Northwestern corner of the Augusto Mountains.
A black-robed woman carried a strangely shaped pot as she walked calmly through the mountains, which trembled from time to time. She showed no reaction to the frenzied roars of the Gigantamax Pokémon around her.
She clearly did not look like a decent person.
And indeed, she had not come here to do anything decent.
Boom!
The sudden explosion made the black-robed woman stop. Expressionless, she looked up.
A Pokémon covered entirely in gray steel armor, with a pair of enormous tusks and ominous dark-red light flickering faintly across its body, stared at her wildly. It looked like an ant magnified countless times over.
Its huge tusks continuously opened and closed, seemingly searching for the right angle to attack the black-robed woman.
A Bug- and Steel-type Pokémon: Durant.
But unlike the ants humans could crush beneath one foot, a Gigantamax Durant could crush humans into meat patties with a single step. Even heavily loaded trucks would be easily bitten in half by those tusked jaws.
As the Gigantamax Durant roared, a foul gale rushed at her, blowing back the hood that covered the black-robed woman's face and whipping her robe about.
It revealed her wildly flowing red hair, as well as clothing that perfectly accentuated her figure.
Taking the only black-painted Poké Ball from her waist, the woman said coldly, "Magma Storm."
In an instant.
Amid exploding, lightning-like black rays, a crawling Pokémon resembling a tortoise appeared. Its head was covered by a metal faceplate, while its reddish-brown body was mottled with brown and orange spots, and its legs bore structures resembling metal anklets.
A Legendary Pokémon—Heatran!
Heatran opened its jaws, and terrifying heat rapidly gathered. In the blink of an eye, it became a storm mixed with countless streams of lava and blazing