"Thank you, my lord!"
Hearing the voice from the bead, Oda instantly felt his adrenaline surge.
One simple word to describe it: Awesome!
He had clearly witnessed that lord's strength before. Just one encounter, and all of his Pokémon's power had taken a qualitative leap.
That kind of situation was simply beyond his understanding.
With a being of this level stepping in to fight for him...
Wasn't that basically instant victory?
'Solid, solid win!'
Considering that lord had come together with Vibrava, Oda's gaze fell on the Vibrava behind him.
Originally, he had thought that since he hadn't bonded much with Vibrava, he would save it for last if there was no other choice.
But now, it seemed the wisest decision was to let it cooperate with that lord next.
"Teacher Briar, this round I choose Vibrava to fight."
"Alright, then let the match begin," Briar nodded, gesturing politely toward Vibrava.
"Now, send the Pokémon to the field."
Vibrava: "???"
'I'm just a miner, I've never battled before!'
'I only came out as a "black-market ride" (carrying job), and now you're sending me into the ring to fight?'
'Sure, I dreamed of being a bodyguard with my master one day, but that was for the future.'
'Now going up... isn't that just pure getting beaten up?'
Just as Vibrava hesitated, a vast voice rang inside its head.
["You just go on stage. Leave the rest to me!"]
Hearing this voice, Vibrava's eyes lit up.
This round was guaranteed.
A god personally taking over to carry him, this was a priceless chance to accumulate battle experience.
Thinking that, Vibrava didn't hesitate, flapping its wings and appearing opposite Eternatus.
The bead holding Zekrom gave off a faint black light, his consciousness instantly left the Dark Stone's space and attached to Vibrava's body.
Sensing the opponent was also a Dragon-type Pokémon, the Black Dragon let out a proud cold snort.
In Unova, aside from the White Dragon and that violent Ice Dragon, all other dragons were nothing but chickens and dogs.
Zekrom didn't even bother wasting time. He directly controlled Vibrava to spread its wings, instantly gathering thick Dragon energy that wrapped around its body.
That energy quickly condensed into a special dragon shape.
Unlike the traditional Dragon Rush, this purple dragon stood upright on two legs, with a huge muscular tail behind it.
It was none other than Zekrom's own appearance.
As the dragon-shaped phantom took form, a suffocating aura radiated from Vibrava.
Not a god, but incomparably similar to one.
All the Dragon-type Pokémon present couldn't help but prostrate themselves on the ground, trembling.
Seeing the reaction of his classmates' Pokémon, Oda's eyes lit up brilliantly.
'Amazing!'
He hadn't expected the being he had casually run into yesterday to be so powerful.
Not only boosting his own Pokémon's strength, but even suppressing all other Dragon-types in the academy.
Such might, even a legendary god could be nothing more than this.
This time, Oda had gotten the "chosen one" template.
Just fight steadily, and he would surely defeat Axel and enter Raihan's sight.
On the opposite side, Eternatus tilted its head, biting its finger in confusion as it looked at Vibrava.
'Interesting!'
'Isn't this exactly what Aunt Mewtwo said, that if you don't watch anime, you'd turn ugly?'
'Indeed, ugly!'
Almost without thinking, Eternatus also imitated and used Dragon Rush.
A wave of even denser Dragon energy surged across Eternatus's body, just as imposing, standing equal with Vibrava.
Zekrom on the other hand was stunned.
'What is happening?'
As one of Unova's dragon gods, his control over Dragon energy in Unova was unmatched.
Why was there another Dragon Pokémon here that could perform such a powerful Dragon-type move right in front of him?
This level, wasn't much weaker than that Rayquaza that had beaten him in the statue space.
'Impossible!'
Unless the White Dragon was right behind this thing, cheating the same way as he was.
Or... the opponent was also a god, just a young god.
Thinking this, Zekrom widened his eyes, straining his dwindling awareness to probe behind Eternatus.
The next instant, Zekrom was utterly dumbfounded.
'What the hell?'
He actually saw Axel.
'So this Pokémon is Axel's as well?'
Zekrom suddenly didn't want to fight anymore.
Not that he was breaking his word, but, if he thought back to how Gardevoir and Rayquaza had beaten him black and blue, just the memory made his body ache all over.
["Ahem~ Vibrava."]
"Hm?", Vibrava, still in the middle of using Dragon Rush, lifted its head in confusion, listening to Zekrom's voice.
["I've found... my target. You can return to your mine now."]
Compared to before, Zekrom's voice clearly carried less confidence.
After all, he had just promised to carry the little one to victory... and now he suddenly didn't want to fight anymore.
But thinking about it, Zekrom felt he wasn't being too unreasonable.
He had already given them so much, what was wrong with dropping out?
If the battle continued, both of them would lose face anyway.
"Zii?", Vibrava's voice held some doubt, but it didn't say anything else.
He hadn't wanted to fight anyway.
Now that the lord told him to leave, nothing could be better.
"Pssh~", A faint sound came from the arena as the Dragon energy around Vibrava dispersed, the half-formed move dissolving instantly.
Before Briar, Axel, or Oda could react, Vibrava shot into the sky, flying toward the Unova mainland in the distance.
Briar: "???"
In all her years as a teacher, she had seen Pokémon throw tantrums, losing control once the fight started.
She had seen Pokémon refuse to fight, never even stepping onto the field.
But one that ran away mid-battle, this was a first.
Oda at the side was even more stunned.
'Wait, didn't you say you were going to carry me?'
'Why did you carry yourself off instead?'
Oda hurriedly rubbed the black bead at his waist.
The next moment, he was stunned.
At some point, the bead had become an ordinary stone.
On it was carved a single line of small words:
[Listen to my advice. Just surrender, don't hesitate.]
[The opponent hits really hard.]
[I've already been as benevolent as possible. Wait until Axel leaves, then taking the championship will be simple.]
Seeing the hastily carved words, Oda stumbled subconsciously, his mouth twitching wildly, no longer daring to even think about defeating Axel.
'What is going on?'
'Such a powerful lord, actually scared away by Axel?'
'If he is of that level, can't he just ask the principal directly for alloys?'
'Why come here to torment us instead?'
"Referee, I surrender!"
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