"Darkrai, how do you feel?" Cain saw that Darkrai had recovered his calm, and that the aura of his body also tended to stabilize.
"Dark... rai..."
Darkrai hunched his body and panted heavily. He slowly spat out two sounds, appearing extremely exhausted.
Fortunately, after panting for a while, he also gradually calmed down.
Through telepathy, Cain also understood what Darkrai wanted to express.
"Was it just a little short?" Cain murmured.
What was it that had fallen just a little short? Without a doubt, naturally, it was that he was still a little short of reaching the divine position. That was why Darkrai, in the end, looked so tired.
With a thought, Cain directly activated the system to scan Darkrai's current data.
Pokémon: Darkrai (Black)
Gender: Male
Level: 94
Type: Dark
Ability: Bad Dreams
Held Item: Nightmare God Stone, Qualification Aura
Egg Moves: None
Basic Moves: Ominous Wind, Disable, Quick Attack, Hypnosis, Feint Attack, Nightmare, Double Team, Haze, Dark Void, Nasty Plot, Dream Eater, Dark Pulse
Learned Moves: Foul Play, Snatch, Spite, Wonder Room, Knock Off, Snore, Drain Punch, Trick, Last Resort, Focus Punch, Throat Chop, Shock Wave, Icy Wind
TM Moves: Calm Mind, Taunt, Ice Beam, Protect, Thunderbolt, Psychic, Shadow Ball, Rock Tomb, Aerial Ace, Will-O-Wisp, Snarl, Confide
The corrosion state that had been troubling Darkrai finally disappeared, and everything returned to normal.
Not only that. After eliminating the Ghost-type energy inside his body, his level shot up in one go to level 94, remaining only one step away from the true Master level.
Before, Phoebe's grandfather had also briefly talked with Cain. For a Legendary Pokémon like Darkrai, if he wanted to receive a divine position, there was a high probability that he needed to reach that level, that is, the legendary Master level.
Before fighting Giratina, according to Cain's estimates, Darkrai's level was approximately level 93. At that time, he already almost possessed the qualification to receive a divine position.
Only, at that time, Giratina had targeted him, so he could not succeed.
After eliminating Giratina's stubborn Ghost-type energy, Darkrai not only recovered his peak strength, but even advanced one step further.
As for whether this was truly due to the effect of the Nightmare God Stone, defined that way by Cain himself, or whether it was the consequence of all these years of accumulation, it could not be known.
But Darkrai once again possessed the qualification aura belonging to a Legendary Pokémon. Cain believed that, as long as he could break through to the Master level in one go, he could successfully receive the true divine position of the God of Nightmares.
At that time, besides the basic combat power of the Master level, he would also obtain the boost of the divine position. Darkrai would have the ability to look down on 99.9% of the Pokémon in the Pokémon world!
Cain gently patted Darkrai on the shoulder. Regarding this failure, Cain did not force anything.
After all, it had been an unexpected gain. If he could obtain it, all the better; if he could not, leaving it for the future was not necessarily a bad thing either.
"Congratulations, my lord!" Irene's clear voice sounded as she respectfully bowed toward Cain.
"Congratulations, my lord!!" The members of the Sacred Church behind her also expressed their respect one after another.
Cain gently moved his right hand in the air.
"The inhabitants of Pacifidlog Town and the members of the League, where did you hide them?"
"In an alternate space not far from Pacifidlog Town. As long as my lord perceives slightly, you will be able to find it. The people inside have not suffered harm. They were only affected by Hypnosis and have remained unconscious until now."
Hearing this, Cain nodded.
"I have already undone the spatial blockade of this place. Within five hours, take your people and quietly leave here. Do not let anyone discover you. When the time comes, naturally, someone will come to receive you."
"Yes!"
After saying this, Cain directly turned around and left this alternate space without looking back.
Upon leaving the alternate space, Steven and the others, who were anxiously waiting outside, immediately surrounded him.
They had been forcefully expelled from the alternate space and had not even had time to summon their Pokémon. Otherwise, they would not have been expelled without the slightest ability to resist.
Seeing Cain appear before them again without the slightest injury, Steven and the others also released a long sigh of relief.
If Cain, as the regional Champion, had fallen here after being plotted against and besieged by the remnants of the Sacred Church, that would have been an enormous joke.
Moreover, as Cain's close friends, Steven and the others also could not accept something like that.
Fortunately, Cain did not suffer any harm and appeared before everyone again.
"Cain, those remnants of the Sacred Church..." Steven asked.
Cain's expression seemed somewhat solemn.
"They prepared a trap in advance and wanted to lock me inside. Only, they did not expect that my strength had already surpassed their imagination. Although they could not do anything to me, with my psychic power suppressed, I also could not keep them there. So... they escaped."
Hearing this, although Steven understood the seriousness of the Sacred Church remnants having escaped, at least the immediate problem had been resolved.
"Then... what about the inhabitants of Pacifidlog Town?"
"I slightly perceived the spatial fluctuations here. They should be locked in another alternate space."
Very soon, under Cain's "efforts," they found the place where that alternate space was. They discovered that inside lay a large number of people. Fortunately, these people were only asleep, and no scene of rivers of blood had occurred.
With the efforts of more than a thousand researchers, the inhabitants of Pacifidlog Town were rescued one by one.
But upon seeing these people rescued, Cain's face did not look good at all. Even Steven and Phoebe's faces were not good either.
"Too weak," Cain could not help saying.
Steven and the others beside him nodded. Even Glacia and Sidney expressed their agreement.
Although Pacifidlog Town was a relatively small town in the Hoenn region, no matter how one looked at it, it was also a very important locality of Hoenn. Its population was also no fewer than several tens of thousands.
And yet, it had been taken directly by these people of the Sacred Church without even having the ability to resist.
(End of chapter)