"Why is there a sandstorm inside the Ancient Battlefield?"
"No way, that should be weather generated by some Pokémon!"
The professors' expressions changed, and they immediately saw the sandstorm completely swallow the team that appeared on the screen.
"It disappeared, that team's signal has disappeared!"
"Quick, quick, send a rescue immediately!"
Upon realizing this, some of the professors present immediately sprang into action.
"Wait, look here!"
"It's that Chandelure! Why did that monstrosity come out too?!"
At that moment, another professor shouted again. On the screen, flames could be seen filling the sky.
"And also Dusknoir and Sableye... it seems all those bosses have come out!"
"What is going on? Weren't all those Pokémon supposed to remain inside the Spirit World? Why have they all appeared together today?!"
Seeing one figure after another appear on the screens, the professors kept exclaiming, their faces growing uglier and uglier. The situation seemed to be starting to slip out of their control.
At that very moment, Ethan's team was also getting closer and closer to the deeper part of the Ancient Battlefield.
"Luucaarr!"
It was then that Lucario suddenly stopped.
"What is it, Lucario?"
Ethan halted his steps, somewhat confused.
However, before he could finish speaking, they saw a figure abruptly appear in front of them.
"It's Dusknoir!"
At the same time, Bruno and the others' warning could be heard.
Inside the Ancient Battlefield, Pokémon like Dusknoir were considered extremely rare, so no one had expected to encounter one there.
"It's Bruno's team!"
"Damn it, they also ran into a Dusknoir!"
From the screens, some professors detected the situation on Ethan's side, and their faces changed.
Although Bruno and the others did not know it, the professors did: that Dusknoir was one of the bosses of the Ancient Battlefield.
"I've heard that Dusknoir's fists are pretty hard. Today I want to check it for myself. Get ready, Machamp!"
Upon hearing its trainer's order, Machamp launched into the attack without hesitation, and its four fists began to shine with white light.
Seeing this, Dusknoir chose to receive it head-on.
Boom!
In the next instant, the two collided.
But what no one had expected was that, with a single punch, Machamp was sent flying.
In barely one exchange, Dusknoir displayed the dominating strength befitting one of the bosses of the Ancient Battlefield!
During the time Bruno and the others chose to face the enemy, the professors in the monitoring room already had very gloomy faces.
"Does that Bruno have muscles even in his brain?"
A professor from the combat department could not help but complain.
Even after Machamp was defeated, Bruno showed no intention of retreating; on the contrary, he seemed even more excited.
The Fighting-type Pokémon on the field began attacking Dusknoir under Bruno's orders.
However, even facing the siege of several Pokémon, Dusknoir still displayed overwhelming strength. Its powerful dark spheres exploded one after another on the field, suppressing all the other Pokémon.
"What a strong Dusknoir!"
"We are in the Ancient Battlefield; this is totally its home field!"
The student from the research department shouted. Seeing that the Pokémon of the combat department students in his team were being suppressed, his expression was not good either.
"Bruno's side is in danger. Send a rescue professor."
On the side of the screens, the leading professor began mobilizing support forces.
Boom!
But just as he finished speaking, they saw Dusknoir suddenly sent flying by a direct attack, leaving everyone momentarily stunned.
"Has a rescue professor already arrived?"
The leading professor swept his gaze across the screen.
Suddenly, he saw a student accompanied by a Lucario slowly step forward.
"It's the student from the medicine department... what does he intend to do?"
A professor had that thought, but in the next instant he froze completely.
They saw Dusknoir in the distance fly back again.
After receiving an unexpected attack, Dusknoir was clearly furious.
However, just as it fiercely charged toward that group of students, its body abruptly stopped in midair.
Immediately afterward, they saw that Lucario suddenly raise one hand, and a terrifying psychic attack shot out from Lucario's hand, directly striking Dusknoir.
Boom!
With the roar of the impact, Dusknoir's body fell directly from the air and crashed heavily onto the ground.
Defeated in a single blow!
That Pokémon that had seemed so powerful had been annihilated by Lucario with a single attack!
"What... just happened?"
Bruno and the others stared blankly at Ethan and Lucario.
And not only them: the professors in front of the screens were also left with their mouths hanging open.
One of the bosses of the Ancient Battlefield... had been defeated instantly?
"Could it be that we saw wrong?"
"Was that Dusknoir not really that Dusknoir?" a professor murmured, completely bewildered by the turn of events.
"That Dusknoir was very strong. That can be seen from how it managed to suppress all those Pokémon. It's just that... that Lucario is clearly even stronger!"
Another professor from the breeding department shook his head. From Dusknoir's physical development, he could judge its level fairly well.
But that Lucario, whose body did not seem particularly outstanding, was something he simply could not understand.
"Dusknoir... That look of its... did it seem directed at me?"
Ethan contemplated the Dusknoir before him, showing a thoughtful expression.
"Luucaarr!"
Lucario nodded.
It could feel that Dusknoir had indeed fixed its mental power on Ethan.
"It can't be that much of a coincidence, right?"
"That Dusknoir... and that other Dusknoir..."
"It seems my existence exerts a strange attraction on those Pokémon that come from the Spirit World."
Ethan also began to reflect. As a transmigrator, his soul seemed to be somewhat different.
The simplest proof was that he possessed mental power superior to that of normal people, as well as the ability to release twice as many Pokémon as an ordinary person.
(End of chapter)