Chapter 182: The True Nature of Calyrex’s Power

Chapter 182: Chapter 182: The True Nature of Calyrex’s Power

"So amazing."

Korrina exclaimed in astonishment.

"It took us three whole days to find the shrine, and now we’re already back?"

"So this is the power of the King of Bountiful Harvests?"

The more one understood Pokémon...

The more unbelievable Calyrex seemed.

And this was still his weakened state.

Korrina couldn’t even imagine...

Just how powerful Calyrex had been at the height of his glory.

"Alright."

"Don’t make a fuss about it."

Sora gently ruffled Korrina’s golden hair.

"We’re not at the point where we can attract attention yet."

"And above all..."

"We absolutely can’t expose Calyrex’s existence."

"Mhm! I understand, Master!"

After returning to Freezington, Sora first went to reassure the village chief and the other villagers.

They had been so worried about them.

It was only right that he let them know they had returned safely.

The villagers were overjoyed to see them back.

The old village chief even decided to hold a banquet that evening to celebrate their return.

Unable to refuse everyone’s enthusiasm...

Sora simply contributed the food he had brought with him and joined the celebration.

"Before the banquet starts..."

"We’re dismissed for now."

"Everyone’s free to do as they like."

Sora planned to stay in Freezington for a few more days and enjoy the unique atmosphere of the snowy village.

The girls could simply treat it as a vacation.

Meanwhile...

He intended to contact Cynthia.

Now that his business here was finished, it was finally time to invite her over to explore the Crown Tundra.

"Volcanion."

"I’m leaving them in your care."

He entrusted Korrina and Emma to Volcanion’s protection.

As for himself...

He took Calyrex into the nearby forest.

There...

He planned to investigate the true nature of the King of Bountiful Harvests’ power.

"Hmph."

"What troublesome humans."

Volcanion grumbled as usual.

Yet after spending time with the two girls...

It had already begun treating them as companions.

If they were ever truly in danger...

Volcanion would probably be the first to panic.

Sora had long grown accustomed to the steam Pokémon’s tsundere personality.

"Yes, yes."

"I’ll be counting on Lord Volcanion, then."

Patting Volcanion on the shoulder...

Sora left together with Ogerpon, Magearna, Victini, and Calyrex.

"Let’s go battle some wild Pokémon in the forest."

With her master gone...

Korrina immediately wanted to continue her training.

A martial artist’s training...

Never stopped.

"Oh, right, Emma."

"How about taking this opportunity to catch another Pokémon?"

"Another one?"

At the moment, Emma only had Espurr.

She felt she ought to ask her partner’s opinion first.

"Mew~"

Espurr happily agreed.

It wanted another friend too.

Thus...

Emma followed Korrina into the forest, searching for Pokémon suitable for a beginning Trainer.

Meanwhile...

Deep within the forest...

Sora finally asked the question that had occupied his thoughts for quite some time.

"Calyrex."

"How much do you actually understand about your own power?"

Ever since meeting Calyrex...

He had been wondering about the nature of Faith itself.

What exactly was this so-called Power of Faith?

Was it a special form of energy?

Or perhaps...

An emotion overflowing from the hearts of humans and Pokémon?

To investigate...

He had deliberately brought Ogerpon, Magearna, and Victini along.

First...

Ogerpon had already been classified by Sora as an Emotion-type Pokémon.

She possessed extraordinarily sharp sensitivity toward feelings.

Second...

Magearna possessed the Soul-Heart.

She was practically a miracle born from life energy itself.

Finally...

Victini.

Infinite energy.

If anyone understood energy...

It was definitely little V.

"I do not know."

Calyrex slowly shook his head.

"I have possessed this power ever since I was born."

"One day..."

"I witnessed Pokémon suffering from hunger."

"So I waved my hand..."

"And trees blossomed and bore fruit."

That had been the very beginning.

Calyrex nurtured countless Pokémon.

And from them...

He obtained the power known as Faith.

Growing stronger little by little.

Later...

Humans discovered Calyrex’s existence.

They prayed for miracles.

Step by step...

He became the deity of the Galar region.

Eventually...

He ascended the throne as king.

Calyrex had never become the King of Bountiful Harvests through force or conquest.

He ruled through giving.

He ended famine.

He brought abundance.

He filled people’s lives with prosperity and happiness.

"And so..."

"I earned the love and reverence of both humans and Pokémon."

"Before I realized it..."

"I had already reached my current realm."

Calyrex had never been a Pokémon obsessed with strength.

He was astonishingly simple.

Give him carrots every day...

And he was perfectly happy.

Because of that...

Although unimaginably powerful...

He had never seriously studied his own abilities.

He didn’t know what Faith truly was.

Nor how it was actually generated.

"So..."

"You really know nothing about it?"

Leaning against a tree with folded arms...

Sora decided to conduct an experiment himself.

"Ogerpon."

"V."

"Magearna."

"Watch carefully."

"Calyrex..."

"Try drawing Faith from us."

As he spoke...

Sora expanded his Aura field.

His Aura was still weak.

However...

Thanks to Victini’s constant nourishment over this period...

It had grown considerably stronger.

He still couldn’t create an Aura Sphere requiring one hundred units of Aura.

But twenty units...

Were already within his reach.

Merely using Aura for perception...

Was effortless now.

"Very well."

Normally...

Calyrex absorbed Faith passively.

Although he could actively gather it...

He rarely did so, unwilling to burden those who believed in him.

This time was no different.

The Faith he absorbed...Came from Sora...

And from the three Pokémon beside him.

"It’s finished?"

"Yes."

"I’ve already absorbed it."

"Huh?"

Sora frowned.

His Aura hadn’t detected anything.

"So..."

"The Power of Faith isn’t life energy at all."

"It’s something else entirely?"

"V?"

"Ogerpon?"

"Magearna?"

He questioned each of them in turn.

Unfortunately...

None had noticed anything unusual.

The only one who seemed to have sensed even a hint of something...

Was Victini.

"I could only feel that Calyrex’s own energy increased a little."

"But..."

"I never sensed any outside energy entering his body."

From Victini’s perspective...

Rather than absorbing some mysterious external force...

It looked more as though...

The energy had simply appeared naturally inside Calyrex himself.

Sora relayed this surprising discovery to the King of Bountiful Harvests.

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