Snowpoint Mountain, Snowpoint Temple.
The battle had left parts of the forest on Snowpoint Mountain in ruins.
A frozen Salamence, a Weavile beaten senseless after attempting to ambush Li Wei, an unconscious Ariados and Drapion...
A Gliscor stuck headfirst in the snow, with only its tail showing-that was the sight that greeted Lucian and the others.
After passing through the forest and preparing to climb up to Snowpoint Temple, they had heard explosions coming from Li Wei's direction.
Especially after spotting Metagross and Corviknight in the sky,
Lucian had brought Ash and the others over as a precaution, intending to see whether anyone needed help.
Then they had watched Hunter J's Metagross and Gliscor get utterly thrashed, and had seen Li Wei arrest Hunter J.
Looking at the bound Hunter J and her twisted expression, Lucian was momentarily at a loss for words.
"You really are a criminal's worst nightmare, just as Lance said," Lucian remarked.
Li Wei pointed at Salamence and the others. "Never mind that. Let's get those Pokémon into Poké Balls first."
Lucian nodded. "All right."
Li Wei handed Hunter J's Poké Balls to Ash.
"Ash, stomp on them."
"No problem!"
Brute force worked wonders. With a few stomps from Ash, the Poké Balls shattered one after another.
Once Hunter J's Poké Balls were destroyed, all they needed to do was capture her Pokémon in new ones.
Lucian took charge of catching the injured Pokémon.
He had brought Bronzong and Gallade along in case they fought back, only to discover that he had been overthinking it.
They were in no condition to resist.
When he saw their injuries up close, Lucian could not help sucking in a sharp breath.
Drapion had a gruesome wound across its chest, Salamence had two distinct blackened patches on its face and