On the Brink

Tomoya twirled his hat around, a certain resolve flashing in his eyes. "If I were a subject of Napolant, knowing that I had to live by sacrificing other lives, such a shameful way of living would be utterly ridiculous!"

He took a deep breath. "Indeed, it is true that for humanity to live, it must be built upon the sacrifice of other lives, but this is a necessary sacrifice for survival."

Eating to stay alive is different from sacrificing to live better!

Tomoya took a step forward, looking directly at Kanon. "If you were sacrificing your Houndoom to live, I wouldn't say anything, but if you're sacrificing it for a better life, I'm ashamed of you! Ashamed of your incompetence!"

He took a deep breath and shouted, "Because Trainer's glory comes from their Pokémon, not anything else!"

For a moment, the entire hall echoed with those words.

After hearing this, Dian glanced at Tomoya in surprise. He hadn't expected the other party to say such a thing. Could it be that he was related to Ash in some way? His values were too upright.

He nodded. If he wins next time, he'll get a 10.9% discount.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Kanon suddenly laughed, "Talking is useless! Anyone can talk the talk, but only the victor has the right to be right!"

He glanced at the Sword of Royal Authority and smiled. "Next to the Napolant Stone is this Sword of Royal Authority, and the Cofagrigus."

As Kanon spoke, he failed to notice the hint of doubt that flashed in the eyes of the Blue-Haired Girl opposite him. Not only him, but no one else noticed it either.

After all, the Blue-Haired Girl has regained her true colors is a girl with no emotions, no feelings, and no personality, and she's also a girl with no emotions, no feelings, and no personality who can act, so it's quite difficult to probe her emotional fluctuations.

"Legend has it that Aegislash is Pokémon because a person's soul resides in a sword."

The Sword of Royal Authority before us is both a sacred relic of the Napolant and the final resting place for the souls of the Napolant. Each generation of users will offer their souls to the Sword of Royal Authority to enhance its power.

The Cofagrigus, on the other hand, contains the remains of Napolant kings who lost their souls throughout history.

Kanon suddenly became fanatical as he spoke, "If Aegislash could possess souls, it could inhabit a sword and then seize another body, thus gaining a new life. But ordinary Aegislash don't have this power at all."

He stretched out his hands and glanced at it with fervor, then sneered, "After all that talk, I'll show you just how different the Sword of Royal Authority, Cofagrigus, really is from ordinary Pokémon."

"Cofagrigus?!"

The bespectacled man was startled after hearing the last part; he finally understood why Kanon had said so much—it turned out he was preparing to...

"Cofagrigus, Hex! Cast the Mind-Control Curse on the Sword of Royal Authority!"

Kanon waved his hand, "Houndoom, Smokescreen!"

"(Kan)"

The Cofagrigus suddenly appeared, its entire body gleaming with black light, having pushed the Calm Mind skill to its limit.

It instantly Levitate above the Sword of Royal Authority, its four increasingly dark and enormous ghostly hands wrapping around the Sword of Royal Authority, which was spontaneously radiating White Light. Its scarlet eyes appeared extremely solemn, and its mouth silently uttered the Mind-Control Curse, one of the three great spells of Napolant.

"Hey!"

Houndoom quickly Spit Up out a thick cloud of purple Smokescreen, then darted away like lightning.

A flash of lightning suddenly appeared in the thick fog, clearly indicating that Belia had also begun his counterattack.

However, for some reason, Laika still didn't bring out her Pokémon, and as for Tomoya, he could only run to the side and hide.

After looking at it for a while, Dian thought about it and came to a conclusion.

Both villains seem to be quite formidable, but one side is gaining too much momentum, which is not good.

He can't reap the benefits without causing mutual destruction.

As for Tomoya- kun who was accidentally injured, well, let's see how it goes. If you're unlucky, who can you blame but yourself? It's because you didn't do good deeds before.

Look at him, it's precisely because he often does good deeds that he's able to watch the play here.

However, it seems he didn't do enough good deeds, and things developed too quickly, catching him off guard.

He took out the Poké Ball from the Skiploom and pressed a button.

"Ha..."

Just as Skiploom was about to shout, Dian covered her mouth. "Shh. Skiploom, Perception whether the airflow can pass through this door?"

The Hoppip twitched its ears slightly, then nodded.

Looking at the purple Smokescreen outside, Dian thought, "They've thoughtfully created this environment; if I don't add my own little something extra, how can I justify it?"

He immediately took out the materials he usually prepared: Pink crystals from the Stantler, white powder extracted from white Star Grass, Stun Spore from the Venonat, and Sleep Powder.

The hall mixed these things together and then gestured to the Misdreavus.

"A dream? A dream!"

The Misdreavus's eyes darted around, then it quickly became excited, clearly sharing a telepathic connection with the palace.

She chuckled, then wrapped the dangerous items in black shadow, crushing them vigorously until she felt she had turned them all into powder, before slipping them through the cracks into the main hall outside.

"Skiploom, that's not enough. Add some more ingredients. Use the Fairy Wind to carry Sleep Powder and Stun Spore in."

The prince thought for a moment, then said, "You also Gust around the hall, so no one can tell where we are."

"Hana."

Skiploom nodded, then took a deep breath.

Wisps of blue-yellow wind slipped through the gaps and flew inside.

A breeze began to Gust throughout the hall, stirring up the purple mist.

"Rhydon, Rock Tomb!"

Belia adjusted his glasses, realizing he was at a disadvantage in the Smokescreen, so he decided to wait and see.

"Roar!"

The Rhydon stomped directly on the ground, and four huge Rock-type pillars immediately protected it and its Trainer.

"Snort."

Kanon saw through the opponent's intentions and waited patiently for the right moment to strike. Once Houndoom attacked, it would inevitably reveal a weakness, followed by the opponent's Fury Attack!

But he wasn't in a hurry, because if he delayed, everything would be settled once the Cofagrigus controlled the Sword of Royal Authority.

Besides, do they think Houndoom's Smokescreen is just for show? The longer they stay there, the greater the chance of being poisoned.

He suddenly wondered, where had that little girl gone?

As for Tomoya hiding to the side, he selectively ignored him; the only person he was concerned about now was someone lurking in the shadows.