Xia Yan, Lance, and Steven VS the Legendary Giants!

Speak of the devil, and the devil appears.

Xia Yan had just thought of the Legendary Giants guarding the Tree of Beginning when they appeared.

That would have been one thing.

But Steven got excited too.

Glancing at Steven beside him, whose eyes were blazing, Xia Yan could not help pursing his lips.

Come to think of it.

Steven and the Legendary Giants really did have a "moving" story.

Xia Yan remembered it being in Pokémon Adventures.

Those two fools, Archie and Maxie, had awakened the fully restored Can't Fly and Big Fish.

Then, to buy Norman and the others time to find Rayquaza.

Steven, as Champion, had led the Legendary Giants and forcibly held Can't Fly back for an entire month.

That was a whole month!

A battle lasting an entire month, and Steven had actually endured it.

Though he had ultimately died from overwork.

His capability and strength had been displayed to the fullest after that battle.

To stop Groudon and Kyogre, from the Champion down to the Gym Leaders, everyone in Hoenn Region who was supposed to die and those who were not had all died.

Had the writers not decided they might get cursed to death for it and let the protagonist bring Celebi in for the classic "time reversal" to revive everyone.

Steven might really have kicked the bucket.

This showed that Steven and the Legendary Giants were actually an excellent match.

Only.

Xia Yan, who already had a Regirock guarding the Fairy Plate, could clearly sense it.

The Legendary Giants before them were not comparable to the Regirock he had caught.

That Regirock guarded the Fairy Plate. Aside from receiving an endless supply of life force from it, possessing an almost limitless lifespan, and recovering quickly from injuries, it was not particularly outrageous.

But