Chapter 125: Mega Lucario

Chapter 125: Chapter 125: Mega Lucario

Earlier in the battle—

Alakazam had been defeated.

Blaziken had surrendered.

Medicham itself hadn’t been harmed.

Yet its act of avoiding battle through tricks, the fear hidden within its heart, had likewise provided Magearna with additional strength.

And now, in this short span of time, Magearna had already gained at least four stages worth of Special Attack boosts—roughly a 1200% increase!

In a certain sense, Magearna resembled a god of slaughter.

The more Pokémon she defeated...

The more hearts that feared her power...

The stronger she became without limit.

The only things capable of restraining Magearna’s upper limit were:

First, the endurance of her mechanical body.

Second, the development rate of Soul-Heart.

And the latter wasn’t merely Magearna’s issue.

It was deeply tied to Sora himself.

As mentioned before—

Sora was the true wielder of Soul-Heart.

When Elephas created Magearna, he had already considered the resonance between human and Pokémon hearts.

The stronger the bond between the two, the stronger Soul-Heart became.

And as Soul-Heart strengthened, so too did the power Magearna could display.

This also affected the modifications and transformations of her body.

All of these required Soul-Heart’s support.

Simple mechanical modifications alone would only create a cold machine.

Something fundamentally incomparable to a true Pokémon.

"Senior, your greatest mistake..."

"...was allowing Magearna to achieve two victories."

Looking at the enormous crater left behind by Flash Cannon—so devastating it had nearly shattered the entire battlefield—Sora sighed softly.

"Now, what you’re facing..."

"...is the ultimate artificial Pokémon in her Excited State—Magearna!"

"Tch..."

The corner of Gurkinn’s mouth twitched.

He was already regretting agreeing to battle Sora.

One strike.

Just one strike.

And over half of the battlefield—fifty meters wide and one hundred meters long—had been blown apart.

It looked as though someone had forcibly gouged a massive circular crater out of a rectangular arena.

As for Barbaracle—it currently lay at the bottom of the crater.

Every single claw on its body had lost consciousness, clearly having suffered severe injuries from the impact of Flash Cannon.

"The thick earth layer absorbed most of the attack..."

"And it still ended up this badly injured."

Gurkinn recalled Barbaracle and handed it over to Blaziken, instructing it to bring the Pokémon to the Shalour City Pokémon Center for treatment.

Fortunately, Magearna had shown restraint.

She hadn’t attacked with lethal intent.

Barbaracle would merely remain unconscious for some time and wouldn’t be in life-threatening danger.

"Gulp..."

Behind the screen, Yvette, Raleigh, and the others—as well as Korrina, who had quietly retreated far away from the center of the battlefield at some point—all stared at Magearna’s overwhelming strength in shock.

Who would’ve thought?

The cute and adorable Magearna...

actually possessed such a terrifying side.

That Flash Cannon earlier had simply been horrifying.

This had already surpassed the realm of ordinary Pokémon trainers by an entire dimension, hadn’t it?

Even among Pokémon above level seventy—

Legendary Pokémon were simply far too much stronger than ordinary species.

"Still want to continue, Senior?"

Sora said:

"Barbaracle’s defeat has granted Magearna another substantial enhancement."

"If you don’t possess a trump card with enough weight behind it..."

"...then shall we consider this sparring match my victory?"

Bathed in pink radiance from head to toe, the current Magearna radiated an aura of overwhelming terror.

Against a Magearna in this state—

status moves from Pokémon below level seventy were completely incapable of affecting her.

In other words—

what came next would be a pure clash of raw stats.

If you could withstand her attacks, then you qualified to battle Magearna.

Otherwise—

it was better to surrender gracefully than experience an all-inclusive Pokémon Center vacation.

"Ah, you’re right."

"My other Pokémon can’t shake Magearna in the slightest."

"Except..."

"...for this old partner of mine!"

Gurkinn sent out his strongest ace—

the very first Pokémon who had accompanied him at the beginning of his journey:

Lucario!

"Lucario!"

Additionally, this Lucario was the grandfather of Korrina’s own Lucario.

In terms of level, Lucario absolutely stood on par with the aces of Elite Four members, reaching an astounding Level 75—slightly above Magearna herself.

As for battle experience and move mastery—

both had reached Hall-level mastery.

If not for the restrictions of Pokémon level itself—

purely through combat skill, Lucario would not lose to any Elite Four member or Champion.

"Not enough."

Sora shook his head.

He knew exactly how powerful Magearna currently was.

"Lucario can’t survive even a single move from her."

These words weren’t arrogance.

They were simple fact.

A Special Attack amplification exceeding 300%.

Magearna in Excited State carried terrifying power in every single action she took.

She didn’t even need to use the Flash Cannon from earlier.

How exactly was Lucario supposed to deal with something as simple as an ordinary Zap Cannon?

This was why Sora had said—

allowing Magearna to defeat multiple opponents had already determined the outcome of the battle.

Back at the Nebel Plateau, Sora had once used the strength of wild Pokémon to fully stack Magearna’s growth state.

At that time, Magearna had already been able to exchange blows evenly with Ogerpon in her normal state, as well as Volcanion without using Steam Eruption or Hydrogen Mist.

So honestly—

Sora truly wasn’t trying to humiliate Gurkinn.

Among others, he couldn’t be certain.

But with Gurkinn’s insight, the old master should understand that Sora was genuinely concerned for Lucario.

He simply didn’t want such an elderly Pokémon risking its life in battle.

"So..."

"We’ve been underestimated, old partner."

"Lucario..."

Lucario’s expression darkened.

It looked back at Gurkinn, eyes filled with unwavering determination.

"Ah, I understand, partner."

"Then let us show this generation of youngsters..."

"...the burning passion of old relics!"

With that, Gurkinn rolled up his sleeve.

And on his wrist—

was a special device.

"That gemstone..."

Sora immediately thought of a certain possibility.

He truly hadn’t expected to witness this power in the current era.

"Mega Evolution!"

Mega Lucario!!

"What?!"

The power Gurkinn displayed had actually been seen before by Yvette and the others—

in Jarvis’s hands not long ago.

However, that had merely been a crude imitation.

In the Kalos region, legends of Mega Evolution had existed since ancient times.

It was a power that only a tiny handful of individuals could awaken after tempering their hearts and wills to the absolute limit.

Human and Pokémon—

waiting for the moment their flower bloomed.

And now—

Mega Evolution blossomed before everyone’s eyes like a magnificent flower in full bloom.

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