Elf: Start with small diamonds, then mutate into Diancie!

Gender: Male

Characteristic: [Independent and unconventional]

Level: [Master]

Prop: [Leftover coconut shell]

Techniques: [Instant amnesia, precognition...]

Master level, that's quite surprising.

Su Hao's expression changed slightly, but he still felt that this silly king was not the sparring partner that Manaphy wanted to find for him.

"The newly appointed Prince of the Vast Ocean and...humans?"

The moment Dazed looked over, a simple, honest voice that sounded just like its appearance rang in Su Hao and Manaphy's minds.

"Mana~"

Manaphy waved at Slowking. Although this was its first meeting with Slowking, anyone listed in the Oceanic Book of Friends (just kidding) is a trustworthy Pokémon or human.

Manaphy is not worried that Slowking will be a threat to him.

—Not to mention, Uncle Kyogre is still in the Temple of the Sea.

Dudu King was a good friend of the previous generation of the Sea Prince who was included in the Sea Prince's Book of Friends.

It's hard to say how many years the other party has lived; they've probably maintained a reclusive attitude ever since the secret realm descended upon Blue Star.

Slowking was easy to communicate with and never showed any aggressive tendencies. He even blocked Su Hao's wave probe in the most peaceful way.

However, upon hearing the purpose of Su Hao and Manaphy's visit, the usually composed and unfazed Daddy King's expression changed slightly, and his gaze towards them became solemn.

"Do you really want to challenge it?"

"...I'm going."

Swallowing hard, Su Hao nodded solemnly.

While the Slowking in front of him should be a good sparring partner, Su Hao was also very curious about the Calamity Moon that Manaphy had mentioned, and wanted to know if it was exactly the same as his guess.

"This is really a headache!"

Slowking shook its head and sighed a few times, but in the end, out of respect for Manaphy, it led it and Su Hao toward the island.

Su Hao called out Milotic as well. Slowking seemed to sense something, and its gaze towards Milotic and Su Hao changed slightly.

Soon, surrounded by many Pokémon who had never seen humans before and were full of curiosity, Slowking led them to the edge of a rather large freshwater lake.

Slowking searched the lake for a while and soon spotted the Pokémon that Manaphy was looking for.

Manaphy excitedly tugged at Su Hao's sleeve, pointing in that direction and exclaiming, "Mana! Mana!"

Look! That's the fifth calamity, the month of calamity!

Having clearly understood Manaphy's meaning, Su Hao paused, looking at the center of the lake with a strange expression.

Perhaps the commotion Manaphy caused was too great, for the Pokémon in the center of the lake also turned its gaze toward it at that moment.

Two gazes met in the air, meeting the blank stare of the dazed-looking ancient moon bird.

Su Hao looked at Manaphy with a completely bewildered expression, his face unusually strange.

You call this the Month of Calamity?

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Ancient moon bird

Chapter 1430 The Ancient Moon Bird's eyes sharpened.

Pokémon: [Crescent Moon]

Attributes: [Flying + Water]

Gender: Female

Feature: [One Missile]

Level: [Master]

Item: [Leftover tree fruit core]

Moves: [Swallow, Charge, Spray, Dive, Surf...]

—What a disastrous month!

I wonder who came up with such an awesome title for the Ancient Moon Bird.

And upon closer inspection, there really isn't anything wrong with it.

Ancient Deer, Ancient Jade Fish, Ancient Slug, and Ancient Sword Leopard are all Older Pokémon, and the last character of their names is an animal.

Absolutely!

The emotional shifts in Su Hao's eyes were almost like a pie chart, and Milotic wasn't much better off.

This is one of its dark histories that it has never spoken about.

Back when it was still the Ugly Fish, during the time when it was showered with love and affection in the Infinite Secret Realm.

Like the rebellious heiresses in most stories, Milotic always felt that protection was a constraint for her, and she always tried to find ways to escape "surveillance" and enjoy her own free time alone.

One time, as always, it took advantage of its uncle Dragonite's inattention to suddenly dive into the water and slip out.

What happened afterward... even now, it still feels a bit embarrassing to bring it up.

While it was swimming happily among the coral reefs, it was suddenly snatched up by a Crested Crow that was diving and appeared out of nowhere. The Crested Crow was about to launch itself at the Megalodon that was chasing it.

If Uncle Dragon hadn't arrived in time, I don't know how things would have ended up.

Although the two Crested Tundra birds were not the same individual at all, Milotic felt a surge of fighting spirit the moment he saw it, despite a mix of complex emotions.

Even though the Ancient Moon Bird looks ordinary, it must have something extraordinary about it since it is called the Moon of Calamity.

"Miru!"

As it meandered forward, Milotic's eyes brightened slightly, and it was the first to issue a challenge to the Ancient Moon Bird!

But after a few seconds of silence, the Crescent Moon Bird shifted its dull gaze to Slowking and let out a short cry.

"Gah?"

Milotic's expression changed slightly, and Su Hao also used the additional function of the Viridian Power to analyze the meaning of the Ancient Moon Bird's cry.

It's asking Slowking, "What did Milotic just say?"

this........

Su Hao's expression grew increasingly strange.

Although he knew that the Old Moon Bird had a very poor memory, it could even be compared to the goldfish, which is said to have a memory of only seven seconds, and they were evenly matched.

Milotic had just issued a challenge to the Crescent Moon Bird, but it forgot about it in a few seconds. Does advancing to the Master level not improve memory?

Ultimately, how did the Ancient Moon Bird achieve such a master-level memory?

Let alone leveraging the power of laws, one second they'd be cultivating, and the next they'd be full of questions about what they were doing, and then just stare blankly into space.

Fortunately, Slowking seemed to have gotten used to Crescent Moon Bird's memory. He walked to the edge of the lake with his hands behind his back, shaking his head and looking quite troubled. Then, his powerful spiritual energy gradually spread out.

This psychic energy mostly surrounds Crescent Moon. If Mewtwo were here, it might be amazed by Slowking's control and creativity with psychic energy.

—It actually used its own spiritual power as a foundation to communicate with the faint spiritual power of the Ancient Moon Bird, directly constructing a spiritual ocean similar to an external brain!

Manaphy seemed to have anticipated this, leaning on Su Hao's shoulder and grinning, "When Dazed King and Crescent Moon Bird team up, it will truly be a month of calamity!"

The Ancient Moon Bird devotes almost all of its energy to combat, resulting in poor memory and virtually no tactics.

Even during a battle, one might turn their head and forget that they are still fighting.

But when the wise Slowking joins in, becoming the "brain" of the Crescent Moon Bird, allowing it to maximize its advantages—

The legendary month of calamity will appear!

By making contact with other Pokémon through the antennae on the top of its head, Manaphy can communicate with any Pokémon and even do some extra things.

Just like now, it pressed its tentacles against Su Hao's body, and with a faint blue light, several images were transmitted into his brain.

That was a piece of footage from the past recorded in the Canghai Friends' Book.

"--This is."

Upon receiving all the images, Su Hao's eyes widened in shock.

Because he saw a large naval fleet bearing the White Eagle Alliance insignia in the footage!

The naval fleet's target is the isolated island where they are now located.

With such a menacing approach, it's obvious that the Eagle Union is most likely eyeing the island's abundant resources and rare Pokémon population.

This was also something the White Eagle Alliance did most often decades or even centuries ago.

Even after detecting high-energy reactions on the island, they still made thorough preparations and fully armed before setting off to receive their new island.

However, this time they clearly kicked a hornet's nest.

Before the fleet landed, an ordinary-looking Crescent Moon Bird blocked the way for the greedy human fleet.

Nobody took it seriously, especially with its blank, silly look. Some crew members even joked that they would take the Crested Moon Bird back as a pet for their daughters.

So dull and silly, it doesn't seem aggressive at all.

But the next second, these people realized they were wrong, even terribly wrong.

As a Slowking arrived across the sea, the dark clouds that had obscured the sky dispersed, and the bright moonlight shone down.

The spreading spiritual energy acted like a key, unlocking the cage of the ferocious beast.

"Gah-"

With a short, comical cry, the Ancient Moon Bird's eyes sharpened, and the officers and sailors of the White Eagle Alliance fleet immediately stopped laughing.

The ancient moon bird summoned a huge wave, stood on the crest, casually snatched a hapless barracuda in its beak, and began to gather its strength.

The energy fluctuations that spread out directly destroyed the monitoring instruments on the ship. Amidst the terrified expressions of the crew, the Ancient Moon Bird, which had just used "Swallow" and "Charge" techniques, unleashed "Spray".