Chapter 265: Oblivion Wing! The Sword King - Zacian!

"Yveltal~~"

Yveltal let out another resounding roar as it looked down at Zacian on the ground.

Natsume glanced up at the sky. Yveltal's wings folded together in front of it, resembling a turret.

Dark energy flickered at the "barrel" of the turret.

Boom~

A dark red beam, speckled with black spots, instantly formed and shot straight toward Zacian.

This was Yveltal's signature move, Oblivion Wing.

Zacian's pupils narrowed slightly, and its body instantly darted away to evade.

Yveltal adjusted its wings, causing the black beam to follow Zacian's movements.

"Dragonite, Dragon Pulse!"

Natsume, seeing Zacian being pressured, immediately gave the order.

"Dragonite!"

Dragonite responded, then took a deep breath.

"Dragonite!"

With a dragon's roar, a massive shockwave blasted toward Yveltal.

Bam~

The attack hit directly.

A huge cloud of smoke erupted around Yveltal's body.

The Oblivion Wing was successfully interrupted.

"Dragonite."

Dragonite nervously looked up at the sky.

"Corviknight~"

At that moment, the cries of several Corviknight echoed from nearby.

A group of people in Frozen Bear Country uniforms were rushing toward the scene.

Not just them.

Behind Natsume, Yuki and the others arrived on Pidgeot.

The commotion and strange phenomena had naturally caught the attention of rangers from both regions.

The rangers from Frozen Bear Country looked around in horror.

"What happened here?"

"Is that... the legendary Yveltal?"

"Why is it here?"

As they spoke, the rangers turned their attention to Natsume.

Yuki and her team landed beside Natsume.

"Natsume, what's going on here?"

Yuki stared at Natsume and Zacian in shock.

Zacian had returned to the Farm with Natsume but hadn't made a public appearance yet. Yuki and the others had no idea that Zacian, originally from Great Britain, was now at Natsume's Farm.

Natsume looked at Yuki. "As you can see, I'm helping Zacian deal with that Yveltal in the sky."

Yuki's expression was a mix of confusion and disbelief. "But... why?"

"Why is Zacian here?"

"Does this have something to do with what happened on Great Britain Island?"

"And why is Yveltal here?"

Yuki had too many questions.

She fired them off like a Bullet Seed.

At that moment, the smoke in the sky began to clear.

Yveltal flapped its massive wings.

"Yveltal~~"

Natsume looked up at Yveltal. "Let's talk about all that later."

"Right now, we need to deal with Yveltal."

As soon as Natsume finished speaking, a terrifying storm erupted around them.

Whoosh~

The wind howled!

The surrounding space grew darker.

Yveltal had used Hurricane!

The storm raged, and the trees that had been petrified by Yveltal's power were instantly torn apart, reduced to dust.

The rangers and their Pokémon, who had just arrived, were immediately caught in the storm.

Their bodies were flung uncontrollably into the air or slammed into the ground.

Smoke and dust filled the air!

The wind was ferocious, its roar deafening.

Natsume held Yuki with one arm, and an energy barrier instantly formed, shielding her from the storm's fury.

Bam~

The energy barrier shook violently under the storm's assault, as if it might collapse at any moment.

"This is terrifying."

Natsume remarked. "Even a wide-area move like this can cause such devastating damage."

"Truly worthy of being the legendary God of Destruction."

Yveltal's Hurricane wasn't specifically targeted, but even so, Natsume and the others felt as if they were directly hit by it.

Yuki instinctively clung to Natsume, her body trembling as she faced the overwhelming fear of Yveltal.

"Are you okay?"

Yuki shook her head. "Not really."

"Go rest somewhere safe. We'll handle the rest."

"Got it. Be careful."

Yuki climbed onto Pidgeot and flew to a safer distance.

Sugimoto Ken crawled out of a hole in the ground.

"Golduck, help get everyone out of here."

Golduck responded, then used Confusion to move the people and Pokémon who had been knocked out by the Hurricane to a safe distance.

Whoosh!

Zacian, having regained its composure, looked at Natsume.

It had been overconfident earlier. Now, it realized that without its sword, it couldn't win.

Natsume, no longer in the mood for jokes, pulled out the sword that belonged to Zacian.

"Zacian, I'm counting on you!"

Whoosh!

The Rusted Sword glowed once more as it flew through the air, thrown by Natsume toward Zacian.

"Leave it to me!"

Zacian responded, then caught the sword's hilt in its mouth.

Whoosh~

A golden light erupted from Zacian's body.

Zacian's form began to change within the light.

In its normal form, Zacian resembled a blue wolf.

But when Zacian merged with its sword, it transformed into a true king, adorned with a golden helmet and cape.

"This is... the Sword King, Zacian!"

Sugimoto Ken stared in awe at the golden-glowing Zacian. "Yuki, do you know what's going on?"

"Why is the legendary Zacian with Natsume?"

Yuki shook her head. "I'm not sure."

"But I think it's safe to say that the incident on Great Britain's Lake Island is probably connected to Natsume."

"You mean the Kyogre that was spotted might have been summoned by Natsume to battle Zacian?"

"Most likely."

After a brief exchange, the two roughly pieced together what had happened.

This only deepened their shock.

Sugimoto Ken muttered, "At this rate, Natsume's Farm is going to have a full team of legendary Pokémon."

"Yveltal~~"

Yveltal roared again, this time at the Sword King form of Zacian.

Then, Yveltal folded its wings.

Oblivion Wing!

Natsume shouted, "Zacian, Sacred Sword!"

This time, instead of dodging, Zacian charged toward the black beam like a golden flash of light.

Boom!