Chapter 879: Snowy White Steed

Tundra Express.

The long dragon roared through the wilderness, kicking up scattered stones, causing wild Pokémon in the grass to poke their heads out to watch.

"My beloved subject~"

"What are Your Majesty's orders?"

Inside the compartment, All Baimu looked at the victory sign on his phone screen and looked up to ask Calyrex, who was looking out the window with a face full of sorrow.

The big-headed stag used its intent to manipulate the dried radish on the table into its mouth, sighing:

"I am thinking, if I am slow to condense the Radiant Petals, what should I do."

"Take it slow, Your Majesty, want to play a game first?"

All Baimu took out a spare phone and handed it over, and the Shiny Gengar beside him raised its fat paw in agreement.

"Gen~ga!"

One noob is carrying, two noobs is also carrying.

Playing games is only interesting with more people!

Calyrex ignored Gengar's expectant gaze, not even sparing a glance at the phone, quickly finishing the dried radish with disinterest, its round eyeballs widening.

"I am talking to you about a top-priority matter!"

"..."

All Baimu helplessly put down his phone, seriously humoring the troublesome King of Bountiful Harvests.

Recently, Calyrex's waking time had increased by more than double, and it had gradually begun to become nagging and annoying, needing to worry about gains and losses every little while.

It was clearly stated very clearly that some things couldn't be rushed.

It had to nag "my beloved subject, my beloved subject" back and forth, pestering him to chew over the words he had said many times, just like rumination.

The key was that he couldn't just brush it off; it would secretly sulk while cursing the stubborn commoner, which was quite difficult to serve.

Compared to this, the Hoenn Regi trio, who were also old, were much more sensible.

"Gengar?"

Gengar couldn't wait for the game to start, so it had to put down the phone and listen to the other party's nagging with its trainer.

Fortunately, it didn't take long.

Calyrex finally tired itself out, yawned, and lay down obediently, placing a soft pillow behind its head, its sleeping posture as upright as if it were in a coffin.

"I am tired."

"Sleep well, Your Majesty."

All Baimu breathed a sigh of relief, picked up his phone, leaned against Gengar, and continued to play games with it.

Don't say.

Team games that require cooperation really have a miraculous effect on cultivating tacit understanding. The key was that Gengar's enthusiasm was also high, at least higher than during training.

Training is ultimately boring and dull.

Especially when the level rises to the late stage, day after day of effort becomes very difficult to see significant growth.

If it weren't for the fact that All Baimu's entire team's atmosphere tended to be solid and diligent, and there was a big goal hanging over their heads, presumably many Pokémon would have already started to slack off.

And how to maintain their enthusiasm would be a major topic he would need to solve for the rest of his life.

After a few games.

All Baimu glanced at the Keystone embedded in Gengar's ear cover; it was indeed shining brightly as expected, and it looked like it would be able to complete its first Mega Evolution in the last two days.

Bang bang!

The door was knocked.

The conductor pushed the dining car in and said politely: "Hello~ this is the railway curry bento you ordered~"

Railway bento is a relatively popular specialty product in the Pokémon world; the price may be slightly expensive, but many people are willing to pay for it.

Calyrex maintained its sleeping posture until the conductor left the compartment with the dining car, and the lid of the curry bento was opened.

Its cute little nose twitched, and it opened its eyes quickly.

"My beloved subject, what is this?"

Calyrex gazed at the curry rice before it, half reddish-brown and half light yellow, with cartoon Eevee and Pikachu piled on top.

All Baimu took a picture silently and said: "Railway curry—spicy creative version, Your Majesty has one too."

He opened Calyrex's portion.

"Why is mine so ordinary? There is neither the light seen in the past few days, nor the pattern on top of yours, my beloved subject?"

The King of Bountiful Harvests seemed a bit dissatisfied.

All Baimu said calmly: "Because mine is a children's meal, if Your Majesty wants—"

"So that's how it is, then no need!"

Calyrex decisively chose to refuse, while also bringing a hint of surprise to its eyes.

The shallow believer is actually a human cub?

Incredible.

At the same time, Gengar also opened the curry it chose with a grin—with large mounds of sweet cream added compared to the regular version.

However, Calyrex didn't say anything after seeing it, using its intent to manipulate the spoon to take a bite.

It fell into silence.

"My beloved subject..."

"If Your Majesty doesn't like it, just leave it." All Baimu said as expected.

Railway bento is just a specialty, which doesn't mean it tastes very good; according to the grading in the camping system, curry rice is about equivalent to the third-tier MooMoo Milk level.

Plain and ordinary mass-market goods.

Naturally, Calyrex, which had no requirements for basic diet, couldn't possibly love it.

Dried radish?

That was made by All Baimu himself by washing, drying, and baking.

Just like how any dish made by Little Master would glow in the end, he had now reached about this realm.

Medicine cannot be stopped!

Gengar was not picky; if Calyrex didn't eat, it would do the service, and with a big mouth, it could swallow even more curry.

"Gen—"

It let out a long burp, patting its belly with satisfaction.

Calyrex chewed the dried radish with difficulty, then fell into a deep sleep again, continuing to accumulate the power needed to condense the Radiant Petals.

All Baimu chatted with Lisia, who was far away in Hoenn, while eating curry.

Him: "The entire Contest system is being reformed?"

Lisia: "That's right, from now on there will be no more Contest Battles! Everything depends on the performance in the first round!"

Him: "Those trainers specializing in Contest Battles will probably protest."

Lisia: "Times are always changing~"

Influenced by various factors, the Contest process originally created by the animation production team will be changed back to the game's judging mode this year.

This approach has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it can attract some trainers who are allergic to battles but are particularly good at making Pokémon perform and making Pokémon beautiful.

The disadvantage is that the audience has narrowed.

You have to know that the Contest was able to be held at the beginning because of the Contest Battle system that imitated battles, which also gave rise to many strange rules.

Now that the viewing group has been cultivated, they are preparing to completely cut off from battles.

Think carefully.

The main reason Lisia lost to All Baimu in the Contest Spectacular was that her Pokémon's combat power was insufficient; Mega Altaria couldn't beat Mega Mawile at all.

Now that the Contest Battle part has been removed, if he goes to participate in a higher-level Contest, the judges will definitely score him strictly, as he has lost the star filter.

It will be very difficult to achieve good results like in the past.

Even according to Lisia, the audience's scoring will also be included in the ranking category.

"Retiring is good!"

All Baimu was very glad that he had announced the indefinite suspension of Coordinator activities, otherwise this top-down reform would definitely have affected him.

It wouldn't matter if it affected him, but it would be bad if it affected Mawile, who also surfed the internet.

After making an appointment with Lisia to return to Sootopolis City in Hoenn next month to see them, All Baimu looked sideways at the window that was constantly retreating, and let out a sigh similar to Calyrex's.

Times are changing really fast!

——

Terminal station.

Calyrex ignored the oncoming cold wind, and in the surprised eyes of many passersby, flew straight to a high place over the top of the forest.

In an instant.

The entire vast Crown Tundra was in full view.

"Finally back..."

It breathed the cold wind; although the land it hadn't seen for ten thousand years was very different from its memories, the smell of the cold wind was still so familiar.

It closed its eyes, and a shallow blue light covered its body.

Below.

All Baimu looked up at Calyrex, which was undergoing some kind of mutation, and was slightly surprised.

"Is this to restore power—"

"Ah! My beloved subject, save me!"

A shrill scream.

Calyrex fell from a high place, like a kite with a broken string.

"Gengar!"

Gengar was very active in helping, but its head was pressed by All Baimu, so it had to watch the trainer catch the falling Calyrex with a puzzled face.

The King of Bountiful Harvests, who had curled up its body in fear, only slowly opened one eye after a long time.

"Ugh! Cough cough! My beloved subject did well!"

It hurriedly floated up, praising with a straight face.

All Baimu asked: "Your Majesty, what were you doing just now?"

"I returned to my homeland, and in a moment of excitement, I wanted to scan the whole territory with spiritual power to realize the changes of time, but unfortunately..."

Calyrex covered up its own embarrassment, sighing and wringing its hands.

All Baimu: "... Does Your Majesty have any gains?"

"None for now!"

Calyrex answered righteously.

After all this, not only did it not restore its power, but it used up a bit. Fortunately, he wasn't in a hurry to wait for Calyrex to restore its power, otherwise he would definitely be pissed off.

He shook his head and was walking out, when he was called by Calyrex again.

"My beloved subject!"

"Hm?"

"I, I can't walk anymore..."

Facing All Baimu and Gengar's puzzled gazes, and the attention of passing pedestrians, Calyrex's cheeks bulged slightly, and its deep blue gem-like eyes welled up with a hint of crystal luster.

It was secretly annoyed that its imperial guard hadn't even noticed that the King was about to collapse from exhaustion!

And All Baimu, seeing it about to cry, twitched the corners of his mouth and said: "Gengar, just put the motorcycle here."

He originally wanted to be further away from the surrounding crowd before letting Gengar take things out, to avoid the sight of others causing Calyrex discomfort.

But since it was like this...

"Gengar!"

Gengar took out a hoverbike several times larger than itself from its belly like Doraemon, and Calyrex flew into the sidecar impatiently.

The dark green bud was like a large umbrella, covering most of the sidecar.

"Ugh~"

It let out a relaxed moan.

All Baimu just pretended not to hear, put on gloves, a helmet, and a cold-proof coat, called Gengar into his shadow, and drove towards the pre-booked homestay in Freezington.

Because the departure time was different from last time, it was already near afternoon after arriving at the station.

Plus the weather forecast.

It said there would be a blizzard in the evening.

He decided to stay in Freezington for one night before heading to the Giant's Bed.

Calyrex had no opinion on this, unlike the previous situation where it kept urging All Baimu to find its steed; now that the Radiant Petals hadn't "bloomed," it wished it could see its steed later.

Otherwise, it would just be drooling in vain even if it saw it.

Can't subdue it!

——

Freezington.

It was much larger in reality than in the game.

After All Baimu arrived smoothly, those brats who had longed for the hoverbike last time popped out from somewhere again.

"Big brother!"

"You're here again, big brother—ah! What is this Pokémon!"

"It's Calyrex! The legend is true!"

"Did big brother capture it?"

They saw Calyrex sitting in the sidecar and were shocked.

Although the statues in the village were very abstract, for children with rich imaginations, comparing the two was not a problem.

Calyrex looked surprised, but couldn't float up to show off in front of people.

The territory scan just now had exhausted most of its power.

"My beloved subject! Who are they?"

"They should be the descendants of the ancient Galar people who served Your Majesty back then." All Baimu responded softly, and then found that Calyrex was trembling.

Hm?

"Your Majesty?"

No response.

So he said to the brats: "Everyone! Your behavior of surrounding the King like this is very impolite! Can you clear the way?"

The brats blinked.

And the child of the village chief looked at All Baimu and shouted: "Big brother is right, since the legend is true, then we should also respect the King!"

"Alright~"

"The legend is actually true!"

"Big brother is so amazing."

Perhaps out of face for All Baimu, this group of noisy brats soon dispersed.

Calyrex stopped trembling, but said with difficulty:

"My, my beloved subject, are we staying here?"

"... Don't you like it here?"

"... Mm."

"Then we'll leave here." All Baimu didn't say a word, nodded to the village chief's child, twisted the throttle, and left Freezington.

There was more than one village in the Crown Tundra.

They soon arrived elsewhere and very smoothly found a homestay with a good environment again.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

All Baimu called Calyrex, but found that it had fallen asleep from exhaustion.

He had no choice but to hold it in his arms.

Entering the room where the charcoal fire had been burned in the fireplace in advance, it was exceptionally warm.

He took off his coat, placed Calyrex on a soft cushion, and quietly thought about the abnormal situation just now.

When Calyrex first saw the group of brats, it didn't show much emotion, until he mentioned the origin of the people of Freezington.

Hm...

To tell the truth.

He thought the reason Calyrex trembled was not excitement, but fear or terror, so it made the brats clear the way, and the subsequent Q&A confirmed this point.

Undoubtedly.

Calyrex couldn't possibly be afraid of a few children, even if it didn't have any power at all.

Then the only thing it could be afraid of was the identity of the ancient Galar people who had served it, and then thinking of Calyrex waking up from a golden coffin, rather than appearing directly like in the game.

There was probably a little unpleasant story in this.

Did the ancient Galar people seal Calyrex too after using its power to seal the giants?

Seems very likely!

According to the Regi pillars, they had no relationship with Calyrex or the ancient Galar people; they were just beaten up and sealed because they possessed power that made them fear.

Then it seemed understandable that Calyrex was sealed.

But it was the King of Bountiful Harvests who brought the harvest; what to do if the next year's food was sealed? Rely on hoarded dry food?

Strange.

All Baimu saw that when Calyrex fell asleep, a look of pain appeared on its face, so he quietly took out a guitar from Gengar's belly and played it gently.

This skill learned from the musician simulator was very effective in soothing Calyrex's emotions.

Allowing it to enter a dreamland steadily.

At the same time.

In the vast white land.

The white horse, whose lips were fiddling with the white snow and whose head seemed to be wearing an ice crystal mask, raised its head and snorted.

"Tsk! Ruru?"

It tilted its head, then ran in the direction guided by its soul.

What was magical was that it didn't leave any hoof prints in the snow, just like a gust of cold wind that came and went without a trace. ===== CHAPTER 880 =====