Benefits of the Mega Pendant

"Do you want it?"

Gurkinn held the Lucarionite in his hands, smiling at Heiduo and Lucario.

Both of them nodded furiously.

"Good that you do." Gurkinn placed the box on the table and sat down, his expression suddenly turning serious. "Before, when I agreed to trade Mega Stones with you, my condition was that you could not use Mega Evolution to kill. Now that you want the Lucarionite, my condition has to change as well."

Heiduo fell silent for a moment. "Please, go ahead."

No matter what, he would hear it out first. If he could not accept it, he could always refuse. Listening cost him nothing.

"Your Key Stone was not passed down by me, so I will not make excessively harsh demands of you—I hope you can become a kind person." He looked directly into Heiduo's eyes, his expression utterly sincere. "I do not know what the other regions are like, but I can clearly sense that the people of Kalos are gradually losing their empathy, losing their kind hearts."

"Kalos long ago was a homeland built through people helping and supporting one another, and through humans and Pokémon helping one another. Even this Tower of Mastery was once a tiny, barren island. Only with the aid of Shalour City's residents could my ancestors build such a magnificent structure." Gurkinn rose to his feet and sighed heavily. "You must have seen the enormous Mega Lucario statue outside. Do you know how it was built?"

Heiduo shook his head.

"Shalour City's finest craftsman made it to repay the help my ancestor had given him. He poured his heart and soul into it, carving it out alone, chisel strike by chisel strike, day and night, before presenting it to my ancestor. In that moment, the sincerity and friendship between people