Saturn stood frozen, staring at Iron Moth's shattered remains. Even sending it back to the aliens for factory repairs probably wouldn't save it. It was scrap.
He still couldn't understand how Larvesta had gained such overwhelming power after evolving into Slither Wing. But he had no Pokémon left. He couldn't stop them now.
The mission had failed...
"Is that all? You treated Iron Moth as nothing but a tool. Without letting it develop feelings and become a real Pokémon, you could never bring out its true strength!"
Mingyou murmured. At some point, Meltan had woken in his arms. It hopped down and raced toward Iron Moth's diamond-shaped wings, now cut off from their power supply, dissolved the "floating cannons" with its body, and ate them.
"Mel~"
"Don't give yourself a stomachache. I don't even know what those things are made of."
With that warning, Mingyou looked away. Saturn could no longer fight. Now they just had to deal with the remaining enemies and head to the Armory. With Ogerpon here, finding it wouldn't be a problem.
He turned toward Ogerpon, who was fighting Walking Wake, but the battle was already in its final moments. He didn't even need to give an order.
Ogerpon raised a cyan blade of light that shot skyward and pierced the ship's ceiling. The moment the sunlight faded, she brought the blade down and finished Walking Wake in one clean strike.
If she hadn't needed to protect her companions, she could have fought without holding back. Walking Wake would have gone down in the Armory instead of surviving until now.
"Woom!"
The Terastal glow faded, and Ogerpon returned to normal. She tucked the Ogre Mask into her cloak and caught her breath. The Terastal Energy in the air was intense, even stronger than at the Crystal