Groudon awoke.
It slowly stood up, the recent fall, to it, naturally wasn't much of a harm, but highly insulting.
Upon rising, it directly turned its head to look in Fang Yuan and company's direction.
"Grrrr..."
Fang Yuan swallowed hard and also looked towards Groudon.
At this moment.
Fang Yuan didn't know whether to feel sad or happy.
The sad part was, all of a sudden Groudon awoke, and they were utterly unprepared.
The happy part was, at this moment Groudon "seemed" quite calm.
In fact.
Fang Yuan knew that as long as the two super ancient Pokémon, Groudon and Kyogre didn't start fighting fiercely, competing for natural energy, or being controlled by any items or Pokémon, they weren't particularly irritable.
Even, the unbeatable Xiaozhi and Pikachu have both ridden Kyogre and Groudon before.
So, the currently awakened Groudon being calm was, for Fang Yuan, a stroke of luck amidst the misfortune.
"Roar————"
However, Groudon didn't think so, it felt that these villains right in front were the ones who pulled it from its dwelling and threw it down from the sky.
How despicable.
Did they think it couldn't fly?
Blue spikes quickly emerged within the seams of Groudon's skin, a sign that Groudon was amassing power. At that moment, the sun in the sky also began to heat up, a bright white glow instantly concentrating in Groudon's mouth, targeting the Dragonite in the sky.
"Wait... wait a moment!!!"
"Groudon, I am an envoy of Arceus, you know Arceus, right? You've misunderstood, we actually saved you!!"
Shit, seeing Groudon about to attack, Fang Yuan immediately released Overcome Force, Aura, Psychic Power!
The symbols of the Arceus lineage, World Tree lineage, and Rainbow Warrior lineage were all displayed by Fang Yuan.
Groudon: ?
But truth be told, Fang Yuan's method actually worked.
Maybe Ho-Oh and Mew, Groudon would disdain to acknowledge, but, as Fang Yuan released Overcome Force, Groudon furrowed its brow.
The Solar Flame in its mouth slowly dissipated as well.
A big question mark appeared above its head.
Being the god of creation, Arceus had the authority to quell the chaos among the deities in the Hoopa movie, and in its calm state, Groudon, feeling the Overcome Force, let out another roar towards Fang Yuan.
"Roar——————!!"
Even if Fang Yuan was an envoy of Arceus, today, without an explanation, it wouldn't let them leave in peace—Precipice Blades warning!
"It's good that you're willing to listen to an explanation... just good..." Fang Yuan wiped the sweat from his brow.
Scared to death.
Never this nervous when invading Rocket Gang base.
......
Not needing Rotom's recording function, Fang Yuan employed an extended application of Mind Induction, choosing to let Groudon receive the scene of "rescuing" Groudon from his perspective.
"This is what happened, a group of people took advantage of your slumber, trying to capture you, but then I came across them. As an envoy of Arceus, the Guardian of the World Tree, the Brave of the Rainbow, I've often heard Ho-Oh and Mew talk about your extraordinary valor, and these bad people, they wanted to disturb your Rest... I just couldn't stand by and watch."
"So, I defeated them, and then, just as you saw, in order not to allow others to disturb your deep slumber again, we wanted to take you somewhere relatively quiet, but unexpectedly... it accidentally woke you up."
Fang Yuan's tone conveyed helplessness.
The mind doesn't lie.
Although Groudon didn't specialize in Psychic Power, as one of the oldest Legendary Pokémon, it naturally knew the scenes it saw weren't fake.
It carefully recalled the feeling while it was in slumber... indeed, it was another group of humans.
Moreover, the Overcome Force on Fang Yuan cannot be faked, an envoy of Arceus has no reason to target it.
Having understood the cause and effect, Groudon's expression gradually softened, and it nodded.
"Roar!!!"
With a sighing roar, it started walking toward the volcano's crater, no longer bothering with Fang Yuan and the others, it wanted to find the special wave motion that had awakened it.
As Groudon advanced towards the volcano, Fang Yuan also rode on Dragonite moving in the direction of the volcano.
Their paths were strikingly similar.
Groudon: ?
Groudon turned its head and gave Fang Yuan a glance.
Fang Yuan also glanced at Groudon.
By then, Fang Yuan had already breathed a huge sigh of relief, having judged that Groudon no longer had any hostile intentions.
"There's something inside I need to take away."
Groudon furrowed its brows and continued moving forward.
After several minutes of peaceful walking.
Fang Yuan and Groudon quietly looked at the Earth Slate in front of them.
Just as Fang Yuan was about to take it, Groudon's tail struck the ground, creating a massive tremor as a warning to Fang Yuan not to mess around.
"Roar!!! ('This thing belongs to Arceus.')
Fang Yuan's mouth twitched as he looked at it and nodded, right, so you wouldn't not want to give it, would you?
"Roar!!! ('Why is its thing in my house?')
Fang Yuan: "..."
Eevee, Dragonite, Rotom: "..."
Crap, when did this become your house?
"Roar!! ('All the volcanoes in the Area of Fragrant Fate were created by me in search of different places to Rest.')
"..." Fang Yuan.
Alright then, consider it your home, but what exactly do you want!
Fang Yuan suddenly felt that Groudon might not be as easy to get along with as "rumored," its personality seemed a bit odd.
"Roar!"
After a moment of contemplation, Groudon silently looked at the Earth Slate again and then lifted its head to peer at the sky above the volcano's mouth.
Having realized it was the Earth Slate, it became somewhat disinterested.
Though the item was nice, it was useless to it; in terms of mastering Earth Power, Arceus might not be better than it, but Arceus wins with its all-encompassing power.
Comparing the Earth Slate, Groudon preferred the planet's own Natural Power even more.
Groudon began sensing the earth, and in the next second, it felt the planet's Natural Energy, which was likely to erupt again within a few years.
When that time comes, it would definitely absorb Natural Power to strengthen itself.
However, by then Kyogre, that stinky fish, would surely wake from its stinky ditch and come to fight it for the Natural Energy.
Just thinking of Kyogre, the stinky fish, made Groudon angry, but it never had a chance to deal with it before Rayquaza would suddenly appear and stop the battle...
Considering, Groudon thought it would be great if it could find a way to defeat Kyogre before Rayquaza showed up and absorb all the Natural Energy in front of it.
As it contemplated, Groudon looked towards the envoy of Arceus and let out a roar.
"Roar!!! ('You may take the Slate, but since you are an envoy of Arceus, I have a question for you. Only if your answer satisfies me can you take it away.')
"Uh..."
"Roar!! ('Between me and Kyogre, who is stronger?')
Fang Yuan: "..."
Shoot, why don't you ask who's more beautiful between you and Kyogre.