Chapter 866: Out of the Cave
The shiny Blastoise was partially healed so that it could speak properly.
"My whole family has lived on this island but we lived in another place before. But at that time, due to war and due to greedy humans, we had to move and we came here.
After coming here, we realized that we had made the biggest mistake of our life. We were dragged inside the cave by the Pokemons of his island and there we got to meet with the leader of this island.
I don't know what kind of Pokemon it really was. But it looked disgusting. It did its magic to us and told us that now we are its slaves. We will get some extraordinary powers but we will have to follow its command.
We could not say much because it was truly powerful. We were told to guard the island not come inside the cave.
Whenever someone even thinks of getting out of here, their mind will immediately change for some reason. It happened to me too. I felt that I must give my life to the leader. This was one of the reasons why we attacked you too. I felt that I must do everything to kill you guys.
I was not in the right state of mind."
"So, you are saying that there is a Pokemon that could mind controlling all of the Pokemons on this island? Do you think that I am stupid? How could such a thing be possible? And what is this cave that you are talking about."
"I am not telling you any lies. A higher rank Pokemon would be more resistant to the hypnosis that the leader does to us. But even a tier 3 king rank Pokemon could be controlled.
I am only speaking to you so openly because the leader doesn't control us all the time. It might control me anytime and I might just kill myself because I feel that my usefulness is over."
Blue could not even believe that there was such a Pokemon that could mind control 10000 Pokemons to do its bidding. Even a master-rank Pokemon could not do it. So, did that mean that it was a god-rank Pokemon?
But why would a god rank Pokemon live inside a cave and not come out? He just could not understand it.
"You said that the leader doesn't control you every time and you have higher resistance to its hypnosis since you are tier 3 king-rank Pokemon. So, didn't you have any chance to run away in all these years?"
"I had that opportunity but my family also lives here with me. I cannot leave them alone and they are not as strong as me. If so many of us decide to run, then the leader will know.
Also, there are guards on this island who are absolutely loyal to the great one. They would find out."
"And what about this cyclone that covers the island? Are you telling me that this is also your leader's doing?"
"Of course. Who could do such a thing other than the great one?"
"And what is about this cave that you are talking about?"
"The cave is the place where your friends are. The cave would not open now until the leader wanted. And the Pokemons inside the cave are different than us. They are far more powerful and absolutely loyal to the great one. I have only been there one time and I can tell that the leader could fully control the cave. It is like a separate dimension that the leader can control.
That is why I am saying that your friends are doomed."
"Okay, I have one final thing to ask. Why do the cyclones come down every 3 months?"
"I don't know why such a thing happens but when it comes down, the amount of guards massively increases and the pressure of hypnosis is higher. So, we could not get out even if we wanted to."
From what Blue knew about this island, the Pokemon ruling it was some kind of manipulator. Now he was starting to realize that there might be something else about this Pokemon.
"Igram, what do you think?"
"Sir, I feel that this Pokemon is only a master-rank Pokemon and not a god-rank Pokemon."
"Explain."
"A god rank Pokemon mostly would have a lot of followers and a big family to support themselves. They do this because they want their family and species to grow stronger.
But here, it is completely different. This great one is manipulating these Pokemons like a slave to do its bidding. Why would it do such a thing if it was thinking about long-term plans?
Also I believe that there must be a valuable treasure in this island that this Pokemon wants to use. So, it did its best to isolate the whole world from this island.
But I must say that even if it is a master-rank Pokemon, it is very terrifying. It could not only manipulate so many Pokemon but also could manipulate water like this and control the whole cave to do its bidding. This Pokemon is not so simple."
After something, Blue told one of the team members who was an exceptional painter to paint the great one's picture as per shiny Blastoise.
And the Pokemon that came out was Malamar. Axel was right about it.
Blue didn't want to take any risk, so he quickly caught shiny Blastoise inside a master ball and went towards the cave to save Axel.
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A week had passed after they tried to go outside of the cave. As of right now, all of Axle's concentration was on Musharna. It was now very close to rank up to tier 2 king rank.
Doing this would not only improve its stats but it would be easier to upgrade 'Void space' to a higher level.
Axel didn't put any rank up condition on it. He wanted to do it fast and it was not even his Pokemon.
As he was thinking about it, suddenly, Musharna gave a loud roar and it started to glow in purple.
"What? Is it ranking up right now?", asked someone.
But Axel's concentration was on the space that they were inside. This was a very risky move. Unlike, Nidoking, Musharna could not go outside to rank up. Because if it did, there was a good chance that it would lose connection with this 'Void space' and all of them here would die.
But ranking up inside the 'Void space' was also equally difficult. Because since it was ranking up, the space could not be stable because its power was rising at a rapid pace.
At this time, the space had almost triple the size than it was before. It had also become very stable. The 4 psychic type Pokemons were doing their best to make the space stable and they were doing a good job.
Finally, the rank-up process was completed and none of them had died. It was quite nerve-wracking.
"Musharna, you did a good job ranking up. I told you that you were close to ranking up. How are you feeling right now?", asked Axel.
"I am feeling as if I have been rebirthed. Too much energy is inside my body."
"That is what you feel when you rank up. Stabilize yourself and now we will train you on how to teleport to different places."
Axel was now partly confident that with its tier up and also its mastery over 'Void space', it would be able to learn the desired effect very soon.
"Sir, we are going to face a problem in a few days.", said Mandira.
"What is the problem?"
"Our food and water backup is dying down at a very fast pace. We may not be able to hold on much longer.", said Mandira.
"How much time do we have?"
"Around 10 days and if we push it, then 2 weeks. After that, we will have to get out of here to get food and water."
Since they had been in this space for such a long time, their food and water reserves were decreasing. They could not go outside because the great one would attack them.
Axel was now under a lot of pressure. If Musharna could not learn to move fast enough, then only death waited for them.
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"How the hell could we not get inside this cave? What is it made of?", shouted Blue as he kicked the entrance of the cave.
They had been trying to get inside the cave for 2 days now. They had tried everything. From blasting the entrance to getting there from underground or from the sides. But none of it seems to work somehow.
"Sir, there is only one explanation for this. I believe that Malamar had constructed this cave to have access to its own dimension."
"But how is that possible? Didn't you say that it is only a master-rank Pokemon?"
"That is what the information and evidence led us to believe. Frankly, I don't know what we are facing right now. We can only wait for Axel and his team to come outside."
"Sigh…"
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"Remember, Musharna. You need to combine teleport with 'Void space'. Just imagine what you feel and how you teleport. Then manipulate that energy and connect it with 'Void space'.", said Axel repeatedly.
It was not as simple as Axel made it out to be. They could not teleport outside the cave. But for some unknown reason, that rule didn't apply to 'Void space' as it could come out of anywhere.
So, they were planning to combine the knowledge of 'Teleport' with 'Void space'.
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2 weeks had passed and now all of them were now on the verge of death.
They had not eaten food for the past 3 days as the food was already finished. The water was also finished now.
Axel never thought that he would die from hunger and thirst. He believed that if he were to die, he would die in battle.
But he could tell that Musharna was very close to accomplishing it. After not eating and drinking for days, he was now feeling sleepy.
Most of the team members had already fainted from the lack of food and water. They were in their last legs.
But all of his focus was on Musharna. He believed that if he let this hope go away then all of them were going to die here.
Yet, sleep was something that he could not control. He didn't know when but he fell asleep and after some unknown time, he could hear the voice of someone.
"Axe.. Ax.. Axel… Axel…."
"Huh? Yes, what is happening?", asked Axel as he rubbed his eyes to open them properly.
It was Slowemperor who was calling him.
"It looks like Musharna did it. It tells that it could now teleport them outside of the cave but there will only be one chance. It is also very tired."
"That is great!!!"
It felt like he had heard the greatest news of his life.
He saw the notification of the system and it was true that the move had been upgraded.
Axel went ahead to wake up everyone and said, "Call back all of your Pokemons. Musharna could only do it one time and we need to be fast. Just a few seconds and we will be out of here."
All of them used all of their last stamina to stand up.
"Musharna, use the move 'Calm mind' first and then do it. Don't worry, you will succeed.", said Axel.
Musharna followed the command and when it created the portal this time, Axel could feel the fresh air coming from the portal.
All of them hurriedly started to run towards the portal and that was the last thing he remembered.