Chapter 547: Mega Rayquaza, In Position
"Cynthia."
Will's voice came from a kilometer away.
Cynthia turned her head immediately, confirmed the direction he was in, and raised her hand to shout:
"Lucario~"
Seeing Will was fine.
Cynthia's hanging heart finally relaxed.
Thinking that Will was fighting Kyogre, while she had lost the important Key Stone at such a crucial moment, her heart was full of worry and guilt.
To the extent that Cynthia had been absent-minded since just now, falling into dangerous situations several times during the battle.
If it weren't for Roserade and Spiritomb being capable enough, she probably would have lost her mobility long ago.
Opposite Cynthia.
Maxie glanced at Will, frowned slightly, and then his gaze moved to the sky behind Will, his expression changing drastically:
"Rayquaza, how did it become that appearance?!"
In his field of vision.
A ferocious, pitch-black dragon emerged from the thick clouds.
Rayquaza's appearance.
There are very few people in this world who would find it unfamiliar.
After all, its fame is too great, and the number of times it has appeared before the public is too many.
And as the God of the Sky who can stop the great battles between Groudon and Kyogre several times, Maxie and Archie naturally hadn't studied it any less.
Therefore.
Maxie wouldn't find Rayquaza's appearance unfamiliar.
But that was before.
The current Rayquaza, although the changes compared to the past are not huge, they are absolutely impossible to ignore.
Leaving other things aside.
At the very least, the current Rayquaza looks much more powerful than before.
"Primal Reversion?!"
Maxie made a guess at the first moment. After recalling his Pokémon, he immediately led the surviving Team Magma members and turned around:
"Retreat!"
"You think you can just leave?"
Will's whisper resounded beside Maxie's ear.
This voice was so dark it sounded like an evil ghost crawling out of hell.
Even if Will used his tail to think, he knew the one who forced Cynthia to lose the Key Stone must be Team Magma, and perhaps even this Maxie.
How critical the situation was at that time, he couldn't imagine.
And he wasn't in the mood to think about it now either.
Anyway.
Maxie.
Can't leave today.
Even though before this, Will actually didn't hate this person, and even thought he was pretty good.
Maxie's eyes widened.
!
Before he could react, he felt a pain in his chest.
He opened his mouth, but before the sound could leak out, fresh blood spurted out first.
His blurry vision gradually moved downward.
His chest had already been pierced by a furry palm.
A lively heart was beating within that palm.
The next moment, it was crushed into a lump.
A large amount of fresh blood spurted onto Maxie's face, dyeing his eyes red.
Before his consciousness completely disappeared.
Only three sentences passed through his mind.
'I shouldn't have recalled the Pokémon in advance. Humans cannot stop a Champion-level Pokémon with murderous intent.'
'The Pokémon League finally produced a ruthless character willing to deal a killing blow. No wonder Team Galactic was suppressed to the point of not daring to show their heads.'
'Team Magma is finished. No one can stop that guy Archie from controlling Kyogre now, not even the Hoenn League.'
Thud!
Maxie's body fell forward onto the land created by Groudon.
He had fantasized countless times in his dreams.
That such land could cover the entire world.
Humans possessing infinite land resources, everyone could run wantonly on this land, no one would ever start a war over land disputes again, and humans would never have to worry about being forced by Pokémon into losing a place to stand...
He just wanted humans to be able to live more happily in this world, that's all.
Was he the one who was wrong?
In Maxie's gradually dulling field of vision, the god he had pursued all his life didn't even cast a single glance at him until the very end.
"And you guys."
Will withdrew his blood-drenched hand, turning his head to sweep a glance at the other Team Magma members.
A deep blue Aura light swept past.
Any Team Magma member who made eye contact with those eyes uncontrollably knelt on the ground, trembling violently.
Will had just moved his foot.
When his blood-soaked hand was pressed down.
He turned his head and made eye contact with the person beside him.
Cynthia wasn't scared off by the terrifying deep blue light in Will's eyes, just quietly stepped forward and hugged him:
"I lost the Key Stone... Thank goodness you're alright."
Her tone was full of rejoicing.
This sentence was also what Will wanted to say.
He looked at his hand and put it down.
It had been quite a long time since he killed someone.
After all, as a righteous character, unless it's an emergency situation, one should carry out arrests against criminals rather than directly offing them.
This time can be considered stepping out of line.
But presumably no one would say anything.
"Leave Groudon and Kyogre to Rayquaza. Let's go help Wallace."
Cynthia turned her head to look at the sky.
Will looked as well, his eyes changing slightly.
Only then did he notice.
Rayquaza had already entered its Mega form now.
After pondering for a moment.
He basically understood what was going on.
Currently, Will knows of two ways for Rayquaza to Mega Evolve:
One is the Draconid people using the iridescent stone, this huge Mega Stone, to let Rayquaza achieve Mega Evolution.
But now the iridescent stone has been returned to the Deoxys.
So the current Mega Rayquaza definitely couldn't have used this method.
And the other way.
Is thanks to a structure called the 'Mikado Organ' inside Rayquaza's body.
The Mikado Organ combines the meteorites Rayquaza swallowed with its own original energy, becoming a power that substitutes for a Mega Stone, allowing it to achieve Mega Evolution on its own.
Thinking of the last time Rayquaza left, taking away the meteorite the Deoxys came to the Blue Planet on.
Will was certain of what had happened.
At the same time, his heart completely relaxed.
With Mega Rayquaza's strength, fighting normal form Groudon and Kyogre is simply a deus ex machina (god from the machine), with absolutely no pressure.
This battle might not even last more than ten minutes.
The two idiots, after Rayquaza appeared, also had no mind to care about other Pokémon anymore, and instead joined forces to concentrate on dealing with Rayquaza.
Will and Cynthia also ignored them.
After recalling Milotic and the others, they hurriedly went to help Wallace fight against the pirates.
That guy Lysandre was also sly.
The moment Rayquaza descended, he knew things were bad and the plan was broken.
Without saying a word, he led his people to immediately board the submarine, dumped Captain Phantom's group, and headed back home, whipping their horses (hurrying) towards the Kalos region.
Wallace's condition here wasn't good.
Ultimately failing to stop him, letting Lysandre successfully escape.
However, after Will and Cynthia arrived, they easily arrested Captain Phantom's group of great pirates who had been fleeing for decades and brought them to justice.
By the time their matters here were resolved.
On the other side, Groudon and Kyogre were also floating belly-up on the sea surface.
Rayquaza coiled in mid-air, quietly staring at Will, seemingly waiting for him to finish dealing with his matters.
Throwing the matters here to the two Champions.
Will flew alone towards the direction where Rayquaza was.
"You came a bit late."
Will complained slightly.
"I was digesting the stone."
Rayquaza swished its tail, not really caring.
Speaking of which.
It inherently didn't have the responsibility of having to stop these two foolish guys from fighting.
Even if it stayed in the sky the whole time acting as a third-party spectator.
Others couldn't say anything.
It being willing to make a move.
Humans should shed tears of gratitude.
If they dare to blabber even half a word, next time it would just let these two idiots keep fighting.
"You hit pretty hard."
Will looked down, the corners of his eyes twitching. On the bellies of this Groudon and Kyogre, each actually had a huge dragon claw mark left on them.
The dragon claw mark was relatively shallow, and the color was very faint.
Without looking carefully, one really couldn't tell.
But.
Being able to leave a mark on the bodies of these two guys is in itself a quite exaggerated matter.
Take Will for example.
He swung at Kyogre's tail so many times just now, yet rigidly didn't leave the slightest mark.
From this, one can see a spot (get a glimpse of) how ruthless Rayquaza is.
"Hahahaha!"
Rayquaza glanced at the bellies of the two idiots, unable to resist grinning and laughing joyfully.
"...Bad taste."
Will looked at the suddenly loudly laughing Rayquaza and complained.
He seems.
To know why Kyogre reacted so strongly to his Metal Claw move.
Turns out Rayquaza frequently used its claws to slap them.
"What do you plan to do with that stone down there?"
Rayquaza changed the subject, asking Will.
"You're not planning to eat it, are you?"
A question mark popped up on Will's head.
But Rayquaza shook its head.
"Emmm... The Hoenn League plans to retrieve it, but definitely won't feel at ease continuing to put it in the Stone Ruins. They'll need to find someone to guard it..."
Will raised a hand and pinched his chin to consider for a moment, a flash of inspiration occurring in his mind,
"Right, how about you just take it and give it to the Draconid people?"
"Oh, you want to use this stone to replace that iridescent stone?"
Rayquaza immediately understood Will's thought.
"Mm, this stone is highly likely the exact same one as that iridescent stone, plus with you personally delivering it over, it will probably only make the Draconid people cherish it even more."
"Aren't you afraid that group of people will lock themselves underground again?"
Rayquaza stared curiously at Will.
Although it left early back then, it also knew about seventy or eighty percent of the subsequent matters.
Because.
When it was taking a walk one day, it met a woman named Zinnia, who chatted with it quite a bit about those things.
"A dragon that has soared in the sky cannot possibly be willing to return to the dark underground again. The Draconid people are no longer the Draconid people of the past."
Will pursed his lips and shook his head confidently.
Zinnia usually also didn't call or video chat with Cynthia any less.
He was very certain.
A new stone is already insufficient to become shackles tethering the Draconid people anymore.
However.
It could be a calming stone to put the minds of the older generation of Draconid people at ease.
"Alright."
Rayquaza nodded.
Seemingly not minding running an errand for Will and moving a stone.
Perhaps.
This group of little people, the Draconid people, still holds a bit of weight in Rayquaza's heart?
Rumble rumble—
The sound of rolling mountains rang out.
The two huge figures lying flat on the board on the sea surface gradually woke up.
They stood on the sea surface, staring blankly at Will and Rayquaza, their eyes as clear as a pool of clear water.
"These are the lucky idiots who survived from the ancient era I told you about."
Rayquaza gestured towards the two idiots.
Looking at the eyes of these two foolish guys, it couldn't help shaking its head.
"I can tell."
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