Clearly, the shockwaves produced when the Ice Moon fell could be distinctly felt even in Sootopolis City.
However, because the Hoenn Navy had implemented numerous protective measures around Sootopolis City, and because the Ice Moon contained only pure Fairy energy, the impact was not particularly severe. There were no phenomena such as energy radiation or energy contamination.
Two seconds after the broadcast lost its signal, the footage loaded again. Just moments earlier, some of the drones positioned relatively close to the Ice Moon’s falling point had been destroyed outright, while those farther away had also been affected by the spreading shockwaves and temporarily lost their signals.
According to the Hoenn League’s estimates, the explosion of this Ice Moon was already approaching the scale of the smallest taboo weapons. The blast pressure from the explosion created a massive whirlpool over a hundred meters deep in the ocean directly beneath the detonation point. Upward, Fairy Light illuminated the sky for several thousand meters.Had Steven and the others not been forewarned of the Ice Moon’s power and escaped to a safe location beforehand, they likely would have been unable to withstand the force of this falling Ice Moon alongside Groudon and Kyogre.
“This…”
In Sootopolis City, the citizens were left dazed by the sight. Even with comprehensive protective measures in place, the city had still inevitably experienced small-scale aftershocks just now. One could imagine just how tremendous the power of the Ice Moon’s descent had been. And now, when the people discovered that Groudon and Kyogre could no longer be seen anywhere in the footage, they all involuntarily held their breath, speculation running rampant.
“They won, right…?”
“They should have. How could Groudon and Kyogre possibly be unharmed after an attack like that?”
“Did the Elite Fours kill Groudon and Kyogre?”
Realizing this possibility, many people froze, staring somewhat fearfully at the constantly spinning giant whirlpool.
Was this really power that a Trainer could wield?
The matches they normally saw on television ranged from lower-level events such as The Ever Grande Conference, to intermediate events such as the Champion League, and higher-level events such as the Elite Four Challenge Competition and Champion Challenge. Yet no matter how exaggerated the power of a Trainer’s Pokémon might be in those tournaments, it would never spread beyond the battlefield itself. The scene before them completely shattered most people’s understanding of power.
Could this even still be called a Trainer…?
This was practically power comparable to that of gods.
Of course, a small number of people remained rational, such as the mayor of Sootopolis City and Sootopolis Gym’s Juan. Although they were equally shocked by the destructive power of the Moonfall Plan, they were not as ignorant about power as most of the general public. But precisely because they knew more, the same thought appeared in both their minds almost simultaneously…
Had the Hoenn League really not used a taboo weapon?
The destruction before their eyes… had truly been accomplished purely by Trainers?
When the Pokémon League was first established, the position of this community of shared interests was still far from prominent. Most humans still worshiped certain Pokémon as objects of faith or as totems. At the time, countless religions existed, and there were innumerable believers in Legendary Pokémon. Overall, most of humanity held the power of Pokémon in tremendous awe.
Although there were also some people who used the power of Pokémon to wage wars, they generally only employed ordinary Pokémon. When facing Legendary Pokémon, almost no one dared to oppose them.
Before the Pokémon League was established, when technology had yet to develop, only a scant few people dared to set their sights on Legendary Pokémon.
However, following a detonation experiment at the time, the Pokémon League completely solidified humanity’s position of supremacy. Countless religions that worshiped Pokémon were suppressed, and Legendary Pokémon were no longer regarded as invincible.
In the southern part of the world, the Pokémon League detonated an enormous taboo weapon in midair. The fireball produced by the explosion had a radius of more than 4,000 meters, and the flames had already exceeded the altitude of the detonation, so the fireball quickly swept across the ground and rapidly expanded to the height at which it had been deployed. At the time, the flames could be seen from nearly 900 kilometers away. Even the mushroom cloud produced by the explosion was nearly 35 kilometers wide and approximately 59 kilometers high… Its power was terrifying beyond measure.
Although it was detonated in midair, this taboo weapon still caused a large-scale earthquake. The electromagnetic pulse generated by the explosion even created a full one hour-long blackout in radio communications, while the atmospheric disturbances caused afterward circled the planet nearly three times. During this period, countless Legendary Pokémon were alarmed and awakened. From that point onward, humanity entered the era of League rule and began advancing along the path of modernization.
However, taboo weapons were ultimately deterrents and could not be used as conventional weapons. From then on, the League rarely displayed such power again. Although the scale and range of the moonfall Terrance triggered this time were not especially large, the destruction had already exceeded what ordinary power could cause. It was no wonder that the mayor of Sootopolis City and the others believed the League had used a small-scale taboo weapon.
The disappearance of Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre caused people around the world watching Route 127 to fall silent.
Immediately afterward, the massive whirlpool in the deep sea also gradually subsided, and everything became extraordinarily quiet.
The major Leagues reassessed Terrance’s standing.
“Everyone, according to our measurements, this Ice Moon is already equivalent to a small-scale taboo weapon. In other words, Elite Four Terrance has mastered taboo power…”
The entire process of the Moonfall Plan was also faithfully displayed before the few people in this world who truly held power.
For the first time, they felt such complicated emotions. A living taboo weapon was completely different from those lifeless objects. It could be said that the League’s taboo weapons could not even deal with an Elite Four-level Trainer. If a Top Trainer entered a densely populated area, who would dare issue the order to throw a taboo weapon?
Taboo weapons possessed tremendous destructive power, but their impact on the environment was also extremely severe. Using one rashly could provoke retaliation from certain Legendary Pokémon. At the same time, if innocent people were harmed, it would also draw public condemnation.
But when a living taboo weapon like Terrance appeared, the meaning changed completely. Although moonfall required cover and preparation time, compared with other taboo weapons, it was already far more flexible.
No matter what happened next, the Hoenn League’s international standing would certainly rise dramatically. It might even become comparable to the Indigo League. Even competitions such as Champion exchange competition and Elite Four exchange competition would no longer be necessary.
“Is everyone all right?”
Although the effect of moonfall was shocking and showed the world its power, most members of Terrance’s Fairy Army were already completely exhausted. And as the person directly involved, Terrance was not optimistic, because he felt that things would not end so simply…
The power of moonfall had not been as great as he had imagined. It was probably difficult for it to severely injure Groudon and Kyogre.
“Terrance, Steven, Glacia, Lance, Wallace, can the five of you hear me?”
“Just now, we detected Groudon and Kyogre…”
“They’ve resurfaced on the ocean!!”
As Groudon and Kyogre emerged from the sea once again, the citizens of Sootopolis City, who had been immersed in the relief of surviving the disaster, immediately revealed expressions of disbelief.
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