Without stopping, they rushed to the battlefield at the Hunter's Guild with the fastest possible speed.
Under the coordination of Adams, who was stationed at the League headquarters, upon learning that the Meteor Falls battlefield had concluded, he immediately instructed the League forces at the Hunter's Guild battlefield to initiate an attack.
Because the League was engaged in a multi-front war before, the battlefield at the Hunter's Guild had adopted a defensive stance.
Present were Karen, the head of the Jenny family, the head of the Joy family, and also the second uncle of Steven from the Stone family, who is Mr. Stone's father.
Three Chief Investigators, over six hundred members of the League's standing army, and some League Gym forces from Mauville City and Rustboro City.
Such a lineup still had to choose to retreat and defend against the Hunter's Guild, which shows just how many forces the Hunter's Guild deployed this time.
The League's direct attack caught the Hunter's Guild somewhat off guard, as they were unprepared.
However, it played right into their hands. In their haste, they chose to engage the League and immediately gained the absolute upper hand.
But just as they thought they could win, Slowking, along with Aoki and the others, suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
Instantly! The entire situation was completely reversed.
Although there were only seven people, the League's top-tier strength more than doubled.
The overall leader of the Hunter's Guild operation this time, who was currently battling Karen, was also Yang Dou's biggest backer within the Hunter's Guild: an old man in his fifties or sixties with half-white hair.
He was one of the six members of the Hunter's Guild's highest council, ranked fifth, and people called him Old Man Yang Wu.
This operation was entirely initiated by him. The Elite Four-level experts fighting here were either his original subordinates or direct descendants, or people he had recruited through various benefits.
The Hunter's Guild currently spans six major regions: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos. Each region has a general manager, and Old Man Yang Wu is the general manager for the Hoenn region.
In the Hoenn region, he not only lost Yang Dou but also such a large amount of profit and resources from the Hoenn region, so it's no wonder he couldn't hold back.
Originally, his goal was simple: to take advantage of the League's stalemate with Team Magma and Team Aqua to suddenly bring people into Hoenn and re-establish Hunter's Guild branches in various towns.
As long as the League was preoccupied with Team Magma and Team Aqua, they would turn a blind eye to him. Once all the Hunter's Guild branches were established, the cost for the League to uproot them again would be too great. At that point, the Hunter's Guild would be able to re-establish itself in the Hoenn region.
However, he never expected the Hoenn League to react so strongly, choosing to fight rather than give the Hunter's Guild a chance to establish itself.
This led to the current situation, where he was caught between a rock and a hard place.
He had only two choices: first, to directly defeat the League's main force and then openly establish branches. If he defeated the League head-on, he believed the League would not dare to act against the Hunter's Guild for a short period.
Second, he could only retreat. But he knew how much it had cost him to invite so many people. If he couldn't establish a presence in Hoenn, he would not only lose a large amount of resources but also a huge piece of the pie in the Hoenn region.
Then, in the highest council of the Hunter's Guild, he would be the one with the least say.
He probably wouldn't even be able to support many of his subordinates.
Who knew that the situation would change so rapidly? The League suddenly launched an offensive. He thought it was an opportunity, but he didn't expect them to want to annihilate them all.
Originally, Old Man Yang Wu was fighting against the Dark-type Elite Four, Karen.
The equally powerful Head of the Jenny family was stopped by a woman in a black leather outfit and high-tech black sunglasses; only her lips, painted with purple lipstick, were visible.
This person was the leader of the largest hunting group in the Hoenn region, and she was very powerful. Old Man Yang Wu had promised her many benefits.
Coupled with the fact that the Hunter's Guild in the Hoenn region had been completely uprooted, which caused her hunting group's income to plummet, she was invited to participate.
The rest of the people also faced Trainers of similar strength to themselves.
"Elite Four Drake, your appearance here... could it be...?" Old Man Yang Wu's face turned very ugly when he saw Drake and the others appear.
Drake smiled and spread his hands, saying nothing. He directly summoned his Pokemon, ready to sweep through and end the battle.
However, Old Man Yang Wu's face was grim, but he didn't show too much fear or despair.
He shouted towards the sky, "I agree to your terms! I need to win this battle!"
After he shouted, everyone looked up at the sky but didn't see anything.
Aoki, however, frowned, having a bad premonition.
"If you had agreed to our terms earlier, wouldn't there have been less trouble? Now our terms have changed; what was previously agreed upon needs to be increased by another thirty percent!" A lazy voice suddenly echoed from the sky.
Then, a crack appeared in the sky, and a person slowly emerged from it.
Aoki's pupils constricted slightly.
This psychic power fluctuation, and the opened spatial rift...
The Divine Cult!
Do they want to intervene in Hoenn's affairs?
Or rather... have they already intervened?
Stepping out was a woman dressed in silver-grey clothes, wearing strange white glasses that resembled the computer-type glasses of Team Flare.
She stood in mid-air, with subtle psychic power fluctuations beneath her feet!
Hearing her words, Old Man Yang Wu's face became very ugly, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Alright! But I need to win this battle, otherwise you'll get nothing!"
Hearing this, the silver-grey clad woman smiled broadly.
She beckoned with her finger towards the spatial rift behind her, and three more people, also dressed in silver-grey clothes—two men and one woman—emerged from it. Their attire was similar to hers, and they stood in mid-air.
The woman in silver-grey clothes spoke to Old Man Yang Wu again, "No, I'll hold them back for you. The rest is still up to you. After all, we don't have an advantage in numbers."
Old Man Yang Wu's face grew even uglier, his brows furrowed as he pondered whether it was worth it.
But he had invested most of his fortune into this battle. If he failed, he might truly lose everything. The other party clearly seized on this point, which is why they so brazenly proposed such harsh conditions.
"Alright!" It was almost a word squeezed out from between his teeth.
Drake stood on his Salamence, looking at these people, and said with a frown, "Sir/Madam, this is a matter between our League and the Hunter's Guild. I hope you choose carefully! Don't bring trouble upon yourselves!"
Drake's attitude was very firm.
Is the League's name truly losing its deterrent power now? Anyone can just come and look down on the League like this.
Is my title as a Dragon-type Elite Four not resounding enough, or is my Drake's sword not sharp enough?