"What!?"
At Chen Shi's words, Steven hurried over and stared at the broken antler in his hand, clicking his tongue in wonder.
"Old Chen, you've got quite a stash of good stuff!"
"The Life God, Xerneas? Which Legendary Pokémon is that? Why haven't I heard of it before?"
Then Steven asked eagerly, "Old Chen, have you got anything good for Steel-types? I'll pay top dollar!"
Chen Shi's face darkened, and he shoved Steven away. "No. Go play somewhere else."
"If you don't, just say so. Why shove me?" Steven pouted and stepped back.
Just then, Diantha looked at the antler fragment shining with rainbow light in Chen Shi's hand and spoke up. "Could that be the Life God from our Kalos Region's legends?"
In the ancient legends of the Kalos Region, Xerneas had always been regarded as an extraordinarily sacred and mighty being.
It was the guardian of life on this land, protecting the vitality and prosperity of all living things.
According to legend, when Xerneas's distinctive antlers shone with rainbow light, it would share eternal life.
Diantha had occasionally heard her elders mention these things when she was little, but she had never paid them much attention, believing they really were nothing more than legends.
She had never expected Chen Shi to produce a fragment of Xerneas's antler.
"That's right. This is from the Kalos Region's Life God." Chen Shi nodded, answering Diantha's question.
"It really is from the Life God!?" Diantha exclaimed in delight.
Could the Kalos Region's legends actually be true?
Today, she had first seen Zygarde, and then a fragment of Xerneas's antler.
All of it proved that the legends her elders had told as stories when she was little were real!
But Diantha's expression suddenly froze, as though something had occurred to her.
"Then... then