Elf: Re-employment of retired champion of Padiya

Chapter 821 Wangluo and Giratina, Seadra's Repayment

In a space filled with deathly silence and desolation.

Floating islands defy gravity and float in mid-air, with dead trees hanging upside down on them and the water surface inverted.

All the traces made this place seem so absurd.

—This is a destroyed world.

Or rather, the reverse side of the world, also known as the reversed world.

It is also the realm of the universe controlled by the exiled Reversal Dragon, hidden in the shadow of creation myth.

It has absolutely nothing to do with Ghost-type Pokémon or the spirit world where the souls of the dead reside.

Originally, the Reverse World should have only had one life form: the exiled Reverse Dragon.

But now, a figure that shouldn't be here has flipped off the back of a huge, ancient creature exuding ferocity and landed on a small floating island.

Upon closer inspection, the figure was clearly human.

He had striking blond hair, wore a blue and yellow color-blocked hat, and carried a bag with striped trim and red and white decorative bags.

He was dressed as a traveling merchant, with the logo of the Ginkgo Merchants Association, a famous chamber of commerce in the Xicui region, printed on the white fabric of his chest. He looked completely out of place in this environment rich in mythological connotations.

However, he was dismounted from the back of the master of this world.

This also means that he has gained the other party's approval, or that a cooperative relationship has been established.

He is Wang Luo, currently just an ordinary traveling merchant in the Ginkgo Merchant Guild.

When Wang Luo finally managed to turn his gaze away from the inverted waters above, reflecting the lava sea of ​​Fire Island in the real world...

A pair of blood-red eyes, whose very presence exuded an oppressive aura, looked toward him.

With just a slight upward glance, one can catch a glimpse of a corner of the other's imposing figure.

Its posture resembles a giant snake, with black and red stripes covering its grayish-white body. A golden semi-circle encircles its neck from its back, and six ghostly, ribbon-like wings spread out. The touch of red at the tips of the wings makes its appearance look extremely ferocious.

—This is Giratina, Origin Form!
It is also a partner that has reached an agreement with Wang Luo.

Noticing the look that Giradina was giving him, which seemed to doubt his abilities, Wang Luo smiled wryly and spread his hands.

Even if you keep an eye on me, I still can't give you an answer.

"After all, even you can't see through his background, can you?"

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Giratina remained silent, or rather, it lacked confidence.

It's so weird.

This identity has a mysterious origin, yet it seems perfectly normal. It appears to be a human born and raised in Xicui, yet also as if it appeared out of nowhere.

In the blink of an eye, they clearly began to pacify the raging kings and queens.

That's why I had no choice but to further increase my influence on those two stupid dragons who were fighting so hard their brains were about to pop out.

This successfully amplified the power, causing the ten Pokémon imbued with the blessing to go berserk.

However, not long after that, the other side subdued those guys one by one, just like mowing grass.

If things continue like this, the other side might actually have a way to deal with the spacetime rift.

It must have been that old man Arceus who set me up!
When faced with Wang Luo's counterattack, Giratina did not show any anger or embarrassment. Instead, he chose to look down at Wang Luo, this insignificant human, with indifferent eyes.

Wang Luo's years of honed stoicism made it impossible for this shrewd individual to discern even a trace of Giratina's inner thoughts from its gaze and expression.

If we want to accurately translate what Giratina wants to express...

That is--

I don't care, you have to figure out how to deal with him!

After instantly understanding Giratina's meaning, Wang Luo fell completely silent: "(▼ヘ▼#)"

That guy's Pokémon were all incredibly powerful, like demons. Those berserk kings and queens with the power of the Sinnoh Mighty were no different from punching bags.

As a Pokémon trainer and a direct descendant of the ancient Sinnoh people, Wang Luo himself admitted that he didn't have that kind of ability.

So even though he saw that the Heatran had been defeated and subdued, Wangluo still showed no intention of taking any action.

Otherwise, he would definitely go back to Zhuqing Village often to observe the villagers' various reactions to the spacetime rifts in the sky, so as to please himself.

Or perhaps, taking advantage of the fact that criminals often return to the crime scene, they might provoke and approach Luo Mu, enjoying the sight of his naivety as he remains unaware that he is the mastermind.

If I had a way to deal with him, I wouldn't be hiding outside, afraid to even return to Zhuqing Village and the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce.

But Wang Luo would only keep these complaints to himself.

After all, even though he has formed a partnership with Giratina and can ride on its back to travel through the Reverse World, it doesn't mean he's in a bad situation.

But in essence, their relationship is quite superficial.

The only thing that held this relationship together was the similarity in purpose between Tawangro and Giradina.

Giratina wanted to rebel against Arceus, the Divine Lord who had banished it to this destructive world without distinction between heaven and earth.

He himself wanted to use Giratina's power to enter the space where Arceus lived outside the world and capture him.

In a sense, Wangluo and Giradina share a common interest.

However, this relationship will shatter suddenly, like a mirage, when Giratina discovers that its plan to "rebel" is difficult to achieve.

Therefore, no matter what, he had to convince Giratina that their common goal would succeed.

Wanglu chose to use Giratina's most confident angle to convince it that the plan would succeed.

"Even if that person's Pokémon are strong and they have obtained a portion of Arceus's power, those Pokémon are still just 'mortal beings'."

"The difference between you, Giratina, the reverse Origin Lord, is beyond description."

"In this Xicui, even the gods who control time and space are far less powerful than you."

"It can be said that, apart from Grandmaster Sinnoh, you are invincible."

"As long as you're here, no matter how much they jump around, there's nothing to fear."

Wang Luo's flattering words truly pleased Giratina.

Its tail, covered in golden spikes, was held high like its dragon head, and its blood-red dragon eyes were filled with contempt and disdain for everything in the world.

Even that old Arzeus, it dared to prepare to fight it on its own.

Humans, who don't even possess the power of gods, are nothing more than ants, no matter how much they frolic!
Seeing that Giratina had clearly become more confident, Wang Luo breathed a slight sigh of relief.

It seems they've successfully gotten away with it this time.

Of course, what Wang Luo just said wasn't just simple flattery.

From his perspective as a direct descendant of the ancient Sinnoh, with the Sinnoh Grandmaster absent, Giratina is the strongest being in the entire Sinnoh region.

A single phrase passed down through generations of their tribe, used to praise Giratina, is enough to illustrate Giratina's prestige.

—Strong light shines, and shadows are created.

The "bright light" refers to Arceus, who shines from the sky upon the verdant land as his own light, guiding and protecting Pokémon with his illumination. In verdant mythology, Arceus is regarded as the creator of all things. The "shadow" refers to Giratina.

It's impossible for him to lose. No, rather, from the very beginning, he was already in an invincible position!
no matter what.

—The ultimate winner will surely be Thawangro!
Fire Island, a battlefield of lava.

Luo Mu was unaware that on the other side of the world, a certain person and a certain dragon had quietly made peace with themselves.

At this moment, he had a fiery red stone slab in his hand.

This is the Fireball Stone Tablet, a source of blessing bestowed upon the island king's ancestors by the creator god Arceus.

At this point, the fireball stone slab had already been cleaned by Luo Mu with skillful technique and would no longer attract lightning from the spacetime rift.

As planned, Luo Mu handed the Fireball Stone Tablet to Azure Flame Blade Demon.

As a result, among the main battle Pokémon in his team, only Luxray, Dragonite, and Moltres are still without the power of the Slate.

Thus, the goal of pacifying the raging king and queen has been more than half accomplished. All that remains are the four royal fields at the foot of Mount Tianguan and the pure white tundra to be reached.

This is undoubtedly a leap forward; Luo Mu can already see himself completing his mission and successfully returning to the modern world.

But before that, there was one more thing he needed to deal with.

Luo Mu turned around and came to Heatran, who had been overturned by Arcanine using its numerical advantage.

Looking at this shell-less giant turtle, now stripped of its ferocious, fiery exterior, it actually looks rather simple and honest.

Luo Mu crouched down to meet his weary gaze, then asked with certainty, "Were you still somewhat rational just now, and were you consciously restraining your strength?"

"Roar"

Sidora let out a weak howl.

Through Shemi's telepathic translation, Luo Mu accurately grasped its meaning.

Just as Shaymi's telepathic observations revealed, even though Sidranne went berserk due to external forces, it was still consciously restraining its power.

The reason wasn't that Heatran considered the Pokémon on Fire Island as objects to be protected by it; it was simply that it didn't want to destroy the comfortable home it had lived in for so many years because of the rampage of its power.

"Uh"

Luo Mu was surprised to receive such an answer from Sidolann, and his expression relaxed slightly, a rare occurrence for him.

So you feel pain simply because you're being forced to destroy your home?

at this time.

Luo Mu, feeling somewhat speechless, suddenly received a communication from Sidran through Shemi.

"You ask me how I can repay this kindness?"

Luo Mu murmured the meaning Xiduolanen had expressed, his face full of strangeness.

Is there even a gratitude-repaying segment?
Luo Mu glanced at Xiduolanen and began to think about the problem very seriously.

First of all, it's definitely not acceptable not to repay the kindness.

For most Pokémon, not accepting its gratitude will only make it depressed.

But how Shidoran will repay this kindness is another question.

Kidnap it?

Judging from its homesickness, the chances are basically zero.

Does that mean there's only one answer?

After carefully considering his words, Luo Mu cautiously asked, "Um, do you have any brothers or sisters?"

"If you know anyone, could you please introduce me?"

Xidolan: "?"

brothers and sisters?

Having often spied on the outside world from inside the house, it naturally knew what this meant.

The problem is, ever since it gained consciousness and was born from this volcanic magma, it has always been all alone.

There are no brothers or sisters here.
But if we're talking about similar ones, there really are.

Sidora remembered that deep beneath the magma of the volcano where he lived, connected to other volcanoes that were either not yet active or had entered a period of dormancy after erupting, there existed an aura of the same origin as his own.

However, the other party is still in the gestation and incubation stage and has not yet fully come into this world.

And that will probably take quite a while.

Xidolan looked at Luo Mu with some suspicion, thinking that by the time Luo Mu died of old age, his own kind might not even have been born yet.

To Siddon's surprise, the other party's eyes lit up after hearing his answer, as if this was exactly what he had been waiting for.

"To be honest, I have a student."

"She is very interested in your clan and wants to become partners with you, but it is difficult to find any trace of you."

“You definitely won’t choose to go with her, but I still want to ask you to wait until your kind is about to hatch, or after hatching.”

“When my student comes here to find you, give her a chance to take the other person away, while respecting your similar opinions.”

Xidolan: "?"

What kind of student can live that long?

However, it is possible.

However, if they want to take away the little one who is about to be born, the other party must pass their test first.

No matter what, they are still one of our own kind.

After thinking for a moment, Xidolan simply spat out a bright red rock in front of Luo Mu.

This rock has no special effects; it is simply a product of the solidification of rock melted by the scorching lava spewed by Sidson.

In the game, this is an item called "Volcano Suppressing Stone," which can be summoned by the volcano inhabited by Heatran.

It's essentially a summoning item issued by Heatran.

Siddon said that it couldn't distinguish between you humans; it only recognized this thing.

If the student Luo Mu mentioned can indeed find it in the future with this "volcanic stone".

It doesn't mind testing the other party once, and then acting as a matchmaker.

After all, Heatran himself had personally experienced the terrifying power unleashed by the combination of a trainer and a Pokémon.

It's easy to imagine that, compared to how much time it took for them to reach their current level, their peers could easily be ahead of the game.

If it weren't for my strong attachment to home, I wouldn't have had such a strong desire to become stronger.

It's possible that Shidoran might repay Luo Mu's kindness by offering herself to him.

(End of this chapter)