Chapter 216: Garchomp vs. Magearna

Chapter 216: Chapter 216: Garchomp vs. Magearna

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

On the other side, Korrina, who had overheard the two of them loudly plotting their scheme, had stars in her eyes.

"Wa-ku wa-ku!"

This was exciting! Too exciting!!

Her Master was going to challenge the entire Galar region and show them just how terrifying Trainers from the traditional school could be!

Just thinking about it made Korrina so excited that she wanted to jump up and shout.

"Um... isn’t this a little too dangerous?"

Emma naturally supported Sora.

But she was worried that if they really incurred the wrath of the entire Galar region, would they even make it out alive?

Would they be hunted down by the fans of the eight Gym Leaders, the fans of the Elite Four, and Leon’s fans?

"What are you afraid of?!"

Korrina waved her little fists, each punch cutting through the air with force.

"I’ll protect Master when the time comes!"

"If anyone wants to hurt Master, they’ll have to step over my dead body first!"

"That’s a little too dramatic!"

Emma couldn’t help but complain.

Of course, if they really encountered danger, Emma would likewise be willing to take a bullet for Sora.

As an orphan, she had experienced a warmth with Sora that she had never known before.

To protect this little haven of hers, Emma was equally willing to go all out!

"But, Master..."

Emma continued, "I checked Galar’s official website, and it seems like they don’t have an Elite Four position?"

As expected of the future detective who would be trained as the successor of Looker from the International Police.

She was constantly thinking about how to make use of every available resource to improve herself.

In fact, that was precisely the situation with the Galar League.

During this period, Emma had collected practically every piece of information she could find online.

She wanted to be able to answer Sora’s questions immediately whenever he needed her.

"That’s how things are now."

Sora nodded.

"Over the past decade or so, Galar has developed rapidly, producing countless outstanding Trainers."

"After Chairman Rose’s reforms, the position of Elite Four was abolished."

This wasn’t because the Elite Four position had become useless.

Rather, in Rose’s eyes, any Gym Trainer could eventually reach Elite Four-level strength.

Even if they couldn’t do it at present, they would be able to in the future.

Though the position itself had been abolished, Trainers with Elite Four-level strength still existed.

"Retired Elite Four?"

Emma and Korrina both looked toward Cynthia.

Cynthia explained, "Galar’s former Elite Four consisted of Senior Opal, who once competed with Senior Mustard for the Champion position; Ms. Oleana, the former president of Macro Cosmos’s international trading division; Ms. Melony of Circhester; and Raihan, who is now in charge of Hammerlocke Stadium."

These four were the last people to hold the Elite Four positions before Galar abolished them.

"Judging purely by strength, Galar definitely has the highest average combat power among all the Leagues."

Among the eight Stadiums, there was far more than one Trainer with Elite Four-level strength.

There were young newcomers such as Allister, who had defeated Melony, as well as the farming fighter Milo.

Even the resurgent Kabu possessed strength that could not be considered ordinary Gym Leader-level power.

Not to mention Opal and Raihan, both of whom were extremely close to Champion level among the former Elite Four.

Raihan, in particular, had never defeated Leon.

But he had only ever lost to Leon.

"First, the Gyms."

"Then the former Elite Four."

"And finally, the retired Champions, until I’ve overturned the entire Galar region."

What Sora wanted wasn’t an ordinary Gym challenge.

He wanted to force these people to bring out their full strength.

Even retired Champion Leon and the former Champion Mustard were within Sora’s hunting range.

Over the next few days, Sora waited for Cynthia to arrange special matches for him through Sinnoh’s connections.

At the same time, he took advantage of the sparsely populated wilderness of the Wild Area to conduct intensive Dynamaxization training.

Everyone participated.

Cynthia’s Garchomp, as well as Sora’s Legendary Pokémon, all underwent the training.

Five days later, every Pokémon qualified for the Dynamaxization training had mastered the technique, and their strength had increased dramatically.

"Garchomp, Draco Meteor!"

"Shark!!"

At the edge of the Wild Area, beside Lake Milotic, Sora and Cynthia engaged in their usual sparring session.

A burst of energy shot into the sky.

At its highest point, it transformed into countless meteors.

They didn’t fall randomly.

Under Garchomp’s exquisite control over energy, each meteor descended toward Magearna with deadly precision.

"Another improvement, Cynthia."

Sora commanded Magearna to evade.

But there were simply too many meteors, and they were moving too quickly.

Magearna dodged several of them before she was forced to use Flash Cannon, blasting apart the incoming attacks.

"Now! Dragon Rush!"

Everything was within Cynthia’s calculations.

Every impact point of the Draco Meteor.

Every possible response from Magearna.

This was precisely the Hall-level secret technique Sora had taught her—Energy Manipulation.

It was no longer enough to release energy and form a move.

Instead, the Trainer maintained continuous control over that energy, manipulating it at will!

The number of meteors.

Their trajectories.

The timing of their explosions.

Garchomp had clearly grasped the essence of this secret technique.

"Boom!!!"

Magearna’s reaction was no slower.

Along Garchomp’s charging path, layers of glaciers suddenly erupted from the ground.

They had been prepared in advance using the stored Ice-type energy within Magearna.

By compressing the energy of Ice Beam, Magearna had developed countless variations of Ice-type techniques.

This particular technique had been designed specifically to counter powerful attacks.

"Break through it!"

Cynthia’s voice was resolute.

Garchomp roared.

In practically the blink of an eye, it smashed through layer after layer of ice.

"Floral Shield!"

"Mana~~"

A Floral Shield!

"Ma-na~~"

Facing Garchomp at point-blank range, Magearna clasped her hands together.

Layer after layer of pink energy barriers materialized before her.

It was the signature technique Sora jokingly called the "Sevenfold Ring of the Seraphim."

Derived from Fleur Cannon, it possessed terrifying defensive power—enough to withstand a full minute of relentless bombardment from an ordinary four-form Terastalized Ogerpon.

The next moment, Dragon Rush collided with the Floral Shield.

Terrifying energy swept outward in every direction.

Even Korrina and Emma, who were watching from a distance, had to cover their eyes to keep the sand from blowing into their faces.

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