Pokemon: Reborn Rich Alternate Earth

Chapter 1028: Chapter 1245: Long Life And Willful

Julian and Ember waited in place for about eight days. And on the eighth day, Deoxys finally returned.

"Well? Did you find it?" Julian immediately asked.

Beside him, Ember looked at Deoxys with some nervousness. If even it couldn't find the secret realm's exit, then she and Julian would very likely be trapped here until they died.

Deoxys nodded.

Phew—

Ember let out a heavy sigh of relief. It had been found, now they could leave this damn place.

"Nothing went wrong along the way, right?" Julian asked.

Hearing that question, Deoxys hesitated briefly, then shook its head.

"Pack up. We're leaving," Julian said to Ember.

The two of them then recalled their Pokémon into their Poké Balls.

"Let's go."

Deoxys nodded and then used Teleport to take the two of them away.

Because it was a First-class Legendary, and a Psychic-type one at that, when it used Teleport to carry people, it didn't cause a strong sense of vertigo.

But if a Pokémon below the First-class Legendary tier used Teleport to carry someone, it would absolutely make that person vomit. And after a few such teleports, the person could quite literally be vomited to death.

Julian, however, had the Mage Pallet Town Physique, so when Metagross carried him, it didn't cause any adverse effects.

When they reappeared, Julian and Ember were already at the entrance to the secret realm's exit gate.

The two stepped out of the secret realm, and in the next moment a wave of scorching heat hit them—they had returned to the Flame Mountain Secret Realm.

"Finally back."

Ember looked around, a delighted expression appearing on her face. Although that Top-tier secret realm had a very nice environment, for her, it was simply too dangerous.

The Flame Mountain might have a harsh environment, but she was familiar with it—and familiarity brought a strong sense of security.

"So, what do we do next? If you go out directly, those guards will definitely see you and might report the news of your return to that guy," Julian said.

He wasn't sure if the current batch of guards was the same one from when Ember had entered earlier, but since the other party had managed to bribe the guards before, then even if the group had changed, he could still bribe them again.

And this time, he wouldn't even need to bribe all of them—just one would be enough.

As soon as they came out of the secret realm gate, the guards would definitely see them.

Using Teleport wasn't an option either, because the inside and outside of a secret realm were not the same space—Teleport simply couldn't be used across them.

You could say to move all the guards away, and that was certainly possible. For Julian, it would only take a word. But doing that would be blatantly telling the other party that something was wrong.

So how to take Ember out without being noticed by the guards was the key issue.

"Let's just walk out," Ember said.

Julian looked at her with some confusion. "Aren't you afraid that once he knows, he'll just flee abroad?"

If he stayed in the country, Julian had plenty of ways to find him. But if he escaped overseas, many things would become restricted.

"Because I just realized—he attacked me in secret. That means no one knows about this except me."

"So if he denies it, then even if my father and grandmother believe me, there's nothing I can do to him."

Ember said calmly.

Putting it that way, it actually made sense.

The Hearth family couldn't just arrest a direct-line member based on nothing more than Ember's word, with no evidence whatsoever—especially when that person was a talent who could rival Ember herself.

"Alright then."

Julian shrugged and didn't say anything more.

He had no desire to get involved in the Hearth family's complicated internal affairs. His own family was better—fewer people, plenty of money, simple relationships, none of these complicated matters.

Soon, Julian and Ember left the Flame Mountain secret realm and returned to the Hearth family estate.

"Dad, Grandma!"

Ember immediately spotted her father and grandmother, who had been anxiously waiting for her, and ran over.

"It's good that you're safe."

Travis was very emotional inside, but his expression remained composed. Then he walked over to Julian and said gratefully, "Champion Walker, thank you."

If not for Julian, Ember might truly have been trapped until death in that Top-tier secret realm.

"Dad, why are you thanking him? Going by relationship, you're his elder. And what's wrong with him saving his own cousin?" Ember protested.

"Ember is right. Going by relationship I should still call you Uncle. So from now on, just call me by my name."

Julian rolled his eyes at Ember.

This woman might really be a nemesis sent by god. She had been someone he acknowledged as a friend, and then later became his cousin.

He could beat her, but couldn't hit her. He couldn't out-argue her, and was constantly teased by her instead.

"Hahaha, then I'll just call you Julian from now on."

Travis laughed heartily, looking very pleased, and immediately took the opportunity to address Julian by his name.

The fact that Julian had a familial connection to the Hearth family was something only a very small number of families knew about.

After all, even Julian himself, the person directly involved, had only found out about it a few years ago.

But this was certainly not something Travis would go around spreading on his own.

The Hearth family was already a major clan and had absolutely no need to ride on someone else's prestige the way the Cavendish family relied on the Walkers.

However, with this connection to Julian, if one day the Hearth family faced a disaster of extinction—something even the Champion-level Pokémon within the clan couldn't handle—then they could ask Julian for help.

It could be said that with Julian around, the Hearth family, as long as they didn't seek their own destruction, would absolutely not vanish for several hundred years.

As for the fact that Julian could live for more than five hundred years—not only the families within Drakoria knew this, but many families abroad were also aware of it.

The main reason was that James had told people around him, and had even said that he himself could live for three to four hundred years.

The purpose of doing this wasn't simply to show off, but rather a kind of warning.

It was telling families harboring hostility toward the Walkers to restrain themselves—his family's heir could live for several hundred years, enough to outlive several generations of theirs.

So it was better for them not to act recklessly.

By now, Julian could not only live over five hundred years, but with the bracelet made from World Tree branches and the Hundred-Year-Old Monkey Wine, his lifespan had easily broken past six hundred years.

And if he wanted to extend it further, he could only search for other treasures.

Almost all lifespan-extending treasures only worked the first time they were used—after that, they had no effect.

Julian had already used quite a few such treasures, so increasing his lifespan further this way would actually be quite difficult.

After all, lifespan-extending treasures were extremely rare, and Julian believed he had already used more than half of the ones that existed.

As for the remaining ones, whether they could even be found was still unknown.

But there was no rush—he was still young, not even thirty yet, with plenty of time to spend.

Well, maybe he could afford to squander about two hundred years.

With such a long lifespan, one could afford to be willful.

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