Chapter 508: The Colossus That Towed the Continents
Snowpoint Temple.
An ancient building located on a cliff next to Snowpoint City; further east from here is Lake Acuity, the world where Uxie resides.
"Looks very primitive and simple."
Cynthia walked on the stone path outside the temple, observing the building in front of her.
Not as magnificent and mysterious as imagined.
It feels like an old, dilapidated small building with years on it.
It's just that this dilapidation becomes a kind of charm in Cynthia's eyes.
"After all, it's an old building from thousands of years ago. If the League didn't maintain it year after year, this place would have collapsed long ago."
Will glanced in the direction of the ground.
The direction he was looking at should be the hiding place of Regigigas.
It's just that the other party is currently in a dormant state.
So the Aura released is as flat as a dead person's electrocardiogram.
"Tini?"
Victini, sitting on Will's head, tilted his head in confusion.
Thousands of years and it's on the verge of collapse?
Human buildings are truly fragile.
Arriving at the entrance of the Snowpoint Temple.
On both sides of the main door sat two middle-aged guards warming themselves by a fire, and beside them were their respective Pokémon.
A Glaceon and a Bronzong respectively.
Seeing Cynthia walking over, the two hurriedly stood up, came to attention, and greeted her:
"Champion."
Cynthia becoming the Sinnoh Champion.
That is known to everyone in the whole world.
Even more so for these staff members working in the Sinnoh League.
"Um... you guys continue with your work, I'll go inside and take a look."
Cynthia was obviously a bit unaccustomed to this kind of greeting.
She nodded somewhat constrainedly, then pulled Will and walked towards the inside of the Snowpoint Temple.
The Snowpoint Temple is not a place just anyone can enter.
But with Cynthia's current identity as Champion.
There is no place in this Sinnoh region she cannot go; she doesn't even need to apply in advance before going.
After walking into the temple.
Walking on the empty and gloomy first floor.
Cynthia finally voiced her doubt:
"Is it enough to just send two guards to watch this place? Isn't the Snowpoint Temple a very important place?"
"Besides a slumbering Regigigas, the Snowpoint Temple shouldn't have anything else worth paying attention to. And the third basement floor can't be entered anyway, so sending more people to watch this place is also a waste of manpower."
Will had a different view and stated a part of it,
"Moreover, Snowpoint City is right next door. The shrine maiden clan guarding the Snowpoint Temple and the Snowpoint Gym Leader are not to be trifled with; it wouldn't even take them half an hour to rush over."
Actually, the real reason is not just this.
There is one more point.
To say something a bit offensive to Regigigas.
Going through the trouble of gathering the three plates (Stone Plate, Icicle Plate, Iron Plate), defeating and catching Regigigas, and then what?
What's the use of getting a 'King of Toilets' (Regigigas's fan nickname)?
What is Regigigas's exclusive ability?
Dialga masters the power of time, Palkia masters the power of space, Giratina masters the Distortion World.
Gathering the three Creation Trio of space, time, and antimatter can create a stable world of nothingness.
Then.
What about Regigigas?
Looking at the legends about him.
The most famous ones are nothing more than 'the colossi that shaped legends' and 'the colossus that towed the continents'.
The former colossi refer to the Regis (Legendary Titans).
The latter colossus refers to Regigigas himself.
He can create secondary legendary Regis from various materials, and can also tow entire continents through his own mighty power.
But this all takes a massive amount of time.
Making a move against Regigigas, not to mention whether one can defeat it or not.
Even if one can defeat it.
That is also a matter where the effort and the reward are far from proportional; it can even be said to be a thankless task.
Besides.
If a person can single-handedly defeat Regigigas, do they still lack this portion of power?
With this effort, wouldn't it be better to catch those gods who control special laws or the mighty forces of nature?
Looking at the entire Pokémon universe.
Besides Pokémon Hunter J, who else has made a move against Regigigas?
Moreover.
Why did Hunter J catch Regigigas?
Was it coveting Regigigas's power?
Wasn't it just because he's worth some lousy money.
Catch it and sell it to Team Galactic and Team Rocket, would they not buy it?
Not needing to exert an ounce of effort or a bit of time, just spending some money to buy a god; would they not know to make this deal?
So.
Catching Regigigas.
Is unnecessary.
No one would have any crooked thoughts about this big pillar.
The Sinnoh League naturally doesn't need to spend too much manpower guarding the Snowpoint Temple side.
"That's true."
"Also, those two people at the door just now are not weak in strength, probably quasi-Gym Leader level, enough to stop most people."
Will glanced back.
That Bronzong and Glaceon, Gym Leader-level Pokémon.
Should be the strongest partners beside those two people.
After all, the Pokémon trainers keep by their side at all times are often their most trusted and strongest partners.
Other Pokémon might not have this strength.
The Sinnoh League putting two quasi-Gym Leader-level trainers to watch the door is already considered placing relative importance on the Snowpoint Temple.
"There's nothing on the first floor."
"The first floor originally probably held some antiques, which were emptied by robbers as early as the end of the Magical Beast Era two hundred years ago."
"Lucario knows quite a lot."
Cynthia smiled and reached out to scoop Will's head,
"There's no one here, you don't need to be invisible~"
"Tini."
Victini, lying in Cynthia's arms, decisively revealed himself.
He also trusts Cynthia quite a lot now, firmly believing her words.
"Just guessing."
Will curled his lips.
Of course it wasn't a guess.
It was what he knew when he traveled the whole world with Big Cat (Kaoru) in his third life.
At that time, it happened to be the beginning of the League Calendar; the world chaos had passed not long ago, the world was at peace, and everyone was moving towards goodness. Will learned quite a few things about the end of the Magical Beast Era.
"It's so dark."
"Tini."
Victini's tail flickered.
His body instantly began to emit a warm light, turning into a 'little lightbulb'.
"Thank you~"
Cynthia reached out and rubbed the little guy's head.
"Tini~"
Victini happily wiggled his little butt, drawing a round of rubbing from Will.
The three chatted while advancing.
Soon found the path leading to the second floor above ground.
However, just as Will stepped onto the stairs, he suddenly felt a soul-stirring powerful aura coming from underground.
Without a doubt.
It's Regigigas.
"Why did that guy suddenly wake up?"
A look of doubt appeared on Will's face, but he didn't panic.
Regigigas's Aura was still very stable, not looking like it was woken up by noise, and currently it was in a dazed state of just waking up, probably the 'Slow Start' Ability acting up.
Might just open its eyes casually and go back to sleep later.
"Regigigas?"
"Mm, maybe startled awake by Victini's aura; should go back to sleep in a bit."
Will nodded, not caring much, and continued walking up.
Nothing to care about.
He is a Champion-level Pokémon now at any rate.
Of course.
The most crucial thing is that he can Mega Evolve and brought Victini by his side.
Had conducted tests before.
With Victini's enhancement, his current level can reach around Lv. 88.
Although enhancement to this level is very unstable nowadays, relying on the experience of dealing with these Legendary beasts over so many years, he has the confidence to butt heads with Regigigas for a short time.
At least fighting for enough time to let everyone nearby evacuate and escape is definitely no problem.
Moreover.
Before Regigigas is fully activated, it's still relatively useless.
Belongs to the kind with chaotic consciousness, dizzy head and blurred vision, and slow reaction; absolutely at the bottom tier of major Legendary beasts, might even take a beating from some Mythical beasts.
Hasn't activated for thousands of years.
Starting up now, who knows how long it will take.
Might even be possible to take half a year to start up.
"Tini, tini!"
Smack, smack, smack!
Victini flew over and used Double Slap (continuous slaps) on Will's chest.
Why would that whatever-it-is wake up because of him?
He has completely never seen that whatever-it-is.
Maybe it's because of Will!
With Will's Aura Power, how many Legendary and Mythical beasts has it attracted along the way; doesn't he know it in his own heart?
"Hehehe, alright, don't be angry, Lucario is just teasing you."
Cynthia hugged the temperamental Victini back.
Hearing Will say that.
She didn't panic either.
Continued walking up.
If the Sinnoh League knew this, they would probably kneel on the ground and shout 'Great Auntie, please be nervous for a second'.
That legendary colossus below is about to wake up.
And you guys are still leisurely strolling through the ruins here?
Arriving at the second floor.
"Why are there so many big rocks?"
Cynthia swept a glance at the bizarre scene in front of her, couldn't help frowning.
The second floor of the Snowpoint Temple was filled with huge rocks of various shapes and sizes.
If there's any similarity, it's probably that the material is the same, looking like the same kind of rock.
"The properties of these rocks should be relatively special, able to preserve text or pictures for a longer time. People thousands of years ago probably specially moved these rocks here."
Will walked to a rock and grabbed a handful, feeling the texture and saying a sentence.
As a Pokémon who had traveled through the Magical Beast Era twice.
He still has some understanding of these things.
There weren't many means to preserve information for a long time in ancient times; using items made of special materials to record information is considered one kind.
"Let me see, mm, text from about four thousand years ago, truly ancient."
Cynthia stood in front of a huge rock and observed carefully.
She was deeply afraid of ruining these big treasures.
On the other side.
Will, who can also be considered half a paleographer now, similarly stood quietly beside a huge rock looking at it.
Unfortunately.
His paleography study wasn't thorough enough.
Could only barely recognize a portion of the characters.
Roughly it was:
Meteorite.
Shatter.
Tow.
Colossus.
"Mm... A meteorite fell from the sky, smashing the entire continent into pieces, and then they were towed to various parts of the world by Regigigas?"
Will pursed his lips.
Although there weren't many words he could recognize, he could still guess the specific story based on these vocabulary words.
Especially...
These ancient humans were very considerate, drawing relatively abstract stick figures next to the text.
Although these drawings were distorted by age and looked like the drawings of a three-year-old child.
Will could still see the splitting of the continents and Regigigas on them.
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