With just a single meeting of their eyes, Regidrago, this Third-tier Legendary, sensed an aura from Shiko that was completely stronger than its own.
And there was also that Dragon Pressure, like towering mountains and crashing waves, even more powerful than its own!
Without a doubt, this Pokémon before it, one that looked utterly unfamiliar, was absolutely stronger than it.
This kind of pressure was something Regidrago had only felt back then when facing those First-tier Legendaries.
In other words…
This fellow before it!
Was a First-tier Legendary!
Realizing this, Regidrago instantly became vigilant.
It had been sealed away for an extremely long span of time.
There were gaps in both its memory and understanding.
It did not know whether this fellow who had now walked in was friend or foe.
Nor did it know what purpose he had come with.
At the same time, Shiko, who was standing at the end of the passage, also saw Regidrago at a glance.
Regidrago's condition was clearly much stronger than it had been back then.
It had evidently already recovered the strength and pressure that a Third-tier Legendary should possess.
Shiko took a step forward.
He walked toward it.
Regidrago, hovering in midair, immediately felt alarm bells ringing in its heart.
An ominous premonition surfaced.
Then it quickly retreated.
On the body shaped from crimson Dragon Gem, the inverted-triangle arrangement of pits began flashing violently.
Powerful energy was already brewing and gathering within its body.
As long as Shiko revealed even the slightest hint of malice, it would attack him without hesitation.
"You don't recognize me?"
Shiko looked at Regidrago's unfamiliar and tense appearance, and suddenly felt surprised.
No matter how one put it, he and the other party could be considered to have met before.
Yet now that they had met again, it had immediately put on this kind of posture.
The moment his telepathic transmission ended, Shiko suddenly reacted.
He was no longer the GeoGreymon he had been back then.
He was WarGreymon now.
His outward form had changed so much.
It was only natural that the other party did not recognize him.
However, Shiko's telepathic transmission instantly caused Regidrago to sink into deep thought.
The gathered energy calmed slightly.
In its mind, it carefully searched through its memories.
It looked through them and compared them for a long time.
Yet it still could not find the slightest clue.
It could not find any information at all.
Then it once again carefully sensed the domineering Dragon-type aura Shiko was releasing.
Hmm…?
It seemed…
There was a familiar feeling!
As if it had encountered it before!
As if it had sensed it somewhere before!
Regidrago caught that tiny clue.
Following that feeling, it began to recall and analyze.
A moment later.
It suddenly remembered exactly where it had once sensed this familiar aura!
It was just a few months ago!
Right here in this cave!
At that time, it had just awakened from thousands of years of slumber.
Because of the seal, its strength and condition had not recovered to their peak at all.
It had only barely possessed Elite Four-level strength.
…
And it was also at that time.
A fellow it would never forget for the rest of its life had appeared.
A ferocious, burly Pokémon with the appearance of a Greymon, one it had never seen before.
After defeating Regidrago…
That fellow had even frantically and ruthlessly absorbed a large amount of its energy!
For a Legendary Pokémon like Regidrago…
That was simply an indescribably enormous humiliation!
After sensing carefully again…
Regidrago could confirm it!
The Pokémon that had humiliated it back then…
And the fellow standing before it now…
Were one and the same!
The moment it realized this, Regidrago was instantly overwhelmed by fury.
The inverted-triangle pits on its body began flashing violently.
A powerful aura spilled out from its body.
Dense energy gathered within it.
Immediately afterward…
An incomparably terrifying crimson pillar of energy…
Carrying the sound of a dragon's roar that shook heaven and earth, blasted toward Shiko!
(End of Chapter)
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