Seeing Axel's stunned reaction, Lysandre's lips curled into a cold smile.
Now he was completely certain, Axel was not a reincarnator.
The one he'd encountered should just be the Axel of this point in time. It's just that, for some unknown reason, Axel had also appeared here.
Lysandre didn't dwell too much on the question. Before he traveled here, Giovanni had already warned him that some butterfly effects would occur.
However, the time he could exist at this temporal node was only ten minutes, no more and no less. Those butterfly effects wouldn't affect him traveling through time.
In other words, he could kill Axel ahead of time at this point and establish great merit.
Lysandre glanced at the timer on his communicator, and the corners of his mouth slightly lifted.
"Still nine minutes left… enough to kill you."
"What? You're killing me?", Hearing Lysandre's words, Axel was dumbfounded.
He knew Lysandre's identity from the plot. On the surface, a doctor; in truth, a descendant of the royal family of the Kalos Dynasty.
All his actions over the years were basically aimed at restoring royal rule over the Kalos region.
'But even a royal shouldn't be this arrogant, right?'
Axel instinctively opened his system panel, wanting to see if he had any kind of trump card.
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— Yveltal: Level 83 (Destruction Pokémon; when its life ends, it absorbs the life of all living beings and returns to its cocoon form)
— Type: Dark + Flying.
— Ability: Dark Aura (Strengthens all Dark-type moves on the field).
— Moves: Oblivion Wing (formerly Death Wing; damage dealt by this move restores 75% HP to the user), Air Slash, Snarl, Dark Pulse, Toxic, Sucker Punch, Focus Blast...
— Potential: Divine.
— Held Item: None.
— Tags: Ultimate Absorb (Gold), King of Dark-Type (Gold), Rebirth (Supreme), King of Destruction (Supreme).
• Ultimate Absorb: Any damage dealt absorbs 50% as healing.
• King of Dark-Type: [Omitted].
• Rebirth: As the Pokémon of Destruction, Yveltal itself will not perish. Every time it dies, it transforms into a cocoon form, waiting for revival.
• King of Destruction: (All damage dealt ignores type effectiveness).
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After seeing Yveltal's stats, Axel froze for a moment.
'This guy doesn't even look that tough, where does all this confidence come from?'
'Is it that "won't die" Supreme tag?'
Aside from that, Axel honestly didn't see any shining points on Yveltal.
Its level was no match for Kyurem, and that "King of Destruction" tag seemed more like something meant for Xerneas.
After all, as a regional god, it made sense that he'd train up something like that after being constantly countered by Xerneas's type advantage.
"Kehehehehe!", Seeing Axel's stunned expression, Lysandre burst out laughing, thinking Axel had already been scared stiff.
Then again, it made sense, what Trainer wouldn't be dazed seeing a legendary Pokémon?
"Axel, Gardevoir, this time you two have no chance to slay a god!"
Axel blinked, "Chance to slay a god?"
Gardevoir blinked her eyes too, then said seriously, ["He means we can't beat the divine Pokémon in his hand."]
Axel: "..."
As expected of the man who wants to rule all of Kalos, Mr. Lysandre, truly confident.
Fine then. Since the other side's already provoking him like this, they'll just fight.
'Anyway, the tags on this guy's Pokémon looks nice. Maybe a few would drop if I beat it?'
"Gardevoir, you rest for now. Let someone else handle this one."
When making that Supreme-tier food earlier, Axel had borrowed a lot of Gardevoir's strength. He didn't want her to fight in this condition.
The opponent's Pokémon was decent, sure, but Axel didn't need to go all out yet.
"Let Gardevoir rest?", Lysandre laughed aloud.
From his perspective, he understood Axel even better than the Axel of this era himself.
That guy had only one main Pokémon, everything else was full of water. And now he's saying he'll let Gardevoir rest?
That trick of bluffing had already been used once by Gardevoir earlier. Use it again, and it won't work.
Thinking this, Lysandre's voice turned cold.
"Pathetic worm, still dreaming of using such lowly tricks to toy with me."
"Though you and your Gardevoir were once strong, now, you're both trash."
"Even if you release all your Pokémon, none of them will survive against me!"
At this, Lysandre's tone became proud, his gaze sweeping toward his communicator.
"In just a few minutes, you and all your Pokémon will become Yveltal's nourishment!"
"I, Lysandre, will change history!"
"Killing you will be the merit that rebuilds the Kalos Dynasty!"
"Ha, cut the crap~", Axel couldn't be bothered to explain to this guy. Even if he did, the guy wouldn't listen, too busy acting crazy and showing off.
"Rayquaza, get out here and do your job."
"Rayquaza?", Lysandre's fanatical expression froze. He looked at Axel mockingly.
"I've long heard that Gardevoir used to be mentally unstable, but I didn't expect you to be crazy too."
"You people from Aurient, where would you even get a Rayquaza?"
Axel held the Poké Ball containing Rayquaza, looking at Lysandre with the expression one would give an idiot. He used to think this guy was a pretty charismatic villain in the game.
But now? He looked more like a beaten dog who'd suffered a mental breakdown.
Axel lightly pressed the Poké Ball. A faint, dragon-like roar echoed from within.
The moment Yveltal heard that sound, it instinctively grabbed Lysandre, as if to carry him away to safety.
But before they could move—
A massive, black dragon's shadow had already filled the sky above them.
Black Rayquaza's gaze fell directly on Lysandre's forehead, where a faint temporal mark glimmered.
Its pupils instantly turned violent.
That mark, it had seen before, in Gardevoir's memories.
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