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The Gardevoir Queen descended with her Fairy Aura, frozen in time.
The arrow condensed from pure Moonlight shot into the Fairy Aura like piercing soft bread, showing only minimal resistance. In the next moment, it penetrated both the Fairy Aura and the Gardevoir Queen herself, pinning her suspended in mid-air!
With a light snap—"Click"—Mega Gardevoir imitated Chris's signature gesture and snapped her fingers gently.
The surrounding time and space returned to normal flow.
The Fairy Aura enveloping the Gardevoir Queen suddenly collapsed. She widened her eyes and stared down at her own chest in confusion. The extremely familiar power of Moonlight, which had once been like a close friend to her, had now transformed into an arrow that pierced directly through her body.
When... when was I attacked?
This was the final thought in the Gardevoir Queen's mind before she lost consciousness.
With a soft "thud," her delicate form fell to the ground.
The Gardevoir Queen could not rise again.
As a Psychic and Fairy-type Pokémon, the Gardevoir Queen had even specialized in Fairy-type techniques and Moonblast specifically, yet she had been defeated instantly by that very same Moonblast.
This was something Chris hadn't anticipated. He'd expected that Mega Gardevoir would need to engage in a prolonged battle to defeat the Gardevoir Queen.
It appeared the Gardevoir Queen wasn't as powerful as he'd initially assumed.
"Gardevoir!" Mega Gardevoir looked toward Chris expectantly.
Chris gave her a thumbs-up to express his praise.
If Mega Gardevoir hadn't obtained the "Adamant Crystal," it might not have been so straightforward for her to defeat the Gardevoir Queen.
After all, the Adamant Crystal provided a four-fold bonus to time-based moves.
Chris's Gardevoir was already renowned for her mastery of "Future Sight," and now this ability had been quadrupled in effectiveness.
Chris even felt confident that Gardevoir could use "Future Sight" to predict the actions of all Legendary Pokémon except Arceus, the God of Creation, and Dialga, the God of Time, under full combat conditions.
As for the ability to stop time itself, that also originated from the Adamant Crystal.
Xerneas observed quietly from the sidelines, gazing at Gardevoir with surprise evident in its eyes.
She actually possesses such powerful control over time itself!
No, wait—if Gardevoir had possessed such mastery over time manipulation, then when confronting the space-time vortex earlier, she could have resolved it with merely a wave of her hand. There would have been no need for such complicated efforts.
Unless...
Xerneas recalled the scene where Chris had handed the treasure containing the God of Time's power to Gardevoir just moments ago.
Could it be that this human's companion Gardevoir's time manipulation abilities originated entirely from that treasure?
Xerneas felt somewhat bewildered.
Wasn't the speed of mastery absurdly fast?
This was a treasure containing the power of the God of Time itself, not some common stone one could find anywhere on the roadside.
"You are remarkably powerful," Xerneas praised Chris, though it struggled to find adequate words to properly commend both Chris and his partner Gardevoir.
"Thank you~" Chris responded in a gentlemanly manner, then immediately inquired further. "Um, may I ask, Lord Xerneas—what happens next?"
"Is my companion Gardevoir now a King?"
Chris activated his handheld device but didn't observe any changes in Gardevoir's status panel.
Xerneas didn't answer immediately, but instead turned its attention toward the defeated Gardevoir Queen.
Suddenly, the body of the fallen Gardevoir Queen lying on the ground began emitting golden light. It rapidly grew extremely intense until a golden crown materialized above her form.
The golden crown slowly floated toward Mega Gardevoir, descended upon her head, and merged seamlessly into her body.
For a moment, Mega Gardevoir was completely engulfed by golden radiance. After several minutes passed, the golden light faded away and her body returned to its original appearance. It seemed as if nothing had occurred.
However, Chris could clearly see Gardevoir's improvements displayed on her status panel.
[Gardevoir (Psychic, Fairy)] (Shiny) (King)
[Level: 95]
[Ability: Synchronize (When other Pokémon inflict burn, poison, badly poisoned, or paralysis status conditions on this Pokémon, that Pokémon will also receive the same status condition.)
King's Presence (All stats increase by 20%, Fairy-type and Psychic-type move power increased by 20%, and gains access to the special terrain "Lunar Monarch's Domain")]
(Lunar Monarch's Domain: Within this domain, the power of all Gardevoir's moves increases by 50%.
On moonlit nights, HP continuously recovers at a rate of 1% per second.
The power of moon-related moves increases by 100%, and there is a 20% chance of inflicting additional "confusion." When the target's level is lower than yours, the confusion probability increases to 100%.)
[Individual Values: HP (31), Attack (31), Special Attack (31), Defense (31), Special Defense (31), Speed (31)]
[Moves: Disarming Voice, Growl, Double Team, Confusion, Draining Kiss, Teleport, Calm Mind, Psybeam, Flash, Secret Power, Dazzling Gleam, Hypnosis, Misty Terrain, Healing Wish, Moonblast, Life Dew, Wish, Spacial Rend, Roar of Time]
[Held Item: Adamant Crystal]
The suffix "(King)" had been added to her name designation, and her Ability section now included an additional ability named "King's Presence," which produced effects similar to Zoroark's King's Presence.
But the effects of the Lunar Monarch's Domain...
Chris could only say that she truly deserved to be a King!
Absolutely terrifying!
"The coronation ceremony has been completed, and your Gardevoir has become the new Queen of the Gardevoir species!" Xerneas announced to Chris.
"Yes." Chris nodded solemnly. He had already observed the changes in Gardevoir's status information.
Then, Chris and Xerneas made eye contact, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward and silent.
"So... is that everything?" Chris asked uncertainly. Had they missed some crucial step?
"What else would there be?" Xerneas inquired, genuinely confused.
"Emmmm, the Divine Treasure... No, I mean the Father God's power?"
Having claimed the throne from Xerneas's kin, asking for the Divine Treasure as well felt somewhat shameless. Chris felt a bit embarrassed—after all, Xerneas had just helped him moments ago, assisting in blocking the temporal blade attacks.
Xerneas: Sorry, but no~
Xerneas shook its head slightly. "The power granted to the Gardevoir family by the Father God was lost long ago in the river of time."
"Ah?" Chris had hoped to acquire a Legendary item for free.
Who would have thought there'd be another King without a Divine Treasure?
Gengar and Zoroark: Welcome to the club!
"However, as the new Queen , you have the option to use existing treasures to condense a new manifestation of the Father God's power."