Time flew by, he did not know how long had passed.
Accompanied by the constant feeling of going from being crushed by gravity to being weightless again, Axel finally left the multicolored river of time.
He appeared on a towering mountain peak and saw that there were wild Pokémon everywhere around him.
Not far away, a distinctive building was a temple that had already collapsed, exuding the aura of the passing years.
"Where the heck did he dump me...", Axel tugged at the corner of his mouth. Looking at the surroundings that had completely changed, even though he had been mentally prepared, he still could not help feeling a bit dazed.
All of a sudden, a "rustle rustle" sound came from the bushes at his side.
Axel quickly took a step back and spread his arms as wide as he could.
In the world of wild Pokémon, this method often worked to scare off some timid Pokémon.
But in the next second, Axel was dumbfounded.
Because he saw a little Nosepass panic and flee in the opposite direction out of the grass, as if it had never intended to attack him in the first place.
"Uh...", Axel suddenly slapped his forehead, and finally understood the reason.
Ancient Sinnoh was also called the Hisui region.
And the people of Hisui also had a nickname that was very similar to the residents of Pallet Town, "super Hisuians."
It was no exaggeration to say that the people here often caught Pokémon with their bare hands, they themselves were an extremely powerful existence.
Faced with a human, that little Nosepass would be crazy not to run...
But with this little guy showing up, Axel finally got his bearings.
(Nosepass has a compass like function, it will always keep its nose pointed in one direction.)
"Gyarados, fly west, let's head for Aurient!"
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After mastering spatial power, although Gyarados's ranking in the team's battle power did not change much, his traveling speed had increased by quite a bit.
In probably less than two hours, they went from the Hisui region to ancient Aurient.
Perhaps because of the existence of Pokémon, the productivity of this world far surpassed the one Axel had fused with before.
On the way back and forth, Axel did not see the scenes of refugees everywhere that he had imagined.
And the killing was not too frequent either, after all this was a world where gods existed, no one dared to casually carry out a massacre.
This made him unconsciously let out a sigh of relief.
Although Dialga had emphasized over and over that the time here could not affect later generations at all.
But... Axel felt that even though he was not some pure good guy, if he saw extremely tragic scenes he would probably still not be able to stop himself from stepping in.
With things looking like this now, it actually saved him a lot of trouble.
Very soon, with a spatial jump, Axel and Gyarados appeared above a city.
The outer wall of this city was entirely built of rock and steel and was over a hundred meters high.
As he got a bit closer, Axel could even see many Bastiodon running side by side along the city wall.
"The trainers here really are a lot stronger than those of later generations," Axel could not help clicking his tongue.
In a Pokémon's growth, battle was originally a very important part.
In this kind of constant warring situation, the levels of the Pokémon would not be low at all.
Axel had once seen a scene like this in his textbooks: Meng Huo brought his main Pokémon and his subordinate Great Bronze Elephant Corps to the Central Plains wanting to pick the peaches of the Three Kingdoms.
Yet after coming here he discovered that gym leaders were as common as stray dogs and Elite Fours were everywhere.
Before he even had time to start his conquest, he was captured seven times in a row by a group of people from Shu...
Of course, it was just a metaphor, since in ancient times they probably did not have terms like gym leaders and Elite Fours.
In this situation, having a Pokémon that could touch the realm of gods was not impossible.
"Gyarados, just teleport straight over."
Axel could see clearly that about two or three kilometers away from Xiapi City there were still large numbers of troops setting up camp.
If he walked through the front gate at a time like this, he would either be misunderstood by Cao's army or misunderstood by the defenders of Xiapi City.
If this many Pokémon all launched an attack at once, Axel felt that even if Rayquaza came out there was a chance of overturning the cart.
His main purpose for coming this time was still to make contact with Diao Chan and her Gardevoir.
If he could find a new training direction for Gardevoir, then this trip would not be in vain, and he would not have to force himself into a fight where there was no battle to be had, insisting on experiencing a round of real Dynasty Warriors.
"ROAR!"
Gyarados let out a low roar, and a black hole just big enough for two people to pass through appeared.
———
Passing through the black hole, they appeared in an empty alley inside the city.
"Good work," Axel patted Gyarados's big head, then recalled him into the ball and took Gardevoir with him out onto the main street.
"Peanut brittle, Hu bing~"
"Hey, my lord, want to buy some preserved fruit to try?"
"Pecha Berries, freshly picked Pecha Berries!"
Seeing Axel appear with a Gardevoir, all the hawkers on the street had their eyes light up and started calling out to him.
Unlike later generations, the class hierarchy in this era was even more rigid.
Forget about stealing Pokémon, even kidnapping trainers happened from time to time.
A trainer who could go out with a Gardevoir was almost always someone at the top of the social ladder.
Axel glanced at Gardevoir and saw that her eyes kept unconsciously drifting toward the preserved fruit stall.
From time to time she would gently lick her lips, looking like a huge little glutton.
Axel grinned and led Gardevoir over.
"Everything except the dried Tamato Berries, pack some of everything else for me."
"Also, it seems like there is still a war going on right now, how come you are still out here setting up a stall?"
The hawker's hands moved nimbly as he skewered a string of candied fruit and handed it to Gardevoir, then as he stuffed preserved fruit into a leather pouch he said with a bitter smile:
"My lord, you do not know the half of it. Xiapi City has been at war for such a long time now that the food at home is nearly all gone."
"The Pokémon are still alright, they can barely survive eating some berries, but people cannot take it."
"Now that Lady Diao Chan is holding a funeral for Lord Lu Bu, and has invited many of Lord Lu Bu's friends from his lifetime, we figured that at a time like this Cao's army probably would not dare to launch a big attack, so we came out to look for a bit of livelihood."
"By the way, you probably are not a local, are you, my lord?"
The hawker looked at Axel's clothes, which were not loose and also did not have lapels, and subconsciously took Axel for a member of a minority tribe.
Axel nodded and took two gold coins out of his backpack. He put one in the hawker's hand and pinched the other between his fingers.
"I came from far away and plan to pay my respects to Lu Bu."
"Tell me in detail how to get in and this one is yours too."
Seeing the gold coin, the hawker's eyes suddenly lit up, "Are you sure?"
"What is there to not be sure about?", Axel laughed helplessly.
With Gholdengo around, this stuff was basically a resource that kept regenerating in his hands. Did he really need to hesitate about trading it for some information?
"Then I will tell you right now and I guarantee that you will be able to get it done very quickly."
The hawker hurriedly took the gold coin, stepped into the middle of the road, and stopped a soldier who was riding a Ponyta.
"My lord, there is a Gardevoir trainer here who wants to pay his respects to Lord Lu Bu!"
The soldier took one look at the Gardevoir at Axel's side and immediately leapt off his horse, clasping his fists toward Axel.
"Greetings, my lord. Many people have been coming recently to mourn my lord. I am one of the soldiers in charge of receiving guests, you just have to follow me in a while."
As he spoke, he took a bag of grain from the back of the horse and handed it to the hawker, "You did well. If more lords come in the future, make sure to treat them properly."
The hawker's face broke into a wide smile, "Got it!"
Axel: "???"
'You little bastard, you are eating from both sides!'
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