Chapter 77 - The Stalwart Guardian

After traveling through the forest as we ditched our murder scene. We found some actual ruin like places though some collasped. Exploring around the place it seems be a town from before. Things were well stable enough that the current towns are safe. In some of the houses were skeletons that we're destroyed. One though was impaled on the outside of a store holding a spear. That seems to have once been impaled through a nidokings heart. As its skeleton is holding it up with its claws through the ribs. Guess this man judging by the skeleton fell this nidoking in his dying breaths.

Seeing this we all offer a silent farewell to the brave man. Before we moved on towards the plaza where a giant lugia statue towers. Looking around it I find a plate thats covered in dust and rust. So I carefully dust it off so that I can read whats still legible.

"Lugia guardian of the sea and protector of _____ descendents of the first coastal kingdom"

Judging from these words these people likely were literal. Descendents of a coastal kingdom but probably not the first. Though its curious why they came all the way here from the coast. Very curious indeed so hopefully there's some records somewhere. As I looked up what I saw was the most hideous representation of myself. Thats clearly a ditto as there's pink spots on its appearance. So with a word I simply whistle causing Rory to swoop in then fly tossing. The damn thing into the sky as everyone blasted it. With some sort of highly lethal energy beam nit questioning why I wanted it dead. After they saw the horrendous thing it made me look like with a smile.

Soon ditto pieces rained down on us before being burnt away by fire. With that done I lead everyone towards what looks like a government building. Just touching the doors made them fall apart from a poke. A clear indication about how dangerous this place is gonna be. So we treaded carefully even if the floors stone and solid. Taking a look around the lobby area it seems to have been visited a lot. As its almost more like a adventurers guild building with broken weapons. Strewn about along with shattered skeletons everywhere on the floor. Three look like they exploded as they are implanted in the walls as pieces.

Moving on I hope the lobby counter to check behind it. Only to meet face to face with a haunter who's caught off guard. So I simply lick the ghost before it licks me and it actually doesn't taste bad. My action however surprised the haunter as it looked at me dumbly.

"What never been licked first?"

Hearing my question it started laughing sticking out its tongue. So I took my time befriending this haunter thats likely ancient. All I can say is that it has a impressive way of hiding documents. So this led me to believe it was a civil servant or a higher offical. As it put on airs like it was telling me who it used to be in life. Reading through the documents however revealed interesting facts. Like that these people used to worship lugia a lot to the point of sacrafices. One document mention a lunar tide festival in worship of lugia. I couldn't help but find these documents interesting. So I messed with the system a bit to make a sort of documentation storage.

Thus collecting all the documents and books still readable and not dust ready. Afterwards we headed down into the basement following haunter. In the basement what haunter led us to was an uncommon sight in this region. As standing motionless and stalwart is a golurk holding two nidoqueen skeletons. By the heads as it guards a childs skeleton that likely got hurt. In the attack on this building but this golurk protected them from these nidoqueens. That were likely aiming to eat the child who probably bled to death.

When I took a step forward towards the golurk I saw a faint light. So its either very weak right now or waking up! Yet this didn't stop me from approaching the big guy. Who weakly started to move so I paniced a bit and started soothing it.

"Hey hey its okay big guy no need to move your probably in a bad state. But from I'm seeing here you did your best saving that kid. Hoping someone would come help them huh? Sorry though we're a a hundred fifty years too late."

I learned the little one hundred fifty years fact from the documents. So that means this golurk is pretty old in retrospect to most things living. But as if acknowledging my words itmade a faint sad sound its life flickering. As I don't exactly want this stalwart guardian to die after so long. In this dark damp crumbling basement I have those who can use healing moves. Use them in full force that even haunter started producing a dark healing wave.

So I guess this is the ghost version of heal pulse that should be more effective. To help this golurk out of this state of flickering life just a little while longer. Stabilizing golurk took a good eight hours of no rest for everyone. Before with my ridiculous strength I piggy backed golurk. Carrying him out of this dark hole and into the sun light above. With Rose carrying the exhausted haunter who I decided I'll catch. So scanning it with my glasses I see its a level sixty male and a hundred twenty years old.

The golurk is a surpring level eighty, male, and nearly two hundred years old! So this big guy is quite the ancient pokemon honestly. I carried the big guy into the plaza where we camped out. Taking care of the old golurk after catching him and haunter. Naming them both respectively Shade and Keeper but I kept Keeper in his ball. Till we eventually reach a pokemon center to get him looked at fully. Since even after all that healing he's still in rough shape sadly.