After simple introductions, they had barely started chatting when Bea returned with a backpack full of mushrooms.
│ "I'm back."
She briefly greeted Lillie and Lusamine.
Last night, shortly after leaving to gather mushrooms, she'd received Lillie's call. It was Bea who had helped Lillie confirm Bai Chen's exact location.
Lillie thanked her warmly—but Bea felt too guilty to accept it, remembering her earlier mistakes.
After quickly explaining what happened yesterday, Bea handed Bai Chen a brand-new Dynamax Band.
│ "The Max Soup will take a moment. I'll make it now."
│ "Indeedee, help her."
│ "Fuu~"
They followed Bea to her home.
Lillie was focused on the fact that Bai Chen had fought a G-Max monster yesterday—
and won.
Lusamine, meanwhile, was thinking something else entirely:
Can he Gigantamax? He's not normal at all… what's next, Mega Evolution? Fusion Evolution? Primal Reversion?
Her imagination spiraled rapidly into nonsense.
Everyone chatted while waiting. With Indeedee's help, multiple servings of Max Soup were ready in minutes.
│ "Whether we can G-Max or not… depends on this."
Bai Chen, Nergigante, Zinogre, the Rock Wyvern, and the Blacksmith all drank their portions.
Warm soup slid down Bai Chen's throat.
Other than heat, he felt… nothing.
Nergigante did not react.
Zinogre, Tinkatuff, and Basarios were the same.
│ "Failed? Or maybe you're not supposed to feel anything after drinking it?"
Bai Chen put on the Dynamax Band.
│ "Bea, we'll borrow your arena."
They moved to the battle court.
First, Bai Chen.
He stepped into the center and activated the Band. Just like last night, he expanded rapidly to a height of 30 meters—but nothing else changed.
Nergigante and Zinogre tried next.
No change.
The Tinkatuff, being a far future-generation Pokémon, also couldn't G-Max.
Maybe once it evolves into Tinkaton in the future, a unique G-Max form might exist.
Bai Chen's eyes turned to the final hope:
Basarios.
If even he couldn't G-Max, Bai Chen really would have to start filling the storage stone with elemental natural energies instead of Galar particles.
Bea took Lillie and Lusamine to the stands.
Basarios canceled his mini-form.
Lillie gasped quietly.
│ "He's even bigger than Zinogre…"
Lusamine's brows tightened.
│ "Bai Chen said he's still young, right?"
Bai Chen activated the Dynamax Band.
Galar particles wrapped around the wyvern.
His body swelled massively, and his features began to transform.
In seconds, he expanded again—far beyond last night.
Now nearly 190 meters long, his back ridge erupted into a living volcano. Lava bubbled and spurted from the crater.
His wings ignited into blazing pillars of flame that fell downward like magma, unnaturally heavy, like molten waterfalls.
Bai Chen's eyes lit up.
│ "This is… G-MAX Basarios!
│ I knew it—this guy was born to become gigantic!"
He checked the wyvern's panel and saw the exclusive move.
│ "Use G-MAX INFERNO CANNON!"
The Rock Wyvern raised his head. The volcano roared alive.
A moment later—
A sun-like beam of fire erupted from his jaws.
BOOM!
The recoil alone dented the arena floor by five to six centimeters.
The roar of flames shook the entire city.
The inferno pillar pierced the heavens, visible from every corner of Stow-on-Side.
Even Bai Chen was stunned.
G-Max had massively amplified the Basarios' original Flame Stream Cannon.
Gigantamax was no longer a downgrade for him—
It was a monstrous power-up.
The attack ended.
Fire in the sky scattered into falling meteors that crashed onto the arena floor, forming pools of molten lava.
The entire field turned into a blazing, burning hellscape.
Any non-Fire Pokémon stepping onto it would be roasted alive.
[G-MAX INFERNO CANNON]
Fires a massive Inferno Beam and converts the battlefield into Inferno Terrain.
Inferno Terrain: Boosts Fire moves and deals continuous damage to non-Fire targets.
G-Max moves scale directly with the monster's own skills.
Meaning:
As the Rock Wyvern improved Flame Stream Cannon,
G-MAX INFERNO CANNON would grow stronger with it.
Bai Chen had him cancel G-Max.
Based on the earlier attack, Bai Chen had no doubt:
This was now the strongest attack in the entire team.
The only downside—
outside Galar, the Rock Wyverncould only G-Max twice, using the stored Galar particles.
│ "Still worth it. This'll be his ultimate move.
│ And he has Z-Moves and Bond Moves too."
This Basarios's talent was now rivaling Nergigante's.
Bai Chen could not let him remain lazy.
A full, brutal training plan instantly formed in his mind.
Basarios wouldn't have a single second of rest besides eating and sleeping.
He had no idea he was walking into hell.
He was too busy being excited—
fantasizing about defeating Nergigante and Zinogre with his new attack.
Bai Chen led him to the stands.
Zinogre looked tense.
He felt it—the undeniable threat.
If Basarios surpassed him…
What would that future even look like?
Bai Chen sensed his panic.
│ "Relax. Even if you can't G-Max, I have plans for you."
He then whispered to Nergigante:
│ "You too. I'll be training you hard."
│ "Oww~"
Nergigante yawned lazily, unconcerned.
No silly wyvern could shake her position in the team.
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