Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 219 Zygarde felt he had never been so humiliated in his entire life.

As time went by, a rich aroma filled the air.

One dish after another was served on the table.

Garlic fish fillets, salt and pepper shrimp, sweet and sour pork ribs, dry-fried potatoes, stir-fried lotus root shoots...

Before long, the entire table was filled with food, and in the very center of the table was a large bowl of rice.

Lucario took off his apron and looked at the table full of fragrant food, somewhat incredulous that he had participated in its preparation.

Although its participation is only a small part.

As Ange untied his apron, he walked over to Lucario and asked:

"So, what are your thoughts on cooking a meal yourself?"

"Luca~ Luca~"

Lucario felt a great sense of accomplishment, and perhaps it had even developed a taste for cooking.

"Alright, everyone, let's eat!"

Upon hearing this, the Pokémon cheered and gathered around the table.

As the night fell, the Flying Dragon soaring through the sky watched An Jie and her group having a lively meal below, its mouth watering so much it felt like it was about to drool.

"Awoo~ Awoo~" Finally, it couldn't resist and swooped down.

Z2, sitting on its back, was startled by its movements.

"Salamander, what are you doing?" Z2 shouted.

"Awoo~ Awoo~" I want to eat something delicious!

"The Flying Dragon cried out urgently."

"Stop, stop! You stop right now!" Z2 said angrily. It couldn't let any human discover that it was following him!

However, the Salamence did not listen to it.

Anjie, who was eating, suddenly looked up, glanced around twice, and asked:

Did you hear anything?

Diancie looked up in confusion. "Really?"

No sooner had it finished speaking than a dark shadow descended from the sky, crashing to the ground with a thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Awoo~~" The Flying Dragon roared to the sky.

Salamence's movements were so large that Z2 was thrown off balance and, by sheer coincidence, landed on the table in front of Angel.

*Thud* Z2 landed face-first. It felt like it had never been so humiliated in its life, so after falling in front of Anjie, it simply lay still and pretended to be dead.

"Zigelder?" Angie asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?"

Z2 lay on the ground, utterly dejected, and did not respond to Anjie's questions.

Who is Zygarde? I don't know him. I'm just an unknown wild Pokémon. Please don't bother me.

Ange was already used to Ziegler's indifferent attitude.

Although I don't know why it's here, I guess it has nothing to do with him.

"I really liked the dragon scales you gave me last time, thank you."

Z2 remained motionless, lying there.

So Anjie extended an invitation: "Would you like to grab something to eat together?"

Upon hearing this, Z2 stuck out its butt.

Seeing this, Anjie laughed and said, "Looks like you want to eat it."

So Anjie took a plate, filled a bowl with rice for Z2, and added a lot of vegetables to it.

"Eat quickly."

Z2 wiggled its butt and silently buried its head in its food.

Then Anjie looked at the Salamence that was staring longingly at them from a distance.

"Hey Salamence over there, are you with Zygarde? Want to grab some too?"

"Awoo~~" The Salamence had been waiting for Anjie's words, and immediately flapped its wings, swung its tail, and ran quickly to Anjie's side.

Seeing its eagerness, Anjie thought: It must be very hungry.

"Here's your serving."

He then took out a large rice bowl, filled it with rice, and then added some of each kind of dish.

He then moved the food bowl next to the Salamence and said, "Come on, eat quickly, you must be starving."

"Awoo~~" The Salamence nodded vigorously, then lowered its head and began to feast.

The moment the rice and dishes entered its mouth, the Salamence felt that it had no regrets in this life; it even regretted not coming down sooner.

The food was even more delicious than it had imagined. Luckily, it hadn't listened to Zygarde, or it would have regretted missing out on such a delicacy for the rest of its life!

The unexpected arrival of the Zygarde Core and the Salamence caused a minor ripple, but dinner proceeded pleasantly anyway.

After dinner, the desert temperature plummeted, so Angel put on the shirt that Diancie had knitted for him again and snuggled into the tent with the Pokémon once more.

Before going in, Anjie extended another invitation to Z2.

This time, Z2 did not refuse.

Having already seen all the more embarrassing moments, it decided to give up and do whatever it wanted.

Besides, it's really cold in the desert at night, and a Pokémon that's four times weak to Ice is indeed afraid of the cold.

So Zygarde took the Salamence and went into Ange's tent.

Inside the small tent, the enormous Salamence folded its wings, curled up its body, and formed an open U-shape.

Anjie and the others wrapped themselves in blankets and huddled inside the U-shape, while Nianmeilong and the two Nianmei'er curled up on the opposite side.

They felt warmth, and so did the Salamence.

Like Zygarde, Salamence is four times weak to ice. These past two days, it has been spending nights in the desert with Zygarde, and it has been quite cold.

Z2's small body can hide under its wings to keep warm, but it doesn't have many ways to keep warm.

It's finally warmer today.

Because it was so comfortable, the Salamence soon became drowsy.

Tonight, Anjie continues to tell us his adapted mythological Pokémon stories.

After Anjie finished speaking, everyone gradually went to sleep.

When Angel woke up the next morning, he thought that Zygarde had left, but to his surprise, he had not.

After having breakfast together, everyone continued their journey towards the desert city.

While Ange and his friends were rushing back to Desert City, Ash and his group also traveled to the vicinity of Desert City.

They were currently resting temporarily in an elf center located in the desert.

There was a swimming pool in the backyard of the Pokémon Center, so Ash took Pikachu swimming in the pool.

At this moment, Serena arrived at the poolside with the donuts she had made and greeted everyone:

"The donuts are here! Everyone come and eat!"

"Coming! Coming!" Ash quickly swam back to shore with Pikachu.

Yulijia's Dongdong Mouse, Citron's Halili Chestnut, and Serena's Mischievous Panda all cheered and came over.

"Everyone has some! Everyone has some!" Serena smiled and distributed the macarons to the Pokémon.

"Limo~ Limo~" Halili picked up a donut, took a big bite, and immediately squinted his eyes in happiness.

The other Pokémon also ate with great relish.

Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie sat around the table and ate together.

Ash and Pikachu each picked up a donut, took a bite in unison, and then shouted in unison:

"tasty!"

"Pikachu~" It's delicious!

Seeing this, Serena said, "Is it delicious?"

Ash and Pikachu nodded repeatedly.

"Delicious! Delicious!"

"Pikachu~ Pikachu~"

"Would you like to eat more donuts?" Serena asked.

Yurika was the first to speak up, "I want to eat it!"

Upon hearing this, Serena mysteriously took out the navigation system.

"Look at this!"

The navigation showed a city full of skyscrapers.

"Where is this?" Citron asked, puzzled.

Serena replied, "This is Desert City, not far from here. Their specialty is donuts! If we go there, we can eat even more and better donuts."

"Not only that, this city also has tourist attractions related to Mythical Pokémon~~"

"Mythical Pokémon?" Ash perked up at the mention of that, asking excitedly, "Is it the same kind of Mythical Pokémon as Diancie and Magearna in Mr. Angel's house?"

Serena shook her head and said, "Then I don't know."

Just as they were having a lively conversation, a golden halo quietly appeared above the donut, and then a small hand reached out from inside and quickly took the donut away.

Meanwhile, Halili Chestnut, who was enjoying his donut with a blissful expression, didn't notice that his last donut was quietly stolen by a suddenly appearing halo.

Instead, a tomato was placed in the rice bowl.

After finishing the donut in his hand, Hali Li grabbed a tomato and stuffed it into his mouth without looking back, immediately feeling the spiciness and exhaling flames.

"Limo~Limo~~"

Chespin's scream caught Ash's and his friends' attention.

"Hali Li, what's wrong?" Citron asked anxiously.

"Hari Chestnut used Flamethrower!" Yurika exclaimed in surprise.

"That's impossible," Citron retorted.

Serena keenly noticed the half-eaten eggplant that Halil had thrown on the ground.

"It's a tomato!" she said, immediately pouring a glass of water for Halilili.

Halili gulped down every last drop of water, and only then did he feel a little better.

Just then, another halo appeared above the table behind Ash and his friends, and a small hand reached out from it, intending to steal the donuts again.

The perceptive Pikachu noticed the commotion and quickly jumped onto the table, grabbing the thieving little hand.

"Pikachu~ Pikachu~"

Ash heard Pikachu's cry for help and turned around to see Pikachu and that hand pulling at each other.

"Pikachu!" he shouted, and quickly grabbed Pikachu and pulled it back.

But the hand was too strong, and it pulled Pikachu and Ash into the light circle together.

Serena, Bonnie, Clemont, and several Pokémon stared in disbelief at the spot where Ash, Pikachu, and the light circle had disappeared together.

The creator of the light circle was initially delighted to be able to eat donuts again, but unexpectedly, Pikachu and Ash fell out of the light circle together.

It was dumbfounded.

However, it quickly recovered from the shock.

"Where is this really?" Ash stared blankly at the golden collar that had brought him here. The light from the collar had disappeared, and the passage connecting him to where he came from had also vanished.

The owner of the aura suddenly appeared opposite Ash.

"Were you scared? Hehehe~~" It covered its mouth and smugly smiled.

Wow~~

"Pikachu~"

Ash and Pikachu were startled by the sudden appearance of the face.

"That scared me to death," Ash said.

Appearing in front of Ash was a scorpion-shaped Pokémon with bull horns, holding a gold collar, and with pink braids on its head. It floated around in the air and was very cute.

"Who are you?" Ash asked.

The Pokémon proudly introduced itself: "Hoopa!"

"Hoopa?" Ash was a little confused. "Is it a Pokémon?"

Just then, Pikachu tugged at Ash's ear in shock. Ash realized that he had arrived at the place Serena had shown him earlier—near Desert City.

He ran to Hoopa in shock, pointing to its gold collar and asking, "Did this thing bring us here?"

"That's right!" Hoopa patted his chest proudly. "Isn't Hoopa amazing?"

Xiao Zhi nodded. "Awesome!"

"Hupa, amazing! Hupa, amazing!" Hupa floated excitedly in the air upon hearing this.

While Ash and Hoopa were talking, Hoopa's companion arrived—a black-haired girl dressed in strange white clothes.

She identifies herself as Mayali, the caretaker of Hopa, who grew up with Hopa and is currently traveling with her.

After getting to know Ash and Pikachu, Hoopa used its golden collar to teleport Clemont, Serena, and Bonnie from the desert Pokémon Center.

Hoopa's special ability is to teleport using a gold necklace.

After learning about Hoopa and its abilities, Citron and his companions were equally taken aback.

There are such amazing Pokémon in the world.

Upon learning that Ash and his friends were also headed to Desert City, Mayari exclaimed in surprise, "What a coincidence! We are too!"

"Then let's travel together," Serena suggested.

"Okay!" Mayali readily agreed.

Yurika said excitedly, "Then let's go through Hoopa's circles! That way we won't have to walk so far."

Although the desert city is right in front of us, it's still quite a distance away.

"No problem, leave it to Hoopa!" Hoopa readily agreed and used the gold necklace to open a spatial passage to the desert city.

Serena, Bonnie, and the others led their Pokémon one by one through collars to a plaza in Desert City.

However, when it came to Hoopa itself, it was unable to pass through the spatial passage it had constructed, no matter what it did.

Mayali then slapped her forehead and said, "How could I forget the crucial thing? Hoopa can't get through its own collar."

"Huh? How could this happen?" Yurika exclaimed in disappointment.

Serena and the others returned through the collar and smiled reassuring Hoopa, "In that case, let's walk there!"

Just as everyone unanimously decided to hike to Desert City, Hoopa suddenly seemed to sense something, and his expression turned terrified.

Meanwhile, Anjay was riding her Psychic Rumblebee at full speed toward Ash and his friends' location.

Mayali and the others were in a pavilion when, just as Hoopa was feeling uneasy, a cry rang out from the sky.

Mayali seemed to realize something, so she quickly walked outside the pavilion and looked up at the sky.

A mighty eagle was seen descending rapidly from the sky, with a person riding on its back.

If Ange were here now, he would definitely recognize him as Balza, whom he had met in the desert.

But at this moment, Balza seemed to be acting strangely. His eyes were flashing with an eerie red light, and his gaze was vacant.

Seeing Balza dismount from the back of the Warrior Eagle, Mayali shouted with delight:

"Brother, you're back! Did you find the Jar of Punishment?"

However, Balza did not answer Mayari's question. Instead, he raised his right hand, holding the very pot of punishment that Mayari had mentioned.

Hoopa screamed in terror the moment she saw the Jar of Punishment.

"How terrifying! How terrifying!!! Hoopa is going to be eaten!"

Mayali asked, puzzled, "Hoopa, what are you talking about? Didn't we come out here to find the Judgment Jar to help you regain your power?"

However, Hoopa kept shaking her head, "No, Hoopa, no, it's too scary!"

However, just as Mayari and Hoopa were talking, Balza had already aimed the Judgment Pot at Hoopa.

The lid of the Judgment Jar resembles Hoopa's head. When it is pointed at Hoopa, the eyes of that head flash red, and Hoopa instantly finds himself unable to move.

"No! No!"

To Hoopa's horror, Balzac opened the Jar of Punishment. Immediately, a cloud of dark red smoke drifted out of the jar, heading straight for Hoopa and enveloping her within it.

A look of struggle flashed across Hoopa's face, but he was immediately controlled by that power, and his expression turned ferocious.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, Hoopadi's size rapidly increased, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a completely different appearance.

Moreover, its temperament has also undergone a tremendous change.

"Hoopa! Hoopa has become stronger! This is the power! Hoopa is strong!"

Hoopa, now looking different, shouted as if venting his frustration.

Citron stared blankly at the giant Hoopa flying in the air and said, "Is this evolution?"

At this point, Mayari was unaware of the seriousness of the situation; she was overjoyed that Hoopa had returned to his original form.

"This isn't evolution; this is Hoopa's original form!"

"The original form?" Ash and his friends asked in surprise.

"She does seem really strong!" Yurika said.

At the same time, An Jie, who was on his way, suddenly received a system notification. When he opened the system, he found that a new task had appeared on his taskbar.

[Urgent Mission] Help Desert City overcome the crisis caused by the liberation of Hoopa - To be completed.

It turns out that Hoopa has two forms.

One form is its adorable appearance when it first met Ash and his friends, known as its Punishment Form, which is the form it took after being sealed away for doing something wrong.

Another form is the liberated form, which is the form it takes when its power is released from the pot of punishment; it is also its original form.

Hoopa was indeed, just as Ange had guessed, a Pokémon that brought both wealth and disaster to Desert City a hundred years ago.

It was thus sealed away, its power stored in the Jar of Punishment.

Hoopa's original power was sealed in the Jar of Punishment for a hundred years, which caused it to develop resentment. It controlled Balza, who came looking for it, and Balza led it to the Punishment of Hoopa.

Its current purpose is to replace the Punishing Hoopa and become the real Hoopa.

Hoopa was sealed away because of its mischief, so now that it has regained its freedom with resentment, it will undoubtedly cause even greater disasters.

Anjie was completely bewildered by this sudden mission. Why did Hoopa suddenly appear and cause trouble?

Left with no other choice, he could only say to Super Ostrich, "Super Ostrich, speed up!"

"Ace~"

Super Powerful Ostrich responded, then suddenly accelerated, instantly transforming into a shooting star and shooting away.

"Ahhhhh~~~"

Anjie was bewildered in the wind.

(End of this chapter)