NOVEL FROG Chapter 127: Unlocking a New Stat – Cosmic Authority!
Aerodactyl took itself to air as if none was worthy enough to fly in its presence.
Kabutops buzzed, brandishing its razor-sharp claws, cutting the very air. It let out a rattling noise through its exoskeleton, and disappeared, leaving behind a brownish shadow; such was its speed.
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The Fossil Pokemon have been resurrected for 15 minutes.
The user can only give one order to each of them in the beginning for the rest of their time limit.
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So this is how it is, Kai noted. Well, I already have individual orders ready for them.
The screen in front of him lit up as if waiting for his orders.
Kai took a deep breath and word by word commanded the Fossil Pokemon. -/Aerodactyl, keep attacking the young Latios without mortally wounding him. Make sure it doesn't get to help his sister and the adult Latias./-
To Kabutops he said, -/Stand by near the circular-mark under the adult Latias. The moment she comes out of the cage of metallic rings, sever her arms and wings./-
Both Fossil Pokemon roared in acceptance.
Aerodactyl stirred itself, firing a Hyper Beam to cut the young Latios' flight path. It then followed with powerful bites, several wing slashes, and then another Hyper Beam. Like a machine, it let itself loose in pursuit of the young Latios, injuring the legendary Pokemon whenever it slipped up.
Kabutops was more silent. It flashed from its position and appeared where Kai had ordered it to appear. It spread its sickle-like arms wide and became a statue, waiting for the exact moment of the adult Latias' escape.
Kai leaned back on his spherical seat and marveled at the chaos borne by his actions.
Now he needed to wait. His gaze went down to the Soul Dew and saw that the red hue about it had almost overpowered its natural shimmering blue color. The moment the adult Latias would escape her prison forcefully, it would cause a short circuit, overloading the DMA. The Soul Dew would then turn completely red, becoming an evil, demonic item, rather than a sacred jewel.
In the movie, when one member of Team Rocket had touched that red Soul Dew, it had burst apart, resulting in the Tsunami.
Kai lusted for that moment.
He leisurely observed Bianca running around here and there, throwing rocks at the blurry, spherical boundary that was keeping the adult Latias imprisoned within it. The young Latias kept bombarding the same boundary with her head, wings, arms, and several moves, tiring herself out.
On the other side, Aerodactyl had shown the young Latios who was the true lord of the skies. The Fossil Pokemon's steel-like legs had gripped Latios' neck, slamming into a wall.
-Ah!- Kai hissed in pleasure. -This is bliss, isn't it, Selene?-
Selene was within him, her life dwindling by a thread, he could feel it. But Kai wasn't overly worried about it. She had served him well. She was his Item, his saber. And Kai knew well enough how to keep an edge on his sabers.
Kai closed his eyes for one fleeting moment, and the time skipped itself.
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A loud bang jolted him out of his nap, his eyes moist but clear.
Kai rubbed the drool at the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand as he saw the young Latios getting blasted away by a Hyper Beam. Aerodactyl hadn't come unscathed out of this fight, either. Its body was covered with ice, and there were signs of scorched flesh all over its body.
But Kai's interest lay in the events happening on the ground.
The combined efforts of Bianca and a haggard-looking young Latias had breached the rotating metallic rings. The cage had come down to the ground but hadn't stopped working yet. However, there was a gap in its blurry boundary, through which they were pulling out the adult Latias little by little.
Kai beamed, licking his lips.
The moment seemed to have arrived.
Kai knew the Fossil Pokemon would disappear once the DMA machine lost its power source, whether the time limit of 15 minutes was over, or not. He just hoped Kabutops would live up to its name and the rumored sharpness of its claws.
He jumped off the control panel, knowing well that it was dangerous with the DMA going haywire after the short circuit. His long, blue tail smashed on the ground, crushing rubble at the merest touch.
"Come on!" Bianca pulled with her entire strength, helping the young Latias. "Ugh!"
One last pull and the adult Latias almost got thrown out.
All things happened at once then.
Red lightning thundered around the DMA as it went haywire, losing its power source abruptly.
Kabutops, its figure becoming blurry, dashed, brandishing its claws, and hacked at the fallen adult Latias. The legendary Pokemon wailed shrilly, as thick blood spurted out, painting Bianca's face red.
"NO!" Bianca's throat burst into a saddened and horrified roar upon seeing that. Both young legendary Pokemon let out hoarse, painful coos, rushing toward the adult Latias. The Fossil Pokemon vanished, becoming small ghostly, blue blobs of light.
Kai approached the Soul Dew, which was now letting out a menacing, red, demonic light.
From afar, it felt like a red bubble, just on the verge of bursting out with a loud pop. From the movie, he knew it required a human touch for it to blow up.
He steeled himself and extended his hand.
"What are you doing?!" Bianca bellowed from his left, her eyes shaking at his appearance. "Don't touch it! It will cause disaster!"
Silly girl… Kai sneered, his finger touching the Evil Jewel. Haven't you realized yet? I am Disaster!
Boommmmmmmm!
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Kai coughed out blood as he got slammed into the wall.
He slid down and fell face-front on the floor. He couldn't fathom why the blast was so powerful, as he thumped his chest for air. In the movie, touching the Evil Soul Dew had thrown the Team Rocket member only a few dozen feet away.
Kai shook his head heavily and stood up.
He had lost half his HP in this single blast, but he decided against taking another HP capsule, as there was no immediate need for it. Yet, the tiredness was distorting his expressions now, becoming a mask of annoyance on his face. He dragged his feet towards the DMA. Red lightning bolts were thundering around it, and all traces of any Soul Dew had vanished.
Kai looked towards the group of legendary Pokemon then and frowned.
The adult Latias was bleeding profusely, but it seemed Kabutops had failed to cut her arms. Only her wings were lying on the ground beside her. The two young legendary Pokemon hovered around her, cooing, their flight path dwindling as if they could fall to the ground at any moment.
Kai had finally tired all of them out.
The adult Latias cooed meekly, looking at the two young Pokemon. Bianca's tears knew no bounds, flowing out like unending rivers. Her arms were around Latias, her head almost buried in her feathers.
Latias cooed again, now more determined than before.
Kai guessed she was urging them to take her outside when he saw the young pair of Latios and Latias landing on the ground. Bianca helped the adult legendary Pokemon climb the backs of the two young Pokemon. It took both the smaller Pokemon to lift the larger Latias, even after she had lost her wings.
They flew her out of the museum, followed by a hopeless Bianca.
Kai followed her, but not before storing the huge red wings of the Latias in his MRB, preserving the flesh and the magical blood within them.
The city seemed to have woken up with people coming out of their homes. The horror on their faces was only lower than the terror in their eyes. Once again after a year, the water was receding, abandoning the city for the greater mass of the water outside its boundary.
The ocean had called for it. But they knew the water would return, and it would return with such a fury that there would be no surviving it.
When they could even see the sea floor surrounding the city, the entire city quaked.
From the distant horizon, Kai saw a white sheet rising towards the sky.
The sky had gained a purple-orange hue, and the first red-golden light of the day was just on the horizon. But the white sheet buried that light too. The ground rumbled more and more, as the distant white became blue and then bluer. It didn't take long for all to see a stupendously high wave coming for the town, charging at it like the cavalry riding on sea horses.
It was their inevitable doom, their nightmare.
It was a Tsunami.
"Latias, NO! Don't go!" Bianca cried. "Please don't…"
Kai smirked. Finally, his plans were coming to fruition. If he wasn't so damn tired, then he wondered if he could even hold back a laugh.
High in the air, the three legendary Pokemon turned to give Bianca a deary look, cooing at her lovingly.
A goodbye.
Blood dripped off the adult Latias' stumps where her wings used to be. The ground quaked again, and now they could hear a distant rumble as if thousands of humongous beasts were coming towards them.
The two young Pokemon gave a last look to Bianca and then flew away, carrying the adult Latias on their back.
The scene almost touched Kai's heart.
Maybe I should have killed this girl too, he thought, sneering. They wouldn't have wasted so much time then.
Kai took some solace upon seeing that the Pokemon were glowing silver like three tiny stars as they rushed towards the Tsunami, which seemed to have reached an incomprehensible height, blotting the sky. All sounds became a low buzz in people's ears now that they could see the Tsunami as clearly as anything. The wall of water felt almost reaching for the clouds, and what lay in its path it would annihilate without precedence. All knew.
None screamed, though. No single local ran away. No child cried, and no couple embraced themselves in a last hug.
Such belief? Kai was astounded as he sensed the enormous faith of the town's people in the Eon Pokemon. How foolish!
The three tiny stars then became one point of hope and merged into the Tsunami.
Kai's eyes squinted as that point expanded, becoming a massive star, shining silver and blue. The entire length of the giant wave broke apart as people let out hysterical, booming cheers. The water from the ocean returned in many small waves, flooding the entire city.
In the distance, the massive silver star blurred, losing its shine.
When it looked as if it would go out, an even brighter pillar of light exploded out of it, going up and beyond the bluish sky.
Kai smiled upon seeing that.
This pillar of light meant that the legendary Pokemon had sacrificed themselves. He had made sure that the adult Latias was in no state to thwart the Tsunami by sacrificing herself alone. So either all three had seemed to sacrifice themselves or two of the three.
It doesn't matter, Kai snickered. As long as I get to have a stronger Soul Dew.
Suddenly, a harsh, admonishing voice reached Kai's ears.
"It was you!" Bianca cried, her eyes almost red and dry. "You creature! What have you done? What did Latias ever do to you? What are you, monster? You Evil Pokemon!"
Kai's eyes widened.
His jaw fell open, and his entire body shivered. His flailing tail came to a sudden stunned stop.
Kai's lips parted, but no sound came out. Nor a hiss. Never had Kai been shocked by something before in such a dumbfounded manner.
These changes weren't because of Bianca's gaze or her words.
They were because of the notification flashing in front of his eyes.
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Congratulations Contestant Kai Stormborn…
You have unlocked a new Stat
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Cosmic Authority: Outer One (1/3)
1. The Evil Pokemon of Alto Mare
Lore of the Evil Pokemon of Alto Mare:
The Devastating Despair
The Blue-skinned Demon
The Unforgivable Cursed One
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What the…?!
