Everyone was shaken by the tragic sight. Greninja held Cheng Tian's cold body tightly, sobbing uncontrollably.
Greninja had lost someone very important.
"Everyone here... anyone who can move... stand at attention..." Miyamoto Ryunosuke's low voice rang out. The next moment, it rose, loud and resonant, carrying an indescribable sorrow and respect.
"Everyone! Observe a moment of silence! To remember those who died so we could live!"
Everyone still alive and able to move stood at attention. Some were silent, some trembled, and some fought back tears.
Only Greninja's sobs echoed without restraint.
They had won. They had truly won.
At a price they could not bear.
This Great Calamity was universally recognized as the most terrifying in history. Giratina, the most evil and terrifying being, said to be infinitely close to a god, had suddenly descended upon Bakia Island, the headquarters of the World Pokémon League, unleashing slaughter and destruction.
Countless sacrifices and acts of devotion emerged during this Great Calamity. The Prince of the Sea, Manaphy, and Lugia lent their aid. The Mythical Pokémon Zeraora and Uxie fought desperately, and even a Zapdos holding a Divine Office fell in battle.
In terms of personnel, besides the nearly ten thousand competitors and staff already on the island at the time, multiple nations also sent reinforcements. In the end, they withstood the Pokémon swarm at the cost of only 3,261 survivors remaining. According to incomplete statistics, at least six Apex Ghost-type Pokémon were slain or captured during this Pokémon swarm, along with nearly three hundred Pokémon above level 60 and countless other Ghost-type Pokémon.
Most importantly, Cheng Tian and Su Han, a young trainer couple from China, made indelible contributions to bringing this Great Calamity to an end. Cheng Tian died on the battlefield, while Su Han used a currently unknown