Chapter 356: The Divine Dragon's Ice Stone
On this day, Will still led Druddigon out to explore.
Regarding how to return to the future, it could be said he was completely confused.
He had many ideas, but let alone the difficulty of implementation, even if achieved, it wouldn't necessarily enable time travel.
In his bewilderment, Will had to find something for himself to do first.
For example, taking Druddigon to level up, changing his cowardly character.
Then wander around the forest, saving those humans or Pokémon on the verge of death due to various reasons.
The sunshine today was really good.
Having been in this world for a week, Will could clearly feel the temperature rising every day.
Presumably, it wouldn't take long to enter summer.
Or maybe.
Actually, summer had already arrived.
"Roar~"
Druddigon was very happy today.
He didn't know the reason himself.
Walking swayingly, with a posture of disowning six relations (extremely arrogant/carefree), shaking Will sitting on his head until he got a headache.
"Big Silly, walk properly."
"Roar~"
Druddigon looked up and responded, walking honestly in the forest.
They never moved on the rocky mountain.
First, didn't want to leave too many traces to prevent humans from discovering the cave.
Second, there were more Pokémon in the forest, able to find more suitable opponents for Big Silly.
Several days passed.
Druddigon's level didn't increase much.
Just reached Lv. 14.
Out of 10 battles, 8 had to be run away from, and the remaining two were opponents scared by his size not daring to resist, passively beaten.
Not that this child was weak (in stats).
Just purely dared not fight, acting timidly.
Thump.
Thump.
Suddenly, a burst of hurried footsteps came from not far away.
"Roar?"
Druddigon was startled, retreating quickly.
Will didn't stop him.
Standing on Druddigon's head looking towards the direction of the sound, saw a hunter clutching his arm running wildly, followed by two Venipede.
One of them had two arrows stuck in its back, not in good condition.
"Go, your opponents today are those two Venipede; no food if you can't beat them."
Will frowned upon seeing Venipede.
That hunter clutching his arm.
Might have been bitten by Venipede.
Although Venipede is only a first-stage Pokémon, the venom in their bodies is no less than Tentacool, just different effects.
Tentacool's poison causes severe pain, while Venipede's causes paralysis.
Neither is fatal (immediately).
But can make the poisoned person's combat power greatly reduced or even lose combat power directly.
At that time, Tentacool and Venipede become the most fatal.
If that hunter was really bitten, in less than two minutes, his whole body would be paralyzed and limp on the ground, unable to move.
Afterwards.
Venipede should eat that person.
Thinking of this, Will patted Druddigon's big head, urging him to go over.
"..."
Druddigon stood up reluctantly and approached over there.
If not for food.
He wouldn't go.
Those two bugs were so big; being bitten must hurt a lot.
When Will and Druddigon approached a bit.
That hunter seemed unable to hold on, falling forward.
However, what surprised Will was that those two Venipede seemed to be suddenly stimulated by something.
Shaking the antennae on their heads, turned around and ran away quickly.
"What's the situation?"
Will patted Druddigon's big head, signaling him to continue forward.
He wanted to go over and see what happened, making those two Venipede so fearful.
However, this time Druddigon refused to move forward for a long time.
"Big Silly."
"Roar."
Druddigon reached out his hands to cover his nose.
He said he smelled a terrible scent; he wanted to leave here.
If not for Will giving him some sense of security on his head.
Druddigon would have run wildly long ago.
How to describe that scent.
Made him feel chilling cold from head to toe, even his soul trembling.
"Scent?"
Will sniffed.
Indeed a faint scent, but this scent shouldn't be dangerous.
Why made Druddigon so fearful inside?
Will released Aura to sense.
This time he found something wrong.
The key wasn't the scent.
More accurately, what made Druddigon and Venipede feel fear wasn't the scent, but the owner emitting that scent, releasing an aura from inside out.
A chillingly cold aura.
Just that because Will had the Silver Wing (or similar divine feather/protection mentioned before?) in his body, he ignored that extreme cold aura at first.
"You hide far away; I'll go over myself."
Will jumped down from Druddigon.
Then headed towards that hunter alone.
At this moment, there were no living creatures around.
Originally there were.
Now all ran away.
The source of that aura was the fainting hunter. Will didn't see anything unusual about this person.
So suspected that person had some strange item.
Approaching.
Will saw that person lying on the ground, unable to see him, then nodded relievedly.
He knew this person hadn't fainted.
Venipede's poison could only paralyze the whole body, unable to make a person faint.
Wait for a period of time, the poison effect wears off, this person can move freely.
However.
Will looked down at this person's arm.
A small piece of flesh on the arm had been bitten off, blood flowing out continuously.
He couldn't say whether this person would have the poison effect disappear first, or die of excessive blood loss first.
'Consider yourself lucky.'
Will squatted down.
Reached out a hand to cover his arm, using Aura Power to help stop bleeding and accelerate wound healing.
Seeing the wound begin to heal slowly.
Will began to observe this hunter, looking for the thing emitting that chilling aura.
Soon he identified the target—an ice stone tightly held in the hunter's hand.
This ice stone seemed to be sealed in the necklace on the hunter's chest at first, so it didn't emit a terrible aura to drive away Venipede at the beginning.
Presumably, this hunter also knew this thing could drive away wild Pokémon.
Only then destroyed the necklace at the critical moment, clenching the ice stone.
'Never-Melt Ice?'
A flash of inspiration appeared in Will's mind when seeing that ice stone.
He thought of the Icicle Plate obtained from Regice back then, crystal clear like this ice stone, very beautiful.
But he remembered Never-Melt Ice shouldn't emit such a terrible aura.
According to Will's impression.
The only one in the entire Unova region related to this ice stone should be Kyurem.
'Is Kyurem born? No, Kyurem always existed.'
Will thought secretly in his heart.
Legend says Kyurem is the shell left after Reshiram and Zekrom separated.
This statement is equivalent to saying Kyurem was born after the Black and White Dragons separated; before this, only Black and White Dragons existed.
This statement is not entirely correct.
Among the three dragons.
Kyurem occupies an absolute dominant position, having its own consciousness.
Possessing power surpassing Black and White Dragons, and the domineering authority to forcibly absorb Black and White Dragons into the body.
Even if absorbing a certain dragon, transforming into a certain form.
Kyurem still dominates with its own consciousness, just influenced slightly by Zekrom and Reshiram.
Judging from these situations.
It is absolutely impossible for Kyurem to be born later than Black and White Dragons.
Can even guess Kyurem existed first, and then the consciousness and power of Zekrom and Reshiram were born in his body.
Only then did the existence of three dragons come into being, having the complete "Original Dragon."
And this Original Dragon is dominated by Kyurem's consciousness.
The Original Dragon is equivalent to Unova's Pseudo-Legendary, Hydreigon.
Hydreigon only has a brain in the middle head; the two heads on the side are like "arms."
But in Zweilous before Hydreigon evolved, both heads had their own consciousness.
Just after evolution, the two consciousnesses merged.
The stronger consciousness became the dominant of the new form.
The Original Dragon should be like this.
Just the fusion of three consciousnesses, dominated by the most powerful Kyurem.
So, Kyurem always existed.
Even calling that "Original Dragon" the complete form of Kyurem is not an exaggeration.
The ice stone held in this hunter's hand should be a product created by the Original Dragon using that part of Kyurem's power.
No wonder it could scare those weak wild Pokémon.
The aura of a Legendary Pokémon is still very powerful.
Moreover, this ice stone looked like it was created not long ago; the aura on it hadn't been obliterated much by time.
Don't know if picked up by luck, or having some special identity...
Will glanced at the back of this person's head and the dress all over.
Didn't look like a special character.
But this ice stone shouldn't be something picked up by "luck."
Will shook his head, clearing those messy thoughts from his mind.
After guessing the origin of this ice stone, Will wasn't very curious anymore, nor planned to snatch it.
He felt the Aura in this hunter's heart, full of shock and surprise.
Will wasn't surprised.
Being bitten by Venipede in such a forest basically means certain death.
Even if the ice stone can drive away other weak magical beasts.
But cannot guarantee whether powerful magical beasts will approach.
Moreover, even if no magical beasts come, this wound will make him bleed to death.
In such a desperate environment, suddenly saved, of course would feel shocked and surprised.
If this hunter didn't generate this emotion in his heart.
Then Will would have to consider whether the other party heard something and came specifically for him.
Five minutes passed.
Seeing this person's wound almost recovered, Will got up and left quickly.
Another five minutes passed.
The hunter barely propped up his body from the ground, looked in the direction Will left, swallowed, and murmured:
"The Sage in the forest... turned out to be a magical beast."
Just now when lying on the ground.
Although he couldn't see behind him, he could see the ice stone in his hand!
And in the ice stone, the reflected figure was precisely a black-blue humanoid canine magical beast.
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