Pokémon: Shadow of the Dawn

"My people..."

Oberth's tone was exceptionally gentle, but he seemed to have made some kind of decision. His originally frightened face suddenly calmed down, and he turned back into the oldest and most prudent patriarch.

"Our only way to save us now is Groudon!"

"The only way to make Kyogre change his mind and leave here is to awaken Groudon!"

As a pair of enemies driven by the origin of the world, no matter what the reason or the distance, as long as they wake up at the same time in the world, they will rush towards each other madly to decide the winner.

This is the mutually exclusive rule of world balance. Kyogre cannot ignore Groudon, his lifelong enemy, just for an old grudge over a few small ants.

"Wake up Groudon..."

Obert repeated it once more, his eyes slowly scanning the crowd below.

But even in this situation, all the elders avoided the gaze, and no one dared to look at the patriarch.

After all, the elders knew that with the current strength of the stone pillars, it was easy to resist Kyogre's attacks. Kyogre couldn't keep using the root wave to attack without gaps. At this frequency, it seemed possible to hold out for two days.

Two days is more than enough time to wake up Groudon. But now Chimney Mountain is blocked by the Alliance, and there is a Galar Champion waiting there.

The few old guys just wanted to stay in the Awakening Temple and wait for news without haste.

"Chief, we swear to live and die with our tribe!"

Several elders said in unison.

Upon hearing this, Obert sneered as expected.

But among the many people of Liuli, there were some who were brave enough to raise their hands and shout, "Chief! I am willing to go to Chimney Mountain!"

Soon someone else responded: "Chief! I am willing too!"

"Me too..."

In a short period of time, dozens of people were willing to take the risk.

"Hehe, not bad." Obert nodded with a smile, but changed the subject: "You are all the pride of the people of Liuli. But there is no chance of escaping on the way to Chimney Mountain this time. Our teleportation array will send people directly to Chimney Mountain!"

After that, no one lowered their arms.

Obert sighed again: "It's not that I want to suppress your courage. This situation is urgent and of great importance. We must ensure that the mission is completed without any mistakes."

"Therefore, I am going to go there in person as I promised before!"

As soon as the words fell, most of the people of Liuli showed reverence on their faces, but many people still had doubts in their hearts.

The clan leader is old, and his bones are almost rotten. Can we really take risks with such a body?

"My people!"

Obert suddenly came to life and tapped the stone seat with his cane.

The butler next to him immediately understood the order, his eyes lit up with super powers, and he raised his hands to inject energy into the ground of the hall.

Soon, countless distorted symbols lit up on the floor of the hall, overlapping one another, and they were the oldest inscriptions.

"I am already one hundred and twenty-seven years old." Obert said leisurely, "The battle is really difficult. Moreover, after awakening Groudon, I still need to rely on the orb to bear the weight of a god..."

"I will need your help in this adventure, and we will shoulder the weight of the gods together!"

"This time, we share the same fate. The people of Liuli will live and die together!"

After saying this, Oberth took out a blue-green round stone from his arms, which corresponded to the inscription on the ground.

The pebbles slowly floated up, and the patterns on the ground became brighter. Finally, they emerged from the ground as if they were alive, twisting and turning, and appeared in front of each of the people of Liuli one by one.

Many people of Liuli pressed these inscriptions without hesitation, and black totemic patterns appeared on their bodies.

"Zi-"

Red lights lit up in the temple, and the super-powered elves controlled by the people of Liuli automatically came out one by one.

Obert coughed lightly and said, "Don't worry, your elves will protect you closely..."

After seeing the elves around them, many hesitant people of Liuli also calmed down and grasped the inscriptions in front of them. Many people also joined in after seeing that everyone else had responded without any burden.

Soon, only a few elders were left, as well as a few people of Liuli who refused to join.

"Chief, we are old and frail..."

Several old men declined politely.

They naturally knew what the patriarch wanted to do. This inscription could enable people with the same blood to achieve one-way symbiosis and distribute vitality to the leading controller.

But except for the controller, each participant will not share the vitality equally, but will only give away their own vitality...

Keep the controller's life at least at the average of all the sharers.

The key point is that this one-way connection depends entirely on the controller. Regardless of whether it will be untied later, if the controller is on the verge of death, all participants will try their best to pull him back to the average value.

This can't be considered as living and dying together. At most, everyone just supports the old patriarch together.

The few old guys who already had a short life span naturally valued their lives.

In fact, this proposal had been brought up by Obert in the meeting before, but was severely rejected by them. I didn't expect Obert to bring it up again at this time, and he was already prepared!

If there is no Kyogre outside, everyone can leave directly if they don't want to, and no one will stop them.

But no one expected that under such great pressure, those tribesmen would be so quickly bewitched by the old man Obert. Before they could react, half of them agreed directly...

What to do now?

The elders looked at each other, but no one said anything.

"What are you worried about?"

Obert was smiling, his face still had the same kind expression as before, but his trembling skin, which he tried hard to suppress, made him look a little weird.

"The vitality of our entire clan is far stronger than you might think. According to records, it only took a thousand people to carry the weight of a god together."

While speaking, Ai Guanshi also showed a unfriendly expression to several people.

However, the psychic Pokémon around the elders remained indifferent.

These Pokémon have all been trained by Obert himself and taught by the Butler all the way up, so it's not just a matter of strength difference.

"Why, you are unwilling to make due contributions to the people of Liuli?"

There was something dangerous in Orbot's eyes.

"No, no, no, we are very willing to contribute."

Several elders were frightened and could only hold the inscription in front of them timidly.

After their bodies were wrapped in black strip-shaped inscriptions, these people gradually lost consciousness and were fixed in place as if they were in a coma.