Axel did not originally want to hold Lillie, but the little girl seemed to lose all sense of security the moment she left him, getting so scared that she kept screaming.
Later, Axel felt that compared to having strange sounds constantly pounding his mind, it was still steadier to just hold Lillie by the waist.
But that created a new problem. Even though Lillie could not touch Axel anywhere else, it was very ticklish, so she could only keep wriggling around.
From the foot of the mountain to the summit, Lillie's viewing angle was forcibly raised by more than ten centimeters.
Axel felt that if Courtney had not been there, who knows what might have happened.
Fortunately, the White Dragon was fast, and it only took a few minutes to reach the mountaintop.
Lillie's pretty face was bright red as she quickly jumped down from Axel, holding the corners of her skirt with both hands and not daring to look at him.
"I... let's hurry and go find those two orbs, otherwise we will not have enough time."
Axel gathered his thoughts, gently nodded, and was the first to walk into the cave.
The scenery inside this cave was very strange. At the entrance it was still extremely dry, and the rock walls all around gave off a red glow.
But after walking a few steps, the cave suddenly became dark, and drops of water kept falling from the ceiling, sometimes splashing onto the three of them.
"Ah, so scary, there is a zombie!", Lillie suddenly let out a sharp scream and jumped straight onto Axel.
Axel helplessly rubbed Lillie's head, casually put her aside, and at the same time plucked that horn off Courtney's hood.
With a "kata" sound, the base of the horn lit up like a lighter, illuminating a Pokémon that was entirely blue, with only a patch of white fluff on its belly.
"Please look properly, okay. That is Marill. Not everything that hops around is a zombie."
"Ah?", Lillie's face flushed red again, and she hurriedly bowed in apology, "Sorry, Master, I was too timid."
Axel was helpless, "How about I send you back to the cave entrance and you wait for me there?"
"Anyway, with Buzzwole around, there is no need to worry about your safety."
"No!", When she heard that, Lillie was instantly like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, shaking her head wildly.
"Being alone on the mountain is scary too. When I was coming up just now, I saw a huge scorpion beside me. It looked like a lion, and it was spraying flames and water at the same time. It looked more than ten meters tall."
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Axel froze for a moment. He did not remember there being this kind of scorpion in the Pokémon world.
In terms of size, it could match a bigger Drapion, but in terms of typing, Drapion is Poison plus Dark, and there was no way it could spray both flames and water at the same time.
What did it think it was, Volcanion?
'Wait!'
The moment this thought flashed by, Axel's eyes immediately lit up.
There really was such a possibility.
In the Pokémon world, many legendary and mythical Pokémon do not stay fixed in one place. Glastrier was a very good example.
In order to maintain its power, it chose to live in the Blueberry Academy in the Unova region.
Right now, this Mt. Chimney was a place where water flows and flames intertwined, and both were divine powers. It was very normal for that to attract Volcanion, which is Water and Fire type.
Who would not want their home to be more comfortable?
And in the movie Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel Magearna, it was even mentioned that Volcanion was a Pokémon with dreams.
It cared deeply about an artificial Pokémon called Magearna, but that Pokémon was held by some faction.
If it wanted to rescue Magearna, it had to keep its own power from declining, or even grow stronger.
However... from Axel's heart, he still felt that the probability of encountering Volcanion here was not that high.
"You really saw it?", Axel poked Lillie's shoulder, suspecting she had just been frightened.
"You are clearly taller than me. There is no way you could see something that I could not."
Lillie stammered, blushing and not making a sound.
Courtney's scared voice came from the side, "Savior, Miss Lillie was just now taller than you..."
Axel: "???"
He lightly coughed and quickly changed the subject.
"Let's not talk about that. We will know when we go out later."
If it really was Volcanion, Axel felt that if he negotiated properly, he might even be able to go to the Seafloor Cavern and take part in Kyogre and Groudon's awakening.
Even if he did not expect to catch Volcanion, Axel had the strength to help it achieve its dream.
World top three generation battler, with records you can check.
Under that premise, Axel felt that riding Volcanion did not seem like something impossible.
The group continued forward. This time Courtney kept her Fire type Pokémon out the whole way to maintain the cave's brightness.
Axel also released Pheromosa, recklessly releasing a sharp, intimidating aura.
Under this terrifying pressure, the Pokémon in the cave very wisely did not come any closer.
Axel and the others kept moving forward, getting closer and closer to the two orbs under the detector's guidance.
Finally, they entered a huge space.
This place formed a sharp contrast with the narrow cave, like a massive stone chamber supported by dozens of pillars.
On two pillars in the center, each had a transparent section.
Inside them were two huge, perfectly round orbs, giving off red and blue light.
[Red Orb: An orb that gives off red radiance. It is said to have deep ties to the legends of the Hoenn region.]
[Blue Orb: An orb that gives off blue radiance. It is said to have deep ties to the legends of the Hoenn region.]
The two orbs lay there quietly, with no guardian Pokémon around them at all. If he did not already know their purpose, Axel might even have thought they were just two simple glass beads.
"Hm... if I remember right, there should be an old granny and an old man guarding these two orbs on this mountain."
"When I get the chance, I will call Officer Jenny and have them sent a commendation banner and let them change jobs."
Axel muttered to himself and decisively stepped forward, prying open the stone pillar where the orbs were with his bare hands. Just as he was about to take the red orb into his hand, he suddenly felt a burst of resistance.
That orb actually seemed to have a will of its own. It slammed into the completely unguarded Axel and shot toward the cave outside.
Axel: "???"
'Wait, this thing is shy with strangers too?'
Luckily, Pheromosa was rather socially anxious and had not followed Axel and the others into the stone chamber, but was instead waiting alone at the entrance for them to come out.
Axel quickly communicated with Pheromosa, "Pheromosa, do not let that orb get away!"
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