Chapter 206: Demonized Mode

Chapter 206: Chapter 206: Demonized Mode

"..."

"What is this feeling?"

With Sora and Calyrex in a state of complete unity, Sora could directly experience what Calyrex was feeling.

Was it pain?

No.

It didn’t seem to be pain.

Instead, Sora felt an intoxicating sense of liberation—as though Calyrex’s nature had been unleashed and all restraints had been completely removed.

No.

Wait.

Calyrex?

Sora immediately pulled himself out of that intoxicating sensation.

At the same time, he used his Aura to awaken Calyrex, jolting him back to his senses.

"Sora?"

Calyrex seemed to awaken from a dream.

He too realized that something was wrong.

"What a strange feeling..."

"I have never felt like this before..."

"Calyrex!"

Sora called out loudly within his mind once again.

He had realized it.

Wasn’t this situation exactly the same as when Magearna’s Soul-Heart had lost control?

Calyrex’s transformation could bring about unpredictable changes.

That was why he needed Sora, his Trainer, to use another will to firmly anchor him to the earth, preventing him from drifting away like a kite.

"Fourfold Terastallization, Bond Phenomenon Mega Evolution..."

"And now there’s this..."

Sora didn’t know what to call this state.

It seemed capable of altering a Pokémon’s mentality, making it more reckless and uninhibited.

It’s almost as though a Hero has fallen and become a demon.

"Can you end the Gigantamax, Calyrex?"

"I’ll try."

Calyrex sensed the changes taking place within his body and began channeling his psychic power throughout the Slumbering Weald.

He raised a hand.

An invisible force instantly spread across the entire forest.

Then...

The earth began to recover.

Plants that had spent years beneath the forest canopy, rarely seeing sunlight, began growing rapidly.

Glowing lantern plants.

Luminous moss.

Sleeping mushrooms.

Dusky berries...

All kinds of resources Sora had never seen before emerged from the soil, beneath tree roots, and between branches.

The Slumbering Weald had never been particularly rich in resources.

Yet under Calyrex’s power, it instantly became a fertile garden.

Even without sunlight...

Even without any particularly valuable produce...

Calyrex’s power transformed the Slumbering Weald into a paradise for Pokémon and plants.

"The King’s power..."

"No matter how many times I see it, it remains breathtaking."

Zacian and Zamazenta looked around at the flourishing forest.

The joy of such an abundant harvest was impossible to suppress.

And as Calyrex’s power continued to surge outward...

His body rapidly shrank.

He returned to his original form.

"Are you all right, Calyrex?"

"I am fine."

Calyrex calmed the emotions surging within him.

"Only after ending the Gigantamax did I realize how abnormal I had been."

He was clearly the benevolent King of Bountiful Harvests.

Yet after absorbing Eternatus’s power, he had actually begun showing signs of becoming a tyrant.

He had felt an overwhelming urge to release and vent his newly acquired power.

The tendency was weak.

Even without Sora, Calyrex probably wouldn’t have fallen immediately.

And with Sora’s Aura guiding his thoughts, Calyrex estimated that he could endure for at least fifteen minutes.

"Fifteen minutes?"

Sora murmured those words.

He then had Victini examine Calyrex.

The final result confirmed Sora and Calyrex’s hypothesis.

During that Gigantamax test, Calyrex had indeed permanently absorbed a portion of the liquid-state Dynamax Energy.

But it was only a tiny amount.

Approximately one percent.

To complete the transformation...

He would need to maintain the state for at least another ninety-nine minutes.

"Ninety-nine minutes?"

Calyrex wasn’t particularly concerned.

He had already experienced it once.

If he tried again, he should be able to endure it for longer.

"How long did you maintain it just now?"

"About one minute."

"One minute. One percent."

Calyrex nodded.

"Let’s do it again, Sora."

"This time, I’ll last longer."

He wanted to determine his absolute limit.

Exactly how long could he endure before the power completely altered his emotions?

Of course, Calyrex wasn’t going to take unnecessary risks.

With his strength, losing control could have disastrous consequences.

They needed to proceed gradually.

"Let’s begin, Vee."

And so, the first test began.

Compared to the first attempt, Calyrex lasted five minutes this time.

It wasn’t because he couldn’t endure longer.

They simply needed to proceed slowly, increasing the duration little by little while simultaneously strengthening Calyrex’s resistance to the Gigantamax power.

"Six percent!"

Victini’s data confirmed Sora and Calyrex’s hypothesis.

Sora didn’t know whether every Pokémon could absorb and fuse with Gigantamax Energy as quickly as Calyrex.

But at least with Calyrex...

He could see the possibility of achieving one hundred percent fusion.

"Continue."

And so...

Sora and Calyrex conducted test after test beside the lake.

The fusion rate continued to rise.

Six percent.

Then higher.

Eventually...

Ninety percent.

During this process, Calyrex also determined his safe limit.

It had nothing to do with his fusion progress.

It was purely the psychological side effects caused by the Gigantamax Energy.

A safe threshold was ten minutes.

Within ten minutes, Calyrex could endure the side effects of the enhancement.

Beyond that...

He needed Sora’s assistance.

When the two entered their Aura-linked state, Calyrex’s safe duration doubled.

Twenty minutes.

Furthermore, as the experiments continued...

Calyrex’s Gigantamax form gradually became smaller.

Thirty meters.

Twenty meters.

Ten meters.

Five meters...

Until the moment the fusion rate reached one hundred percent.

Calyrex and Spectrier’s bodies finally stabilized at their normal size.

Yet at that point...

Both Calyrex and Spectrier remained blue.

Their forms had become far more imposing.

Rather than an awe-inspiring king...

They looked more like a Demon King capable of conquering and destroying everything in his path.

"From King..."

"...to Demon King."

Sora watched as Calyrex merely raised a hand and took control of the entire lake, manipulating it as effortlessly as though it were in the palm of his hand.

"This state..."

"How about we call it Demonized Mode?"

Compared to "corruption" or "falling into darkness," Sora felt that "Demonized" was more appropriate.

"Clop, clop..."

Calyrex voluntarily deactivated Demonized Mode.

He had now completely mastered this new power.

He no longer needed Victini’s assistance.

Whenever he wished, he could activate it himself.

"Demonized Mode?"

"That’s a pretty good name."

Calyrex hadn’t changed despite his newfound strength.

He was still the same carrot-loving rabbit.

It was merely a matter of Demonizing.

Because it no longer relied on external Dynamax Energy, Calyrex could easily suppress his own desires.

That meant...

He had truly mastered an entirely new power.

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