Pokémon, you're not allowed to expel me from human form!

Luo Ke didn't know what it was thinking. After examining the dark red sword blade and confirming its sturdiness, he looked directly into the scabbard's eyes and spoke bluntly.

"Single Sword Sheath, come and be my spirit, and leave this place with me!"

I think our combination would be great!

"What do you think?"

......

43. The Hero and the Sword (2)

The cramped space was illuminated by the dim light emanating from the screen.

The extremely thin-looking man huddled in a swivel chair, watching everything happening outside the door through the surveillance equipment while trembling as he used a communication device to describe his current situation.

"The mission failed... Xianze was defeated by them, and my side is about to be exposed."

"I can't escape anymore. I hope to get your help. If you arrive quickly, there is still a chance."

"Yes, sorry, okay, thank you for your help."

This person is Xianze's companion.

Just as Xianze had thought, he was now inside the 'treasure vault'.

When he first saw Xianze take action, he had some illusions, but as it turned out, those illusions were just that—illusions.

So, unwilling to accept his fate, he contacted the important person who had placed the order for this mission.

Although he didn't know what dark schemes these big shots were plotting by detaining people from time to time, he knew that this was his only chance now.

Fortunately, they don't seem to have given up on the plan.

But he... still has a chance!

That's what he was thinking, but on the other side of the communication device, after the call was disconnected, in the huge, dark, high-rise office, the man didn't hesitate to contact his prepared backup plan.

As for Xianze and the others... they are no longer of any value!

"The ghost ship setup failed... Although those who commissioned these two guys all said they were very capable and completed the mission very well, it seems they were all talk and no action!"

"Fortunately, I arranged for you to be on the safe side in case of this situation—start the preparations at Pioneer Mountain!"

At his command, around a cave in Vanguard Mountain, a dozen or so people hiding there released all of their Pokémon at once.

Their elves all wore a collar-like device.

As they activated these devices, the elves' power drained away from their bodies, leaving them all weakened.

Then these people put their Pokémon away and let them rest in their specially made Poké Balls.

The flowing energy converges towards the interior of the cave.

Inside the cave, a Noivern Dragon was sleeping. It also had a similar collar around its neck, and all the power was being guided by this collar to gather in the Noivern Dragon's body, making it stronger in every way!

However, this kind of reinforcement comes at a price.

As some kind of equipment on the mountain was activated, a special sound wave entered the cave, and the Noisy Dragon, which was sleeping soundly, instantly opened its eyes!

At this moment, its eyes were glowing with a bright red light, and its aura was extremely chaotic!

'roar--!'

With a roar, it stomped its feet on the ground, spread its wings, and burst out of the cave, flying at an extremely fast speed toward the ghost ship that was not far away.

Those on the ground looking up at this scene maintained communication with people in Baping City.

"Power Concentration Device, Sound Wave Command Device, all successfully activated—Doctor, everything is going smoothly."

...

Inside the ghost ship, faced with Rocco's question, Dujianshe fell silent.

Leaving with Luo Ke like this would be of great benefit to it!

Because the life force that Luo Ke usually emits is enough for it to absorb, it will grow very quickly by following Luo Ke, and its bright future is obvious.

but...

It doesn't want to leave!

It had witnessed the arrival of the Heavenly King and understood the Alliance, so it wasn't arrogant enough to think that the ghost ship would be in such and such a state without it. If the Alliance got serious, it would only do better than it.

Even so, it still wants to stay!

Just as people have different pursuits, elves also have different pursuits.

The single sword sheath does not crave great power or a bright future.

It simply wanted to use its power to help the other spirits on the ghost ship.

What's the point of becoming stronger if we leave this place?

Moreover, it knew some things. The ghost ship was around Hachiman City, and the League would not allow powerful and ferocious Pokémon to appear here. Even the Noivern on Vanguard Mountain was allowed to stay because this Noivern was different from the other Noivern. It did not go out to hunt at night and relied on eating berries during the day to eat.

Although the Alliance considered this abnormal and made several attempts to understand and treat it, they ultimately failed and did not drive it away from Vanguard Mountain to a more distant and suitable location for Noisy Wyvern to live.

Therefore, for the single sword sheath, its current power is sufficient to achieve its goals!

Under such circumstances, it should have directly rejected Rocco.

But there's nothing I can do... Luo Ke is just too strong!

It only knew that the Alliance did not allow ferocious and powerful elves to appear around cities, but it had never heard of not allowing people stronger than elves to appear around cities!

Even before meeting Luo Ke, it couldn't imagine that such a person existed!

If there were more than one person like Luo Ke, its current strength would not be enough!

Just like it is now.

No matter what Rocco wanted to do on this ghost ship, it had no power to stop him.

This situation, while somewhat arousing its desire to become stronger, also made it hesitant to refuse Luo Ke.

So... silence is the only option.

It seemed like it was resisting but dared not speak, but in Luo Ke's eyes, this was just a sign of its hesitation. It hadn't made a final decision yet, so it didn't reject him but instead remained silent and thought about it.

However, just as Luo Ke was about to say something more, a roar exploded in the sky, shattering his carefully prepared words!

'roar--!'

This sound was not just a roar, but also carried a special power.

As the sound spread, several explosions occurred at the very top of the ghost ship. The enormous roar made the entire ghost ship tremble, and the tremor could be felt from a great distance.

"Are elves attacking the ghost ship?"

Alice covered her ears and struggled to look through the hole in the top towards the direction from which the sound was coming.

From their position, they could see a Sonic Dragon with glowing red eyes circling the moon, seemingly searching for something.

Upon seeing it attack the ghost ship, the single-edged sword sheath immediately loosened the sword belt wrapped around Rocco's arm and began to struggle in his hand, showing resistance for the first time.

Luo Ke understood what it was going to do, so he didn't stop it. He simply let go of its hand and let it fly into the sky, where it stabbed towards the sonic dragon!

'alone--'

Its deep sound attracted the attention of the sonic dragon. The sword's cry pierced the moonlight, and its spiritual power was highly concentrated on the blade, making the blade not only more solid but also sharper!

The Ghost-type Pokémon, who had been hiding in various locations on the Ghost Ship because of Noivern's attack, all poked their heads out and looked up at the sky when they heard the sound of the sword sheath.

They watched the king's figure, believing that he could defeat the enemy—just like before!

but...

clang!

The dark red blade of the single-edged sword struck the Noivern Dragon's left wing directly. Logically speaking, even a powerful dragon like the Noivern Dragon would have its wings damaged by such an attack, ultimately affecting its flight ability and agility, allowing the single-edged sword to further suppress it.

Unfortunately, the Noivern today is completely different from before!

So when the blade of the single-edged sword struck its wing, besides the clang of metal striking metal, perhaps only a few fleeting sparks remained.

This attack further enraged Noivern, whose aura was already chaotic!

This time it didn't roar, but instead took a deep breath, closed its mouth tightly, leaned forward, and shook its big ears!

In an instant, terrifying ultrasonic waves were released from its ears, transforming into concentric waves powerful enough to distort space, which directly blasted towards the sword sheath!

To talk about techniques... this isn't a technique at all.

This is an ability that every sonic dragon possesses; the ultrasonic waves released from their large ears have the terrifying power to split mountains and shatter rocks!

This move was incredibly powerful, but the sword sheath itself was also quite experienced in combat. These sound waves, which were completely transparent except for distorting some of the air, were clearly visible to it, which used spiritual power.

So after 'seeing' this move, it changed its charging stance and twisted and flew forward, dodging all of Noivern's attacks with such graceful movements!

And even while dodging, it continued to charge towards Noivern!

Although its charge was disrupted by the dodge, its dodge was not simple; it was a move called Sword Dance!

By incorporating sword dance into his dodging movements, the power and sharpness of the single-edged sword scabbard are greatly enhanced!

This time, its slashing power will be even greater and stronger than last time!

At the same time, the metallic sheen became more pronounced on its blade – Iron Head!

Thus, this is the full-force attack of the single sword sheath!

But the Sonic Dragon had been waiting for it. As the blade of the monoscabbard came in front of it, its previously closed mouth opened, and it unleashed all the anger and ferocity that it had been holding back!

'roar--!'

Hot air!

A terrifying heatwave erupted with the roar of the Sonic Dragon!

Although Fire is not Noivern's inherent type, its power is still astonishing when used after being comprehensively enhanced!

The sword sheath's strongest strike barely made it advance a few steps in the storm before being blasted off the sky by the overwhelming heatwave and plummeting toward the ghost ship.

'alone--'

The intense heat caused the single-edged sword sheath to howl in agony.

The aftershocks of the hot air attack bombarded the top layer of the ghost ship, causing many metal parts to glow red, soften, and show signs of melting!

As the scabbard fell, its attention remained focused on the ghost ship.

That's why it saw it.

Those Ghost-type Pokémon who usually come to it when they encounter problems, who clearly like to play pranks but aren't that brave, didn't scatter and run away when they saw it falling. Instead, they flew into the air one by one from the Ghost Ship.

The hot air attack blew on them, and many of the weaker ones were knocked down directly, but the rest silently gathered their strength.

Some came to pick it up, while others stood guard around it, in front of it.

It has always been the one protecting them, but now... it's their turn to protect it!

The single-edged sword sheath knew them well, so it could tell that this wasn't a sudden surge of courage from them; in fact, some of them were visibly trembling slightly when facing the Sonic Dragon.

Even such fear did not deter them, and they remained steadfastly standing there!

The feeling of powerlessness at this moment was a hundred times, a thousand times stronger than when facing Luo Ke!

There has never been a moment when the single sword sheath yearns for power more than now!

'alone--!'

Unfortunately, no matter how much it yearns, how unwilling it is, or how much it wants to return to the battlefield, it cannot change the current situation.

This is reality.

A chilling reality!

In the past, when these Ghost-type Pokémon created those "ghost stories," they would perform them for it from time to time, but the sword sheath had a spirit harder than steel, so those "ghost stories" could never scare it, and yet these guys still enjoyed it.

But this time, they really scared it!

It wants them back, it wants them to run away.

But the elves, who would never disobey their 'king' under normal circumstances, disobeyed its orders for the first time!

They are generally not very strong, good at intimidating people but not good at fighting, but now they are going to fight this powerful enemy to the death!