"Chirp!"
Above Ice Island.
Thunderstorms, flames, and blizzards—vast, terrifying energy constantly intertwined in the sky.
Zapdos, the Thunder God, drew upon the lightning within the storm clouds. Articuno, the Ice God, swept up blizzards with its wings. Moltres, the Fire God, was wrapped in flames as the three of them charged into each other without restraint.
Under the influence of the Three Legendary Birds' power, the atmosphere trembled and enormous waves surged. Fortunately, Ice Island was uninhabited, with no signs of life nearby. Otherwise, the aftershocks alone would have knocked Ordinary Pokémon unconscious.
Theoretically, Asia Island, the closest place to this legendary-level battle, should have suffered the worst impact. Yet it had unexpectedly avoided total destruction. It was merely trapped by the blizzard, its communications cut off.
Asia Island Shrine.
A Slowking looked toward Ice Island and muttered to itself:
"This is troublesome. Without the Sea God to calm their rage... the entire Orange Archipelago will be destroyed. But it seems some force has slowed the leakage of the Three Legendary Birds' power...?"
As the guardian of Asia Island Shrine, Slowking clearly understood that the Three Legendary Birds were incarnations of the Orange Archipelago's natural will.
It was precisely because they had become connected to the Orange Archipelago's nature that they had entered the Legendary Domain.
But every advantage came with a drawback. Before they could skillfully control Nature Power, nature's disorder would instead affect them. That was the deepest root of the Asia Island legend.
At a time like this, only Lugia, the "God of Gods" and Sea God, could soothe their rampaging souls.
Every region had such specific combinations.
Ho-Oh corresponded to the Three Sacred Beasts, Lugia to the Three Legendary Birds, Rayquaza to Groudon and Kyogre, Regigigas to the Five Regi. The duties of these God of