Chapter 513: Meteor Village
Hoenn region.
Rustboro City.
Bordered by Meteor Falls to the north, Petalburg Woods to the south, and Rusturf Tunnel to the east.
This is a city that pursues the integration of nature and science.
At the same time.
It is also the location of the Devon Corporation headquarters, and Devon Corporation is the property of Steven's family. This Champion Steven, besides running around everywhere looking for stones, basically stays in Rustboro City, you could say.
Rustboro City was originally the westernmost coastal small town in the Hoenn region, and it was driven by the Devon Corporation to gradually develop into a commercial city.
In the far northwest of the city, by the sea.
That tallest building in the whole city is the Devon Corporation.
At this very moment on the top floor of the Devon Corporation.
Steven left the iceberg beauty Cynthia, who was the same age as him, hanging on the sofa to the side, and circled around Will back and forth.
From time to time, he carefully stroked the steel spikes on Will's body.
"Hmm... the material of this steel is very special; it seems to be able to conduct a certain kind of energy. I really underestimated Pokémon like Lucario in the past."
Steven smacked his lips, his eyes full of excitement.
This person.
Gets excited seeing Steel-type and Rock-type Pokémon.
Steven's team, whether it's his first team or second team, has a very uniform composition ratio.
Three Steel-types + 2 or 3 revived Fossil Pokémon.
However.
He still prefers Pokémon that are entirely composed of steel from top to bottom.
For those like Lucario where the Steel-type portion accounts for less, his interest is relatively limited.
So Steven quickly left Will's side and sat on the sofa nearby.
"Can we talk about business now?"
Cynthia smiled and made eye contact with Steven.
Although Steven's behavior was a bit impolite.
However.
She was happy to see others show a liking for Will.
"Ah, sorry, excuse my manners. It's mainly because this matter actually isn't that urgent right now."
Steven nodded and reached out to pour a cup of tea for Cynthia.
The origin of the matter.
Must start from an ancient people in the Hoenn region.
As everyone knows.
Every Legendary Pokémon basically has its own worshippers.
As the strongest god of the Hoenn region.
Rayquaza.
Is naturally no exception.
North of Rustboro City.
There is a huge cavern born from a meteorite fall.
In the cavern, there is a crystal-clear waterfall.
And in the deepest part of the waterfall lives an ancient people who worship Rayquaza.
This people was born two thousand years ago.
Witnessed the rise, fall, and disasters of the Hoenn continent several times.
They are called the Draconid people.
What the Draconid people have always worshipped is the 'God of Sky and Atmosphere', Rayquaza, only from their mouths, they prefer to call Rayquaza the 'Dragon God'.
For no other reason.
Because their ancestors once witnessed with their own eyes Rayquaza saving the Hoenn land twice from the battles between the 'God of Magma and Earth' (Groudon) and the 'God of Oceans and Heavy Rain' (Kyogre).
It is worth mentioning.
Although the Draconid people are not psychics, they possess a bizarre ability to prophesy.
They were able to foresee in advance the disasters the Hoenn land faced several times.
The Draconid people also relied on this ability to survive from thousands of years ago to the present.
And right now.
The Draconid people prophesied that their clan is about to suffer a severe blow.
Although they can rely on the handed-down iridescent stone to summon 'Lord Dragon God', it seems the situation this time cannot be smoothly resolved relying solely on Lord Dragon God.
Therefore.
The Draconid people didn't hesitate to ask the Hoenn League for help.
And the Hoenn League was naturally duty-bound.
Leaving aside how many contributions the Draconid people have always made to the Hoenn land.
Just the fact that this incident involves Rayquaza alone, the Hoenn League couldn't possibly stay out of it.
They repeatedly confirmed with the Draconid people.
Rayquaza could solve this incident alone, but it would definitely cause a severe impact on the Hoenn land.
It might even wake up the other two gods slumbering who knows where.
However.
If the League could send people to help Rayquaza.
Then the impact of this incident could be minimized as much as possible, reducing the sensation caused in civil society.
The Hoenn League Chairman thought it over.
Felt that since Rayquaza could solve this incident by itself,
Then there was no need to go to great lengths to dispatch other cutting-edge combat forces to participate in this matter.
Especially since two organizations called Team Magma and Team Aqua have jumped out in recent years, almost showing their cards and standing in opposition to the Hoenn League.
Howling every day about expanding the land and expanding the sea.
Frightening the Hoenn League into thinking where these extreme environmental protection organizations popped out from.
Must maintain vigilance at all times.
And this Draconid warning incident.
Could be used to train rookies.
The closest League to Hoenn is Indigo.
But Lance over at the Indigo Plateau hasn't even beaten Lorelei yet.
And closer are Sinnoh and Unova.
Unova's Alder is a veteran contestant; leaving aside whether he needs training, he himself seems to be currently helping the International Police hunt down a Pokémon Hunter organization, and has no time to come over.
Then the most suitable one is undoubtedly Cynthia.
"Draconid people? I've heard of them."
Cynthia raised a hand and pinched her chin, recalling the content she read in a traveler's biography in the past,
"I heard... the Draconid people can let their Pokémon fight in mid-air?"
"There seems to be such a thing, but according to what they say themselves, that requires the cooperation of a Flying Dragon-type Pokémon."
Steven scratched his head, not particularly clear about this matter.
Things unrelated to stones.
He doesn't know much about.
Will beside recalled for a moment, and found he truly didn't know about this.
Maybe it wasn't that he hadn't seen the ability setting of the Draconid people in the past, just that he forgot.
No wonder.
The standard Pokémon of the Draconid people is Salamence.
Just like the Dragon Tamer clan cultivates Dragonite, and the Dragon Village cultivates Hydreigon...
Dragon and Flying-type Pokémon.
While taking into account high potential, perfectly satisfy the needs of the Draconid people to activate their abilities.
So they proactively cultivate the Bagon line of Pokémon.
"Actually, time isn't considered tight right now; we just need to arrive at Meteor Village to find the Draconid people within half a month."
Steven crossed his legs and leisurely drank a cup of tea.
In fact.
It wasn't just an issue of ample time.
But even if they went early, they wouldn't have anything they could do.
The Draconid people's prophecy couldn't foresee the exact time, but the approximate range could still be foreseen.
The earliest time that disaster would happen is 15 days from now.
If they go now.
They'd basically just be eating dirt with the Draconid people underground for 15 days first.
And Meteor Village.
That is the village located underground in the deepest part of Meteor Falls.
The secluded residence of the Draconid people.
"I want to go early. The Draconid people are an ancient clan; I think I should be able to learn some ancient legends about the Hoenn region from their mouths."
"Oh, that's true. The Elder of the Draconid people knows a lot of things; the Chairman and the others also occasionally pay special visits to ask for guidance."
Steven put down the teacup in his hand, suddenly remembering something,
"Speaking of which, the Draconid people have lived underground for so long, they must have collected a lot of rare stones, right? Why didn't I think of this before,
Darn it, Cynthia, let's set off immediately!"
Leaving a sentence.
Steven immediately got up to pack his bags.
Cynthia looked at his anxious and flustered appearance and shook her head, considering she had some deep impression of this Hoenn Champion.
"Let's set off."
"Mm."
In fact.
They didn't manage to set off smoothly.
Steven had just put on his super-huge mountaineering backpack, and then bumped into his father, the President of the Devon Corporation, the sponsor of the Hoenn League ([Mr. Stone]).
After roughly understanding the general situation.
Steven's father decisively threw his mountaineering backpack out the door, telling Steven to properly entertain the Champion from the Sinnoh League.
The depressed Steven sighed.
Feeling he had nothing to live for, he took Cynthia for a stroll around the Devon Corporation.
"Speaking of which, Steven, you should also know about Mega Evolution, right? I think, with your personality, you must have already collected Mega Stones and Key Stones?"
Will turned his head to look at Steven at this time.
Actually.
What Will wanted to say was 'with your personality and your family's financial resources'.
For Steven, collecting a Mega Stone that a Metagross can use shouldn't be hard, right?
"Ah, speaking of this, can you let me see your Mega Stone and Key Stone?"
Steven's eyes suddenly lit up brilliantly, and then he said somewhat apologetically,
"Oh, sorry, I was too excited. Very unfortunately, I haven't found a Mega Stone my Pokémon can use yet."
"Right now the Pokémon League can only clearly identify a few kinds of Pokémon Mega Stones, which do not include Steven's Pokémon."
Cynthia turned to look at Will.
"Oh."
Will nodded.
He really didn't know about this matter.
Come to think of it, it's true.
It hasn't even been a few months since the matter of Mega Evolution was announced.
The Pokémon League side isn't even completely clear on the principles of Mega Evolution; out of a hundred tests, ninety-nine are failed cases.
Finding the corresponding Mega Stone for a Pokémon among countless stones that look similar is even more of a time-consuming and laborious task.
So.
Although Mega Evolution has appeared and is no longer a secret.
The vast majority of people in this world still don't possess the ability to achieve Mega Evolution; they can't even find a Mega Stone.
Afterwards.
Will and Cynthia handed their stones to Steven.
Steven sat on the floor on the spot holding a magnifying glass and started researching, tears of emotion about to flow from the corner of his mouth.
Will and Cynthia looked at his appearance.
Guessed he couldn't act as their tour guide either.
They started exploring the Devon Corporation by themselves.
The identity of the Sinnoh Champion.
Is quite useful even in the Devon Corporation.
Cynthia could also enter many places only open to the high-ranking officials of the Hoenn League.
What was stored the most inside here were various rare stones.
Many of which were marked [Unknown] by the Devon Corporation.
The general meaning is...
Not clear about the specific function of this kind of stone, but it is extremely rare, so it was stored here for now.
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