Chapter 448: Eternal Empire - Azoth Kingdom
Camphrier Town.
Shabboneau Castle.
In another world over a hundred years ago, this was a haunted ghost castle; the entire Camphrier Town lost its nightlife because of the existence of this castle.
As soon as it got dark, the residents of Camphrier Town would hide indoors.
But now.
This is the home of Drasna, the Dragon-type Elite Four of the Kalos region.
Since the end of the war era and the establishment of the League era, Shabboneau Castle had always been an ownerless castle.
The Kalos League recovered it from robbers and thieves, so this castle naturally belonged to the League.
Becoming an Elite Four of the League is not only about having responsibilities, but of course also having many benefits; otherwise, who would come to be an Elite Four?
Land allocation.
Is one of the small welfare benefits obtained after becoming an Elite Four.
Shabboneau Castle was a place Drasna chose herself.
At first, she chose this place because it was close to Lumiose City and the town was relatively quiet.
Who would have expected.
With her arrival.
Camphrier Town actually became more and more lively.
The former ghost castle is now not only no longer feared by the residents of Camphrier Town, but can even provide everyone with a huge sense of security.
So the original inhabitants who moved out over a hundred years ago returned one after another.
The originally dying Camphrier Town actually radiated vitality, ushering in a second spring.
And Drasna.
Because she lived in a castle and was a League Elite Four, everyone called her "Duchess".
Coming all the way to Camphrier Town.
Climbing a small hill.
Will and Cynthia arrived in front of Shabboneau Castle.
Today's Shabboneau Castle was no different from the ghost castle in Will's memory; at most it was renovated, looking less terrifying.
Click.
Cynthia pressed the button at the door.
The sound of bells ringing inside the castle could be heard from outside.
Two minutes passed.
The main door opened.
The squinty-eyed older sister, always keeping a smile, appeared.
Will was really puzzled how Drasna saw people.
Could it be this person masters Aura Power or Psychic Power?
"Cynthia, I knew you would definitely be invited to the Star Trainer Tournament; looks like we might encounter each other again this year."
Drasna opened her eyes slightly when talking about battles, adding a bit of eeriness to her smile.
Will couldn't help sighing seeing this appearance of hers.
Here it comes.
The terrifying battle-version Drasna.
"Sister Drasna means... you are the Elite Four sent by the Kalos League?"
"Mhm."
Drasna squinted her eyes again and nodded, then turned her head to look at Will,
"Long time no see, Lucario, I've been missing you very much."
Her look at Will was somewhat subtle.
A year and a half ago.
Before the finals, Drasna didn't feel much threat from Cynthia.
Until the final battle.
This Lucario of Cynthia's really surprised her greatly.
Because.
What Will defeated at that time wasn't any random two main forces of Drasna, but her two strongest Pokémon.
Goodra and Noivern.
The former is the unique pseudo-Legendary of the Kalos region.
The latter is the night overlord of the Kalos region.
That's right.
Night overlord.
Wild Noivern have rough personalities, love to fight ruthlessly, and have cruel means; they are very good at fighting in the dark.
The 535 base stats cannot compare with pseudo-Legendaries, but it is not inferior to the starter Pokémon at all.
The reason why they can be called night overlords comes from Hydreigon.
The pseudo-Legendary famous for its ferocity and cruelty in the Unova region doesn't dare to fight with Noivern in the dark; they only dare to launch attacks when dawn comes.
Will successively took down Drasna's two strongest Pokémon at that time.
It can be considered making the latter remember him deeply.
"...Me too."
Will spoke a polite phrase against his conscience, raising his hand to scratch his head.
Although Drasna at that time was a steady Elite Four level, her level wasn't high, and the levels of the Pokémon in her team were very average, without any particularly outstanding ones.
Goodra and Noivern had the highest levels, but the former was only Lv. 73, and the latter Lv. 72.
Still belonging to the lower Elite Four level.
Will at that time was at the middle Gym Leader stage; the level gap with them was not more than 8 levels.
Plus in the previous life following Lorelei, what he fought the most were Dragon-type Pokémon; facing these Dragon-type opponents, he had plenty of battle experience, fighting two dragons was quite handy.
Although Mr. Lance is a Flying-type Elite Four.
But he provided him and Lorelei with many battle ideas for fighting dragons.
So in the end he successfully overturned Drasna's two dragons.
Until now.
Will didn't expect he would actually be firmly remembered by the other party.
Saying it's holding a grudge is not so much.
But in this Star Trainer Tournament, Drasna will definitely treat him more carefully.
"Hehe, come in quickly, I'm really something, just focusing on talking to you."
Drasna smiled holding her face with one hand, leading them into the castle.
Not gonna lie.
Although Drasna is an older leftover woman (unmarried) approaching thirty who has been single her whole life.
But every movement of hers is like a mother.
Junior schoolboys (Wait, this is a slang: Walace/Kieran style boys) would love it upon seeing her.
The interior of the castle was obviously carefully decorated, looking like a real Duke's mansion.
The statues and murals in the hall.
Are obviously masterpieces hard to buy even with money.
"Oh?! It's Dialga and Palkia."
Cynthia's gaze was attracted by the two huge statues in front of the stairs.
Their family.
Has been studying the Space-Time Gods starting from don't know how many generations ago.
So regarding these two Gods.
Although Cynthia hasn't seen them personally, she also has a full understanding.
"Mm, I learned their stories from my grandparents since I was a child; it's exactly because of them that I chose to become a Dragon-type trainer."
Drasna nodded gently.
Her ancestors originated from the Celestic Clan.
And the Celestic Clan believes in the original "Creation Great Venerable", which is Arceus and the Creation Trio.
This is equivalent to the Draconid people believing in Rayquaza, the People of the Water believing in Manaphy, and the People of the Vale believing in the Tao Trio and the Grand Master.
"Really? That's great, looks like I can have a good chat with you tonight, Sister."
Cynthia let go of Will's arm, walking up to hold Drasna.
"Hehe, very welcome."
The latter also held Blonde-kun's hand along the trend.
Will curled his lips, quite disdainful.
Don't look at this deep sisterly affection appearance now.
When it comes to Pokémon battles, they would wish they could beat the opponent's dog brains out.
"Will it disturb Sister? Heard Elite Four are all very busy."
"No, just finished a task, currently on vacation; if no accidents, still have seven or eight days of vacation."
Drasna shook her head.
She led Cynthia and Will to a huge study room.
A large number of books were placed inside.
Many of them seemed to have some years.
Didn't expect.
Drasna also has the hobby of reading or collecting ancient books.
This was not shown in the game and anime.
"Cynthia, you probably plan to research these historical stories of the Kalos region this time, right?"
Drasna pulled Cynthia to sit on the sofa.
Will sized up in front of the bookshelves by himself, seeing if there were any interesting books.
"Mm-hmm, Sister, can you give me some ideas?"
"Sure, then I'll first tell you the legend of the God of Life and the God of Destruction..."
Drasna picked up a book.
The cover of the book was carved with a deer and a weird bird.
Those are exactly Xerneas and Yveltal.
Will glanced at it.
Not much interest.
He knows too much about the matters of these Legendary Pokémon.
Some learned before transmigrating.
Some heard when traveling everywhere after transmigrating.
Even more seen with his own eyes.
Xerneas and Yveltal, he hasn't seen either.
But Zygarde, he had met face to face once.
In the previous life.
Mom Lorelei passed away, no more worries at home.
Will decided to travel around the world again, passing through the Kalos region among them.
At that time Kalos had been invaded by negative energy for several years.
Ash's Greninja had also been a lumberjack for several years.
Sometimes when Will passed by somewhere and saw those black vines, he would also take action to cut them down.
Cutting too much, attracted Zygarde and Greninja.
They invited Will to join the lumberjack squad.
But was rejected by Will.
'Hm? Azoth Kingdom History?'
Suddenly.
Will saw the name of a book on the bookshelf, his eyes couldn't help lighting up.
Azoth Kingdom.
Sounds very unfamiliar?
Put in another way.
The country that researched the artificial Mythical Pokémon "Artificial Pokémon Magearna" 500 years ago.
This is the known setting in the PM world.
As someone who personally came and walked in this world, Will accidentally learned some unknown contents.
The location of this Azoth Kingdom.
Is the capital city—Azoth—of the Eternal Empire that unified the Kalos region three thousand years ago.
And the King of the Eternal Empire.
Is called AZ.
That cheating guy who directly researched the Ultimate Weapon and indirectly created Mega Stones.
During Will's third life, he and Meowscarada had contacted him.
It was AZ who told him about the existence of Shadow Lugia at that time.
Who established this Azoth Kingdom is unknown.
But Will knows.
The creator of Magearna, the genius scientist 500 years ago, Eliphas (Nicola), is AZ's descendant.
He was the highest authority in the field of mysterious science in the Kalos region 500 years ago.
The so-called mysterious science is various scientific inventions derived based on the power of Pokémon.
Made the Azoth Kingdom prosper, wholeheartedly worked for the royal family, even turning the city walls of the Azoth Kingdom into a flying fortress more awesome than the Sword of the Vale.
Given this layer of relationship.
Saying the Azoth Kingdom is half a son of the Eternal Empire is not a problem.
Because he had contacted AZ of another world.
So Will is curious about the stories of the Eternal Empire and the Azoth Kingdom.
He reached out to grab that book.
However, just at this time.
Boom!
The solid wood door was suddenly crashed open.
Will turned his head to look, only saw a "big brown mouse" crashing towards him like a little calf.
"What the heck?"
Will muttered a sentence.
Because this little thing not only had no ill will towards him in his heart, but seemed to have a not low affection, Will didn't dodge this little thing.
Who would have expected.
Thump!
Will was knocked over on the ground by a headbutt from him.
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