This was the heart of the matter.
Back then.
How had Calyrex, in an instant, gone from the King of Galar and the legendary King of Bountiful Harvests to that wooden crown carving completely devoid of power?
Xia Yan did not believe that a dignified Tier-One Legendary would simply watch the Faith Power so important to it slowly drain away without doing anything.
"So what exactly happened to you back then?" Xia Yan asked with a grave expression.
At the mention of this matter, Calyrex's expression became somewhat unnatural as well.
It was not a pleasant memory for it.
"Don't tell me you couldn't beat that Legendary Level Pokémon?" Xia Yan pressed.
After all.
If a Legendary Level Pokémon could directly contend with, or even suppress, a Tier-One Legendary, that would be far too outrageous.
Calyrex shot Xia Yan a sidelong glance.
After remaining silent for quite some time, it quietly nodded under his gaze.
Xia Yan's pupils suddenly contracted.
Were Legendary Level Pokémon really that absurd?
But Calyrex soon offered an explanation.
[At the time, I was extremely weak.]
"Hm?"
Xia Yan froze.
He saw Calyrex, riding its white steed, tilt its head slightly upward and gaze into the sky.
Yet Xia Yan felt as though its eyes encompassed the entire Galar Region.
[Back then, I foresaw that thousands of years later, the Galar Region would face a great calamity. Countless living beings in Galar would perish and vanish in that disaster.]
A great calamity?
Xia Yan's heart trembled slightly.
He knew.
It was the Darkest Day three thousand years ago!
That was when Eternatus first appeared in the Galar Region, spreading its energy throughout all of Galar and bringing about Dynamax and Gigantamax.
Calyrex took a faint breath.
[So I made a very bold decision. I buried part