Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 513 Link the Sword Saint's Journey to Xicui (Part 1)

In any case, once this incident is over, Link and Talebagos will soon be able to learn the truth about the past from Dialga.

The alpaca, which had just been slammed to the ground and hit by the Blazing Roaring Tiger's Horizontal B Command Throw, was already struggling against the Pokémon's Star Crystal-type "Crystal Burst," and the battle had taken a turn for the better.

Meanwhile, Ash, who has traveled back to ancient times, uncovers the truth behind why Damos did not return the Life Stone to Arceus with the help of Cynthia—he was deceived by his subordinates and mentally controlled by their superpowers.

After giving the people of Mega Sinnoh a little shock from the modern trainers, Mega Rookie defeated the mastermind behind the scenes and informed Damos of the future developments, which made the latter determined to return the Life Orb.

Finally, when the total solar eclipse occurred and Arceus reappeared on the land of Medina, Damos successfully returned the Orb of Life.

After learning from Ash that another version of himself in a different timeline had decided to punish humanity because he had been deceived, Arceus stated that "this" version of himself was merely a terminal used to manage the planet's surface and did not have the authority that humans imagined.

Throughout history and countless parallel worlds, I have also cast many clones into individuals that I believe can guide the future of humanity and elves.

The so-called "creation" actually has little to do with it...

Although the alpaca was very satisfied with Ash and Cynthia who had traveled through time to save the world, the former had already received Ho-Oh's favor, while the latter's situation was somewhat special, so no special reward was given this time.

It tried to synchronize with its future self to quell its anger at being deceived by a villain, but it failed.

In the "modern" Mijna, Arceus is engaged in a fierce battle and has no time to synchronize his memories with his past self and integrate the timeline.

Even with the incredible power of the elf named Talebagos, the future Arceus was almost defeated.

The alpaca, located in the past timeline, pondered for a long time before finally calming down and turning into light in front of Ash, Cynthia, and Damos.

As Arceus departed, a flute carved from an unknown rock was left at its former location.

Cynthia immediately recognized it as the legendary "Flute of Divine Harmony." Once the holder has met all the Pokémon in the Sinnoh region, they can play it at the Spear Pillar on Mt. Coronet and open a gate to the space where Arceus resides...

With their business concluded, before the two could even bid farewell to Damos, Dialga pulled them back to the "present."

When Ash and Cynthia returned to the modern world, they didn't see the devastated land of Migina as they had imagined. Instead, they saw Arceus being overwhelmed and unable to fight back by a group of Pokémon, including Ho-Oh, Calyrex, Giratina, Incineroar, and Arcanine, amidst the drifting crystal dust.

Bamboo Orchid: "???"

What did she see! ?

"You two are back. How did things go?"

Upon seeing the two return successfully, Link inquired about the progress of the mission.

“Miss Zhulan and I have returned the Life Jewel to Arceus, but because the Arceus here doesn’t have time to synchronize and integrate with it, there’s no change yet.”

As they were talking, Manchong and the Fire Fox and other elves also arrived from the Temple of Mijina.

"Kobayashi, the Fire Fox has already created the Life Jewel!"

Just in time.

Seeing this, Link took the Life Gem and told the elves to stop.

Their own Pokémon and the outside helpers immediately stopped... except for Giratina.

Speechless, he quickly retrieved it into the ball and had Talebagos send it back to the destroyed world.

The battle ended there, and Arceus, now free from combat, quickly recovered from his injuries and regained his strength.

Only then did it finally have the opportunity to synchronize its memories with its past self.

"So that's what happened. I can't believe I was fooled by such a simple trick in the past..."

After learning the cause and process, even Arceus couldn't hold back. It was too absurd that he, who could manipulate time and shatter space, could be deceived by a simple illusion.

"So, do you still want this Life Jewel?" Link showed the jewel that the fire fox had brought.

The alpaca shook its head, made a slight adjustment, and the other attribute stone slabs appeared out of thin air on its back.

Reason and power returned, and the changes in the timeline were integrated, so that the traces left by Ash and Cynthia through time were engraved in history without having a significant impact on other events.

Those who witnessed all of this had countless questions in their hearts, especially Professor Oki and Professor Yamanashi, who were almost eagerly waiting.

However, the alpaca left no answers for the humans, simply expressing its gratitude and departing. As the terminal managing the planet's surface, it had missed many crucial issues during its slumber, and its task now was not to answer the questions of those seeking knowledge.

With Arceus gone, those curious about the mystery it represented felt a sense of loss, while someone who had pursued the legendary Divine Lord but missed his chance due to a mistake was heartbroken and unable to utter a single word.

"I never expected this incident to end like this."

Professor Oak sighed helplessly. He was not discouraged by not getting the answer from the creator himself, but instead his thirst for knowledge was ignited even stronger.

It would be better to get answers, but as scholars, it is more important to unravel the secrets of the spirits through our own research.

Link shrugged and said, "Yeah, it's supposed to be an avatar of the Creator God, yet it's showing such a disgraceful side."

"Hmm, I think we shouldn't delve too deeply into this topic."

Dr. Yamanashi immediately stopped someone from going off on a tangent.

Mingyao, who was also interested in the myths and legends of the Sinnoh region, could only manage a wry smile.

Link didn't take it seriously and handed the life-giving gem that the alpaca didn't want to Zhu Lan.

The latter shook her head. She hadn't yet figured out how to utilize the immense natural energy within the Life Jewel, and planned to temporarily place it in the hands of Link, who was better able to use the jewel.

“In that case, I’ve heard that the Orei region near Unova has become devoid of wild Pokémon due to the loss of life. Why don’t we use this Life Orb…”

Before he could finish speaking, Dialga, who was not far away, raised a warning.

In the next instant, the sky above the Temple of Mijna shattered and opened up like a frozen ice surface, revealing an empty void.

The powers of the Sinnoh Trio, Arceus, and Dialga and Palkia from another world became entangled, and the accumulated disorder during the integration of the timelines caused a violent, one-time spacetime distortion.

Dialga warned everyone not to approach it until he and Palkia calmed it down, otherwise they would be sucked in and sent to other dimensions by the out-of-control turbulence.

However, before it could issue a warning, the frail Manchong had already flown into the air.

Mingyao reacted quickly and grabbed the other person, but was pulled up along by the huge suction force.

Moreover, Talebagos, which remained in the sky at the end of the battle, was also captured by the gravitational field of spacetime distortion and flew uncontrollably toward it.

Link instinctively pulled out a Poké Ball, but couldn't take it back because they were in different timelines.

"Fire Fox!" "Fu!"

The two immediately flew into the air, approached the Talebagos that was being continuously sucked in, and recalled it into its Poké Ball.

However, they were unable to get out...

In that instant, Link's brain raced, analyzing the current situation.

He, Manchong, and Mingyao are about to be sucked into a spacetime distortion, heading to an unknown spacetime, and no one knows when they will return.

Even if a rabbi is sometimes a safety net, it doesn't necessarily mean that one will travel to the world or timeline in which it exists.

Although the United Stone Tablet also has the function of time travel, if he returns too late due to the different flow of time, there will be no time to do something that only he knows and can do.

Realizing this, Link decisively threw the Poké Ball containing Talebages at Ash. Fennekin understood and used its psychic powers to protect Ash.

Thanks to its own characteristics and the fact that it was still in the form of Turtle Tower and had not yet returned to its original form, it belatedly realized that it had finally used "Zeroing" to cancel out the abnormal spacetime around it and came to Ash's hands with the help of Fennekin.

"Ash! Take Talebages to Padia as soon as possible! Go to Sector Zero to help Orin, Professor Fortuit, and their..."

Before he finished speaking, Link, along with Manch and Mingyao, flew into the spacetime distortion.

Ash was filled with confusion as he stared at the Poké Ball that had been delivered to him by a psychic power.

What is Parthia?
Who are Orin and Dr. Fortu?

You should explain clearly what you're helping them with.

(End of this chapter)