Pokemon Dawn

227 The valley hiding the phantom of candlelight

Welcome! After leaving the Ice Crystal Lake, out of caution, Xiaoye took a different route from the one she came from and returned to the igloo built last night from another direction.

Suddenly encountering someone who is unimaginably powerful and wants to kill you is the worst experience in your trip to the other side.Perhaps the "bottoming out" theory does have merit - after luck hits rock bottom, good things will probably happen next.

After meeting Xiaotian, the second good thing happened.

When Xiaoye and Xiaotian walked into the igloo together and saw five Pokémon crowded in the room, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The snow boy is sitting in the snow house unscathed.

Xiaoye's three Pokémon eagerly greeted her and the boy behind her - they were very familiar with Xiaotian as early as during the special training on Red Lotus Island.Snow Boy, who has never been afraid of strangers, jumped up to the feet of the two of them, curiously circling around the new humans.

Riolu, on the other hand, looked a little surprised. He stared at Xiaotian warily and took two steps back, as if hesitating whether to stay away from this stranger.

"It's okay, Riolu." Xiaoye leaned down and pointed at Xiaotian with a smile, "He is my best friend, there is no need to guard against him."

Riolu blinked.

Best friend...?

Seeing Riolu's half-understood look, Xiaoye knew that it must have understood the word as a concept like "member of the group" - but it didn't matter, and there was no need to correct it.

After everyone sat down in the igloo, the Pokémon all talked about what happened to Snow Boy.

When it was just dawn, Snow Boy did quietly leave alone - there was no conspiracy theory or complicated love-hate entanglement, he just wanted to find food.

It was not uncommon to see fruit-bearing bushes nearby, which should have made its way back to the igloo in no time.Unfortunately, while picking the fruit, it saw the unique purple flame of the crystal lantern from a distance.The little guy was immediately frightened. He crawled and hid in the snow cave next to him, shivering, and did not dare to take a step out again.

It hid in the narrow snow cave for a long time, until Riolu luckily found it and brought it back safely.

"Anyway, it's great that everyone is okay." Xiaoye curled her eyes, "Riolo, thank you, you've been a big help."

Riolu was stunned for a moment, turned his head away as if a little embarrassed, and responded in a low voice.

Xiao Ye touched the head of the little Snow Boy in her arms, "Xue Boy, why did you go out to find food alone? I must have said that yesterday, right...? Just leave breakfast to me."

Snow Boy blinked his light blue eyes and suddenly took out a bunch of fruits from his back.

Sparse leaves still hang on the branches that have just been picked, and several red round fruits are deftly dotted between the leaves.

Xiao Ye was in a daze.She recognized it as a berry, which should be difficult to see in the polar ice.

Yukidouzi's eyes narrowed into crescent shapes.It showed a big bright smile and handed the bright-colored fruit in its hand to Xiaoye.

The silver-haired boy next to him had a clear voice, but his tone when he spoke was not cold.

"Thank you for saving me - that's what it says."

After lunch - or "lunch" is more appropriate, after all, Xiao Ye really wasted a lot of time by the ice crystal lake - the two young human trainers took Yukidouzi and set off for Yukidouzi's hometown.

Of course, Riolu followed suit as always.

"Riolu, if there is a war with the crystal lantern fire spirits, you'd better not rush too far forward." Xiaoye warned - judging from Riolu's character, Xiaoye was almost convinced that if the situation evolved into In a group fight, it will definitely go to the place where the battle is fiercest - "Most of your moves are fighting type, and they are ineffective against the ghostly crystal lantern fire spirit."

Riolu tilted his head in confusion.

Move?Attributes?

"This may be a bit difficult to understand... In short, let's be more cautious in this battle." Xiaoye turned her smiling gaze to Riolu.

Riolu didn't fully understand what Xiaoye meant, nor did he know what "attribute" meant.However, it still understood the meaning of "caution". It nodded to Xiaoye and kept this unclear instruction in mind.

According to the direction pointed by Xue Tongzi, Xiaoye and Xiaotian checked the map.It lives in a hidden valley at the foot of the polar snow-capped mountains. The name marked on the map is "Three Valleys" - obviously just a simple name according to the order.

Sannotani is not far from the igloo and can be reached in about two hours on foot.Even if Xiaoye and Xiaotian deliberately avoided the Ice Crystal Lake, they wouldn't spend too much time.

The snowfields she passed along the way were almost indistinguishable in Xiaoye's eyes, but this was not the case for Yukidouzi.It was born here and grew up here. Every nuance of the snowfield is deeply remembered in its heart.

The scenery that appeared in Snow Boy's field of vision became more and more familiar. It knew that its hometown, San Valley, was coming soon.

Xiao Ye could feel that the body of the little guy in her arms began to tighten unconsciously. It clutched Xiaoye's sleeve tightly, trembling slightly uncontrollably.

Hometown shouldn't be a scary word. However, the Crystal Lamp Spirit cast too strong a shadow over the heart of this young Pokémon. Yukidouzi will never forget the scene of that day - the blazing flames were raging, and countless friends fell down in mourning. The shadow of the candle swayed, projecting the purple fire symbolizing the soul into the eyeballs of the ice and snow Pokémon, making them become servants of the flame.

Huge uneasiness and fear surged up like a tidal wave.Therefore, when he stepped into the outskirts of the valley and saw the figure of the flame demon that had appeared countless times in his nightmares rushing towards him, accompanied by the blazing wind, Snow Boy only felt his brain buzzing, turning into a blank of confusion and nothingness.

The vision darkens, the sound becomes distorted, and everything the body can perceive gradually fades away.It seemed as if it had fallen into an extremely cold ice cave, struggling for breath in the lightless and soundless netherworld.

【…】

【wrong.there's noise. 】

【who is it? 】

【…】

【ah. 】

【I remembered. This voice is...]

"Strong mental thoughts, strange light."

Xiao Ye's calm voice fell, and Ghost Stone's eyes glowed with blue light. While the invisible force imprisoned the crystal lamp fire spirit, an erratic and strange ball of light touched its body.

When the crystal lantern fire spirit began to circle around in confusion, Xiaotian's pursuit also arrived.

"Water fluctuations."

The elegant water Eevee stirred up waves, submerging the figure of the crystal lantern.

Minute by minute, no difference at all - after experiencing many trials, Xiaoye and Xiaotian's cooperation has become like a fish in water, which is far beyond what a lone crystal lantern spirit can compete with.

When the ripples subsided, the Fire Pokémon lay motionless on the snow, unconscious.

"It's not as strong as I thought." She held down the ghost stone flying back with one hand to prevent it from biting her head. Xiaoye smiled briskly, "It seems that the next battle won't be too hard." It’s dangerous.”

This lone crystal lantern spirit outside the valley is certainly not weak, but it is by no means powerful. Since it was quickly defeated by the attack of Aqua Eevee and Ghost Stone, it shows that its strength is only at the level of ordinary wild Pokémon.

——Fortunately, it is not as powerful as the fossil pterosaur in Shenling Mountain.

"Would you like to ask why they invaded the Three Valleys?"

"Well, I'll come."

Xiaoye and Xiaotian squatted down next to the unconscious crystal lantern fire spirit and treated it with wound medicine.

The potion to replenish physical strength was slowly absorbed by the body of Crystal Lantern Fire Spirit.Xiao Ye had already prepared Ghost Stone to quickly suppress it when it broke out and hurt people, but the crystal lantern spirit that woke up showed a completely different expression from the previous ferocious and brutal one, with a confused and confused expression.

When Xiaotian asked "Why did you invade this valley?", the Crystal Lantern Fire Spirit looked even more confused.After a few absent-minded conversations with Xiaotian, it floated up and flew away aimlessly in an arc.

"It said 'I don't know'." Xiaotian stood up and repeated the crystal lantern's answer - although this answer sounded really puzzling.

"This guy is so weird, Qiu! Just now he was charging at us so fiercely, as if he wanted to eat us, but now he is like a different Pokémon?" Little Piqiu's head was full of questions, "And it's just a question Sanzhiqiu.”

Xiaoye and Xiaotian looked at each other.

The word "hypnotism" appeared in the minds of two people almost at the same time.However, as ghost-type Pokémon, Crystal Lanterns are not easily controlled by hypnosis, and they also have the ability to hypnotize other Pokémon.However, the huge contrast in the attitude of the Crystal Lamp before and after it cannot be a lie - it is certain that the Crystal Lamp was not conscious when it launched the attack. Perhaps this is because it is the final evolved Pokémon. Dream, but failed to exert threatening power.

After a brief discussion, Xiaoye and Xiaotian decided to approach the depths of the valley as secretly as possible to first determine what the valley looked like now.If all crystal lantern fire spirits were in the same condition as the one just now——

Things are much simpler.

The little snow boy was still in a daze.It wasn't until it was suddenly lifted up high by Xiao Ye that it let out a short scream belatedly.

"Look, these guys who have hurt you are not that powerful, right?"

The pure white ice and snow reflected the light, reflecting the bright colors in the girl's light purple pupils full of smiles.

Of course Saya noticed Yukidouji's uneasiness.She knew how uncomfortable it felt to be overwhelmed by fear, and she didn't want Yukitozi to continue to fall into the vortex of fear.

This ice elf should live more relaxedly and happily in the snowfield.

"Don't be afraid, I will protect you - and I will also protect your companions, I promise."

"Trust me, okay?"

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small theater:

Xiaotian: Crystal Lamp Huo Ling, why are you attacking us?

Crystal Lamp Fire Spirit: Hey, did I attack you? (looks confused)

Xiaotian: Also, why did you attack Snow Boy and his group?

Crystal Lamp Spirit: Hey, did I attack them? ? (Both faces are blank)

Xiaotian: ...Okay, then why are you here? You were supposed to live on the other side of the mountain.

Crystal Lamp Spirit: Hey hey hey, where is this? Who am I, where am I, what am I doing? ? ? (three blank faces)

Xiao Tian:……