Fog Island, Mirror Lake.
When Li Wei, Steven, and the others reached the mountaintop and looked down over Mirror Lake, they saw the Ancient Pokémon, the giant Dragonite.
The giant Dragonite was fast asleep.
For the first time, Li Wei's Appraisal skill failed.
Its strength rating was: ???
The strength of an Ancient Pokémon like this was almost impossible to assess. It was probably at the Battle Legend level.
The sight of the giant Dragonite inevitably reminded them of the Pokémonia Civilization, which had been destroyed by Ancient Pokémon.
That led Steven to think of Groudon and Kyogre, who were also Ancient Pokémon.
The two legends were very similar.
The ancient Jigglypuff had quelled a war with its song, just as Rayquaza had used its strength to end the war between Groudon and Kyogre.
Still, there was no major problem. The ancient Gengar and Alakazam, who had briefly awakened, had already been sealed away.
Now, only this giant Dragonite remained.
The giant Dragonite had almost never appeared before humans. It had only ever been drawn out by the sound from Bill's Lighthouse.
Judging by the current situation, they could assume that the giant Dragonite would not threaten humanity's living environment.
As long as the giant Dragonite did nothing to affect human survival, Lance had no intention of disturbing it.
They could simply regard the giant Dragonite as a Legendary Pokémon.
Just as humans lived peacefully alongside Legendary Pokémon, all they needed to do was leave the giant Dragonite alone.
It might seem as though catching this giant Dragonite would make someone invincible, but Lance had no desire to do that.
Any victory won by catching this Dragonite,
would be an unfair victory as far as Lance was concerned.
He did not like such meaningless victories.
As for where Dragonite could