After returning to the Aether Foundation, Terrance quickly met up with Rotom Pokédex.
Having traveled all the way from the Hoenn region to Alola, Rotom Pokédex used its exhaustion as an excuse and asked Terrance to treat it to a big meal.
For such a simple request, Terrance naturally agreed without hesitation…
As for the kind of “food” Rotom Pokédex liked, the Aether Foundation’s research department had it in abundance. Even if Rotom Pokédex overstuffed itself, it still might not be able to digest all the electricity here.
“So these are the three stones?”
Faba took the “Magtonium fragments” from Terrance and carefully examined them. After a moment, a puzzled expression appeared on his face.
Although there were countless types of ores, with Faba’s knowledge, how could it be possible that he had never even heard of “Magtonium”? Moreover, the properties of this stone were surprisingly similar to “Sparkling Stone” and “Z-Crystal,” which made Faba extremely curious.
The moment he obtained the “Magtonium fragments,” he immediately felt the urge to hurry back and study them.
“Anyway, I’ll leave them to you,” Terrance nodded. “Maybe you can study ‘Magtonium’ by referencing the ‘Z-Ring.’ Then, Chief Faba, I still have things to do, so I’ll be heading off~”
With that, Terrance immediately returned to his residence and, together with Rotom Pokédex, began updating Altaria’s data.
When Gardevoir and Ninetales used Fairy-type moves to attack, Altaria used to need some effort to counter them. But now, it could counter them with ease, almost instinctively, causing their Fairy energy to collapse instantly.
At this point, Altaria wasn’t relying on “Cotton Feathers,” “Erase Soundwaves,” or any other offensive moves. It was entirely resisting using the power of Fairy Aura alone. From this, it was clear that Altaria’s control over Fairy Aura had indeed improved significantly.
With this change as the focus, Altaria, Ninetales, and Gardevoir began to further study other applications of Fairy Aura. At the same time, Rotom Pokédex recreated the Ice Moon tactic and Fairy Domain based on Altaria’s improvements.
As Altaria’s mastery of Fairy Aura increased, these team battle techniques might undergo unknown changes.
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A new day arrived. After adjusting their condition, Terrance and Altaria came to Akala Island.
Tapu Fini was both Water-type and Fairy-type, capable of controlling pure water, while the guardian deity of Akala Island, Tapu Lele, was Psychic-type and Fairy-type, possessing similar abilities.
Terrance had many guesses about today’s special training, but when he met Tapu Lele, he realized that none of his guesses were even close to the actual training content.
“Le-le… Le-le, Le-le.”
At the Ruins of Life on Akala Island, Tapu Lele clearly conveyed today’s special training content to Terrance and Altaria.
If the first stage of training was to help Altaria achieve Fairy Control, then today’s second stage of training was to help Altaria achieve Life Control!
“Xerneas once told me that Fairy energy and life energy are closely connected. Is today’s training centered around that?” Terrance asked curiously.
“Le-le~” Tapu Lele nodded, looked at Altaria, and gave instructions for Altaria to try integrating life energy into its Fairy Aura.
“Th-this…” Upon hearing Tapu Lele’s instructions, Terrance and the nearby Rotom Pokédex were both stunned. They were naturally familiar with energy fusion, but this was by no means something that could be achieved easily. Even for the Flame of Life, Altaria had only managed to grasp it after working together with Rotom Pokédex for a long time, summarizing experience, and then entering magma itself, being reborn from fire after countless severe injuries.
Now that Tapu Lele was asking Altaria to fuse Fairy Aura with life energy, the two of them couldn’t help but worry about the consequences of the two forces colliding…
“Le-le Le-le, Le-le” Tapu Lele’s expression was serious.
Seeing Tapu Lele’s expression, Terrance and Altaria could only choose to trust it. After self-Mega Evolution, Altaria immediately attempted to fuse Fairy Aura with life energy. In the next moment, the two forces clashed with terrifying intensity, and an explosion ignited instantly, engulfing Altaria.
The explosion surrounding it was even more powerful than Ribombee’s Fairy Wind. Even the explosions produced when fire energy and life energy fused in the past were inferior to this one.
With just a single attempt, Altaria was heavily injured.
“Le-le Le-le~~” Seeing Altaria swallowed by the explosion and shrouded in smoke, Tapu Lele covered its mouth and laughed, then released glowing scales. These scales were very magical, carrying a faint fragrance. As soon as Altaria came into contact with them, its injuries were instantly healed.
“Roto, Roto, Roto!! It’s scales, Roto!!” Rotom Pokédex exclaimed excitedly upon seeing Tapu Lele’s actions.
According to legend, the glowing scales scattered from Tapu Lele’s body can stimulate the body and have the effect of healing injuries or illnesses. However, if one comes into contact with a large amount of these scales, the body may also undergo some terrifying changes, making them a very dangerous substance.
In the distant past, there were legends of Tapu Lele using these scales to relieve fatigue and mediate conflicts between islands. But another version of the story claimed that Tapu Lele used the power of scales to leave all those involved in the conflict on the brink of death…
Terrance also knew these legends. Upon seeing Tapu Lele scatter the glowing scales, he immediately paid attention to Altaria’s changes. Aside from healing, the scales also had the effect of “stimulating the body.”
The process of body stimulation brought by Tapu Lele was like adding a catalyst to energy fusion, making it easier for Altaria to merge the two energies.
The stimulation process was a key factor in academic circles for preventing ineffective energy fusion, and Terrance was familiar with it. Now, seeing Tapu Lele release its scales, Terrance instantly understood the purpose of this special training.
With the help of the scales, the ineffective collisions between Fairy Aura and life energy were greatly reduced, and the power of the explosions gradually decreased.
From the aftermath produced during Diancie’s mutation process, Terrance had learned that Fairy energy contained a substance similar to life energy.
This substance was the main source of conflict with life energy. With Tapu Lele’s help, Altaria took this opportunity to gradually understand Fairy energy from a microscopic level, and attempted to make the two streams of life energy perfectly merge and transform into each other. Only in this way could Fairy Aura and life energy truly fuse, fulfilling the training requirements set by Tapu Lele.
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