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The power of Moonlight fell from the cold full moon soaring high in the sky.
Mega Gardevoir was bathed in the moonlight, and its body began to dance naturally. There was no vegetation in the silent desert, but the dust and breeze danced along with it.
It was just like when Chris had once watched the former King of Gardevoir dancing in a video.
It turned out that the dance was a ceremony for the former King of Gardevoir to become a vassal of Xerneas.
After watching the dance for a while, Chris silently opened the status panel to see what effects Xerneas's blessing would have.
The effect was definitely there. At first glance, the improvement didn't seem like much, but in reality, it was a massive enhancement. The "Moon King Field" was now reflected in the "King's Presence" ability that Gardevoir had just acquired.
(Moon King Field: Within the field, the power of all Gardevoir's moves is increased by 50%, and Fairy-type moves receive an additional 20% boost. On moonlit nights, HP will continuously recover at a rate of 2% per second, and all allies within the King's Field will gain half of the recovery effect. The power of moon-related moves is increased by 120%, and there is a 40% chance of inflicting confusion. When the target's level is lower than Gardevoir's, the probability of confusion is increased to 100%.)
The power of Fairy-type and moon-related moves had been increased by 20%, and the probability of causing confusion had been raised by 20%.
Chris was used to seeing improvements of 100% or 200% at every turn. Now when he saw an increase of only 20%, he didn't feel much excitement at first. However, the real focus was on what came next.
The HP recovery speed had doubled from 1% per second to 2% per second, and the Moon King Field had transformed from single-target healing to group healing! It was equivalent to providing a top-quality "Leftovers" effect to all Pokémon within the King's Field.
Chris remembered that Gengar and Zoroark's royal fields were continuous and didn't cost any energy to maintain. If Gardevoir's King Field worked the same way, then it meant Gardevoir could continuously operate a "cafeteria" that constantly restored physical strength.
According to this recovery rate, even if his Pokémon were seriously injured, if they were placed within the Moon King Field, they would be able to return to peak condition within one minute and forty seconds.
This recovery efficiency was terrifying.
In the future, if the enemy couldn't defeat Gardevoir first, it would be impossible for them to destroy his entire team.
Considering Gardevoir's Future Sight and Teleport abilities as well, Chris estimated that even if all his other Pokémon were knocked down, Gardevoir itself might not even be injured yet.
"I am invincible!" The corners of Chris's mouth lifted slightly into a smile.
"Human, I have never asked you for your name." After giving the blessing, Xerneas asked Chris for his name. After talking for so long, it had kept calling Chris "human."
"Chris."
Xerneas repeated the name silently, tasting it on its tongue, then nodded. "I will remember it."
Immediately, a colorful light solidified in front of Xerneas and transformed into a blue crystal branch, which was delivered into Chris's hands.
"What is this?" Chris accepted the branch.
"This is a horn I once broke off. When we need your help, it will shine and guide you to find me."
Xerneas's broken horn? Chris quickly checked its attributes on his handheld device.
Life Branch: Doubles the power of Fairy-type moves, and the wearer recovers 2% HP per second.
The effect was decent—probably at the level of an ordinary secret treasure.
"Alright, it's time for me to leave." With that said, Xerneas walked toward the dark forest.
"Wait a moment." This time it was Chris's turn to suddenly stop Xerneas.
"Do you have something else to discuss?"
"Well, I just wanted to ask—do you know where the other kings are? For example, kings like Greninja, Blaziken, Garchomp, and so on." Chris wondered if Xerneas had the King of Gardevoir as a vassal, perhaps it had encountered other kings as well.
Of course, he had just thought of this. It was rare to meet such a friendly top-tier deity who had lived long enough to know many things. Since they were now "strategic partners," he couldn't pass up this opportunity to gather information.
If Xerneas really knew their locations, he could head there right away.
"Not every Pokémon species has a king."
"But since you want to know, I can tell you what I do know."
Xerneas then shared some information about the "kings" it was aware of with Chris.
There weren't many—only three types of Pokémon were confirmed to have existing kings.
The King of the Togepi line, the King of the Jigglypuff line, and the King of the Garchomp line.
There were other potential kings that Xerneas had only sensed the aura of but wasn't certain about. Chris would need to confirm those himself.
Afterwards, Xerneas took the former King of Gardevoir and departed, leaving Chris alone in the desert to think.
The kings of three lines—the first two were from the Fairy type and were undoubtedly vassals of Xerneas.
And Chris happened to have both a Togepi and a Garchomp among his Pokémon.
Chris had never trained his little Togepi for battle, and it had no desire to fight anyway, so he wouldn't take Togepi to claim the king's position.
As for the King of Garchomp...
Chris already knew its location.
The East China Sea Dragon Nest!
"The East China Sea Dragon Nest?" Chris's expression turned peculiar.
The strongest Garchomp in the East China Sea Dragon Nest was his own Garchomp's mother, right?
Was she really that strong?
Chris recalled that when he first saw her, he had felt quite a bit of pressure, but not enough to match the status of a "king."
Therefore, Chris had always regarded that Garchomp as merely the Garchomp King of the Dragon Nest in the East China Sea, rather than the Garchomp King of the entire world.
Now it seemed that the reason his own Garchomp could have individual values of 5V was all thanks to its mother, who was the King of Garchomp.
"It looks like I'll have to visit the East China Sea Dragon Nest again," Chris said to himself.
It was time for the king's position to be passed down as it should be!
He imagined that Garchomp's mother would be very happy to be defeated by her own child and pass on the title of king.
Yes, that must be the case!
Chris raised his hand to signal, and Mega Gardevoir immediately used Teleport to transport him.
However, he didn't leave the "Beauty Under the Moon" secret realm immediately. Instead, he used Confusion from the center of the secret realm to scan the entire area once more.
Only then did Chris finally leave the "Beauty Under the Moon" secret realm.
He was prepared to take possession of this secret realm for himself.
As the Trainer of a Mega Shiny Gardevoir and recognized as the strongest Gardevoir Trainer in the world, this natural paradise—inhabited by thousands of Pokémon from the Ralts evolutionary line and perpetually shrouded in Moonlight—could only reach its full potential in Chris's hands.