A Dragon's Tail
Tail 6: Baromyteus' Tail - Deception
Tail 6-3: Gods and Wars
If someone told me that my sister and I would soon travel with a group of strangers whom I hadn't slice their heads off after our first ten minutes together earlier, I wouldn't totally believe them…
But… My belief was soon proved to be wrong…
As…
A few days ago, we decided to travel with two Pokemon whom I had met for the first time in my life…
I don't know why, but the story they told me about their mission really stirred me up…
And now…
I met up with four other Pokemon… Who were also like my sister and me…
They were the one who had formed a pact with a Legendary Pokemon…
Not only that, but, I don't know why, we also decided to travel together, since we were heading to the same place…
Why did I agree with these? Sometimes, I didn't even understand myself…
Was it because these sixth other Pokemon I met were also the Pokemon who had formed a pact with Legendary Pokemon?
Was it because of a tide of fate?
Or… Was it because of something else?
I don't understand…
"…Alright, let's camp here for a night." I said as we reached the spot that seemed to be the entrance of the sealed cave. I was sure that it was a right spot as my Dragon Legend said so, and that cocky Latios… What was his name again? Richard? Well… He also said that this was where the sealed cave that would lead to the Dustorm Empire located. However, because we wasted so much time dealing with those sxxxs, we will have to call it a day right here…
"Okay, then…" Rachael spoke up. "I will start preparing dinner for everyone!"
"Then, let me help you…" Anastasia said.
"Wow! Thanks!" Rachael said.
I looked at the Latias and the Goodra as they were both preparing to make dinner for all of us. Usually, it was Anastasia who would cook for both of us, as I sucked at cooking, and those two… Claura and Xavier, weren't they? They were not much better than me… But now, since we would travel in a group of 8, we would need at least two person to cook, and we were lucky that one of four Pokemon who had just joined us could cook too, so Anastasia wouldn't have to overwork.
And for now, since we didn't have anything to do until the time of dinner, I would just—
"Hey."
A voice was spoken up, and it was also directed to me. I turned my attention to the owner of the voice and saw a Mega Charizard X, along with the Garchomp, who had just joined up with us a while ago, standing right behind me.
"…What do you want?" I asked with a cold voice.
" Just a little question we both have." The Garchomp said. "First, let me reintroduce my name. I am—"
"Zetarus Quakersand the Garchomp, I remember." I answered. "And the Mega Charizard X beside you is Diego Pyrotorch the Mega Charizard X."
"…Is that the murderous feeling I sense toward us?" Diego said.
"Yes." I gave them a direct answer.
"Whatever…" Zetarus. "We came here just because we want to ask you about… our fathers."
"…So…" I said. "You two are really the sons of Garland and Leonel, after all…"
"That's what we want to talk about." Zetarus said. "How did you know about our fathers?"
"…" I didn't say anything in response.
"…The only connection I saw between Zetarus' father and my father is that both of them were the Hero of Legend who saved Symmetria from the Fallen Crisis 30 years ago…" Diego said. "However, from the outsider's point of view, my father and Zetarus' father have no connection with each other as most Pokemon would know my father in the name of 'The Volcano Guardian', not by his true name, so…"
"…Do you really expect me to tell you?" I asked and put a tone of intimidation into my voice.
"…No." Zetarus and Diego answered.
"Good." I said. Right now, I felt a bit more positive toward these two. "Since you are being honest with me, I will be honest with you too."
"What?!" Zetarus and Diegon looked at me.
"Your fathers… I am their enemy…" I answered. "And I will not be hesitate to slay them should I meet them again."
"… Are you serious?" Zetarus said.
"Do I look like someone who wouldn't be serious?" I said.
"Then, we would have to disappoint you." Diego said. "My father, Leonel Novaflare the Charizard, was already dead a few days ago, and Zetarus' father…"
"… I am going to be the one who killed him." Zetarus said.
"I see…" I said. "Well, if that's so, then we don't have anything more to discuss in this topic…"
"Then, we should get going…" Zetarus and Diego said and were about to walk away when I called them back.
"Actually…" I spoke up. "Since you asked me a question, I will ask you something too."
"…Go on." Diego said.
"If I remember correctly, the Hero/ine of Legend will pass on their title to their descendant…" I said. "And since you two are—"
"No." Zetarus answered. "None of us did receive the Power of Legend from our fathers, as it was my brother who got it instead."
"And it was my twin brother who got it in the place of me." Diego said.
"… That would make neither of you the Hero of Legend…" I said. "You know what? You two are lucky that you didn't receive the Power of Legend from your fathers, as it would immediately make both of you my sworn enemies."
"…You spoke as if you are some kind of Misotheism…" Diego spoke up.
"…" I didn't say anything.
"Whatever…" Diego said. "That's none of my business anyway, and I also don't want to fight you as I could sense that your power exceeds mine, and I don't want to die, so… Excuse us. Zetarus, let's go."
"Yeah…" Zetarus said as he and Diego started walking away from me. "By the way, Diego, what's the meaning of that word of yours? Miso? Meso? Masochi—"
"Shut up, Zetarus." Diego said.
As I looked at both Garchomp and Mega Charizard X, who were walking away from me, a strange feeling started to crawl over my body… It was a strange feeling I had toward both of them… It was a feeling that… If I met someone with a similar appearance and personality to both of them, I would be aggressive toward them, but not only I didn't become aggressive when I spoke to them, but I also found both of them… remarkable.
"…The descendant of Legend who defy their fate, hm?" I looked at Zetarus and Diego. "… Interesting."
"If that's so, then… Why don't all of us go together?"
"Are you serious, Anastasia?! This is the second times you asked a group of strangers whom you had met for the first time to travel with us!"
"Is that a problem, brother? We are all heading to the same destination, so we should travel together."
"…Your logic is irrelevant, Anastasia."
"But you let Claura and Xavier to come with too!"
"It's more like we join them, Anastasia, and we join them because we are interesting in the thing they are trying to find."
"What did you just say? About the thing you are trying to find…"
"That's none of your business, Latios."
"… Don't tell me that you four are heading to the 'Past'."
"!"
"From that reaction, I guess that my words were already proven to be true."
"H… Hey! How did you know about this?! You don't look like some kind of Pokemon who would know something like this!"
"Do not underestimate the Pokemon who had formed a pact with the Legendary Pokemon, especially since you are one too."
"…"
"Um… Onii-chan, what are you talking about?"
"Well… Actually, the sealed cave we are heading, not only it has a path that would lead to the Dustorm Empire, but it also has a path to the past."
"To the past? Is it possible to do it?"
"…It's just a metaphor, Zetarus."
"…"
"So, what do you four think? If ONE of you really don't want us to travel with you, then we will go on our own way…"
"…Why don't you just SAY the identity of that ONE of us?"
"I don't know what kind of Pokemon you are, let along your name."
"…"
"A… Anyway, will all of us travel together?"
"… I think you all are going to only be a nuisance to us."
"You are a kind of Pokemon who speaks your thought out, right?"
"Yes."
"Then, I doubt we all could stand travelling with your for long."
"T…That's not true! I really want all of us to travel together!"
"What are you saying, Rachael? Don't tell me that you actually want to go with them?"
"Yes. I could sense it. Plus, I don't think that they are bad Pokemon…"
"!"
"…What did you just say?"
"I say that I know that you aren't bad Pokemon."
"So ignorant…"
"Rachael isn't ignorant. It's just because of her innocence that enables her to touch the heart of Pokemon."
"…"
"Moreover, now that I see all of you are heading to the 'Past', my curiosity started to get over myself too."
"Onii-chan, what's the 'Past' you mentioned so many times?"
"…I will tell you later about it, as it was a VERY long story."
"Okay!"
"Well, then, how about we travelling together? Are you agree with this, or not?"
"…"
"Plus, all of us are 'that', so wouldn't it be better for we to stick together?"
"… Fine. Just don't get into my way."
"Really?! Thank you!"
"Sigh… Why did I agree with this? I don't understand…"
"I don't understand…"
"ONII-CHAN! STOP READING AND COMES TO HELP US HERE!" Rachael scolded her elder brother, who did nothing than reading his newly-upgraded Chronicle while other Pokemon were busy preparing for tonight's camp.
"Sigh…" Richard put away his Chronicle of Darkside and walked up to Rachael, who was preparing dinner with a female Goodra named Anastasia.
"Where're others?" Richard asked.
"Everyone else went out to hunt some food for dinner." Anastasia answered. "They all will be back soon."
"…And what do you expect me to do, Rachael? Don't tell me you want me to cook…"
"No, of course not!" Rachael said. "I made a mistake by letting you cook once, and I am not going to make the same mistake again!"
"That's good." Richard said. "Now, tell me what you want me to do."
"Can you light up the fire?" Rachael asked and turned her attention to a pile of dead firewood that someone gathered here earlier.
"Hm…" Richard pointed his paw at the firewood and released a small jolt of lightning from his paw to the firewood, igniting it up!
"Thank you, Onii-chan!" Rachael said.
"You two…" Anastasia said. "What a nice and cute pair of brother and sister you are!"
"Oh, now that you mentioned it…" Rachael spoke up. "Anastasia, you and… Baromyteus, you two are also sister and brother too, right?"
"Yes." Anastasia said. "Baromyteus may seem mean and aggressive outside, but he is actually good at heart."
"W… Well…" Rachael spoke up. "For me, he is so scary…"
"Scary?" Anastasia said. "O…Oh, I didn't mean to hurt your feeling, Anastasia." Rachael quickly apologized once she realized the meaning of her words.
"No, it's okay." Anastasia said. "I won't lie that he is really scary, even for me, his younger sister. Sometimes, even I do not understand what he is thinking."
"Okay…" Rachael said.
"Rachael, won't you do anything with the fire I had just lit?" Richard interrupted.
"W…What?!" Rachael quickly turned her attention back to the fire. "O…Okay, I got this."
Rachael quickly placed a pot of water for cooking above the fire. "Whew… I think this should do for tonight's soup."
"Soup?" Anastasia spoke up. "I am sorry, but I don't think that soup would be alright…"
"W..What?" Rachael asked. "W…Why?"
"It's just my brother…" Anastasia sighed. "He really hates watery food like soup or stew, so I doubt he would eat the soup you cook for him."
"Oh!" Rachael said. "T…Then, what kind of food would he prefer?"
"My brother like dry food with strong flavor. That's all." Anastasia said.
"That's no problem!" Rachael said. "What about you, Anastasia? What kind of food do you like?"
"Well… Unlike my brother, I like watery food with mild flavor." Anastasia answered.
"Okay!" Rachael said. "Let's see… I like sweet food… My brother like sour food… Zetarus likes gamey and salty food... Diego likes spicy food... Baromyteus likes dry food with strong flavor... And Anastasia, you like watery food with mild flavor. Got it!"
"But what about Claura and Xavier?" Richard spoke up.
"Oh! I haven't asked them yet!" Rachael said and looked around. "I will need to find them and—"
"Are you looking for us?"
A voice could be heard by the Latias, Latios and Goodra, and when they turned their attention to the source of the voice, they found a female Kingdra and a male Dragonite walking up to them. They were also carrying the meat that they had just hunted.
"Oh! Claura, Xavier." Anastasia greeted the Kingdra and the Dragonite. "How's the hunt going?"
"This part is quite barren, so there aren't many games for us to hunt." Xavier answered. "But we finally manage to get enough for all of us, thanks to that Garchomp and Charizard."
"Zetarus and Diego?" Richard asked.
"Yes. I must admit that their hunting skill is superb, especially the Garchomp." Claura said and placed the games beside the firewood. "Here are games for tonight's meal."
"Anyway…" Xavier said and looked at Rachael. "I heard that you are looking for us, what happens?"
"Oh, nothing!" Rachael said. "It's just that I want to know what kind of food do you two prefer, so I can cook it for you."
"Well… I like salt—" Claura answered, but was interrupted by her cousin.
"For Claura? Just get her a cup of salt water and it would be fine." Xavier answered.
"XAVIER!" Claura roared.
"Isn't my word true?" Xavier asked with a nonchalant voice. "You like salty and watery food, so salt water is ideal food for you, am I right?"
"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Claura roared.
"Fine…" Xavier said. "Anyway, I am fine with any food I eat, as long as it was the normal food that a living creature can eat without dying."
"Okay!" Rachael said. "Now, let's start cooking!"
"Okay, then, let's introduce ourselves first! My name is Rachael Lustermist the Latias! I am just an ordinary apothecary, but nice to meet everyone here!"
"… My name is Richard Lustermist the Latios. I am the elder brother of Rachael, as well as a scholar who's in search for the endless knowledge."
"For me? I am Zetarus Quakersand the Garchomp, and I am a wanted criminal of the Dustorm Empi—Wait, why did I tell you this?! Well… Let's just say that I am a sniper, okay?"
"… My name is Diego Pyrotorch the Char— No, Mega Charizard X. I was once a gladiator at the Brawl Arena, and now… Well… I think it would be alright to say that I am still a gladiator…"
"I am Xavier Stormwing the Dragonite. While I was studying to be a tactician, I am more like an Aerial Warrior, but I don't do much aerial battle, but—"
"Oh, shut up already, Xavier. Anyway, my name Claura Pulsawhirl the Kingdra. Some say that I look like a seafarer… But… Oh, well, I guess I am one too…"
"Good day, everyone. My name is Anastasia Wyrmscale the Goodra. I am a songstress who is travelling around the continent of Symmetria with my brother right here."
"…Which is none other than me. My name is Baromyteus Drawyvern the Shiny Haxorus. I am the cursed black dragon who was damned for eternity… Oh, well… Let's just say that I am some sort of a Dread Fighter."
-Later… That night…
After dinner, 8 Pokemon gathered around the campfire for a rest. Because it was the end of the day, there was not much for them to do before going to bed, so now, they all were spending their time quietly without saying anything.
"…Onii-chan." Rachael spoke up and looked at the Latios beside her, who was reading the Chronicle of Darkside.
"Yes?" Richard closed his Chronicle of Darkside and turned his attention to his younger sister.
"Could you tell me a story, like the usual?" Rachael asked.
"Very well…" Richard said. "What do you want to know this time?"
"There are two things I want to know." Rachael said. "First, about three Wars of the God, and second, about the 'past' you mentioned earlier today."
"Hm… Actually, I could tell both stories to you at the same time, since they are relevant to each other." Richard said. "However, I must warn you that it's a VERY long story that you will easily get bored to it."
"It's fine, Onii-chan!" Rachael said.
"Okay, then…" Richard said. "If you get bored, just skip the story I am going to tell to the end, okay?"
Richard reopened the Chronicle of Darkside and started telling a story to his younger sister…
Long ago, at the beginning of the World of Pokemon's existence, the World of Pokemon was just… nothing.
Until the birth of the God of Pokemon, Arceus…
The God Arceus was responsible for the creation of many things in the World of Pokemon, including the ancestor of all Pokemon, Mew.
Because most Pokemon couldn't live in the world of nothing, the god Arceus created the land for us to live.
They first started with a small land first, then they expanded the size of the land until it became a very large continent, much larger than the continent of Symmetria, much larger than you can imagine. It was known as the 'Great Continent'.
On this very land, the Pokemon that were born from their ancestor, Mew, started living together in harmony, as the land was so vast, and the food was plenty, so there's no reason for them to fight…
Except with… The existence of… the other god.
Unlike what most Pokemon believe, the World of Pokemon actually had two gods…
One of them was Arceus, and the other… They were known by the name of 'Dark God' by most Pokemon, but from the record of the Chronicle of Darkside, their name was recorded as the 'Dragon God'.
Why Dragon God?
Because… While most Pokemon worshiped Arceus as their God, the Dragon type Pokemon, on the other hand, worshiped the Dragon God as their god instead, as the Dragon God, unlike Arceus, was a Dragon type Pokemon…
And this… This is the start of the first conflict… That would chanced the World of Pokemon…
Forever…
Soon, not too long after the continent was created, both gods had got themselves into a conflict…
The God Arceus believed that every Pokemon should live together in the peace and harmony, while the Dragon God believed that every Pokemon should follow their ambition to seek for what they want, be power, wisdom, authority, and so on…
At the end, this resulted in the split of the Pokemon's unity…
Unable to withstand the ideal of Arceus, the Dragon God left, and all Dragon type Pokemon followed them…
They headed to the north of the Great Continent, to the abandoned wasteland currently inhabited by none due to its harsh climate and landscape.
At this very place, the Dragon God created his own realm, where he lived with the Dragon type Pokemon who chose to follow him here…
This place was known as the realm of the dragon, the Kingdom of the Dragonking…
"Kingdom of the Dragonking?" Rachael asked.
"Yes." Richard said. "It was the realm inhabited only by the Dragon type Pokemon, and no other Pokemon could live there."
"Why?" Rachael asked.
"At that time, there was a rule that any Pokemon that was neither a Dragon type Pokemon nor a part of Dragon type Pokemon Evolution Tree who entered the Kingdom of the Dragonking will be immediately sentenced to death."
"What?!" Rachael said. "W… Why?! Why must they be so cruel?!"
"…There's one thing that you should remember, Rachael." Richard said. "We could not judge the action of the people in the past with our thought, which is the thought of the Pokemon who lived in a very different time and space."
"B…But…" Rachael said.
"Now, let me continue the story…" Richard said and turned his attention back to the Chronicle of Darkside. However, he was unaware that Rachael wasn't the only one who was now listening to his story…
While Kingdom of the Dragonking was, comparing to the area of the Great Continent, a very small territory, it soon became the most powerful region of the Great Continent, with the Dragon God as the ruler of the kingdom.
However, the grudge of the Dragon God against the God Arceus hadn't gone yet… On the contrary, it grew stronger and stronger as the days went by…
And soon, the time of the direful moment that no one had ever wanted it to lay upon the World of Pokemon had arrived…
It was… the war…
The Dragon God started the war against the God Arceus and all kinds of Pokemon with his army of the Dragon type Pokemon. This was the beginning of one of three greatest wars that had ever happened on the continent of Pokemon…
It was later known as… the War of the God I.
Clearly, with the way of their living before the war, no Pokemon could stand a chance against the mighty army of Dragon type Pokemon, and the war was soon turned into the one-sided slaughter…
So many Pokemon were killed in the war… So many lives were lost… So many lands were trampled by the Dragon type Pokemon…
Even for the God Arceus, they couldn't prevail over the Dragon God, as both of them were both equal in the term of everything, be strength, wisdom, and so on…
With this, most Pokemon lost their will to fight, and fled for their life, but anywhere they fled, the army of Dragon type Pokemon would soon find and kill them…
Until… There's only one more place left…
It was… a city that was built as a shrine to worship the God Arceus, and was considered to be the 'Capital' of the Great Continent by all non-dragon type Pokemon.
It was… the Mytherel City… The City of Legend…
Why it was known as the City of Legend?
Because during the darkest moment of the war, where the army of Dragon type Pokemon surrounded the Mytherel City and prepared to crush it with their mighty force, and all Pokemon hid in the city wall with none other than despair and nightmare within their heart.
The God of Arceus appeared… And descended toward the shrine of the Mytherel City…
However, they were heavily injured after a never-ending battle with the Dragon God, and they were prepared their defeat… If not everyone's defeat…
Using some of their remaining power, the God Arceus bestowed some of their power to 18 Pokemon of each type. The power they received had given them an extraordinary power that none could ever hope to obtain, as well as gave them a boost in their moral and will. With the power they received, their hope of victory had returned…
They were known as… the first generation of the Hero/ine of Legend…
With the power of legend within their veins, the Hero/ine of Legend led the remnant of the Pokemon in the Mytherel City into another fight against the army of the Dragon type Pokemon. However, this time, with the Power of Legend flowing through their veins, the battle had been turned into their favor, and, for the first time in the War of the God I, they won.
They continued to lead the army of non-dragon Pokemon into the fight to reclaim their lost land back from the Dragon type Pokemon, and the Dragon type Pokemon were driven back as the day passed…
And finally… All lands that were conquered by the Dragon type Pokemon were reclaimed again, and the army of the Dragon type retreated back into the Kingdom of the Dragonking…
However, the war wasn't over yet…
If they left the war like this, the Dragon type Pokemon would surely return to conquer their lands again. So, they only had one choice…
It's to defeat the Dragon God and ended everything, once and for all…
With this thought in their mind, the Hero/ine of Legend marched into the Kingdom of the Dragonking, with only one intention within their mind, to defeat the Dragon God…
But this time, the situation had become different…
The only one that the Hero/ine of Legend had to defeat was the Dragon God. However, because of the rage over what the Dragon type Pokemon did to their lands, the rage turned into a flaming storm of wrath and hatred… That started destroying everything within their path…
The Hero/ine of Legend destroyed everything within their path in the Kingdom of the Dragonking, killing every Dragon type Pokemon they met along the way, be an innocent one or not…
The battle for the peace would soon turn into a battle for vengeance, and the word 'battle' turned into the word 'slaughter', and then into 'massacre'…
Was there any justice in their action?
And in the end, the Hero/ine of Legend was able to defeat the Dragon God, and the Dragon God was punished by the recovered Arceus by being sealed into the hollow between time and space, in hope that they would never return to the World of Pokemon to cause the war once again…
But the War of the God hadn't ended yet…
Even without the Dragon God, Kingdom of the Dragonking still refused to give up, and they continued the war, under the lead of the Renegade Pokemon who was once a servant of the god Arceus, but the struggle was soon proved to be futile, as in the end, the army of Dragon type Pokemon couldn't triumph over the Hero/ine of Legend, so Kingdom of the Dragonking lost the battle once again, and the new leader of the Dragon type Pokemon army was banished to the world of distortion as a punishment of their atrocity…
With no one to lead them, the Dragon type Pokemon finally gave up on the war, and thus, the cruel War of the God I had come to the end with the victory of the Hero/ine of Legend and the lost of the Dragon type Pokemon…
…Or not?
"Yawn…" Rachael started yawning as the story had come to this part.
"Hm? It seems like you was bored with my story already…" Richard said. "We haven't reached the most important part of this story yet…"
"Oh, not that, Onii-chan." Rachael said. "It's just that… It was so long…"
"Not as long as when did the War of the God I occurred." Richard said. "It happened at a VERY long time ago. So long that you could never imagine of."
"Well then…" Rachael said. "Why don't you continue the story? I want to know what happened to the Hero/ine of Legend after the war, as well as what happened to the Kingdom of the Dragonking too."
"Well then…" Richard said and turned his attention back to the Chronicle of Darkside. "After the war, the Hero/ine of Legend were greatly praised for their courage and bravery during the war. The God Arceus then decided to permanently leave their power to the Hero/ine of Legend, as an exchange for them to be the 'Guardians' of the World of Pokemon in the place of him. They also blessed them that their descendant shall carry on the Power of Legend and became the next Hero/ine of Legend should they fall, so the World of Pokemon would never go without its guardians."
"Then…" Rachael started realizing something. "Jasper, Zenpai, Viola and Grimlock…"
"Right." Richard nodded. "They are the descendants of the first Hero/ine of Legend of their respective type…"
"You know them?"
A voice of a female Kingdra was spoken up, turning the attention of the Latios and the Latias to the owner of the voice, who was having her attention at them!
"Claura?" Rachael said. "Did you listen to our story the whole time?"
"Not only her…" Richard said and looked at everyone else, whose attentions were on him too! And it seemed like he had caught their attention for quite some time…
"You haven't answered my question yet." Claura said.
"Well… Yes, we know them." Rachael said. "We were travelling with them before we were separated as when we were leaving Republic of Civilight. We don't even know where they are right now, and how are they doing…"
"…So, that's what happened before they came…" Claura mumbled. "While Xavier and I were in the Riverbrine Archipelago, we… met them."
"R…Really?!" Rachael said. "A…. Are they alright?"
"At least they were still alive as we parted." Xavier said. "It seemed like they, along with the new Hero of Water type, were heading to Theocracy of Venturnome right now…"
"Aww…" Rachael seemed to be disappointed after hearing the words of the Dragonite. "Well… At least, it's good to know that they were still alive and fine. Thank you very much, Claura, Xavier!"
"…" Claura and Xavier didn't say anything. All they did was nodding their head in response.
"…That reminded me of something…" Richard said before turning his attention to Zetarus and Diego. "Zetarus, Diego, you are the sons of Garland and Leonel respectively, who were also the Heroes of Legend too, right? This would mean…"
"Oh! Right!" Rachael said. "Zetarus! Diego! You two are also the descendant of the first Hero/ine of Legend too!"
"I guess so…" Zetarus said. "But it was my brother who has become the Hero of Ground type, not me."
"So do I." Diego said.
"Then… Let me continue…" Richard turned his attention back to the Chronicle of Darkside. "However, because of the War, the Great Continent was heavily damaged, and most parts of the realm were turned into ruins. So, the God Arceus decided to give their blessing upon the barren land, and turned it into a fertile soil once again."
"That's great!" Rachael said.
"…But what about Kingdom of the Dragonking?" Xavier asked with a cold voice.
"Like the whole Great Continent, Kingdom of the Dragonking was also heavily damaged. However, because of their atrocity during the War of the God, Kingdom of the Dragonking was the only land that didn't receive the blessing from the God Arceus, making the once-gloried realm of Dragon type Pokemon being turned into the kingdom of ruins within a blink…"
"…" Claura, Xavier, Anastasia and Baromyteus didn't say anything after hearing the story from the Latios. All they did was lowers their face to hide their eyes from everyone.
"That's terrible…" Rachael said. "Losing the war was harsh enough. They didn't have to punish Kingdom of the Dragonking any further…"
"… Are you sure that Kingdom of the Dragonking was the side who lost the war?" Richard spoke up.
"HM?!" Not only Rachael, but Claura, Xavier, Anastasia and Baromyteus also had their fullest attention on the Latios as they heard the question from him.
"… What are you talking about?" Claura asked.
"… Before War of the God I, the Great Continent, other than Kingdom of the Dragonking, was actually a single 'nation' where every Pokemon lived together in a complete harmony without any fight or division, but after the war, the once-united Great Continent started to be divided into several lands, and the Pokemon on the Great Continent started fighting over the conquest of the land, loot and so on. Kingdom of the Dragonking, on the other hand, had become much more peaceful as, being in the state of ruins, the residents within the kingdom needed to help each others in order to survive. With all of this, could we really say that Kingdom of the Dragonking lost the war while the Hero/ine of Legend won the war?"
"…" Rachael, Zetarus, Diego, Claura, Xavier and Anastasia didn't say anything after hearing what the Latios said. All they did was just stay in silence… But…
"…Are you sure that that story is actually valid?"
It was Baromyteus, who, unlike everyone else, spoke up after the Latios finished speaking.
"It was recorded within this chronicle." Richard said and showed everyone the Chronicle of Darkside. "This chronicle has recorded everything that had been happening in the world and every knowledge that had borne, both discovered and uncovered, and the Chronicle would never record a false particular. If you still have any doubt in my words, ask Zetarus' Dragon Legend."
After Richard finished speaking, Zetarus' Dragon Relic started glowing a mysterious green aura, and then a silhouette of a Zygarde suddenly appeared in the middle of everyone.
"Zygarde?" Zetarus spoke up and looked at the silhouette of his Dragon Legend.
'I can say that this Latios' words are true, everyone.' Zygarde said. 'Countless years ago, I was once the king who ruled over Kingdom of the Dragonking too. The period that I ruled over the nation of the Dragon type Pokemon was right just after the end of the War of the God I, so I had witnessed everything that this Latios had just told, and I confirmed that what happened to the Great Continent and the Kingdom of the Dragonking was just as this Latios said.'
After finished speaking, the silhouette of the Zygarde disappeared back into the Ring of Balance, ending his words right here.
"… Very well…" Baromyteus nodded before turning his attention back to Richard. "…Go on."
"Okay." Richard said. "After War of the God I, the Great Continent was split into several lands, like what Symmetria is today, and they sought to conquer over each others due to their ambition and pride that were planted after the war. However, every time the conflicts had almost reached the breaking point, the Hero/ine of Legend would appear to save the day, so the Great Continent could still exist… Until several thousand years later…"
Several thousand years had passed…
Kingdom of the Dragonking had gradually returned to its former glory…
And now, like other lands on the Great Continent, it sought more power…
The nation of the Dragon type then started invading other nations again…
However, this time, the invasion was much less drastic than its counterpart during War of the God I. To be honest, it was more like a normal invasion that other lands on the Great Continent. Sometimes they won, sometimes they lost, so their action wasn't taken seriously by other nations.
Until…
"Onii-chan?" Rachael spoke up and looked at the Latios, as she realized that her elder brother had just closed the Chronicle of Darkside.
"Why don't you continue the story?" Diego asked.
"…It would be better if I let you tell this part." Richard spoke without looking at anyone.
"What are you talking about?" Zetarus asked.
"You know what I am talking about." Richard continued speaking, still looking at no one. "This is the most important part of tonight's story, so, instead of telling it from the record in the Chronicle, I want everyone, as well as myself, to hear it from someone who had been living since that event."
'…Fine.'
A cold and creepy voice was heard by everyone, and not before long, a Dragon Relic started glowing again, but this time, it was Diego's.
"Frostic?!" Diego said as a silhouette of the Kyurem appeared from his Ring of Ruins and stood in the middle of everyone. "Why you?"
'… Because I was the cause of the catastrophe that followed the War of the God I.' Frostic answered.
"Catastrophe?" Rachael said.
'… It was War of the God II.' Frostic said.
I couldn't remember how long after the end of War of the God I…
But here… After a period of countless years, the catastrophe that no one ever wished to witness again had come back to haunt the World of Pokemon…
It was known as… War of the God II…
And the cause of this catastrophe was me, Frostic the Kyurem.
Before the War of the God II occurred, I was chosen to become the king of the Kingdom of the Dragonking.
However, at that time, I was a faithful servant… No, I was a SLAVE of the Dragon God, who, while still being sealed within the rift of time and space, tried to manipulate the World of Pokemon into another war by using me as their surrogate…
And they succeeded…
With me in the power, I succeeded in starting another war on the Great Continent, which was later known as the War of the God II, as it was another war between the Pokemon of the Great Continent, led by the Hero/ine of Legend who served under the god Arceus, and the Dragon type Pokemon, led by me, who served under the Dragon God.
Using the knowledge of what happened during the War of the God I, I carefully crafted a plan to counterattack the Hero/ine of Legend in order to conquer the victory of this war…
And in the end… I failed…
Regardless of what happened during the war, the result of War of the God II was the same as the result of its former counterpart…
The triumph belonged to the Hero/ine of Legend… And Kingdom of the Dragonking lost the war once again…
"Again…" Xavier mumbled.
"Then…" Rachael spoke up and looked at the silhouette of the Kyurem.
'…As the one who started the war, I, like the Dragon God, received a harsh punishment from the god Arceus. Unlike them, I wasn't sealed within time and space. Instead…' Frostic paused here for a bit, before he continued speaking. 'They removed an ability to… feel the emotion out of my body before banishing me to another world…'
"T…That's even worse!" Rachael said. "How could someone continue living while unable to feel anything?! Why must Arceus do something so cruel like this?!"
'…I don't want to speak about it.' Frostic said. 'However, just over a thou— No, a hundred years ago, I was forgiven by Arceus, and I regained an ability to feel emotion once again.'
"Thanks goodness…" Rachael said. "I can't even imagine how painful for someone who must continue living without feeling anything…"
"… And here come the most important part of tonight's story." Richard spoke up and looked at the silhouette of the Kyurem. "Frostic, what happened to Kingdom of the Dragonking and the Great Continent after the War of the God II?"
'…For Kingdom of the Dragonking…' Frostic slowly spoke up. 'Like the first War of the God, it was completely ruined by the wrath of the Hero/ine of Legend, but now, since we had started another great war with them, the Hero/ine of Legend had grown their mistrust toward us. In the end, in order to prevent us Dragon type Pokemon from invading the Great Continent again, the Hero/ine of Legend used their Power of Legend to… banish the whole kingdom.'
"WHAT?!" Rachael spoke up. "B… Banish the whole kingdom?!"
'Yes.' Frostic nodded. 'Kingdom of the Dragonking was banished into the realm of nowhere within time and space, as well as being cursed that it shall not return to the World of Pokemon once again…'
"…This is true." Xavier suddenly spoke up. "Until today, Kingdom of the Dragonking is still located within the realm of nowhere within time and space. In order to travel between the World of Pokemon and Kingdom of the Dragonking, we will need to use a special portal that allowed us to travel between time and space."
"…How did you know all of this?" Richard asked.
"… It may be a bit late for us to say this…" Claura spoke up. "Xavier and I actually came from Kingdom of the Dragonking."
"Really?!" Rachael said.
"Right." Xavier nodded and yawned. "We were sent here to dis— OUCH!" Xavier cried out in pain as his side was headbutted by the Kingdra's head.
"It's just that we received a little mission to accomplish. That's all you need to know." Claura said.
"If that's so…" Richard said and turned his attention back to Frostic. "Well then, Frostic, you may continue."
'…And so, Kingdom of the Dragonking was banished into the realm between time and space…' Frostic said. 'But for the Great Continent…'
"Did something terrible happen to the Great Continent, like what happened after War of the God I?" Anastasia asked.
'No, Anastasia.' Frostic answered. 'But the thing that happened to the Great Continent after War of the God II is MUCH worse that what happened to it after War of the God I. It was so terrible that I doubt any of you would have any idea about this.'
"What are you talking—" Rachael tried to ask the Kyurem a question, but was interrupted by a question from her elder brother.
"Rachael, do you want some night snack?" Richard spoke up and reached his paw into his bag before he picked a small package that contained a single piece of big chocolate chip cookie out.
"Hey…" Diego spoke up. "Isn't this a bad time for this knick-knack? We are in the most important part of this story, isn't it?"
"I didn't ask you, Diego." Richard answered and turned his attention to his younger sister. "I saved some after we left the last village. Do you want it? I can share it with you."
"Onii-chan!" Rachael said. "This isn't a time for night snack!"
"So, you don't want it?" Richard said. "Fine, then I would have to eat it all by myself…"
"W… Wait!" Rachael said. "Come on! Share with me or I will pout at you!"
"Okay, here you go." Richard quickly handed over the package of cookie to the Latias. "You can have a small portion of it."
"Just small portion?!" Rachael said.
"… Don't you want to spare it for other days?" Richard asked.
"Fine." Rachael said and picked the cookie out of its package, and then she tried to break off a small portion of the cookie out for herself, but she broke it too fast and drastic, making the rest portion of the cookie break into several small pieces!
"Oh! Sorry, Onii-chan!" Rachael apologized. "I just want to break off a small portion, but it also broke the large portion too…"
"!" Rachael's words shocked everyone else in the camp. They all immediately looked at the broken cookie on Rachael's paw, before turning their attention to the Latios.
"Richard…" Baromyteus spoke up. "Don't tell me that…"
"…" Richard didn't say anything.
'…Clever, young Latios.' Frostic spoke up. 'Like what happened after War of the God I, we couldn't wholly say that Kingdom of the Dragonking lost the war and the rest of the Great Continent won the war, as the result of the war actually brought Kingdom of the Dragonking to the path of glory, while dragging the rest of the Great Continent to the path of ruins. The Hero/ine of Legend thought that banishing Kingdom of the Dragonking away would benefit the whole world, but it actually beckoned the end of the Great Continent…'
In order for something to exist, it needed to be balanced…
If the balance was lost, so do the thing…
The Hero/ine of Legend made a grave mistake by neglecting this fate and proceeded to banish the Kingdom of the Dragonking away from the Great Continent, from the World of Pokemon…
And the result of their action was the destruction of the whole Great Continent…
Without the land of the Dragon type Pokemon, the Great Continent itself started losing its balance, and without its balance, it started to crumble…
The land was twisted, the sea was boiled, the sky was torn apart… And the lives were lost…
If there's a word to describe the event of that day, there's only one…
It's the Apocalypse…
"…" The camp fell into silence after hearing the story from the Kyurem. Everyone here, including Richard who had already known this, was shocked by the event that happened long time ago…
'Ironic, isn't it?' Frostic continued speaking. 'The Hero/ine of Legend tried to protect the Great Continent by banishing Kingdom of the Dragonking away, but it turned out that they protected Kingdom of the Dragonking from the apocalypse and brought destruction upon the Great Continent…'
"…What happened to the Great Continent afterward?" Anastasia spoke up with a worried voice. "And what about the Pokemon on the Great Continent? Did they…"
'… The apocalypse had brought a great calamity upon the Great Continent. The massive land of the Great Continent that was once in unity started breaking… Several small portions of the Great Continent were broken from the Great Continent and being drifted away from its origin' Frostic answered.
"The land… splits?" Zetarus said.
'Correct.' Frostic said. 'The splitting lands would later become a new land on the vast ocean of nothing. Among them was the land that was once the location of the capital city of the Great Continent, the Mytherel City.'
"Mytherel City too?" Rachael asked.
'Yes. The Mytherel City and some nearby kingdoms around there was broken from the Great Continent and drifted away, becoming a new continent known by the name of 'Mytherel', or 'Land of Legend', as it was the location of the Mytherel City, the city where the Hero/ine of Legend were born with the power from Arceus.' Frostic said.
"…What about the Pokemon on the Mytherel Continent?" Anastasia asked.
'They survived.' Frostic answered. 'It was Arceus who protected the Pokemon and the Mytherel Continent from the Apocalypse. Nevertheless, the Apocalypse had destroyed the Mytherel City, making it become no more than the ruins of once-gloried capital, so the Pokemon on the Mytherel Continent abandoned the capital and started living everywhere else on the Mytherel Continent.'
"That's quite a relief to know…" Anastasia sighed.
"… Other than the Mytherel Continent, are there any more land that was broken off the Great Continent?" Baromyteus asked.
'There was a portion of land with no important that was broken off the Great Continent. It was voided with any Pokemon as a result of the Apocalypse…' Frostic said. 'And this land would later crash with the south of the Mytherel Continent. As a result of this, this land was merged into the northern land and become a part of the Mytherel Continent, and the Pokemon from the northern part of the Mytherel Continent started moving south to live there too…'
"Okay…" Baromyteus nodded. "Anything else?"
'There are several more lands that were broken off the Great Continent like the Mytherel Continent.' Frostic answered. 'But most of them were either a very small portion of land, which later became a more-or-less deserting island in the vast continent, or a portion of land with no important that wasn't as lucky as the land that crashed into the Mytherel Continent, which soon became a forgotten land within the vast sea… Well, except some…'
"Some?" Rachael asked.
'Yes…' Frostic said. 'Other than the Mytherel Continent, there were two more noteworthy lands that were broken off the Great Continent. The first one is the Luminus Continent.'
"Luminus Continent?" Diego spoke up.
'Luminus Continent was another land that was spared from the Apocalypse, as it was homed to several Hero/ine of Legend, who used their power to protect their home during the Apocalypse. As a result of this, the land that was once filled with despair was lit with the light of hope once again, dubbed its another name as the 'Land of Light'.'
"… What about the last one?" Claura asked.
'It's the Continent of Origia.' Frostic answered. 'Origia, while being a part of the Great Continent, was the very first portion of the land that was created by the God Arceus, dubbed its title the 'Land of Origin'. Because it was the first land that was created, it was said to hold some sort of 'special power', which was also the reason why did Origia and its people survive the Apocalypse.'
"…So, there were three major continents that were broken of the Great Continent, the Mytherel Continent, the Luminus Continent and the Origia Continent, right?" Baromyteus said.
"Yes." Instead of Frostic, it was Richard who answered this question. "Despite everything, these three continents are actually quite close to each others, so the Pokemon on those continents could travel to other continents without much trouble, and everyone continued living on those three continents for a few thousand years. Some major events of the World of Pokemon actually occurred on these lands, such as the Twilight Crisis that was occurring on the Mytherel Continent, and the Daybreak Crisis that was occurring on the Luminus Continent."
"But…" Zetarus spoke up. "Where are these three continents right now?"
"This detail is regarded to what happened during War of the God III, which was occurring just 147 years before the present year." Richard said. "Okay, then. I will resume my story here at the time of War of the God III—"
'… Richard, let me tell this part.'
A voice suddenly came out of Richard's Luster Pendant, and then a silhouette of the Mega Latios appeared from the Dragon Relic and stood in the middle of everyone and beside Frostic.
"Lord of Blindness?" Richard spoke up as he saw the appearance of his Dragon Legend. "Why did you have to show your useless form of ethereal around here? Now be a good dragon and go back to sleep."
'I would do it if I am such a jerk who didn't want to show mercy by sharing the vast amount of knowledge I have, as I am now the most intelligent and the cleverest creature in the World of Pokemon.' Holmer answered.
"I didn't ask you to come and help me, by the way, Lord of Blindness." Richard said.
'And I didn't ask you to split your foul words at me while I am being merciful.' Holmer said.
"P…Please… Stop your nonsense argument." Rachael spoke up when she realized that none of them were ready to stop their quarrel.
'Right.' A voice echoed from Rachael's Mist Pendant, and then a silhouette of a Mega Latias appeared from the Dragon Relic and stopped beside the silhouette of the Mega Latios. 'It won't do anything good if both of you keep this for the whole night.'
"Sigh… Fine…' Holmer and Richard sighed and mumbled at the same time.
"…Look at these two…" Xavier mumbled to his cousin. "After forming the pact with Legendary Pokemon, we would most likely to try not to piss them off, but look at this Latios…"
"Yeah." Claura mumbled. "I wouldn't do that to my Dragon Legend either…"
'However…' Holmer spoke up again. 'I am going to tell my story either way, because I, as the most intelligent and—'
"Are you going to tell us the story or keep rambling for the whole night?" Richard interrupted Holmer's words.
'Fine, then…' Holmer mumbled. 'The story was started about 900 years after the end of the Twilight Crisis and the Daybreak Crisis…'
After the Twilight Crisis and the Daybreak Crisis, the World of Pokemon, which now only had three lands left, the Land of Legend, Mytherel, the Land of Light, Luminus, and the Land of Origin, Origia. While both crises had taken a great toll on both Mytherel and Luminus and almost destroyed both of them, they were able to endure it and continued to exist for 900 years…
But…
I could not fathom how… foolish the non-Dragon type Pokemon were…
Sure, after War of the God II, Kingdom of the Dragonking was sent into a dimension between time and space with no connection with the World of Pokemon, basically being trapped there. However, near the end of the Twilight Crisis, the passage of time and space was opened, enabled everyone to freely travel between these three continents and Kingdom of the Dragonking…
With this, some Dragon type Pokemon started travelling from Kingdom of the Dragonking to these three continents, myself and my sister included.
Because a few thousand years had already passed since the end of War of the God II, most Pokemon had already forgotten what happened to their world and their continents, so they didn't think much of the Dragon type Pokemon and lived without any conflict with them…
Until… They found the record about what happened to the World of Pokemon… From a few thousand years ago… To about a ten thousand years ago…
They discovered the truth of War of the God I and War of the God II…
About the invasion of the Dragon type Pokemon over their land, about the countless lives that were lost in the war…
About the existence of the Dragon God…
The truth greatly enraged them, and the rage within their fragile body of mortal sought revenge against the Dragon type Pokemon…
And then… Instead of undoing the mistake that their ancestors had made, they chose to repeat it…
They branded the Dragon God as the 'Dark God', and the Dragon type Pokemon as the 'sin' of the Dark God…
But it was not enough…
They decided to start another war, which was later known as… War of the God III…
Unlike its former counterparts, War of the God III was started by the non-Dragon type Pokemon, instead of the Dragon type Pokemon…
And in the end… Once again, they succeeded…
Despite the Hero/ine of Legend didn't join the war, they successfully gained the victory of the war…
How pathetic…
The main reason why Kingdom of the Dragonking lost this war, despite the absence of the Hero/ine of Legend was none other than the failure of the Pokemon who was the ruler of Kingdom of the Dragonking at that time…
Which was none other than… myself…
"You were… the king of Kingdom of the Dragonking?" Zetarus spoke up.
'Right.' Holmer nodded. 'I became the ruler of Kingdom of the Dragonking since a bit before the Twilight Crisis, and I was still one until the War of the God III. As the king, I had witnessed the event of War of the God III with my very own eyes… Before I lost my life after Kingdom of the Dragonking lost the war…'
"…" Everyone fell into silence after hearing Holmer's words.
'When Kingdom of the Dragonking lost, and my brother and I were killed, the rage of the non-Dragon type still hadn't subsided yet…' Ilia spoke up. 'So, they decided that the Dragon type Pokemon shouldn't exist within the World of Pokemon, and then they started… the genocide of the Dragon type Pokemon…'
"OH!" Some of the group suddenly cried out as they heard the word 'Genocide'.
'During the war, they killed every Dragon type they met and spared no single one.' Ilia spoke and closed her eyes. 'It was the most painful memory of me to witness such a tragic event like this…'
"…" Everyone said nothing after hearing the words of the Mega Latias.
'However…' Holmer spoke up again. 'I already sensed that they would do something like this, so, as a last resort as I laid dying alongside my sister, I achieved the forbidden magic that was sealed within the Chronicle and created a barrier and immediately repelled every invaders of Kingdom of the Dragonking, as well as putting the whole kingdom in the hibernate state— Which was making every remaining Dragon type Pokemon within the border of Kingdom of the Dragonking fell unconscious, and their mortal form, as well as the whole kingdom, was sealed within the rift of time and space for a century…'
"What?!" Diego spoke up. "Is something like this even possible?!"
"But it's true."
The voice of the Dragonite that was suddenly spoken out turned the attention of everyone to the owner of the voice, and before anyone could say anything, Xavier continued speaking. "Kingdom of the Dragonking was, once again, voided of any access, and everyone in Kingdom of the Dragonking fell asleep for a whole century. They fell asleep in the very day that Kingdom of the Dragonking lost the war, and woke up one hundred years later, while still feeling that only a single night had passed…"
"…How did you know something like this?" Baromyteus asked.
"Our grandfather and grandmother told us." This time, it was the Kingdra who spoke up. "They were among the Dragon type Pokemon that were put into a hibernation state, and woke up one hundred years later, and they told us about the event that happened at that time too."
'Make sense…' Holmer spoke up. 'Your grandfather and grandmother once served under me as my trusted general, and they were alive during those events…'
"You know our grandparents?!" Claura and Xavier spoke up.
'Right.' Ilia spoke. 'Moreover…' Ilia and Holmer turned their attention to Anastasia and Baromyteus, before they shook their head. '… Never mind. It's not important... right now. Let's resume the story of War of the God III…'
The destruction of Kingdom of the Dragonking 900 years after the Twilight Crisis and Daybreak Crisis, or should I say, 247 years before the present year, marked the end of the first half of the war…
With no more Dragon type Pokemon existed, or so what everyone believed, the continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia went into a state of peace and harmony for another century. However, the century of peace and harmony was also the century of guilt and regret, as they had just realized their mistake of killing every Dragon type Pokemon, and they started to regret what they had done, but it was too late. They could not go back through time to correct their mistake, so they had to continue living in the life of guilt for a century…
And then… A century had passed… And…
The second half of War of the God III was erupted…
Who was the cause of the second half of War of the God III?
It was… the Demon from the Twilight Crisis…
Despite being sealed by the Hero/ine of Legend at the end of the Twilight Crisis, the demon successfully broke free, and he started to corrupt the World of Pokemon once again. Knowing this, the Hero/ine of Legend had to rise up and stood within his path of conquest…
However, this time, the demon was much more powerful than the time of the Twilight Crisis, as he had received an enormous power from his thousand-year slumber, and the power he received made him even rivaled Arceus…
At this moment, Arceus realized that their power, as well as the power of the Hero/ine of Legend was not enough to defeat this demon…
They needed someone else… Whose power rivaled themselves and the demon…
Without any other choice, Arceus decided to release the Dragon God from the seal, at a condition that the Dragon God must help him and the Hero/ine of Legend in defeating this Demon.
The Dragon God accepted, so they were unsealed and returned to the World of Pokemon once again…
Also…
During the war, the Hero/ine of Legend had discovered another portal that led them to the Kingdom of the Dragonking, the kingdom of the Dragon type Pokemon that everyone had thought that they were already gone… Moreover, with the Dragon God helping them, the Dragon type Pokemon agreed to help the Hero/ine of Legend in defeating the demon…
With the aid of two gods and the Dragon of Kingdom of the Dragonking, the Hero/ine of Legend were able to successfully defeat the demon. This time, the demon was completely obliterated from the World of Pokemon, so he wouldn't be able to return again…
And finally, War of the God III had come to the end…
However… Like its former counterparts, the World of Pokemon suffered greatly after the end of the war. For Kingdom of the Dragonking, their suffering mostly came from what happened during the war's first half, but for the continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia, they suffered greatly during the second half of the war…
Because during the second half of the war, with the twisted chaos power of the demon, several phenomena that were against the law of nature had occurred…
Among them was… The Distortion of Time and Space…
The Distortion of Time and Space had greatly affected the continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia, mostly Origia was it was where the war mostly took place off. This phenomenon had caused all three continents to lose their equivalence…
And if this continued, another Apocalypse would surely happen…
However, thanks to the Hero/ine of Legend being able to defeat the demon before the World of Pokemon had completely lost its balance, the three continents were saved from the total destruction, if not for the destruction…
The Distortion of Time and Space had brought the Destruction of Earth, Sea and Sky upon the three continents, and in the end, the continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia had merged into a single continent…
With the combination of three continents, the balance had returned to the World of Pokemon once again. So, now with a single continent instead of three continents, the newly-formed was given a new name…
Because of its foundation that kept the World of Pokemon in the balance, the newly-formed continent was given a name of 'Land of Equivalence', or the continent of… Symmetria.
"…So…" Baromyteus spoke up. "The continent of Symmetria is actually a merge of the continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia…"
"Right."Richard spoke up. "Some areas on the continent of Symmetria today are actually the area that once existed on the continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia, such as Gamma City, the capital of Republic of Civilight, was once the capital of the continent of Origia, Venturnome City, the capital of Theocracy of Venturnome, was once the capital of the continent of Luminus, and the area we are in, the Stone Ravine of Fireview Kingdom, was once the area of the Mytherel City of the continent of Mytherel."
"W…What?!" Rachael said. "T…Then…"
"… Somewhere within this Stone Ravine, the ruins of the ancient city of Mytherel is located…" Richard said.
"That's incredible!" Rachael said. "I couldn't believe that we are actually in the area with the historical important like this!"
"…However…" Anastasia spoke up. "… The continent of Symmetria wasn't like this 30 years ago…"
"What?" Everyone's attention was shifted to the Goodra instead.
"…The Symmetria you see today is actually formed recently." Instead of the Goodra, it was the Shiny Haxorus who spoke up. "After the end of War of the God III, the continent of Symmetria was actually in a difference shape, such as the area that's now the Shadowlost Territory was once an isle to the south of the mainland while the area that's now Theocracy of Venturnome was once located on the eastern region of Symmetria."
"Then…" Diego spoke up. "What caused Symmetria to change its shape?"
"The Fallen Crisis." Baromyteus answered and closed his eyes.
"The Fallen Crisis?" Rachael spoke up. She remembered that she had heard about this some time ago… "What happened during the Fallen Crisis that caused Symmetria to change like this?"
"… I will not say anything more." Baromyteus spoke up with a sinister voice.
"What?!" Rachael said. "Come on!"
"… It was just the action of the Fallen Dragon that turned Symmetria into what you see today." Richard decided to answer his sister's question instead.
"Okay." Rachael nodded after receiving the answer from her brother.
"Then…" Richard spoke up again. "This is the end of the story of the War of the God. What do you think about it? It's a very long story, isn't it?"
"But…" Rachael continued speaking. "I still have some question left about the War of the God…"
"Go on." Richard said.
"First, what happened to Kingdom of the Dragonking and the Dragon God after War of the God III?" Rachael asked.
"Let me answer this one for you…" Claura spoke up. "After War of the God III, the Dragon God was allowed to continue living, in a condition that they must not invade the World of Pokemon again. So, they returned to Kingdom of the Dragonking and continued living there as the God of Dragon type Pokemon."
"Does that mean that the Dragon God is in Kingdom of the Dragonking right now?" Rachael asked.
"That's what everyone in my kingdom says." Xavier answered. "But I have never met the Dragon God, so I don't know the valid answer of your question."
"Okay…" Rachael nodded.
"As for Kingdom of the Dragonking…" Xavier continued speaking. "It continued to exist and gradually returned to its former glory, and because of the creation of the portal between the continent of Symmetria and Kingdom of the Dragonking, it was now possible to travel between both places."
"However…" Claura spoke up. "Because of what happened during the first half of War of the God III, the Dragon type Pokemon now hold a great prejudice over all non-Dragon type Pokemon, and I would be lying if I say that I do not think so too."
"So do I." Xavier said.
"So…" Rachael looked at Claura and Xavier with a sad face. "You two really hate the non-Dragon type Pokemon, right?"
"It couldn't be helped…" Xavier said. "After everything they had done during the first half of War of the God III, there's no way for us to think like this…"
"Also…" Claura mumbled. "Our hatred toward the non-Dragon type Pokemon didn't solely come from War of the God III…"
"I am sorry?" Rachael looked at the Kingdra, as she didn't hear what she said.
"… Never mind." Claura said. "Okay, here's the end of your first answer, Rachael."
"Do you have any more questions?" Richard asked.
"Of course…" Rachael said. "Onii-chan, you said that the continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia were broken off the Great Continent, right?"
"Right." Richard nodded. "Even thought, the areas of those three continents combined is just a very small portion of the Great Continent."
"But then…" Rachael continued speaking. "… What about the rest of the Great Continent?"
"… Frostic, I will leave this to you." Richard said as he shifted his attention from his sister to the silhouette of the Kyurem.
'… The Great Continent… It didn't survive the Apocalypse...' Frostic answered. 'Another ironic thing regarding this event is that the very small lands, comparing to the Great Continent, that were broken of the Great Continent were actually the things that 'survived' the Apocalypse, but for the Great Continent… It was totally destroyed by the unbalanced force of nature, resulting in the death of… everyone on the Great Continent.'
"What?!" Rachael said. "E… Everyone?!"
'Right.' Frostic said. 'The number of Pokemon that was still on the Great Continent during the Apocalypse was ten… no… hundred… no… thousand… no… million times of the number of the Pokemon who survived the Apocalypse by being on the Continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia combined, and this was the very same number of the lives that were lost during the Apocalypse…'
"…Terrible…" Rachael mumbled.
'… As for the Great Continent…' Frostic continued speaking. 'With the Apocalypse, it was now no more than a barren land of living hell that's void of any life form, so the Great Continent was abandoned and forgotten in the end…'
"Such a tragic story of the land that was once a mighty continent of the World of Pokemon…" Anastasia commented.
"But this means that the Great Continent is still exist somewhere in the World of Pokemon, right?" Zetarus spoke up.
"Yes." Richard answered. "However, while the existence of the Great Continent was discovered at the same time that everyone discovered about the War of the God I and War of the God II, none were able to discover this lost continent. All they knew is that the once-known-as-Great-Continent existed somewhere to the north of today's continent of Symmetria, but they still didn't discover one. So, in the end, they abandoned the search for the Great Continent and continued living on this land, and the Great Continent is now known by another name of 'Irtha', dubbed the 'Land of Sorrow' from what happened to it during the Apocalypse."
"Irtha… The Land of Sorrow…" Anastasia mumbled. "Such a sad name…"
"Well then…" Richard spoke up again. "Rachael, anymore questions?"
"Just one more…" Rachael said. "This one is regarding to War of the God I."
"What is it?" Richard asked.
"Did you say that there were 18 Pokemon who received the power from the God Arceus and became the Hero/ine of Legend during War of the God I, right?" Rachael asked.
"Yes, Rachael." Richard said. "18 Pokemon… Each Pokemon for each type…"
"Then…" Rachael said. "If there were 18 Pokemon who became 18 Hero/ine of Legend, but you said that ALL Dragon type Pokemon were siding with the Dragon God, then… Who was the Pokemon who became the Hero/ine of Dragon type at that time?"
"!" While the question didn't give much impact to the Latios, it gave an enormous shock to the Goodra and the Shiny Haxorus who were also listening to their story!
"…I must admit that I haven't read this part yet…" Richard admitted. "I will tell you once I have read about this, okay?"
"Fine…" Rachael said.
"…" Anastasia and Baromyteus secretly made a small sigh of relief after hearing the answer from the Latios.
"And thus, the story of War of the God has finally come to the end…" Richard said. "Now let's go to sleep before—"
"Oh! Everyone, look!"
Anastasia spoke up and pointed her paw to the east. From there was a small but bright circle on the sky that's gradually raised up, lighting the darkness-covered sky up…
"It's already dawn?!" Zetarus spoke.
"I guess I got myself ahead a bit…" Richard said.
"A bit?!" Diego said. "Are you serious?!"
"But it was you who decided to listen to my story for a whole night, not me who forced you to stay up for the whole night…" Richard said.
"I guess so…" Diego said.
"Whatever…" Baromyteus spoke and stood up. "Since it's already dawn, I will go out to hunt something for breakfast."
"Let us go with you too." Zetarus and Diego spoke and stood up. (And at the same time, the silhouette of the Kyurem disappeared back into Diego's Ring of Ruins while the silhouette of the Mega Latias and Mega Latios disappeared into Rachael's Mist Pendant and Richard's Luster Pendant respectively.)
"Whatever…" Baromyteus said. "Again, don't get yourself in my way, and I will spare your life."
"For us…" Claura and Xavier stood up. "We will go to find some more firewood."
"Then…" Rachael said and stood up. "I will prepare breakfast!"
"Let me help you too…" Anastasia said.
"Thank you, Anastasia!" Rachael said.
"… Will you force me to help you again?" Richard asked.
"NO!" Rachael said. "I won't let you help me in cooking again! Don't you remember what happened last night?! You almost put the whole piece of rock salt into the soup instead of breaking it into several small pieces first!"
"Whatever…" Richard mumbled. "Then, I will plan for today's route, okay?"
"Okay!" Rachael said. "Let's do our best for another day! I can already sense that today would be a great day!"
-Meanwhile…
"Ah… Another day of morning patrol…"
An energetic voice of a young man was spoke out as the owner of the voice was walking around a place that looked like a bottom of a deep valley. However, other than the wild Pokemon, there was no one else in this place.
"Sigh… Why did grandpa have to make me patrolling around this empty valley?" The owner of the voice mumbled as he walked around the valley. "Other than us, there's NO ONE else in this place. No one ever comes and no one ever leaves this place, so it's pointless for me to wander around here…"
The owner of the voice continued walking around this place for a few more minutes, before he spoke up again.
"I think this would be enough for today's morning patrol. It's time for me to go back for… another patrol in the afternoon… Well, at least… This time, I won't be alone…"
After finished speaking, the owner of the voice turned back and was about to leave when he noticed something…
"Hm?"
The owner of the voice noticed something not too far from him. It looked like a strange 'object' that he had never seen before.
'…I choose check this out.' He thought to himself before deciding to approach it to see what it was, only to find that…
"W…WHAT IS THIS?!"
The owner of the voice yelled in a surprising manner as he finally reached the 'object' that he saw from afar. However, this wasn't an 'object'. It was…
"W… What kind of Pokemon is this?!" The owner of the voice said. "I… I haven't seen any creature like this before in my life… Well, I actually haven't seen many kinds of Pokemon in my life… But… THIS! I couldn't even tell if this is a creature or not!"
The owner of the voice had his attention fixed on the creature in front of him for several minutes, before he spoke up again.
"It's not moving… Is it dead?"
The owner of the voice reached his paw forward to touch the creature in front of him, and found that…
"It's still alive!" The owner of the voice said and quickly moved his paw away from the creature in front of him. "W… What should I do with this?! Should I leave it here, or should I…"
The owner of the voice closed his eyes for a few minutes, and then he opened his eyes again.
"No, I must help this creature…" The owner of the voice looked at the creature in front of him again. "Every life in this world matter and every life in this world are equal to each others, so I must not treat them with prejudice. I must act everything in the name of the equivalence!"
The owner of the voice then approached the creature in front him and carefully picked it up and carried it on his back, before he started walking toward the exit of this place.
"Don't worry…" The owner of the voice spoke gently to the creature that he was carrying on his back. "Every life matter, so I will help you as much as I can, no matter what…"
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: The only thing I have to say to everyone who has made it to the end of this chapter is, Richard didn't lie, right?
Anyway, sorry again for a bit of pausing, but I promised that I will try to upload the next chapter sooner…
Oh, one more thing, I want you to focus on the content of the sixth tail, be a lore or an event, as it will be VERY important for the whole story…