Although Tyranitar was somewhat wary of the ugly, tiny Pokémon perched high above its head, it noticed that the strange creature had no intention of interfering with the battle, so it simply ignored it.
"Tyraaa!"
Another furious roar followed. However, this was not ordinary speech. It was an extremely piercing move that could affect its opponent.
Screech could lower an opponent's Defense.
"Corviknight! Screech!" Shiro ordered quickly.
Corviknight refused to back down. It raised its head and let out a piercing cry.
"Coorv!"
It was also trying to lower Tyranitar's Defense.
Corviknight had always followed a fast-attack style, plus with its ability, the opponents normally could not lower its stats either.
Tyranitar, however, was completely different. It was a massive tank that fought by trading blows. Defense was extremely important to it. If its Defense dropped too much and allowed Corviknight to deal heavy damage in a single attack, the battle would practically be over.
"Tyra?!"
When Corviknight was about to use Screech for the third time, Tyranitar finally realized what had happened. Without realizing it, the two Pokémon together had already lowered Tyranitar's Defense twice.
Tyranitar was used to fighting members of its own species, where lowering the opponent's Defense was extremely important. This time, it had used Screech purely out of habit, only to end up helping its opponent instead and getting two free uses of the move.
After all, it was a wild Pokémon. Its understanding of moves and battle tactics was rather basic, relying mostly on the experience it had gained from fighting other wild Pokémon and members of its own species. It was difficult for it to compare with Pokémon that had experienced trainers.
Tyranitar hurriedly used Stone Edge. Several sharp stone spikes formed around it as it tried to interrupt Corviknight's move.
"Use Aerial Ace to dodge!" Shiro shouted.
The stone spikes shot forward, but Corviknight did not stop using Screech. Instead, it flapped its wings and drew a half-moon arc through the air, perfectly avoiding every Stone Edge. At the same time, it dove toward Tyranitar from behind and above.
Combining sound-based and Flying-type moves was especially simple since the two had nothing to do with each other and could be used independently.
Tyranitar sensed the danger, but its usual fighting instincts made it unwilling to dodge.
Dodging would only invite another attack. The only way was to attack.
Tyranitar intended to withstand its opponent's attack head-on, then smash it apart with a single counterattack.
"Tyra!"
This was Tyranitar!
With a furious roar, Tyranitar twisted its head around and opened its mouth. Its fiery fangs flickered in the wind, leaving trails of flames behind them. The fire was fiercer than ordinary flames, and the fangs were far more powerful than normal ones.
Fire Fang!
It was a move that countered Corviknight.
As long as it landed, Tyranitar might be able to decide the battle with a single strike and crush this powerful opponent beneath its feet.
"Corviknight! Protect!"
Shiro did not tell Corviknight to keep dodging. With its speed and reflexes, combined with Shiro's Psychic commands, Corviknight could have easily avoided Fire Fang in an instant.
Instead, a green barrier rose in front of it. Tyranitar's Fire Fang slammed into the barrier and was stopped for a moment, while the force of the impact sent its body staggering backward.
As a wild Pokémon, Tyranitar's gaze only became fiercer. All the energy in its body gathered toward its head before bursting out as flames from its teeth.
Either defeat the opponent or be defeated.
Keep attacking!
Tyranitar was going to charge forward until the very end.
"Tyraaaaanitar!"
Fire Fang!
However, before its second Fire Fang could land, golden light began to flow across Corviknight's body.
It was the most powerful Flying-type move it possessed, as well as Corviknight's strongest physical attack.
"Brave Bird!"
The instant Shiro shouted, Corviknight had already finished charging.
After numerous perfect teamwork, they had both chosen to continue attacking with the same kind of move. Just like Tyranitar, they would keep attacking until the very last moment.
Only the weak would be the first to fall.
Crack!
The Protect barrier shattered completely, but it had not simply reached its time limit.
It had been replaced by another move.
Tyranitar's entire field of vision was covered in golden light, and for the first time, its heavy body was lifted off the ground.
Its legs suddenly lost their strength. The gray-black armor covering its body, especially its strongest defensive area around its abdomen, seemed to crack under the impact, as though it had been violently punched upward by an unstoppable fist.
The flames around Tyranitar's Fire Fang failed to bite down before disappearing completely.
After having its Defense greatly reduced by four stages, Tyranitar now faced a Corviknight whose attack had been boosted and which was using its strongest move.
Corviknight carried Tyranitar upward with Brave Bird. When they reached the highest point of the rocky platform, it came into close contact with Unown A's Psychic power before pulling away and allowing Tyranitar to crash heavily back onto the ground.
The dust slowly settled.
Tyranitar lay on the rocky ground. Its black-and-green armor, marked with faint red patterns, had become dull, and it no longer even had the strength to stand.
It had lost its ability to battle.
Shiro passed through Unown A's barrier and walked over to Tyranitar step by step. He took out a black-and-yellow Ultra Ball.
"Tyranitar, come with me from now on."
"Tyra..." (Human…)
Tyranitar struggled to turn its eyes toward Shiro. Perhaps it wanted to remember the first human who had ever defeated it. Perhaps it was simply confused.
"Tyra, Tyra?" (You're the strongest human I've ever seen. Why do you train yourself too?)
Everyone Tyranitar had encountered before, every trainer it had fought, had been weak themselves. It did not matter whether their Pokémon were at the Gym-level or Elite-level. Once the sandstorm came, those humans had all been left as nothing more than corpses.
There had been no exceptions.
In Tyranitar's eyes, humans were simply a race that relied on tricks. They used despicable special balls to imprison Pokémon.
But this human was different.
Not only had Shiro defeated it head-on, Tyranitar could also sense that his strength was already somewhere in the middle range among Pupitar.
Shiro only smiled lightly as he tightened his grip on the Poké Ball.
"To get even stronger, that's all. Come with me, Tyranitar."
Tyranitar stared at him for a moment before slowly nodding.
"Tyra!"
No matter what, it had already been defeated.
And it accepted that defeat wholeheartedly.
The Ultra Ball cracked open, and Tyranitar was covered in red light before being absorbed inside.
Shiro did not even have time to celebrate. He immediately released Tyranitar again and took out medicine to treat its injuries.
The battle had been quite intense. If not for Unown A's Psychic powers, this rocky platform might have already collapsed from the fighting.
At that moment, Unown A also withdrew its Psychic power and flew down from above. There was an uneasy look on its face.
'Shiro...'
"What happened?"
Shiro instinctively used his Psychic power to glance toward Groudon behind the lava waterfall. After seeing that nothing had changed, he turned his attention back to Unown A.
'I thought it was nothing before, but now I think something might be wrong.'
Unown A lowered its voice and pointed one slanted leg toward the rock walls on both sides.
The rock walls on the left and right had one thing in common. Their surfaces were covered with numerous reddish-brown rock spikes that looked similar to the spikes on Pupitar's back.
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