After the rank-up, Nidoking looked more intimidating than before. It looked the same but the aura that it released was something else. A normal Nidoking would not be able to release such a suppressing aura like this.
But as Axel was marveling at a new evolution and a new rank up, the cave suddenly released a powerful psychic aura that increased the gravity by at least 10 times.
From the previous interaction, Axel knew that for some reason the great one could not personally come here. But it could manipulate the cave.
The cave did the same thing as before. It started to narrow down to crush them. Axel had come prepared for this.
"Come out, Magnus.!!!", shouted Axel and threw the master ball.
ROOOOARRR
After coming out, Magnus immediately used its psychic powers to widen the cave. Axel, Togekiss, and Nidoking moved towards 3 different sides of the cave. Axel hypothetically patted his back for thinking about this.
Even though the great one was far stronger than Slowemperor, it was in a very far place and it would need a high amount of psychic energy to manipulate the cave. At the same time, Slowemperor was just very near. So, Slowemperor could control the manipulation.
"Togekiss, do it now!!", shouted Axel.
Togekiss's eyes lightened up with a purple glow and it raised its right wing and sent out a pure psychic energy to push the cave back. This was 'Extrasensory'. It had leveled up the move and now it would use push and pull with the move like one of the villains of Naruto.
And the good part was that it worked. While Slowemperor was looking at the overall situation, Nidoking and Togekiss were trying to expand the cave to the best of their abilities.
Finally, the cave had been extended to its limits. Axel felt that this was the time.
"Nidoking, now use your 'Spinning poison'"
Unfortunately, Nidoking could not upgrade 'Spinning poison' further. It had already reached level 65 and it was extremely hard to upgrade. But that didn't mean that the move was weak.
It first used its pre-domain move to improve its power and also the destructive force of its poison powers. Then it used its new move to enhance its special attack stats. Then it started to use the move 'Spinning poison'.
It was not like before when the move would take a long time to form. It was quick and maybe the great one had not anticipated about it.
With its full power, Nidoking used its move.
BOOOOM
A massive explosion occurred. This might be one of the most powerful attack moves that Axel had witnessed his Pokemon use.
Axel wanted to marvel at the pure destruction but he knew that he didn't have the luxury of time.
"Togekiss, use it"
Togekiss came near and then used the move 'Fairy wind'
It created a hurricane that removed the smoke and dust that was happening after the explosion.
Axel could see a massive hole in the walls of the cave. Sunlight was coming from that hole.
"Magnus, use the move 'Ice beam' and freeze the area. Meg, use your ground type moves to expand that hole and Togekiss, look out for any other danger."
Even though there was a massive hole now, Axel could already see that the hole was healing on itself and within a dozen of second, it would repair completely.
So, he told 'Magnus' to use the move 'Ice beam' to freeze the area of the hole so that the healing process of the hole would be slower. Meanwhile, Nidoking used its ground type moves to expand the whole.
And what surprised Axel was that it was working.
"HAHAHA, I am finally getting out of here.", shouted Axel from the top of his lungs.
But unfortunately, he was going to realize that it was not going to be so simple.
The great one could not come here to disturb them. That was true. But what Axel had failed to account for was that there were other Pokemons that could do them for it.
It was not that Axel had not thought to such things but the distance between a group of Pokemon living in this cave was very large and Axel was confident that he could finish the job in a few minutes.
But he was wrong.
Suddenly, the ground started to shake as if multiple things were coming towards them at a rapid pace.
"What the hell is happening?", asked Axel.
"Axel, a large number of Pokemons are coming towards us. They will reach us here in a minute. We need to go now.", said Slowemperor.
"No, we are so close. We can do this.", shouted Axel in frustration.
"Axel, we cannot do it. We still need to call all of them from 'Void space' and the cave is healing at a rapid pace. You know my calculation. It is never wrong. We will find another way. Let's go now."
Axel knew that Slowemperor was right but he was so close. He had been trapped here for more than a month and he just wanted to get out of it.
He released a big sigh and said, "The mission is a failure. All of you, come near and Musharna, open the space."
All of this happened in an instant. From his command, a purple portal opened and all of them went inside the portal.
Axel didn't know what happened after that inside the cave. But one thing was clear. This great one was now personally targeting him and his teammates. Just when they came out, it was ready to do anything to finish them.
"So, the mission failed, huh?", said Krishna passing a bottle of water to Axel.
Axel recounted everything to the team and how the great one interfered with his mission.
"This idea will not work anymore. The next time, it would be ready for us. So, now the only option is for Musharna to upgrade the move to move out."
Musharna suddenly felt the pressure of its importance.
"Don't worry, you have me. I will make sure that you will learn it."
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Axel didn't even have the time to look at the new stats of Nidoking and Togekiss. He thought that he would do it after they got out of there.
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"Sir, there is some irregularity."
"Why? What happened now?"
"Sir, the cyclone that is protecting the island looks weaker than what has been reported from the past data. They are not as high as before and their intensity is also not so high. This might be a good news for us."
"No, Igram, this might necessarily be good news for us. We will use the same strategy that Axel used. We will go there from the underground. Are you all ready for it?", asked Blue.
"Yes sir, we are all ready."
It took them around 10 minutes but they reached the island and there were no accidents. When they reached the island, they could feel that there was something different about this island. It was just too quiet.
Blue could already feel that something was not right here and his instinct told him that they were going to face a big problem now.
"Everyone, call out all of your Pokemons and be on guard. Get ready to fight.", shouted Blue.
All of them did what Blue told them. They didn't know why they were told to do this but none of them questioned him.
Unlike Axel, who only came with 11 other team members, Blue had come here with 200 of his team members. He had come here prepared.
Suddenly, the ground started to shake.
"Sir, there are a lot of various types of Pokemons that are coming towards us. It seems that they want to fight.", said Igram.
"I can tell that. All of you, get ready."
After just a few minutes, a horde of various kinds of Pokemons came rushing towards them and they stopped just 100 meters away from them. Leading the team was a Blastoise that was around tier 3 king rank.
The Blastoise looked very different. Instead of a blue shell, it had a green shell. Blue realized that it was a shiny Pokemon.
"Humans, you don't have the right to step onto this island. If you want to save your pathetic lives, then get out of here and we will not harm you.", said the shiny Blastoise.
"I have come here to rescue my friends. I don't have what secrets you have in this island. Just give them to me and I will get out of here.", said Blue.
He hoped that this shiny Blastoise might know about Axel and the team.
"The fate of those who came before you is already doomed. You cannot save them now. Just think of it as a bad day and move out of the place."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY? A king-rank Blastoise is ordering me around. Haha. It looks like you don't know who you are messing with. Give me back my friends or you know what will happen to you.", said Blue.
Shiny Blastoise looked at Blue and then at its comrades.
ROOOARRR
"Kill all of them."
Blue gave a soft smile looking at the stupidity of this Blastoise. The number of Pokemons that he was facing was far greater than what they had. There must be around 10000 Pokemons that were attacking them.
Blue was slightly surprised how a small island like this could have so many powerful Pokemon. But that didn't mean that he was going to lose.
The highest rank of these Pokemons was just in tier 3 king rank.
He looked back at his team and said, "Don't leave anyone alive except for that shiny Blastoise."
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A whole day passed and now the island was covered in destruction and blood. The trees were uprooted. There were massive holes on the island and a lot of Pokemons were dead.
When the battle began, Blue realized that they were very powerful compared to their normal counterparts. If only one or two of them were stronger, then Blue would not have mind but all of them were exceptionally powerful for some reason.
Blue instantly changed his strategy and told his teammates to capture some of these Pokemons for further study.
The battle was brutal but it was quite easy for Blue and his team. All of these wild Pokemons didn't have any strategy while Blue's team had a lot of experience in dealing with such a thing. They were also far stronger than them. They supported each other in their time of need and finally, the battle was won.
Blue was surprised to see that only a few of the Pokemons dared to run away and these Pokemons were at least at tier 3 king rank. Besides them, all of them decided to fight till the end.
Now, only the shiny Blastoise was alive and left.
"So, are you going to tell me about my friends? I know that they are not dead.. yet.", said Blue. His voice was icy and filled with malice.
"Even if I tell you, you are going to kill me. So, why should I tell you?", asked the shiny Blastoise.
"No, if you co-operate with me, then I will send you out of here. You might also get to live a new life. I am not as bloodthirsty as you make me out to be. But I cannot compromise my friend's life. So, do we have a deal?"
"Sigh, even if I tell you, you cannot save your friends. I was not lying when I said that your friends are doomed."
"That is for me to decide. Now, spill out."