After Axel and the others went in, Duraludon and Gyarados all gathered at Infernape's side, one by one giving him a thumbs up.
They had dealt with him three times before, so they all knew very well how terrifying Pryce's two Pokémon were.
Mewtwo being able to hold one back was totally normal. But for Infernape, who wasn't even at Champion level, to hold back one?
All that could be said was, he really was the chosen monkey of the tactics world.
Seeing that even the incomparably handsome Glastrier was praising him, Infernape instantly beamed with joy.
He scratched his ear a few times, using all his lifelong self-control to hold back the grin tugging at the corners of his mouth.
A rush of pure delight shot straight to the top of his skull.
'What kind of bitter days have I been living before?'
'Thi-this is real life!'
Very soon, the Pokémon began discussing tactics according to Axel's arrangements.
With Infernape's humble requests for guidance, each Pokémon shared everything they had, integrating tactics they had used themselves or seen used on Axel's other Pokémon.
Every time he heard a tactic, Infernape's eyes lit up brighter.
When he heard Gyarados's way of using Water Gun, his eyes nearly burst into flames.
'No wonder Spiritomb totally crushed me before.'
'Losing like that wasn't unjust at all.'
'Master, oh Master, you were right, Team Leader's place really is the best university.'
If he trained according to Gyarados's method, maybe before long he could also master the secret of releasing two moves simultaneously.
'Once I learn it and go back, I'll definitely help you become the number one of Sinnoh's Elite Four.'
'Maybe… we might even take on Garchomp too!'
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Inside Dragonspiral Tower, Iono and Axel stopped in the huge first-floor chamber.
In this room, two enormous statues stood.
One statue was pitch black, its form resembling a mix between a dinosaur and a Western dragon, a black lightning-shaped crest on its head.
The other was entirely white in tone, its form like a blend of a white bird and a Western dragon, twin ponytail-like tufts of white hair flowing from its head, its whole body covered in feather-shaped white fur.
Its face resembled a white wolf's, looking powerful and majestic.
Axel's gaze fell instantly on the white dragon.
Before the worlds merged, he had been a loyal reader of the Pokémon series.
Nearly a third of the works took the white dragon as the best mount.
'Emmm… specifically, the daytime versions.'
Looking at it now, the white dragon truly was a superb choice for a mount Pokémon.
Outstanding appearance, and just from one glance, he knew the touch must be incredibly comfortable.
The only flaw was that he seemed to have come at the wrong timeline.
Right now, the black and white dragons showed no signs of awakening, and even the two orbs scattered across Unova hadn't appeared yet.
Naturally, the white dragon and black dragon themselves couldn't possibly appear.
After chatting with Iono a while about the legends here, Axel was planning to leave, thinking to come back once N had captured the black dragon.
At that time, with his strength, he should be able to smoothly capture the white dragon as well.
But just then, Axel suddenly saw Gardevoir grab his shoulder.
Her eyes glowed scarlet, her gaze locked firmly on the black dragon statue.
Inside the black dragon statue, a slumbering consciousness suddenly felt cold sweat break out on its body, awakening from its sleep.
The scene of Dragonspiral Tower's great hall appeared in its sight.
One pair of scarlet eyes glared like daggers.
The black dragon's consciousness instantly blazed with fury.
Aside from the white dragon and that monster slumbering in the cave, this was the first time anyone had dared look at him with such eyes.
'I am the king of Unova, the true king!'
'All the Pokémon here ought to be prostrating at my feet.'
'Those two humans being disrespectful can be tolerated. After all, I haven't yet emerged.'
'But what is with this Gardevoir?'
'Damn thing, trying to rebel, is that it?'
Without hesitation, the black dragon unleashed a crushing aura of dominance, pressing down on Gardevoir.
Gardevoir grinned, her scarlet eyes glinting cold.
'This scene… really is familiar.'
Before the black dragon could even speak, Gardevoir's psychic power burst forth to the utmost, violently tearing into the black dragon's consciousness world.
The black dragon was dumbstruck.
'What the hell, she is storming into my place?'
'Can a Gardevoir even pull off something like this?'
This statue was fused with Unova's will itself. It was his and the white dragon's greatest reliance against the ice dragon.
Logically speaking, aside from psychic-type divine beasts, no other Pokémon could possibly breach it.
In his shock and fear, the black dragon grew only angrier.
["Gardevoir, you court death!"]
A terrifying bolt of lightning erupted from his tail, lashing toward Gardevoir.
She dodged it in a flash of teleportation.
Gardevoir said nothing, just kept sneering coldly.
At first, she had wanted to figure out whether this black dragon was the same Zekrom who had killed Axel.
But from the looks of it, the dragon wasn't planning on cooperating.
In that case… she'd beat him until he did.
Gardevoir softly closed her eyes. At the same time, Glastrier, who had been teaching Infernape how to show off, froze in place.
His consciousness was pulled by Gardevoir into the black dragon statue, instantly completing the Fairy Queen form.
Clad in armor, Gardevoir leveled her ice-blue lance straight at the black dragon's brow, hurling it without hesitation.
Zekrom immediately felt a shiver of dread in his heart.
At the instant he saw Glastrier and Gardevoir fuse, his temper had already calmed somewhat.
Because he and the white dragon had once met the King of Bountiful Harvests, Calyrex of the Crown Tundra.
At that time, to resist the threat of the ice dragon, they had gone together to the Crown Tundra to ask Calyrex how to counter its fusion.
On that occasion, they had personally witnessed Calyrex riding the black horse, its terrifying combat power.
Completely suppressing Kyurem, who had left the cave chasing them, unable to fuse.
More importantly, the way Calyrex had fought was exactly the same as the scene now.
And adding the overwhelming psychic fluctuations pouring from the two in front of him, Zekrom instantly chickened out.
["Girl, don't strike! I didn't know you were Calyrex's descendant, what just happened was purely an accident!"]
Gardevoir lowered her lashes, her scarlet eyes brimming with boundless battle intent.
["No accident… not one bit… all within expectations!"]
["You lot never once treat the lives of ordinary Pokémon and humans as anything important!"]
With her words, Gardevoir raised her hand lightly. In the black dragon's consciousness space, a giant full moon instantly appeared.
Seeing that thick moonlight, the black dragon's consciousness immediately trembled.
'An ice-type and fairy-type this overpowered, what kind of dragon-slaying warrior is this?'
'Way too busted!'
["Girl, it's really a misunderstanding!"], Zekrom frantically tried to explain while dodging, ["I thought you barged in here intending harm to me, so I attacked without thinking."]
Gardevoir nodded, ["You guessed right. I did intend to harm you. So keep fighting."]
Zekrom: "..."
'Why is she storming into my house, yet still so righteously confident?'
'I am giving Calyrex some face, does she really think I wouldn't dare hit back?'
Zekrom's tail spun rapidly, immense lightning power filling his body in an instant.
'Damn it, whatever her background, I have to teach her a lesson.'
'This is the pride of Unova's dragon god!'
Zekrom's eyes blazed with ferocity. With his lightning surging, the entire space was suppressed to the extreme.
Just then, the Rayquaza scale hidden on Gardevoir's body flashed with a deep black glow.
With a dragon's roar, an illusory dragon figure appeared behind the Fairy Queen.
Its aura was several times more terrifying than Zekrom's.
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