Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game

She also recounted what happened in the six months after her separation from Xia Chen.

She first visited [Battle Legend] Mastad on the Isle of Armor, and then, following his directions, went to the Crown Tundra, where many legendary spirits are said to reside—

Given Cynthia and her Pokémon's current strength, perhaps only challenging legendary Pokémon can bring them significant improvement.

And as she had hoped, she encountered legendary spirits deep within the desolate Crown Snowfield, a place almost no humans could reach, and all of them were legendary spirits she had never seen before.

"One of them is a strange firebird with an extremely evil aura, black feathers, and purple flames."

Recalling her encounter with it, Cynthia still felt lingering fear. "That thing was extremely hostile to humans... no, or rather, to other creatures. It would start a fierce battle the moment we met. Fortunately, it wasn't much stronger than the Moltres in Giovanni's hands. Garchomp and Lucario worked together to barely defeat it."

"That's already quite remarkable."

Xia Chen sincerely praised, "Other champions might have had no choice but to flee in defeat."

Cynthia chuckled, shook her head, and changed the subject, "This strange Moltres might be of the same origin as that flightless Zapdos from Rose last time."

Xia Chen shrugged. "Maybe."

He knew no more about the elves of Galar and Padia than Cynthia did.

Cynthia continued, "Later, I encountered a legendary Pokémon that was incredibly fast and covered in lightning. This guy seemed to be made of pure type energy and couldn't be communicated with. However, that battle helped Garchomp grow a lot."

Xia Chen nodded and analyzed, "It sounds like several divine pillars created by the Holy Pillar King. Actually, I know that there is also a dragon-attribute divine pillar hidden beneath Dragon Island. In the future, we may have to call them the Five Divine Pillars instead of the Three Divine Pillars."

Cynthia concluded, "In short, although we didn't capture any legendary Pokémon on this trip to the Crown Snowfield, the Pokémon have grown a lot. Most importantly, we overcame our deepest instinctive fear of legendary Pokémon; they are not invincible."

Xia Chen smiled slightly.

It can defeat a legendary Pokémon with just an ordinary Pokémon, even if it's a one-on-one fight without any sense of martial ethics.

Perhaps only Cynthia in this world could do something like that.

…………

"So, Sidson, how did you subdue that guy?"

Xia Chen took a sip of the fragrant black tea that Gardevoir had brought him and asked curiously.

Mentioning this, Cynthia's lips curled up slightly, as if she had remembered something interesting.

"That guy... although he has great skills, he is adorably cowardly. When I met him, he was stuck on a steep cliff. He could easily shatter the surrounding rocks with any move, but he was worried about damaging the mountain and did not make a move."

Listening to Cynthia's story, Xia Chen couldn't help but laugh.

Yes, this fits his image of Heatran, the "shame of the divine beasts".

In the anime, Heatran is perhaps one of the least impressive legendary spirits.

Being captured by Team Galactic is one thing, but what's even more outrageous is that in one episode the main characters have to send them back to the protected area... How weak are they?

There's even a frame where you can see a Heatran in the Pokémon Center's lobby...

It's a legendary magma spirit created from the battle between the two gods of time and space... According to popular belief, it's at least a level two god.

He's being unfairly vilified like this...

However, to be fair, since its birth, Heatran has been a well-known defensive monster and a top-tier tank in Pokémon battles due to its excellent attributes and durability.

Cynthia's acquisition of it can also make up for the team's excess damage output and lack of tanks.

Bringing my thoughts back, the story of Cynthia and Heatran is not yet finished.

"Later, I rescued it and returned it to the crater before leaving. But when I got back, I found the Galactic Team members. After questioning them, I learned about their plot to capture Heatran, so I rushed back."

"These guys really came prepared. They invented a kindling device that can absorb fire energy, while Heatran was stupidly using fire-type moves until he ran out of energy and was captured by Team Galactic. Luckily, I arrived in time."

The rest is history. After the hero rescued the damsel in distress... no, the damsel in distress rescued the mythical beast, Heatran expressed his desire to follow Cynthia.

Thus, Cynthia officially became a trainer of legendary Pokémon.

Chapter 477 The Mysterious Guest of Yuanling Island

"Your experience is quite... bizarre."

After listening to Cynthia's account, Xia Chen commented as follows.

He saved Heatran twice, and then the latter repaid him with his body... This kind of plot would be more reasonable in the anime.

However, this is a good thing in any case. Xia Chen always felt that if legendary Pokémon did not sincerely follow their trainers, it would be a hidden danger.

When faced with a more powerful force, it is not impossible for such "mercenaries" to desert or even turn against their cause.

Just like the Zapdos and Moltres that he had captured from Team Rocket, Xia Chen easily took them away.

In contrast, Xia Chen's three legendary Pokémon, Guleton, Deoxys, and Diancie, all came together because of mutual affection.

Therefore, he was very happy that Cynthia was able to subdue Heatran in this way.

"Compared to the evil firebird and electric pillar you encountered before, I think Heatran is more suitable for you."

Hearing this, Cynthia smiled and said, "I think so too. I feel a strong connection with this child."

Xia Chen twitched the corner of his mouth. You call a legendary spirit, which was born back in ancient times when the two gods of time and space fought, a child?

Oh wait, what if this Sidon isn't the same Sidon?

If it were that Heatran ancestor, it probably wouldn't be so foolish as to be caught by Team Galactic in such an easy way, right?

In response to Xia Chen's doubts, Cynthia nodded in affirmation, "That's right, this Heatran isn't the oldest one. It's quite young in the long history of the Heatran race, so calling it a child isn't wrong. However, I'm not entirely sure of its exact age..."

With that, Cynthia tossed out a heavy, glossy black ball. "Come on, Heatran, come out and say hello to everyone."

With a flash of light, a huge, orange-red steel sprite resembling a turtle appeared in the hall.

This guy's body radiated an extremely high temperature, instantly transforming the warm, spring-like living room into a raging inferno.

Cynthia sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Shiddlelan, control the temperature."

The guy seemed a bit slow to react, pausing for two seconds before retracting his body temperature.

However, this brief temperature change was enough to attract the other Pokémon in the house. They all gathered in the living room, curiously watching this seemingly not-so-bright big guy.

Seadra shrank back and subconsciously moved closer to Cynthia.

Xia Chen: "......"

Are you really a legendary elf?

So socially awkward... Are you sure it's not Zoroar disguised as Heatran or Ditto?

This guy is such a coward, it's really unbecoming of a legendary elf. Even Diancie was a bit better when we first met.

…………

"Hello, Seadra."

Xia Chen tried to greet it.

The latter looked up at Cynthia, bewildered, with an expression that resembled that of a weak cub seeking help from its parents.

"It's okay, they are all trustworthy people."

After calming the nearly two-meter-long, over one-ton "cub," Cynthia looked up at Xia Chen with an apologetic smile, "Sorry, it still has some lingering trauma from the Team Galactic incident."

Xia Chen nodded helplessly to show his understanding.

"But don't let its appearance fool you, it's incredibly strong. When I arrived, it was fighting against more than five Elite Four level Pokémon from Team Galactic with only its physical strength, even after it had exhausted all its energy."

There's no doubt that legendary Pokémon are incredibly powerful. Xia Chen just used Aura to probe them, and Heatran's energy intensity is very high, almost equivalent to Zapdos generating electricity.

It has already moved beyond the current "growth period" of Diancie and entered the long "maturity period" of the legendary elves.

He was more concerned about something else: "Does Team Galactic really have so many high-level Pokémon?"

Xia Chen remembered that when he was in Padia, the Galactic Team had a large number of their main Pokémon killed by him because they coveted Guleton, including the two executives, Huoxing and Hades.

At the time, we thought we could severely damage them, but now they're plotting against legendary spirits.

When Team Galaxy was mentioned, Cynthia became somewhat serious. She said calmly, "Next year, I will definitely drag these rats out of the sewers completely."

Xia Chen, who knew the Galaxy team well, reminded them, "Be careful, and call me if you need to come along."

Nothing is more treacherous than the human heart. Even though Cynthia had just returned from her training in the perilous Crown Tundra, Xia Chen was still somewhat worried about letting her face Team Galactic, the largest dark organization in the Sinnoh region, alone.

Cynthia didn't try to be brave and nodded gently, "Yes, I will."

While the two were discussing Team Galactic, Xia Chen's Pokémon had already begun making contact with Heatran.

The most outgoing of the two, Draco, took the lead. With its goofy appearance and similarly silly temperament, it lowered Heatran's guard. The two elves gradually approached each other in a meaningless staring contest.

"Ruto?"

"Ryan... Ryan?"

No one knew what they were communicating about, not even Xia Chen, who was eavesdropping nearby.

It's not that waveguide power has failed, but rather that these two statements themselves are meaningless.

If I had to translate it, it would probably be something like "Wabi Babu" or "Makka Baka".

Abstract as it may be, the two elves inexplicably grew closer.

It's actually easy to understand. Although Heatran is a legendary elf, it lives in magma all year round and rarely sees any elves. At most, it might encounter lava snails or pyropods, let alone friends.

It is not a legendary spirit like Registeel, which is made of pure energy and has no emotions; otherwise, it would not have chosen to follow Cynthia.

So when Dorambaruto extended its goodwill to it, in this warm and comfortable environment, Heatran accepted it without much resistance.

Xia Chen smiled upon seeing this and said to Cynthia, "Let it spend more time interacting with the elves during this period, and let it get used to this world where humans and elves coexist."

Heatran has stayed, so can Cynthia, as a trainer, also leave?

Cynthia gave Xia Chen a half-smile, and the latter, feeling somewhat guilty, dared not meet her gaze.

In the end, Cynthia didn't expose Xia Chen's little scheme and accepted his invitation.

…………

The snow stopped on December 20th.

After seven consecutive days of snow, the sky finally cleared.

Despite the bright sunshine, the temperature dropped instead of rising, and the entire Yuanling Island was covered in snow, so thick that it affected the islanders' ability to travel.

Although Xia Chen wanted to stay home in this weather, Gadriya righteously declared that as the island's owner, Xia Chen had an obligation to lead the islanders in clearing the snow from the roads.