Amid the continuous rumbling, the rocks wrapped in Rock-type energy came crashing down like a collapsing mountain, completely burying Lapras, which had been constantly releasing cold air and freezing the surrounding water.
It looked like a small mountain made of scattered rocks.
At the same time, however, Tyranitar's legs were submerged by the overflowing water, nearly up to its waist, and it was inevitably frozen by the chill of Sheer Cold. The ice even rapidly spread toward Tyranitar's upper body.
In the end, the ice completely encased Tyranitar's massive body.
Lorelei's original plan had succeeded.
—Provided Lapras had not been crushed by the boulders of Rock Slide.
"...Roar!!!"
A furious growl rang out at the same time as ice shattered explosively. Tyranitar, its expression savage, instantly broke free from the Frozen restraint!
Frozen in Pokémon Adventures had always been as unreliable as ever. Sheer Cold had failed to directly hit Tyranitar, so this move, which represented a one-hit knockout in the games, had accomplished nothing.
"Impressive."
Lorelei was speechless at the sight for quite a while. Only after a long moment did she recall Lapras from beneath the rocks with a sigh of admiration.
At this point, five of her Pokémon had lost their ability to battle, leaving only her final Slowking.
Tyranitar, meanwhile, was still in fairly good condition. Under the Sandstorm weather, its Special Defense had been greatly boosted, and its Dark type made it immune to Psychic-type attacks...
There was no other choice.
A Great Ball was thrown.
Bang!
White light flashed.
A pink, humanoid hippopotamus with wisdom-filled eyes landed on the ground. It wore a gray conch shell with two curved horns on its head, and around its neck was a parasol-like ruff.
"Yadon~"
A Level 78 Dig Slowking, with the Own Tempo Ability and three