"Just a few lousy stones?"
Zarude was slightly displeased.
Su Hao was making it seem as though Zarude were being stingy, trying to fob him off with just a few lousy stones!
"Only what is suitable matters most."
Su Hao shook his head, then looked at the sole crystal apart from the three Radiant Stones.
"Besides, if my guess is correct, this crystal might be the most valuable item in your treasury."
Zarude still did not quite believe him, feeling that Su Hao was being far too reserved.
Su Hao did not know how else to convince it.
If this crystal truly was the form taken by the Legendary Pokémon Terapagos, not only would Cycloze's future ordinary form be settled.
There might even be a Class One Legendary, or a being with potential equal to Class One Legendary, waiting for him.
Even if this Class One Legendary would go extinct due to crustal movements, it was still a genuine Legendary Pokémon.
There was just one point Su Hao could not be certain about.
According to Slate Spirit's annotation, Terapagos should have transformed into this crystal to protect itself before its life completely faded away.
Just as the annotation described, neither Aura, Tokiwa Power, nor Reshiram could sense whether any Life Energy remained within the crystal.
Its Terastal Energy reaction was also nearly nonexistent. Compared to the Terapagos in the games that served as the source of Terastal energy for the entire Paldea region, there was simply no comparison.
That was what troubled Su Hao.
In the end, everything was merely his judgment based on experience. Slate Spirit's useless True Name Insight function had failed again, unable to determine whether the crystal was truly Terapagos.
Su Hao had considered testing whether the "Sacred Ash" gifted by Ho-Oh would work, but Reshiram