"Summoned the wrong one? What do you mean, the wrong one? Hello? Hello!"
Utterly confused, Zinnia kept calling out to Baimu over the communicator.
All she got back was the short busy tone after he hung up. Her brows drew tight, and she looked uneasily toward the top of the Sky Pillar.
High above, the sky had changed. Gray clouds had gathered across what had been a star-filled night, pressing down so heavily it was hard to breathe.
Air Lock...
Zinnia knew exactly why the gray clouds had appeared. According to the Draconids' records, once Rayquaza underwent Mega Evolution through the Emperor Organ inside its body, the sky would grow far more terrifying. Its Ability, Delta Stream, would make the entire sky look as though it were about to collapse.
If she hadn't feared interrupting the sacred trial and angering Dragon God Rayquaza, she would probably have rushed up there already.
For now, though, there seemed to be nothing she could do but wait for news.
Zinnia slowly sat beside the campfire, hugging Xijiana the Whismur in frustration. I should've gone with him from the start.
Not far away, Salamence lifted its head from beneath its wing and glanced at its Dragon Tamer. Seeing that she had no intention of going up, it closed its eyes and went back to sleep.
Meanwhile, atop the tower...
Baimu raised an arm against the dust whipped up by the gale. A smell several times worse than before flooded his nose, nearly knocking him out on the spot.
Damn, was ozone this foul at high concentrations?
He fought through the burning in his nose and eyes and looked at the Shiny Rayquaza coiling down before him. The mysterious rings on its body shone gold like lamps in the night. Its golden dragon eyes, seemingly