Chapter 682: In Places Unseen, Watching Over and Helping Each Other
Advancing a thousand years forward in the League Era.
Rota Kingdom.
Cameran Palace.
"Sister! The Earth Kingdom has raised its army, war is unavoidable!"
Nineteen-year-old Queen Ilene ran to the study to find her sister Cynthia the moment she received the news.
"Yes, I know."
Cynthia put down the pen in her hand and quietly nodded.
She stood up from her seat, walked to the window, and looked at the distant sky, sighing softly.
What a cruel era.
Now thirty-five years old, she already felt somewhat inadequate when doing many things in her daily life.
Just like right now.
After only sitting for a day.
Cynthia felt her lower back start to ache and hurt.
In the past.
With her constitution.
Sitting for a whole day and night would not have been a problem.
"Sister, what should we do?"
Ilene hurried over and hugged her.
The previous queen sacrificed herself on the battlefield, and the young Ilene was forced to take the throne urgently.
Even though she had been trained as the next queen since she was a child.
Ilene, who only had theory and no practical experience, found this position incredibly difficult.
She was already flustered handling various domestic affairs.
Not to mention the Earth Kingdom eyeing them from the south, aiming to unify the entire Kanto region.
Sir Aaron and the other Aura Guardians.
Could help Ilene share some of the pressure.
But their considerations ultimately came from the perspective of 'Knights' and 'Aura Guardians'.
Some suggestions...
Were too naive.
For example, trying to persuade Giovanni to stop the war of aggression with words...
That would be worse than having Cynthia take her Garchomp, fly over, and assassinate him. At least that could delay things for a while.
But that was ultimately treating the symptoms, not the root cause.
Once the Earth Kingdom recovered its vitality, it would eventually raise its army again.
Even if the Earth Kingdom was destroyed.
Other kingdoms would still arise and march towards the Rota Kingdom.
Especially given the Rota Kingdom's location.
Connecting Sinnoh to the north and Johto to the west, located in the northwestern part of Kanto.
It could be called the intersection of three major regions.
Normally obscured and not easily discovered by other kingdoms.
But as long as kingdoms in other regions had plans for external aggression, their eyes would first fall on the Rota Kingdom's location.
Cynthia had no intention of helping the Rota Kingdom unify the continent.
One point was that it was hard to achieve.
Even if she was a Champion.
She couldn't make Garchomp and the others fight ten thousand enemies alone on the battlefield.
Another point.
Ilene didn't have the ability or the mindset.
Just the tiny territory of the Rota Kingdom already made Ilene flustered, needing to ask Cynthia for help just to fight a war, let alone an entire region or even a whole continent.
Combining this with the history of various kingdoms she had read in the past.
If she forcefully led the Rota Kingdom to unify the continent.
Then Ilene's final outcome would probably be quite miserable.
"..."
Cynthia remained silent.
She was thinking of a countermeasure.
A countermeasure that could at least allow Cameran Palace to continue to exist.
"Sir Aaron suggested that he lead the other Aura Guardians to the battlefield and use Aura power to calm the anger of the magical beasts."
"That's impossible."
Cynthia shook her head.
The Aura unit she had pulled together for the Rota Kingdom was actually very impressive.
There were five people in total, and counting their Pokémon partners, the number reached ten.
But...
Trying to use the power of these mere ten Aura Guardians to calm the anger of thousands of magical beasts in the two armies?
It was somewhat whimsical.
To put it bluntly.
The combined Aura power of these ten Aura Guardians couldn't even match her Lucario.
Yet even her Lucario couldn't achieve this.
At this moment.
Cynthia pinched her chin and lowered her head again.
"But it seems history really recorded it this way..."
When she and Kazuya first went to Cameran Palace and conversed with Queen Ilene of that time, the other party had mentioned this matter.
Saying that in the historical records of the Rota Kingdom.
It was Sir Aaron and a few Aura Guardians who mediated this war.
Was that possible?
Cynthia recalled what Ilene just said.
She shook her head firmly.
Impossible.
The actual situation was definitely not that simple.
For the war to stop, some unexpected situation must have occurred.
Right at this moment.
Cynthia raised her head again, her gaze fixing on the 'Tree of Beginning' in the distance, and her pupils suddenly lit up:
"I got it!"
"What is it?"
Ilene quickly leaned closer.
"I have a plan, but I need some time. Have the Aura unit lead the army to the plains to defend immediately.
You must hold out until I return."
Cynthia turned to look at Ilene and said solemnly.
"Mhm!"
Ilene nodded vigorously.
The person she trusted most was Sir Aaron, whom she grew up with.
But.
When it came to ability, the person she trusted most was her sister Cynthia.
Therefore.
After Cynthia gave the instruction.
Ilene immediately executed it like a Pokémon, running off to give orders to Sir Aaron and the others.
On this side.
Cynthia leaped out the window, called out Garchomp, and pointed towards the distant Tree of Beginning:
"Let's go."
"Gawuu."
Garchomp nodded and sped away.
The distance between Cameran Palace and the Tree of Beginning wasn't far to begin with.
With Garchomp's speed.
They arrived in barely less than ten minutes.
Cynthia and Garchomp plunged headlong into the Tree of Beginning.
This wasn't her first time here.
In the past League Era, she had spent some time researching the internal ecological environment out of curiosity.
And this was exactly what amazed Cynthia.
A thousand years.
And the interior of this World Tree hadn't changed in the slightest.
The environment was almost exactly the same, and even the Pokémon living here were similar.
She didn't waste time and energy on these things.
She immediately started looking for her target—the Dragon God's Horn.
She remembered Queen Ilene once saying.
The Dragon God's Horn was inside the World Tree, constantly suppressing the Pokémon there. Any Pokémon that entered a certain area around the Dragon God's Horn could not muster any thoughts of battle.
At the same time.
In the past Viridian Hospital incident.
Team Rocket also confirmed the effect of the Dragon God's Horn.
From Kazuya, Cynthia learned that any Pokémon below the Champion level had no resistance to the Dragon God's Horn.
Only Pokémon at the Champion level or above.
Could move freely within the suppression range of the Dragon God's Horn.
Therefore.
The Dragon God's Horn.
Was the key to mediating the war between the two armies and ensuring the continuous survival of Cameran Palace!
Finding the Dragon God's Horn was also very simple.
She just needed to find the three Legendary Titans guarding it!
Cynthia remembered very clearly that when the Dragon God's Horn disappeared, the three Legendary Titans immediately went berserk and left the World Tree to search for it everywhere.
Finding the three Legendary Titans wasn't a simple task.
The interior of the Tree of Beginning was massive and intricately complex.
Even if Cynthia could guess the three Legendary Titans must be located in the uppermost part, finding them wouldn't be easy and would definitely take some time.
This was also why she told Ilene to hold out until she returned.
Fortunately.
While Cynthia was looking for the three Legendary Titans.
The three Legendary Titans were also looking for Cynthia, the intruder.
As long as it wasn't a Pokémon.
Anyone entering the interior of the Tree of Beginning would be treated as an intruder and expelled by the three Legendary Titans.
This was the same whether in the previous world or this world.
However.
"Regi..."
When the Rock Peak Pokémon Regirock stood in front of Cynthia, it scratched its head in confusion.
This woman.
Had a faint aura about her.
That aura...
Was somewhat similar to the Dragon God's Horn.
This made Regirock unsure for a moment whether to expel her or not.
Standing opposite, Cynthia didn't know this, and was still explaining her purpose:
"Regirock, I'm sorry to bother you, but I need to borrow the Dragon God's Horn. I promise to return it before dark..."
It would have been better if Cynthia hadn't explained.
Once she explained, Regirock exploded.
She wanted to take the Dragon God's Horn away?!
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
The underlying code implemented by Regigigas when creating Regirock activated—Guard the Dragon God's Horn!
"Regi!"
Regirock raised its arms and aimed at Cynthia.
Golden energy gathered in front of its arms.
The next moment.
Swoosh!
A golden beam shot out fiercely.
Zap Cannon!
Garchomp stepped forward and slapped away the Zap Cannon with one claw.
Immediately after, it crashed forward with a Dragon Rush.
Bang!
Regirock was sent flying backwards and embedded into the wall.
Before it could recover.
Garchomp rushed up with a Bulldoze and a Brick Break... Super effective x2!
Regirock, instantly 'killed'.
"I'm sorry."
After apologizing, Cynthia took Garchomp and headed in the direction Regirock came from.
While she was working hard on her end.
The two armies outside had already clashed.
The strength of the Rota Kingdom was still quite a bit inferior to the Earth Kingdom.
Sir Aaron and the Aura Guardians went around using Aura power to pacify the berserk magical beasts, but the effect was minimal, even non-existent!
This was only natural.
Without Mew to enhance the effect, and without Time Flowers to diffuse the Aura.
How could their Aura power pacify thousands of magical beasts on the battlefield?
Sir Aaron was unwilling to give up.
He could only lead everyone to stall for time as much as possible.
They believed Lady Cynthia would definitely have a plan!
Sir Aaron also saw that the Earth Kingdom was targeting them, the Aura Guardians. They probably wanted to eliminate Ilene's right and left-hand men.
Simply put.
Sir Aaron and a few Aura Guardians decided to play along with the enemy's scheme.
They lured a large group of Earth Kingdom forces into the forest.
Unfortunately.
Sir Aaron ultimately lacked the strength and was driven into a desperate situation.
Before approaching death.
He sealed Lucario in the staff he held, buried it securely, and went to face his death alone.
As long as peace could arrive...
He could gladly accept any outcome.
"Lady Cynthia, I leave Her Highness Ilene in your hands; Aura is with me."
When the battle entered a fever pitch.
Garchomp's figure appeared on the horizon.
A beautiful figure with beautiful blonde hair descended from the sky alongside it, holding high a black and blue dragon horn!
An invisible sense of oppression radiated in all directions.
The King of the World from ancient times, crossing tens of millions of years, still possessed unparalleled deterrence.
In an instant.
Every Pokémon on the battlefield trembled and bowed, retreating in terror like a receding tide.
A war capable of affecting the overall situation of Kanto was miraculously mediated by a single dragon horn just like that.
Right at this moment.
Sensing a call from her heart.
Cynthia hurriedly calmed her mind and responded with the power of Mega Evolution.
She didn't notice.
That the Dragon God's Horn in her hand was quietly emitting a faint blue light.
Even though they were in distant places, unable to see each other.
They could still follow the direction of their hearts and offer their full support.
After the war.
To protect the secret of the Dragon God's Horn.
And to remember Sir Aaron and the other heroes who died heroically.
Cynthia had Ilene record in history that it was Sir Aaron and the many Aura Guardians who mediated the war, to be passed down to future generations.
Ilene obediently did so.
However.
To thank Cynthia for her constant and full support.
She also overruled all objections.
And established Cynthia as the Crown Princess.
If she were to die one day in the future.
Then the first in line to the throne.
Would not be Ilene's daughter with royal blood.
But her sister Cynthia!
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