Yveltal, the representative of destruction, and Xerneas, the representative of life, were two of the three most powerful Legendary Pokémon of the Kalos region. Their strength was not inferior to that of Legendary Pokémon such as Groudon or Giratina, whom Cain had already encountered.
In terms of divine rank, Yveltal also belonged to the category of first-tier Legendary Pokémon.
And precisely because it represented destruction and death, its destructive capability was even greater than that of many other Legendary Pokémon of the same rank.
No matter how enormous this aerial fortress was, if Yveltal unleashed its full power, it probably would not last even a few minutes.
The key point was that the aerial fortress was not agile enough.
Its target was far too large.
There was no way to dodge.
And if it tried to resist head-on, those walls that had been turned into powder moments earlier were the best proof that nothing, neither objects nor Pokémon, could withstand its attacks.
If this had happened under normal circumstances, even if that fortress was so powerful, so valuable, and so useful, Cain would not have hesitated for even a second to abandon it.
But now he could not!
Magearna's consciousness was already completely connected with the aerial fortress. At that moment, rather than an aerial fortress, it could be said that that fortress was Magearna herself.
He could not allow even the slightest damage.
Moreover, Magearna had finally obtained a real opportunity to become a true Legendary Pokémon. If she lost it now, there was no way of knowing how long it would take for another opportunity to appear.
As Cain remembered, Yveltal should still have been asleep at this point in time. The fact that it had appeared now clearly meant that it had not detected them by chance.
It must have sensed something.
And that something was undoubtedly the descent of divinity upon Magearna!
At that moment, Cain only had two options.
The first: interrupt the reception of divinity. If the divine descent were halted, Yveltal would probably stop attacking, and they could preserve that extraordinarily valuable aerial fortress.
The second: continue receiving the divinity and allow Yveltal to continue destroying everything. Although they would not be able to resist for long, they should still be able to endure for a while. Magearna's divine descent was at a critical moment. If they could stabilize this phase, even if they lost the aerial fortress afterward, Cain still had confidence in helping her become a true Legendary Pokémon.
But that would mean Magearna would have to endure pain until the end of the process.
However...
Was Cain the type of trainer who would simply stand by and watch his Pokémon be intimidated and suffer without doing anything?
Yveltal was powerful, yes, but it had most likely just awakened and had not yet recovered its peak strength. Holding out for some time... Cain believed that, with the power he currently possessed, he should be able to do it.
At the very least, he had to buy more time for Magearna.
So the aerial fortress—Cain would protect it!
And the divinity—he would also ensure that Magearna received it completely!
Only little children choose just one option!
"Tyranitar! Aggron! Gengar! Slowking!" Cain shouted.
Upon hearing the command, the four Pokémon disappeared from the spot at the same time. With Teleport, they appeared beside Cain and, in another flash, emerged on top of the aerial fortress, facing Yveltal in the distance.
The icy wind roared across Cain's face. Due to the high altitude, the humidity was intense, and he could feel moisture on his face.
Yveltal, in the distance, evidently also noticed Cain's presence, and unexpectedly stopped attacking for a brief moment.
A human and a Pokémon stood there, confronting each other from afar.
Cain could feel that there was absolutely nothing in Yveltal's eyes. They were completely indifferent, without the slightest emotional fluctuation, almost like those of a machine.
As if, in Yveltal's eyes, interrupting Magearna's divine descent was not something important in itself, but simply a task it needed to carry out because it had been set that way.
In the past, Cain had also had the privilege of meeting the gaze of Xerneas, the other Legendary Pokémon comparable to Yveltal. If Yveltal's eyes contained nothing, or rather if everything was equal to it, then within Xerneas' eyes was contained the entire universe.
The two Pokémon represented absolute extremes.
If the one who had appeared before Cain now had been Xerneas, he would not have had the slightest concern. After all, Xerneas had already helped quite a bit in the matter of Diancie.
But the one standing there was Yveltal.
"Tyranitar! Aggron! Mega Evolution!" Cain raised the wristband on his right hand. The Key Stones embedded in it suddenly shone, resonating with the Mega Stones of his two Pokémon.
The intense multicolored energy of Mega Evolution instantly enveloped both Pokémon, and in the blink of an eye, they completed their transformation.
Mega Tyranitar and Mega Aggron!
Those two were, at that moment, Cain's greatest defensive forces.
Both Pokémon knew perfectly well what their task was. Mega Aggron stepped forward, positioned himself in front of everyone else, and crossed his arms, adopting a posture of total defense.
As its muscles swelled, Mega Aggron, now completely transformed into a Steel-type Pokémon, rearranged the metal of its body, concentrating it in the chest and arms.
Under normal circumstances, the metal of Mega Aggron covered its entire body, as this provided comprehensive protection.
But the outermost layer of Mega Aggron's metal was movable. At that moment, it completely exposed its back and stacked the heaviest, highest-resistance metal in front of its chest, forming a gigantic shield. At that moment, Mega Aggron looked like a shield-bearing warrior holding a colossal metal shield with both hands.
It was the Pokémon with the highest defense in all of Cain's team!
(End of Chapter)