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

Chapter 251 Terrifying Monsters

Angel was momentarily stunned by Flareon's words.

Monsters? How could there be monsters on the Nibel Plateau?

"Pfft~ Pfft~" Flareon rushed to Ange's side, anxiously biting Ange's trouser leg with its mouth and dragging him in one direction.

Seeing this, An Jie had no choice but to say, "Alright, I'll go take a look right now!"

At this moment, Angel was still unaware of the seriousness of the situation. Urged on by Flareon, he quickly followed behind Flareon.

Seeing this, Snorlax and Dual Blades quickly followed.

When Anjie arrived near the two large trees on the north side of the grassland, he was stunned by the sight before him.

Beneath the large tree, in the ground, were brown, root-like tentacles writhing and thrashing about.

But Anjie knew it couldn't possibly be a tree root, because he sensed a chaotic and unknown power emanating from it.

This force is definitely ominous!

At this moment, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Goat, Lamb, and Miltank gathered near the tentacles, looking at the thing with panic.

The moment Anjie arrived, one of the tentacles reached out towards one of the riding lambs, swiftly lifting it up and into the air.

"Meow~ Meow~"

The little lamb was terrified and bleated loudly as tentacles tightened around it, causing it great pain.

The mountain goats were heartbroken to see their little lambs suffering.

Some of the riding goats quickly activated their leaf blades, attempting to sever the tentacle.

Another group of riding goats used vine whips to quickly pull the riding lambs back, preventing them from being injured or carried away by the tentacles.

However, when the flying blades of the riding goats struck the tentacles, it was as if they were hitting steel; they caused no damage whatsoever and were instead all deflected.

Anjie immediately shouted towards the twin scabbards, "Twin scabbards, Holy Sword!"

As An Jie finished speaking, the blades of the twin scabbards, gleaming with a cold light, sliced ​​through the air and severed the tentacle in one strike.

Seeing this, An Jie breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that he could handle it.

The rescued lamb was pulled to their side by the other goats using vine whips.

"Meow~ Meow~~"

The riding goats bleated in unison, signaling the riding lambs to retreat quickly, while simultaneously launching an attack on the tentacles.

Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, and Miltank quickly stepped in to help.

There were many tentacles. The one that was severed by the double sword sheaths turned into black and red energy and disappeared after hitting the ground, but the rest were still baring their fangs and claws.

Dozens of tentacles twisted and turned, blocking the attacks of the Pokémon while simultaneously launching a counterattack against them.

Thick, long tentacles wrapped around the Pokémon, who, upon seeing this, forgot all about attacking and scattered in alarm.

Mount Goat and Miltank are, after all, production-type Pokémon. They haven't trained much, so their strength is average and they don't have much combat experience.

"Yo-yo~~" The twin scabbards swung their blades continuously, severing a tentacle with each flash of cold light.

The little Snorlax wasn't idle either; it swung its fists, which were filled with cold air, and each time it slammed down, it could freeze a tentacle into an ice sculpture.

There were even tentacles attacking Anjie.

Anjie activated his waveguide power, and an invisible force burst forth from his palm, instantly shattering the attacking tentacles into dust.

This was a move that Angel developed himself, but he only realized later, after Lucario and Riolu arrived, that this move was essentially based on the same principle as skill power generation.

Anjie and his two companions fought with increasing ferocity, but with so many tentacles, they soon found themselves stretched thin.

The goats wanted to help, but Ange stopped them, as they were no match for the tentacles.

Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon are the only ones that can be of some help.

"Go find the tree-pillow bears and their companions for help!" Angie shouted to his goats.

Upon hearing this, the goats that were riding them hurriedly ran away.

Before long, Latias Latios descended from the sky, sweeping out two dragon waves, instantly obliterating the tentacles in the explosion.

Immediately afterwards, the tree-pillow bear descended from the sky with its tree pillow in its arms and rode on Latios's back.

The tree-pillow koala swung its tree pillow, and ice blades appeared, instantly slicing the tentacles to pieces.

This is the Ice Spin skill.

With the help of Latios, Latias, and the Komaru, Angel and his companions were greatly relieved of their pressure.

"Screech~~" A moment later, with a cry, Yveltal appeared above the tentacles. It opened its mouth and spewed out a wave of evil energy, instantly destroying countless tentacles.

Then a silver beam of light shot from afar, and countless tentacles were annihilated in the process.

This time, it was naturally Xerneas who came.

As time went by, all the tentacles were eventually destroyed, leaving only a charred ruin.

Anjie frowned as she looked at the charred area, breathing slightly heavily. "What is this? Where did it come from? It's amazing!"

Xernias walked to Ange's right and shook his head, saying, "I don't know him either."

Yveltal landed to Angel's left and shook his head as well.

Ange looked up at Latias and Latios and asked, "Do you know?"

"Waaah~"

"Waaah~"

The brother and sister both shook their heads.

At this moment, Ange noticed that Xerneas looked thoughtful, so she asked, "Xerneas, have you thought of something?"

Xerneas hesitated for a moment before replying, "I vaguely sensed Zygarde's power from those tentacles!"

"Zygard?" Ange exclaimed in shock, "How could this be!"

Xerneas looked at Yveltal and asked, "Yveltal, what do you think?"

Yveltal is Xerneas's nickname for Yveltal, and Xerneas only started calling him that after they started living together.

"Screech~~" Yveltal nodded to Xerneas.

Xerneas said, "It seems my intuition was correct."

"Zigelder... how could this be..." Ange muttered to himself.

Xerneas added, "I suspect something might have happened to Zygarde. The appearance of these tentacles may be due to the ecological imbalance in the Carlos region."

An Jie looked shocked upon hearing this.

Suddenly, a thought struck him: "If we want to know about Zygarde, why don't we just ask Little Softie?"

The softy one is the Zygarde Core that follows Ash and his friends.

"Let's go home first!" he said, leading all the Pokémon home.

Once home, Anjie immediately dialed Xiaozhi's number.

"Hello, Mr. Anjie!" Xiaozhi's voice came quickly from the other end of the phone. "Why did you suddenly decide to call me?"

Anjie said, "I have something I want to ask Xiaoruan, is it here?"

"Looking for Little Softie?" Xiao Zhi looked surprised, then replied, "Yes! I'll call it!"

Immediately afterward, Angie heard Ash call out, "Boricard, where's Squirrel? Mr. Angie needs to speak with it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Anjie saw Yulijia running over with Xiaoruan in her arms on the other side of the screen.

"Mr. Anjie, are you looking for Xiaoruan?"

As she spoke, she held the device up to the screen.

"Gurgle~~" Little Soft twisted its body uncomfortably a couple of times.

Anjie didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "Little Softie, do you know the current situation of the other Zygarde core?"

"Gurgle~~" Little Soft didn't expect that An Jie would ask about this.

Seeing that Xiao Ruan remained silent, An Jie said, "Even you don't know?"

Just then, Xiao Ruan spoke up: "Gurgle~~" I've lost contact with Z2 for quite some time now!

"Does Z2 refer to another Zygarde core?" Ange asked.

Little Soft nodded.

"It seems Z2 really did run into trouble!" Anjie said with a furrowed brow.

Little Soft said, "Gurgle~" That's what I thought too.

Yurika doesn't understand Pokémon language. Seeing Angel and Squirrel talking to each other, she stared at them with her big round eyes and asked:

"What are you talking about?"

Ash, Clemont, and Serena also curiously came over.

So Angel told Ash and his friends about the appearance of the black tentacles and his suspicion that something had happened to the other Zygarde core.

After hearing Anjie's words, Xiaozhi exclaimed, "Ah! Um, we've encountered that before!"

Hitterlon and the others nodded in agreement.

"You've also encountered black tentacles?" Anjie asked in surprise.

"Mmm~~" Ash nodded repeatedly, "We've encountered this several times! So it's related to Zygarde?"

Ange nodded: "Zigelder maintains the ecological balance of Carlos; if something happens to it, Carlos's ecosystem will inevitably suffer!"

Yulijia looked at Xiaoruan and said, "Xiaoruan, why didn't you tell us about this sooner?"

Xiaoruan: Do you understand what I'm saying?

At this moment, Ash said again, "The Zygarde Core thing is definitely related to Team Flare!"

They have repeatedly stumbled upon Team Flare's attempts to capture Zygarde's core, and they have even attacked the small minions.

To be precise, Slim met Ash and his friends while being chased by Team Flare.

"It seems Team Flare has succeeded after all!" Clifton said with a worried expression.

"Team Flame..." Anger muttered, though he had long suspected that Team Flame was involved.

"Mr. Anger also knows about Team Flare?" Serena asked in surprise.

Anjie nodded and said, "I know a little."

"What are we going to do! Little Soft's partner has been captured. Will Team Flare hurt it?!" Yurika was extremely anxious.

"Let's go rescue Little Soft's friends!" Ash said confidently.

Anjie countered, "Do you know where Team Flare's base is? And do you know where Little Soft's companions were taken?"

"Ah...this..." Ash was stumped by the question.

Anjie smiled and said, "Leave this matter to the league. You can continue to focus on the league tournament."

"Okay... alright!" Ash replied.

After hanging up with Ash and the others, Ange thought for a moment and then dialed Steven's number.

Although he should have contacted Carlos about Carlos, he did indeed have Carlos's contact information.

To be honest, he wasn't that close to Karuno, and he was a little embarrassed to call her.

The call was quickly connected, and Daigo's image appeared on the projector in front of Anjie. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be handling official business.

Daigo truly lives up to his reputation as the Crazy Stone Man; even the shelves in his office are filled with all sorts of stone ornaments.

Ange and Daigo still keep in touch occasionally, so Daigo wasn't surprised when Ange called.

"Anjie, did you call to inquire about that stone? I'm still studying it, and it will probably take some time to investigate it thoroughly!"

The stone Daigo was talking about was the unknown fossil that Ange had dug up in Guxiang Town.

Anjie shook her head and said, "I have something else to discuss with you."

"Something else?" Daigo asked, looking puzzled.

"Do you know Team Flare?" Anger asked.

Daigo nodded. "I know a little about them. They're an organization that's been active in the Carlos region lately. They often cause trouble, but so far they don't seem to have caused any major incidents."

Anjie said, "That's only temporary."

Upon hearing this, Daigo instinctively sat up straight. "What do you mean? Do you know something?"

Ange replied to Daigo, "Xerneas told me that something happened to the Zygarde Core, and the culprit might be Team Flare!"

"Something happened to the Zygarde Core?" Daigo jumped up, and his face disappeared from the screen in front of Angel, leaving only his waist.

He then sat down again. "What's the basis for your claim?"

So Angel told Steven about how he and Ash encountered tentacles and how Ash and his friends repeatedly witnessed Team Flare capturing Zygarde's core.

Steven and Ash are quite familiar with each other, so naturally they don't doubt Angel's words.

Ange: "Zygarde has two cores, one of which is with Ash and his friends. The two cores could originally communicate with each other, but recently the one with Ash and his friends suddenly lost contact with the other one, and not long after, tentacles appeared..."

As Ange recounted his story, Daigo's expression grew increasingly grave.

After a long pause, Daigo said, "I will contact the Carlos League as soon as possible and then begin investigating Team Flare."

Anjay added, "Regarding the investigation of Team Flare, I can provide an important lead."

"What clue? Tell me quickly!" Daigo pressed.

Ange said, "Vladali, you know Vladali, right?"

Daigo nodded.

Of course, Vladali knew that the famous entrepreneur and philanthropist in the Carlos region had developed communication technology that was so advanced that even his own Devon company couldn't match it.

Moreover, he also had dealings with Vladali.

They had once explored an ancient site together, which he and Vladali had found based on ancient wooden slips, and coincidentally, he and Vladali jointly possessed a portion of those slips.

According to the wooden slip, the ruins required two keystones to open, so he and Alain used the keystones to open the ruins and then summoned a legendary megalith.

This giant rock is said to be the source of mega-evolution!

Later, this giant rock even attracted the legendary Pokémon Rayquaza, and resonated with Rayquaza, causing Rayquaza to Mega Evolve.

He fought against Alain and Rayquaza, but was ultimately defeated. Fortunately, Rayquaza flew away on its own.

Later, the megalith was taken away by Vladali for research.

Daigo felt that the technology from the Vladari side was more advantageous for studying the giant stone, so he did not object to the Vladari taking the giant stone away.

Daigo told Angel how he met Vladari.

After listening, Ange stared intently at Daigo and said, "What if I told you that Vladari is actually the leader of Team Flare?"

(End of this chapter)