Colress and Lysandre kept their eyes tightly shut, constantly experiencing the dizzying shifts between extreme weightlessness and crushing gravity inside the spatial passage.
Finally, a streak of light flashed before them. The traversal was about to end.
Lysandre, whose mental state had suffered less damage, opened his eyes first, wanting to see what kind of disaster awaited him.
The moment he opened them, he froze.
Because what he saw was completely different from what he had imagined.
Lysandre had assumed Ultra Space would be exactly as Colress described, a silent, dark wasteland.
But the world before him was resplendent and radiant.
A floating island appeared in front of him, bathed in gentle light. Several enormous stone statues stood upon it. It looked nothing like the barren land Colress had described.
Looking closer, he could even see a highly modernized metropolis beneath the island.
"Hahaha! Colress, open your eyes! We've struck it rich!"
"This world is clearly advanced. As long as we find Necrozma, we can easily control this city."
"And when that time comes… we'll definitely go find Lance and settle the score."
Colress opened his eyes. The mental collapse he had nearly suffered after his Genesect were destroyed instantly vanished. His eyes widened as he stared at the world before him.
Wild joy surged through him, his voice turning rapid and excited, "I knew a world that even Pryce coveted couldn't be simple."
"The level of modernization here is this high, and there's even faith being cultivated."
"Once we take down Necrozma, we'll become the kings of the Pokémon world!"
"Lysandre, quickly heal your Pokémon. The moment we land, seize a territory."
"After I figure out how to revive Genesect, we'll occupy this world!"
Lysandre nodded lightly, clasping his hands behind his back with a strategist's poise, planning to land in the most imposing manner possible.
"No problem!"
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[Ultra Space]
Axel stood at one side of the spatial passage created by Necrozma, his gaze puzzled as it fell into the tunnel.
"Gardevoir, do you hear something familiar?"
He wasn't sure if he just wanted Colress's Genesect too badly, but Axel thought he heard the voice of that Colress from the Pokémon world.
["Master, it's not an illusion!"], The White Dragon stepped forward, its eyes deep as it stared into the passage.
["I can sense it. There's a disgusting scent of so-called ideals inside that tunnel!"]
["That aura makes me nauseous. It has to be those Team Plasma people chasing their ridiculous ideals."]
The Black Dragon refused to back down, ["What do you mean disgusting ideals? They're clearly products of reality. It has nothing to do with ideals!"]
Kyurem covered his forehead with his wings and shut his eyes in pain.
If he weren't worried Axel would misunderstand and think he was rebelling, he would have beaten the Black and White Dragons a long time ago.
Those two were an embarrassment to Unova.
Compared to the likes of Rayquaza from the Donghuang line and Groudon from Hoenn, the three of them looked like small fry.
Kyurem stretched his neck, his body cracking with sharp sounds. He moved past Rayquaza, Mewtwo, and the others, stopping at Axel's side.
["Axe… Lord God, leave them to me."]
"Alright," Axel nodded. Honestly, it didn't matter who handled it. He had plenty of people here who could deal with Colress.
Even Gardevoir or Pheromosa could easily crush an average villain organization.
And since Kyurem had a grudge against Colress and Pryce, letting him take action wasn't a bad idea.
"ROAR!", Upon receiving Axel's command, Kyurem let out a thunderous roar. Ice crystals spread along the passage, instantly freezing the ecstatic Colress and Lysandre solid.
With a dull thud, two smiling ice statues appeared at the tunnel's entrance.
Axel's eyes lit up. He hadn't expected that besides Colress, there would also be the wreckage of two Genesect.
And that red-haired ice statue beside him was no simple figure either. He was the great villain of the Kalos region.
Usually he disguised himself as a businessman and Pokémon scholar, building connections and providing funding to numerous researchers.
But in truth, he was the mastermind villain of Kalos, secretly manipulating scientists into building the Ultimate Weapon that could overturn the entire region.
In the original story, if Zygarde hadn't appeared in time, he might really have destroyed Kalos.
In comparison, Kyurem's display of strength just now was terrifying.
Axel flew up and patted Kyurem on the head, "Well done. Extra food for you today."
"And Necrozma, keep the passage open for now. We won't leave just yet."
"Since we've got two new targets, let's test how strong the city's defenses are."
Then he waved toward Ho-Oh in the distance, "Restore these Pokémon's stamina. Bring them back to peak condition if possible."
"I'll go find our Colress and have him revive the Genesect."
"Chirp!", Ho-Oh nodded obediently and carried Eternatus over to the ice blocks.
Sacred Fire erupted, gradually melting the ice that sealed the humans and Pokémon.
Under the life force of the Sacred Fire, Lysandre's Pyroar and Gyarados slowly opened their eyes, a flicker of joy appearing within them.
But that joy lasted less than a second before it was replaced by overwhelming terror.
What kind of hellhole had they landed in?
They had once struggled with all their strength just to handle a single Yveltal. And now, there were multiple Legendary Pokémon on that level here.
The Ice Dragon that had frozen them instantly. The Electric Dragon and Fire Dragon nearby, radiating similar origin auras.
Ho-Oh, who had easily restored them from near death. And Groudon, whose massive body in the sky was nearly as large as the floating island itself.
There were even many who looked more terrifying than Yveltal.
The Pokémon exchanged glances, seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
In the next instant, they all rushed toward the only one who could fly, Gyarados, desperate to escape this place as quickly as possible.
But before they could even take off, Groudon burst into booming laughter and stretched out a claw toward them.
A massive shadow fell over Lysandre's Pokémon. At the same time, Groudon controlled the earth and unleashed terrifying gravity.
Gyarados, who wasn't exactly the most agile flier to begin with, was slammed to the ground like a chunk of iron under a powerful magnet. Moving even an inch became impossible.
"You'd better wait obediently for my master to come back. Kyurem and the others don't have very good tempers."
Groudon looked down at the Pokémon on the ground with a smug smile, pride gleaming in his eyes.
'After all, when it comes to tearing up other people's umbrellas after you've been soaked in the rain yourself, I, Groudon, am a professional.'
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