The sun finally emerged once more in the skies above Ever Grande City, spilling warm sunlight and gently bathing the earth in light and heat.
Peace and calm returned to the arena at the Hoenn Pokémon League headquarters. Only the shattered earth at its center seemed to bear witness to everything that had happened there.
Inside the arena, the battlefield and the surrounding ground had long since been torn apart so many times that they had become one indistinguishable expanse.
Fortunately, it was all over.
All the strange phenomena and changes from before had vanished.
Though the broken ground among the ruins was crisscrossed with fissures, the nourishment of Terrakion's Nature Power had already melded it into a cohesive whole, solid and substantial as newly formed earth.
Master Wallace reached out to pat the boy's shoulder and smiled elegantly.
"Your performance was more than enough to prove your strength, Yong. And now, I can finally focus on my own pursuits."
Stretching, Master Wallace watched everyone coming down from the stands and shook his head with a soft laugh.
"The Hoenn League is about to enter an era with you at the helm. Well, kid? Are you ready?"
Yong also watched the approaching group, a smile on his face.
"I might be better at it if you just asked me to battle."
"Hahaha! Well, that's wonderful!"
With a hearty laugh, Master Wallace gave him a teasing wink.
"I think you'll settle in very quickly, because you already understand what a Champion is for."
Leaving Yong unsure whether to laugh or cry, the Water Prince turned to greet everyone making their way onto the ruins.
Watching his retreating back, the boy gradually regained his composure.
What a Champion was for?
Wasn't it wandering all over the world?
As though he had remembered