Night fell, and Axel, with a bit of anticipation, carried Lillie into the tent.
He had forgotten which generation of the Pokémon games it was, but there seemed to have been settings like battle tents back then.
At first, he really could not understand why things like battle tents and battle lodges even existed.
'Did that even sound right?'
It was only after the worlds fused together that Axel finally understood...
It could only be said that the game developers had incredible foresight. Not a single setting was useless.
"Are you ready?"
"I...", Lusamine saw how calmly Axel said it, and her face instantly turned red.
But after thinking about it, compared to herself, it really was more important to let Axel make proper pre-battle preparations and adjust his condition to the best possible state.
After all, all the trouble had been caused by her. Otherwise, Axel would have already found the passage to the Ultra Wormhole and destroyed it.
After the obsession in her heart was removed, for Lusamine, there was nothing more important now than resolving the Ultra Wormhole.
Letting Axel have a battle before the real decisive fight and adjust himself to peak condition also seemed like something she should do.
'Mm, that should be right?'
Lusamine felt her head was muddled, but it felt like there was nothing wrong with it.
The only thing that comforted her a bit was that Axel had accurately found her just now and knocked Lillie unconscious.
Otherwise... Lillie might have had to pay the price for her mistakes.
Axel lightly rubbed his hands together, did not announce any rules, and directly started a no-holds-barred battle.
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Early the next morning, Axel got up from the tent and stretched lazily, feeling great.
"Hoo~ when you can't refuse, you really should just enjoy life."
In yesterday's battle, Lillie's performance surprised Axel a little.
At the beginning, she was still like a rookie trainer, with very poor control over her Pokémon.
But as the battle went on, Lillie quickly became proficient. Even when facing Steelix's big moves, she was able to hold out for a long time.
No matter which angle he launched his attacks from, Lillie was always able to control her Pokémon and block them immediately.
This made Axel even more suspicious about just how much he had taught Lillie back when he was in the illusion the day before yesterday, to the point that she turned into a veteran trainer so quickly.
The only thing that puzzled Axel was that Lillie seemed to have become much less talkative.
All of a sudden, a familiar voice came from behind him, "Master, you're up so early."
Axel turned his head and saw Lillie standing at the entrance of the other tent, her eyes unfocused as she rubbed the back of her neck.
She looked a little uncomfortable, like she had not woken up yet, one hand propping herself up against the wooden pole supporting the tent.
Axel: "???"
'If this girl is calling me Master, then who was the one inside the tent who has been sparring tactics with me?'
"Did you sleep in that tent last night?", Axel asked in shock, his voice unconsciously rising a few notches.
Lillie's beautiful eyes fell on Axel. She was still holding her neck and gently nodded.
"Mm... I think I slept wrong last night. My neck really hurts, and I don't even remember when I fell asleep."
"Oh right, Master, have you seen my mother?"
"Even though Sister Gardevoir has already removed the obsession in her heart, she has done so many things she shouldn't have over the years. Don't let her have a chance to run away."
Axel froze for a moment. While cursing inwardly, he decisively nodded.
There was an old saying back in Aurient aimed at milf thieves, called teasing someone's child while thinking of their mother.
Who would have thought that now he had become someone who teased the child and beat the mother...
'This is just ridiculous!'
"Don't worry. Your mother is resting in that tent. I was also worried about what you were worried about last night, so I stood guard the entire night."
Lillie visibly relaxed. Her slender legs took a few steps forward, and she planted a smack of a kiss on Axel's face.
"Master, you're so reliable!"
Seeing that Lillie was less than a meter away from the tent flap, Axel's heart started pounding wildly.
Now was absolutely not the time for Lillie to go look for Lusamine!
Just as Axel was thinking about how to take Lillie away and give Lusamine enough time to recover, a burst of loud laughter suddenly came from the distance.
"Hahaha! I finally facking got out!"
Axel's face lit up with joy, and the corners of his mouth, which had just drooped, instantly curved upward.
The wait of more than a day had not been in vain. Groudon and Kyogre had finally arrived, and at such perfect timing.
Axel went all out, and while Lillie turned her head, he packed up the tents and the mess on the ground, then shot straight into the sky toward the direction the sound came from.
"Perfect. I've also been waiting for you to come out for a long time!"
During the flight, Axel released Gardevoir and Pheromosa from their Poké Balls. The three of them landed together on Glastrier.
Gardevoir instantly completed her transformation, creating White Gardevoir and Spectrier out of vivid ice crystals, entering the Empress Chariot form.
Axel and Pheromosa each braced themselves against Gardevoir's shoulders, releasing Bulk Up and Agility at the same time.
Dragonair also danced through the sky, dispersing the newly risen morning sun and replacing it with even more terrifying hail.
From afar, it looked like a divine dragon and an ice emperor setting out together.
Although Rayquaza had not yet arrived, with the development of his brain domain, and with inspiration from Kyurem, plus Gardevoir's newly developed Empress Chariot form, and with the two beads in his mind, Axel felt that this battle was not impossible.
"Gardevoir, use Snow Spear!"
Gardevoir nodded lightly. The ice crystal spear in her hand was instantly thrown, and at the same time, the Gardevoir formed by traits at her side slowly raised her hand, injecting violent psychic power into the ice spear.
Under the dual amplification of hail and psychic power, the moment it left her hand, the ice spear became terrifying.
Even from Axel's perspective, that single ice spear felt as if it possessed god-slaying might. The fierce wind and snow instantly transformed into butterfly shapes, like tens of thousands of sharp blades, surging out alongside the spear.
As the ice spear flew, a howling wind sounded out, and the terrifying will of frost froze the land.
In the distance, the members of Team Aqua and Team Magma were also drawn by the sonic boom. The moment they saw the ice spear, they froze in place.
They had just finished climbing all night and were already exhausted to the extreme.
When they were close to the cave entrance, they had even all agreed that once they returned to Hoenn, no matter where they were, they would temporarily give up fighting and get a good sleep first.
But now, the moment they came out, they saw such a horrifying scene!
Hadn't Pryce already run away?
How could there still be such powerful ice and snow pokemon here?
And there were no Pokémon or trainers around. The target of this attack could only be them.
The people of Team Aqua and Team Magma only felt an indescribable pain. These past few days had been way too fucking miserable.
Archie and Maxie reacted instantly, throwing out the Pokémon that had just been returned to their Poké Balls to rest.
"Camerupt, Sharpedo, don't just stand there. Use Protect immediately and block this attack!"
"Everyone else, release your Pokémon right now and save yourselves!"
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