As whirlpools rose across the lake's surface, three small, adorable Pokémon appeared in Xia Yan's sight, their lively tails swaying.
The Lake Trio!
The Lake Guardians!
Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf.
Among them, Uxie and Mesprit fixed their gazes on Zoroark and Goodra by the riverbank.
A trace of pity flashed in their eyes.
Poor children.
Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf had witnessed the battle just now.
This had originally been a trial belonging to the Lake Guardians.
But the tactics Xia Yan had used were enough to make even the Lake Guardians feel nauseated after thinking about them carefully.
They truly had no idea how a human had managed to make such complicated tactics work so flawlessly.
Even if he possessed Psychic-type powers.
Only Azelf stared fixedly at Xia Yan with its large orange eyes.
The Psychic-type power within Xia Yan told Azelf that they were closely connected.
Yet Azelf had no recollection whatsoever of someone named Xia Yan.
But the aura around him felt so familiar that Azelf could not help wanting to get closer.
Xia Yan was also somewhat surprised to see all three Lake Guardians appear together.
Hadn't he come to Lake Verity?
Why had Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf all come out?
"Azelf?"
Seeing that the three little fellows were all somewhat dazed, Xia Yan could not help calling out first.
Oh, right.
Azelf blinked twice and came back to its senses.
"Nu-nu?"
Have we met before?
Xia Yan immediately smiled.
In truth, after arriving in Hisui, the thing he worried least about was building rapport with these three little members of the Lake Guardians.
Because his Psychic-type power came from Azelf, there was inevitably a connection between them.
"In the future, we'll be very good friends. You'll help me awaken my Psychic-type power," Xia Yan said.
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