Chapter 456: Light-Speed Face Change
The huge flying fortress landed on the gentle Nebel Plateau.
The soaring gale swept the grassland, blowing the surroundings rustling; the Pokémon around were startled and hurriedly hid nearby.
"Lucario~"
Cynthia reached out her hand to Will.
The latter understood.
Scooped Cynthia up horizontally and leaped down, landing on the grass first.
The whistling wind blew away the bow on top of Cynthia's head; her golden long hair lost its restraint and fluttered freely with the wind.
Cynthia narrowed her eyes, raising her hand to brush away the messy bangs in front of her eyes.
When she opened her eyes wide again.
She saw Will's other hand had already grabbed Cynthia's bow.
"Thank you."
Cynthia smiled sweetly, landing from Will's arms and turning her back,
"Please put it on for me, Mr. Lucario?"
"Mm."
Will skillfully raised his hand, and in less than two seconds put it back on for her perfectly.
Whoosh!
The sound of jetting sounded by his ear.
Only saw Volcanion holding Magearna landing beside them.
"Tch, you guy really know how to act handsome."
Volcanion glared at Will.
"Diri duru."
Magearna waved her two small hands.
"Why are you taking his side so much?"
"Diri duru."
"I told you, he's not your dad; if you really have to say, you should call me dad, I'm the one who brought you up."
"Diri duru."
Smack smack!
Magearna poked Volcanion with her hand.
At this time.
"Amaura~"
A tender call came to their ears.
Will and others turned their heads to look in that direction.
A beautiful and cute little guy ran over.
"Wow, it's an Amaura~ so cute."
Cynthia blinked, staring intently at the Amaura running over with its short little legs.
Will's attitude was similar to Cynthia's.
He liked such a little cutie like Amaura very much, so he sized it up a few more times.
Not gonna lie.
The design of ancient Pokémon in the Kalos region is really good; there's Tyrunt before and Amaura after, both are invincible cute little guys.
Just a pity.
The number of such Pokémon resurrected through fossils is too few, even rarer than pseudo-Legendaries.
Can only be encountered by chance, not sought after.
And.
Amaura's Rock and Ice type combination is really hard to put into words.
Can be called taking the dregs and discarding the essence.
Amaura rushed over and plunged headfirst into Magearna's arms:
"Amaura~"
Looks like he felt very happy for Magearna's safe return.
"Yo, looks like you're in a good mood today."
Volcanion nodded gratifyingly seeing Amaura in such good spirits.
Will could understand his words.
Amaura is a relatively troublesome Pokémon in this era.
They need to survive on cold land for a long time.
The modern weather is too hot, making it impossible for Amaura to survive long-term; their daily spirit and condition basically can't be too good.
"Lucario look, there are so many little guys on this plateau."
Cynthia quietly pulled Will's hand, pointing to the distance.
Looking up.
Litwick, Hippopotas, Litleo, Kirlia, Munchlax, Aron...
It can be said that Pokémon from all regions can be seen here.
This Nebel Plateau is simply a mini Pokémon world.
"Amaura!"
At this time Amaura suddenly exclaimed.
Will and Cynthia tilted their heads doubtfully to look.
Turns out Amaura didn't notice Cynthia just now; at this time hearing Cynthia's voice, turned his head to look and found it was actually a human.
This scared Amaura so much he directly hid half his big head behind Volcanion, leaving a big butt outside to sneak a peek at Cynthia.
What kind of Chopper-style hiding method is this.
"What is this, so you didn't even notice this human just now? Don't worry, this woman can tentatively be considered a not bad guy, she helped me save Magearna just now. And, you have to trust the vision of the Aura Guardian."
Volcanion actually unexpectedly spoke up for Cynthia.
"..."
Will and Cynthia's faces were startled.
Hard to imagine these were words spoken by Volcanion.
Even "trust the vision of the Aura Guardian".
As if the one whose attitude towards Cynthia wasn't so great a few hours ago wasn't him.
"Amaura..."
Hearing this, Amaura then ran out from behind Volcanion,
He trotted all the way in front of Cynthia and lowered his head to her.
"This child has stayed on this plateau since birth, never went out, never contacted humans; his understanding of humans is all learned from other outside Pokémon, so he doesn't reject humans that much."
Volcanion walked to Will's side and introduced.
"This is not a good thing; very easy to be deceived and taken away by humans."
Will quietly watched the appearance of Blonde-kun gently stroking Amaura.
"Hehe, looks like you also don't like humans."
Volcanion grinned.
"No, you're wrong, I like humans very much, but undeniably, there are indeed some bad guys among humans; presumably you've also heard of existences like Pokémon Hunters."
Will shook his head.
How could he not like humans?
He likes them of course.
Not because he used to be a human in the past.
But because along the way, he received countless kindness from humans, the kind of truly selfless kindness that asks for no return.
The faces of Sora, Tom, Tekkai, Leaf, Kaoru and others flashed in his mind.
Will couldn't help showing a smile.
The reason why he specifically mentioned this.
Is because he remembered Pokémon Hunters appearing in the anime coming to the Nebel Plateau to hunt Pokémon.
"Hmph, as long as they dare to come, I will make them never return. I didn't use full strength just now, otherwise that iron lump definitely wouldn't be my opponent!"
Volcanion angrily waved his two arms.
Will glared at him.
Didn't speak.
Volcanion indeed didn't use full strength just now.
His exclusive move Steam Eruption and strongest move Explosion were not used.
After all, once used, Will and the others would also be affected, even the entire flying fortress would be blasted into powder; no creature on this spaceship could survive.
But.
Will believes even if used, Volcanion wouldn't be that Mega Metagross's opponent.
The strength of that Mega Metagross...
Is not a problem to head-on clash with a First-Level God like Lugia for a short time.
At that time Will's plan was to take the opportunity to destroy the ring on the old Alva's hand, making the power of the Mega Wave invalid.
But the success rate was a "?".
Honestly speaking.
Will felt the success rate wasn't high.
That ring obviously had more than just the function of a Mega Wave; before Giratina's wormhole appeared, that ring also sounded an alarm.
If Giratina's speed wasn't fast enough.
Maybe the old Alva really could let Mega Metagross take him to escape.
Under that circumstance.
He felt succeeding was very hard.
Truly fortunate.
A Giratina hunting down the old Alva appeared at that time.
Otherwise the ending was really hard to predict.
"Anyway, this time, really thank you, and that... Cynthia."
Volcanion lowered his head to Will.
Making him lower his head to that human, he wasn't very willing.
But lowering his head to Will, then there's no psychological grudge.
"Hehe, nothing; the name accumulated by past generations of Aura Guardians can't be ruined here with me."
Will pursed his lips not caring much.
"You Aura Guardians, clearly a group of idiots with abnormal heads, but somehow people just can't bring themselves to hate you."
Volcanion curled his lips.
"I say, just received the help of an Aura Guardian and then curse us as idiots, aren't you a bit too arrogant?"
Will was speechless.
"...Sorry."
Volcanion seriously reflected on his mistake, and apologized solemnly, "What I said was wrong, you guys are not idiots, I just can't understand your behavior of putting your own lives out of consideration."
"It's okay, actually we are about the same."
"Hm?"
"When you were saving Magearna, didn't you also throw your own life safety behind you?"
"Haha, now that you mention it, it's really true."
Volcanion grinned happily.
"Cynthia seems to like it here very much; next we might stay here for three to five days."
Will looked at the smile on Cynthia's face and said.
"Oh~ if it's this girl, no problem, I believe everyone will like her; feel free to stay here."
Volcanion glanced at Blonde-kun who was already hugging Amaura, narrowed his eyes and nodded.
"..."
Will glared at this iron lump beside him.
Face changing speed is really fast.
"By the way, what did you guys come here for originally? I remember before I found you, you guys planned to enter the Nebel Plateau, right?"
"Nothing, Cynthia likes to research history and legends; heard from others before that Xerneas might be hiding here, so came over to take a look."
Will spread his hands, not caring much.
"Xerneas is not here, no one knows where he is. After all, the tree he transformed into has not much difference from ordinary trees; any tree on this land could be him, so wanting to find him is almost impossible unless he shows himself actively."
"Mm, I know. I didn't expect to see Xerneas here from the beginning, just accompanied Cynthia to take a trip."
Will nodded unsuprisingly, then pointed to Volcanion,
"And, for Cynthia, being able to see you and Magearna, and even unexpectedly seeing Giratina just now,
For her, the harvest far exceeds seeing Xerneas."
"That's good."
Volcanion nodded.
"By the way, do you know where Yveltal is sleeping?"
"Don't know, don't you go looking for him; that guy is a madman, even won't give face to Zygarde and Aura Guardians."
"I know, I asked you where he sleeps exactly to deliberately avoid it."
Will nodded.
The God of Destruction Yveltal.
This is one of the few among all the Gods in the Pokémon world whose personality and standpoint are similar to Giratina, belonging to the "chaotic evil" faction.
The former's setting is [Cruel and Merciless].
The latter's setting is [Violent Avatar].
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