This was the sunless Distortion World, home to an exiled deity. And now, this creature no longer intended to stay in this godforsaken place. It had even found the way to break its seal that it had schemed so tirelessly to obtain!
It seemed the ending had already been decided...
[No... no... I must prepare for every possibility...]
Its enormous scarlet eyes gazed into the distance, soon locking onto a sandy plain amid the boundless scorched earth.
[Roar!] With that draconic roar, the once-peaceful sand suddenly became a boiling cauldron. Towering waves of yellow sand rose, gradually forming an enormous figure.
It was a level 79 Palossand.
As roar after roar rang out, a level 77 Banette, a level 76 Golurk, and a level 79 Spiritomb appeared.
Some of them had wandered aimlessly through the Distortion World, living by devouring their own kind to grow stronger.
Some had been sealed for thousands upon thousands of years, only just awakening from shattered ruins and damaged Odd Keystones.
But without exception, all four pairs of eyes turned scarlet, and their faces twisted.
[No... I must make the best preparations possible...]
As the savage voice spoke, it condensed a small mass of utterly pitch-black matter. After a moment's thought, it shot it straight toward the distant Palossand.
The instant that mass touched Palossand's body, the violent Ghost-type energy within it surged. Even its body began twisting in unnatural ways. Its aura grew at a terrifying rate.
In just a short time, its level actually jumped straight from 78 to 81! It broke through the great level 80 threshold in one leap!
[Hahaha! Good! That's right! Everything is right!]
Four small black holes appeared before the four of them. The four Pokémon promptly let out their own distinctive cries, beginning to summon their underlings.