Digimon Journey in the Spirit World

"shadow?!"

Hearing this, Xiaoguang felt that his understanding of Pokémon and his worldview were being shattered and broadened bit by bit.

First, there was the emergence of digital power, mythical beasts, and the power of rules. Now even shadows can become independent individuals, endangering the world?

"You heard that right."

The strange-horned deer sighed, and the low sound like a valley echoed in the dim forest.

"A long time ago, we were one."

"I wasn't that strong at that time, and I still needed to work hard to protect myself."

"later……"

The Deer with Strange Horns paused as he spoke. A look of deep longing flashed across his eyes, which were as terrifying as ghosts, and it seemed as if mist was covering his pupils.

“In short, after experiencing that incident, my strength has been greatly improved.

But at the same time, my soul and heart were separated and merged with my shadow to become an independent existence.

You can call it - Thought!"

"It is a being that was transformed from the most sincere thoughts in the depths of my soul. Its strength is almost the same as mine, but the way its abilities are expressed is different."

“A long time ago, it was only good at manipulating super powers to attack.

I didn’t expect that, according to you, it has learned to create and use illusions, and can even use fog to replace dreams…”

Creating illusions is the specialty of the strange-horned deer in front of us. When "Nian" first appeared, the other party did not master this ability. It can even be said that "Nian" has energy but can do nothing else.

But it has a strong learning ability and its learning speed is astonishingly fast.

In just a few years, he had already learned the illusion.

There was a flash of worry in the eyes of the strange-horned deer. It was not worried that its "thoughts" would become a threat to it after they became powerful. After all, no matter how powerful the other party was, it was still a part of it, its shadow.

The shadow's ability cannot surpass that of its original body, and it can always suppress "Nian" a little bit in strength.

It’s just that the temperament of “Nian” is quite wrong now. On the contrary, “Nian” is full of playfulness. Before he mastered the illusion, he liked to use his super powers to play with his opponents’ lives. Now that his abilities have increased, I’m afraid it will endanger more Pokémon.

"Then... I want you to help me deal with Nian and bring it back!"

Xiaoguang looked at the strange-horned deer in front of him. Although it looked scary, it seemed to have a good temper. Xiaoguang couldn't help but feel much more at ease.

Just as Xiao Guang was about to use his mouth to trick the Deer into joining his camp, he saw the Deer slowly turn around and walk back into the cabin.

"Sorry, I can't help you."

"Why? Since your strength is not weaker than its, then with our help, it will be easy to capture it!"

Xiaoguang was a little anxious. If he couldn't win over teammates, the difficulty of his mission would increase sharply, so he had to be anxious.

"I want to hold a wake for her."

The strange-horned deer paused and said.

"Wake?"

Xiaoguang's mood quickly dropped as if a bucket of cold water was poured on him.

After being in Xicui for so long, Xiaoguang's understanding of the culture is comparable to that of a normal villager.

Xiaoguang also has some knowledge of some special nouns.

The word "keeping vigil" in Xicui means guarding the peaceful sleep of deceased relatives and friends at the burial place of their bodies.

There is no fixed value for how long this process lasts; it generally depends on the individual.

"That is to say...in that wooden house..."

Xiaoguang suddenly felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet and rushing up to the top of his head!

It’s not like Xiaoguang hasn’t seen dead people before, but they were all dead Pokémon.

If Xiaoguang guessed correctly, the person that the Deerhorn was guarding in front of him... should be its previous trainer or something like that.

In other words, there is a person buried in the land beneath your feet!

Maybe it’s the difference between humans and Pokémon. When Xiaoguang knew there were dead humans around him, his heart felt numb.

"Yes, so I will always be here to guard and will not go anywhere."

The strange-horned deer did not deny it.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you. I'll leave now."

Xiaoguang bowed slightly towards the wooden house, offering his final blessing to the deceased, then said goodbye to the strange-horned deer and turned to leave.

"I'm sorry I couldn't help you..."

The strange-horned deer felt a little guilty, as it was the one that caused the "thoughts", but now that the other party was doing evil things outside, it was powerless to do anything.

"Please don't say that. Leave it to us! We will defeat it!"

Hikaru grinned and waved his hand.

Xiaoguang's figure and the Great Sword Demon disappeared at the gap together. That was where the sunlight came in, very dazzling, and it also covered Xiaoguang with a coat of hope.

It beats the heck out of it, doesn't it?

For some reason, this thought came into the mind of the strange-horned deer.

Leaving the task of defeating Nian to Xiaoguang was something that was originally impossible to happen and impossible to agree to, but in the other party's wonderful smile, the strange-horned deer forgot all the unreasonable things.

"Wait for me. Once I'm through this period, I'll definitely go out and help you."

The strange-horned deer whispered, then walked into the wooden house and lay down again.

The bell rang, and its clear sound echoed in the small space, along the gap and the crack, and went to the outside world.

……

"Great Sword Ghost, what should we do next?"

Walking on a land where Pokémon are becoming less and less, Xiaoguang fell into confusion.

After many years, I returned again, but I couldn't even complete a task.

"Roar!"

Great Sword Demon: What the hell are you talking about? If I can complete the quest, why do I need a trainer?

"Om!!"

"Roar!!!"

Xiaoguang was feeling depressed as he was walking back to the village.

Then, from the direction of the village in the distance, a dazzling light shot up into the sky!

The earth-shaking power seemed to shake the heaven and earth; even Xiaoguang could feel the ground trembling slightly even though he was standing several miles away.

A sharp feeling first came from the air. The world in the eyes of Xiaoguang, who possessed digital power in his body, was already different from that of others. He could see more!

And in the rising beam of light, Xiaoguang was the first to see a knife!

A sword that pierces the sky and makes your eyes as painful as being stabbed by a sharp blade just by looking at it!

The whole body is metallic, with no handle or back! It seems that no matter which side you look at it from, all you can see is the blade!

Following closely behind was a huge empty mouth!

The huge black mouth that seemed to be able to swallow the sky opened, revealing sharp teeth densely packed like a meat grinder.

The loud roar earlier came from it.

The sharp blade and the huge mouth broke out from the brilliant light, flew high into the sky from a perspective invisible to ordinary people, and wantonly devoured the world's energy.

The light of the sharp blade gradually faded. If it was bright silver before, it was now dark after combining with other minerals in the deep sea.

The big mouth was also gradually getting smaller, gradually shrinking into...

A ball?

Looking at the purple-black sphere and the dark silver blade falling from the sky, Xiaoguang quickly rode on the Greatsword Ghost.

"Quick, hurry back to the village, the backer has woken up!"