Chapter 703: Oblivion Wing
Looking at the "God of Destruction" Yveltal standing quietly in the sky in the distance, Kazuya's expression gradually grew grim.
Yveltal.
A Dark and Flying-type Legendary Pokémon, unquestionably a primary god (box art legendary).
Even as one of the weaker primary gods, it still crushes 99% of the creatures in this world.
Not to mention this giant red bird also holds the terrifying title of "God of Destruction," which speaks volumes about its personality and strength.
"I see, I was wondering where that ominous premonition came from. It was my memory trying to remind me, but I didn't recall it."
Kazuya took a deep breath.
Only now did he remember the Great Destruction event he had heard about.
However.
He had only heard about it through hearsay.
He had a superficial understanding of the event and wasn't particularly interested at the time.
He only knew that this happened a very, very long time ago, and the result was that the Allearth Forest was destroyed by Yveltal and rebuilt by Xerneas.
Because of this "very, very long time ago," Kazuya thought the Great Destruction event had already passed.
Who would have thought.
Isn't it only three thousand years?
Can three thousand years be considered a long time?
To borrow Morgana's words (from League of Legends/popular culture reference depending on translation context): Is a mere thousand years even considered history?
Anyway, in the current Kazuya's eyes, three thousand years is indeed not short, but it definitely isn't "long."
If you want to talk about a long time.
That would have to be something from tens of thousands of years ago, right?
After all, Kazuya was, in any case, an ancient god who had walked the earth over sixty million years ago.
In that era.
Whatever God of Destruction or God of Life, they hadn't even been born yet.
If they were to rank seniority based on the time of birth.
Among this group of Legendary Pokémon, eighty percent of them would have to call Kazuya 'uncle'.
So these three thousand years really didn't make Kazuya connect it with the word "long."
So much so that his brain didn't recall the Great Destruction event.
He forgot.
For humans.
Three thousand years is already a very long time.
For some tiny, insignificant countries, three thousand years of history is enough for them to steal for ten lifetimes.
"Kazuya! What is that guy?! It gives me a very bad feeling."
Volcanion quickly flew over at this moment, staring at Yveltal with a hint of fear in His eyes.
Having practiced jet propulsion flight for so long.
His flying ability was somewhat decent now, and He could fly steadily.
During these three months.
It was by relying on Volcanion's flying ability that Kazuya could easily travel back and forth between the plateau and Azoth to see AZ and Floette.
"That is one of the 'gods' in this world I told you about, and also one of the creatures stronger than you."
Kazuya stared blankly at Yveltal, his tone calm as a pool of stagnant water.
Rather than saying he could always remain calm because he had experienced a lot.
It was more accurate to say.
Experiencing a lot allowed him to see the current situation more clearly: he couldn't win, and he couldn't run away.
No matter how weak Yveltal might be among the primary gods.
It was still at least a "Master-level" combat power.
The entire Allearth Forest and Nebel Plateau combined probably wouldn't be enough for the other party to harvest with one Oblivion Wing.
Don't look at Volcanion being a "Legendary Pokémon" in the human world.
But one knows one's own affairs.
Volcanion's true classification is a Mythical Pokémon.
Although He is a combat-oriented Mythical Pokémon.
Volcanion has only been born for less than twenty or thirty years, and His level has been Lv.80 since birth, probably not having moved a bit until now.
How can a Lv.80 fight Yveltal?
It's impossible to fight.
Volcanion doesn't even have a tiny bit of type advantage.
As for Kazuya himself, it goes without saying.
He's only been in this era for half a year, let alone the fact that he suppressed his level halfway.
Even if he hadn't suppressed it, his level wouldn't be much higher, let alone rivaling Yveltal.
"What?! A god? But didn't you say it's very hard to see Them?"
Volcanion was shocked, and His gaze towards Yveltal gained a few more layers of meaning.
"It is hard, but aren't we just 'lucky' to bump into this guy waking up."
Kazuya curled his lip.
They just happened to bump into the time when the twin gods of Kalos awaken every millennium.
Moreover.
Kazuya guessed.
It was probably because the commotion of the three-way war was too great, creating a dense aura of death.
This stimulated the Cocoon of Destruction slumbering in the Allearth Forest, causing this God of Destruction to awaken slightly earlier than the God of Life.
Just this brief period of time.
The consequences caused were quite fatal.
If the twin gods awakened at the same time, Xerneas would actively seek out Yveltal and use Geomancy to neutralize Yveltal's Oblivion Wing.
Life energy and destructive energy fusing and colliding.
Would only bring even greater vitality to the Kalos region, creating more natural energy.
This natural energy would meld into the ground, affecting minerals, and thus give birth to the Mega Stones and Key Stones that the Kalos region is famous for.
This is a good thing.
But if the two didn't awaken at the same time...
With Yveltal's personality, it wouldn't deliberately wait for Xerneas to wake up.
Nor would it care what happened to all things in the Kalos region.
"What do we do? Should we run?"
Volcanion turned to look at Kazuya.
Knowing He lacked experience and wasn't particularly smart, He relied entirely on Kazuya's opinion.
"With our speed... we can't get away."
Kazuya sighed and shook his head.
The current Yveltal.
Seemed to be in a groggy, half-asleep, half-awake state.
Once Yveltal regained its senses.
It would probably immediately unleash an Oblivion Wing to say hello to the world, and then begin to wantonly destroy all things in the world, venting its destructive energy.
The Allearth Forest.
Was destroyed by this single Oblivion Wing.
In other words.
The moment Yveltal awakens is the moment the Great Destruction event occurs.
This event...
Might end within a short ten seconds.
Maybe not even ten seconds.
In short, everyone would immediately be sucked dry and deprived of life by Oblivion Wing.
With their speed and travel distance, even without bringing the Pokémon of the Nebel Plateau, they couldn't escape this disaster.
"Then what do we do? Just sit and wait for death?"
Volcanion was extremely anxious.
He reached out and tugged at Kazuya's dress, not understanding why Kazuya could still act so calm at a time like this.
Kazuya irritably pulled his dress back.
Sit and wait for death?
Having lived so many lives and encountered so many disasters, he had never just sat and waited for death.
Naturally, it was impossible today either.
He wasn't spacing out earlier; he had been constantly thinking of a way out.
And he just thought of it.
"Tell everyone to immediately dig holes downwards, and then fill in the entrances."
Kazuya reached out and poked Volcanion's nose with his fist. "And you, use Steam Eruption to immediately blast out holes in the ground!"
Volcanion wasn't wrong earlier.
Kazuya was indeed very calm.
After all, he was a transmigrator who "knew the future."
He knew that the Allearth Forest would not be destroyed in this event, but would instead undergo a drastic reconstruction, turning a disaster into a blessing, becoming even more vibrant.
It's just that...
The Pokémon living here would have to suffer a bit.
But it's only...
Suffering a bit.
The description of the Great Destruction event in the movie was extremely clear: Yveltal's Oblivion Wing destroyed the forest and injured many Pokémon.
Yes.
What truly disappeared in the Great Destruction event was only the Allearth Forest of that time.
The Pokémon living in this forest were merely injured but did not lose their lives.
The reason is surely related to Xerneas.
As for the specifics.
Kazuya hadn't personally experienced it, so he couldn't know.
But at the very least, he knew this ending, so he wasn't panicking at all.
Right now.
He just needed to do all that is humanly possible and leave the rest to fate.
Just wait.
Yveltal and Xerneas are opposing existences to each other, like the two idiots of Hoenn (Groudon and Kyogre).
If one side caused a commotion, the other side absolutely couldn't continue waiting.
Yveltal using Oblivion Wing.
Would inevitably stimulate the still slumbering Xerneas.
Once the latter was also stimulated to wake up.
It would naturally stop and salvage all of this.
While thinking about these things in his mind.
Kazuya also led the Pokémon of the Nebel Plateau into action.
More and more Pokémon were running from the forest to the plateau.
Relying on his powerful affinity and gentle voice that could soothe their unease, Kazuya called upon all the Pokémon that arrived here to start digging holes downwards.
Why dig holes?
This requires a brief introduction to [Oblivion Wing].
Oblivion Wing.
Is a Flying-type special move, and also the signature move of the God of Destruction.
Its damage isn't high.
In the game, it's only 80, but its special feature is that it can restore 75% of the damage dealt, and if holding a "Big Root," it becomes 97.5%.
It's practically restoring as much HP as the damage it deals.
Back to reality.
Oblivion Wing isn't some life-stealing move.
It is a beam of pure destructive energy.
Any Pokémon or land hit by this beam will instantly petrify, losing all vitality.
For the plants swept by it, the leaves will disappear and the trunks will petrify.
Extremely terrifying.
Completely worthy of the title "God of Destruction."
But the chance of survival happens to lie within this effect!
The destructive energy beam.
Can only cause damage to things with vitality.
Without vitality to destroy, this move naturally loses its effect.
When the earth is petrified, completely losing its vitality, the destructive energy of Oblivion Wing will no longer act upon this layer of petrified earth.
Even if the destructive energy blasts onto it, it will just splash away, lacking any penetrative effect.
In other words.
Creatures hiding underground will not continue to be hit by the destructive energy and thus lose their vitality.
Kazuya having everyone dig holes to hide underground now.
Is actually aiming to use this layer of topsoil as their shield.
As for the Pokémon that didn't manage to hide underground...
They can only wait for Xerneas to appear.
The current Kazuya doesn't have the ability to save them either.
At this moment.
Kazuya saw Yveltal in the sky "clench" that massive tail feather.
His eyes immediately widened, and he hastily shouted: "Hide underground!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
Kazuya grabbed Volcanion and Amaura beside him, and disappeared from the spot in the blink of an eye.
The earth trembled violently. The Pokémon on the plateau scrambled to dive into the holes they had dug, sealing the entrances with dirt and boulders.
A dozen seconds later.
The crimson-black destructive energy finished accumulating and was unleashed by Yveltal without any scruples, shooting towards the Allearth Forest below like an orbital cannon fired from the depths of the universe.
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