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Chapter 121 The Temple Messenger's Visit
Just as the Wind Fairy and the Blue Swabbit embarked on their return journey, the manor welcomed two unexpected guests.
Fangzhou had just returned from Kanaz City and was conducting his routine inspection of the orchard.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of two figures standing outside the manor gate.
Wearing blue temple robes with unique patterns, they stood out brightly in the sunlight.
It was Sheena and Roca, who had appeared at the spring banquet yesterday.
Fang Zhou felt a chill run down his spine and quickly put down his work to greet them, inviting them into the manor.
He noticed that Sheena's face was paler than it had been at the spring banquet the day before.
There were bluish shadows under his eyes, as if he had been punched, and his steps were slightly unsteady, clearly indicating that he had not yet fully recovered from the exhaustion caused by forcibly communicating with Arceus yesterday.
"Miss Sheena, Mr. Luo Kai, please have a seat here."
Fangzhou led the two to a stone table and chairs under the shade of a tree, then went inside to prepare two cups of warm honey water.
The honey comes from the flower fields carefully tended by the three bees on the estate, containing the gentle energy of the plants.
Sheena thanked her softly, holding the warm cup in both hands and sipping the drink.
The sweet honey water slid down her throat, bringing her a touch of warmth, and the paleness on her face finally faded a little.
"You are Ark, the manor lord who grew the golden radish." Sheena said carefully as she reached out to straighten the asymmetrical items on the table.
"To be honest, I sensed Arceus during the ceremony yesterday, and I did sense something for the last time. It should have been kept secret, but since you are the only human in all these years who has been able to grow golden radishes again, I decided to tell you what I saw yesterday."
Sheena took a deep breath, as if she had made a major decision.
Fang Zhou leaned forward slightly, adopting a posture of attentive listening.
"Yesterday, when I exhausted my last bit of mental energy trying to connect with Lord Arceus's consciousness... I saw..."
Sheena's voice lowered and trembled, "The fall of a god."
really!
The other party did indeed see the relevant footage.
"In a void, the realm where Lord Arceus usually slumbers, I saw... an ominous black aura."
A flicker of fear crossed Sheena's eyes, as if she were witnessing that horrific scene again.
"The black mist, like living tentacles, entangled Lord Arceus... In the end, the great creator god... fell. The eighteen primordial tablets it held fell with it, and some even... shattered into several pieces in the process."
"Black energy?!" Fang Zhou's voice rose involuntarily, his brows furrowing tightly.
It's black energy again!
At Professor Oak's previous gatherings, he had heard that some Pokémon had been corrupted by a mysterious dark aura and become violent, and he had even witnessed it himself.
From ordinary queen bees to powerful Salamence, none escaped unscathed.
However serious those incidents may be, they are ultimately limited to the realm of ordinary Pokémon, and the damage they cause has its limits.
The news that Kexina brought at this moment completely overturned previous understanding.
The black energy has become even more powerful than in ancient times, and now it can even corrupt the gods!
Even the supreme creator god Arceus could not withstand it and ultimately perished!
The existence of deities is closely related to the stability of the world.
Alarm bells rang in Fang Zhou's mind, and a chill crept up his spine.
Arceus fell so silently that if it weren't for Sina's efforts to sense it, everyone would probably still be in the dark, thinking that Arceus had abandoned humanity and was no longer willing to respond to prayers.
So... is there a possibility?
Around the world, there are other gods who have been corrupted by the dark energy and have either quietly fallen or are on the verge of falling.
The thought sent a chill down his spine.
"I'm asking the Ark Lord how the Golden Radish was cultivated? Are there any important details to keep in mind during this process?"
Sheena revealed the purpose of her visit. She was not there to report to a minor manor lord about what she had seen, but to search for clues about the fall of Arceus.
After a moment's thought, Fangzhou told Sheena about the existence of the rock powder, but omitted the part about how he knew that the rock powder could make the golden radish sprout and grow through foresight.
"I see. Rock dust is a crystal produced by Rock or Ground-type Pokémon, which allows Golden Radish to grow."
Sheena took out her notebook from her bosom and quickly wrote down this important information.
"If you want to study the dark energy further, you can go to the Kanto region and find Professor Oak. He also has information on this topic," Fang Zhou concluded. Naturally, the news of Arceus's fall should also be known to someone of Professor Oak's caliber.
The fall of the creator god is eerie in every way, yet the world has not collapsed because different gods are still fulfilling their duties.
The dark energy raged wildly thousands of years ago, but was eventually stopped by the Latios and Latias tribes at great cost.
This time, their strength is clearly incomparable to what it was before.
He defeated even the world's strongest warrior, but instead of quickly destroying the world, he was more like a villain in a novel who returns and first eliminates the opponent's strongest warrior to demonstrate his own strength.
Then comes the slow, agonizing process, like being slowly sliced to death, leaving the opponent in constant fear.
For example, gradually, one god falls at a time, plunging the entire Pokémon world into panic.
Now that a storm is brewing, if a cataclysmic disaster is truly about to strike, all parties will definitely need to take action, especially top figures in the scientific research field like Professor Oak, who wield significant influence.
As for himself, a mere manor lord, he should just focus on protecting his own little plot of land. The affairs of the world are not something a gym leader like himself can meddle in.
"Professor Oak? Okay, I understand. We will head to the Kanto region immediately. On behalf of the Temple Guardians, I thank you for your support."
Sheena stood up and shook hands with Fangzhou, then left with Luo Kai.
After the two left, Fangzhou went back inside and sat for a while.
He sighed. Why couldn't he find peace even as a manor lord?
Just then, the sound of birds chirping came from outside.
"Chirp chirp chirp!"
The blue cotton bird was wearing an ill-fitting invisibility cloak, with half of it lying on the ground, revealing half of its body, which looked very strange.
"Chirp chirp chirp!"
(Your Majesty, I must denounce the Wind Demon for her treason! Her crime is unforgivable!)