Free Web NovelChapter 1510: Chapter 1506: The Plan Continues
"¡Darrkkaaii!" Darkrai instantly understood Cain’s intention.
A massive amount of Dark-type energy condensed in his black hand, which looked like a claw wrapped in black flames, and he forcefully drove it down onto the reverse scale.
Just as expected, after Darkrai’s intervention, the dispersing energy immediately slowed down, greatly reducing the pressure on Gengar as well.
Seeing the situation stabilize, Cain finally let out a long breath and gradually eased his mind.
As long as Gengar could completely absorb the Ghost-type energy of this reverse scale, even without mentioning how much his strength would increase, the quality of the Ghost-type energy within him alone would improve by at least a full level.
In future battles against other Pokémon, at the same level and using the same moves, what would determine the difference would be the mastery of the moves and the intensity of the energy.
A piece of iron and a mass of water with the same weight collide with each other: which one has the greater impact is obvious.
Next, Cain needed to think about how to best make use of the remaining Dragon-type energy and the reverse scale itself. freewёbnoνel.com
The Dragon-type energy was not a big problem, since Salamence could absorb it. But aside from the Ghost-type and Dragon-type energy, the reverse scale of Giratina itself was already a divine-grade object.
Inside it there was undoubtedly a large amount of Giratina’s core blood. That was no longer something that could be absorbed casually; a single mistake could lead to completely uncontrollable changes.
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Just as Gengar was absorbing Giratina’s Ghost-type energy, far away in the Distortion World, Giratina, who had been sleeping peacefully, suddenly opened his eyes.
A trace of disbelief flashed in his crimson eyes. He vaguely sensed that someone was manipulating that one reverse scale he himself had torn from his body.
In fact, Cain was not entirely wrong. There was no human or Pokémon capable of forcibly tearing off Giratina’s crucial reverse scale.
That reverse scale had been removed by Giratina himself.
And different extraction methods led to different results. The scale that Giratina had torn off still retained a certain connection to him; after all, it was the most central and fundamental part of his body.
He had already sensed before that his reverse scale was being impacted, but thinking of the mission he had to carry out, he did not pay it much attention. However, just now he had felt that the energy of that reverse scale was being separated and absorbed.
The first thing Giratina thought was: could there actually be a Pokémon capable of absorbing his energy?
As the ancestor of absorbing others’ energy, Giratina had always taken pride in absorbing the energy of Dialga and Palkia. Without exaggeration, the level he had reached and the strength he possessed were closely related to having absorbed the origin energy of those two deities.
And now someone dared to absorb his energy?
That was something Giratina could not tolerate.
But then he remembered that he had handed that reverse scale to that human, so that his so-called group could bring back what he needed.
Thinking of this, the pressure emanating from Giratina surged. He could not stand seeing what belonged to him become a springboard for others; helping others at the cost of his own losses was not his style.
At that moment, Giratina was in his Origin Form. The six floating bands behind his back were his wings in that form.
In the Distortion World, he was the absolute king. With just a slight movement of the black bands on his back, he vanished from the spot. It was not teleportation, but speed pushed to the extreme.
In the blink of an eye, Giratina arrived in front of a floating island in a remote region of the Distortion World. The island was completely inverted, and everything growing on it was inverted as well.
However, there was no vegetation there, only a person dressed in a black robe, sitting upside down, with their face hidden.
Sensing Giratina’s presence approaching, that person slowly stood up, observing from his inverted position Giratina, who was rushing toward him with overwhelming pressure—a rather peculiar posture.
Even so, that person showed no fear at Giratina’s arrival, nor any concern about his hostility-filled appearance.
He was the only human in the entire Pokémon world who could interact with the Dragon of the Underworld, Giratina, and he knew his temperament well, so he understood that this was not directed at him.
"Giratina," the man in black directly spoke his name, in a tone of equality.
"¡Rooaaar!" Giratina did not completely reject his attitude. Although he did not particularly like it, at least he acknowledged that the other’s strength justified such treatment.
Next, Giratina recounted everything he had perceived and, in an inquisitive tone, asked: "Your people aren’t keeping what’s mine, are they? Why do I feel that the energy of my reverse scale is dissipating at an abnormal speed!?" Giratina roared in a low voice.
Hearing his words and sensing the increasingly intense fluctuations of spatial energy around them, the man in the black robe remained silent for a moment before calmly saying: "It’s not impossible."
As the true founder of the Sacred Church, he knew perfectly well what kind of individuals made up his organization. People brought together by interests; it would not be strange if they were blinded by Giratina’s reverse scale.
But from the beginning he had considered that possibility, which was why he had chosen Marcus to be in charge of the mission. In comparison, Marcus was the only one relatively reliable and strong enough to keep the others in check and complete the task.
In theory, this mission should not have been difficult. Given the difficulty level of the Space-Time Continent, Marcus’s group should have completely crushed any obstacles. Even taking into account the League’s newcomers, they should have been able to dominate them without any problems.
By time, they should already have found what they were looking for and returned, yet not a single piece of news had arrived.
That left only two possibilities: either Marcus and his group had betrayed them, or they had encountered something that completely exceeded their capabilities.
Whichever the case, at that moment he could not intervene.
After another period of silence, the man in black asked: "If those items are not obtained, will the plan continue?"
Upon hearing the word "plan," Giratina’s eyes narrowed and his pressure increased once more.
"It will continue! I’ll resolve the matter of the reverse scale myself! Hmph!"
With that, regardless of whether the other truly knew anything about his reverse scale, the plan they had prepared for so long had to move forward.
Watching Giratina leave as quickly as he had arrived, the man in black followed him with his gaze until he disappeared completely, murmuring softly: "...the Dragon of the Underworld, Giratina?"
(End of Chapter)
