Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

"You'll see soon enough." Erika gave Anji a playful smile.

Then, to Anji's surprise, Erika took out a palm-sized gray stone slab from her backpack.

She aimed the stone slab at the wall, and blue hexagonal patterns suddenly began to appear on the slab.

Immediately afterward, the patterns projected a beam of light onto the wall, and at the same time, patterns emitting a blue light also began to appear on the wall.

Cracks then appeared along the patterns, and the originally smooth wall partially bulged out and partially recessed, until finally a relief wall appeared before Anji and Erika.

The relief depicted a middle-aged man wearing a crown and a Pokémon.

The Pokémon was a Wave Guide Lucario, and it was in its Mega Evolved form.

And that man looked a bit like a king.

Lucario and the human male simultaneously raised their hands, jointly holding up a sphere.

If Anji wasn't mistaken, that sphere should be the released Wave Guide power.

At the same time, there was also a large handprint on the sphere.

Erika pointed to the relief and said, "Look, this is the entrance to the ruins. If I'm not mistaken, only a Wave Guide wielder can open it."

Anji keenly noticed a line of words below the handprint, but he found that he didn't recognize a single one.

"What does this say?" he asked.

Erika recited slowly, word by word: "The Wave Guide is with me!"

"You actually recognize it!" Anji said in surprise.

Erika frowned upon hearing this. "What do you mean? Is it strange that I recognize it?"

Anji quickly waved his hand. "Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue! I just didn't expect it."

"Hmph!" Erika snorted and then explained, "This is ancient writing from the Kalos region. I have a little research in this area."

Anji gave her a thumbs up, saying in an admiring tone, "Amazing!"

After the two worked together to defeat Team Flare, their relationship became much closer, and their conversations gradually became more casual.

Erika pointed to the handprint and said, "Put your hand on it and try inputting Wave Guide power."

Anji nodded and stepped forward, putting on his Wave Guide gloves again. Without the gloves, he wouldn't be able to release Wave Guide power with his current abilities.

He placed his palm into the handprint and inputted Wave Guide power as Erika instructed.

A blue light suddenly emerged from the relief, and then the relief recessed, and a crack appeared.

Accompanied by a rumbling sound, a stone door slowly opened in front of the two, behind which was a long, bottomless stone staircase.

"It's open!" Erika said with surprise. "Finally, it's open."

Heaven knows how much effort she had put into finding someone with Wave Guide power.

Anji said, "Let's go in and take a look."

"Okay!" Erika nodded.

Then the two walked into the stone door one after the other.

"Gang ~"

"Awoo ~"

Snorlax and Litleo each followed their respective masters (trainers).

The light behind the stone door was very dim, unlike the outside where there was glowing moss, so even without any tools, it didn't affect visibility.

However, Erika was prepared. She took out a flashlight, turned it on, and the surrounding light instantly became brighter.

"I wonder what's down here," Erika said as she walked.

Anji said, "Hopefully there will be some surprising discoveries so we didn't come here for nothing."

Unlike the empty stone steps, the walls on both sides of this corridor were carved with various forms of Riolu.

Some were laughing loudly, some were looking worried, some were roaring angrily... each one was incredibly vivid.

Anji said, "The person who carved these must have been a master."

Erika walked and looked, couldn't help but complain: "Could the owner of this ruin be some kind of Riolu fanatic?"

Anji laughed and said, "Riolu is so cute, it's okay if people like it a little."

Erika muttered, "This can't be described with just the word 'like'."

Soon they reached the end of the corridor.

Originally, the end of the corridor was dark, and Anji and Erika couldn't see what was ahead.

But the moment they stepped out of the corridor, they saw clusters of ghostly blue flames light up one after another, and Anji and Erika finally saw the environment in front of them.

This was a huge circular space, like a hall in a palace.

Small boat-shaped lamps were installed on the walls of the hall, and each lamp was occupied by a Litwick.

Those clusters of ghostly blue flames were the candlelight on top of Litwick's head.

"Mushi ~ ~"

"Mushi ~ ~"

"Mushi ~ ~"

......

Dozens of Litwick all looked at Anji, Snorlax, Erika, and Litleo.

"Gang ~" Master, they are a little scary.

Snorlax tugged at Anji's clothes.

"Awoo ~ ~" Erika's Litleo let out a roar.

Litleo is a royal Pokémon and won't be scared by this little scene!

"Tai la ~ ~ ~"

At this time, the chandelier hanging above Anji and Erika's heads suddenly shook, and then floated down from the dome.

It turned out that it wasn't a chandelier, but a Chandelure disguised as a chandelier.

The Chandelure floated directly in front of the two, and golden eyes flickered.

Anji and Erika looked alert, fearing that Chandelure would suddenly attack.

At the same time, Snorlax and Litleo stepped forward to protect Anji and Erika behind them.

However, Chandelure not only did not attack, but after looking at the two, he said telepathically:

"Trial... trial begins... trial begins..."

Telepathy? The two were surprised at first, and then wondered:

Trial? What trial?

Before Anji and Erika could figure it out, the two saw Chandelure fly away directly, replaced by two Aegislash appearing in front of them.

"Give ru ~"

"Give ru ~"

The two Aegislash roared, then drew their swords at the same time and attacked Anji and Erika.

Erika naturally launched a counterattack without hesitation when she saw this, "Litleo, Flamethrower."

"Awoo ~ ~ ~" Litleo roared, leaped into the air, and spewed a flamethrower at one of the Aegislash.

At the same time, without Anji's command, Snorlax stomped on the ground with one foot, jumped elastically into the air, and swung a flame-filled fist at Aegislash.

Fire Punch!

Seeing this, the two Aegislash quickly put away their attacking posture, transforming from sword form to shield form, and activated the move King's Shield.

Aegislash's Characteristic is Stance Change, the effect is that it will be in sword form when using attack moves, and it will change to shield form when using King's Shield.

In sword form, Aegislash's base stats will be concentrated on Attack and Special Attack, while in shield form, the base stats will be distributed to Physical Defense and Special Defense.

Among the currently known Pokémon, only Aegislash has the Stance Change Characteristic.

A transparent barrier appeared in front of the two Aegislash, blocking Litleo and Snorlax's attacks respectively.

As soon as Litleo and Snorlax landed, the two Aegislash transformed back into sword form. They saw their swords raised high, and brilliant light burst out from the sword.

It is the Fighting-type move Sacred Sword!

Coincidentally, Litleo and Snorlax are both weak to Fighting-type moves.

Seeing that Aegislash's Sacred Sword was about to chop down, Erika shouted, "Litleo, dodge quickly."

Anji and Snorlax exchanged glances, and then nodded to each other tacitly.

"Awoo ~ ~" Litleo listened to Erika's instructions and jumped away from the spot.

With a bang, a deep sword mark was cut out where Litleo had just stood.

"Gang ~ ~" Snorlax raised both hands in place, and the round hands were overflowing with cold air, actually performing a bare-handed catch of the blade.

Crackling ~ ~ ~

Aegislash's sword was clamped between Snorlax's palms and quickly frozen by the ice.

Aegislash wanted to pull the sword out of Snorlax's hand, but no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't succeed.

At this moment, Anji punched Aegislash from the side.

With a clang, Aegislash screamed and was knocked away, falling heavily to the ground.

Anji and Snorlax pursued the victory, their figures flashed, and their bodies turned into afterimages and disappeared in place, arriving in the blink of an eye to the Aegislash that had just flown up, and flanking it from the left and right.

Before it could react, the master and apprentice swung their fists at the same time.

Clang! Aegislash lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

(Private setting: The attack used by Ange via Wave Guide is not a Fighting-type attribute, but an attribute-less attack. It doesn't restrain anyone, nor is it restrained by anyone.

Everything has Wave Guide, and Wave Guide has no attribute. Only when it is used as a skill by a Pokémon will it be given an attribute.)

At this moment, Chandelure descended from the sky, constantly chanting, "Trial success! Trial success!"

So, what exactly is the trial? Ange wondered in his heart.

Just as he was about to take Munchlax to support Ayaka, he was stopped by Chandelure.

"The trial does not allow others to interfere, does not allow others to interfere!"

Ange had no choice but to stop.

This Chandelure looked very unfriendly.

However, Ayaka didn't need Ange's help either. Her Pyroar, although not as powerful as Absol, was still strong.

In addition, the Fire-type and Normal-type Pyroar completely restrained the Steel and Ghost-type Aegislash in terms of attributes, so Pyroar quickly won the victory as well.

"Trial success! Trial success!" Chandelure also flew to Ayaka's side and said to her.

Ayaka walked to Ange with Pyroar and asked in a low voice, "So, what exactly is the trial?"

Ange shook his head: "You're the discoverer of this ruin, and you don't know? How would I know!"

Immediately, the two of them were surprised to find that Chandelure's eyes emitted a blue light, and the Litwicks nestled in the lamp flew up and landed on the ground again, neatly arranged in two rows, as if welcoming Ange and Ayaka.

Only the Chandelure, which could use telepathy, said, "Please, trial takers, step forward to receive your trial rewards!"

Ange and Ayaka exchanged glances, then led Munchlax and Pyroar forward along the passage between the two rows of Litwicks.

When they reached the deepest part of the space, the two saw a cylindrical stone platform with something on it.

They walked closer and found that it was two glittering crowns inlaid with various gems.

The centerpiece of each crown was a Mega Stone.

The two crowns were identical, each inlaid with nine different colored gems, including the Mega Stone, which looked extremely valuable.

"There are words here!" Suddenly, Ayaka said, looking at the front of the stone platform.

Ange heard this and looked over, finding that it was still ancient writing he didn't recognize, so he asked:

"What does it say?"

Ayaka read as she replied, "This is a trial ground, prepared by the kingdom for its two sons."

Ange looked puzzled: "Then why are the things here still here? Did the king's sons fail the trial?"

Ayaka shook her head, "I don't know, it doesn't say here."

At this moment, Chandelure flew over their heads and explained, "Because the trial hadn't even started when the kingdom was destroyed."

Ange was surprised: "Doesn't that mean you've been guarding this place all this time?"

Chandelure nodded: "That's right."

Ange and Ayaka couldn't help but feel admiration for Chandelure's dedication.

"Take the trial rewards and leave!" Chandelure urged the two.

Ange and Ayaka had no choice but to each take a crown.

Subsequently, with Chandelure's explanation, the two learned that the king had originally prepared more than just two crowns as rewards, but also two Riolu eggs.

However, over the long years, the two Riolu eggs had already hatched and left the trial grounds.

Chandelure said, "But I have prepared other Pokémon for you."

Following its gesture, the Aegislash that Ange and Ayaka had just defeated reappeared, each accompanied by a Honedge.

"Give, roo~~"

At the signal of the two Aegislash, the two Honedge flew to Ange and Ayaka's sides.

Chandelure said, "I have selected the two most outstanding Honedge from the Aegislash clan to follow you!"

As its words fell, Honedge, Doublade, and Aegislash appeared one after another from the darkness.

They were all members of the Aegislash clan.

They all looked at Ange and Ayaka, as if judging whether the two were worthy of the Honedge's allegiance.

It is said that Aegislash has the ability to see whether a person has the qualities of a king at a glance.

After speaking, Chandelure said to the two Honedge, "Come, start choosing the masters you will protect!"

Ange looked at the two Honedge in front of him and was surprised to find that one of them was shiny.

The blade of a normal Honedge is white, and the ribbon on the hilt is generally dark blue, with a light blue end, and the eyeballs are also blue.

The blade of a shiny Honedge is red, the ribbon on the hilt is generally red, with a purple end, and the eyeballs are also purple.

In fact, the eyeball of Honedge is its main body.

The eyeballs at the connection between the hilt and the blade of the two Honedge turned back and forth, constantly looking at Ange and Ayaka. After a long time, they each flew to the side of their chosen master.

The shiny Honedge chose Ange.

The normal Honedge chose Ayaka.

"Please take care of me from now on, Honedge!" Ayaka said happily.

She didn't mind whether her Honedge was shiny or not.

"Yoo~~" Honedge nodded with narrowed eyes and wrapped the ribbon on its hilt around Ayaka's arm.

Seeing this, Ange also said to the shiny Honedge beside him, "Honedge, please take care of us from now on!"

"Yoo~" The shiny Honedge flew around Ange's head happily, looking in a good mood.

Of course, it had wanted to go out and see the world for a long time.

"You've got everything you need, you can leave now." Seeing this, Chandelure urged the two to leave quickly.

The trial was over, and this place would be their territory completely. Chandelure didn't want to dawdle with humans.

Ange and Ayaka had no choice but to leave the ruins with their Pokémon. At the same time, the stone slab that Ayaka used to open the ruins was also reclaimed by Chandelure.

Obviously, they didn't want anyone to disturb them again in the future.

After leaving the ruins, Ayaka held the crown in her hands and looked at the Mega Stone inlaid on it with doubt, asking:

"Which Pokémon's Mega Stone is this? Could it be Lucario's?"

Ange glanced at the Mega Stone inlaid on his crown, then looked at Ayaka's, and shook his head, saying, "Neither!"

Obviously, even a king couldn't just collect any Mega Stone he wanted.

Neither of the Mega Stones was Lucario's.

Ayaka looked at Ange in surprise and said, "You can recognize which Pokémon's Mega Stone this is?"

Ange nodded and said, "If I'm not mistaken, yours is Mawile's Mega Stone, and mine is Gengar's Mega Stone."

Ange himself didn't expect that he would get Gengar's Mega Stone.

Hearing Ange's words, Ayaka was overjoyed, "Great, I was just thinking of catching a Mawile!"

Ange said, "Then let's go see Mawile and the others!"

He also wanted to go catch Solrock.

"Yeah, let's go, let's go!" Ayaka walked ahead impatiently.

Soon, Ange and the others found Mawile and the others again.

This time, after surviving the disaster, Mawile, Solrock, and many other Pokémon hid in the depths of Glittering Cave.

Upon seeing Mawile, Ayaka went straight to the point and said, "Mawile, would you like to come with me?"

Mawile was stunned when she heard this. She looked at her companions, then at Ayaka, her face hesitant.

At this time, a Dwebble stepped forward and pushed Mawile towards Ayaka.

Mawile looked back in surprise, only to see everyone looking at her with encouraging eyes.

After experiencing this incident, they realized that having a trainer who was willing to protect them was a very good thing.

Following Ayaka, Mawile would not only not have to suffer from hunger but also be protected, which was much happier than staying in Glittering Cave.

They hoped that Mawile could find happiness.

Feeling everyone's feelings, tears welled up in Mawile's eyes.

Finally, she mustered her courage and threw herself into Ayaka's arms.

Ayaka hugged Mawile and said, "Mawile, we're partners from now on!"

Mawile smiled through her tears and nodded vigorously.