Chapter 451: Heart of Eternity and the Mechanical Kingdom
"'Heart of Eternity' Magearna? I heard Sister Drasna mention it."
Cynthia was still leaning in Will's arms at this time.
Although being stared at with that kind of gaze by Volcanion, she wasn't angry.
She could understand the other party.
After all, some humans are indeed bad guys.
Not to mention, just a moment ago, a group of people hurt Volcanion's friends.
"Heart of Eternity?"
Will muttered doubtfully.
It was his first time hearing this title.
Because in the anime, Magearna didn't have any folk title appear at all; even the movie title just said [Artificial Pokémon Magearna].
Looking at it now.
In the real world, Magearna has her own folk title, and it sounds quite nice.
Heart of Eternity.
The source should be that "Soul-Heart" that can run forever, right?
But...
"Once the Soul-Heart leaves the body for too long, the soul Magearna stored in the Soul-Heart might dissipate; even if it doesn't dissipate,
She will lose all memories."
Will let go of Cynthia, turning to look at Volcanion,
"The most urgent task is to find Magearna immediately; do you know where the group of people who caught her went?"
"Don't know."
Volcanion shook his head, becoming increasingly anxious.
"I think in the Azoth Kingdom."
Cynthia said with a solemn face, then hurriedly explained,
"Before when I chatted with Sister Drasna, I heard her say it."
"When the mysterious scientist Eliphas of the Azoth Kingdom updated Azoth into a mechanical city 500 years ago, he also created a wall that can turn into a flying fortress."
"But that wall needs the Soul-Heart as an energy source to activate, so since its creation, no one has ever seen that flying fortress."
Hearing what Cynthia said, Will nodded silently.
The content Drasna told Blonde-kun.
Is basically not much different from the facts.
If Volcanion didn't know where Magearna was taken, then his initial plan would also be heading straight to the Azoth Kingdom.
Although it is now more than ten years ahead of the original plot.
But that Azoth Kingdom minister Alva who has been coveting the Soul-Heart should have already taken the stage.
Alva wants to use Eliphas's flying fortress to restore the Azoth Kingdom to its peak, even overriding the Kalos League, reaching the level of the Eternal Empire 3000 years ago.
Let's not care whether that flying fortress is that awesome first.
The grand premise for this plan to start implementing is—getting the Soul-Heart.
He has enough motivation to do this thing.
The only place that puzzles Will is, why did Alva take action more than ten years earlier than in the anime?
Maybe.
It's because the personality of Alva in this world is different from the Alva in the anime.
Maybe this Alva is more eager for quick success and instant benefits, unable to endure silently until more than ten years later like the one in the anime, catching Magearna through the means of hypnotizing the little prince (Raleigh).
Or maybe.
This Alva is actually smarter than the one in the anime.
Taking advantage of the current situation where the eldest princess (Chymia) is young, the little prince is just born, and the King pays more attention to the two children than state affairs, so chose to act in advance.
"No matter what the facts are, let's go to the Azoth Kingdom to take a look first."
Will turned his head to look at Volcanion,
"Do you know the location of the Azoth Kingdom?"
"Know."
"Take us there."
"Okay!"
Volcanion nodded, gesturing for Will to get on his back.
Will scooped Cynthia up by the waist and leaped up.
Feeling a human on his back.
Volcanion shook his body, feeling very uncomfortable.
But right now couldn't delay.
So he immediately lowered the arms on his back that looked like two big pipes, jetting out colorless airflow downwards, instantly shooting into the sky, flying towards the distance.
"My name is Cynthia, he is my partner Lucario; nice to meet you."
Cynthia felt Volcanion's hard body, smilingly opened her mouth to greet him.
Volcanion didn't respond, didn't even look at her.
Cynthia felt a bit disappointed, but couldn't be called sad.
After all, she already knew before coming.
The Pokémon here on the Nebel Plateau don't have a very good attitude towards humans.
"Volcanion, why do the Pokémon of your Nebel Plateau hate humans so much?"
Will raised his hand, gently stroking the little blonde's head.
"The Pokémon living on the Nebel Plateau have basically all been hurt or abandoned by humans."
"Mm, you too?"
Will blinked.
Feeling this Nebel Plateau is similar to the Moor of Icirrus in the Unova region.
"Almost; in the past, humans, for their own selfish desires, hurt many Pokémon, also destroyed the harmony of this land, and even took the life of my friend, so I hate them."
"Are you talking about the incident 3000 years ago, when the Eternal Empire used the Ultimate Weapon?"
Will looked at him and asked.
"Mm! I was just born not many years then, strength was weak, had no ability to stop that thing from happening..."
Volcanion nodded heavily.
Mentioning that matter, his heart filled with anger.
It can be said he was born at the wrong time.
When he was a teenager, that disaster just broke out; among the few Pokémon he grew up with, one died under the Ultimate Weapon.
It's because of this matter.
Volcanion hates humans so much.
"So that's it; although I don't particularly understand that matter 3000 years ago, no matter what reason that person had to activate the Ultimate Weapon, from the public standpoint, he indeed did wrong, too selfish."
Will nodded, not speaking up for AZ.
Nothing to say.
AZ indeed did wrong in this matter.
Even AZ himself and the resurrected Floette thought so too.
"Humans are just such selfish creatures!"
The emotionally agitated Volcanion cursed, then suddenly remembered something, and changed his words,
"At least most humans are like this, at most a few are different."
This sentence of his made Will's eyes move, thinking of something.
"No, I think good people still occupy the majority. I think it's because you haven't seen enough people; the few you saw just happened to be bad guys."
Hearing Volcanion's words, Cynthia opened her mouth to explain.
She didn't want Volcanion to have such a big misunderstanding of humans.
There are indeed bastards like Team Plasma in this world.
But one cannot deny good people like Joy and Jenny just because of their existence.
And the heroes who established the Pokémon League back then.
It's because of them.
That there is this peaceful era.
That there is this era's theme of humans and Pokémon coexisting peacefully.
"Massive individual cases, right? I don't want to talk to you, human."
Volcanion snorted disdainfully, refusing to converse with Cynthia.
Will shook his head seeing this.
Two species of creatures born in different eras with different experiences.
How could their views reach an agreement?
Volcanion encountered the Ultimate Weapon incident not long after being born, and lost a friend because of it.
Afterwards lived on the Nebel Plateau for three thousand years.
Met a bunch of Pokémon who ran here after being hurt by humans, and heard a bunch of bad things about humans from their mouths.
Already had a negative stereotype of humans.
This cannot be changed overnight.
And Cynthia?
She was born in a relatively peaceful era, and their family are not ordinary people.
Cynthia, who was deeply loved and grew up bathed in care since childhood, what she saw and experienced was basically the beautiful side of human nature, and most of the people she met were good people.
So she naturally thinks there are still more good humans.
Such a Volcanion and Cynthia.
Neither can convince the other.
This kind of discussion won't have a result both sides agree on either.
"Volcanion, have you met other Aura Guardians before?"
Will changed the topic, interrupting their continued discussion.
Just now when he heard Volcanion cursing humans as selfish, he suddenly changed his words.
And thought of how Volcanion consciously came looking for him just now.
He considered one point.
Did Volcanion meet other Aura Guardians in the past?
It's the existence of this Aura Guardian.
That made Volcanion not completely despair of humans yet.
"Yes, I have contacted quite a few Aura Guardians; most of them were humans, also a few Lucario like you, all a group of not bad guys."
Volcanion nodded, a little nostalgia appearing in his eyes.
"No wonder."
Now Will understood.
Why Volcanion would come looking for his help immediately after discovering him.
This is because he had formed bonds with many Aura Guardians before.
"By the way, your flight is very steady; I thought this kind of flying method of yours would be relatively difficult to control."
Will reached out and patted Volcanion's jetting arm.
Jet-propelled flight.
The advantage is the upper speed limit is high, can be faster than many Pokémon flying with wings.
But the disadvantage lies in it's hard to control, such as slow takeoff, hard to stop suddenly, flight direction easily affected, etc.
"It is indeed quite difficult; when I was just born I often flew like a headless fly. At that time I was quite proud because I could fly."
Volcanion laughed at himself self-deprecatingly, then shook his head,
"But in later battles, after being severely beaten up because of flying problems, I knew I had to work hard to learn to control it."
Just at this time.
Cynthia pointed forward and shouted:
"Almost there!"
Will looked up, his eyes instantly lighting up, sighing with emotion:
"The Mechanical Kingdom, lives up to its reputation, truly incredible, hard to imagine it's a human city built 500 years ago."
Azoth Kingdom.
A super mechanical city developed by mysterious science; gears visible everywhere in the town are the symbol of this city.
This is the country of science and technology extremely admired by all scientists in the world.
The origin place of mysterious science and innovative mysterious science.
At the same time.
Also the capital of the Eternal Empire 3000 years ago, and might even be the burial place of the Ultimate Weapon.
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