"Oh, Hello Harry, how are you doing this fine night?", asked Axel with a smile too.
"I am okay. First of all, take a seat. Now, I want to congratulate all of you for going to the north side and returning alive. Not many people could say that.", said Harry.
"Thanks, we appreciate your concern.", said Kate.
"Now, since you have gone to the north side and returned, you also must know that the north side is still a mystery to us. We don't know much about it. If you have gained something, do share it with us. We highly value information, and if there are multiple treasures, you are bound to share those too as per our agreement.", said Harry.
"We know that. We will not be going against the agreement. You can rest assured of that.", said Axel.
Harry visibly relaxed after hearing it. However, his vigilance was still not off. He had heard that Axel and the league leaders didn't have a good relationship. So, if there were any loopholes in their statement, he was sure to point it out.
"When we entered the north zone, we realized that the density of the aeus energy was very high compared to the south side. It took us a lot of time to advance.", said Axel.
Harry nodded his head. He had already heard about it from those 2 trainers that went to the north side. They were also a part of the league, so the information was accurate.
"Our pace was slow and we started to walk slowly. As the days passed, we realized that there was something different on the north side. There were very few Pokemons on the north side and those Pokemon that we found were also hiding.
We thought that there might be some powerful Pokemon in the area. So, we increased our vigilance. We fought with some Pokemons and we also encountered a powerful Blastoise. Kate caught that Blastoise as one of her Pokemons.
Then we encountered a tribe of Lucario. None of them were king-rank Pokemons but there were some Riolus that were interested in joining us. You must also know that Lucario is an interesting Pokemon. It is very selective of its trainer, so some of us were able to catch it.", said Axel.
This was new information for Harry. Those 2 trainers also noticed that the Pokemons were hiding there but the fact that the Lucario tribe was interesting. However, the north side was very vast, so it was possible for that those 2 trainers from the league to miss it.
"Then we encountered a group of dragon-type Pokemons. The most interesting fact about them was that there were no powerful dragon-type Pokemons there. Some of them were in uncommon rank and some of them were in elemental rank. But that was it. So, some of us were able to catch the dragon-type Pokemons.", said Axel.
This was also new information for Harry. Those 2 trainers encountered a powerful Salamence after a week and a half and they had to back out. The Salamence was so powerful that, they could not even determine its rank.
Was the Salamence out when then caught the group of dragon-type Pokemons? That must be very true cause dragon-type Pokemons were very territorial and other dragon-type Pokemons would not interfere in their area.
"After that we continued our journey and it was smooth sailing. After 3 weeks of our journey, we found something that made us return back.", said Axel.
"Oh, then what do you find?", asked Harry.
This was new information cause those 2 trainers were not able to go that far.
"We found a caved hill. The hill had a narrow passage inside. It was a beautiful hill and behind the hill was a very big statue of a dragon.", said Axel.
"Statue? Whose statue was it?", asked Harry.
"We don't know. First of all, that hill was blocking the view and secondly, the dragon was very unusual. I don't think I have seen such a dragon-type Pokemon before.
We were happy that we might have found something. So, we decided to make camp near the caved hill and rest for the night. It was already evening by that time. That was when everything changed.", said Axel with a sad face.
"What happened after that?", asked Harry filled with curiosity.
"The hill lit up in pink color. We thought that it was some unknown phenomenon but those were Pokemon. Those were Shiinotics and all of them had covered the hill. There must have been 100s of Shiinotics on top of that hill.
They started to fire attack at us. We were not prepared. I saw that only 3 of them were king-rank Pokemons, so I thought that we could beat them. We were very wrong.
I called out my Charizard and told it to use 'Flamethrower' to the weaker uncommon rank Shiinotics. My idea was to reduce their number drastically. However, as my Charizard used the move towards Shiinotics, we were surprised.
None of those uncommon rank Shiinotics were hurt. There was not even a scratch on their body. My Charizard is a tier 2 king rank Pokemon and those were some uncommon rank Shiinotics.
We were immediately sacred after it. We tried to defend and back off but most of our Pokemons were seriously injured. Some of us were also injured but we were able to back off from that place and fortunately, none of us were killed.
Since a lot of our Pokemons were injured, we needed some time to heal them. We didn't want to face another attack unprepared. So, we made a camp and then rested for a few days and then we returned.", said Axel.
Harry could say for certain that Axel was not lying. All the things were connected and it made sense. He really wanted to know how those Shiinotics could be alive and about that dragon statue.
He was interested in those. He didn't know that he had been completely lied to by these group of kids.
###
Next day,
It was now time for them to return. As per the numerous calculations of the league, a human could not stay here for more than 4 months. They still had some days left but they wanted to return to their homeland.
A human would need another 4 months to come here again. So, Axel could not meet Steelix and Gyarados for 4 months. Lucario did talk to Steelix and told Axel that it wanted to stay there for some time.
They exchanged their golden stones on the plane and everyone said their goodbyes.
"Axel, what is your plan now?", asked Lance.
"I don't know man. My Pokemons are not strong enough to challenge the gym. They still had to be in rare rank. So, I don't know what I would do right now. I might go and train my Pokemons.", said Axel.
"If I found some interesting thing, then I would let you know.", said Lance.
"What do you plan to do?", asked Axel.
"I think it is time for me to join another region. I have been waiting far too long for it.", said Lance.
"Really? Which region do you plan to join?", asked Lance.
"Hoenn region. I have talked with my father and sister and I believe that I should target Hoenn region next."
"Really? Don't you think that Johto region has the harshest condition?", asked Axel.
"Yes, it does but you are also wrong. You see, since our family has a gym there, I don't have to follow such a harsh condition. I use any Pokemons.", said Lance.
"Really? You had it so easy. I would have started from the beginning for the Johto region."
"Yes, I might go ahead than you. You have to be careful. Haha…"
###
The aeus energy they had collected from the island was given to the league. The league would deduct 20% of that energy and use it for themselves. 80% of them could be used by them.
This aeus energy could be used to make armors for Pokemons. However, the Pokemon would have to be king rank Pokemon at the least. Axel had collected a lot of aeus energy. They had ventured to those secret pocket spaces and also to the north side.
So, Axel had a lot of aeus energy. The league would charge some amount to make those armors but the cost was not so high compared to its use. They were only charging for the cost.
Axel could make 5 armors for his Pokemons. That was a lot of aeus energy. He had already selected the Pokemons for those armors.
They were:
1. Shedinja
2. Alakazam
3. Charizard
4. Gogoat
5. Nidoking
Shedinja, Alakazam, and Charizard were the obvious choice. They didn't have such a high defense and this armor would heavily increase their defense. Nidoking had high defense but Axel wanted it to be a tank. So, he chose Nidoking for it.
Finally, Gogoat was now appointed as a Guardian of the team so it should have high defense to defend others. Gogoat looked like it was very serious about its job and it had started to train itself very seriously.
During their time on the island, Axel could not heavily focus on training his young Pokemons. They did train and almost all of them evolved but their training was not so harsh cause Axel and the group also had to take care of themselves in the unknown island.
Now, Axel was determined to train his Pokemons. He was not going to the Johto region. He was now going to his home.
It had been more than 6 months since he last saw his home and it was now time for Blaze family Pokemon competition. Agnes had been calling Axel every day to come fast. She said that her Pokemon, Dragonite was now ready to battle and she was sure that it would win this time.
Her Dragonite was now a rare rank Pokemon and it was a powerful dragon-type Pokemon. Agnes was not even 10 years old and she already had a rare rank dragon-type Pokemon. Axel believed that she would be a powerful trainer by the time she reached 13 years of age.
After completing his mission in Aeus island, he had already told his family that he was going to come home in a few days. It would take around 4 days by plane to reach Hakone city.
Agnes and the family were excited to meet Axel. They had also started to advertise the upcoming Blaze Pokemon competition to the residents of Hakone city.
Blaze Pokemon competition was very popular among the residents of Hakone city. It had gathered a huge crowd last time and the family expected that the crowd would increase even more this time. So, they had started to prepare for it.
They had made multiple food stalls, toy shops, and some other shops near the stadium. The stadium was also cleaned and checked. Yes, in these 6 months, they had made a proper stadium. The money from the restaurant had been used in the stadium.
As of right now, there were 3 restaurants of Blaze family. 2 of them were in Hakone city and one of them was in the near city connected to Hakone city. The Blaze family had been able gain a lot of money from it. They were no longer middle-class and poor family. They were rich now.
As Axel was talking to his family, some of his friends were also listening to it. When Axel cut off the phone, Kate immediately asked,
"So, can you tell me what is this Blaze Pokemon competition?"