Pokémon: Hoenn Storm

Chapter 401 Drought Grotto (45)

【what's the situation? 】

"Bey?"

"Mino?"

Two white lights flashed, and the sticky dragon and the big-billed gull appeared on the water and in the air at the same time, keeping vigilant together with the natural bird that had been sitting on the other side of Lai.

Also appearing is Na Qi's Tanabata blue bird.

The keen perception of King-level Pokémon allows them to detect something amiss in the distance.

"Mariluri, Jirachi, what happened?"

Len asked loudly.

"Mary Mary Mary!"

Mariluli screamed like a cannon as she swam.

Although they were connected to each other, Lai was still confused by the incoherent little guy.

[Bottom, what a huge crack! 】

Kiraqi also couldn't understand why.

[The general meaning of Mariluli is that when it picked up a stone, the ground cracked. 】

Natural Bird translated Mariluli's words very calmly.

After saying that, it used its super power to quickly pull several Pokémon back to the boat.

"What rock?"

Looking at Mary Luli who was still in shock, Rai asked.

"Mary."

Like a child who had done something wrong, Mariluli handed over the stone in her hand.

"Natural birds, shake open the surface."

【it is good. 】

With a flash of blue light, the surface soil was peeled off, revealing the true appearance underneath.

It was a red-black elliptical rock, emitting faint heat, but other than that, there seemed to be nothing strange about it. It was like an infinitely weakened version of the red stone seized from the lava team. stone.

At this time, the abnormal movements under the water had stopped, and the lake surface returned to calm.

"I'll go and see, you are waiting for me here."

Lai moved his somewhat stiff limbs a little, preparing to explore the water.

"I'll go with you."

Naqi gently pulled Lai's sleeve, and Cortner nodded.

"You don't have diving equipment, how are you going to get there? I'll be back later and I won't take the risk alone."

With a gentle touch from the back of his girlfriend's hand, Lai blinked and jumped into the water.

Several Pokémon followed at the same time and disappeared under the lake.

[The giant swamp monster opens the way, the slimy dragon is behind, the natural bird you and the lizard king are responsible for the two wings, the big-billed gull is behind to provide support, Mariluli and Jirachi are following me. 】

Eevee and Doronmecia, two little guys with weak combat power, were taken back into the Poké Ball. The rest of the Pokémon formed a formation that could take care of each other at any time, and explored downwards.

The power of the heart spreads in all directions, protecting the two Pokémon that are not good at water, including Natural Bird and Lizard King, while also exploring the surrounding situation.

Following the guidance of Jirachi and Maliluri, they quickly found the location to pick up the stone.

What was originally just an undulating lake bottom now revealed its true colors.

Mariluli's forceful thrust caused the entire rock wall to collapse. It didn't matter that this collapse triggered a chain reaction.

The entire bottom of the lake is a stacked whole. A little bit of destruction is like a domino being toppled, causing the whole to collapse.

A thick "rock shell" collapsed instantly, and the falling debris piled up, revealing a raised underwater cave.

A slight amount of heat energy spreads out from it and is transmitted to Lai's position bit by bit. Unless you pay careful attention, you will not notice it at all.

With a heartbeat, Lai went downstream, swam to the bottom of the real lake, picked up a broken rock, and found that it was the same as the one given to him by Mary Luli, and the rocks in other positions were also the same.

Just as he was about to surface, another sudden change occurred here.

The underwater cave that had returned to calm suddenly rose from the ground, rising straight towards the lake surface dozens of meters away.

【retreat!Danger! 】

The natural bird wrapped Lai with its super power and pulled away backwards. The slimy dragon and the giant swamp monster immediately stood in front of him, and the Lizard King and Mariluli stood guard on both sides.

The gravel that was originally scattered at the bottom of the lake immediately scattered and popped up after this shock.

The large-billed gulls flapped their wings vigorously, and the turbulent water swept them back to the bottom of the pool, and they finally regained their composure.

[Let’s go up. 】

With such drastic geological changes taking place, Naqi and Kotna must be feeling even more anxious.

Thinking of this, Lai immediately lay on the back of Nian Meilong and swam towards the lake.

"Lai! Are you okay?!"

Naki asked eagerly as soon as Rai emerged from the water. "It's okay, let me go up first."

Unscathed, even his clothes were not wet due to the protection of the power of his heart. Lai climbed onto the boat easily.

Several Pokémon also popped up one after another.

"What the hell happened?"

Seeing that Lai was indeed back with all his beard and tail, Naqi was relieved and looked at the still trembling lake water.

"Do you remember the place I told you yesterday? I guess this is it."

Len packed up the props in his backpack and got ready to explore and fight.

"You mean Sidran?"

"Yes."

"What what? Xi Dolan?!"

Cortna became excited and immediately came to Len's side.

"At the bottom of the Tianhan Grotto, in the magma, there is the legendary volcano god, the controller of the lava. It's probably like this."

As he spoke, Rai distributed the materials needed for the battle to the two of them, as well as some basic protective equipment.

"Naqi, contact Uncle Moshu and tell him that there is a special geological reaction here, and ask him to evacuate people. After we explore first, if there are any problems, we will organize people to come and solve them. Then, put on protective clothing, remember Stand behind me."

"Okay, Len."

Naqi nodded and started preparations according to Lai's arrangement.

Soon, the roof of the cave rose out of the water.

Then, it reached a height of more than ten meters.

Under the water, the structure of the cave is like a pyramid-shaped hill. The energy inside is mixed, and the power of the heart cannot penetrate deeply.

"This is the first time I've used this searchlight since I practiced in the Stone Cave with Brother Huayue. Please follow closely."

Although according to memory, there is nothing else in the cave except for a Xiduranen, but even this cave suddenly emerged from the bottom of the water. If there is something else and something goes wrong due to loss of guard, then It's very ugly.

The Swampert and the Slimy Dragon were still at the forefront, and the ones guarding the wings were replaced by the Tanabata Bluebird and the Lizard King. The Nine Tails and the natural torii were in the middle for protection. The group of people marched cautiously along the entrance.

Just after surfacing from the water, there was no lake water in the cave at all, as if blocked by an invisible energy or force field.

Deep in the small cave, there are trails extending in all directions. The interior is dark and deep, with only the hot breath constantly coming out.

"Let me check. Charizard, lighting."

Cortna put away her usual playful and noisy temperament and wandered around several entrances carefully, squatting down from time to time and touching the rock wall which was not low in temperature.

"The temperatures of these passages are about the same, and this one is the highest."

After exploring it, Cortner stood up and pointed to the third road from the left.

"Their ends should all be at the bottom here, because the width is the same and the temperature is the highest, which means the conduction is the most direct and the detours are the least."

Putting on her black gloves again, Cortner took the lead and walked on the route she had judged.

"Big-billed Owl, you come back first, the space here is too narrow."

After taking back the big-mouthed gull, Lai and Naqi looked at each other and followed in.

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"Gudu"

"Gudu"

In the deepest part of the cave, the surging magma produced huge bubbles.

This is the result of physical state transformation brought about by pressure reduction.

On the rock wall, a smaller Xidulan En was climbing around. The violent vibration just now made the little guy who was just born very excited.

The fresh air from the outside world flows into the cave, giving it a different feeling.

In the magma, the two Xiduo Lan En, its parents, whose bodies have been tempered for a long time, are looking at it lovingly.

But at this moment, they have no time to play with their children.

The sudden rise of the grotto caused the originally calm magma to begin to agitate, and even the deep underground began to agitate. They must constantly mobilize their abilities to suppress it.

"despair"

"despair"

The soft sounds became clearly audible as they passed through the layers of the cave walls.

That was the sound made by Cortner's little boots.

"Hoo!"

The slightly larger Xidulan'en's father said hello, and the little Xidulan'en immediately hid in the deepest part of the cave, hiding behind a big rock.

The two sitorans looked at each other.

The championship-level energy aura spread out and quickly reached the positions of Lai and the others along the network channels extending in all directions.

[Danger, outbreak, departure, suppression. 】

The clear and concise information was instantly perceived by the three of them.

(End of this chapter)