For a moment, the entire glacier fell silent. Then—
An invisible wave suddenly erupted from the other side, sweeping toward them with billowing masses of snow.
The towering surge of snow made the glacier itself tremble as though it were shivering.
Yet the glacier grew even more deathly silent, for every Ice-type Pokémon had held its breath.
As far as they could sense, two overlords were undoubtedly fighting for ownership of this territory.
"Vul—" Alolan Vulpix clung to Dian's arm, her six short tails waving excitedly.
Dian took a step back and raised a hand to shield himself from the oncoming blast.
Even he could not make out what Pokémon had stirred up that wave of snow.
But that use of a move...
"Synchronoise..."
There was practically only one kind of Pokémon capable of using an Ice-type Synchronoise!
And that was—Glaceon!!
"A wild Glaceon. Now that's rare." Dian's gaze sharpened as the space before him seemed to warp, overlapping in layer upon layer.
Clearly, this "overlord" Glaceon was just as proficient with Synchronoise as his own Glaceon.
Boom!!
Without warning, the glacier nearby burst apart, sending endless shards of ice shooting skyward like a fountain.
Then!
Countless natural blade-shaped ice shards abruptly turned and poured down toward the ground!!
Dian knew that the "overlord" Glaceon had used Synchronoise to take control of all the ice nearby with an incredible power.
In an instant, the surrounding glacier seemed to erupt in fury, spewing waterfalls of ice before swords rained down in a dense barrage that blotted out the sky!!
Blades glinting with cold light descended from above. Their biting chill condensed into mist, making the sight look dreamlike even as it concealed lethal danger.
Dian had no doubt that even a graze would leave an ordinary person with frostbitten tissue. A