Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

"Quick, quick, save me! Friend, come and rescue me!"

Calyrex's telepathic plea directly impacted Guangtai's mind. After Guangtai and the Swords of Justice worked together to push Walking Wake's massive head out of the maze, they saw Calyrex engulfed in flames in the distance!

"The king is on fire!"

This was a literal observation!

"Walking Wake, use Water Pulse." Guangtai had initially considered having Walking Wake use Steam, but quickly realized that might turn Calyrex into 'boiled cauliflower bunny'!

Walking Wake opened its mouth, unleashing a powerful stream of water, the flow rippling with concussive waves. It struck the flaming Calyrex, like a refreshing shower on a hot summer day. The flames vanished, leaving Calyrex's large head and body not only drenched but also covered in charred marks.

An unidentifiable creature fell off Calyrex. Seemingly due to the Water Pulse, both Pokémon were in a state of confusion. Calyrex's eyes spun in different directions as it sat down heavily, shaking its head, while the 'unidentifiable creature' lay on its side, wriggling and trying to get up, but disorientation kept throwing it off course.

"Larvesta?" Guangtai approached, identifying the creature.

But what was a Larvesta doing here? Could it be… Guangtai looked towards the ancient forge in the distance, strode over, and found the Volcarona egg was indeed gone!

So, the egg hatched this quickly? Guangtai was stunned!

After all, he hadn't been constantly holding it; he'd only let the Light Stone 'incubate' it. Even with Arjin's hatching knowledge, he wasn't a true hatcher, lacking Arjin's ability to hatch an egg instantly with a hug.

The speed of the hatching must be due to the 'Radiant Dish'! The 'food force' from the dish could accelerate the hatching of Pokémon eggs, but he had eaten the food, not the egg. Why would it make the egg hatch faster? It was a mystery…

Perhaps some Pokémon matters were best left unexplained!

Looking at Calyrex's disheveled state, although the big-headed bunny's power hadn't fully recovered, consuming so much curry had strengthened its psychic abilities to some extent. However, its current predicament stemmed from Calyrex's 4x weakness to Bug.

Psychic-types were ineffective against Bug-types.

While some powerful Psychic Pokémon could create barriers to block Bug-type attacks, Calyrex clearly hadn't had time to 'raise a wall'.

Hmm… While Calyrex could learn Light Screen and Reflect, could it actually use those moves now?

"Here, this is a Persim Berry; it can cure confusion." Guangtai placed a light-red, pointed berry into Calyrex's mouth, then followed it with a blue, strawberry-like berry: "This is a Pecha Berry; it can heal burns!"

In the games, status conditions couldn't coexist, but in the real world, multiple status conditions could occur simultaneously, and accumulating too many could be very dangerous.

『I thought my head was going to be eaten!』

Calyrex swallowed the two berries, quickly recovering from confusion and burns, sounding aggrieved and displaying the expression of someone who had narrowly escaped death. It thought it was going to die, but Guangtai reminded it that this was a dream world, and its real body was still in the real world, so it couldn't die.

At most, it would just be a nightmare.

Guangtai then offered a Persim Berry to Larvesta, whose mouth was hidden beneath its dark, insectile face, making it hard to find. And it was so big!

Was it a Noble Pokémon!

Larvesta were truly large among larval Pokémon, warm and fluffy. But this Larvesta Guangtai saw was even larger, big enough to use as a mount with a saddle.

No wonder it could pin Calyrex down.

Smelling the berry, the hunger-stricken Larvesta immediately hugged and began devouring the Persim Berry, quickly healing its confusion.

"Mela…"

Larvesta got up from the ground, looking around blankly, then saw Guangtai. Its blue eyes blinked, and after approaching Guangtai and poking him with its small insect hand, sensing a very familiar aura, a joyful expression immediately appeared on its face. It wriggled closer to Guangtai and pounced on his chest.

Yes, it was this human!

"Melala~~"

Extremely intense heat instantly penetrated his clothes and transferred to his body!

『Guangtai was burned by Flame Body.』

"Pecha, Pecha Berry!" Guangtai quickly pulled out a Poké Ball!

With a flash of red light, Larvesta was drawn into the Poké Ball, and Guangtai took the opportunity to quickly consume a berry to heal the burn!

The Poké Ball shook three times, confirming the successful capture, then clicked open!

Larvesta blinked, running out of the ball on its own, looking perplexed.

It continued to emit high heat, its five tentacles waving as if to incinerate anyone who approached.

"Larvesta was caught…! But, is the power of Flame Body this strong?" Guangtai glanced over and saw the pot burned through, and the Light Stone trapped in a burning vortex—though it was just like a tickle to the Light Stone.

"All the remaining curry is gone? Could it be… eaten by Larvesta?"

No wonder the newly hatched Pokémon had such power!

Using Arceus's statue as influence resulted in very high individual values, with the Light Stone acting as a nanny constantly supplying power, and the stewed curry doubling the growth rate for young Pokémon!

"Mela…" Larvesta made a disappointed sound; it was very hungry now.

Larvesta, the Torch Pokémon. In ancient civilizations, it was said to be a Pokémon born from the sun and worshiped by the people. It loves flames and appears where flames burn fiercely, devouring them completely.

Guangtai thought for a moment: "Walking Wake, use Flamethrower on the open ground."

"Awooo?" Although Walking Wake didn't understand, it complied, spewing out raging flames from its large dragon mouth. The originally hungry Larvesta's blue eyes lit up at the sight of the intense flames!

"Mela!"

Larvesta wriggled with all its might, diving into the flames with a speed that stunned the other Pokémon, then extended its five tentacles, devouring all the raging flames that Walking Wake spewed out!

"Mela, Mela~" Larvesta's eyes narrowed comfortably. The abundant flames replenished its energy, and the flames Walking Wake spewed out were very 'delicious'!

Thus, Larvesta remembered Walking Wake, the Pokémon that had dug it out from under the sand!

But watching Larvesta wriggle over, wanting to rub against its 'body', Walking Wake was startled. It had just seen the big-headed bunny and its own trainer engulfed in flames and heard the term 'Flame Body'. The fearless ancient dragon shook its head like a rattle drum, pointing its dragon claws at Calyrex!

Don't come near me, go find that big-headed bunny; it's the king!

But Larvesta thought Walking Wake was playing a chasing game with it, and since Walking Wake's flames were very attractive, it followed behind Walking Wake like a tagalong, circling around Guangtai and Calyrex!

Walking Wake was shocked.

This guy wriggles so fast!

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Guangtai pondered.

The setting that Larvesta eats flames is already very similar to the 'Flash Fire' ability. The only difference is that Larvesta doesn't increase the power of Fire-type moves after eating flames.

Speaking of which, Larvesta only hatched from its egg after the Swords of Justice arrived here? I wonder if it will be affected by the Sky Island's effects and change.

"How could Larvesta be here? It's a very rare Pokémon. This Larvesta's power is very strong…" Cobalion walked over: "But it's still too young and can't control its power. The intense flames and high temperatures are constantly radiating outwards, which will bring trouble to others."

"It needs to be taught and guided."

"In the past, people believed its nest was on the sun and considered it a Pokémon born from the sun, worshiped as an envoy of the sun, but it was estranged by people because it often caused forest fires."

Quite rare… Guangtai thought that it was indeed rare in Unova, but in the Paldea region, Larvesta were everywhere in the desert, like a supermarket clearance sale.

"Mela~ Mela~ Melala~" Larvesta tilted its head, gradually stopping the chase.

Although it didn't know what the Pokémon in front of it were talking about, Larvesta, having consumed a lot of flames, was in a very good mood, humming ancient tunes and swaying from side to side, even spitting out flames from its mouth, twisting them into bizarre shapes, outlining flame-like scrolls. This innate artistic talent made Guangtai look sideways.

[You listened to ancient music, you learned music knowledge—Ancient Song.]

[Larvesta is gathering power?]

Guangtai was stunned by the information that popped up.

Ancient Song?!

However, listening to Larvesta humming this tune, he couldn't hear the melody of the original Ancient Song, and naturally, there was no hypnotic effect. It didn't seem to be its move, just a song it had heard?

Had people sung songs around it when it was still in egg form during the ancient city era? But what was the use of learning Ancient Song? Was he going to participate in a Pokémon music festival…

Ah, indeed, Ancient Song was an exclusive move for the Mythical Pokémon Meloetta in the Unova region, but for humans, it was just a very beautiful ancient song full of nostalgia and longing. In the game, the learning location of Ancient Song was a café in Nimbasa City, where a guitarist would teach the song.

Larvesta could hum Ancient Song, but it couldn't use it as a move. Otherwise, Fire-type + Ancient Song would become 'Blazing Echo'?!

That would be too strong! You wouldn't really develop this move here, would you?

However, in the anime world, there was also a Larvesta that could spew fire from its tentacles, simulating flame propulsion to fly in the sky! It wouldn't be surprising even if it learned Blazing Echo, after all, there was the bonus of the dream sky island.

Guangtai carefully observed Larvesta. The temperature around the flame-absorbing Larvesta was getting higher and higher. The high temperature heated the air, causing the ground to burn. Then, the power of Larvesta was concentrated in its body. It didn't seem to understand what it was doing, just performing ordinary 'digestion'?

However, the information Guangtai received was not like that. At the same time, Larvesta emitted a strong light, illuminating the land of this dream world!

[Due to the influence of the 'training atmosphere', Larvesta has learned a way to quickly accumulate flames and convert energy, as if transforming into a messenger of the sun in myths and legends, so its characteristic has temporarily changed!]

[Flame Body → Drought!]