Chapter 140
The Monster Eating Man Incident in Kagome Village
Chapter 140 The Monster Eating Man Incident in Kagome Village
After the battle, Raven and his group took a short rest in the wilderness outside the Giant's Cave.
Serperior and Dragonite had suffered many injuries. Although they had taken medicine, they were still physically exhausted, so Raven sent them back to their Poké Balls to rest.
"Before I knew it, a month had passed since I left the territory. It's time to go back," Raven thought to himself.
He turned around, looked at the three holy swordsmen behind him, and extended an invitation to them.
"Gopaloon, Vilgion, Terakion, we're heading back to Raven City. Would you like to come with us and see the city I've ruled?"
"Hehe, I've been looking forward to this for a long time!" Terakion grinned.
“In that case, I’ll trouble you.” Gopalouon said politely.
A hopeful smile appeared on Biligion's face.
Kyurem stood behind the group without saying a word.
Raven looked away, but before heading back, they had one more thing to take care of.
The monster eating people in Kagome Village.
The villagers believed that Kyurem had come to the village at night and eaten the villagers.
Thinking of this, Raven looked up at Kyurem and asked:
"Kyurem, after you came to this planet, have you visited that village?"
"I never leave the cave, nor have I ever been to a human village," Kyurem's deep voice rang out.
Hearing this, Raven immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
As expected, the man-eating monster was not Kyurem.
But Kyurem's appearance was still too frightening for the ordinary villagers. If they were to enter the village rashly, they might just wet themselves in fright.
Raven pondered for a moment, then took out a Poké Ball made from a Berry from his bag.
"Kyurem, could you please come in here first?"
Kyurem glanced at it, and then its body transformed into a beam of light and entered the sphere.
The scene that Raven imagined—the Poké Ball being burst open by Kyurem's power—did not occur.
Indeed... for an existence of this level, controlling power is probably not difficult for it.
This made things much easier for them.
Kagome Village.
Raven and the three holy swordsmen successfully arrived at the village.
When the villagers saw him, their faces first showed surprise and delight.
"My Lord Beastmaster!"
But when they saw the three holy swordsmen behind Raven, their expressions instantly turned to terror.
"It's a monster!"
Holy Swordsman: "..."
“No need to worry,” Raven reassured him. “They are my friends.”
Upon hearing this, the villagers belatedly realized that these three magical beasts were the magical beasts that this Beast Master usually commanded!
"I'm so glad you're alright, sir!" The villagers were overjoyed. Half a month ago, this lord of the demon beasts went into the mountains to help them drive away the demon beasts, but he had not returned for a long time.
They thought that the adult had been eaten by that terrible monster.
Some villagers tried to go into the mountains together to search, but they were frightened back after hearing a terrifying scream halfway there.
"Village chief, in the days I was away, was anyone in the village eaten?" Raven turned his gaze to the old man who had taken him in.
The old village chief shook his head: "Thank God, the Beastmaster! No one has gone missing in the village in the past two weeks!" Hearing this, Raven couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It was getting late, so the village chief quickly invited Raven and his group to stay and prepared a sumptuous dinner for them.
During this time, Raven asked the village chief for the list of missing persons over the years and then began to look it up.
During the meal, Gopaloo couldn't help but ask, "What exactly happened here?"
“In recent decades, people have been disappearing from the village one after another. The villagers believe that those people were eaten by Pokémon,” Raven explained succinctly.
Pokémon...eat people? The three swordsmen were all stunned.
Raven nodded, gathered his thoughts, and said:
"There are over a thousand kinds of Pokémon in this world. Just as there are good and bad people, there are also good and bad Pokémon. Just as humans can enslave and harm Pokémon, some Pokémon can also harm humans."
For example, the Chandelier Spirits, who feed on human souls, or the Dreamy Nea in the desert, and so on.
Upon hearing this, the three holy swordsmen were all slightly taken aback.
They never even considered such a thing...
However, as Raven said, the species of Pokémon are complex and diverse, and it is common for Pokémon of different species to fight each other.
“Everything should be viewed dialectically.” Raven noticed the expressions of the swordsmen and shook his head: “Pokémon can harm humans, and humans can also be afraid and harm Pokémon out of fear. It’s all unavoidable.”
"But I believe that as long as we persevere, one day we will change how humans and Pokémon view each other."
Just like the utopian world depicted in anime.
Pokémon are highly intelligent creatures; they also possess emotions and memories, as long as an ancestor witnessed humans and Pokémon living together in harmony.
Then a seed will be planted in their hearts, passed down to their offspring, letting them know that humans will provide food for Pokémon, that humans will train Pokémon, and that humans will help Pokémon become stronger, and so on.
The world depicted in anime cannot be realized by just one or two generations.
To achieve that future, struggle is inevitable.
Upon hearing this, the three holy swordsmen seemed to be deep in thought.
Raven smiled and said, "What we need to do is to convey our ideas to all humans and Pokémon, so that everyone can understand each other correctly, and also let everyone know that humans and Pokémon, and Pokémon and Pokémon, do not necessarily have to fight each other. We can also live together peacefully in this world."
Looking at Raven before him, the Holy Swordsman suddenly realized that perhaps in the past, they did indeed have many misunderstandings about humans.
Raven's words echoed in their minds, and the three holy swordsmen began to think anew.
At that moment, Raven also noticed something strange on the list of missing persons.
The villagers who have gone missing over the years are mostly strong and handsome men.
This strange phenomenon suddenly reminded Raven of a Pokémon.
Snow Fairy!
Froslass is an Ice/Ghost-type Pokémon.
According to legend, Froslass was born from the spirit of a woman who disappeared into the snowy mountains with resentment, and was attached to an ice pillar.
Some say it was the reincarnation of a woman who died in a snow mountain accident.
Raven clearly remembered that the Snow Fairy's information stated that she would descend from the mountain on snowy nights and knock on people's doors in human villages.
Once someone opens the door, the Snow Fairy will exhale a freezing air of -50 degrees Celsius to freeze them, and then take them back to her lair as decoration.
It is said that the Snow Fairy only targets handsome men.
It has a particular fondness for eating the souls of men, and in some places there are rumors that the Snow Fairy can cast spells to kill men who misbehave.
(End of this chapter)