Seeing Arbok running away, Axel rushed over while holding Ralts.
This guy attacked a Trainer right away, clearly not the first time he's hurt someone.
He must be properly taught a lesson!
Axel intended to train Ralts, so he didn't rush to bring out Pheromosa.
Arbok frantically fled using the terrain full of grass and shrubs.
Diglett and Rattata along the way all dodged aside, clearly afraid of Arbok.
Only some Weedle still crawled slowly, and Arbok also did his best to avoid these Weedle.
This is the benefit of having a big brother behind you.
Weedle are the larvae of Beedrill, usually backed by a whole swarm of Beedrill. These Pokémon are almost universally avoided in the wild.
Axel also did his best to avoid the Weedle's path to avoid extra complications.
Very soon, Arbok and Axel reached an open plaza.
This plaza was entirely made of stone, and in the center of twelve rune pillars stood a giant black Rayquaza statue.
Because Roy once subdued a black Rayquaza, the people of Aurient League generally hold great reverence for Rayquaza.
Plazas like this Dragon God Plaza are nearly spread across the entire nation.
Even school textbooks mention some mystical knowledge.
If chased by a wild Pokémon, you can escape to the nearest Dragon God Plaza.
Precisely because of this, in Ralts' memory, Axel was able to escape Arbok's pursuit with her in the previous life.
Seeing Arbok stop at the plaza, a trace of hesitation appeared in Axel's eyes.
Although no one can say exactly why, Trainers don't like to fight in Dragon God Plazas.
Including Axel himself.
After all, that's the Dragon of Faith.
If by chance, one accidentally broke the black Rayquaza statue during a battle, even if nothing happened, it would still feel uncomfortable in the heart.
But Ralts had no such concern at all.
Her gaze swept over the black Rayquaza, and a trace of mockery appeared at the corner of her mouth.
In the previous life, even the green Rayquaza from Meteor Falls in the Hoenn region participated in the great defense battle, yet the black Rayquaza was completely missing.
Aurient had no god and became the first region conquered by Team Rainbow Rocket.
'Such a guy, why should I revere it?'
'Besides.'
'Just a Dragon God.'
'Even if it really descended, who knows which of us is stronger.'
Almost without hesitation, the little one once again cast Mystical Fire at Arbok, and the violent force blasted Arbok's body directly toward the black Rayquaza statue.
Ka-cha~
With a crisp sound, Arbok's body fell limply to the ground, eyes spinning in circles.
A few pink gems fell from its mouth.
The moment he saw those gems, a flash of joy appeared in Axel's eyes.
He recognized this item, it was a Fairy Gem.
It can enhance the power of one Fairy-type move once and can also be used to cultivate Pokémon, helping them better sense Fairy-type energy.
Just a moment ago, Axel was wondering why Arbok didn't use venom from its mouth to attack him or Ralts. Turns out it had treasure hidden in its mouth.
The only pity is that he didn't get that guy's tag.
'Is it only story characters whose tags drop 100%?', This thought flashed through Axel's mind, then he shook his head.
So far, he'd only fought Gary. As for Ash, Red, Green, Black, he hadn't even met them.
He'd have to test that later.
After bowing to the black Rayquaza statue, Axel left Dragon God Plaza while holding Ralts.
"Let's go, I'll buy you candied hawthorn, two sticks."
A rare outing, and he even beat up a vile Arbok and gained some unknown spoils. Axel was in a great mood.
Ralts blinked. Her mind wasn't on candied hawthorn at all.
'I want fried skewers!'
But before they took many steps, Axel suddenly heard a loud rumbling sound behind him.
He looked back and saw the twelve pillars of Dragon God Plaza collapse, and the black Rayquaza statue was covered in fine cracks.
Soon, it shattered all over the ground.
Axel was stunned.
He seemed to understand now why people and Pokémon never fought in Dragon God Plazas.
This was just tofu-dreg construction, one touch and it broke.
Axel immediately pulled out his phone and checked the construction budget announcement for Dragon God Plaza.
Seeing that long string of zeroes, Axel's face almost turned green.
'So much money, selling myself won't cover it.'
'Oh… but my parents are Legendary Pokémon Trainers.'
'Then never mind.'
Axel released Pheromosa, "Do you know how to return to the Ultra Wormhole? I want to contact my parents."
Pheromosa tilted her head, acted cute, and blinked, an exact copy of Ralts' expression.
She was just a little Pokémon. How could she know how to return to the Ultra Wormhole?
Seeing Pheromosa's expression, Axel panicked again, "How about we just run for it."
"We can pay it back later after we find my parents, right?"
Ralts bit her finger, her little brain rapidly processing the information in Axel's words.
'Didn't his parents die in the Ultra Wormhole?'
In the previous timeline, they had even fought their way into the Ultra Wormhole over this matter.
'But in this timeline, it seems… my reincarnation caused some kind of Butterfree effect?'
And then she despairingly realized, 'Other than combat skills, I am pretty dumb...'
'Forget it, don't want to think anymore.'
["I want to eat fried skewers,"] Through her telepathy ability, the little one's voice appeared in Axel's mind.
"Huh, you can talk?", Axel was a little surprised. His bad mood from the earlier disaster faded a bit.
"Then let's go buy fried skewers and candied hawthorn before we run."
After buying the candied hawthorn and fried skewers, Axel didn't return to Dragon God Plaza. He took a different route home instead.
While the little one was gorging herself, Axel turned on the TV, wanting to see if his recent major mishap had made the news.
But the moment he turned it on, the black screen of the TV reflected like a mirror, showing his own reflection.
Axel saw, in addition to the three existing tags, a golden one had appeared above his head.
[Dragon God's Blessing (Gold): Your actions have been acknowledged by the Dragon God Rayquaza. Greatly increases attraction to Dragon-type Pokémon. Increases training speed for Dragon-types. Your Pokémon deal greatly increased damage to Dragon-types.]
Axel's bad mood instantly vanished.
'What's a few million?'
'Getting a golden tag instead, worth it.'
'Also…'
'The Rayquaza everyone worships... Is actually a total masochist?'
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