Chapter 702: The Great Destruction Event
It has been recorded since ancient times.
Every millennium.
The ancient twin gods slumbering in the Kalos region would awaken once.
The Tree of Life would manifest as the God of Life, Xerneas.
Sharing life, creating all things.
The Cocoon of Destruction would manifest as the God of Destruction, Yveltal.
Depriving life, destroying all things.
The awakening and slumbering of these twin gods are quite regular. Every time they wake up, they fight a great battle, vent the excess energy accumulated in their bodies at each other, and then fall into a millennium-long slumber.
In the Kalos Historical Records from the year 200 of the League Calendar, it is recorded:
Three thousand years ago.
The war between the Azoth Kingdom and the Mountain and Boulder Kingdoms caused the Kalos continent at that time to be permeated with the aura and energy of death and destruction.
This aura stimulated the slumbering Yveltal.
Causing it to awaken prematurely.
The awakened Yveltal went berserk, which led to the later world-renowned event—the Great Destruction.
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It had been half a year since Kazuya arrived in this era.
Today.
An uninvited guest barged into the tranquil Nebel Plateau.
A three-meter-tall Trevenant.
The arrival of the Trevenant was undoubtedly due to the impact of the human war.
Moreover, his entire body was covered in scars, clearly having just experienced a battle, helplessly fleeing to the Nebel Plateau in the deepest part of the forest.
This wasn't really a problem.
Trevenant's reputation in the Pokémon world is actually very good.
They are the guardians of the forest, natural rangers, spending their whole lives protecting the forest they were born in, and they do not actively attack other Pokémon.
Only ignorant people, because of its Ghost typing and terrifying appearance, would think Trevenant is a scary man-eating Pokémon.
But the problem was.
When this Trevenant barged into the plateau.
He was clearly in an overly tense, hedgehog-like state.
He would indiscriminately attack all Pokémon that got close to him.
This also led to some small Pokémon on the plateau getting injured.
Therefore.
Kazuya decided to knock the Trevenant out first.
Then use Heal Pulse to heal him.
Once the Trevenant wakes up from his sleep, he would presumably calm down.
Looking at the withered tree demon in a sluggish state opposite him.
Kazuya shook his head, not taking the other party very seriously.
Pokémon like Trevenant...
Are mediocre.
The combination of Ghost and Grass attributes is uncommon, but also unremarkable and very standard.
But placed in the hands of a physical attack-oriented Pokémon like Trevenant.
This Grass attribute is simply a massive nerf.
There aren't many powerful Grass-type physical moves, and even fewer useful ones. Furthermore, the Grass type has many weaknesses. Placed on Trevenant, the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages.
If it only had the Ghost attribute.
Then Trevenant's strength might actually be a notch higher.
"You all step back. You can't handle this Trevenant, leave it to me."
Kazuya waved his hand, signaling the plateau Pokémon to scatter.
This Trevenant's level was neither high nor low, around Lv.40, which was 2 levels lower than the current Kazuya.
There were also a few Pokémon on the plateau capable of defeating this Trevenant.
But they didn't know how to hold back.
They definitely wouldn't be as precise as Kazuya.
With a wave of his hand.
A translucent pink barrier instantly enveloped his body, but disappeared the next second.
Reflect.
Three months of training had allowed Kazuya to make great progress in the field of Psychic powers, and he had developed quite a few various Psychic-type moves.
Reflect, which could reduce the physical damage received for a period of time, was just one of them.
Ghost-type moves are not easy to dodge.
Sometimes speed alone isn't enough to dodge them.
Trevenant's naturally grown move pool is full of physical attack moves.
Reflect could be said to be a professional counter.
Like right now.
In the time it took Kazuya to put a shield on himself.
Trevenant directly disappeared from his original spot.
That wasn't a displacement move like Teleport, but truly disappearing from this world, hiding in the dimensional rift that only Ghost-type Pokémon can enter.
This move is called Phantom Force.
But actually, right now Trevenant could only be considered to have used the wind-up.
The effect of this move in the game is:
Vanish into another dimension, and attack the next turn ignoring protection.
But in the real world.
This move is slightly different.
If Trevenant launched an attack on Kazuya, only then would it be considered using Phantom Force.
If no attack was launched, it could only be considered "Phantom."
Kazuya had once asked Cofagrigus about this.
The dimensional rift that Ghost-type Pokémon slip into is located between the real world and the Spirit World.
While Giratina's Shadow Force slips into the rift between the real world and the Reverse World.
There is a difference, of course.
No one can enter the latter space except Giratina and Palkia.
If It slips in.
Unless you wait for It to come out, there are no countermeasures.
Whereas the former space.
Is a shared space for Ghost-type Pokémon. A small number of Pokémon with special abilities can also enter.
It belongs to a public zone.
Fellow Ghost-type Pokémon can slip into the rift and launch attacks against other "Phantom" Pokémon, thereby countering them.
If you're not a Ghost-type Pokémon...
It doesn't matter.
Phantom doesn't mean invincibility.
The gap between it and Giratina's Shadow Force is still very large.
Because the Spirit World has no other means of entry besides the Spirit World's gates.
Therefore, when Ghost-type Pokémon enter this space, their bodies will be repelled, causing a part of them to be exposed in the real world.
It can often be seen in the anime.
Some Ghost-type Pokémon will turn into a ball of shadow to launch an attack or flee in the chaos.
This is the external manifestation and the only flaw of Phantom.
The countermeasure...
Is also just as shown in the anime—attack the shadow, preferably with a special attack.
"..."
Kazuya glanced over.
His gaze focused on an inconspicuous patch of shadow behind him.
This is why nighttime is the home turf of Ghost-type trainers, and Ghost-type Pokémon prefer to appear in dark places.
Daytime is too conspicuous.
But to Kazuya, it didn't matter.
The Telepathy Ability is still very powerful at times like this. As long as it's a creature with thoughts in its mind, Kazuya can sense its specific location or even its specific thoughts.
To some extent, the effect is even stronger than Aura perception.
Kazuya raised his palm, and flames glowing with neon light shot towards the shadow on the ground.
Mystical Fire.
A fire infused with Psychic power.
In the game, it's classified as a Fire-type special move, and the actual effect is similar, capable of being super effective against the Grass-type Trevenant.
Boom!
The surging flames hit the shadow.
The shadow trembled violently, hastily shifted its position, and charged towards Kazuya.
When it reached Kazuya's feet.
The shadow trembled slightly, and a giant Trevenant was about to drill out.
Kazuya clenched his fist and smashed it towards the ground. Raging flames burned on his small, pure white fist, raising the temperature of the surrounding environment by several degrees.
Bang!
The Trevenant that had just poked its head out suffered a heavy blow.
Already in poor condition, taking two Fire-type moves point-blank to the face, he immediately rolled his eyes and fainted.
When Trevenant woke up again.
It was already evening.
He was awakened by a tender singing voice on the grassland.
He had heard this kind of song before.
Occasionally, some passing Pokémon in the forest would sing this song at a fixed time every day; he practically knew how to sing it himself.
At this time, Trevenant felt a cozy, dry warmth on his arm that was very comfortable.
This comfortable feeling startled him.
Trevenant sat up in a panic, only to see a Pokémon with green hair sitting beside him.
Green.
That is the color of the forest.
This Pokémon must be the legendary incarnation of the forest, the Princess of the Forest!
As the guardian of the forest, I must protect her well!
Trevenant watched this Pokémon use pink radiance to heal his wounds, feeling as if bathed in a spring breeze, like seeing the first ray of sunlight when he was young.
Oh.
He didn't really like sunlight actually.
Anyway, that was the sentiment.
"You're awake? You might still feel a bit dizzy, that's normal. Just rest a bit and you'll be fine."
Kazuya looked at the blank-staring tree demon and nodded at him.
Trevenant's red eyes, resembling will-o'-wisps, were still a bit scary, but to a creature like Kazuya who had even been to the Spirit World, it was just whatever.
The effect of Heal Pulse was better than he imagined.
Worthy of a move that "restores half HP" in the game; its effect in the real world was also quite powerful.
Trevenant looked at Kazuya, blinked, and nodded gratefully.
Now he remembered how all this happened.
He turned his head to look in the direction of the forest.
A solemn look flashed across his eyes.
"What's wrong? Did something major happen in the Allearth Forest?"
Kazuya withdrew his hand from Trevenant's arm and looked at him quietly.
Trevenant.
Lives and dies with the forest.
Unless encountering some extreme situation.
Trevenant generally wouldn't move their stationed area.
For the other party to flee all the way from the forest towards the depths, until arriving at the innermost Nebel Plateau, it was highly likely that something happened on the outskirts of the forest.
"A-woo..."
Trevenant let out a hallucinatory sound like the low moan of a soul, intending to properly explain to Kazuya what had happened.
But right at this moment.
A riot erupted from the direction of the forest.
Countless bird Pokémon soared into the sky from the forest, scattering in all directions.
Even more countless Pokémon of various sizes and over a hundred species poured out of the forest, barging in towards the direction of the Nebel Plateau.
"!!"
Kazuya was stunned and turned his head to look around.
So many Pokémon running over at once.
Even Volcanion would have a hard time blocking them all.
Kazuya could even see a few gigantic Tyrantrum and Tyrunt among them. A single glance told him they had extraordinary strength, likely Gym Leader or even Elite Four level; they should be Alpha-level Pokémon.
What exactly happened in the forest?!
To make this group of powerful Pokémon abandon their original territories and flee out of the forest one after another?
Unfortunately.
This group of Pokémon ran in the wrong direction.
The Nebel Plateau is located within the encirclement of the Allearth Forest.
If they wanted to run out of the forest.
They should have run in the other direction.
Right at this moment.
A scarlet pillar of light shot up into the sky from the outskirts of the forest.
An ominous translucent red aura instantly radiated in all directions. Even Kazuya on the Nebel Plateau could sense a fraction of it.
When that pillar of light disappeared.
And a figure emerged from the pillar of light, standing quietly at the edge of the sky.
Only then did Kazuya belatedly recall some memories, murmuring in his mouth: "The Great Destruction event?"
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