Under the leadership of this Zarude clan elder, their group came to the side of the divine tree.
Looking at the colorful healing spring, Leon and Rope couldn't help but admire it. It was no wonder that there were people in the researcher community who had been chasing after this thing. The effects were powerful and it was so beautiful.
The value, both research-wise and commercial, was ridiculously high.
It was impossible to privatize this place, but it could be exploited in the name of opening an institute. League wouldn't stop an institute from having a reasonable side business.
It's as if Professor Elm's institute also sells some quality Pokémon Eggs out to the public. It was all precious stuff.
"Lord Arceus seems to have been injured, so he arrived out of the blue and then dived into the middle of the Fountain of Healing after greeting me, Rotom!"
Rotom told Rope and Leon exactly what Elder Zarude had just said.
The two of them, Rope and Leon, looked at each other and knew where to look for Arceus' Grass-type doppelganger.
"Did Arceus say when he could come up?"
Rope asked, speaking up. He and Leon hadn't brought any diving equipment with them, and it would be too much of a hassle to go underwater to find Arceus.
Elder Zarude shook his head without saying anything.
Rope rubbed his chin, feeling that Arceus had appeared quite suddenly. And to enter the Healing Fountain... was he injured?
Leon looked at Rope and opened his mouth to ask, "Rope, going down?"
There was definitely a way to go down, it was just a bit of a hassle.
Rope pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Go down. At least check on Arceus first. It's not a good idea to just wait like this."
Leon wasn't ambiguous either, although he hadn't brought any diving tools with him, he still had a Seismitoad on hand, and if you really want to say it, what Rope was good at was also a single fire attribute, which was a disadvantage in the middle of a wilderness adventure.
And Rope still doesn't have a Pokémon in hand that can take long flights in normality.
"Come out Seismitoad!"
Leon shouted, and the blue Seismitoad came out of the Pokéball and looked over at Leon, who nodded towards Seismitoad, who turned his head back to Rope.
"How long can you hold your breath?"
Leon asked with some curiosity.
Rope's current state of existence wasn't very clear to anyone, only that he was physically able to turn into flames, and it wasn't very clear to anyone if he could go into the water or not.
The tone of voice said that he was asking if Rope could hold his breath, rather than asking if Rope could get into the water.
After all, if Rope really couldn't go into the water, there was no point in rushing the ducks.
Rope shook his head, he had no problem getting into the water, the side effects of Devil Fruit had been eliminated a long time ago. And it was possible to maintain the entity without turning into flames.
"Come along then." Leon nodded, then said.
Rope however shook his head and said, "Don't be so hasty."
Then started rummaging through his backpack.
Leon watched in disbelief as Rope pulled two oxygen tanks and two wetsuits out of his backpack...
There were even a few miscellaneous items pressed on top of those two, such as a rice cooker, a tent, a table, and even a TV and a portable Pokémon generator. Of course, a game console was also missing.
"You... it's..."
Leon lost his temper after all.
"Your backpack... it's too big."
Rope's backpack was indeed the best space backpack on the market, maybe even a specially customized model. But the space of this backpack was clearly too big to be within the reach of humans for the time being.
It wasn't that they were eyeing backpacks, these backpacks were actually available to them as champions, except that most of them didn't need them.
After all, Pokémon could do a lot of things.
Let's say this diving thing. If it wasn't a big deal they wouldn't even have to go into the water themselves, they could just let Seismitoad take care of it on his own
Rope spoke up, "Here's the backpack I had Palkia help expand. I have some more there, so I'll send you one back if you want it."
Leon just opened his mouth to say no, but then thought that even if he couldn't use it himself, Hop could still use it.
"Thanks then."
Rope waved his hand to signal that it was a small thing, and left it at that. Putting on the wetsuit.
Leon stepped up and put on his own wetsuit as well
The Elder who was listening to the conversation between the two on the side smiled like a statue.
Palkia? He heard Celebi mention it. It seemed like it came from the God of Space. A god who had truly mastered a law.
Wasn't it a bit... too extravagant to have such a god expand the backpack...
It didn't take long for Rope and Leon to change into their diving suits.
The two stepped forward and grabbed Seismitoad's hand, who held both of them tightly before lightly leaping into the water.
Rope opened his eyes and looked at the underwater scene, honestly, it is still quite shocking, although there is no water Pokémon in the water, but the healing spring itself is already very beautiful, and underwater is more like the feeling of the eyes is a mass of colorful halo general.
And the body has a warm feeling of being healed.
Rope is okay, Leon comfortable nearly useless to control themselves. If it wasn't for his strong desire to survive that made him resist the urge to moan underwater. Maybe he would have drowned by now.
He felt completely healed of the dark wounds or whatever he had been carrying.
On the shore, a Zarude frowned and walked over to the Elder.
"Elder, isn't it a good idea to let these guys casually enter our sacred spring."
His mouth was fairly calm, but the rock could only be described as questionable.
The Elder, however, didn't care at all. He just skimmed his mouth and said, "This is a game between these lords, it's best for us little people not to get involved in it."
The Elder lived with understanding and knew a lot of hidden secrets. Ever since Celebi disappeared in the forest, these juniors' knowledge of the truly powerful had become increasingly shallow. It could even be described as presumptuous.
But since the forest was indeed ridiculously safe, he didn't stop anything.
There was also the reason why Celebi left the forest which he knew of course.
He was getting old and couldn't guard the pack for many more years, and Zarude's lifespan was still very long compared to the average Pokémon, but compared to other Legendary Pokémon, it was still very long. Zarude's lifespan is still very long compared to ordinary Pokémon, but not as long as other Legendary Pokémon.
The only one of his offspring that he liked left the pack because of a human pup. But it's fine now, I guess he won't let go of the opportunity to let that child follow the strongest.
With an alpha who could still keep his cool in such a situation, Zarude's pack could continue to continue.
"We... little people?"
That Zarude who came to ask the question was frowning more and more tightly, and there was dissatisfaction with the elder's words.
They're little people, so what are those other Pokémon in the forest? Insects?
"Don't doubt your position, this is also the first time I've struck your self-confidence isn't it?" The Elder's face had a helpless look on it, he had expected these guys to show such an expression.
Zarude subconsciously wanted to retort, but the Elder's majesty was all high up in the bottom of their hearts, so he coldly snorted, turned around and left the place.
And the Elder looked at his back as he left and silently shook his head.
What's the use of saying it? This forest was too peaceful. Peaceful to the point that their existing strength was enough to reign here, and in such an illusion, even if the Elder talked about the heaven-destroying greatness of the gods, and those human powerhouses that even the gods would recognize, what was the use?
Without seeing things with one's own eyes, talking about them becomes a legend.
"Ugh..."
And at the bottom of the lake, at that moment, the two of them, Rope and Leon, were making hand gestures for communication underwater.
This was a mandatory lesson in trainer school. They were to be learned before the age of ten. That is, like the nine years of compulsory education in Rope's original world. Everyone has to attend. It was about 3 years or so.
And after the age of ten, Vision who wanted to become a trainer could choose to travel or go to a trainer school. Vision who wanted to become a researcher could enter a researcher school. And those who have no idea about any of these can also go to a normal school and learn survival and life skills.
Either way, there's always a world of possibilities when you learn it well.
Rope didn't miss a single thing that he had learned in the trainer school, and it was all because Professor Oak had helped to make up for it. Therefore, Professor Oak really treats Rope as his own grandson!
The two of them gestured for a while, and then nodded towards each other, this place is not very deep and with the help of diving suits their movements are quite easy.
So the two plan to separate action.
Thanks to the Four Zero Four Gods in his previous life, Logia Devil Fruit's ability had the effect of assimilating the clothes on his body. *Note 1
So the diving suit doesn't affect Rope's elemtal transformation, so he can completely defend himself underwater.
So Leon and Seismitoad go together to the left, while Rope alone intends to go to the right.
It was about 10 minutes before they returned to the surface once.
Rope was swimming and looking at the light in front of him.
He couldn't help but feel the wonder of the world's creation.
It's probably not a miracle of Arceus. But what exactly was the Pokémon egg of that tree? Rope was also puzzled. With its life force and healing power, could it be Celebi's egg?
But although Celebi had the existence of a colony, that itself wasn't born of any kind of reproduction. Rather, it was an existence that was born following the law.
This thing might have hatchlings. But there's absolutely no way it could have eggs.
Is the legend false? Or is there something else hidden.
Rope was also confused right now. If this world could be saved, then it would be a good idea to explore it yourself. This world looks like it has other hidden secrets other than the ones stated in the original story!
Rope sighed with emotion before continuing his search.
After about ten minutes had passed, Rope frowned as he surfaced.
Then scanning around, he spotted Leon and Seismitoad not far from him.
The two frowned together.
They were so close, but they didn't spot each other.
Underwater visibility sucks. It was also a good thing that Rope had agreed with Leon to surface once every ten minutes at the beginning, or they might not have actually noticed the problem.
Rope signaled 'keep diving' and Leon returned a 'yes'.
So the duo rolled over and dove into the water again.
This time Rope chose to dive deeper into the water.
He highly suspected that the reason he hadn't found anything of value was because he hadn't dived deep enough.
As luck would have it, this time Rope soon saw a green cocoon of light. Fruitful, shall we say.
So Rope leaned towards the cocoon of light. Soon Leon came into his sight as well.
Leon also guessed there was a problem here and dived down to find it as well.
The two looked at each other and smiled. Then as one, they looked at the cocoon of light again with grave faces.
After looking at it for a while, Leon looked at Rope and made several hand gestures in succession. Asking Rope what to do next. Leon, who had never experienced such a thing, was also numb in his claws.
What to do next?
Actually, this was a question that Rope also wanted to ask.
Arceus this was obviously just not done healing, it couldn't be that he was in his cocoon taking advantage of the opportunity to touch the fish and sleep...
No way Arceus wasn't such an alpaca.
And just as Rope was rambling on, the green cocoon of light began to break apart.
Rope and Leon both naturally saw the change, and coincidentally gestured upwards towards each other.
Then they immediately floated up.
Because the underwater had begun to shake.
Seismitoad handed over his other hand towards Rope, and Rope was not polite, this was not the time to be polite.
Seismitoad, after grabbing Rope's hand, began to power up, and soon the three of them leapt out of the water.Rope let go of his hand, and glided with his wings of fire spread out behind him. Seismitoad, on the other hand, picked Leon up in a horizontal hug and landed firmly on the shore.
The Elder who had been waiting on the shore naturally felt the tremor and saw the appearance of the duo.
He hurriedly walked forward and inquired, "What's going on here?"
The Elder asked in confusion.
"Arceus should have awakened."
Rope didn't say anything more. It was also still ready to be on guard. He wouldn't let his guard down just because what was about to appear in front of him was Arceus' Plate doppelganger.
Arceus was not to be trusted in the first place. It was only that the goal now was to deal with Servants of God.
Otherwise, Rope would definitely be staying put right now, and then preparing to make a break with Arceus.
Not a moment later, the fluctuations subsided, and the green light cocoon had appeared in front of Rope and the others. That heavy, oppressive feeling immediately came out.
Rope and Leon were fine.
Elder Zarude couldn't help but brace himself with his walking stick. The other Zarude's who followed the sound over were even worse, some of them had even fallen to their knees.
However...Legendary Pokémon kneeling Arceus well...no chills.
After all, the one in front of him was Meadow Plate, and Zarude's second attribute was the grass attribute.
The cracks on the light cocoon grew. It finally broke open, and an alpaca with a green ring appeared in Rope's sight.
It was none other than the Meadow Plate!