BOOM!
BOOM!
Two deafening thunderclaps.
As expected, the attacks from Jolteon and Ampharos failed to hit their target.
The speed was far too high, and the distance as well; predicting correctly required an absurd level of calculation, sothing that clearly exceeded both Pokémon.
From atop ga Salance’s back, Cain both heard and clearly saw the two bolts strike very close to him.
Those lightning strikes, launched by Champion-level Electric-type Pokémon, would have ant instant death if they had hit.
And he, as a trainer riding Salance, would have had no chance of surviving.
Fortunately, Cain had absolute confidence in Salance’s current state.
Not only was it incredibly fast, but its focus was absolute. Salance did not even need to dodge—it knew the attacks would not hit. It was a prediction born from having grown accustod to that extre speed.
Cain and Salance were maintaining the ga Evolution, so their wills were synchronized. Cain could feel Salance’s thoughts, and Salance perfectly understood Cain’s intentions.
The more critical the mont, the colder Cain beca, and Salance was no different in that regard.
Thus, they completely ignored the enemy attacks and charged straight toward the spatial device. Two Poké Balls had already appeared in Cain’s hand.
With just that first wave of attacks, the man in yellow understood that a second attempt would likely also fail, and that if he tried a third, the enemy would have already destroyed the device and escaped.
He had only one chance left. He could not waste it.
"His target is the device! Co and help protect it!" the man in yellow shouted to Will.
Will frowned. That commanding tone was quite unpleasant to him.
However, the other was stronger than he was, and moreover, he was probably right.
Although the spatial blockade was almost destroyed, there was still a little left to complete the objective. At that mont, the device had to be protected at all costs.
Having made his decision, Will positioned himself beside the device, summoned his Pokémon, and protected them with psychic powers, leaving the counterattack to the man in yellow.
The latter’s face tensed; his eyes were fixed on ga Salance, and his psychic power had it completely locked on.
"Now! Jolteon! Ampharos!" he ordered ntally, connecting his telepathy with both Pokémon.
The two Pokémon were already prepared. The electricity they had accumulated over ti erupted with even greater power than before, launching enormous bolts of lightning along ga Salance’s flight path.
As long as Salance did not turn, it would undoubtedly fall under this offensive.
But it was not only the enemy watching that trajectory: Cain’s psychic power was also paying close attention at all tis.
Upon detecting that the offensive had begun and that Will was occupied protecting the device, Cain knew his plan had worked.
"Salance!" he exclaid ntally.
Understanding the order, ga Salance violently twisted its body in midair. Its maximum speed plumted instantly. It was a terrible burden on its body, but there was no ti to think about that.
If they kept advancing, Cain and Salance could die right there.
Moreover, Cain’s true objective had always been to rescue Phoebe first.
Salance’s crimson wings beat furiously against the airflow, creating a brutal current that lifted sand and stones from the ground. Even ancient trees were violently shaken; the force of the wind could be compared to that of a typhoon of over ten degrees.
The positions previously calculated by Jolteon and Ampharos were completely invalidated.
Although due to inertia Salance still slid several ters downward as it braked, it managed to correct in ti. The two electrical discharges exploded less than three ters beneath its feet. To be safe, the enemy had used an area attack.
At Salance’s previous speed, those three ters would have been nothing.
But thanks to braking in ti, they managed to avoid it.
Salance’s speed dropped drastically, and the enemy no longer had any imdiate ans to stop it. At a much lower speed, Salance descended beside Phoebe, who lay bound on the ground.
With a quick snap of its jaws, it tore apart the vines restraining her. Cain imdiately leapt down from its back.
He landed beside Phoebe and helped her slowly to her feet. She, her eyes full of tears, finally broke down.
From the mont she had noticed the change in the man in yellow’s actions, Phoebe knew that soone had co to rescue her. But her feelings were complex: she knew the two enemies were extrely strong, and that a single person might not be able to handle them.
She had seen Salance approach like a bolt of lightning, seen it aim at the spatial device, and seen it perform a limit-breaking turn in the face of a devastating attack—sothing that made her skin crawl.
In that instant, her heart had almost leapt out of her chest.
But when Cain appeared in front of her, tears poured out uncontrollably. All the fear and anguish that had built up burst forth at once.
There was nothing more moving than, when a person believes they are about to die, a savior suddenly appearing before them.
At that mont, Phoebe felt exactly that. She clung to Cain’s neck and burst into inconsolable sobs.
With one hand, Cain gently patted her back. With the other, he threw two Poké Balls, summoning Tyranitar and Aggron. Two massive Pokémon stood like guardians in front of Cain and Phoebe.
As he comforted her, Cain’s face was covered in icy coldness. It was easy to imagine the ntal tornt Phoebe had endured—soone like her, bound, not knowing what would be done to her. It was suffering that few people could withstand.
Before Cain arrived, Phoebe had endured everything in silence, without collapsing. Only when she saw him co to rescue her did she finally find an outlet to release her pain.
"Calm down, it’s all over now. I’ll avenge you," Cain said softly, giving her a light pat on the head.
Phoebe sobbed, her nose red and her eyes filled with tears.
But thanks to those words, she managed to calm down quickly. After all, she was a powerful trainer who had lived through countless trials; even when she was captured, she had already prepared herself to die. She never imagined that Cain would save her in the end.
At that mont, ga Salance finally canceled the ga Evolution and lay down on the ground, breathing heavily. This ti it was completely exhausted; it had surpassed all its limits. It could barely move its wings.
It was then that Phoebe, her tears already dried, realized that Cain’s Salance was different from usual. When she saw it revert from the ga Evolution, she was completely stunned.
(End of Chapter)
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