After blocking Groudon's strike and the endless lava, the crystalline power formed from countless Unown shattered in an instant, taking the Armored Man's sword-wielding left arm clean off at the shoulder!
As the two faced each other, only the bubbling of lava broke the silence.
The silver-glinting left arm and metal sword gradually sank beneath the cooling lava, while the sulfur fumes that escaped were painfully pungent.
The Armored Man immediately retreated several steps. Three Unown formed a triangle in front of him, and sharp cracks rang out once more as countless crystalline particles spread upward, gradually concealing him.
At the same time, the Armored Man abruptly fixed his gaze on nearby Eindoak Town.
Gone!
Manaphy's energy had vanished from the Land of the Earth!
"..."
His gaze shifted, finally settling on Dian for one long, searching look. Without even bothering to glance at his severed arm on the ground, he withdrew straight into the pitch-black void that another three Unown had created behind him.
From beginning to end, his target had been Manaphy. Nothing else mattered.
In an instant, the pitch-black void hanging in the sky and the spreading crystals crumbled to dust and burned away.
Watching the Armored Man retreat so decisively, Dian sighed inwardly. His actual target had been the man's right arm, which held the Building Block Box. Unfortunately, his opponent had been far too cautious. His positioning offered no openings, and he had kept an escape route ready at all times.
Yet the Armored Man's disappearance did not mean Eindoak Town was safe.
Because the true threat now was,
Groudon!!
The deathly white sky still shrouded Eindoak Town, and those brilliant golden beast eyes radiated silent terror.
From atop the Sword of the Vale, Carlita could clearly see the once-lush forest being swallowed by lava,