Watching Dialga attack everyone indiscriminately, Cynthia clenched her teeth hard, her delicate body trembling.
As a Champion, she couldn't just stand by and watch these civilians who came to help be struck down by Dialga.
["This… this is Electro Wave."]
["Dialga has a feeling of hesitation in his heart."]
At that moment, the power of Aura rang in Cynthia's mind, and Lucario's thoughts directly appeared in Cynthia's head.
Cynthia's brow relaxed slightly. She looked up at Dialga in the sky with some surprise.
"I didn't expect the ancient Sinnoh legends to be true. Arceus really does show the same care for humans and Pokémon."
"If not, a god created by Arceus like Dialga simply wouldn't hesitate to crush people."
"But… even if he doesn't strike people directly, the aftereffects of his battle with Palkia will still bring destruction to this town."
"Garchomp, Lucario, hold on. We must buy more time!"
Cynthia slipped out from beside Spiritomb and hurriedly threw her remaining Poké Balls, flinging them toward different directions.
"Lucario, Aura!"
["Right!"]
Lucario forced himself to stand, pouring Aura into the Poké Balls so they would fly off quickly.
A few flashes of white light later, Cynthia's other Pokémon appeared where she had designated and promptly used Protect.
Because Cynthia's situation was unusual, she had one very powerful Garchomp and had won the Championship with it, her other Pokémon weren't actually involved in the main fight and thus had conserved enough stamina.
Combined with Cynthia's near-perfect ball-throwing technique, Dialga's attacks were all intercepted by her Pokémon.
The Champion's extreme control showed itself almost perfectly at this moment.
Cynthia's attacks came like a furious storm; her eyes were razor-sharp as she issued order after order.
"Roserade, Sleep Powder."
"Togekiss, Air Slash."
"Sealeo, use Rock Tomb."
"Garchomp, charge into their middle and use Earthquake. You must, you must force him to use Roar of Time again!"
"ROAR!"
Cynthia's Pokémon nodded in unison. The Sleep Powder mixed with Air Slash's force rushed into the sky.
Dialga and Palkia felt danger instinctively, especially after their earlier exchange, Palkia already knew the red chains had appeared.
All they wanted now was to take this space-time and flee far away to continue their battle; they didn't want Cynthia dragging them down here.
Almost instinctively, both began to retreat to avoid being controlled.
But before they could pull back, Sealeo's attack struck.
Endless huge boulders formed in the sky and, as they fell, momentarily boxed in Dialga and Palkia's positions.
As soon as they left the falling-rock area, a ferocious roar erupted from the ground.
Garchomp was coated in dense earth-colored light; its dragon tail and forelegs struck the ground viciously, nearly collapsing the whole of Alamos Town.
The terrifying shockwaves collided and spread, forming a massive blast that carried countless boulders into the sky and hurled them toward the twin dragons of time and space.
Even Dialga and Palkia felt their scalps tingle from that force.
Almost without thinking, both used their signature moves.
Dialga roared and once again severed a bend of the river of time, slamming it down at Garchomp's position.
Palkia also summoned enormous spatial blades, attempting to banish Garchomp from this space.
Under such terrifying might, the trainers of Alamos Town all moved.
Everyone knew that if Garchomp were banished, Alamos Town would have no hope of survival.
"Raticate, use Sand-Attack!"
"Weepinbell, use Leaf Blade, now!"
"Geodude, use Rock Throw!"
Countless attacks surged from around Garchomp like a sky-covering storm, all aimed at Dialga and Palkia.
Unfortunately… they were simply too weak.
All those attacks were like needles dropping into water, not even a ripple.
Cynthia's gaze swept across her Pokémon. She wanted to take advantage of the time while the twin dragons attacked to have her Pokémon appear beside Garchomp, giving them one more chance.
But… her Pokémon were too far away.
To get to Garchomp immediately, she would have to give up a few Pokémon.
Facing these strange time-space forces, she had no idea what would happen if her Pokémon stayed here.
She couldn't gamble.
Helplessly, Cynthia inhaled deeply and chose to temporarily place Lucario back into its ball, having Spiritomb throw Lucario's ball into the center of Garchomp and the other Pokémon.
"Lucario, you and Garchomp take the Pokémon back to the previous time. Spiritomb and I will hold on until you get there!"
Garchomp shook its head wildly, its eyes bloody red as it fell on Cynthia.
Compared to Cynthia, it would rather give up this town!
But before it could react further, it saw the hope in Cynthia's eyes.
"Garchomp, you can do it, right?"
Garchomp's body trembled. It understood what its trainer wanted it to do, but it couldn't refuse.
For Cynthia and to leave no regrets for itself, Garchomp could only howl to the sky.
It would try—
If its strength now could once again cleave the twin dragons' technique, forcing them to use that time-resetting power again!
Dense dragon energy erupted from Garchomp's body. The power condensed in front of it, forming almost-solid dragon claws.
BOOM!
Three moves struck; Garchomp's body flew like a kite with a cut string.
A terrifying explosion erupted in midair. Irregular time-space tears widened, and the raging spatial storm tore through the barrier Palkia had set, nearly obliterating the entire town.
Despair spread; almost everyone's eyes turned ashen.
At this point… even if Garchomp could stand up again, could Alamos Town withstand several more attacks from the twin dragons?
More importantly, would Garchomp be able to stand up at all?
Just as Lucario took a deep breath, deciding to temporarily take Garchomp's place and absorb the twin dragons' attack, a massive red rift suddenly appeared in the warped sky.
A figure, Cyrus, stood crazily beside the rift, holding the red chains.
"Saturn, we did it!"
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