Chapter 358: Subdue Regiace and fall into the trap of the Flower Crown King

Things developed just as Mudan said.

Regice's blizzard spread 360 degrees without any dead ends. The biting cold wind spread with a chill that seemed to freeze the soul. The ground was frozen with a thick layer of ice. If an untrained Pokémon was moved on it, it would probably slip.

However, the Blue Flame Blade Ghost who had activated the barrier to guard it broke the barrier that was frozen like an eggshell with one sword.

Immediately afterwards, the Sword of Regret broke through the air for the second time and struck Reggies's solid body again.

Clang!
It was still the crisp knocking sound caused by the collision between the sword and the body.

The Blue Flame Blade Demon was not discouraged by this. Following Luo Mu's instructions, he took turns using fire and fighting techniques to restrain Reggieice, and occasionally added some ghost techniques. His steady and agile steps were not affected by the ice layer at all.

For a moment, the entire ruins were filled with the rhythmic clanging sounds of swords colliding with the ice body that was as hard as steel.

It was as if the master forger, Cang Yan Ren Gui, was concentrating on forging his own dual-wielding flaming greatswords.

The scene at this moment seemed extremely thrilling. Even the attack of the Blue Blade Demon seemed unable to cause any damage to Reggieace's sturdy body.

It seemed that if the Blue Flame Blade Demon took a wrong step, he would be frozen by Regiace and fall into the abyss.

But what is the real situation?

The yellow dots on Reggies' face flashed faster and faster. Even the legendary giant who didn't have any emotional fluctuations felt troubled by the difficulty of the Blue Flame Blade Demon.

Reggieice raised his hand, and the invisible energy locked on to him as if dragging an afterimage. The extremely agile Blue Flame Blade Demon gathered the electromagnetic cannons in his hands again.

It was this powerful combination of lock + electromagnetic cannon, but it was broken again by two consecutive swords of the Blue Flame Blade Ghost.

Even Reggieice's other moves were avoided by the Blue Flame Blade Demon one by one. At the same time, his body was forced to produce several sounds of swords hitting each other.

Because of agility.

Even though their strengths are similar, Reggieice is actually not as threatening to the Azure Blade Demon as Shimi's Mega Blastoise.

The damage caused by the Azure Blade Demon was also accumulating smoothly. Even though he looked unharmed on the outside, it was only because of Reggies's strong physical strength as a legendary elf that the injuries had not yet revealed their presence.

"Repentance Sword!"

“Hiss!”

The Blue Flame Blade Ghost let out a low cry, and the flames on the flaming sword surged again.

This time, its mind was filled with the insights it gained from the previous two sword-fighting competitions with the Iron Warrior. At this moment, the opponent's sword skills, which were sometimes as swift as the wind and sometimes powerful and heavy, were completely mastered by the Cang Yan Blade Ghost.

In the purple pupils of the Blue Blade Demon, on the side of Reggieice's light blue polyhedron crystal column, a crack that was extremely small and produced by continuous slashing was extremely clear at this moment.

Crouching low to avoid the terrifying destructive light, the Blue Flame Blade Demon used both feet to sprint to Reggies' side. Before its slow movements and senses could react, two flaming swords were swung down heavily!
Clang! Clang!
As the flaming sword slashed at Regiace's body, two loud and clear clanging sounds were heard in succession.

"Chichichichi!!!"

This time, Reggieice's reaction was huge. Its rotation stopped and it seemed to be frozen in place.

On its clean light blue body, cracks like spider webs appeared, and Luo Mu did not miss the crisp "click" sound.

So, knowing that the time had come, Luo Mu spoke without hesitation.

"Flash Charge!"

The Blue Flame Blade Ghost stepped on the ice, its cold eyes were tinged with a layer of heat, and the blue flames that surged from the flaming sword attached to its body. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a blazing fireball and charged straight towards Reggies!

Wherever the Blue Flame Blade Ghost passed, the water vapor released by the ice melted by the high temperature condensed into frost at low temperature, but when the frost was further heated and melted by the high temperature, it formed water vapor that covered the entire field of vision.

next moment.

Bang—bang!

The Blue Blade Demon used his all-out Flash Charge to hit Reggieice. The violent fire storm swept away all the surrounding water vapor, and more water vapor rose due to the further melting of the ice layer.

The violent explosion seemed to pierce through people's eardrums, and the scorching airflow distorted the cold air transformed by Reggie Ace.

Mudan and Xia Keya's eyes widened, as if they were shocked by the scene before them.

Xia Keya couldn't help but wonder what would happen if her stupid father's bronze elephant encountered this attack.

After a while, the noise finally stopped.

"Boooo~"

Dragonite took a step forward and flapped the dragon wings on its back quickly several times. The whirlwind rolled the steam that blocked the view upwards to the top of the ruins, and the scene inside finally came into Luo Mu's field of vision.

The Blue Flame Blade Ghost half-knelt on the ground, closing his eyes and calmly enduring the backlash from the Flash Flame Charge.

Regiace was in even worse condition, his body fell to the ground, his originally strong body now had serious damages, and the mostly melted ice scattered all over the ground was probably originally part of his body.

The yellow dots that should be its eyes began to flicker more and more slowly, and a few faint mechanical sounds of unknown meaning were heard.

"Dududu. Ji. Hey."

Seeing that the situation was settled, Luo Mu took Cosmogu, who was sleeping soundly, out from under his clothes without waking up even the battle. Under the protection of Mimikyuu, he came to the side of the Blue Flame Blade Demon, stopped and reached out to it.

"Can you still stand up?"

“Hiss.”

Cang Yan Blade Ghost nodded slightly, did not refuse Luo Mu's help, took a deep breath and slowly stood up.

Just now it was just feeling a little tired from all the energy consumed in dodging and swinging the sword, so it just wanted to take a short rest.

To the Azure Blade Demon, Regice could hardly cause any significant damage to it throughout the entire process.

The most serious injury was the counter-injury caused by releasing the Flash Charge when targeting the weakness that he had forcibly "created" in Reggieice.

"That's good, but after we leave here, let the Flower Therapy Ring release some flower therapy for you."

Luo Mu breathed a sigh of relief and thought the result was not bad.

He did not use any of the trump cards he had prepared, and defeated the legendary giant Reggieice solely with the power of the Blue Blade Demon.

The plan of letting the Blue Flame Blade Ghost continue to attack the same position so that attacks that cannot penetrate the defense can successfully penetrate the defense was also successful.

All of this is closely related to what Cang Yan Ren Gui had learned from his previous battle with the Iron Warrior.

At least the previous Blue Flame Blade Demon could not easily avoid Reggieice's large-scale attacks that were thrown everywhere like they were free, while also being able to continue to accurately aim at one place to cause overlapping attacks.

"Mystery~"

At this time, Luo Mu found that the corner of his clothes was tugged.

Looking down, I found it was a mimic hill.

Mimikyu first tugged at the corner of Luo Mu's clothes to attract his attention, then pointed at Reggie Ace lying on the ground, as if asking Luo Mu whether he wanted to tame it.

"Conquer it!"

Luo Mu roughly understood what Mimikyu wanted to express through its eyes and movements, and fell into deep thought.

The three pillars, Regice, Regischir, and Regirock, often appear as guards protecting a certain place. Perhaps when Regichikas created them, he wanted them to guard something.

If Regice is obedient after being tamed, you can let it guard the farm, but you need to be careful about the impact it will have on the environment.

[Ding! Conquer Reggieice/put it back to sleep to open the gate to the ruins]

The system seemed to be unwilling to be lonely and used jumping text to make its presence felt in his eyes.

Fortunately, Luo Mu already had an idea, and since he had made up his mind, he didn't hesitate.

After all, the opportunities are right in front of you. Don't worry about it and just think about the rest later.

This was his first attempt to capture a legendary Pokémon simply through fighting.

For example, Moltres is a game of force first and courtesy later. A stick, a sweet date, and a little bit of concern will make it fall into the trap.

Luo Mu immediately took out several high-end balls with very good overall performance and threw them one by one at Reggie Ace who was lying on the ground.

Should we say that it is worthy of being a legendary elf? Obviously, Reggieice had been hit by the weakness of the Azure Blade Demon and lost his combat ability, but the first four high-level balls exploded one by one and broke into several pieces.

Just as Luo Mu was about to throw the fifth advanced ball, the unconscious Reggie Ace seemed to wake up.

"Chi chi chi—!"

Reggieice made a few distorted mechanical sounds and tried to use his arms to support his body and stand up, but because a large piece of ice was missing from his body, it was extremely difficult for him to even stand up.

Knowing something, Luo Mu made a prompt decision and threw the fifth advanced ball. The moment Reggieice was hit, his whole body turned into red light and merged into the advanced ball.

The senior ball fell on the ice and shook three times in a row.

Mudan and Xia Keya, who were rushing over from a distance, didn't dare to breathe, their hearts pounding, for fear that their voices would affect the result of the conquest.

Fortunately, Luo Mu was very lucky. Reggieice's consciousness had clearly recovered this time, and he even wanted to continue acting.

But the conquest was successful.

stare!
Three bright yellow stars twinkle on the high-end ball.

Luo Mu was slightly stunned and blinked. He didn't expect that it only took five high-level balls to successfully capture the monster.

He thought that if something went wrong he would have to fight another round.

After all, Regiace, Regis Chirrut and Regirock can all repair their bodies by "feeding" on ice, metal and rock. The ice melted by the Azure Blade Demon is only in a small circle around them. Regiace's "fuel" is everywhere.

Luo Mu picked up the advanced ball containing the Ice God Pillar Reggieice, and Mimikyu climbed onto Luo Mu's shoulder, shouting happily.

The Azure Blade Ghost also nodded in satisfaction. Anyway, it already had a lot of companions, so it didn't need one more Regiace. Moreover, in its eyes, being subdued by Luo Mu was still too high for Regiace!

At this time, with the help of Dragonite and Swampert, Mudan and Xia Keya walked carefully on the ice and came to Luo Mu, with a happy face: "Congratulations, teacher/Teacher Luo Mu, you have captured Reggie Ace!"

"thank you all."

Luo Mu smiled gently, and asked them one by one about their physical condition and whether they could still hold on. Then he shrunk the advanced ball and put it away, and looked at the closed door.

Now that Reggieice has been subdued, it’s about time that door is opened, right?
Just when Mudan and Xia Keya were about to ask what they should do next to leave the iceberg ruins, a low and long roar sounded from the gate.

Then, the door panel began to move slowly and steadily, and the opened gap brought in a strong cold airflow, which blew away the dust accumulated in the gap and filled the air with an ancient breath.

Real sunlight shines into the ruins as the ancient gate opens. Through the light, you can clearly see the scenery of the snowy valley.

Outside the gate, a figure with its back to the light floated into the ruins at high speed, as if it had been waiting for a long time!
Peony and Xia Koya were stunned when they saw the strange Pokémon.

Luo Mu hugged Cosmogu in his arms a little tighter, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

It was just an accident. Did the Lotus Crown King walk right into the trap?

The moment the gate opened, for the first time, the Bud Crown rushed into the ruins without thinking, and came in front of Luo Mu and the Pokémon like a gust of wind.

At this moment, the brain of the Lotus Crown King, which had forgotten to work due to worry, started working again.

Luo Mu, who was looking at Cosmog who was sleeping soundly in his arms with a look of surprise, the Pokémon around him who were also considered strong in the eyes of the Bud Crown, and the two bewildered girls.

Then he used his telekinesis to survey the interior of the iceberg ruins. There was an aura of heat and cold intertwined, ice layers full of traces of battle, and the guardian stone statue had disappeared without a trace.

The Rape Crown King instantly realized that he had been impulsive.

This human, Luo Mu, passed the test of the iceberg ruins with his own strength. I'm afraid that the ice giant was also collected by him with that magical ball.

There is actually no need to worry about it.

The Lotus Crown King was stunned for a second, and finally looked at Cosmogu who was sleeping soundly in Luo Mu's arms. His figure gradually faded and he was about to activate instant teleportation.

"Wait a moment, Crown Queen."

At this time, Luo Mu suddenly spoke up and wanted to call out to King Lei Guan.

There was a flash of surprise in the eyes of Peony and Shakoa. This big green Pokémon was the legendary King of Plenty, the legendary king who once ruled the Galar region - Budcrest?

Dragonite and the others also stared at King Bud Crown curiously, observing this king who was forgotten by later generations.

It seemed that he had changed his mind. The gradually fading figure of the Lotus Crown King reappeared. Luo Mu was a little surprised: "You are willing to communicate with me!"

The embarrassment on the face of the Crowned King flashed away without him changing his mind.

Just now, it only wanted to leave here, so as to avoid the heart-wrenching pain when it saw Cosmogu again, and it was becoming more and more reluctant to leave.

But Queen Lei Guan forgot that even if the gate to the ruins was opened, teleportation was still not possible inside.

"Ahem. At this point, do you have anything else to say to me?" It would be inappropriate to leave without saying anything at this point, so the Lotus Crown King suggested, "Go outside the ruins. If you stay here for too long, the gate here will be closed again."

"what!?"

Peony and Shakoa, who were experiencing telepathy from Pokémon for the first time and felt their horizons broadened, exclaimed.

Since the Lei Guan Wang had said so, Luo Mu did not hesitate and nodded: "Okay, let's leave here immediately."

He let Dragonite pick up Mudan and Shakoa, and put Bladeblade back into the Poké Ball to let it rest. After that, Luo Mu left the ice area with Cosmog in his arms with the help of Swampert, walked out of the ruins quickly, and returned to the snowy valley.

After coming to the outside world, Luo Mu actually felt that it was warmer outside. One could imagine how extreme the temperature caused by Reggieice was just now. If he stayed in the iceberg ruins for too long, he might really be frozen to death.

Shortly after the few people left the iceberg ruins, the ancient door began to move slowly and firmly, as if it knew that the people inside had left.

After a low and long humming sound, the gate of the ruins closed completely.

The Lotus Crown King withdrew his gaze from the gate, turned sideways and looked at Luo Mu, his telepathic tone sounding a little cold.

"Now you can make your comments."

Mudan and Xia Keya behind Luo Mu stood nervously behind him, not daring to breathe.

After all, the person in front of him is a real king in history!

Every move is so majestic.
Nodding slightly, Luo Mu put Cosmogu in his arms. It was not because he wanted to monopolize Cosmogu, but simply because he was afraid that it would get cold.

After doing all this, Luo Mu finally spoke under the slightly warmer eyes of the Lotus Crown King: "We have investigated your past achievements and history in the Frozen Village."

"Oh?"

The Bud Crown King paused in its extremely slow floating up and down movement and then stopped in mid-air. From this, it can be seen that its emotions are not as calm as it seems on the surface.

Luo Mu also caught this point accurately. His eyes darkened and he sighed in his heart and said in a deep voice: "The villagers of Dongning Village also regard you as a fictional existence in the compiled story."

Luo Mu briefly and tactfully informed the Princess of the Lotus Crown of the opinions of the villagers that Nimo and the others had collected.

After hearing everything, the Princess turned around slowly and looked at the environment of the snowy valley, wondering what she was thinking.

After a while, when Luo Mu heard the Rape Crown King let out a barely perceptible sigh, it turned around. Both its temperament and words were still full of its former elegance and majesty.

Luo Mu knew that this was because King Leiguan didn't want to show his vulnerable side in front of Mudan and Xia Keya, the descendants of his former subjects.

"It seems that they do not believe in my existence. Humans have long forgotten the bond they have established with me."

".It doesn't matter. I won't lament about this. I am the King of Plenty! I won't be so shallow as to rely on humans!"

There was determination in the majestic eyes of the Lotus Crown King, even though Luo Mu's words completely shattered its long-held fantasies.

The answers that it subconsciously ignores or dares not to believe are the truth.

Even though the truth is as sharp as a knife, the Flower Crown King will not become negative or degenerate because of it.

On the contrary, it is precisely because of this that it can make up its mind completely!

Now that you have made up your mind not to rely on humans anymore and want to regain your strength, there is only one choice.

The Bud Crown King closed his eyes, as if he was having some mental struggle.

Only at this moment could Mudan and Xia Keya cast a look of pity and heartache on it for a moment.

But only for a moment.

Because they both knew very well that a king would not like others looking at him in such a way.

Luo Mu opened his mouth, but in the end he did not say anything to comfort the Bud Crown King. Such comfort might be an insult to the Bud Crown King.
After a while, the Bud Crown King finally opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "If my beloved horse could return to me, the situation would be better."

It thought a lot. Although it had just said that it would not be so superficial as to rely on humans, Luo Mu, who was entrusted to Cosmogu by it, was different after all, otherwise it would not have said this.

Looking at Luo Mu, the Bud Crown King continued, "That was the mount I once rode with ease. It was a Pokémon with four legs. The statue in the village also showed me riding it."

"A long time ago, they were my companions in the mountains, but since my power weakened and we parted ways, I don't even know where they are now."

"Moreover, you should also know that even if I can find my beloved horses now, the meager strength I have temporarily recovered is probably not enough, and there is no possibility of controlling them."

After saying this, King Leiguan looked up at Luo Mu, as if waiting for his answer.

Being watched by the Flower Crown King, Luo Mu knew that it had now reached a point where it was at its wit's end.

It was a real surprise to Luo Mu that the Lotus Crown King didn't care about his own attitude and honestly expressed his needs.

All the persuasive words that he had prepared were meaningless. It could be said that the King of the Flower Crown had truly "fallen into a trap"!

"Snowstorm Horse and Spirit Horse, right? I will help you regain your strength, and then you will agree to leave the Crown Snowfield with me and raise Cosmog yourself. How about that?"

Luo Mu did not use a coercive tone to force the Lotus Crown King to agree to his request if he wanted to regain his power.

Putting aside whether the pride of the Lotus Crown King would allow it to lower its posture to that point, Luo Mu definitely did not want to do such a thing.

So, his tone was inquiring, seeking the opinion of the Rape Crown King.

"You even know the names of my beloved horses."

There was a flash of surprise in the eyes of the Lotus Crown King, and he couldn't help but look at Cosmogu, whose head was only half exposed in Luo Mu's arms.

Then it fell into hesitation.

As the king of Galar, even if he was a forgotten king of the past, he had never considered leaving the Crown Snow, leaving the Galar region, leaving his own land, and leaving this land full of memories of his past.

But Luo Mu's question put the problem on the table -

Even if it regains its power, will it rule this land as a king again?
Not to mention the impact on the existing system if he were to reign as king again, and the impact it would have on the Galar region and the descendants of his former subjects.

Even if she really regained her power, the Crown of Lotus felt that her answer would definitely be no.

It no longer wants to experience such a thing again. This is not cowardice, but the Crown of Flowers has been completely enlightened.

Rather than becoming a king again, perhaps, in his heart he actually wanted to be a caregiver, to nurture Cosmogu during the confused period after he woke up and fill the empty heart of Cosmogu.

After a long silence, the Crowned King finally responded, "If you can fulfill your promise, I may consider it."

The answer from the Princess Royal was exactly what Luo Mu wanted.

Now that I have said that I will help it find its beloved horses even if the King of Lotus Crown disagrees, since it has not directly refused, it means that the King of Lotus Crown has been shaken in his heart and started to consider this possibility.

That's enough!

Luo Mu smiled and said, "Then it's a deal!"

(End of this chapter)