Hisui Region.
By Lake Acuity.
Compared to the barrenness and desolation of the Alabaster Icelands, the Crimson Mirelands were teeming with life.
The clear lake surface resembled a mirror, shimmering with ripples and reflecting the outlines of the trees and shrubs along the shore.
Morning mist curled over the lake. Whenever a breeze swept across the water, the mist scattered and gathered again, while the fine ripples on the surface quickly calmed.
Everything made this place seem like a fairyland.
The heavy footsteps slowed. Bear Two, the Ursaluna beneath Luo Mu, came to a stop and gazed at Lake Acuity before them. A look of reverence flashed through its eyes, though it was impossible to tell whether it was for the water or something else.
A sentence surfaced in Luo Mu's mind.
—In this era, gods existed.
The instant that thought arose, Luo Mu's peripheral vision fell on Calyrex behind him. It was inconspicuous, like an ordinary old farmer, save for the enormous dark-green bud atop its head.
More precisely, beings like Calyrex had not yet become legends in this era.
To the people of this time, those who wielded powers beyond the reach of human understanding were gods.
They frequently displayed miracles through the powers, authority, and unfathomable methods they commanded, building towering monuments known as faith.
Ho-Oh and Lugia of the Johto Region were like this, as were the legendary Pokémon of the Hisui Region where he now stood.
Only when time drew close to Luo Mu's modern era did they gradually vanish from public view, rarely displaying miracles anymore. They were classified as "Legendary Pokémon" or "Mythical Pokémon."
And now, a "god" existed upon Lake Acuity before Luo Mu.
Yet it was not a being that would appear casually, nor did it dwell in the depths of