Chapter 470 Rescue

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Dragon's Saliva.

Dragon's Saliva, obtained from the Draconid Tribe, heals a Pokémon from normal damage and restores its stamina in a very short time.

After seeing the effects of Dragon's Saliva, Natsu had always greatly appreciated this special potion. He didn't have much in stock, so he only had 15 in total. This time, he was going to use it on Volcarona, but until the fifth one was used, it barely had any effect.

Natsu realizes that even using all of Dragon's Saliva will not cure Volcarona at this time, what is missing is actually a very small body part, the most important of which is the loss of life energy.

The energy of life must be replenished.

Natsu has seen life energy and obtained a small amount of life crystals previously in Saffron City, which Chandelure absorbs from several Pokémon.

He doesn't have Chandelure, but he also has a Pokémon that can draw life energy from other creatures.

"Doublade," Natsu shouted.

"Ouch?"

Doublade immediately poked his head out of the shadow.

He had also witnessed the battle earlier, and the conclusion was...

This world is so dangerous, I want to go home.

Dragapult also seems to understand what Natsu means, and dips her head into the sea of ​​flames that Volcarona's "Fiery Dance" raises while burning.

When she comes out again.

Two Pokémon that had completely lost their combat abilities at her hands.

This is Courtney's Golbat and Mightyena.

The very famous underground power Pokémon are also the first two to fall between Courtney's Pokémon.

It doesn't take the frontal impact of Volcarona's "Fiery Dance", so other than losing combat ability, it's pretty good.

boom-boom-

Two Pokémon are dropped to the ground by Dragapult.

"Doublade, take the life energy from these two Pokémon and give it to Volcarona." Natsu instructed.

"Hah?" Doublade looked confused.

Natsu expressly forbids him to do this. For some special reason, Doublades don't have any special requirements for things like life energy, and usually don't touch it.

"Fast."

Natsu doesn't have much time to explain that Doublade is the only Pokémon that can only channel life energy.

"Be careful, don't absorb it yourself, you are only responsible for conduction." Before Doublade's actions, Natsu repeatedly warned.

"Ouch."

Doubleblade nodded.

Two satins danced around Mightyena and Volcarona.

Although Doublade never absorbs life energy, it is one of the instincts of Pokémon like Doublade, which immediately begins to draw life energy from Mightyena.

A dim halo of bright white light flashed from his satin and spread rapidly, passing through Volcarona's body.

Just as Natsu had thought, Volcarona's rapidly weakening breath soon recovered, with a faint recovery.

"Ouch~~"

Doublade groaned, looking quite comfortable.

Even though he doesn't absorb it according to Natsu's meaning, life energy flows through him anyway. Even if he didn't absorb it, he couldn't avoid the life energy being absorbed by him as it flowed through him.

And, this absorption is getting bigger, Natsu doesn't know if it's because Doublade himself has this innate talent, or because there's a bottomless hole in Volcarona that needs to be filled.

Soon, Mightyena was completely drained.

Doublade wore satin on Golbat's body.

The power of Volcarona is very strong, so the level and quality of the corresponding life energy is very high, and the amount is also very sufficient, but Volcarona doesn't seem to be able to be charged all the time.

And when Doublade begins to absorb Golbat, Natsu finally notices Doublade's strangeness.

His eyes became blurry, drunk, and his breathing gradually increased.

Natsu could only let out a low voice.

"Doublade!"

Even using Psychic.

A deafening sound entered Doublade's ears, prompting him to react immediately from the strange state.

"Ouch?"

Natsu looked at him, shaking his head earnestly.

Doublade's power had increased quite a bit.

But this is not necessarily a good thing for him.

Strength gained through external forces, after all, is external power. If the absorption and increase is small, it is good to say, but once this amount is not properly controlled, it will definitely destroy its potency and future.

Cofagrigus can become stronger by absorbing and decomposing other Pokémon, but this kind of strengthening only looks good on the surface, but gets really shackled once Cofagrigus' power reaches a certain level, and can no longer progress every inch.

So Doublade shouldn't absorb more.

Once there is too much, it cannot be changed.

Doublade shook his head violently, breaking away from his previous feelings, moving towards Natsu and blinking to show that he knew.

Continue.

With Golbat, it's still not enough.

"No, the root of the problem is still not here." Natsu's brows furrowed tightly.

Watching Volcarona in a coma.

Slowly, he finally understood where the root of the problem was.

Again from Volcarona himself.

It was because he didn't want to live alone. Even if Natsu and Doublade continued to inject more life energy into his body, he didn't want to live alone, and there was no point in doing more.

How many years of sadness and loneliness did Volcarona make such a decision?

"Dead heart?" said Natsu earnestly.

"Bartya" Dragapult lightly caressed Natsu's cheek.

Enough is enough.

But Natsu's face was sullen.

Already done this step, so why not go crazy.

Natsu's heart skipped a beat.

Open the backpack.

Prepare to remove the Primal Groudon Carapace Fragment.

Being able to maintain Volcarona's sleep meant that Volcarona had absorbed a lot of her energy, and like Chimchar, he had a certain degree of compatibility.

But when he took it out, he was shocked.

He saw that in his hand, there was a crimson stone block the size of a sink, and the golden lines on it had fused into a single whole.

The size of the palm, the size of the basketball, the shape of the stick, they all disappeared, merging into one piece.

"This thing. It also has its own repair function? Then, if you collect all the pieces, can't you combine Primal Groudon?"

Of course it's a joke.

The shards had just fallen from Groudon's body, the real Groudon was still sleeping soundly.

However, this fusion was a bit beyond Natsu's expectations.

It's too late to think about it.

Natsu pressed the large chunk straight into Volcarona's body.

A powerful energy rushed through Volcarona's body.

This energy shock forcibly awakened the unconscious Volcarona.

"Wor~" Volcarona called out lightly.

Recover.

Natsu and Dragapult were both beaming.

Dragapult went and came to Volcarona.

"Bart ya-"

Dragapult begins to use herself as a case, convincing Volcarona.

But with little success.

Volcarona wasn't a Dragapult, and he was going through the same thing as the original Dragapult.

Dragapult had spent a long time in ignorance, despite having experienced much longer than Volcarona, but in fact dhe had experienced far less than Volcarona.

Seeing Dragapult's worried expression, Natsu stepped forward and pushed her away, staring into Volcarona's blue eyes.

said solemnly: "lost group?"

Volcarona looked at Natsu, and although he didn't speak, his sparkling eyes said it all.

"Where were you born?" asked Natsu again.

Since this Volcarona appeared, he definitely didn't jump out of the rock, at least he should have parents, right?

From his birth and experience, perhaps he could find something.

Hearing this, Volcarona's eyes moved slowly and landed on a high mountain in the distance.

The mountain is lush and green, growing with lush vegetation.

Dead volcano?

Volcarona will most likely be born in volcano.

But what is clear is that the mountain is not a volcano, so it is most likely a dead volcano.

"Dragapult, let's go!"

Without saying much, he picked up Volcarona and sat on Dragapult's back.

Volcarona doesn't need life energy now. No matter how much is injected, it will be like pumping into a bursting balloon. The more it is injected, the more it will pass.

With the energy supply from Groudon's Primal Carapace Fragment, Volcarona couldn't die for a short time.

How fast is Dragapult going all out?

Natsu saw it today.

In just a few minutes, they were on top of what Volcarona called a mountain.

Natsu became more certain of his guess as he got closer, it was indeed a dead volcano.

Falls at the mouth of a volcano.

The rock and soil formed from the compaction of lava left by dead volcanoes is rich in minerals and nutrients, so the vegetation here is very dense, and there are also plenty of Wild Pokémon that live.

But with Dragapult and Volcarona's breath, no Wild Pokémon dared to appear, and they all avoided it.

According to Volcarona's instructions, Natsu enters the interior of the dead Volcano via a straight path down.

Ordinary Dead Volcano.

It's just "dead" on the surface. Actually there is still a lot of lava in it, but the lava is no longer active.

And this dead volcano is completely dead, and all the lava in it is condensed into black and mineral-rich rock.

These rocks, if unearthed, are sure to become a favorite of many Rock-Type Pokemon.

But seeing this, Natsu also vaguely understood the reason.

In this volcano, there must have been a small-scale Volcarona group at that time, probably no more than ten, relying on the heat and nutrients of the lava to survive.

And this is a Groudon's different space. The existence of this lava was probably due to the presence of Groudon.

But one day, Groudon fell asleep.

So the lava in these different spaces is silent until it dries, or the lava on the surface dries. It was only thousands of meters underground that Natsu visited when he entered a different space, and there was lava.

But this was enough to bring about the extinction of the Volcarona group who depended on this volcano, this lava for their survival.

The last survivor was Volcarona in front of him.

Perhaps, all the light and heat he emitted throughout his life was to find a friend, who had become the only driving force for his survival.

Stepping on the lava that turned into a not-so-hard rock, under Volcarona's desperate gaze, Natsu began wandering around the interior of this small, dead volcano.

In fact.

From several places, he could still see traces of Volcarona and Larvesta's activities.

The lava should suddenly become inactive, leaving Volcarona and Larvesta living in it too late to react.

Only this Volcarona survived.

Sentimental, returning to Volcarona here, the sadness in his eyes is even stronger.

Suddenly.

Natsu stopped in a corner.

After hesitating, throw a Poke Ball.

At the red light, an Excadrill appeared, which was caught underground.

"Here, dig and move lightly." Natsu instructed.

Excadrill nodded, easily slashed at the rock formations that weren't hard, and slowly dug out.

Dragapult stared suspiciously at Natsu's strange movements.

But Natsu didn't explain anything, just stared at the place where Excadrill was dug, Psychic stuck his way down along the tunnel Excadrill dug.

Natsu with his arms crossed near his chest, waited in silence as Rock debris flew out of the hole Excadrill dug.

"Crak-"

With a very low voice, Natsu's eyes shone.

Found.

"Pick it up."

Immediately, Excadrill poked his head out, carrying a dark, dark oval in his hand.

"Bartya?"

Dragapult was very familiar with this thing and recognized it at a glance.

Pokemon eggs!

But the egg died.

Or rather, the Fossil Egg.

Natsu carefully takes the fossil egg from Excadrill.

Carefully inspected from top to bottom.

It's undamaged, the eggshell is intact, this is the only Pokemon egg Excadrill has found after dropping.

After entering the space within a dead volcano and observing the tracks of Volcarona and Larvesta, he searches for traces of Volcarona's activity, looking for a nest to place Pokemon eggs.

As seen from the Breloom group he met recently, the protection of Pokémon eggs by Wild Pokémon is still in effect, and all Pokémon eggs will be placed in a safe and secure place.

So he wanted to see if he could find a Pokémon Volcarona egg, even though it was dead and fossilized.

Luckily, he found this Pokemon egg fossil.

Come to Volcarona with fossil eggs.

Under his gaze, Natsu seriously said: "I can revive it."

In fact, if this egg fossil is not found, Natsu can also say that he can take out Volcarona, Go find Larvesta and Volcarona that live in the Pokémon world.

But now that it's found, the link can be removed.

However, neither Larvesta nor Volcarona are very common Pokémon.

And he already has Dreepy fossils that need resurrecting, and another one is the same.

"Bartya—"

Dragapult duly chimed in.

Shows that she also has group members that need to be resurrected, and Natsu is able to do so.

Until now, in Volcarona's eyes, a ray of hope finally shone, a hope for life.

Even just a little.

But it's also a lifesaver.

Feeling that Volcarona's faint life force had finally stopped flowing, Natsu and Dragapult relaxed for a long time.

Finally.

No material or energy is wasted.

Volcarona slowly closed her eyes.

"Bart."

'He's too tired.'

fell into a deep sleep.

Volcarona's wings slowly curled up, and his body also bent into a ball, and many silk threads were pulled out of her body to form a cocoon.

Looked at Volcarona, who had turned into a white cocoon, then looked at the fossilized egg in her hand.

Natsu moved the corners of his mouth.

"So... with so much effort, in the end the 'incubator' where Pokemon eggs are harvested?"

A warm cocoon radiated.

Even though Volcarona had to fall into a deep slumber for an inexplicable time due to the flow of life energy, the effects of his Traits were still there.

Seems to have a temporary effect, and it only helps hatch Pokemon eggs?

Natsu looked at Dragapult.

Dragapult almost whistled with her head held high.

Fortunately, there are also egg fossils, you can bet your luck.

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(end of this chapter)