Chapter 450: A Request for Help from a Mythical Pokémon
In an ordinary forest.
"According to the map given by Sister Drasna, the Nebel Plateau should be just ahead."
Cynthia held the hand-drawn map in her hand, looking up.
The forest stretched as far as the eye could see.
"Looks like this place is far from human habitation, not only because the Pokémon there reject humans."
Will held a long branch in his hand, gently tapping the tree trunks he passed by with the branch from time to time while advancing.
No special reason.
Just holding a branch, not tapping things around, wouldn't this branch lose the meaning of its existence?
"Hm? Lucario, do you feel the forest seems to be getting foggy."
At this time, Cynthia, who was studying the map, was suddenly stunned.
She looked up.
Only feeling the forest in front was gradually permeated by a layer of white fog.
Advancing a few more steps.
They found the fog getting thicker and thicker; right now it had reached the point where the road ten meters away couldn't be seen clearly.
Will raised his head looking forward.
He didn't say much, walked in front of Cynthia, then wagged the tail behind him.
Following that.
He felt a soft, seemingly boneless little hand grab his tail.
Then.
Cynthia advanced under Will's "guidance".
Walked out about thirty meters.
Will's ears twitched.
Then he and Cynthia stopped their footsteps at the same time.
"What's wrong?"
Cynthia pressed close to ask.
"A big guy is coming."
Will slightly raised his chin 30°, looking diagonally upwards into the high sky.
Naked eyes couldn't penetrate the thick fog to see the scene over there.
But Will's current Aura perception range fully opened is five hundred meters.
If something approaches.
Can't hide from Will's perception at all.
Unless using Psychic power to wrap itself from five hundred meters away, or using Teleport to suddenly come to his side.
"Is it Xerneas?"
Cynthia's eyes lit up, asking expectantly.
Tranquil forest.
Mysterious thick fog.
Approaching big guy.
Could it be the legendary God of Life of the Kalos region?
"No."
Will shook his head.
At this time Xerneas should still be sleeping soundly.
"Oh."
Cynthia unsuprisingly withdrew her head.
"But, not an ordinary Pokémon either; should be the Mythical Pokémon 'Steam Pokémon' Volcanion."
"Volcanion?!"
Cynthia was startled, hearing a Pokémon she had never heard of before.
So she hurriedly took out the Pokédex to search for Volcanion's information.
[Volcanion, the Fire and Water type Steam Pokémon, good at spewing water vapor, using thick fog to hide itself. It is said to live in mountains humans won't enter.]
"What a brief introduction."
Will listened to the mechanical words beside his ear, couldn't help shaking his head speechlessly.
Sure enough.
At this stage, human understanding of these Legendary Pokémon is still too little; the Pokédex can't give any useful information either.
Volcanion's Water and Fire type combination is unique in the entire Pokémon world.
This Water plus Fire, the nature is like Ground plus Flying.
The person who could come up with this type combination is also a genius.
But since it's a "Pokémon", there is nothing impossible; after all, they are magical monsters.
The main point is not mentioning Volcanion's Water plus Fire, his Ability is fixedly Water Absorb, immune to Water-type damage; can be described as very overpowered.
But.
Although Volcanion's type is Water and Fire.
His most powerful attack method is not these two, but the "water vapor" created by these two!
Volcanion can use Water and Fire, as well as his own body structure, to create a huge amount of water vapor and massive explosions; he can use this water vapor to blow away a mountain.
Can also use massive explosions to flatten a mountain, creating a plain.
This is also the origin of Volcanion's folk legend "God of Steam".
From when Will perceived this thick fog just now, he had a premonition Volcanion might appear in front of them.
After all, this was originally not Xerneas's sleeping place.
But the hiding place of two Mythical Pokémon, Volcanion and Magearna.
These thick fogs are the "barriers" created by Volcanion.
Used to make it difficult for outsiders, especially humans, to enter the Nebel Plateau.
Whoosh~
The sound of jetting came from afar.
That was the sound made by Volcanion flying.
The flight method of this Mythical Pokémon is not relying on "wings" or "psychic power" and the like, but relying on the water vapor created in his own body for jet-propelled flight.
Will raised his hand and spun beside him.
A Vacuum Wave fiercely struck out; the thick fog around was instantly blown away quite a bit.
But just a few seconds after being blown away.
The thick fog permeated over again, restoring its initial appearance.
Boom!
At this time a strong airflow surged from the front.
Will held Cynthia squinting his eyes, not very panicked.
When Cynthia raised her head from Will's arms.
Only saw the thick fog in this forest entirely dispersed, and standing in front of them was a red big guy, exactly the Volcanion seen in the Pokédex just now.
"Aura Guardian, and... human."
Volcanion's face showed joy when he saw Will, but when seeing Cynthia his face instantly darkened.
However.
Giving Will face.
Volcanion ignored Cynthia.
This was already the limit of what he could do.
If it were in the past.
Would make the human lost in the thick fog.
Whether they could walk out or not depended on whether their fate was tough enough.
"You're looking for me?"
Will asked unexpectedly seeing Volcanion's appearance.
This big guy didn't look like passing by or coming to expel them "intruders".
Rather like...
Perceived his existence.
Specifically running over looking for him.
"Yes, Aura Guardian, I request to get your help."
Volcanion nodded, a touch of anxiety appearing in his eyes.
"Tell me first, I might not be able to help."
Will raised his eyebrows.
The personality of this Volcanion is much more humble than the one in the anime.
Although the Volcanion in the anime generally had no problems with his personality, one point was being arrogant and conceited, unwilling to seek help from others, always thinking of doing things himself.
No.
Will shook his head.
He realized his angle of thinking was wrong.
Volcanion is not unwilling to seek help from others, but unwilling to seek help from humans he hates.
But this "favor" Volcanion was talking about at this moment.
Will felt it was probably not a small problem.
Volcanion.
Must be at least a mid-level Champion; his exclusive move [Steam Eruption] can easily destroy a human town.
A problem this kind of strength couldn't solve.
He was really unlikely to be able to solve it.
As for why Volcanion came to look for him for help, Will actually didn't think much about it.
After all, the reputation of the Aura Guardian is placed here.
The name accumulated by hundreds and thousands of generations of Aura Guardians is like thunder piercing the ear in the world of "Gods".
Not to mention he, this Aura Guardian, is a Pokémon, not a human Volcanion rejects.
Not even the last bit of psychological grudge existed.
Then this question was not worth pondering deeply over.
"Humans took advantage of me patrolling the plateau everywhere, to catch my friend Magearna away!"
"You saw it?"
Will reached out a hand pinching his chin.
Magearna...
Is she that weak?
Although in the movie, Magearna indeed performed very weakly.
But the anime, those who know, know.
The expressiveness of Legendary and Mythical Pokémon in the anime is mostly very poor; even ordinary Pokémon can chase and beat them, resulting in creating many disgraces of Legendary Pokémon.
That does not match their true strength.
Logically speaking.
Magearna, as an artificial Pokémon who lived for over 500 years, and also carrying the identity of a Mythical Pokémon, couldn't possibly be weak.
Maybe a Pokémon of the same level as Volcanion.
Plus the heaven-defying type combination of [Steel] and [Fairy].
Those who can beat her head-on.
Should only be some mechanism-monster Mythical Pokémon and First-Level Gods.
Humans.
At least the vast majority of humans now, don't have that ability and level.
This time, Magearna being taken away.
Might be she didn't want to fight back, to hurt the humans catching her.
After all, the purpose of her creator Eliphas creating her was to "protect" not "hurt".
What Eliphas told Magearna back then was like a program setting her as a "Holy Mother", making her in many cases regard "taking action" as the last, helpless choice.
Even in the end.
Would rather let her own soul be annihilated, than let others use her power to launch an attack on the Nebel Plateau.
Of course, there is another possibility.
That is Magearna completely didn't realize she was "caught".
Might even think these people were taking her somewhere to play or needed help.
Anyway, this kind of thing happening to Mythical Pokémon is completely normal.
After all, they are simply cute, can even be called silly.
And.
Magearna also doesn't possess the Psychic typing.
Cannot distinguish whether a person is good or bad, whether they have ill intentions towards her, like the little guys Mew, Celebi, and Victini.
"No, I heard it from the Pokémon living in the Nebel Plateau."
Volcanion shook his head.
"What did they say?"
"They said a group of unfamiliar Pokémon entered the Nebel Plateau, then when contacting Magearna, took advantage of her kindness and simplicity, took the opportunity to ambush, took out her Soul-Heart, causing Magearna to lose consciousness and finally be taken away by a few humans."
Volcanion stomped his feet angrily when saying this; hot steam started to emerge from his body.
"That group of hateful humans attacked ruthlessly, injuring many Pokémon living in the Nebel Plateau; everyone blames themselves very much for not being able to save Magearna."
Speaking of this.
Volcanion glanced at Cynthia, his eyes full of disgust.
But he gave Will a lot of face, didn't say any unpleasant words.
If it were the one in the anime, he might have already started mocking the human beside him sarcastically.
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