At Axel's side, Eternatus finally revealed its form.
A dragon head of red and purple intertwined, a terrifying skeletal-looking dragon body, and dragon claws exuding a sinister aura.
Every inch of its body was practically telling all the Pokémon that had rushed out of the Witheredwood Forest that this was an evil deity.
"roar!"
It was clearly a very childish cry, clearly the adorable motion of excitedly biting onto a milk bottle, yet it made everyone watching feel as if they had fallen into an icy abyss.
The Pokémon that had been trembling on the spot after seeing Ho-Oh regained their senses swiftly, each one scrambling away in panic.
Some Grass-types even got up rolling and crawling without any awareness.
Registrar Wang stared at Axel in horror, "M… my lord, wh… what is going on?"
Sensing the aura of destruction coming off Eternatus, along with the terrified state of the forest's Pokémon, Registrar Wang simply could not comprehend it.
Why would someone have such a terrifying Pokémon at their side?
He had lived through chaos for so many years, yet had never once seen a Pokémon so terrifying purely from its presence.
Even famous generals who possessed Legendary Pokémon were not this strong.
"Uh…", Axel had no idea how to explain this to him.
Perhaps because the mortality rate was so high in this era, the people's fear of Pokémon was extremely severe, to a degree Axel could hardly understand.
Little Ho-Oh and Eternatus clearly weren't at very high levels, yet they still scared these people and Pokémon stiff.
"It's fine. Just think of him as a baby. He doesn't bite."
'Doesn't bite?'
Registrar Wang froze.
Never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined Axel's evaluation of such a terrifying Pokémon would be only three words: doesn't bite.
"Alright, let's keep going."
Axel waved and called him along.
He felt this Witheredwood Forest wasn't bad at all, and the Trevenant leading them was rather polite.
Axel planned to find that Trevenant and see if he could persuade it to knock out a batch of Cao army participants tomorrow.
If that worked, it would count as setting things up in advance.
Just as Axel was about to move, a terrifying aura appeared at a point ahead of him.
Gardevoir and Gyarados teleported to his front instantly, staring at a point in the air.
The next moment, in the spot they were watching, two pure white figures appeared.
A woman wearing a white veil, and a completely white Gardevoir.
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— Gardevoir: Level 80
— Held Item: Mental Herb (If the Pokémon holding it cannot act freely, it will recover once)
— Moves: Wish, Heal Pulse, Hypnosis, Teleport, Psybeam, Calm Mind, Psychic, Dream Eater…
— Tags: Psychic Synchronization (Gold), King of Psychics (Gold), Compassion (Gold)
• Psychic Synchronization: When synchronizing, can partially synchronize thoughts with the target.
• King of Psychics : Psychic-type move power increased by 50 percent, greatly increases move casting speed.
• Compassion: During a guardian battle, its stats increase by 50 percent.
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"Diao Chan and Gardevoir?", When he saw the newcomers, Axel subconsciously murmured aloud.
At the same time, he finally understood why Diao Chan's Gardevoir could control enemy troops.
It must be that its Synchronize ability had, through some special kind of nurturing, evolved into that Tag called Psychic Synchronization.
This Psychic Synchronization was different from Mewtwo and Gardevoir's memory manipulation, as it directly affected the mind.
Combined with the Compassion Tag, it was very possible that during guardian battles, Psychic Synchronization advanced even further.
Once that Tag reached its perfected state, the power of Gardevoir's Tags would be comparable to a weaker god.
And Axel had some guesses about how Diao Chan had cultivated such a Tag.
Her Gardevoir carried a very rare held item: Mental Herb.
According to future research, this herb contained great psychic power, and its operating principle was resolving its own debuffs through psychic strength.
After thinking through all this, Axel felt a bit helpless.
He finally understood the key problem now.
Synchronize ability + Mental Herb was the key to cultivating Psychic Synchronization.
But the issue was that Axel's Gardevoir had Telepathy… if he trained her according to that method, there was no guarantee of success, and even if it succeeded, it would consume a huge amount of Mental Herbs.
The best method was still to battle with Diao Chan's Gardevoir and try to trigger the Tag before leaving.
"You are the righteous hero who came to help?", Seeing Axel remain silent, Diao Chan could not help speaking first.
It was not that her composure was lacking, but that the Pokémon around Axel were simply too unbelievable.
Setting aside Ho-Oh and the strange red-purple little dragon she did not recognize, the Gardevoir alone was enough to shock her to the core.
Fairy-type energy circulated around her without dispersing, and that energy even showed signs of evolving into the embryo of life.
As a Gardevoir trainer, she could clearly sense that this Gardevoir had taken a certain path to its limit and achieved what she herself had envisioned.
"Yes," Axel nodded. His gaze moved from Gardevoir to Diao Chan.
"So you aren't a Gardevoir. I guess legends aren't always right."
Diao Chan: "???"
'When was I ever a Gardevoir?'
But to be honest, her looks really were top tier.
Skin fairer than snow, naturally beautiful, and even through the veil one could faintly see her bright eyes and fine features.
Just standing there without speaking, she was already scenery in her own right.
Among the girls Axel knew, only Elesa and Cynthia could match her.
Others either had different styles or were slightly inferior.
"I heard from Lord Wang you're from Hisui?", When Diao Chan heard Axel calling her a Gardevoir, she was briefly angered.
But after thinking about it, Gardevoir was also cute, so she stopped being angry and began talking with him.
"Yes, I arrived yesterday."
'As expected… Hearing his confirmation,' Diao Chan nodded.
Since Axel came from Hisui, everything became easy to explain.
According to rumor, there was a Pokémon tied to the origin of the world in Hisui.
And for Axel to have so many unique Pokémon at his side, he clearly had a close connection to that Pokémon.
But still, what was someone like him doing in a tiny place like Xiapi?
["My master… wants to spar… exchange insights…"]
Suddenly, a telepathic voice entered Diao Chan's mind.
Diao Chan and her white Gardevoir froze, stepping back half a pace, looking at Axel's Gardevoir in disbelief.
'What kind of wolfish and predatory words are those?'
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