At the Zapapico Town hotel, Axel stood on the rooftop, looking at the few Pokémon in front of him that were behaving obediently, and nodded in satisfaction.
After hearing reports from Groudon and Giratina, Axel had now basically confirmed that these guys were indeed relatively righteous Pokémon.
It was just that, because they wanted to overthrow that king back then, they had fallen into a state of obsession.
Overall, they were usable.
And their powers were pretty much what Axel had expected. Wo-Chien controlled the power of jealousy's fire, which could cause the jealousy in a person's heart to ignite on its own.
Chien-Pao controlled the power of hatred, able to turn hatred into ice and snow. It was similar to Wo-Chien's power, yet completely opposite.
Ting-Lu's power was fear. When used against enemies, it could produce extremely strong control effects.
As for Chi-Yu, it was somewhat similar to Chien-Pao, also controlling the power of hatred, but its mastery over emotional power wasn't that great. Its bigger role was in controlling life force.
However, compared to Xerneas, its control over life force could only be considered bottom-tier among the bottom-tier.
Axel let the Ruinous Pokémon rest for a while, while also starting to think about how to trick these guys into following him.
Forcefully capturing them? That didn't fit Axel's style.
But leaving them here also risked them causing trouble. So he could only rely on sweet talk..
Chi-Yu, who had been beaten silly by Giratina, was still in a confused state, swaying around with a blank expression.
The great vessel on Ting-Lu's head had a crack in it. After being struck by Precipice Blades, it still hadn't healed, causing him to instinctively get a headache whenever he saw that move. The only one in slightly better condition, Chien-Pao, was lying on the ground like a tame little cat. Every time it made eye contact with Rayquaza, it would nod frantically, saying strange things like,["I acknowledge this is Aurient territory."]
Over the past few days, Axel had actually been observing the movements of these guys all along.
With Chi-Yu's perception, he could easily determine the time each Ruinous Pokémon would reappear.
With the help of Rayquaza, Groudon, and Giratina, these guys were basically taken down the moment they showed up...
"You all know your own origins, right?", Axel sat casually on the rooftop, looking at the three defeated losers in front of him.
At the same time, he released Chi-Yu as well, letting it sit together with its three good brothers.
The four Ruinous Pokémon looked confused, then nodded and said in unison, ["We know. We come from a certain period of the Paldea Kingdom. Because of the king's tyranny, we manifested, and our mission is to overthrow that kingdom."]
As it spoke, Chien-Pao glanced fearfully at Rayquaza, ["We're really convinced now... This current new nation is very good. We really don't dare to overthrow the world anymore..."]
Axel waved his hand, ["Wrong. You actually don't have much to do with the Paldea region, because you yourselves are Pokémon of Aurient."]
Chien-Pao: "..."
'Well then, like dragon, like trainer. Another damn lunatic.'
["How about... how about we find a way to rename this place Aurient instead?"]
Chien-Pao looked at Axel and spoke sincerely. After being ground into the dirt by Rayquaza, he didn't know whether the other Ruinous Pokémon were convinced, but he truly was.
Throughout the entire battle, that black dragon had been like something untargetable..
Four-times weak to Ice? Total nonsense!
Chien-Pao felt that even if Rayquaza were a hundred times weak to Ice, he still wouldn't be able to beat that freak who could dodge skills infinitely.
Seeing his state, Axel knew he had been beaten into psychological trauma.
"I'm not bullying you, but—"
["Right, right, you're not bullying us!"], Before Axel could finish, aside from Chi-Yu who was still confused, the other Ruinous Pokémon all nodded frantically.
As if they were afraid that if they nodded too slowly, they'd be dragged off for another beating.
"You guys...", Axel couldn't help but curse.
"If anyone dares interrupt me again, I'll throw you into Groudon's mouth for a while!"
After scaring them into silence, Axel finally had the chance to continue, "What I'm saying about you being Aurient Pokémon is backed by historical records."
"Here, look. This is my parents' identity."
Axel searched up his parents' names and showed them to the four Ruinous Pokémon.
Only then did they see that Axel's parents really were historians of the Pokémon world, and they immediately became much more serious while listening to him.
Axel felt a surge of smug satisfaction. So this is what it feels like to rely on your parents?
'Damn, it feels amazing!'
"Ahem! According to my investigation, the four of you drifted here from the hands of a merchant from Aurient..."
Axel retold the story he had heard from Briar, and the four Ruinous Pokémon were all stunned.
They had worked so hard trying to overthrow that dynasty's rule, only to end up helping someone else?
If this were in a war-torn ancient era, that would straight-up count as aiding the enemy.
Seeing their emotions reach the right point, Axel continued, "Because the four of you ran off, Rayquaza had to struggle to support Aurient all these years, and in one battle it almost died."
"Since then, Aurient has been labeled as having no gods. Miserable, right..."
Chien-Pao blinked, suddenly feeling a bit guilty.
No wonder that big black dragon beat it so ruthlessly. Turns out it really deserved it?
["Th-then... how should we make it up to Aurient?"]
Axel's eyes lit up. This was exactly what he had been waiting for.
"You can make it up to me. I'm a Aurient trainer, and absolutely orthodox."
"Look, even Rayquaza is with me, and there's Giratina from the Aurient Sinnoh Province, and Groudon from the Hoenn Province. They're all following me."
"I've already thought of your positions. You'll be the four, cough, five, great generals under Empress Gardevoir!"
Axel thought about it. Glastrier could also count as a general, so it should be five.
["Gardevoir... Empress?"], The Ruinous Pokémon were confused again. Wasn't the current system a League? Why was there an empress?
["Then what are our duties?"], Ting-Lu shook its slightly aching head and asked.
"Simple!", Axel grinned, leaning halfway over the edge of the rooftop and pointing toward his room.
"Your most important task right now is to organize your methods of training emotional power, and later provide them for Gardevoir to study."
"As long as Gardevoir gets stronger and stronger, Aurient will also become stronger. It can also be considered making up for the lack of care you've shown the Aurient region over these thousands of years."
Hearing this, Rayquaza and the other legendary Pokémon all trembled.
A Gardevoir already skilled in mental power, if it gained these abilities too, wouldn't it take off?
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