Second floor of the underground palace.
John stood at the entrance to the third floor, with nearly two hundred Primal Pearls floating in front of his eyes.
These were the Pearl of Origins from the bodies of all the golems on the first and second levels. All were looted by Gardevoir.
There seemed to be many, but the largest one was only about the size of a fingernail.
All added together, it was about twice the size of the Pearl of Origins from the bodies of Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Regidrago, and Regieleki on the upper five floors.
The total number of Pearl of Originsin the bodies of two hundred ordinary golems was only twice that carried by the five real Regis.
Such a huge gap.
No wonder these golems weren't Pokemon.
Though that wasn't quite right, the five Regis in the game didn't carry any items like Primal Pearls.
John collected all the Pearl of Origins.
He walked toward the third floor of the underground palace.
The Diamond Clan led by Adaman and the Pearl Clan led by Irida were still slowly wandering around the first floor of the underground palace.
He could only explore the third floor first.
As expected, the third floor of Snowpoint Temple should be where Regigigas resided.
John stepped down to the third floor of the underground palace.
Pitch black and boundless.
Whoosh~
It sounded like the wind blowing.
In an instant, countless torches were lit, making everything bright.
Before John's eyes, a huge palace jumped into view!
This was a massive palace as vast as two football fields. There were huge rock pillars standing throughout, supporting the ceiling that was difficult to see the edge of.
In the deepest part of the palace, a huge white rock giant sat quietly on its throne, seemingly sleeping.
Just as John thought, the legendary Golem, the dragger of the continent, the founder of the Sinnoh continent, Regigigas!
[Regigigas LV100]
When John saw Regigigas, it seemed to become aware of him.
The three pairs of gems in the middle of its torso that looked like eyes emitted light, one pair was red, one pair was yellow, and one pair was blue!
In an instant, John's hair stood up all over his body, as if he was being watched by a beast.
He hadn't felt this way in a long time.
The last time was when he'd encountered Shadow Mewtwo.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
It sounded like a heartbeat, or like a locomotive starting, causing the entire Snowpoint Temple to tremble.
At the entrance to the second floor of the underground palace, the Diamond Clan led by Adaman and the Pearl Clan led by Irida merged.
Before they had time to ask about their harvests, they heard this sound that resembled an earthquake.
"What happened?" Adaman and Irida said in unison.
After speaking, they looked at each other again.
If it wasn't the two of them who caused it, it would be John!
Sabi and Arezu in their respective clans were silent, thinking silently in their hearts.
As expected of a strong man who could conquer the Sea Guardian, John should have reached the bottom of Snowpoint Temple by now.
If only they could move forward with him.
They really wanted to know what happened.
"Everyone, hurry up!" Adaman called out, and immediately led the members of the Diamond Clan to march toward the depths of the second floor of the underground palace.
Irida wasn't far behind. "Pearl Clan, let's speed up too!"
The third floor of the underground palace.
John slowly approached Regigigas. Regarding the vibration around him that was like a heartbeat, he guessed that it was the effect of Regigigas' Ability Slow Start.
'It's been a long, long, long time since anyone passed the trial and came to me.'
An old voice sounded in John's mind.
John immediately determined that this was Regigigas talking to him telepathically.
Although Regigigas had never shown dialogue in anime works, it was strange to think that gods who had existed since the beginning of the world couldn't communicate with other living beings.
"Trial?" John was a little surprised by the trial Regigigas mentioned.
But he remembered immediately.
The design of Snowpoint Temple was indeed like a trial.
It was necessary to defeat the guardians on the five floors of Snowpoint Temple one by one to obtain the keys they protected, and the guardians on each floor were much more powerful than the previous one.
Finally, collect the six keys and open the door to the underground palace.
'You do not know?'
'It seems that you humans have forgotten your agreement with me,' Regigigas sighed.
"Please tell me, what kind of agreement do we humans have with you?" John couldn't help but ask.
Regigigas was silent for a long time, seeming to be reminiscing.
'I can't remember how long ago it was. You humans found me and sought my protection.'
"Ah yes, I remember now!"
John was confident!
The Sinnoh Region, the ancient Hisui, was the landmark location when Arceus created the world, and it was estimated that there were the most gods here.
He'd played through the Pearl/Diamond version countless times on his GameBoy in his old world. He didn't know how many times he'd defeated Palkia and Dialga who were controlled by Team Galactic's Cyrus!
Seeking refuge with Regigigas wasn't surprising at all. As a god who pursued order and protected the continent, it was normal for Regigigas to agree to human requests.
In ancient times, when human technology had not yet developed, it was normal to call Pokemon that possessed Nature's power "monsters." It was normal to fear, be attached to, and worship powerful Pokémon.
Two thousand years later, Hisui still existed, but it was renamed Sinnoh, which showed that humans had protected this continent very well.
John also thought of Brandon from the anime. His ability to possess Regirock, Regice, and Registeel was most likely related to his guardianship of Snowpoint Temple, and maybe he'd made a deal with Regigigas.
'And you humans must take up the responsibility of protecting this continent and eliminate all threats that would destroy this continent!'
After thinking about this, John said loudly.
"Although we humans have forgotten the agreement we made with you, we still use our lives to fulfill the agreement and protect this continent."
How could this not be considered protecting this continent?
'I had agreed to their request and made an agreement with them to bless all humans who have passed the trial and come before me.'
In the world where John lived, some regions and ethnic groups had legends about worshiping Pokémon such as Gengar and Alakazam, and had established totems.
"And now, I have passed the test and come to you. Can I accept your blessing as agreed?"
After hearing this, Regigigas carefully felt the current situation on this continent and gave its answer after a while.