"Draw your sword!"
Lava splashed and the earth burned. What abruptly broke the pale silence was the Silver Sovereignty—Aegislash, gripped in Dian's hand and gleaming with the light of Sacred Sword. It was also the strongest sword and shield he currently possessed.
The shield-bearing scabbard hovering beside him radiated a silver glow, keeping the lava beneath his feet and dripping from the sky at bay.
With a soft exhale, the Armored Man slowly shifted one step sideways. The movement of his body revealed that he had unquestionably practiced the corresponding swordsmanship in the past.
He looked at the silver sword tip before him, doubt and recollection flickering through his eyes before giving way to understanding. "I see. Thou art a descendant of Blue Sky Country?"
But a moment later, the Armored Man ceased to care. Just as the Almia Kingdom had vanished into smoke, Napolant, which had claimed dominion over the blue seas, had likewise perished in the ocean of life.
All he felt nostalgic for now was the sword-bearing stance before him.
In the end, the Armored Man remained silent, letting the longsword in his hand serve as his answer.
The five fingers of his right hand slowly closed around the hilt. Then, with a metallic shing, he drew his sword!
What followed was a roar that rang through the heavens.
ROOOOAR!!
As the Unown applied the final stroke of their power,
?!
Groudon truly appeared upon the Land of the Earth, before Eindoak Town!!
The area for miles around abruptly seemed to have been dragged into another world, shining like daylight in stark contrast to the night outside.
Yet there was no sun in that seemingly daylit sky, only an empty, hollow pallor!
In place of the sun was a pair of brilliant golden beast eyes, endless lava