Genesect, with its Bug and Steel attributes, could never defeat Volcarona.
Not to mention that Volcarona was a Master Level Pokémon that had already grasped part of the laws of fire, a being truly capable of battling gods. A Champion Level Genesect naturally could not compare.
Leonardo understood this. David Wilson, who looked mentally unstable, understood it too.
But—
David Wilson revealed a crazed smile and asked, "Hey, old man, what do you think the building beneath our feet is for?"
Leonardo frowned and looked down at the ancient Blue Bricks beneath his feet, his eyes gleaming with thought.
Then, his expression changed drastically as he cried out, "...This is an altar!?"
"Correct. No prize, though!"
David Wilson snapped his fingers and grinned.
"That lord told me this was an altar built by ancient humans in the first Secret Realm that fused with Blue Star, meant to worship the three beings who brought abundance."
"As an altar, it naturally has the function of summoning, doesn't it?"
As his voice fell, a stone platform slowly rose.
David Wilson lovingly stroked the ancient stone mirror atop it and murmured, "My dear Milotic, stop playing dead and sing."
"Your Relic Song is the key to activating this place, which once sank into the Undersea Ruins."
"...Milotic."
Milotic let out a weak cry and was drawn into the stone stele that had risen alongside the platform, singing the Relic Song.
"—Don't even think about it!"
Leonardo seemed to realize something. He immediately ordered Volcarona to forcibly interrupt the ritual with Flamethrower.
But in the next instant, countless wind blades descended from the sky and shattered Flamethrower.
Three powerful auras spread out at once.
Seeing the three halos suddenly appear within the dark clouds overhead, how could Leonardo not know what had happened?
"..."
His