way immediately turned back.
In their hearts, they felt immense relief—thankfully, they were farther away and arrived later. If they had been as quick as the first group, they would have been the ones dead.
Now, no one dared to approach Regigigas.
After all, with three peak Champion-level Regis with murderous intent—in human society, aside from Julian, who possessed both Reshiram and Zekrom and could reliably defeat them, there was probably no second person capable of approaching it.
Even Julian himself, without using Reshiram and Zekrom and relying only on his four Champion-level Pokémon—Metagross, Moltres, Gengar, and Aggron—would find it no easy task to defeat the three Regis.
And that was assuming the Regis didn't use their combined sealing move—otherwise, even Julian wouldn't be able to withstand it.
If they combined their peak Champion-level strength to use "Seal," even an early-stage First-class Legendary would have its power temporarily sealed.
Yeah, I'm looking at you, Jirachi—you early-stage First-class Legendary at level 101.
Under the combined sealing move, the three Regis could unleash power far beyond their individual levels. Of course, after using the seal, they would also fall into a weakened state.
"Serves them right."
Looking at the blood-stained sea surface in the video, Julian lightly shook his head.
Did they really think Regigigas was easy to bully? In its eyes, humans were probably like ants—what were ants? Sometimes you saw them on the ground and chose not to step on them, deliberately walking around them.
But more often than not, you simply ignored the ants on the ground and stepped on them.
The fact that Regigigas hadn't attacked humans or damaged any buildings along its journey, in Julian's view, wasn't because it was kind or gentle.
It was simply because it didn't want to—nothing more.
Just like when you saw an ant—you simply didn't feel like killing it. That did not mean you were kind, especially when compared with all the other ants you had burned with a magnifying glass.
In short, whether humans lived or died was entirely up to Regigigas's whims. Recently, it simply happened to want humans to live, so it refrained from causing destruction.
Yet, because of this, many people mistakenly believed that Regigigas was approachable, easy to bully, and even entertained thoughts of stealing the "treasure" it was pulling up.
Having greed was fine—that was normal. In a sense, greed had always been one of the driving forces pushing humanity forward.
But you still had to have a brain. How could you even think of targeting a First-class Legendary?
Julian even suspected that Regigigas wasn't just an ordinary First-class Legendary but had already reached the Forbidden-class.
If not for the fact that he himself carried the auras of multiple First-class Legendaries—and had even captured two of them—even if he went to stand in front of Regigigas, he might attract unnecessary trouble.
So although he was extremely curious about its strength, staying at home had been his main choice.
Unfortunately, his Probing Eyes couldn't analyze a Pokémon through a screen—otherwise, he would have known Regigigas's level immediately.
If its strength really had reached the Forbidden-class, even Reshiram and Zekrom combined wouldn't be enough to take it on.
Just think of Mega Mewtwo X, who effortlessly handled the all-powerful Yveltal with one hand. That just showed how vast the gap was between an ordinary First-class Legendary and a Forbidden-class.
Thud, thud–
On the sea surface, Regigigas continued to pull the chain, link by link. With each section it lifted, that piece of the chain vanished into thin air.
This chain wasn't an actual chain—it was likely a construct formed from Regigigas's own energy.
Another ten days passed, adding to the previous twenty, making it a full month since Regigigas began pulling the chain. The white glow beneath the sea surface had now become dazzlingly bright.
Even in broad daylight, it was clearly visible. As the light continued to be drawn upward, its range expanded—from the initial three to four kilometers to now five or six.
From high above, the white glow roughly formed a straight line.
Everyone was curious about what this blindingly bright thing could be, but after the slaughter by the three Regis, no one dared to approach. They could only watch the scene unfold through the livestream.
Ten more days went by. At noon on the tenth day, as Regigigas pulled up another section of the chain, the white glow finally broke the surface of the sea—though only a small part emerged, making it impossible to discern its true nature.
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> "It's finally peeking out! I'm so excited—it feels like opening a mystery box!"
> "Any guesses about what this is?"
> "Looking at it now, it doesn't really seem like a treasure..."
> "I think so too. It's already three or four kilometers long."
> "What kind of "treasure" would be this long?"
> "Stop guessing. We'll find out in a few days anyway."
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Another five days passed, and the object Regigigas had been pulling up was now partially exposed, though most of it was still beneath the water. Yet, some people who saw the exposed part began to suspect what it might be.
With an expression of disbelief, Julian muttered, "…Could this be a Secret Realm Gate? And a Top-tier one at that?"
"Is Regigigas pulling out a Top-tier Secret Realm from the depths of the Western Ocean?"
As he spoke, his expression grew more and more astonished, shifting more toward awe. The length of a Top-tier Secret Realm portal typically ranged from three to four kilometers—the longer it was, the larger the internal space of the Secret Realm.
As for Top-tier Secret Realm Gates—in reality, the ones who had truly seen or entered them were basically all Elite–level trainers. So for the overwhelming majority of trainers, they only knew such things existed—they had rarely ever seen one themselves.
At most, they had only come across images online.
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