Moltres's Might!

Electric currents surged, and light bathed the entire arena in a layer of white.

Electivire's fist struck Moltres's silvery-white wing.

Although Moltres had used [Steel Wing] to shield itself and successfully blocked Electivire's attack,

it was still knocked back some distance.

Watching Moltres get driven back through the air, Gondegma wore an incredulous expression.

This was Moltres! How had everything from the opposing Charizard onward been able to injure his Moltres?!

Gondegma couldn't understand it, and neither could anyone else.

Including Lu Ze!

Before the great age, when Legendary Pokémon had not emerged on a large scale, the only Legendary Pokémon people could come into contact with were their nations' Contracted Legendary Pokémon.

At the very least, a nation's Contracted Legendary Pokémon possessed Master level strength.

The gap between Master level and Elite Four level was far greater than the gap between Senior level and Elite Four level.

Moreover, even though Gondegma's Moltres was also at Master level,

if it faced a Moltres that had entered into a national Covenant, it still would not be a match for it.

That was the boost a national Covenant gave Legendary Pokémon.

That was also why some Legendary Pokémon entered into Covenants with certain nations even when they clearly did not need to.

Likewise, all the Legendary Pokémon people had encountered before were bound by national Covenants, with Master level strength as the bare minimum.

Master level strength, coupled with the physical constitution Legendary Pokémon possessed that vastly surpassed ordinary Pokémon.

Thus, to people back then, Legendary Pokémon were synonymous with power.

Aside from a handful of truly monstrous geniuses, no person—or rather, no ordinary Pokémon—could possibly harm them.

That was why Gondegma was so astonished.

But what they did not know was that Legendary Pokémon without national Covenants, while still powerful,

were