Champion Drake stood on a steep slope in the Snowy Mountain Range, the white vapor from his breath freezing into frost in an instant;
He stared at the valley shrouded in Blizzard ahead, his eyes filled with irritation as he muttered under his breath, "Damn it! How could there be a Pokémon with such a bizarre type combination—"
Before him crouched an enormous Ninetales.
Unlike the red Fire-type Ninetales commonly found in regions such as Hoenn and Kanto, this Ninetales was covered from head to toe in snow-white fur.
Every strand of its fur was like fine icy silk, shimmering with a faint blue glow amid the wind and snow, making it look noble and sacred.
Even more astonishing was its size—it was three times larger than an ordinary Ninetales.
Its nine fluffy tails swayed slowly behind it, each movement stirring up a biting cold wind.
This was an Alolan Ninetales unique to the Alola region.
And judging by its size and aura, it was clearly the ruler of these snowy mountains.
"Salamence, watch your dodging!"
Drake shouted into the sky.
Mega Salamence let out a dragon roar, beating its wings as it narrowly avoided the ice spikes Alolan Ninetales had fired.
The ice spikes exploded in midair, turning into countless tiny shards that shot outward like buckshot.
Drake's other Pokémon—
Flygon, Altaria, and Kingdra—were all maneuvering against Alolan Ninetales from their respective positions. The battle was incredibly deadlocked.
What gave Drake the biggest headache was that Alolan Ninetales's Ice and Fairy types completely countered his main lineup.
As a "true" Dragon-type Champion, all of his Pokémon possessed the Dragon type.
Not only did Ice and Fairy types deal super-effective damage to Dragon types, but Fairy types were also immune to Dragon-type moves. It was simply deadly.
Against this ruler