Trainer Association.
John sat confidently in the main chair, listening to Vice President Lillian Grant report the news about the new sanctuary where the possibly divine Gardevoir was located.
"This sanctuary appeared in the Western part of Draconia. We've tentatively named it: Beauty Under the Moon."
"Because the strength of the Pokemon in this sanctuary is generally high, and the specific strength of the strongest Pokemon among them hasn't been fully investigated yet, we can't be certain. Our preliminary rating for the Beauty Under the Moon is SS-level."
"As for whether the Gardevoir in the video obtained a divine seat, that's not yet certain."
"Originally, sanctuaries exploration of this level should be carried out by the Elite Four, but recently, high-risk sanctuaries have been appearing frequently, and the Elite Four are stretched thin. Considering the special characteristics of this Gardevoir, we're sending this video to you."
"If you're interested, please complete the exploration of this SS-level mission."
John nodded slightly.
Neither Draconia nor Pokemon scholars around the world had an accurate definition of what a god was. It was normal that the Trainer Association couldn't judge.
If he wanted to confirm whether this was a Gardevoir with divine power, he'd have to go there himself to find out.
"Alright, I'll take this exploration mission."
"Send me the location of this realm, and I'll set off today." John was planning to go home, switch to his main team, and prepare to depart.
Rest could wait, he'd had enough rest on Sky Island.
"Of course, we'll send the secret realm's location to your Trainer phone immediately. Please check it carefully," Lillian Grant replied.
John stood up and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and turned back to ask.
"You just mentioned, why are high-danger sanctuaries appearing so frequently lately?"
Lillian Grant paused for a moment, then after thinking carefully, replied, "Every sanctuary discovered by the association gets recorded. I don't know why, but the lowest level realms recorded recently have been A-level. We've had dozens of S and SS-level realms appear this year, normally we only see four or five."
John nodded in understanding, then warned, "If there's another Pokemon like this that might have rgis kind of power in the future, please notify me immediately."
"Yes, Champion," Lillian Grant readily agreed.
Even if John hadn't mentioned it, she would have informed him as soon as possible. After all, even an ordinary Pokemon possesing a divine seat had the power to destroy a country. Bluntly put, it was equivalent to a nuclear weapon.
If it was in Draconia, the Champion had to know about it, contact the opponent, and finally determine whether it was really a threat.
Coming out of the Trainer Association, John and Emerald took a special car home.
Along the way, John looked over information about the "Beauty Under the Moon" realm repeatedly.
While reading, he was thinking about "divine seats."
John had first learned about divine seats at Riverstone University. He'd learned from Scarlett that the Dragon Nest where dragon-type Pokemon were raised at Riverstone had a divine Wailord, also known as the "Whale God."
At the same time, this Whale God was also the Pokemon of Mr. Kanye, the founder of Riverstone University.
Later, John had learned about another god, Landorus. By the way, John had also taken Landorus's treasure ,which was the The Orb of Fertility.
However, John and Professor Badman had also discussed that divinity didn't seem as simple as just possesing divine items.
Divine treasures were indeed symbols of divine seats, but they weren't everything about it.
To obtain godhood, you still had to defeat the original god as a member of the same species to become the new god of such specie.
As for what it would be like after achieving divine status, and what kind of benefits Pokemon would get, John had no way of knowing. After all, Mr.Kanye had been dead for many years, and there were no records of his knowledge about it.
He hadn't heard of anyone successfully challenging for a divine seat recently. He'd heard before that Magnus had used his ace Blastoise to challenge for Blastoise's divine seat. However, judging from Blastoise's combat effectiveness in their duel, it should have been a failure.
Therefore, he'd have to obtain a divine seat himself to understand its importance.
Returning to the villa and opening the door, a big blue cushion hit him right in the face.
"Wobbuffet!" Wobbuffet saluted and greeted him.
"Whoa!" John hugged it. Fortunately, he had the three orbs, otherwise he wouldn't be able to lift it.
Togepi, Mew, and Jirachi were also there, surrounding John to say hello.
The little ones were used to John waking them up for breakfast every day. It was no wonder they missed him after not seeing him for the past month.
"Hmm"
'Time to challenge legendary Pokemon!'
He'd heard from Lillian that the wild Pokemon in the SS-level sanctuary Beauty Under the Moon were very strong. If they qualified for that designation, they had to be at least Elite Four level. Therefore, John decided to go with his main lineup, while leaving his second and third teams of Pokemon at the manor to continue training.
John planned to level them up specifically in the future, aiming to raise them to [LV95] or above as soon as possible.
Especially Urshifu, who had just evolved, its strength had improved too much, and its control over its body hadn't yet reached the point of perfect mastery.
"Greninja, Blaziken, Garchomp, Zeraora, Tyranitar, you guys come here!"
Coming to the villa's backyard, the Pokemon rested and trained in an orderly manner. Nothing had changed because of John's departure and arrival. After all, in the eyes of these Pokemon who were often leveled up by John through his Gameboy, their trainer had never really left.
John said his hellos.
Then he took out Pokeballs and collected them one by one.
As time passed, there were more and more games available, and they'd even gotten five computers through Jirachi to play in groups.
They could take this opportunity to train and rest well.
After putting away the Pokemon he needed to bring, John released Lugia, stood on Lugia's back, and accelerated toward the Western part of Draconia. Passing high over the capital, people vaguely caught a glimpse of a huge black shadow flashing past. They looked up one after another, but couldn't tell what it was.
However, the little ones came and left just as quickly. Mew used aura to make sure John was fine. Togepi and Jirachi gave John their "blessings" and then slipped away to play games.