Chapter no.200 Lucian Vs Cynthia (Patreon)

[ Hearthome city ]
"And both Spiritomb and Malamar are unable to battle." The commentator roared into the megaphone, his voice now completely strained and hoarse, but no less excited. "What a battle, ladies and gentlemen! And now, one more battle left. Should Lucian be able to defeat the reigning Champion, then the battles will continue. Should Cynthia manage to overpower Lucian, she would seal her name as the official leader of the Sinnoh Elite Four, and Ace Squad. So what will it be, ladies and gentlemen? Lucian's conquest, or Cynthia's continuance?"
"I choose you, go Alakazam!"
"And Lucian chooses Alakazam. Will Cynthia's pokémon be able to battle against Alakazam to score another victory?"
Cynthia, for all intents and purposes, knew what was coming ahead. Lucian's ace in the hole. And she knew just what she needed in case that came to pass. She had been rather… conflicted about using it in public, but if push came to shove, she knew she would have no choice but to go ahead with it.
She raised her last ultraball, and unleashed her last battler, one she had complete trust, to overwhelm Lucian's Alakazam.
"I choose you, Charizard!"
The creature that appeared in front of her, and stood, facing Alakazam was a ten-foot behemoth, with wings raised on either side, each spanning a length of over eleven feet, literally changing the status quo from being the next battler to the most intimidating presence in the entire arena. With a snort, it belched out crimson flames from its snout, stared at the pitiful excuse of a psychic that had the guts to stand and face its mighty wrath.
With an incredible roar, Charizard declared war on Alakazam.
"I'm not done, yet." Lucian uttered audibly. "Allow me, to show you my latest acquisition." He lifted up his right hand, upon which stood a ring, with a spheroidal pearl-like substance glinting in sunlight.
A meganite stone. Cynthia confirmed. Just as I expected.
Now that she noticed, even Alakazam had a similar pearl, on one end of the spoon in its right hand.
"Alakazam," Lucian commanded in a high tone, bright light emanating out of the pearl. "Time to exterminate that Charizard. Mega-Evolve!"
And Alakazam roared.
Its moustache increased by copious amounts, as its overly large head magnified in size. Its arms and legs atrophied considerably, as it now sat, cross-legged, levitating in the air, with five spoons of pure silver, floating in a half-corona above its head.
And the audience went mad with hysteria.
hysteria.
"Oh my word. It seems that the conspiracy theories were actually true! A second form of evolution, mega-evolution, is actually, a possibility. Alakazam has indeed, evolved into a further and higher advanced stage, Mega-Alakazam." The commentator yelled himself hoarse.
Above in the glass-walled balcony, several of the spectators were watching the entire thing with a varying range of expressions. From interest in Steven's face, to outright scowl in Lance's, to pleasantly surprised in case of Diantha. Lorelei, who had yet to see a mega-evolution in the face, seemed dead curious.
"What is that idiot thinking?" Lance muttered furiously. "Demonstrating the power of a mega-evolution in such a public event? Does he even want to give away every card we have up our sleeve?"
Diantha, who was standing just next to him on the right, seemed to be more understanding of Lance's fury. "I can understand. This will attract all sorts of negative attention on meganite research."
"Lucian must have been really pushed, if he has resorted to this." Steven muttered. "But you are right, this will have a greater impact on the state of affairs."
Meanwhile, a person sitting far, far away from Hearthome city, far from Sinnoh as a whole, couldn't help but smirk at Steven's words. "My word, you are more right than you know, Deputy Champion." His lips twisted. "You are more right than you know."
Cynthia observed the Alakazam, now Mega-Alakazam, levitating in the air, its psychic aura giving her slight creeps. Now, she wasn't a psychic by any accord, but judging by what she knew about Mega Evolution and Alakazam in general, there was a high possibility that the Mega-evolved psi was scanning her Charizard, inside out, and the more she allowed Charizard to be in its direct psychic gaze, the more his secrets would be milked out.
I need to end this quickly.
"Charizard, use dragon pulse."
Charizard lifted his maw up, before releasing a powerful burst of spectral energy, which automatically shifted into the shape of a large, spectral dragon before shooting towards Alakazam, who didn't seem at all concerned.
Rip control, and send it back. Lucian commanded.
"Kazaam!" The psi type muttered, as the five silver spoons floating above it shone with eldritch power, forcibly containing the dragon pulse back into a sphere of compressed energy, before propelling it back to Charizard.
Charizard raised his left arm, the claws elongating as draconic energy seeped in, before swatting away the incoming attack to the right. The redirected dragon pulse slammed into the ground, created a terrific explosion.
"Take to the skies." Cynthia warned, as Charizard flapped his wings, pushing himself into the air.
Use psycho cut. Lucian commanded.
Instantly, several psycho cuts appeared in front of Mega-evolved creature, who sent them towards the fire-type, said fire-type easily dodging them, and if not, countering them with dragon claw. Not that it mattered to Alakazam, it had all the psychic energy in the universe to harness and use for this battle.
Analyse. Precision set. Successive fire. Came the next command.
Instantly, a dozen psycho cuts reappeared in front of Alakazam, as the psi-type instantly calculated the possible flight patterns as demonstrated by Charizard, depending upon its own analysis of Charizard's own height, weight, body movement, move sets, shape and length of wingspan, and hundreds of other statistical data that Alakazam had gathered via its psychic scan on the fire-type. In less than a second, all that information was matched with the flight patterns that Charizard had just demonstrated, and the trajectories were created, and set, taking wind movement and probability distribution into account.
Set. Fire.
All twelve psycho cuts shot into the air, and despite all of Charizard's weaving through the air, several of them slashed into the great behemoth, making him fall down to the ground, roaring in pain.
"And Mega-Alakazam makes the first strike. Will this mean the defeat of Charizard?"
"Don't stop." Lucian ordered. "Repeat fire."
"Kazaam!"
Another set of psycho cuts appeared in the air, their trajectories now taking into account Charizard's injury and position on the ground, before being projected into towards the pseudo-dragon.
"Incinerate." Cynthia ordered calmly, as the fire-type lifted his maw, to unleash hellish flames towards the psi type, directly in the face of the psycho cuts, creating an explosion that destroyed nine of them. Two of them moved away, one to the right, and one to the left, spinning like a boomerang, as they attacked Charizard from both angles.
"Slash them away with dragon claw."
And then the third and remaining psycho cut slammed into Charizard from amidst the smoke, scoring another head-on strike.
"And Lucian scores another." The commentator roared madly. "Mega-Alakazam is playing with Charizard."
"No one plays with my Charizard." Cynthia whispered, as she cast a sideways glance towards the glass balcony. "No one."
She touched the tear-drop ornament on her neck, as she cupped it with her palm, before beginning to whisper, what sounded like chanting. "Keystone, respond to my heart. Beyond Evolution… Mega-evolve!"
And the arena was inundated with overwhelming, bright light.
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𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵. 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 23 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀' 𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝘁𝗼. 𝗔 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 – 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵'𝘀 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸, 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝘆, 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝘀: 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗥𝗣𝗚 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲, 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝗮 +2 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 1𝗱４ 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲.