Elf: Re-employment of retired champion of Padiya

Chapter 851 Bai Yang's matter is over, Wang Luo's defenses are broken.
However, there are often no limits to the exploitation of human beings.

Palkia and Dialga reluctantly tore off a few more dragon scales from their bodies and handed them over as compensation for their trouble.

Luo Mu then re-fastened the "eager to try" golden chain to his waistband.

Seeing this, the two dragons, who had felt their lives were truly miserable, breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as they were about to turn and leave, silently vowing to themselves that they would sleep longer this time and not go out unless they had something to do.

The sudden sound from Luo Mu made them both jump.

"Wait a moment."

This moment.

If Palkia and Dialga had expressive human faces, their expressions right now would be even uglier than crying.

They turned their heads, and their eyes seemed to say—

[Father, is there anything else you need?]

Palkia and Dialga's only remaining stubbornness is that they absolutely refuse to show any fawning or obsequious attitude towards Luo Mu.

They knelt on the surface, but their hearts had not yet submitted to this great demon.

Luo Mu knew exactly what these two were thinking, but he didn't go any further, lest he push these two dragons too far and then he'd have to clean up their mess later.

He pointed to Baiyang Town, which was being "swallowed" from the outside due to the imbalance of spacetime because it had been packed into the spacetime rift.

There are also some buildings that have been affected by the forces of space and time, either disappearing abruptly or weathering as if they had been exposed to the elements for centuries.

Luo Mu said, "Don't forget these things. What should be restored to its original state should be restored to its original state, and what should be put back should be put back."

Palkia and Dialga actually breathed a sigh of relief when he said that.

“Hoo-ah!”

As the resounding roars of the two dragons echoed over Baiyang Town, invisible spatial and temporal forces spread out.

A corner of the building that had been swallowed up into another dimension returned, and the damaged street seemed to have experienced a time reversal, completely restored to its original state.

The thick white fog that had surrounded the edge of the town dissipated at this moment, revealing the original scenery.

The bright sunlight shone down from above, signifying that Baiyang Town had left the cracks of time and space and returned to its original place.

And perhaps because of the disorder of time and space, the bright sunshine felt like only an hour had passed, but the outside world had already gone from dusk to night, and then from night to dawn.

At that moment, many townspeople and tourists broke down in tears because they had survived the ordeal.

Palkia and Dialga glanced cautiously at Luo Mu, and after confirming that he had no intention of stopping them, they turned around without hesitation, broke through space, and disappeared completely from the sky above Poplar Town.

Darkrai was still somewhat dazed as he watched them leave.

It had already prepared itself to fight to the death to drive Palkia and Dialga out of Poplar Town.

But now, the incident has ended so easily that even Darkrai couldn't help but have the absurd thought that he was dreaming.

"You can put me down now."

Darkrai only snapped out of his daze when Luo Mu's voice came from beside him.

It first looked at Luo Mu sitting on its shoulder, then glanced at the humans in the square below who were overjoyed and crying tears of relief after surviving the disaster, and silently lowered its flight altitude until Luo Mu's feet touched the ground.

But after doing all this, Darkrai didn't immediately disappear into the shadows and leave. Instead, he stood silently in place, lost in thought.

"You won't let me leave?"

Seeing its expression, Luo Mu felt a sudden urge to tease it.

Luo Mu felt a little guilty for saying this, completely unaware that he was teasing Darkrai.

Although the other party was indeed the "culprit" who brought the Twin Dragons of Time and Space, they also resolved the crisis and restored Baiyang Town to its original state.

Thinking about it now, I realize I was indeed a bit too harsh on him before.
Little did Luo Mu know that the honest-thinking Darkrai had already completed his self-examination.

Just as he was wondering why Darkrai wasn't giving him any reaction, and he was the one who was now in an awkward position.

Darkrai suddenly raised his head.

"I want compensation."

A voice belonging to Darkrai rang in Luo Mu's mind. Before Luo Mu could figure out what it meant, Darkrai spoke again:
"Choose a Pokémon that you think is suitable, and I will teach it my signature move—Dark Void."

"I will be waiting for you in the courtyard."

The words fell.

Darkrai took one last look at Alice, who was running towards them from a distance and whose appearance was very similar to Alicia in its memory, before disappearing into the shadows cast by the trees nearby.

Luo Mu was left standing there, looking somewhat bewildered.

He blinked, surprised that Darkrai would offer "compensation".

Speaking of its signature move, isn't it the one called "Dark Hole"?

So, does that mean I can teach a Pokémon "Dark Void" from Darkrai?

Even Luo Mu didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected gain after the incident was over.

As if to echo Luo Mu's delighted mood, the Tower of Time and Space, standing under the sunlight, quietly played a beautiful melody announcing the arrival of noon.

Shinji and Ash's group quickly arrived in front of Luo Mu.

Accompanying them were the Calyrex and Roentgenel, who brought their families, as well as Dongoni and Alice, who, due to Luo Mu's intervention, did not play their original important roles in this theatrical version.

Luo Mu also caught a glimpse of the two people and the cat flashing by from a corner behind them.

But instead of paying attention to that side, Luo Mu, who was now surrounded by Xiao Zhi and the others, was in the predicament of how to answer the questions they were excitedly asking.

Someone asked what the chain that Luo Mu used to whip the Time-Space Twin Dragons was.

Some people also asked what had just happened between Luo Mu and Darkrai.

Fortunately, Shinji, who still had some sense, noticed the difficulty on Luo Mu's face. He pushed aside Xiao Zhi and the others and said coldly, "Teacher must be very tired right now. Don't come over and make things worse."

Luo Mu was deeply moved by these words, and thought to himself that he hadn't wasted his time replying to Shinji's emails.

It seems I don't need to waste my breath here.

As for the other people who came in, some of whom looked like reporters, Shinji also asked Ash and the others to help block or politely decline their requests for interviews.

Luo Mu took the opportunity to look towards the Crowned Queen, who was standing quietly on the outer edge.

Bictini was lying on the back of the Röntgen cat next to the Larecrown.

Looking at its bulging belly, it was clearly even rounder, which made Luo Mu a little worried that his two runs of the Sinnoh Twin Dragons dungeon, plus the bonus Giratina dungeon, might really make Victini burst.

Fortunately, the Crane King had already undergone a diagnosis, and according to its conclusions...

Perhaps because external factors accounted for a larger proportion of this victory, its value was somewhat reduced, and the amount of victory fluctuations generated was less than last time. Bictini was just barely able to absorb the victory fluctuations generated this time.

Aside from remembering not to fight anymore, all that's needed is to find other ways to help Victini digest this. Hearing this, Luo Mu breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He looked up, about to ask Shinji and the others, who had just dismissed the reporters, to come with him temporarily back to the Pokémon Center or the villa Cynthia had provided for him—

boom--!
A loud, booming sound suddenly came from the sky, interrupting Luo Mu's actions. He frowned and looked up at the sky.

The sound was initially very distant, but in an instant it was close to overhead, like a supersonic fighter jet diving down.

Everyone instinctively looked up and saw a deep blue figure cutting through the clouds, plunging down at an astonishing speed.

Just before it touched the ground, the figure suddenly spread the wings at the front of its arms, and the powerful airflow stirred up dust all over the ground, making it almost impossible for Ash and the others to open their eyes.

As the air currents subsided, a majestic Garchomp appeared before everyone.

It retracted its arms, its previous jet-like flight posture not yet fully subsided, and its body, suspended in mid-air, was still surrounded by a faint white mist left over from breaking the sound barrier.

On the back of this Garchomp, Cynthia nimbly leaped down, her long golden hair fluttering in the air.

She first quickly scanned the intact town, then fixed her gaze on Luo Mu and the others, her red lips slightly parted.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Zhu Lan's expression showed both self-reproach and a hint of relief.

From her, everyone learned about the outside world's reaction when Baiyang Town "drifted" into the space-time rift.

Because of the unusual loss of contact with Baiyang Town, the matter was reported to the Sinnoh League in the early hours of the morning by people who could not contact their relatives and friends in Baiyang Town.

The Sinnoh League quickly dispatched investigators who were closer to Baiyang Town, and by the middle of the night they confirmed that the entire town and the mountain had mysteriously disappeared as if they had been dug out of thin air.

The report was quickly delivered to the Sinnoh League president's desk.

After receiving the mission order, Cynthia, who was already on the other side of the Sinnoh region, immediately rode Garchomp and headed towards Ashford Town, a regional champion who was actually quite competent when it came to serious matters.

Even when she was flying with Garchomp, she witnessed from afar the scene of Aspen Town returning to its original state as space distorted.

It was only when she stood in this unscathed square that Zhu Lan's outward anxiety subsided.

When Zhu Lan asked Bai Yang Town and what had happened to them.

Xiao Zhi, who had a conspicuous bag, was the first to speak.

"Teacher Luo Mu crushed Palkia and Dialga!"

Zhu Lan: "???"

Are the Palkia and Dialga you're talking about the ones I'm thinking of?
As an archaeologist and mythologist.

Cynthia's main area of ​​research is the Sinnoh legends and myths of the Sinnoh region.

Cynthia was naturally very familiar with the names of the "God of Time" and the "God of Space," who held extraordinary positions in the Sinnoh mythology.

That's why she showed a surprised expression at this moment.

If she understood correctly, wasn't Ash saying that Ragnarok defeated Palkia and Dialga?!
Knowing that Baiyang Town was safe, Zhu Lan, who had put down her burdens, looked at Luo Mu with burning passion.

There was a fighting spirit, curiosity, but mostly doubt.

She was eager to know what had happened in Baiyang Town that night.

But when Xiao Zhi, Xiao Guang, and the other eyewitnesses finished recounting the events, Zhu Lan fell silent.

What happened during the battle against Darkrai? Palkia and Dialga suddenly appeared, and Ashford was dragged into another dimension by them, where Darkrai started fighting them again.

Seeing that Baiyang Town was about to fall, Luo Mu stepped forward and jumped to the top of the Tower of Time and Space. He cooperated with Darkrai and used a glowing chain to whip Palkia and Dialga like spinning tops.

Even in my best friend Wanlong's novels, you couldn't write a plot like this, which seems like you could only write something like eating too many mushrooms, right?

Zhu Lan was puzzled, but she was also greatly shocked.

She paused for a moment, then gave a somewhat forced smile and softly invited, "In any case, everyone must be very tired after going through so much."

"If you don't mind, please come to my house to rest for a while."

"I would like to know more details about this incident."

Since Zhu Lan had said so, everyone accepted her invitation.

The group walked in a grand procession toward her home.

Just as I was about to leave the square, perhaps on a whim, or for some other reason...

Walking behind the crowd, Zhu Lan subconsciously looked to her side.

She noticed that at the edge of the square stood a man draped in a cloak, his face mostly covered by the hood, revealing only a small part of his face and a few strands of blond hair, his figure as still as a statue.

"what?"

Zhu Lan let out a soft "hmm," inexplicably feeling a sense of familiarity with the other person, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why.

But more than the matter itself, she was more concerned about some of the details of this incident.

Finally, Zhu Lan withdrew her gaze and followed the others out of the square.

What Zhu Lan didn't see was that shortly after she left, the man pulled down his hood, revealing a face that bore a seven-tenths resemblance to hers, but with a more masculine appearance.

If Luo Mu were here, he would probably recognize him at a glance as Wang Luo, an acquaintance he hadn't seen for "several days"!
At this moment, Wang Luo's expression was extremely unpleasant.

Let's not even mention that "descendant" with whom I have a shallow blood relationship.

He came here specifically because he sensed the spatial and temporal fluctuations in this town.

But who can tell him what he just saw?
Why is that man still alive, and even has such a good relationship with that group of modern people, as if he was born in this era?

—Could it be that during that audience long ago, Arceus granted him immortality?
Or did Luo Mu, like that guy AZ, find another way to achieve a longer lifespan?

Regardless of the reason, Wang Luo was in a terrible mood at this moment.

He thought that after all these years, even if he couldn't outlive that legendary Pokémon, he would at least outlive Luo Mu, his "enemy who blocked his way."

As a result, the other party was not only alive and kicking, but also whipped the Time-Space Twin Dragons again.

What about all those years of enduring humiliation and hardship that he, Wang Luo, has endured, going against his own conscience and unable to find joy, yet still forced to do good deeds?

Wang Luo's mental state completely collapsed.

He persevered thanks to this mental support.

After a brief breakdown, Wang Luo quickly adjusted her mindset.

Since there's no way to resist, the only option is to enjoy the feeling of "being a good person."

Looking at the clothes she was wearing under the cloak, Wang Luo sighed softly, as if she had run out of options.

"I guess I should just donate this outfit to a museum."

(End of this chapter)