A Dragon's Tail
Tail 6: Baromyteus' Tail - Deception
Tail 6-8: When the Sky Turns Dark
-The Next Day…
"… According to the old scrolls that record the history of our village, this village was founded since about 1,500 - 2,000 years ago. Some said that it was founded since two millenniums ago, while some claims that it was founded just a few decades before the time of the Twilight Crisis."
"…" Richard was paying his full attention to a young Noibat who was sitting in front of him. He was now telling the history of the Hidden Village of Dragon.
"As you know…" Noctus continued his story. "After the Apocalypse that followed the end of War of the God II, the tri-continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia had split from the original Great Continent, which was later known as the ruined Continent of Irtha. Because of what happened during the War of the God II, everyone who survived the Apocalypse blamed the Dragon type Pokemon for what happened during the Apocalypse, and thus, the very few Dragon type Pokemon who were still on the tri-continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia were shunned by other Pokemon, and soon, their status was completely changed from their status during War of the God II, from hunter to prey."
"…" Richard said nothing as he still paid his full attention to Noctus.
"And so, all Dragon type Pokemon who were still on the tri-continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia were hunted down by other Pokemon, in the hope of bringing them to the complete extinction as a revenge of War of the God II and the Apocalypse, as well as to prevent the cataclysm that could happen again in the future."
"And so…" Richard spoke up. "That's why the Dragon type Pokemon who were still on these three continents met up and decided to found a village where they could live together without associating themselves with other Pokemon, right?"
"Not quite right." Noctus said. "At first, the Dragon type Pokemon on the tri-continent either fought back or fled to live in the isolation. This continued from the day after the end of the Apocalypse to the period where the village was found, when it finally came to the end with the appearance of a savior."
"Savior?" Richard said.
"He is the dragon who's known by everyone who lived in this village as the 'Savior' of the Dragon type Pokemon, as he was the dragon who appeared and gathered the remaining Dragon type Pokemon on the tri-continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia, before bringing all of them to the mysterious mountain range in the middle of the continent of Origia, which was said to be completely inaccessible by any mean. However, for some reason, the 'Savior' was able to carve his way into the mountain range."
"That must be the Omega Mountain in the Continent of Origia, which would later become… This valley." Richard mumbled.
"Correct." Noctus said. "In the inaccessible Omega Mountain, they found that it was a vast area of a valley with a perfect condition and factor for the Dragon type Pokemon to live. And so, the Dragon type Pokemon sealed the access way to the Omega Mountain, which could only be broken by the Dragon type Pokemon, and settled there. Their settlement from that time, in the distant past, is now the village we are in, the Hidden Village of Dragon."
"So, that's the history of this village… Very interesting…" Richard said. "Anyway, what about the 'Savior' of this village? Did he live in this village too?"
"Although all scrolls that record the history of this village don't have an agreement on the foundation date of this village, they all have the same record that the 'savior' was indeed living in this village, along with other Dragon type Pokemon." Noctus said. "However, all scrolls also record that one day, the 'Savior' mysteriously disappeared from this village."
"The savior… disappeared?" Richard said. "Could it be that he left this village?"
"That's what I thought too." Noctus said. "Because the seal could only be broken by the Dragon type Pokemon, it's not difficult for the Dragon type Pokemon to unseal the seal and left the place. And actually, the seal couldn't be permanently broken. It could only be temporarily broken. Just like when you entered this area a week ago. You may be able to break the seal, but the seal will soon reform within a day after you broke it."
"Hm…" Richard mumbled. "So, even thought we did nothing to the seal after we unsealed it, the seal will automatically reform itself…"
"Right." Noctus said. "But everything I said about the disappearance of the savior is my assumption. There's no more record about the disappearance of the savior."
"What about Elder Baldr?" Richard asked. "He claims that he was alive by the time this village was found, so maybe he knows the truth about the disappearance of this savior."
"Yes, Elder Baldr was alive by the time this village was found." Noctus said. "However, because it was so long in the past, Elder Baldr said that he couldn't remember much about the savior, as well as the true date of this village's foundation. However, he did say that, while the savior had already disappeared, his descendants are still living here, in this village."
"Descendant?" Richard said. "The savior has the descendant? Who are they?"
"You may be surprised to hear who his descendants are, Richard." Noctus said. "They are the Drawyvern Family."
"Drawyvern Family?" Richard said. "You mean… Damos and Dimitri are the descendant of the savior?!"
"Right." Noctus said. "And don't try to ask them about their ancestor, both of them knew nothing about the savior, except that he is their ancestor."
'Hm… Interesting…' Richard thought. 'Now that I think about it… Baromyteus… His surname is also Drawyvern… Hm… Maybe he is also the relative of this 'Savior'…'
"And that's all about the history of this village, Richard." Noctus said.
"… Can you tell me one more thing?" Richard continued asking. "What's the name of the 'Savior'?"
"While most scrolls that record the history of this village don't have the record, there's only a single scroll among them that possessed the name of the 'Savior'." Noctus said. "And the name of the savior is 'Bahamut'"
"Bahamut?" Richard said. "What a strange name…"
"Ha! You think that's a strange name for a dragon?" Noctus said. "Perhaps you should reconsider the name of our Hakamo-o friend first."
"Korben?" Richard said before he realized something. "Wait a minute… A Hakamo-o, a Dragon and Fighting type Pokemon, named Korben… Sure, if he could evolve into a Kommo-o, it would make a bit of sense… But still… A Dragon and Fighting type Pokemon named Korben… That's… Not right."
"You think so?" Noctus said. "The name 'Korben' doesn't suit a Dragon and Fighting type Pokemon like him. It's more suited to a—"
"Onii-chan, what are you talking about?"
A voice of a young girl turned the attention of the Latios and the Noibat to the owner of the voice, who was a young Latias. She was now approaching them, along with a young female Flygon.
"Nothing, Rachael." Richard answered. "I did just ask Noctus to tell me the history of this village."
"Boo! Boring!" Rachael said. "Why do you always have such a boring conversation like this, Onii-chan? Especially since you can easily search about the history of this village with the Chronicle of yours."
"It's not boring, Rachael." Richard said. "And because the Chronicle of mine holds such a vast amount of knowledge, it would take me forever to search for the specific topic I want to read, and I couldn't rush because it may cause a serious side effect which may turn me into a brainless idiot who's void of any knowledge."
"Okay, okay…" Rachael said.
"Anyway… What are you doing here, Rachael? And… Freya, what are you doing here?"
During a week of staying here, the youngest princess of Dustorm Empire insisted that they could just call her by her name without the word 'Princess', so everyone did as she asked.
"Oh, we just want to have a little 'girl' chat." Rachael said. "It's so rare to find a girl who's around my age, so we just want to know about each other better!"
"R… Right…" Freya said. "I… I want to become a friend with everyone here…"
"Speak of everyone…" Richard said. "How's everyone doing right now?"
"Well… Snow is still in the kitchen, washing dishes and preparing the lunch." Rachael said. "Zetarus and Xavier had just woke up and finishes their breakfast, and they plan to spend the entire day by sleeping in their room."
"Sigh… That's just like them…" Richard said.
"W… Well…" Freya said. "M… My brother is just tired…"
"And what about others?" Richard asked.
"Claura, Diego and Anastasia went out for a walk, and Unos and Lyzia are also with them too." Rachael said. "Korben was taking care of Elder Baldr. And for Baromyteus and Dimitri… They went to Valley of No Return since the daybreak. I guess that they went there to—"
"Train, right?" Richard said. "Sigh… Always want to get themselves to death."
"That's likely what they would do." Noctus said. "Dimitri sometimes went to Valley of No Return in order to train alone, despite his father's prohibition of going into the Valley of No Return alone, and I guess Baromyteus went there to help Dimitri training too."
"As I thought…" Richard said. "That Fraxure's eyes told me that he's someone who's both stubborn and full of confidence…"
"And when he wants to do something, no one would be able to stop him, even his own father." Noctus said. "But in the truth, I heard that Dimitri's father, Damos, isn't much different than him except the part that he is more matured than his son."
"Leave them be." Richard said. "If they want to die that much, don't waste our breath with them, and let's enjoy yourself in today's harmony instead."
"I don't know about that, as I am kind of worry about them…" Rachael said. "But I agree with the last part of your sentence! I am sure that there's nothing that could interrupt the tranquility and harmony of this peaceful village!"
Everyone nodded to the Latias' words, as this village was located in the inaccessible valley, an area that's inaccessible by any mean, except for the Dragon type Pokemon. The area around here was a very peaceful place where everyone lived together in harmony. Overall, there's nothing to worry about living here…
"EVERYONE!"
A voice of someone suddenly interrupted a moment of harmony, turning the attention of Rachael, Richard, Freya and Noctus to the source of the voice, which was the door of the house.
"What's tha—" Before anyone could finish their sentence, the door of the house was suddenly burst out, and before anyone else could react, seven Pokemon suddenly entered the house. They were Claura, Diego, Anastasia, Baromyteus, Unos, Lyzia and Dimitri.
"W… What's this?!" Richard said as he saw a group of seven Pokemon suddenly burst into the house, and a second afterward, other Pokemon also appeared too.
"W… What's wrong, everyone?!" Snow said with a panicked voice as he appeared from the kitchen, and at the same time, Xavier, Zetarus and Korben also appeared from the second floor of the house.
"Yawn… What happen?" Xavier asked as he, along with Zetarus and Korben, walked down from the second floor of the house, where everyone else was gathering.
"Everyone, this is terrible!" Unos said with a panicky voice. "It's an emergency!"
"R… Right!" Lyzia said with a shaking voice. "It's so terrible!"
"Just calm down and tell us what happen!" Richard scolded.
"A… An army!" Anastasia said. "There's an army of several non-dragon type Pokemon armed with weapon emerging from the Cave of Ages! They are now heading toward our village!"
"WHAT?!" Rachael, Richard, Freya and Noctus said.
-A Few Minutes Later… At the Center Square of Hidden Village of Dragon…
The center square of Hidden Village of Dragon was now crowded with all denizens who lived in this village, as everyone was now gathering here. Normally, the time where everyone in this village would gather here would be the time when someone has an important announcement for everyone, such as one week ago when Rachael, Richard, Zetarus, Diego, Claura, Xavier, Anastasia, Baromyteus and Freya came to this village, where they were officially welcomed by everyone here, at the center square of this village. However, this time, the reason why everyone was gathering here wasn't because there was an announcement, but because of an emergency situation they were in.
"Everyone! Please calm down!" Elder Baldr said to everyone who was standing at the center square of the village. He was now standing at the center of the center square of the village, and he was surrounded by everyone else. (Except from ten Pokemon from the world outside Valley of No Return)
"W… Why there's an army here?! In the Valley of No Return?!" A female Dragonair asked with a panicked voice.
"In order to break the seal on the other side of the Cave of Ages, they need to have a Dragon type Pokemon on their side! How could they…" A male Altaria said.
"B… But… Why are they here?! Are they here to kill all of us, just like before we found our village?!" A female Salamence asked.
"M… Maybe they are here just because they want to have a friendly chat…" A male Goodra said.
"You dumbass!" A male Hydreigon said. "I saw they heavily armed and armored! That's not a uniform of someone who wants a friendly chat! That's a uniform of someone who wants to ANNIHILATE!"
"W… What?!" A female Alolan Exeggutor said. "W… What should we do?! This is the first time since our village's foundation that an army of invader from the world outside tried to invade our home!"
"P… Please calm down, everyone!" Elder Baldr desperately tried to calm everyone down, but it seemed to be futile as everyone was very panic, and they refused to hear Elder Baldr's voice.
But then…
"Everyone, SHUT UP!"
A loud and sharp voice suddenly echoed through the center square of the village, making everyone immediately stopped speaking and turned their attention to the owner of the voice, who slowly stepped toward the center square of the village.
"D… Damos?!" One of the villagers said as they saw the blacksmith Haxorus, who was the one who scolded everyone, stepped toward the center square and stopped beside Elder Baldr.
"Everyone, what's this bxxxxxxt you are doing?!" Damos continued speaking once he stopped beside Elder Baldr. "Our home is now in the state of being invaded by the outsiders! This isn't a time for panicking! This is the time when we must do something else!"
"And what is that 'something' that we must do?!" A female Noivern asked.
"The area we are in is the valley with only one entrance and exit, which is Cave of Ages, but that place is now occupied by them, so we have no way to run!" Damos said. "And so, there're only two choices that we can do, either we surrender ourselves to them and be prepared for our demise, or we fight them back."
"Fight them back?!" A male Vibrava asked.
"I have no need to clarify my words." Damos said. "I don't care of what choice would you all choose, but for me, I will never surrender myself to them!"
"Are you mad, Damos?!" A male Kingdra said.
"That's right!" A female Gabite said. "You speak as if you want a death wish!"
"That's what I chose, and I won't regret—" Damos was about to continued speaking, but his words were cut off when another dragons spoke up first.
"If you want to go, then we all are with you!" A male Hydreigon said.
"That's right!" A female Dragonite said. "This is our home! We won't let anyone destroy this place!"
"And we won't let them destroy our pride!" A female Salamence said. "We are the Dragon type Pokemon! We would die rather than surrender!"
"We may live together in harmony for over a millennium, but we still haven't forgotten how to fight!" A male Altaria said.
"We will fight until we die." A male Kingdra said. "But we won't give them an easy victory for sure!"
"If they think that they could take on the strongest type of Pokemon, they would have to think again!" A female Gabite said.
"RAAAAAWWWWWRRRRR!" Everyone let out a roar at the same time after the last Pokemon finished speaking. Right now, all of them were full with pride and spirit of battle.
"Hm! That's more like it!" Damos said. "I am proud to call you all my comrade."
"And so…" A male Alolan Exeggutor asked. "What should we do first, Damos?"
"The scout of our village reported that they spot them by the entrance of Cave of Ages." Damos said. "Normally, it would take about 2 hours to move from Cave of Ages to our village, but since they travelled in a large group, it should take them about 3 hours to reach our village. That means that we have 3 hours of preparation!"
"3 hours of preparation…" Everyone started mumbling.
"Go back to your house and prepare for a battle!" Damos said. "Prepare your weapon and armor suit! If you don't have one, come and meet me at the forge! Don't forget to warm yourself up and check the condition of the weapon first!"
"HAHHH!" Everyone let out a battle cry before they quickly went back to their respective house, leaving only a few Pokemon here, including Elder Baldr and Damos.
"Thank you, young man…" Elder said. "The blood of Bahamut truly runs deep within your veins."
"My ancestor founded this safe haven for us, and I don't plan to see it comes to the end within my lifespan." Damos said before walking toward a group of dragons who stood by the side of the center square, which was the group of ten Pokemon who didn't originally come from this village.
"Nice job stirring the battle spirit of everyone, old man." Baromyteus said as Damos approached them.
"Shut your fxxk up." Damos said. "For me, I am 100% sure that you all have nothing to do with those scum invaders, so, what would you do?"
"The answer is simple." Baromyteus said. "A group of prey is right before our eyes. There's no way I would let this chance of letting my blood boil go away easily."
"Of course!" Claura spoke up. "If they think that they can ruin our pride, they would have to think again!"
"All I know is battling." Diego said. "So that's all I can do at a time like this."
"And if Diego says so, then I will say so too." Zetarus said.
"Yawn… So sleepy…" Xavier mumbled. "But I wouldn't pass on a chance to crack some skull, so… Count me in."
"… I hate war, battle and violent." Richard said. "So… Let's just get this over with."
"Why… Why do we have to battle?" Rachael said. "But… I will do what I can to help you…"
"I, too, d… don't like battle…" Freya said. "B… But… Everyone is so nice to me, so… I will help!"
"The existence of everyone here is the reason why I am still alive." Snow said. "And so, this village shall have my loyalty."
"…If everyone says that you want to help…" Anastasia said. "Then I will too…"
"Hm! Whatever!" Damos said. "By the way, I need all of you to help about something."
"About what?" Baromyteus asked.
"Everyone here, even the youngest infant, is at least a decent fighter, but we don't have a good plan, and none of us, including me, have a good plan for our upcoming battle. However, some of you here seem like a decent thinker, so could you make a plan for our battle?" Damos asked.
"A plan?" Diego said.
"While we all trust in our strength, sometimes we couldn't rely on our strength alone." Damos said. "Not only power, but we also need wisdom in order to prevail. Would you all help me about this?"
"…Sure, we will." Instead of the more talkative Pokemon of the group, the one who gave out the answer was one of the less talkative Pokemon of group, Xavier.
"Thank you for your help." Damos said. "Then, I will go for now. See you all later at this center square again within 3 hours, and then we will show those scums who's the boss around here!"
After finished speaking, Damos quickly ran toward the forge, leaving a group of ten Pokemon from the world outside this valley here.
"…That guy…" Zetarus said. "He is so… peppy."
"But he really amazed me…" Claura said. "Despite his attitude, he's much more insightful than I thought…"
"That's because the blood of our village's savior, Bahamut, is running through his veins."
A voice attracted the attention of everyone to the owner of the voice, who was none other than Elder Baldr, who was approaching everyone, along with his grandson, Korben.
"Elder Baldr…" Rachael said.
"While his attitude is ambiguous, he is a talented and natural leader." Elder Baldr. "… Just like our savior Bahamut when he led us here."
"And what about you, Elder Baldr?" Zetarus asked. "What would you do now?"
"Ho! Ho! I must return to my house as well." Elder Baldr said. "I, too, need a little preparation. See you all soon."
"Dimitri, Lyzia, Noctus and Unos have already returned to their house in order to prepare for this battle, and I must do the same thing too." Korben said.
After finished speaking, Korben quickly run back to Elder Baldr's house, and he was followed by the owner of the house, who quickly flew after him, leaving only a group of ten Pokemon at the center square of this village.
"… And now…" Baromyteus spoke up after everyone had already left the center square of this village. "We need a good plan for our upcoming battle."
"Right." Claura said before turning her attention to her cousin. "Xavier, you seem to be more enthusiastic than usual. Do you perhaps have a good idea of what to do?"
"Nope, at least for now." Xavier answered. "It's a scene of an upcoming bloodshed, not a feeling of having a good plan, that stirs my enthusiastic."
"Oh, great…" Claura said. "Whatever! Xavier, what should we do first?"
"First, we must get ourselves prepared for an upcoming battle." Xavier said and turned his attention toward the Mega Charizard X. "Diego, I have heard that you are a decent blacksmith. Could you check the condition of everyone's weapon?"
"Fine." Diego said. "Everyone, show me your weapon."
After the Mega Charizard X finished speaking, everyone, including Diego himself, quickly picked their weapon and showed them to the Mega Charizard X, except for only one Pokemon.
"Zetarus, what's wrong?" Rachael asked after seeing that the Garchomp didn't take his weapon out. "Where's your weapon? Why don't you take it out?"
"Well… I just don't know which one of my weapons that Diego want to see." Zetarus spoke with a hint of something in his voice. "I don't know if Diego wants to see my pistol or my spears."
"Spears?" Rachael continued asking. "I have never seen you having spears before…"
"Not only me, but Diego, Baromyteus, Xavier, Snow and your brother also always carry one with them too." Zetarus continued speaking. "But unlike them, I have two spears, not just one like the—"
Before Zetarus could finished his words, his belly was suddenly punched by a flame-cloaked fist of an angry Mega Charizard X, making the Garchomp fell down onto the ground, but that wasn't enough, as the Mega Charizard X still continued attacking the Garchomp. However, this time, he was joined by the angry Shiny Haxorus and angry Kingdra. And this continued for a minute before the Mega Charizard X, Shiny Haxorus and Kingdra stopped their assault on the Garchomp.
"Zetarus, you fxxxxxg bastard son of a bxxxh!" Diego roared. However, his face, which was usually blue, was now as red as a Tameto Berry.
"Hm!" Baromyteus and Claura grumbled as they looked at the worn-out Garchomp on the ground, who was now being healed by Freya.
"Diego! Claura! Baromyteus!" Rachael said. "Why did you have to beat up Zetarus?!"
"… Let just say that Zetarus REALLY deserves this, Rachael." Instead of Diego, Claura and Baromyteus, it was Richard who answered his younger sister's question. "There's a time and place for this, but this is one of the worst times for these… thing."
"?" Rachael didn't understand her brother's words, but Diego continued speaking first before she could question her brother any further.
"And now…" Diego spoke up again. "Let's not waste anymore time. Everyone, let me take a look at your weapon. This time, no more bxxxxxxt or I will beat the cxxp out of you."
"Okay." Nine other dragons, including Zetarus who finally recovered and picked his pistol up, said before showing their weapon to the Mega Charizard X.
"…" Diego said nothing as he took a look at the weapons that were shown to him, which were Rachael's Cathy***, Richard's Chronicle of Darkside, Zetarus' Sniper's Eye, his own Silver Naginata, Claura's Naidni, Xavier's Stratosphere and Baromyteus' Dragon Claw Swords. However, his attention seemed to be caught by the last three weapons.
"These three weapons are not alright." Diego said as he pointed his claw at three weapons, which were Freya's Healing Rod, Snow's Dagger and a strange-shaped weapon, which belonged to Anastasia.
"I… Is there something wrong with my Pink Rose, Diego?" Freya asked while she was still holding onto her weapon, which was a beautiful healing rod with a white handle with a carving in the shape of a coiling vine and a tip in the shape of a blooming pink rose, which its petals were made from several translucent pink jewels compounding into a single rose, giving it a name 'Pink Rose'.
"And what about my Mist Dagger." Snow said and looked at his dagger, the Mist Dagger, which he had given a name to it since last night. The Mist Dagger was a dagger that looked like a kitchen knife, which made from a pure white silver, making its blade as white as a deep mist. However, while this dagger seemed like an ordinary knife commonly used by a maid or butler, the blade of this small weapon seemed to be a very sharp, making this dagger a very dangerous weapon that shouldn't be overlooked.
"Everyone else already had their weapons upgraded at least once, except you three." Diego said.
"I see…" Xavier said. "Diego, could you upgrade their weapon right now?"
"Hm? If it's only just from the first-tier to second-tier, then it wouldn't take long." Diego said and turned his attention back to Freya, Snow and Anastasia. "Now give your weapon to me. I will start working now."
"T… Thank you so much, Diego." Freya said as she handed over her Pink Rose to the Mega Charizard X.
"And here's my weapon, the Mist Dagger." Snow said as he handed over the Mist Dagger to the Mega Charizard X. "Please take a good care of it."
"I will." Diego said and turned his attention to the last Pokemon, which was Anastasia. "And now, Anastasia, your weapon."
"… Are you sure that you could upgrade my weapon?" Anastasia asked reluctantly and looked at her weapon, which was actually an instrument called harp. The harp's handle was pure white, just like the blade of Snow's Mist Dagger. However, Anastasia's harp didn't have any strings. "I mean, my weapon is a magical harp, a harp that its strings will only manifest when you play it with either calm or concentrated mind. It isn't a common weapon, and I heard that it's not easy to upgrade it without damaging its quality."
"Trust me, lass." Diego said. "I had already upgraded a living doll and an omnipotent book before, so upgrading a magical harp won't be a challenge to me, at least for upgrading them from the first tier to the second tier."
"Then, here you are." Anastasia said and handed over her harp to Diego. "This is my Bass Harp. Please be careful while upgrading it."
"Hm." Diego nodded to the Goodra as he received the harp from her. "Now that we don't have much time left. I will start working right now."
After finished speaking, Diego sat down and picked up his crafting tool before he started working on three weapons he receives from Freya, Snow and Anastasia, leaving nine other Pokemon to plan for their upcoming battle.
"And now, we don't have to worry about the condition of our weapon." Claura said. "Xavier, what's next?"
"…Baromyteus." Xavier turned his attention toward the Pokemon in the black armor suit. "You were among the first Pokemon who saw the invaders, right? Tell me about them."
"Their army consists of several Pokemon at about the trice amount of the amount of villagers here." Baromyteus said. "There are almost all types of Pokemon among them, and they are armed with the different types of weapons and armor suits depending on their type, such as the Grass type and Bug type Pokemon having an exotic armor suit and using Katana and Kunai as their weapon, while the Electric type and Steel type having a more advance armor suit and weapon than other Pokemon. Oh, and I don't see any Dark, Poison, Ghost and Dragon type Pokemon anywhere among them."
"Hm…" Xavier mumbled after hearing the information from the Shiny Haxorus. "Every type of Pokemon among them except for the Dark, Poison, Ghost and Dragon type…"
"They do not have a Dragon type Pokemon with them, then how were they allowed to gain an access to this valley, much less having any idea of there's a cave that would lead into the Valley of No Return." Claura asked.
"…I don't know about how they were allowed to gain an access to this valley part, but I think I have a good idea how could they know about the existence of Cave of Ages." Richard spoke up after saying nothing for quite a few minutes.
"And what would that be?" Zetarus asked.
"Remember how we broke the seal of Cave of Ages?" Richard said. "We caused quite a blast there, so… It wouldn't be hard for anyone who was happened to be around there to hear the sound of the blast we caused… And the Fireview-Dustorm border isn't very far from that place…"
"T… That!" Freya spoke up. "T… That's how I found Cave of Ages and followed all of you too."
"Moreover…" Richard continued speaking. "Despite that the seal would soon reform after we unseal it, it would take a few days before the seal could completely reform, which means that, during those time, if anyone was happened to be around there…"
"Damn it!" Claura cursed. "So, we are the main cause of why this village is attacked right now. It's all our fault…"
"Not all, Claura." Xavier said. "They may have discovered Cave of Ages since that day, but the army of invaders arrived one week after we unsealed the cave, which I believe that the seal would already be completely reformed, so they would still need a Dragon type Pokemon to unseal the seal again…"
"… Which is strange." Richard said. "How could they know that, in order to break the seal, they need a Dragon type Pokemon?"
"They may try everything they have to break the seal, just like what we did." Zetarus said. "We were just lucky that all of us here are the Dragon type Pokemon."
"Wait a minute…" Anastasia spoke up. "They send an army into this area in the first place, which means that they must have already known that there's a village of Dragon type Pokemon here… Which means that they may already know about how to break the seal."
"And how could they know about the existence of this village in a first place?" Rachael said. "And what if they really know, how could they get a Dragon type Pokemon to join up with them to break the seal?"
"… For now, let's end this, at least for now." Baromyteus spoke up. "We still don't know the true intention of their invasion. They may have learned of this village's existence, or they may come here because of any other reason."
"… But at least, there's one thing that we know." Xavier spoke up. "Their army consists of all types of Pokemon excepting for a Dragon, Dark, Poison and Ghost type Pokemon. Not counting the Dragon type Pokemon, what did you see in the common with the types of Pokemon that are absent from their army?"
"… They are the types that's native to the Shadowlost Territory." Richard answered.
"That's strange." Rachael said. "It's as if every nation on the continent of Symmetria excluding the Shadowlost Territory had sent an army to invade this place."
"Precisely." Xavier said. "That's what I think too. It seems like Venturnome, Leafbrug, Fireview, Riverbrine, Civilight and Dustorm are ganging up on just a single village located out of nowhere, and the aspect of their weapon and armor suit, according to Baromyteus, seems to perfectly fit of where they came from."
"Great… So, we are dealing with the trained army from six of seven nations on the continent of Symmetria…" Zetarus mumbled.
"And they have an advantage of their sheer amount, as well as their weapon and armor suit over us, since everyone here only uses a simple weapon such as sword and bow." Richard said. "But despite all of this, we still have an advantage of terrain over them."
"And the location of this village makes it a great place for a defensive battle." Xavier said. "In my opinion, I don't think that we could win if we go on the offensive, but if we go on the defensive, we may win."
"And here's the map of this village." Richard said as he opened the Chronicle of Darkside, making a 3D map of the Hidden Village of Dragon appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Hm…" Xavier said. "Now, I think I may have an idea about this…"
"Tell us." Baromyteus said.
-Meanwhile…
In a camp somewhere in the Valley of No Return, an army from six of seven nations of Symmetria was camping them, waiting for their order from their commanders, who were a group of seven generals, who were now having a meeting within the War Camp located in the middle of the entire camp.
Inside the War Camp, seven commanders were having a meeting about what to do next. All of them were in the uniform of a high-rank general from their respective nation, except for one Pokemon who dressed in a simple battle gi used by a veteran martial fighter. They consisted of a calm Gallade from Theocracy of Venturnome, a beautiful Lurantis from the Principality of Leafburg, a hot-headed Infernape from the Fireview Kingdom, an old but experienced Walrein from the Queendom of Riverbrine, a young and peppy Manectric from the Republic of Civilight, a cunning Gliscor from the Dustorm Empire, and the Hero of Justice, who was a Lucario.
"Did the scout unit come back yet?!" General Infernape asked impatiently.
"Yes. The scout of Civilight has just returned." General Manectric answered. "Their report shows that there is a village inhabited by the Dragon type Pokemon just ahead this camp. Their amount is less than half of our army."
"Dragon type Pokemon? So, Archsage Iris is right." General Gallade said. "Those dragons must be the one who're responsible for murdering Pontifex Hawkins."
"And it seems like everyone there was now busy preparing for battle." General Manectric said. "It seems like they all have already been aware of us."
"Teehee! I'd like to see what they can do!" General Lurantis said. "They may have already been aware of us, but it's too late! There's nowhere for them to run! The only choice they have is to die by our might!"
"… Did the scout uncover the map of that village?" General Walrein asked.
"Yes." General Manectric said and placed a map on the table, and then six other generals took a look at it.
"Hm…" General Walrein said. "The entrance of the village is located on the north side of the village, the south side of this village is a mountain range, and this village is surrounded by a river from all sides, making it a semi-island village. That's a clever. This would give them an advantage on the defensive battle."
"… Sir, what should we do?" General Gallade said and turned his attention to the Lucario, who hadn't said anything for quite a few minutes. "Should we wait a bit, or should we march right now?"
"… We march right now." The Lucario answered. "Waiting longer is equal to giving them more time to prepare for our assault."
"As you say, sir." General Lurantis said. "But how should we march, sir?"
"With the advantage of our amount over them, we will assault them from three sides at the same time. First, the army of Leafburg and Riverbrine, you will assault them from the east side of the village." The Lucario said.
"Yes, sir!" General Lurantis and General Walrein said.
"Next…" The Lucario continued speaking. "The army of Fireview and Dustorm, you will assault them from the west side of the village."
"Hm!" General Infernape and General Gliscor nodded to the Lucario.
"And last, the army of Venturnome shall assault them from the north side of the village, which is the main entrance of this village." The Lucario said. "Because this is the main entrance of the village, those dragons would focus their defend on this spot. Moreover, the Dragon type Pokemon are aggressive by their nature, so if they caught our invasion, they would surely rush to the entrance of the village and attack us immediately, which leave their east side and west side of the village empty. In other words, the army of Venturnome must hold on the force of those dragons while the army of Leafburg, Riverbrine, Fireview and Dustorm try to cross the river on the eastern and western side. Once the four armies are able to cross the river, attack them from the rear, trapping them within our grasp."
"Great plan, sir." General Gallade commented. "As expected from the Hero of Justice."
"But what about the army of Civilight?" General Manectric asked.
"The army of Civilight will stand by here as the reinforcement, should any other armies need one." The Lucario answered. "After all, the army of Civilight had already done so much, especially since when you were the one who could break the seal the entrance of that cave into this valley."
"That's right!" General Infernape said. "None of our armies could break that seal, but the army of Civilight could. That's a very remarkable deed of your army."
"It was President Voltson who should be given all of your gratitude." General Manectric said. "After all, he was the one who allowed us to use the 'Secret Weapon' to break that seal."
"Hm." The Lucario said. "Now, let me rephrase what to do. First, the army of Venturnome must invade the village from the north side, but you must use the defensive tactic in your battle for now as a mean to hold on those dragons while the army of Leafburg and Riverbrine and the army of Fireview and Dustorm try to cross the river from the east side and west side of that village respectively. After the four armies are able to cross the river, attack those dragons from the rear, and the army of Venturnome will change their tactic from defensive to offensive, and then we will all crush the force of those dragons together. For the army of Civilight, you will stay here as the reinforcement."
"Everything you want, sir." General Gallade said. "We will hold onto those dragons until the army of Leafburg, Riverbrine, Fireview and Dustorm are able to cross the river."
"Teehee!" General Lurantis said. "I will do as you say."
"Leave it to me!" General Infernape said. "I will crush those bastard!"
"Yes, sir." General Walrein said. "We will not disappoint you."
"Hehehehe…" General Gliscor cackled. "This should be fun."
"As you command." General Manectric said. "The army of Civilight shall stand by here. If you want a reinforcement, just send a word and we will send our army, as well as our 'Secret Weapon' to your aid!"
"One last thing." The Lucario said. "Because the army of Venturnome is the army with the hardest job, I will go with them and battle those dragons along with them."
"Thank you, sir." General Gallade said. "Our soldiers' moral would surely be drastically increased if the Hero of Justice fights alongside them."
"Hm." The Lucario nodded. "Now, let's go, everyone! It's time for us to fight! To revenge the death of Pontifex Hawkins. To eliminate the criminal scums! To bring the justice back to our world! To preserve our world's justice!"
"HAAAAAAAH!"
-About an hour later... At the Hidden Village of Dragon…
"…Are you sure that this is a good idea?" Damos asked after hearing a plan from the Dragonite.
"Probably." Xavier said.
"Probably?" Damos said. "This isn't the answer that I want!"
"Well, I am sorry that I don't have a better answer for you." Xavier said.
"You little…" Damos mumbled. "Whatever! But since I have asked you for a plan, and you have already created one, I will place a trust on your plan."
"Great that we finally reach our conclusion." Xavier said.
Over two hours had already passed since the denizens of Hidden Village of Dragon had come and met each others at the center square of the village, and right now, everyone was also here too, except that all of them were armed with their weapon, and their bodies were covered in their armor suit. This also applied to a group of the dragon who came from the world outside this valley. (Except that all of them were still in their usual uniform, which meant that Anastasia, Zetarus, Rachael, Richard, Freya and Snow were wearing cloth, Claura wore a light armor suit, and Xavier, Baromyteus and Diego wore a heavy armor suit.)
"And what about you all?" While Damos was standing in the middle of the center square and explained their plan to everyone, Xavier turned his attention to his friends and asked them a question. "Did you all understand what you must do?"
"Yes." Diego said. "According to your plan, I'm going with Zetarus…"
"…Which is perfectly fine, as long as I'm with Diego." Zetarus said.
"With Zetarus going with Diego, Xavier, I'm with you, right?" Claura said.
"Right." Xavier nodded to his cousin.
"…I don't have any problem with the role you gave me." Baromyteus spoke. "But why did you have to make Anastasia come with me?! My role is the most dangerous one! While I myself don't have any problem, making Anastasia come with me would only put her in a grave danger!"
"I have already told you that I will be alright, brother!" Anastasia said. "I am not afraid of those invaders, and I will prove that I could be useful in a battle too!"
"Sigh…" Baromyteus said. "Just… Do not leave my side, Anastasia."
"Okay, brother." Anastasia nodded to her brother.
"And so, that would leave Onii-chan and I at the rear." Rachael said.
"While we are at the rear, not a front line like the rest of you, our role is important too." Richard said. "Failing this role may equal to the instant defeat of our side."
"And while you all have a fight to do, Freya and I will stay here and support everyone." Snow said.
"I… I am not good at fighting, so supporting is the best I can do." Freya said. "But I promise that I won't let you down!"
"And before I forgot, here're your weapon." Diego said before he handed over three weapons that were given to him earlier back to their respective owners, which were Freya, Snow and Anastasia. "They are now at the second tier, so I am sure that, at least, it would make you all live a litter longer."
"T… Thank you… W… Wow!" Freya said as she received her healing rod back from the Mega Charizard X, and saw that her weapon was a bit different than before. First, the carving of the vine that coiled around the handle of her staff now possessed several thorns, and the color of the rose at the tip had turned into crimson red.
"I add some thorns at its handle to increase its damage, after all, what's with a rose without thorns? Oh, and don't worry about those thorns, and it will never hurt the owner of that weapon." Diego explained. "And for the rose, I add some red gemstones I found while I was in the Fireview Kingdom in order to increase its healing capacity and its range, so that it is not only able to heal someone beside you, but also someone who's not too far from you too. However, because I added several red gemstones, the rose's color had changed from pink into crimson red. I hope that you won't get mad at me for this."
"No! I… I am not mad, but I am happy that y… you did it for me." Freya said. "A… And since the rose at the tip isn't pink anymore, I… I will now call it 'Crimson Rose'."
"Glad you like it." Diego said before turning his attention to Snow, who was holding his newly-upgraded dagger in his paw. While the dagger itself wasn't much different than before, one could notice that the blade this dagger had changed from white to pale blue, and it was now having several carvings in the shape of snowflake on the blade.
"For your dagger, I mix some light blue gemstone I have into its blade to make the blade sharper and more durable. I also throw in the carvings of snowflake as a bonus, as it fits your name."
"And my gratitude is also yours too, Diego." Snow said. "Since now it has the carvings of snowflake at its blade, I shall now give it a name 'Snowflake Dagger'."
"Suit yourself." Diego said and turned his attention to the last Pokemon who had just gotten her weapon back from him, Anastasia. "How about you, Anastasia? What do you think of your newly-upgraded weapon?"
"…You amazed me, Diego." Anastasia answered and looked at her harp, which its handle was now having a beautiful and exotic abstract carving. While it may don't seem like that Diego had done anything else to upgrade this harp, when Anastasia played it, the sound it made is more beautiful and serene than before. "It's very hard to upgrade a magical harp, but you are still able to do it, and you did a great job for someone who isn't an expert instrument maker."
"Yes, it's very hard, but I manage to upgrade it." Diego said. "The carving doesn't only make it more beautiful, but it also gives you a better handling over this weapon. And I upgrade the string a little so that it would play a better sound."
"And from the bottom of my heart, I thank you, Diego." Anastasia said. "Now I shall call my newly-upgraded magical harp 'Tenor Harp'."
"And so, everyone here now has a decent weapon." Baromyteus said. "And look, it seems like that guy has just finished his job."
Everyone then turned their attention to Damos and saw that he seemed to have already finished explaining their plan to other villagers, and he was now managing everyone according to the plan. Also, as everyone expected, after Damos finished explaining his plan, Elder Baldr and Korben were then heading toward a group of ten dragons from the world outside this valley.
"So, according to the plan, I will stay in the rear and act as a figurehead of everyone, right?" Elder Baldr asked.
"Right." Xavier said. "I know that, like everyone, you want to fight with everyone to protect your home, it would be better if you stay on the back line and act as a figurehead of so that it would boost the moral of everyone here, as you are respected by everyone."
"Ho! Ho! Ho!" Elder Baldr said. "If this plan would bring a victory onto us,then I will be happy to oblique to your plan!"
"And I will stay with Elder Baldr in order to guard him." Korben said. "You all can leave this job to me."
"Don't overdo yourself, Korben." Richard said. "If you found yourself in a tight spot, do not be hesitate to call Rachael and me, as we will be not too far from you, and we will go and help you immediately."
"Thank you, everyone." Korben said and turned his attention back to Elder Baldr. "Let's go, grandpa. The battle will start soon, and you shouldn't be on the front line."
"Okay." Elder Baldr said and turned his attention to everyone for the last time. "Everyone, may the Dragon God bless all of you!"
After finished speaking, Elder Baldr started flying toward the south of the village, and Korben was about to follow him when he was called by someone...
"…Korben."
"Hm?" Korben turned his attention to the owner of the voice and realized that the owner of the voice was a Pokemon in the black armor suit, Baromyteus.
"W… What's wrong, Baromyteus?" Korben asked with a hint of fear in his voice.
"…Don't die out there, kid." Baromyteus said. "If you die, I will never forgive you."
"…Yes, I promise." Korben answered. "I promise that I will survive, at least until the end of this battle."
"Are you sure?" Baromyteus continued asking. This time, however, he asked the Hakamo-o with a sinister voice. "The things I hate most in my life are lies and deception, and you should know that I don't take kindly to the people who break their promise."
"..." Korben said nothing in response after hearing Baromyteus' words.
"Forget it…" Baromyteus said. "Now go!"
"Okay, Baromyteus." Korben said and quickly run away from the center square of the village to join with Elder Baldr, leaving a group of Pokemon from the world outside this valley alone at the center square.
"…Xavier, can I ask you something?" Richard spoke up to the Dragonite after seeing that Elder Baldr and Korben had already left. "What will happen if your plan fail, or if we are defeated?"
"Simple, we die." Xavier answered with a nonchalant voice. "We don't have anywhere to run, so, if we don't win, those invaders will not show us their mercy."
"…" Richard said nothing after hearing Xavier's answered.
"Look!" Claura said as her attention was focused on the entrance of the village. Everyone then turned their attention toward the entrance of the village and saw that, other than themselves, there was no one else at the center square of the village, and they saw that the dragons of this village were now standing at the entrance of the village. Moreover, they could see an army of invaders not too far from the entrance of the village, and they were moving toward the entrance of the village!
"It's finally the time." Baromyteus said. "I will go and join their battle now."
"Won't you say anything else, Baromyteus?" Zetarus asked. "This may be the last time we met each other, so won't you give a single farewell word to us."
"For what?" Baromyteus asked. "If it's for that I may be dead, forget it. I am already dead. You can't kill a man who's already dead. But if it's for your funeral, forget it. You don't deserve one from me."
After finished speaking, Baromyteus turned his attention to his younger sister. "Let's go, Anastasia. And do not ever leave my side. I promise that we both will live through this battle together."
"Okay, my brother." Anastasia said, and then the Goodra and the Shiny Haxorus ran up toward the entrance of the village to join up with the warriors from this village.
"Such an arrogant bastard!" Claura grumbled and turned her attention to her cousin. "Let's go, Xavier. "
"Okay, Claura." Xavier said. "But don't die in this battle, okay? Because I don't want to carry your fat-filled body back to Kingdom of the Dragonking for the funeral."
"XAVIER!" Claura roared at her cousin, but Xavier was too fast as he had already ran away from the center square of the village, making the Kingdra quickly ran after them, leaving only six Pokemon at the center square of the village.
"… To think that that Dragonite is still able to joke at a time like this…" Diego mumbled before turning his attention to Zetarus. "Zetarus, you have already survived my blade since the first time we met each other, so… Don't die here, okay?"
"Heh…" Zetarus looked at the Mega Charizard X. "Don't tell me that you are so worried about me?"
"S… Shut up you bastard!" Diego said and turned his face away. "I… I am sure that you won't die since you still haven't finished your mission yet. It's not that I am worried about you or anything!"
"Hehehehe…" Zetarus let out a crafty laughed before turning his attention to Freya. "I will be going now, Freya. Promise me that you will survive, okay? I don't want to get scolded by Terrus if you die."
"O… Okay, brother." Freya said. "You too, brother. Take care."
"Hm." Zetarus nodded to his younger sister before turning his attention to Diego. "Let's go, Diego."
"Right behind you." Diego said before he and Zetarus started running away from the center square of the village, leaving only four Pokemon here.
"And everyone has already gone…" Rachael said. "Let's go, Onii-chan. We also have a work to— Onii-chan?" Rachael's words were cut off when she noticed that her brother was neither looking at her nor paying his attention to her words.
"…" Richard said nothing.
"Onii-chan!" Rachael said again. This time, her voice was able to reach her brother's mind.
"Oh, hm?! What's wrong, Rachael?" Richard quickly turned his attention to his younger sister.
"What were you doing, Onii-chan?" Rachael asked. "You seem to have something on your mind. Is there something that troubles you?"
"…Xavier's words." Richard answered with a serious voice.
"Xavier's words?" Rachael said.
"…I don't like this." Richard said. "That Dragonite said that, if we don't win, we will all die. I don't like this."
"…" Rachael said nothing after hearing her brother's words.
"We came here because we want to find a place that we could call home, not to die." Richard said. "I won't accept this. I won't die here, and I won't let you die here either, Rachael."
"Onii-chan…" Rachael said.
"…Let's go, Rachael." Richard said. "For now, all we can do is doing according to Xavier's plan."
"Okay, Onii-chan!" Rachael said, and then both of them started flying away from the center square, leaving the last two Pokemon here, who will also stay here during the battle to support them.
"Everyone…" Freya preyed. "Please… Be careful… Please… Be safe…"
"Please, oh mighty god..." Snow preyed. "Please grant your protection to everyone…"
-Meanwhile… Not too far from the entrance of the village…
"So… This is the village where those criminal bastards are hiding?" The Lucario said. Right now, he, along with General Gallade, was standing at the back line of the Venturnome Army, which was now standing not too far from the entrance of Hidden Village of Dragon. From that spot, they could see that the dragons of the village, armed with weapons and cloaked in armor suits, were now assembling at the entrance of the village, preparing for the battle that would erupt within a few minutes.
"Yes." General Gallade answered. "It seems like they are assembling at the entrance of the village, just like what you say."
"Which mean that our plan should be effective." The Lucario said. "General Gallade, what would do next?"
"According to your plan, we will charge and hold onto them until Leafburg Army, Fireview Army, Riverbrine Army and Dustorm Army are able to cross the river." General Gallade said. "But… First, following the code of the warrior, the general of each army shall exchange their words about their identity before the battle begins."
"… In my opinion, this won't be necessary as I see them as no mere a group of criminal scum." The Lucario said. "And so, I will leave this honor to you, General Gallade."
"Thank you, sir." General Gallade said. "I shall go to the front line now. Sir, please stay at the back line and cover the rear for all of us."
"Of course." The Lucario said. "But should the front line needs a help, I will go and help you fight those criminal scum."
"Thank you, sir." General Gallade said before he started walking from the back line of Venturnome Army to the front line of the same army. Right now, the only thing that separated him from the group of dragons were a short distant between the Venturnome Army and the entrance of the village.
"Hear my words, dragons of this valley!" General Gallade started speaking to the army of dragons in front of him. "I am General Gallade of the Theocracy of Venturnome. We come here by the authority of—"
"Shut those bxxxxxxt up!" One of the dragons, which was a Haxorus armed with a long sword, spoke up. "What do you all want from us?! And why did you have to send an army to invade our home?!"
"We have a report that this place is a lair of the criminals who have fled from the law's justice." General Gallade said. "Moreover, about a month ago, Pontifex Hawkins, the pontifex of Theocracy of Venturnome, was murdered, and we have a report that the criminal who had committed this sin had fled into this valley. And so, we could not allow you to continue living anymore."
"This is bxxxxxxt!" The same Haxorus spoke up again. "That's just your excuse for killing all of us!"
"And so…" General Gallade continued speaking. "The dragons of this valley, you don't have anywhere else to run, so, if you surrender, then we will at least grant you a quick and justified death—"
"Never!" The Haxorus roared. "We dragons would choose to die rather than bow our head and plea for mercy from you!"
"So, you choose to continue resisting the law of justice?" General Gallade said. "If that's so, then we don't have anything to speak with each other."
"Right!" The Haxorus said and turned his attention to the army of Dragon type Pokemon behind him. "Everyone! This is it! This is a fight for our home! Let's go and teach those bastards the might of dragon!"
"RAAAWWWRRRRR!" The dragons of Hidden Village of Dragon roared out after hearing the Haxorus' speech.
"Everyone, now it's time for us to fight!" While the Haxorus was speaking to the army of dragons behind him, General Gallade turned back to speak to the Venturnome Army behind him. "This is a fight for our land! For our land! For our Pontifex! For justice!"
"HAAHHHHH!" The Pokemon of the Venturnome Army roared out after hearing a speech from their commander.
"EVERYONE, CHARGE!" General Gallade ordered.
"WITH ME, EVERYONE!" The Haxorus roared.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"RAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWRRRRRR!"
"W… What is that?!" Freya spoke up after a loud noise of roar started echoing through the entire area of Valley of No Return, which were soon followed by a sound of weapon clashing. "D… Don't tell me that…"
"The battle…" Snow spoke with a serious voice. "The battle has already begun."
-Meanwhile… At the east side of the village…
"The battle has already begun, huh?" General Lurantis said. "Which mean that the Venturnome Army is keeping those dragons occupied right now."
"Let's not waste any time, General Lurantis." General Walrein said. "While the Venturnome Army is keeping those dragons occupied, we must cross the river and meet up with Fireview Army and Dustorm Army as soon as possible."
"Right." General Lurantis said before turning her attention toward the Leafburg Army. "Let's go, my comrade!"
"The Army of Riverbrine, follow my lead!" General Warein spoke to the Riverbrine Army.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
The Leafburg Army and the Riverbrine Army, both which were lurking at the east side of the village then started moving toward the river the separated their army from the Hidden Village of Dragon.
"Now, the Riverbrine Army! Cross the river!" General Walrein ordered as the Riverbrine Army reached the river that separated themselves from the village. "Once we cross the river, we shall march ourself upon victo—"
General Walrein's words were suddenly cut off, which made everyone in the Riverbrine Army, as well as the Leafburg Army, turned their attention to him and realized that he was now lying on the ground without moving any part of his body, and there was an arrow stuck in his chest. In other words, he was already dead.
"Wha— ARRRGGGGGGGG!" The Riverbrine Army and the Leafburg Army were suddenly bombarded by a rain of arrow flying from the other side of the river! Those arrows were fired from none other than a legion of dragons from the village!
"WHAT?!" General Lurantis spoke up with a surprised voice. "Those dragons?! Why are they here?! And how could— ARRRRRR!" General Lurantis' words were cut off when she had to take a cover from the rain of arrow that were bombarded onto her army, as well as the Riverbrine Army.
-Meanwhile… On the other side of the river…
"Nice shot, Xavier." Claura commented. "You have done a great job getting rid of the enemy's general with a single shot."
"Yawn…" Xavier yawned. He was holding a crossbow within his paw right now.
"And they really deserve that shot! That Walrein is nothing more than a pathetic fxxxxs!" Claura said. She was also holding a simple crossbow within her grasp. "But it seems like your plan work, Xavier."
"Hm, hm…" Xavier said and looked at a legion of Dragon type Pokemon beside him, who were firing the arrow from their bow and crossbow at the Leafburg Army and Riverbrine Army on the other side of the river. "Judging by the nature of the Dragon type Pokemon, the army of invaders would surely use the plan of having a single army as a decoy while other armies will try to cross the river from both sides of the village, and then they will trap our legion within their grasp…"
"… Which you could easily grasp their tactic." Claura said. "And then you make a plan to counter their tactic, by sending only some but the most powerful warriors of our side, including Baromyteus and Anastasia, to fight the decoy army. And for the rest of us, you separated everyone else into two legions and sent them to guard each side of the river."
"That's right." Xavier said. "And what we, as well as the legion that guards the west side of the village, must do right now is preventing the army of invader from crossing the river, and the main legion of our side must defeat the decoy army as soon as possible. If the main legion of us could defeat the decoy army before other invader armies cross the river, we could easily turn the tactic they used against us to be used against them instead."
"But if other invader armies could cross the river before our main legion could defeat their decoy army, we could still win by fighting them with our legion at a close range!" Claura said. "This doesn't count the 'surprise' we have for those invaders if they manage to cross the river."
"But right now, for this side, we have an upperhand, as we have just killed one of the enemy's general." Xavier said. "This would drastically decrease enemy's moral, giving us an opportunity to strike them with ease."
"But what about the west side?" Claura said and glanced back to somewhere behind her. "Are you sure that leaving the west side with those two would be a good idea?"
"It's either us or those two who must go with either side, so it's not much difference if we go with the west side or the east side." Xavier said. "But judge by the army in front of our eyes, I think that we staying with the east side is good enough, as, by the look at it, the armies we are facing right now are the Leafburg Army and Riverbrine Army. Sure, the Leafburg Army isn't much of a threat to us, but the Riverbrine Army is dangerous due to being an army that consists of Ice type and Water type Pokemon, giving them an advantage of crossing the river. This is why I, the tactician of our side, should continue staying with this side in case that the Riverbrine Army could cross the river."
"But what about the west side?" Claura said while firing the arrow from the crossbow at the armies on the other side of the river.
"Without the Riverbrine Army, it shouldn't be a problem." Xavier answered. "And if the army that the west side must face consisted of either Fireview Army or Dustorm Army, or both, we should almost have a perfect chance of victory since Fireview Army is weak to water, and over half of Dustorm Army is also weak to water too."
"But as far as I know, Dustorm Army consisted of not only Ground type Pokemon, but also Flying Pokemon too, isn't it? So they could easily fly across the river."
"And the arrow to their wing will make a short work out of them." Xavier said. "Especially since one of the best sniper among us is with the legion on the west side."
-Meanwhile… At the west side of the village, across the river…
"ARRGGG! WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING?!" General Infernape roared. "THEY ARE JUST A SMALL LEGION OF CRIMINAL! WHY CAN'T YOU ALL DEAL WITH THEM?!"
"But General Infernape, their arrows prevent us from crossing the river!" One of the soldiers in the Fireview Army said.
"WHAT ABOUT THE DUSTORM ARMY?!" General Infernape asked. "HOW'RE THEY DOING RIGHT NOW?!"
"Not good, sir! Their situation is even worse than us!" Another soldier in the Fireview Army answered. "The Flying type Pokemon of the Dustorm Empire were shot down by the enemy's arrow, making them unable to continue fighting!"
"GRRRRRRR!" General Infernape roared. "STEP AWAY! LET ME SHOW THOSE DAMNED DRAGONS OUR STRENGTH— ARRGGGGG"
General Infernape suddenly fell down onto the ground, and he was no more moving as he was shot by an arrow in his face at the spot between his eyes!
"G…General Infernape!" The soldiers of Fireview Army yelled out with a shaking voice as their leader was killed in front of their eyes!
-Meanwhile… On the other side of the river…
"Headshot!" Zetarus said and looked at the Mega Charizard X beside him, who was holding a crossbow in his paw. "Good job, Diego."
"Hm!" Diego grumbled as he continued shooting the enemies with the crossbow in his paw.
"I knew that you are a great physical attacker and a good magic user…" Zetarus continued speaking. "But I have never thought that you are also a decent long-ranged attacker too."
"That's because I am a gladiator, Zetarus." Diego temporary stopped shooting the enemies with his crossbow to speak with Zetarus. "While I was in the Brawl Arena, I have to survive using any weapon I could find, so I have quite a bit of experience with many types of weapon, but I found myself being the best at using a Naginata, which is the reason why it's my weapon of choice."
"I see…" Zetarus said. "This means that we both are equal to each other."
"And what does that mean?" Diego asked.
"It means that you are a user of pole weapon with a skill of using a long range weapon, while I am a long range weapon with a skill of using a pole weapon." Zetarus answered.
"You? Pole weapon?" Diego said with a skeptical voice. "I have never seen you using a pole weapon, Zetarus."
"Oh, you want to see me using one?" Zetarus spoke with a crafty night. "Okay, tonight I will show you how I handle my spear—Ouch!"
Zetarus' words were cut off when his face was bashed with a crossbow of the Mega Charizard X, who seemed to be flustered by the Garchomp's words.
"Shut up, Zetarus." Diego said while Zetarus was rubbing his face at where he was bashed with Diego's crossbow. "Now, less talking and more fighting. We still have a lot of fxxxxxg bastards to crush."
"Aww… You are no fun at all at a time like this…" Zetarus mumbled as Diego turned his attention back to shooting the enemies with the crossbow. "But… This is also what I like about you, Diego."
-Meanwhile… Near the entrance of Hidden Village of Dragon…
"GRRAAAAAAAWWWWW!"
"CLANNNKKK!"
A body of a Venturnome Soldier fell down onto the floor when his body was slashed by a sharp blade at his chest, immediately killed him within a single hit.
"Pathetic…" Baromyteus mumbled as he continued slashing the soldiers of Venturnome Army around him. Right now, a legion of the strongest warriors from the Hidden Village of Dragon was fighting against the Venturnome Army. While the Dragon Side was at the disadvantage due to their lessor number, they made up with their ferocity, which made this battle even.
"Brother, are you alright?" Anastasia said as she attacked the enemy who tried to attack her by playing her Tenor Harp, which generated deadly melodies to attack the enemies. "Here, let me help you."
Anastasia started singing a beautiful song, as well as playing her Tenor Harp, to her brother. This time, the Tenor Harp generated soothing melodies, which get rid of Baromyteus' fatigue!
"Thanks, Anastasia." Baromyteus said. "Damn it… The enemies are tougher than I thought…"
"W… Will we be alright?" Anastasia said. "Some warriors on our side had already got injured beyond their fighting capacity!"
"Did you tell them to go back to the center square yet?" Baromyteus asked while slashing the enemy in front of him with his claws, attacking them with the move Dragon Claw.
"Yes." Anastasia answered before releasing a light blue beam at the enemy who tried to attack her off-guard, attacking them with the move Dragon Breath. "Freya and Snow are now healing them."
"Their healing process is going slowly." Baromyteus said before attacking the enemy by crossing his claws in the x-shape, attacking them with the move X-Scissors. "This won't do good for a long-term battle! We must do something, and fast!"
"I know!" Anastasia said while evading the attack from a Venturnome Soldier. "Brother, why don't you use your Sword Dance?"
"Sword Dance?!" Baromyteus roared as he slashed his Dragon Claw Swords at the Venturnome Soldier who tried to attack Anastasia earlier. "I can handle myself just fine without wasting my time by using that move!"
"Brother, it's not like that!" Anastasia said as she continued attacking the enemy with her Tenor Harp. "Trust me, brother!"
"Fine!" Baromyteus roared, and then he crossed his swords in the X-shape in front of him before he started performing a drastic and violent dance using his swords, increasing his attack by two states. However, his Sword Dance didn't only affect him, but it also affected Anastasia, as well as the other warriors on his side who were not too far from him, giving them more vitality for the battle!
"It works!" Anastasia said. "Your Sword Dance didn't only affect you and me, but it also affected everyone around here too!"
"But how could that be?" Baromyteus said before he quickly shielded himself and Anastasia from the Venturnome Soldier who tried to attack them by using one of his Dragon Claw Swords to block their attack, and then he countered back with another Dragon Claw Swords that wasn't being used to block the attack. "My Sword Dance would only affect the one I consider my allies… Wait, don't tell me that…"
"You start to consider others as your allies…" Anastasia said while bashing the enemy with her Tenor Harp. "… Unlike before when you always shunned others out and lives alone without anyone else in your life."
"Heh… Whatever…" Baromyteus said and continued slashing the enemy with his Dragon Claw Swords. "But they are still just my 'allies', not my friends, Anastasia."
"That may be true." Anastasia said and played a song from her Tenor Harp to remove Baromyteus' fatigue. "But while you may still haven't considered everyone as your friends, at least you already have some friends, right?"
"… Let's not talk about them right now." Baromyteus answered and attacked the enemy with the move Dragon Claw. "For now, let's focus on surviving this fight!"
"Right!" Anastasia said and attacked the enemy with the move Dragon Breath.
-Meanwhile… On the other side of the village's entrance…
"Damn those dragons!" General Gallade said as he fought against the dragons who tried to attack him, which he soon was able to defeat them.
"Sir, are you alright?!" One of the Venturnome Soldiers asked.
"I am fine, at least for now." General Gallade said. "Now tell me the situation of our troops!"
"This is bad, sir!" The same soldier answered. "Our defensive tactic doesn't work against them!"
"What about the other armies?!" General Gallade asked. "Have them cross the river yet?!"
"Not yet, sir!" The Venturnome Soldier answered. "They were ambushed by another enemy legions! None of them could cross the river right now!"
"Damn it…" General Gallade said. "We can't hold them for much longer, if this continues, we may—"
"General, look out!"
"!" General Gallade had just noticed that there was a dragon rushing up to him and tried to attack him off-guard! It was so fast that he couldn't do anything to defend himself from their attack!
But…
"ARGG!"
Instead of General Gallade, it was the dragon who tried to attack him who was attacked and killed! But the one who killed this dragon wasn't General Gallade himself, but the…
"H… Hero of Justice?!" General Gallade said after seeing the Pokemon who had just saved his life by killing the dragon that tried to attack him. This Pokemon was none other than a Lucario in a battle gi, who was known as the Hero of Justice.
"Are you alright, General Gallade?" The Lucario asked after he had just defeated the dragon that tried to kill General Gallade. "Wait, what I am saying, of course you don't! We are in the middle of battle, after all!"
"Thank you so much, Hero of Justice." General Gallade thanked. "But… Why are you here?"
"I have seen that the situation has grown worse, so I rush here to your aid." The Lucario said.
"Thank you for your help, Hero of Justice." General Gallade said. "But… No offense, but it seems that our side is at the disadvantage here."
"You are right." The Lucario said. "I didn't think that those criminal scums would possess this much threat."
"What should we do, sir?" General Gallade asked.
"Send the messenger to our camp!" The Lucario answered. "Tell General Manectric to send the reinforcement to us at once!"
"Okay, sir!" General Gallade said before he turned his attention to one of the Venturnome Soldier to give them the order, and then that soldier quickly left the battlefield for the camp.
"And now, shall we go, General Gallade?" The Lucario spoke up after General Gallade finished ordering his underling. "Let's eliminate these low-lives together."
"I'm with you all the way, Hero of Justice." General Gallade answered.
Meanwhile… At the center square of the village…
"…There…" Freya said as she pointed her Crimson Rose at the Hydreigon in front of her, who was just being healed by the Flygon's healing rod. "This should be alright for you."
"Thank you, Freya!" The Hydreigon roared as she had regained her strength after being injured in a battle. "Now it's time for me to continue this battle!"
After finished speaking, the Hydreigon quickly flew toward the entrance of the village to continue her battle with the Venturnome Army, and the Flygon moved to heal the next injured dragon.
"Freya!"
"Hm?" While healing an injured Altaria, Freya turned her head toward the owner of the voice and saw an Altaria and a Deino quickly rushed up to her. Both Pokemon were none other than Lyzia and Unos.
"W… What's wrong, Lyzia, Unos?" Freya asked with a shaking voice as she saw Lyzia and Unos quickly dashed up to her.
"Father!" Lyzia cried and quickly approached the injured Altaria whome Freya was healing. "A… Are you alright?! Please, don't die!"
"I am still alright, Lyzia…" The male Altaria, whose injuries were finally healed by the Flygon, answered while he was able to stand up again. "It's all thank to this Flygon."
"T… Thank you so much, Freya!" Lyzia turned her attention to the Flygon and thanked her. "I… I don't know what to say… I really, really thank you…"
"And now, I will return to the battle. Be safe, my daughter!" The male Altaria said as he flew toward the east side of the village.
"B… But…" Unos said as he looked around, as if he was trying to find someone. "Where's my mother?! I heard that she was injured in the battle!"
"O… Oh, don't worry about her…" Freya answered. "I… I have just healed her… A… And she has just gotten back to the battle."
"Oh! I am so relieved!" Unos said. "Thank you so much, Freya!"
"Right!" Lyzia said. "Not only you saved my father's life, but also the life Unos' mother too!"
"I… I just want to be a bit of use to everyone here…" Freya answered. "B… By the way, why are both of you here? I thought that you two would be at either the West Legion or the East Legion…"
"Oh, that's right!" Lyzia said. "Freya, have you seen Rachael and Richard?"
"Rachael and Richard?" Freya repeated the name of the dragons she had just heard.
"Right!" Unos said. "Both legions that guard both sides of the village almost run out of their arrows, so we need their back-up, and fast!"
"I… If I remember correctly… T… They should be at Elder Baldr's house." Freya said.
"That's where Elder Baldr and Korben are, right?" Lyzia said. "Elder Baldr was staying there as a figurehead of our side, and Korben is guarding him."
"R… Right." Freya said. "Rachael and Richard choose to stay not too far from them in case of emergency."
"Got it." Unos said and turned his attention to the Altaria beside him. "Let's get moving, Lyzia."
"Right, Unos!" Lyzia said before she started rushing toward Elder Baldr's house, and Unos quickly followed her.
"…Freya."
Shortly after Unos and Lyzia had already left, another voice called the name of the Flygon again. This time, however, wasn't the Pokemon of this village who called her name, but it was…
"S… Snow?" Freya said as she turned her attention toward the Draconic Lapras, who was standing beside her. "I… Is there any injured Pokemon that needs healing right away?"
"Freya…" Snow said. "You seem to overdo yourself. Why don't you take a little break?"
"I… I can't." Freya said. "Everyone is out there, fighting to protect their home, and I can't afford to be comfortable alone at a time like this."
"But—" Snow was about to continue speaking, but Freya continued her words first.
"M… Moreover, the one who's overwork is you, Snow." Freya said. "I can see that you are tired right now, but you hide it within the façade of yours. You should be the one who could use a little break."
"…" Snow said nothing after hearing Freya's words.
"Snow, what's wrong?" Freya asked. "Did you have something on your mind?"
"…I am just worried about everyone." Snow answered.
"Me too…" Freya said. "I… I hope that everyone is alright right now…"
"… Please be safe, everyone…" Snow said.
-Meanwhile… At the east side of the village, across the river…
"General Lurantis!" One of the soldiers of the Leafburg Army approached General Lurantis. "The enemy seems to almost run out of arrows!
"Finally!" General Lurantis said. "Now it's time for us to resume our assault!"
"Another report, madam!" Another Leafburg soldier appeared and spoke up. "The Riverbrine Army is now crossing the river! It shouldn't take long before they succeed in crossing the river!"
"Excellent!" General Lurantis said. "But we can't lose to the Riverbrine Army either! Now let's proceed and—"
"BOOOMMM!"
"ARRRRGGRGRGRGRGRRR!"
Suddenly, a giant bolt of lightning stuck down upon the Leafburg Army and Riverbrine Army, as well as the entire river (East side) that separated both armies from the village! The bolt of lightning, while didn't do much damage to the Pokemon of the Leafburd due to their type advantage over the electric attack, it caused a serious damage to over half of the Riverbrine Army!
"W… What's that?!" General Lurantis said.
"Madam!" One of the soldiers of the Leafburg Army spoke up. "The lightning bolt had just defeated over half of the Riverbrine Army, as well as all soldiers who were in the process of crossing the river!"
"How could that be?!" General Lurantis said. "And where did that lightning bolt come from?!"
"It seems like it was the enemy who conjured that lightning bolt, madam." The same Leafburg soldier answered.
"The enemy?!" General Lurantis said. "That's impossible! It takes a very powerful mage and a very powerful tome to conjure that lightning! There shouldn't be one among the enemy!"
"W… What should we do next, madam?!" Another Leafburg soldier asked.
"Continue crossing the river!" General Lurantis ordered. "While that spell is very powerful and effective, it takes some time for one could cast the spell, and this is our chance to proceed!"
"Yes, madam!" The Leafburg soldier said before quickly passed their general's message to other soldiers.
"Those dragons…" General Lurantis mumbled as she looked across the river. "We couldn't underestimate them anymore…"
-Meanwhile… Somewhere near Elder Baldr's house…
"Onii-chan!" Rachael said. "Your spell seems to work!"
"See? I told you that it would work." Richard said. Right now, both siblings were staying at a large courtyard in front of Elder Baldr's house. "Do not ever underestimate the holder of the Chronicle of Darkside, like me."
"I was so worried when Lyzia and Unos came here a while ago to ask us to hurry with our plan." Rachael said. "But it seems that everything turns out just fine."
"In truth, they shouldn't waste their time by coming here just to rush me." Richard said. "This kind of work couldn't be rushed, or else I might miss the point where I want the lightning bolt to strike, which could damage our allies instead."
"And that won't be a good thing…" Rachael said.
"That's right." Richard said. "Moreover, in order to effectively cast this spell, I must wait for them to be in the process of crossing the river, so that the lightning bolt would do the most damage, as water, not the pure one, is conductor, meaning that the lightning bolt would deal a great damage to the enemies while they are in the river as, like water, the body of living creature is also a conductor due to—"
"Okay, that's enough, Onii-chan." Rachael interrupted her brother's rambling. "And shouldn't you start preparing for the next lightning bolt to damage the enemies on the west side of this village?"
"That won't do, Rachael." Richard answered. "According to Unos' words, the armies that invaded the west side of the village are the Fireview Army and Dustorm Army. Of course, being disadvantaged to water, both armies wouldn't want to step into the river much, so they would try to find another way to cross the river without swimming. Moreover, the Ground type Pokemon of Dustorm Army are immune to the Electric attack too."
"And what about the enemies at the entrance of the village?" Rachael asked.
"Absolutely not, Rachael." Richard answered. "What if the lightning bolt hit our allies too? You don't want Baromyteus to rush here and cut our head off, right?"
"EEEEKKK!" Rachael screamed a bit after hearing a threatening words from her brother. "D… Don't say anything like that, Onii-chan!"
"Whatever…" Richard said.
"But with your spell, there's no way that we can lose, right?" Rachael asked.
"I think so." Richard mumbled. "I don't want to die here, and I don't want you to die here either, so I will do anything in order to survive this ordeal… No matter the cost…"
"Onii-chan?" Rachael looked at her elder brother.
"… Anyway…" Richard continued speaking. "Other than a powerful tome and a skilled magic user, you will also need a right condition in order to execute this spell. The 'condition' I mentioned is that the weather around here must be similar to the weather when the natural lightning bolt strikes."
"So…" Rachael said. "You mean that the weather must be either rainy or cloudy in order to cast this spell?"
"Right." Richard answered. "Luckily, the atmosphere of the Valley of No Return has created a good simulation to the perfect condition for casting this spell."
"Oh, that's right!" Rachael said. "Valley of No Return has an almost-completed roofing over the entire area, making the atmosphere here darker than other place, just like when it's cloudy!"
"Moreover…" Richard continued speaking. "While there's a single opening on the roofing over this valley, which allowed the living creatures in the area of this valley to enjoy the sunlight, the mist that covered the opening on the roofing of this valley made it impossible to see through it. In other words, while sunlight is able to pass through the mist that covers the roofing, anyone who's outside this valley couldn't see through the mist, as well as the living creatures of this valley, which couldn't see the world outside this valley through this valley too."
"And the mist is similar to the cloud, making it seems like this valley is always cloudy!" Rachael said. "I got it!"
"Right." Richard said. "As long as the roofing of this valley is still being covered by the impenetrable mist, the spell of mine would still work effectively."
-Meanwhile… Near the entrance of Hidden Village of Dragon…
"YAHHH!"
"ARRGG!"
A Venturnome soldier was stabbed by a broadsword, killing him immediately. The one who killed him was a dragon from the Hidden Village of Dragon who was assigned to fight at the entrance of the village, despite being younger than everyone else here.
"Still alive, huh?"
A familiar voice turned the attention of this dragon to the owner of the voice, who were a Pokemon in the black armor suit, as well as his sparring partner. Beside this Pokemon was a beautiful female Goodra in the songstress dress.
"You too?" Dimitri said as he stuck his broadsword on the ground and wiped his sweat. "I am surprised that you didn't get your head chopped off during the first ten minutes of this fight."
"Insolent brat…" Baromyteus mumbled. "Why are you fighting here alone? Where are your friends? Did they abandon you because they couldn't stand a chance against your rotten nature?"
"You seem to be ignorant, big guy." Dimitri said. "Korben is guarding Elder Baldr, and Unos, Lyzia and Noctus are fighting with either the west legion or the east legion, so that's why they aren't with me right now."
"And your father?" Anastasia asked. "Where is he? I haven't seen him around here since the battle begins…"
"He rushed ahead just a while ago." Dimitri answered. "He told me that he would go and bring down the enemy's general."
"Stupid Damos…" Baromyteus mumbled. "Did he really want to die that much? He should ask me to cut his head off instead. It's much easier than doing this sxxt."
"You underestimated my father, big guy." Dimitri said before he quickly cut down the Venturnome soldier who tried to attack him off-guard. "He is stronger than he looks, and I doubt that you would be stronger than him."
"And that just gives me an idea." Baromyteus said as he attacked the Venturnome soldier with Dragon Claw. "After this battle ends, I would challenge your father in a duel-to-death. Sound good?"
"Not good." Dimitri answered. "I don't want to continue the rest of my life knowing that your rotten corpse is being buried around here."
"I didn't ask you, kid." Baromyteus said. "Whatever… Kid, wanna have a little contest to see who could kill the most enemies? The loser must let the winner cut one of their toes, sound good?"
"My name isn't 'kid', so I am not sure who are you talking too." Dimitri said. "But if you are talking to me, there's no way for me to refuse your challenge."
"Excellent." Baromyteus said. "Now let's get going and—"
"Brother!" Anastasia suddenly called the name of her brother.
"You can't stop me, Anastasia." Baromyteus. "This is a fight between—"
"No, brother!" Anastasia continued speaking. "Brother, Dimitri! Everyone! The sky! Look at the sky!"
"The sky?" Baromyteus and Dimitri, as well as everyone else around here, both dragons and Venturnome soldiers, looked up to the sky above them. Because of the nature of Valley of No Return, the only part where they could see the sky was a single opening on the roofing, which was always covered by the impregnable mist. However…
"W… What's that?!"
"The mist?! W… Why?!"
Usually, the image they would see when they look at the opening on the roofing would be the blanket of pale white mist, but now, the picture they could see was an unlimited sky above, which means that the mist that covered above Valley of No Return had just suddenly disappeared!
And that's not all…
"T… The sky! The sky is turning dark!"
Without the mist, the image they could see should be the blue sky, but now, what they saw wasn't the blue sky, but, despite being in the middle of daytime, the sky right now was almost as dark as the sky at nighttime!
… Which still wasn't the worst part yet…
"The sun?! W… What's happening to the sun?!"
The sun, or the glowing orb of light that could be seen all the time during the daytime, was turning black! No, the sun was not turning black, but the sun was being swallowed by the dark shadow on the sky!
"W… What's that?!" Anastasia said. "Why did the sky turn dark?! And why did the sun is being swallowed by the dark shadow?!"
"... I have never seen anything like this before." Baromyteus said.
-Meanwhile…
"Zetarus, what the hell is going on?!" Diego asked as he looked at the sky above.
"I don't know!" Zetarus answered. "How could I know why the sky becomes like this!"
-Meanwhile…
"Xavier, what's happening to the sun?!" Claura asked. "And why did the mist disappear?"
"…I don't know." Xavier answered. "But I'm having a bad feeling about this right now."
-Meanwhile…
"O… Oh no!" Freya said as she looked at the sky. "Why did the mist disappear? And why does the sun being swallowed by the black shadow?!"
"It… seems like a bad omen, no, evil omen…" Snow mumbled. "I don't like a feeling of this, but… I can feel that… Something bad would happen soon…"
-Meanwhile…
"Onii-chan! Why do all of these things happen?!" Rachael asked as she was looking at the sky. "Does this mean that something bad is going to happen?!"
"…That's Solar Eclipse." Richard answered. "It's a rare natural phenomenon that doesn't happen very often…"
"Just a natural phenomenon?" Rachael said. "So… Nothing bad is going to happen from this?!"
"It should be." Richard said. "However, because the mist has disappeared, I could no more conjure the lightning bolt to attack the enemy, damn it..."
"What?!" Rachael said. "This is bad!"
"That's right. This is bad, especially since we're having an upper hand over the enemies." Richard said. "Wait… Could this be the start of… something even more… peril?! Damn it!"
"Onii-chan, what should we do?!" Rachael asked.
"Right, we must do something, and fast!" Richard said. "Before something worse happens!"
-Meanwhile… At the camp of six armies…
"…So…" General Manectric spoke up. "The Venturnome Army has requested a reinforcement?"
"Yes, sir!" The Venturnome soldier who came to deliver General Gallade's message said. "Our enemies are stronger than we thought, and we're afraid to say that our tactic may not work according to our plan!"
"Understood." General Manectric said. "I will dispatch the Civilight Army immediately. Tell this to General Gallade."
"Thank you so much, sir!" The Venturnome soldier said before he quickly ran back toward the battlefield.
"Hm… It seems like the Venturnome Army isn't as strong as I thought…" General Manectric mumbled before turning his attention toward one of his underlings. "Soldier, tell everyone to be ready! I will be there shortly, and I want everyone to be ready as soon as I go!"
"Yes, sir!" The Civilight soldier said before he quickly ran out of the camp, leaving General Manectric in the camp alone…
… Or not?
"… And so, it's time for Civilight Army to advance…" Once he realized that no one was around here, General Manectric started speaking again. "And now, the sky is dark because of the Solar Eclipse is happening…"
General Manectric paused for a bit before he continued speaking.
"And since it's time for the Civilight Army to show their might, might as well as the time for us to use our 'secret weapon'."
Again, General Manectric paused a bit before continued speaking.
"President Voltson has entrusted this thing into my grasp, as it's our only 'secret weapon' remains after the incident a few months ago at the laboratory…"
General Manectric paused a bit, before looking up at the sky and continued speaking.
"Moreover, the sky is dark! What a perfect time for us to debut the might of our 'secret weapon'! With this, none would stand a chance against us!"
General Manectric paused for one last time before turning back to face something, which was behind him all the time.
"And now, after helping us opens the entrance of the cave that leads us here, it's time for you again. This time, use your power to slaughter everyone who stands in our way. Let the world see how powerful a 'weapon' created by us can be, Experiment Delta."
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: Now, after a few chapters of peace and harmony, one of the most serious parts of the entire story has begun. The story of this part would be the thing that changes the entire story, as well as the life of someone… forever…