Chapter 747: Dark Void
High above the mountains.
Kazuya turned his body and looked around.
He couldn't help but frown tightly.
No matter how he looked at this place, the terrain seemed somewhat familiar.
"It looks a lot like Mt. Silver."
Kazuya muttered.
Although he thought so in his heart, looking at the Iron Thorn Trees covering the mountains and plains, he couldn't connect this mountain with Mt. Silver.
Mt. Silver was rich in "monsters". Whether it was the Pokémon living there or the vegetation, they were all powerhouses in the natural world.
Even in the outermost ring of Mt. Silver.
It required a Pokémon of at least Lv. 30 to escape the status of "prey" here.
The plants here were the same.
Their vitality was exceptionally exuberant; "lush and leafy" was not enough to describe them. The fruits borne on a single tree were enough to allow a small Pokémon to survive the winter.
And now?
Except for the Iron Thorn Trees.
Almost no plants could be seen.
It was simply an Iron Thorn Mountain.
"...Could it be a problem with this world?"
Kazuya lowered his head and muttered.
He now suspected that the ground beneath his feet was actually Mt. Silver, but some problems had occurred in this world, causing Mt. Silver to change.
This was not an impossible thing.
In the official settings.
In countless parallel universes, the evil organizations of some worlds successfully achieved their goals.
Later on, the bosses of these evil organizations were even summoned to the Alola region of the same world to form Team Rainbow Rocket, with the goal of ruling all worlds.
This naturally included Team Magma's Maxie and Team Aqua's Archie.
If it were the worlds where these two individuals were located.
It would definitely be the land expanding across the whole world or the ocean engulfing the entire world.
Perhaps.
The world he was currently in.
Was a world after a certain evil organization had realized its ambitions.
That was why the appearance of this world had undergone such a huge change.
"Whether it is or not, I'll know once I go take a look."
Kazuya shook his head and decided to investigate personally.
In fact, this was very easy.
One must know.
He had once trained in Mt. Silver for two years.
He was quite familiar with the landforms and some details here.
As long as he walked around and took a look, he would know whether this place was Mt. Silver or not.
For Kazuya, who was Champion-level right from birth and possessed the ability to fly, this was a very easy task.
After making his decision.
Kazuya immediately flew toward the middle of the mountain.
He had spent the longest time in the middle zone of Mt. Silver, and had even lived there with Scyther for a period of time.
As for the terrain around there.
Kazuya was the most familiar with it.
However, right in the middle of his flight.
He suddenly saw a Pokémon radiating black gas all over its body rush out from the central area of Mt. Silver's peak.
That Pokémon attacked Kazuya at an extremely fast speed.
Even though he hadn't started training Aura and psychic powers in this life yet.
He could still tell that the Pokémon had an extremely strong desire to attack, probably treating him as prey.
"Is that a... Scyther?"
Kazuya turned his head to look, a question mark popping up above his head.
Why didn't he know that Scyther could emit this kind of black gas?
Moreover.
That Scyther's eyes were actually scarlet!
It looked as if it had lost its mind.
This state made Kazuya feel somewhat familiar.
It was like...
Like the Shadow Lugia from his third life.
Not the manufactured Black-kun, but the Big White invaded by shadow energy.
There was no time to think too much.
Kazuya had already prepared for battle.
Scyther was a Bug and Flying-type Pokémon.
Using Rock-type moves could deal quadruple damage to it, achieving a super effective power.
But the problem was.
Although the newly born Kazuya had high panel stats.
In reality, he was basically a blank slate.
His body did not possess Rock-type attribute energy, only the Normal and Dark-type energy he was born with. He couldn't even use most of those Egg Moves.
He could only use the level-up moves he was born with.
Coincidentally, this aspect was also the weakness of a Pokémon like Darkrai.
If it didn't proactively learn.
Then Darkrai's move pool was simply barren to an outrageous degree.
In the games, at Lv. 80, apart from Quick Attack, Night Shade, and Sucker Punch, he had no other damaging moves.
Therefore.
Training attribute energy and expanding his move pool became Kazuya's imminent training steps.
But right now.
Using these few moves was still enough to deal with a Scyther.
After all, the stats were there.
And reality was still different from the game.
The effects of moves in the game were not exactly the same in reality.
"Let's try a new skill."
Kazuya pursed his lips and raised his hand towards the front.
[Dark Void].
A pitch-black energy ball instantly emerged from the palm of his hand, rapidly expanding outwards, turning into a semi-transparent pitch-black force field that enveloped the Scyther inside.
Scyther's body suddenly paused.
Before it could hold on for even two seconds.
It closed its scarlet eyes and fell downwards.
"Good effect."
Kazuya looked at the falling Scyther, retracted the pitch-black Dark-type energy force field, and couldn't help but smile at his palm.
That Scyther wasn't hypnotized.
It was instantly killed.
That's right.
In reality, Dark Void dealt substantial damage.
In the games.
Dark Void was not an offensive move.
But a status move that forced the opponent into a sleeping state.
Initially, its accuracy was 80, and it was a multi-target skill. Combined with its Ability Bad Dreams and the Psychic-type move Dream Eater, it could produce very powerful effects.
Coupled with Darkrai's excellent distribution of effective base stats, with up to 135 Special Attack and 125 Speed, this gave Darkrai an unshakable position in Double Battles.
Even if the accuracy of Dark Void was later slashed to 50.
Under the rules where Mythical Pokémon could be fielded, Darkrai still held a place.
It could be said.
Darkrai's signature weapon Dark Void and the Ability Bad Dreams, combined with its Speed and Special Attack base stats.
The combination of these four things established Darkrai's status in Double Battles.
In this field.
Darkrai was a quite perfectly designed Pokémon.
As for Single Battles...
Dark Void's greatest advantage, "multi-target attack," disappeared, making this move unnecessary.
After all, Hypnosis was more cost-effective and had a higher accuracy.
Anyway, whenever Darkrai was mentioned, it was inseparable from the "sleep" playstyle.
If the opponent didn't sleep.
Then Darkrai's Ability was basically useless.
Powerful moves like Dream Eater couldn't be used either.
But that was ultimately in the game.
In reality, this signature weapon, Dark Void, was somewhat different.
This point.
Kazuya knew it hundreds of years ago.
In these eight lifetimes, he had seen a full four Darkrai!
Located in different worlds.
Two appeared in his fifth life.
One was the Darkrai of Alamos Town, the most powerful one, called the true "God of Nightmares" by fans.
The other was the Darkrai of the Sinnoh rookie Tobias, who had once challenged him and Cynthia.
Two appeared in his fourth life.
One was the Darkrai of Newmoon Island, at the mid-to-upper Champion level, belonging to the oldest one.
The other appeared in Canalave City, a young Darkrai who couldn't control its own abilities yet. It was later sent by Kazuya and Lorelei to Newmoon Island to train with the old Darkrai.
In the past.
Kazuya had seen these four Darkrai use Dark Void.
Although the intensity varied.
The effects were similar.
So Kazuya was very clear.
The move Dark Void actually dealt damage; it wasn't the same as its effect in the game.
If game stats were used to describe its power, then Dark Void's power was 70.
Just average.
It was the same level of damage as Sucker Punch, only one was a Physical move and the other a Special move.
However.
Dark Void's strength did not lie in its single-target power. This point was the same as in the game; its most powerful aspect was its group hypnosis and AoE capabilities.
If Kazuya wanted to.
He could now release Dark Void and envelop the entire upper half of Mt. Silver in it.
All the Pokémon within it would suffer damage from this move.
Under the power boost of the double Dread Plates.
In terms of base stats, this move would reach 98!
This Dark Void would probably be enough to instantly kill ninety percent of Pokémon, and many of the remaining ones would likely be hypnotized to sleep, and then suffer the damage of Kazuya's "Bad Dreams" Ability.
God of Nightmares.
Fully deserving of the title.
"So, what exactly was going on with that Scyther?"
Kazuya lowered his hand and flew towards the ground.
The state of that Scyther made him a bit concerned.
Returning to the ground.
Kazuya looked at the corpse of the Scyther on the ground.
The black aura on its body had disappeared.
Peeling back its eyelids.
The pupils had also returned to a normal color.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes just now, Kazuya would probably have thought this Scyther was naturally like this.
"Could it be... that the forces of Cipher have already infiltrated other regions? Or could it be that I am currently in the Orre region?"
Kazuya raised his hand, pinching his chin in thought.
A breeze blew past the white bangs in front of his forehead, revealing another deep blue eye underneath, and he briefly gained the buff of full vision.
But a moment later.
The bangs fell back down.
Kazuya returned to being one-eyed.
Fortunately, he was a Gardevoir in his previous life and was already used to this kind of vision.
Otherwise, this kind of edgy hairstyle would really be hard for him to adapt to.
Speaking of Cipher.
Cipher was an evil organization in the Orre region.
Also known as Team Snagem or Cipher.
The boss in the game was a guy named Evice, who was the mayor of Phenac City, the largest city in the Orre region.
They were the culprits who created Shadow Lugia, constantly researching evil things like shadow energy.
So.
In their territory, the Orre region.
It was normal for Pokémon corrupted by shadow energy to appear.
Of course.
There were other possibilities.
For example.
This was a parallel world where Cipher was the main character.
If that was the case.
Then Cipher in this world would realize their ambitions in the future.
Or.
Cipher in this world had already realized their ambitions.
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