"Ahem."
The Battle Park's arena fell short of professional standards, after all. The turbulent energy from four Pokémon clashing at full strength whipped up dust and rubble that filled the air above the battlefield, drastically reducing visibility.
Coughing softly, Iris waved her arms hard, trying to clear the dense smoke in front of her.
Her amethyst eyes remained fixed on the center of the smoke, her expression certain.
That brutal exchange could only have ended with Dragonair falling first to Dragonite and Salamence's combined attack.
And with Dragonite's impressive durability, it would have tanked Victini's [Double-Edge]-
It would have taken heavy damage, but there was no way it would have been traded out.
Yet when the dust settled a little, the sight before her instantly froze her confident expression.
Dragonair had indeed failed to withstand the combined assault, but Dragonite had gone down too?
A mutual knockout? How could that happen!
As the Trainer who spent every day with Dragonite, she knew its deep reserves and formidable strength better than anyone.
She hadn't denied Dragonite the chance to Mega Evolve because it wasn't strong enough. She simply only had Salamence's Mega Stone.
Even that had been temporarily lent to her before her departure by Mr. Drayden, the Opelucid Gym Leader, in case she needed it.
After all, Mega Stone technology had only just entered the early stages of mass production. Even as the Opelucid Gym's second-in-command, she struggled to get her hands on one.
Leaving mega evolution aside, her Dragonite's greatest pride was its monstrous durability, far beyond others of its kind.
Yet it hadn't survived two rounds of concentrated attacks from the two Pokémon widely considered the "weakest" on Xia Chi's team?
Where exactly did things go wrong?
*Was Victini's [Double-Edge] more powerful than I calculated after it stole