Chapter 657: Bloodshed in the Rocky Mountains
While Kazuya and the Tyrantrum clan departed the Rocky Mountains for the grassland...
The massive insectoid swarms, having detected the complete absence of the Overlord within the Rocky Mountain range, began to grow violently restless.
Their demographic scale was simply too astronomically large.
Historically.
Throughout the entirety of the subterranean ecosystem.
Their Bug-type coalition had functioned as the sole, absolute, undisputed masters.
But now...
Upon tunneling to the surface, they found themselves completely geographically bottlenecked, confined to a minuscule sector of the Rocky Mountains.
The terrestrial environment of the rocky peaks was inherently, severely hostile toward Bug-type physiologies, and the available biological resources were tragically scarce.
With such a massive demographic of Bug-type Pokémon concentrated in this microscopic sector, it was mathematically inevitable that they would begin slaughtering each other to secure the minimal resources required for survival.
Watching the demographic of his coalition rapidly, violently dwindling through internal cannibalism...
The absolute Overlord of the subterranean insectoid empire finally reached the limits of his processing capacity.
Rather than allowing his forces to biologically expire through meaningless, internal friction...
It was vastly superior to mobilize the entire swarm, launch a massive, coordinated offensive to annex territory and resources, and systematically re-initiate a campaign to reclaim their historical status as global Overlords.
He and several of his core operatives had been cryogenically frozen and entombed at the bottom of the ocean for an unquantifiable chronological epoch. Their highly unique biological architecture had successfully preserved their existence through the endless passage of time, but upon finally awakening, he discovered that the global parameters had undergone a cataclysmic, unrecognizable shift.
However.
Even though an eternity had passed...
Even though the world was mathematically, fundamentally different from the era he knew...
To the point where he couldn't even visually synthesize the current geopolitical landscape...
As an entity who had historically commanded global Overlord status, having personally orchestrated the era where the Bug-type empire ruled the world, how could he mathematically accept cowering in the subterranean darkness, merely subsisting?
Especially when the current reality dictated that his empire had been reduced to slaughtering and consuming their own brethren merely to delay extinction.
If they engaged in internal friction, they died.
If they launched an external expansion campaign, they died.
Therefore, there was mathematically no choice to process.
He intended to exploit this specific tactical window, burn their bridges entirely, and aggressively lead the Bug-type empire back to the absolute apex of the world.
Consequently...
The massive Bug-type coalition, originally entirely contained within the northwestern sector of the Rocky Mountains, initiated a violent, multi-directional expansion campaign, aggressively devouring territory and igniting a catastrophic era of bloodshed across the entire Rocky Mountain range.
Analytically speaking.
As biological entities operating within the sovereign territory of the Dragon Clan...
The Dragon Clan, functioning as the Overlords, wouldn't typically intervene if they merely engaged in combat with other local Pokémon.
But the fundamental parameters of this specific conflict were entirely different.
When other clans engaged in mutual combat, it was essentially restricted to routine biological hunting or localized territorial friction.
Regardless of the outcome...
They still fundamentally recognized the Dragon Clan as their absolute Overlords.
They passively acknowledged that the supreme jurisdiction over the earth beneath their feet belonged to the dragons.
But the Bug-type coalition was different.
They were aggressively, violently annexing the Dragon Clan's sovereign territory and actively contesting their jurisdictional authority. This had drastically escalated beyond a simple calculation of securing biological sustenance.
Furthermore.
The absolute most critical variable was...
They had launched coordinated, direct offensives against the sovereign territories specifically garrisoned by the primary Dragon Clan tribes.
This was a violation the Dragon Clan was mathematically incapable of tolerating.
Especially considering...
The specific target they selected for their offensive was the absolute most powerful tribe in the sector.
When the Tyrantrum patriarch returned to the central nexus of the Rocky Mountains, his visual receptors immediately locked onto a massive swarm of insects violently rampaging through his sovereign territory.
Already operating under a severe psychological debuff due to the recent data regarding his family's biological expiration, this blatant territorial violation instantly sent his rage parameters skyrocketing.
"Rua-ooh!!"
The Tyrantrum's deafening, apocalyptic roar shattered the atmosphere across the entire Rocky Mountain range.
Even though the hostile demographic currently massing before him exceeded several thousand Bug-type Pokémon...
He exhibited absolutely zero fear, instantly initiating a heavy, earth-shattering charge straight into their ranks.
The rest of the Tyrantrum clan didn't hesitate for a microsecond, immediately mobilizing to follow their Alpha into battle.
Their juvenile Tyrunt had already been safely relocated to the grassland.
The entire future continuity of the Tyrantrum lineage had been securely entrusted to the Dragon Clan.
Since they mathematically possessed absolutely zero lingering concerns regarding their operational rear...
Then today, they would fight until they biologically expired, harboring zero regrets.
The Tyrantrum clan... had mathematically never feared a single entity in their entire existence!
"Rua-ooh!" xN
Thirty or forty synchronized, apocalyptic draconic roars erupted.
The sheer acoustic output flawlessly matched the deafening, collective screech of the thousands of insects opposing them.
As the soundwaves violently collided...
Both factions instantly synthesized the data: this battle was an absolute inevitability.
The Bug-type coalition absolutely refused to retreat back into the subterranean darkness.
And the Tyrantrum mathematically couldn't permit them to annex the Dragon Clan's sovereign territory.
The apocalyptic war detonated.
The Tyrantrum patriarch bore the absolute brunt of the swarm's initial, coordinated offensive. A suffocating, sky-blotting tide of Bug-type Pokémon violently swarmed him from the sky, from beneath the earth, and across the surface.
"Roar!!"
A single, cataclysmic Hyper Voice.
It caused the airborne insects to plummet from the sky like hail and entirely paralyzed the surface swarm, completely neutralizing their approach vectors.
Only the subterranean operatives, whose acoustic receptors were shielded by the dense earth, managed to wait out the shockwave before violently tunneling upward to viciously gnaw at the Tyrantrum's legs.
But this maneuver yielded zero mathematical utility.
The Tyrantrum's epidermis was biologically engineered to be as dense and impenetrable as solid rock.
Low-level Bug-type Pokémon mathematically lacked the kinetic output to breach his defenses utilizing a basic Bug Bite.
Conversely, the Tyrantrum...
Didn't even bother to shift his visual focus downward.
He simply raised his massive foot and violently stomped the earth.
Rumble, rumble—!
The ground began to violently, continuously heave.
Centering precisely on the Tyrantrum's foot, catastrophic shockwaves aggressively radiated outward.
With this singular Earthquake...
He instantly, flawlessly eradicated every single insect within a several-dozen-meter radius, simultaneously inflicting substantial collateral damage to targets further out.
The rest of the Tyrantrum clan had already anticipated this maneuver.
Therefore, they had strategically maintained a safe operational distance.
Following his lead, they immediately replicated the exact same protocol, violently crushing the surrounding insects.
In this initial, brutal exchange of fire...
A massive swarm of over a thousand insects was being systematically, effortlessly pulverized by a few dozen Tyrantrum.
But the parameters of a battlefield are constantly in flux.
Within a swarm exceeding thousands of operatives, was it mathematically possible that they didn't possess a single high-tier combat asset?
Not only did they possess one.
They possessed multiple.
When three massive, terrifyingly mechanical insects suddenly shot out from the swarm, the Tyrantrum's expression instantly locked into a severe, grim frown.
In reality, the Tyrantrum lacked the data to define the concept of a "machine."
He genuinely had never visually acquired this specific species of Pokémon before.
The variable that triggered his tactical alarm was...
The velocity parameters of these insects were horrifyingly high. Especially the leading entity—a massive, crimson insect standing nearly ten meters tall. Its approach velocity was mathematically rivaling Kazuya's!
He had previously calculated that no biological entity in the current world possessed the capacity to exceed Kazuya's velocity parameters.
Processing this new data...
He realized his calculations had been critically flawed by his limited operational scope.
Clang...
The three giant insects landed heavily from their aerial approach, instantaneously executing a mechanical reconfiguration of their physical frames.
If Kazuya were currently deployed in this sector...
He would instantly, flawlessly verify their biological classification.
Entities that originated over 300 million years ago, mathematically predicted to have gone extinct far earlier than countless other Ancient Pokémon...
Genesect!
However, in stark contrast to the iterations modified by Team Plasma during the League Era...
This current operational unit of Genesect did not possess massive energy cannons physically grafted onto their dorsal mounts.
During the era when the Bug-type empire ruled the globe...
They had stood at the absolute, undisputed apex of the world, recognized as the ultimate apex predators.
Not only did they command a baseline biological potential rivaling pseudo-legendaries, but they also possessed a fluid, structural reconfiguration capability mimicking Deoxys, and commanded an absolutely broken, physics-defying typing configuration: Bug/Steel!
Steel Bugs.
Linguistically, the classification didn't project an overwhelming aura of intimidation.
After all, any association with the "Bug" classification inherently triggered a psychological synthesis equating to "weakness."
However, the Steel Bug configuration commanded a staggering nine distinct type resistances.
And their vulnerabilities? They possessed exactly one: Fire.
A 4x vulnerability to Fire-type assaults was their most fatal, yet absolutely sole, systemic weakness.
Furthermore...
Genesect possessed an exclusive, dedicated cinematic feature, where their primary combat adversary was none other than Mega Mewtwo.
This specific historical data flawlessly quantified their terrifying baseline strength.
"Rua-ooh!!"
The Tyrantrum tilted his massive skull toward the heavens, unleashed a deafening roar, and completely ignored the surrounding swarm as he initiated a violent, high-velocity charge directly toward the three Genesect.
A terrifyingly powerful adversary didn't trigger his fear parameters; it merely catalyzed his combat algorithms into a state of absolute, hyper-aggressive overdrive.
As for the tactical discrepancy that they fielded three operatives while he operated solo?
Irrelevant.
He had navigated his entire existence through these exact parameters.
He possessed the fundamental data that only weak, inferior biological entities required coordinated swarming to successfully neutralize a superior powerhouse.
Consequently...
A heavy trace of absolute contempt inevitably surfaced in the Tyrantrum's eyes.
Coordinated swarming...
Was inherently an admission that your individual combat baseline was mathematically inferior to your opponent's.
Perhaps the vast majority of biological entities didn't process this as a negative variable. Synthesizing your own weakness was the first step toward achieving greater strength, and acknowledging weakness wasn't a fundamentally shameful protocol.
It was simply a concept the Tyrantrum himself absolutely refused to accept.
Clang.
The leading, crimson-colored Shiny Genesect smoothly waved its mechanical arms outward.
This absolutely wasn't a signal proposing a one-on-one duel with the Tyrantrum. It was a synchronized tactical command instructing its two flankers to execute a pincer maneuver and launch coordinated strikes from the sides.
It could flawlessly detect the terrifying baseline power radiating from this dragon.
Only it possessed the capacity to directly confront it.
The two standard, purple Genesect instantly shot outward, banking sharply to the left and right.
The crimson Genesect's optic sensors flared with intense red light. A highly complex, circular targeting reticle materialized within its vision, instantly, flawlessly locking onto the rapidly charging Tyrantrum.
In the very next microsecond...
It slowly raised both of its mechanical arms.
Highly visible, crackling surges of electrical data rapidly condensed directly in front of its chest cavity.
In a fraction of a second, the energy coalesced into an intensely blinding, highly concentrated beam, and it fired violently, attempting to pierce straight through the Tyrantrum.
Zap Cannon.
Fwoosh!
Bzzzt—!
Tracking the incoming, high-velocity electrical beam, the Tyrantrum frowned severely and immediately initiated a lateral evasive maneuver.
The absolute second the Genesect began charging the electrical energy, he had already anticipated the strike.
He possessed the data for this specific technique.
The Rocky Mountain range housed numerous peaks generating highly unique magnetic fields.
Those specific coordinates were heavily populated by Electric and Steel-type Pokémon.
Having literally battered his way to the Overlord throne, how could he mathematically have avoided engaging those specific entities in combat?
Naturally, he had visually acquired the Zap Cannon technique before.
And he possessed the critical data:
If that specific strike successfully connected, his biological frame would mathematically, inevitably be inflicted with the Paralysis status condition.
That debuff would catastrophically degrade his combat output for the remainder of the engagement.
However...
Despite having successfully predicted the attack vector well in advance...
The Tyrantrum was profoundly shocked to discover that his evasive maneuver was mathematically failing!
Not only was the velocity of this specific Zap Cannon entirely unprecedented, but he also experienced a bizarre, terrifying physical sensation... as if his own body was actively acting as a magnetic pole, magnetically pulling the attack toward him!
Swish!
The terrifying electrical cannon violently slammed into the Tyrantrum, blasting him head-on.
Blinding, violently crackling electrical arcs erupted across his entire frame, the sheer intensity forcing the surrounding swarm to rapidly retreat, clearing the immediate combat zone.
The Tyrantrum's expression remained completely unchanged; he didn't even emit a single grunt of pain.
Dragon-types inherently possessed a biological resistance to Electric-type assaults.
The raw kinetic damage inflicted by the Zap Cannon was mathematically negligible.
However...
Bzzzt.
Intermittent, highly erratic electrical arcs sporadically lashed across the Tyrantrum's body, causing him to frown deeply.
He was Paralyzed.
And within that microscopic window of induced stiffness...
The two purple Genesect materialized flawlessly on his immediate left and right flanks.
The Tyrantrum instantly reacted.
He violently whipped his tail to the right, while simultaneously slamming his heavy skull to the left.
Dragon Tail and Iron Head executed simultaneously.
Bang! Bang!
The two mechanical insects were instantly blasted backward.
Immediately following up...
The Tyrantrum raised his foot and violently stomped the earth.
Massive, jagged stone pillars violently erupted from the ground, instantly forming a cage that trapped the crimson Genesect within.
Sensing an opening...
The Tyrantrum mobilized his massive legs, initiating a full-velocity charge directly at the stone prison.
Crash!
The crimson Genesect violently swung its mechanical claws, effortlessly shredding the stone pillars to dust.
But by that exact microsecond, the Tyrantrum had already closed the distance.
Boom—!
The Giga Impact violently launched the crimson Genesect straight backward, blasting it deep into the surrounding swarm and pulverizing countless lesser Bug-type Pokémon in the process.
It was entirely unknown what specific tactical command the crimson Genesect broadcasted after recovering from the impact.
Because in the very next second...
It commanded the entire, tsunami-like swarm to violently surge forward, completely engulfing the Tyrantrum. A faint breeze carrying sand and dust swept through the Rocky Mountains.
A jagged arc of electricity violently spasmed across the Tyrantrum's body, scattering a shower of bright sparks.
The Tyrantrum stared coldly at the apocalyptic, overwhelming tide of enemies crashing toward him.
His expression remained completely unchanged.
He initiated a heavy charge straight into the heart of the swarm.
Despite his overwhelming arrogance...
He simultaneously synthesized the grim calculation:
There was a remarkably high mathematical probability he would not survive to exit these mountains today.
But precisely at that exact microsecond.
Over a hundred scorching, highly concentrated Dragon Breaths rained down from the distant horizon.
He violently snapped his head around to execute a visual check.
The Garchomp, the Salamence, the Hydreigon.
The three closest Dragon Clan tribal vanguards had successfully deployed and arrived at the operational theater.
"Roar!!"
They unleashed a collective, deafening roar, initiating a devastating, coordinated dive-bombing run toward the surface.
They were absolutely determined to extract a catastrophic, bloody toll from these insects who possessed the sheer audacity to challenge the Dragon Clan's sovereignty.
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