Groudon Woke Up

"The precious orbs are glowing!"

Within the Submarine Explorer, Maxie and Archie were eagerly staring at the two precious orbs that were shining brightly within the glass cabinet.

Behind them, the six cadres who were navigating the submarine also cast their sights.

When the colorful appearance of the 'Red Orb' and 'Blue Orb' was reflected in the eyes of the eight people, whoever it was revealed an expression of relief.

Subsequently, a dense color of ecstasy took over their faces.

"Finally, we've waited for this moment, great."

Even those with a cold temperament such as Maxie revealed an expression of excitement when it came to this moment.

"Haha, hahaha, hahahahahahahahahahahahahah!"

Archie, who had always acted in a rough style, was even more unable to suppress his ecstasy, and excitedly began to laugh.

"Fantastic!"

Archie's gloomy eyes flashed through a trace of harshness and suppression, saying: "Since, these two precious orbs have already had a new movement, that means that Groudon and Kyogre are also already restarting their movement... Right?"

"According to normal logic, there's nothing wrong with your statement..."

Maxie pushed the goggles responsible for protecting his eyes above the bridge of his nose and gave a hint of an eager smile.

The same was true of the six cadres.

The eight of them had been within this Submarine Explorer ship for far too long.

In order to avoid the arrest of Elite Four of Hoenn League and a group of searching officers, they had drilled into this ocean of lava at the very beginning.

For a long time, the silent environment, paired with the peeping window outside so a large area of hot and bright to the point of opacity, people do not dare to look directly at the magma, even the battle-hardened Maxie and Archie is about to go crazy, not to mention all aspects of the six cadres who are inferior to these two leaders...

What's more, the Submarine Explorer's energy reserves weren't infinite either.

If they couldn't wait for a chance to get out until the energy ran out, then this submarine that was protecting them now would turn into a living coffin that trapped them afterwards.

It is really too torturous...

The only way for them to have a chance to surface was to wait for Groudon and Kyogre to finish building up their strength and make a comeback.

This was also the only thing they were looking forward to as they continued to float within this sea of lava.

Today, the 'Red Orb' and 'Blue Orb' had finally flickered with light again.

That would also mean that...

"The time has come for Team Magma to see the light of day again!"

"It's time for Team Aqua to make waves above this world again!"

The leaders and cadres of the two organizations, at once, looked at each other unkindly again-

"First things first, I don't have the idea to fight with you right now, this Submarine Explorer ship has almost reached its limit, if we make a mess inside the cabin, we will all end up with our corpses burned by the leaking lava!"

"Heh, I'm not that stupid."

Hearing Maxie's warning, Archie also sneered.

"When Groudon and Kyogre have started their second battle up there, we'll each take our own precious orbs to control them... First, we'll take care of those assholes from the Hoenn League, and then we'll play fair."

"I hope you can keep your word."

Maxixe opened the glass cabinet after saying that and took away the 'Blue Orb'.

"Heh."

Archie also quickly took away the 'Red Orb' and held it inside his hand.

Hmm... These two people hadn't even realized until now that they had taken the wrong orbs that they needed.

"Then, boss."

At this time, Shelly, who was piloting the Submarine Explorer, opened her mouth and inquired about Archie, saying, "When are we almost ready to surface?"

Archie looked towards Maxie.

"A few more hours..."

"Right now, Hoenn League must all be paying high attention to where Groudon and Kyogre might appear, and we'd be shooting ourselves in the foot if we rashly go up to the surface right now, so that means that we must wait patiently until their minds and power are distracted by the two Ultra Ancient Pokémon to about the same extent." Gripping the 'Blue Orb' tightly, Maxie also looked towards the sticky lava outside the window.

"Uhh..."

By this time, Tabitha next to him seemed to be showing a worried expression as if he had remembered something.

"That said, if Groudon and Kyogre have accumulated enough power, then, Kyogre aside, if Groudon wants to ascend to the surface, wouldn't that be through Mt. Chimney... At that time, wouldn't we be directly confronted with Groudon?"

"Uh?"

Hearing his words, several other cadres also showed the same worried expression.

Unlike Maxie and Archie, in fact, the determination of the six of their cadres towards expanding the land and sea was actually not so firm that it had to be done.

Especially after having witnessed the heaven-destroying power of Groudon and Kyogre, and having been hunted down by the Elite Four of Hoenn League, they themselves were forced to enter Mt. Chimney... After this period of suffering, the six cadres had already been more or less critical of the command of the two leaders they were loyal to.

Now, at the thought of the possibility that they and the others might come face to face with Groudon over here, they were even more panicked.

"Don't worry."

Maxie waved his hand and said, "Even if Groudon really took this path, this magma sea is so big, and the Submarine Explorer is equipped with a special metal film that isolates the energies of 'Blue Orb' and 'Red Orb', so it simply can't find me- It can't detect me-"

"Clang...!"

Before Maxie could even finish his sentence, the Submarine Explorer shook violently as if it had hit something.

Maxie and Archie fell on top of the floor, and the six cadres were also knocked sideways.

"What's going on?"

"What happened?"

The violent shaking was not the only one.

While Maxie and Archie were fearfully asking the cadres what had happened, they realized that their right-hand man was now staring out the window with a pale face.

"What is it?"

Maxie rushed towards the window with quick steps.

Then, the scene that came into his eyes caused him to shudder...

"Boom-!!!"

As if they were being lifted by something, they gradually floated out of the lava sea, and the originally calm underground world was no longer the same as it was a few minutes ago.

The viscous lava waves were still rolling, and lava bubbles with a diameter of more than a few meters floated upwards one after another, breaking into raindrops of tiny magma that fell on this world filled with light and heat... This was the rain of magma.

"Roar-!!!"

Vaguely, there seemed to be the voice of a giant beast splitting the magma.

"Wow!"

The raging magma like a waterfall cracked open a spacious path, and a crimson beast, as if it was the monarch of lava, walked towards the exit with overbearing steps.