Chapter 248: The Queen Who Landed
When he saw Sableye inexplicably start to float up from the ground, Mu Sen immediately knew things were bad!
He had been outplayed!
To a certain extent, this couldn't be entirely blamed on his mistake, because the information both sides possessed was unequal from the very beginning.
This was the first time Arthur's Mismagius had appeared in a professional match. For other teams, it was an information black hole.
Mu Sen didn't know what moves Arthur had, so naturally, he couldn't guard against an uncommon move like "Skill Swap."
And although he himself was young, he was actually already a veteran.
He had become famous at a young age, entering the youth training camp at fifteen and starting his professional career at eighteen. Although he was only twenty-four this year, he had already been fighting on this stage for six years. Most of Sableye's data was now public.
So, Arthur had long since calculated that he would have "Taunt," but he didn't know that the opponent had "Skill Swap."
This was not a fault of his in battle.
He had been completely unguarded against Mismagius's approach earlier.
By the time he was hit, it was already too late.
The sudden levitation also interrupted Sableye's finger-crooking motion, preventing his second "Taunt" from connecting.
At this, his mind buzzed and instantly exploded!
All of Sableye's previous slick moves were built on the foundation of the Prankster ability.
Without this ability, the move "Quash" itself had a five-to-seven-second cooldown. Using this to extend an enemy's cooldown by about 40% was simply not worth it!
This was why other Pokémon rarely used this kind of tactic in professional matches.
As for Mismagius, it was forcefully compensating entirely through its own energy reserves and skill proficiency.
Probably no one could have imagined that on the doubles stage of a mere rookie match, a Pokémon with an energy level sufficient to reach the "captain level" would appear!
This was Arthur's Mismagius, a behind-the-scenes ghost that was clearly very strong but was always easily overlooked.
At this moment, having lost its Levitate ability, it landed lightly on the ground. The hem of its skirt spread out as it touched the ground, as if elegantly curtsying to the enemy.
Like a graceful and charming ghost noblewoman.
But the next moment, this noblewoman was about to truly unleash her power!
Previously, even while lacking an ability's buff, she could still fight Sableye to a standstill, protecting Braviary and preventing it from being defeated.
Now that she had stolen the opponent's ability, it was as if she had instantly obtained the most suitable treasured weapon for herself!
The little girl who had always been used to hiding behind Specter had now finally stepped onto the main stage.
Next, it was time for the opponent to kneel and call her Queen!
Her skirt hem swept across the ground as she moved swiftly, quickly arriving behind Sableye, avoiding being "Taunted" from the front.
In reality, skills like "Taunt" and "Yawn" required the opponent to see the full motion to plant the suggestion; they couldn't hypnotize an enemy from behind.
Sableye was still not used to its suddenly light body. It flailed in the air like a doggy-paddling for a long time, unable to turn around for a good while.
Subsequently, Mismagius began her show time!
"Confuse Ray!"
"Spite!"
During this time, Sableye cast "Safeguard" on itself, dispelling the confusion effect of "Confuse Ray." Then, Mismagagius immediately sent another "Confuse Ray" towards the nearby Charizard.
Charizard: "I'll fck your ancestors!"
He had just managed to regain his might and was pinning Braviary down, but in the blink of an eye, he was back to square one…
"Sableye, Dark Pulse!"
At this point, Mu Sen simply gave up on resisting.
Anyway, his ability was temporarily gone, so there was no need to be fixated on specific skills. He had Sableye launch a counterattack.
A ring of dark energy erupted!
In his mind, this move should at least be able to force the nearby Mismagius back a little, right?
"Dark Pulse" had decent damage, and the Dark type was also super effective against the Ghost type.
However, the reality was a huge shock to him.
Mismagius didn't dodge or evade, directly tanking the move.
Afterward, its skirt settled back down, and it looked completely fine.
It was as if it were silently mocking him: Weak. Have you eaten?
The gap in both energy reserves and physical build was not small. Although Mismagius was also injured from taking that hit, for the moment, it showed no signs of major trouble.
A huge disparity from what Mu Sen had envisioned!
At the same time, Mismagius made another move.
"Use Mean Look!"
In a short period of time, Sableye had only used two moves, while Mismagius was already on its fourth.
After the Skill Swap, the gap between this pair of originally evenly matched opponents instantly became visibly apparent!
Mismagius's black-glowing eyes locked firmly onto the opponent, while it moved around Sableye's body towards its back.
After using "Mean Look," it would constantly watch the opponent, and at this time, the opponent must also face it directly. They could fight, clash, or even chat, but the one thing they could not do was turn around!
Once the enemy turned to flee, they would be continuously slowed until their whole body was petrified.
This move could be perfectly paired with the voice line: Face me, you whelp!
Or it could also be called "Face me head-on."
But Mismagius was deliberately moving towards Sableye's back.
And because the opponent was not yet used to the Levitate ability, and its own body weight happened to be very light, it still couldn't turn around freely in the air.
Sableye was so anxious its eyes were practically glowing.
But it was powerless, and its master, Mu Sen, behind it was also powerless.
Because in this match, his skill slots were already used up.
Professional matches limited each Pokémon to six skill slots per round. Both Sableye and Mismagius had now used up their respective skill slots. All their cards were on the table; what remained was a game of open hands.
So far, Sableye had used "Quash," "Disable," "Will-O-Wisp," "Safeguard," "Taunt," and "Dark Pulse"—six skills.
Among them, "Disable" and "Taunt" required direct line of sight to cast their curses, while "Quash," without its ability, had extremely low cost-effectiveness and had become useless.
It no longer had any way to save itself…
From the moment Mismagius completed the "Skill Swap," the situation had completely spun out of his control.
The big-headed alien floated into the sky, at a loss;
The elegant ghost queen, after landing, unleashed her divine might!
By the time Mismagius had circled halfway around to Sableye's back, its gaze firmly locked on it, the big-headed alien's struggles in the air became more and more sluggish and weak.
Until it stopped completely…
Subsequently, Mismagius looked towards the other side of the field, helping Braviary to temporarily suppress Charizard.
Then, after breaking free, Braviary tucked in its wings and charged over with an ultimate "Brave Bird," first cooperating to clear the petrified Sableye from the field.
Before the effect of "Skill Swap" disappeared, the referee had already raised his flag—
"Sableye is unable to battle!"
The poor big-headed alien didn't even get to wait for its ability to return before it was knocked out.
Life is hard, Sableye sighs…
Afterward, the Jinchan Team's Chen Lin looked at the two-on-one situation on the field and sighed wordlessly.
His Charizard was very brave, yes, but it wasn't a god!
As if to match his mood, the confused Charizard on the field had an intermittent brain fart and slapped itself hard with its tail.
"SLAP."
At the same time, Chen Lin also slapped himself across the face.
What the fck…
What's the point of fighting anymore!
(End of Chapter)
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