Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

One lost his brother, and the other lost all hope; it's indeed a difficult situation.

While pondering how to guide them to find out the location of the Queen of the Brilliant Crown, Su Hao suddenly discovered a blind spot!

In the image of the Flower of Time, on the day of the Bridal Veil's death, she still went to see the Bridal Veil with a rein in her hand.

As for the restraining reins, since neither the Blazing Roaring Tiger nor the Metal Monster could trigger the human-tiger unity or human-table unity, the current...

It's still gathering dust in its system inventory!

Hiss... Could it be that the Lady Crown King had planned this all along, and foresaw her own arrival before she died?

Su Hao didn't know, nor dared to think about it; all he knew was that those related to time were riddle people.

However, as long as he holds the reins and Yana leads him to the Crane King, there is a chance that the Crane King can be saved from death.

Perhaps the trial of knowledge will be completed so easily.

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After a while, in a quiet room with excellent soundproofing and privacy, Su Hao sat to one side, watching Yana silently count the currency called Eris.

"This is half of my parents' savings, a total of 50,000 Eris. With the commission, I'm giving you 25,000 Eris. Use it to help the dead."

Yana used her slender arms to place a heavy bag in front of Jack. Despite her delicate appearance, she was surprisingly strong.

Then, under Jack's shocked gaze, she seemed to have misunderstood and hurriedly explained, "Because I haven't obtained the Radiant Petals yet, I need to keep some Eris before making further plans. Otherwise, I would have given all of Eris to you."

"Because of their deaths... this is just a small token of my gratitude."

Su Hao, who was standing to the side, didn't say anything. Instead, he was thinking about whether or not to keep Jack under house arrest here.

After all, he's probably the only one who knows Yana is searching for the Radiant Petals and has even fought with this strange beast wielder.

As for Jack's personality... to put it bluntly, although he seemed to be extremely respectful to Su Hao the whole time, never going west when asked to go east, appearing obedient and loyal.

But Su Hao, having been exposed to countless works, understood that this was nothing more than a superficial illusion.

Even if it weren't Su Hao himself standing in front of Jack, but any other monster tamer, the ideas that the royal city had instilled in him since childhood would still drive him to reveal the whole truth without hesitation.

This is also a true reflection of ordinary people in a sense during a period of ignorance and feudalism.

After all, he even refers to himself as a lowly commoner.

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The attached image shows the Sinnoh region's starter Pokémon: Piplup, Chimchar, and Torkoal.

The flavor is quite unique; I personally prefer the grass turtle.

Chapter 461 The Thief

In the end, seeing Jack's heartfelt joy and grief over his brother's death, Su Hao, who was about to ruthlessly put him under house arrest, stopped at Yana's signal.

After Jack led the 25,000 Eris away in batches, Su Hao, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them and looked at Yana, asking, "Why?"

"You should know that if a monster wielder or the upper echelons of this Ice King City ask him, he will tell him everything without any concealment."

Su Hao came here with the mindset of a mission taker. In order to complete the trial, he wanted to avoid unnecessary things as much as possible, just like the time when he almost failed at Lance's hands.

If he puts Jack under house arrest, he will prepare corresponding compensation for Jack before leaving.

The current high-end combat power of the Ice King City is still unknown. Without seeing the Crescent King, Su Hao can at most enable Diancie to charge up and unleash a King-level attack once in a short time, which is seriously insufficient in firepower.

At least that's what he thought.

Yana closed her eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and explained to Su Hao, who also had a "Pokémon" by his side instead of being restrained by a restraint device, "Of course I understand. If someone with ulterior motives comes into contact with him after I release him, there is a high probability that my plan will be ruined."

"But... if I hadn't gone after them, at least those dozen or so people wouldn't have died."

Su Hao frowned, his expression and tone of self-reproach returning.

This woman, although kindness is a rare and precious virtue, in today's environment surrounded by wolves, such meaningless acts of kindness will only harm herself.

However, now that Jack has been released, there are only two things that need to be done.

One way was to learn the whole truth from Yana, the priestess of the Rachelon.

Secondly, upon learning the truth, there was no time to pause; he immediately ordered Yana to lead him to the King of the Crown.

As long as Raicrown, whom Reshiram senses, can recover, then all the demons and monsters will simply perish and reincarnate in His mind, and will be nothing to fear.

Su Hao didn't indulge the beautiful woman's misplaced kindness, nor did he intend to gently comfort her. He tapped the table with his fingers to attract Yana's attention, and then said indifferently, "Let's make a deal."

Ignoring Yana's doubts, Su Hao spoke bluntly without any beating around the bush, saying, "Tell me everything you know about the Ice King City, and then take me to see the God of Abundance."

"In return, I will offer the divine reins I hold to the God of Abundance."

As soon as he finished speaking, an incredibly dazzling golden light burst forth from Su Hao's hand. This was a special effect that he had the system add for him by spending some system currency.

After the golden light transformed into various flamboyant and complex totems and strange phenomena, it gradually condensed and turned into a long black and white cloth lying quietly in Su Hao's hand.

"This...this is...the genuine Reins of God!?"

Yana believed that as the only remaining priestess, no one else besides her knew how to hand-craft the reins of the gods, so how could this one be the genuine reins of the gods in her eyes?

Yana was shocked that Su Hao had taken out the reins, while Su Hao, without uttering a single curse, cursed inwardly that the system was too extravagant.

The special effects just now were so fantastical that anyone who didn't know better would have thought they were on a fantasy film set, witnessing the birth of a supreme being and a celestial phenomenon.

A moment later, her emotions became agitated, and a faint blush appeared on her beautiful face hidden under the black veil. Yana, who was overjoyed, gradually calmed down.

She solemnly requested Su Hao, "Mr. Su Hao, I will tell you everything I know, the true history, in its entirety."

"But... I beg you to keep your promise to me and offer this divine rein to the God of Abundance and to my king."

Su Hao looked directly into her eyes and nodded seriously. There was no evasion in his golden eyes, only an irresistible allure that made people want to believe in his magic.

Yana took a deep breath and slowly said, "Then I will now tell you the whole truth, and the despicable act of the thief."

Why did Su Hao, unaware of the truth, specifically seek out her, the priestess of the God of Abundance, and even possess a divine object like the reins of the gods? Yana had no curiosity about any of this.

Even though she has a foolish kindness in her nature, she is still a smart woman who has survived the Ice King's targeting until now. She won't be curious about things she shouldn't be curious about.

As long as there is divine reins, what does the truth matter?

As a priestess of the god of abundance, she firmly believed that once the true king was fully recovered, the false king could be completely eradicated.

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The historical truth buried in the past, in a way that differs from the version circulated in the Ice Kingdom and spoken by Jack, shatters the thief's disguised past.

Su Hao pieced together all the versions of the truth that Yana had told him in fits and starts, and was shocked by it.

The royal family of the Ice Kingdom... they really dare to do that!

This is the icy hell in the far north of a super-large continent called Pangu Continent, and the environment is just as Su Hao sensed—extremely harsh.

According to legend passed down from ancient times, this place is a huge prison where a ferocious ice dragon was imprisoned.

This ice dragon is probably Kyurem.

Rahiram has remained silent on this matter for the time being.

Yana's ancestors were a pitiful race called the Ice Remnants, who were left behind from the Pangu Continent and stranded in the Ice Prison Land, unable to leave.

Caught between ferocious monsters and a harsh environment, the Ice People once faced the crisis of extinction.

Just then, the compassionate King Raicrown passed by.

He took pity on the plight of mankind and subdued the two kings of the Crown Snowfield, the Snowstorm Horse and the Spirit Horse, when they were besieged. He then proclaimed himself the King of Abundance and reigned over the Crown Snowfield.

The compassionate King Raicrown created a holy city to protect the Ice People from monsters, which was the predecessor of the Ice Royal City. The Ice People who received her protection worshipped King Raicrown for generations until the prosperous Ice Royal City was established.

Everything is wonderful here.

With the establishment of the royal city, the race of the Ice People gradually expanded and multiplied, and naturally, a king emerged from among the leaders—the first Ice King.

When the first Ice King was chosen, the evil dragon that had been entrenched in the Ice Prison set foot on the land of the Crown Snowfield, and a battle of protection and destruction began.

The evil dragon was powerful, but the god of abundance was no pushover either.

Nourished by numerous faiths, His power is stronger than ever before.

Ultimately, at a certain cost, the God of Abundance sealed the evil dragon away again in the prison of this icy land.

However, due to the extremely intense battle, He also fell into a period of weakness.

Just as the God of Abundance returned to his temple to recuperate and ceased to appear in the world, the ambition of the first Ice King gradually became apparent.

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The three starter Pokémon in the Unova region are Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott.

If I had to choose... I would choose rice wine.

Chapter 462 Ancient People's View of Modern People

The first Ice King launched a long-term plan to make the people no longer know the name of the God of Abundance.

This plan lasted for a very long time. When the priests who served King Rairen, who were also Yana's ancestors, discovered it, there was no longer a god of abundance in the city, only the Ice King who had saved the Ice King City.

In other words, the history books of time.

History is written by those in power.