"I watched your fight just now, it was very exciting. I was right about you before." The girl walked up to Eddie and said.
The person who came was Diantha, whom Eddie had met in the Coumarine Gym more than two years ago. Compared to two years ago, she had grown taller and looked taller and more mature. Her delicate face had lost its former childishness, and she looked even more charming and stunning.
"Thank you for the compliment, I'm still far from it." Eddie said modestly, "Do you also want to have a battle with me?" Thinking of the agreement they made when they parted, Eddie suddenly asked.
"I originally had this plan, but after seeing your condition today, I think we don't need to be so anxious." Diantha said playfully.
"What do you mean?" Eddie asked puzzledly.
Diantha explained: "It's like this, I came to Coumarine City this time to accept a mission from the Alliance, which requires me to explore the Cave of the Sea God."
"I've been there once, and there are many wild Pokémon living there, which greatly interfered with my exploration mission, so now I need a helper to assist me in completing the mission. I didn't expect to meet you at the Pokémon Center today..."
"So you want me to go to the Cave of the Sea God with you?" Eddie understood what Diantha meant before she finished her words, so he asked back.
"Yes, if you have time." Diantha nodded and looked at Eddie with anticipation.
"Can I consider it?" In fact, Eddie wanted to go.
It has been more than four years since he left the island. He has been staying in Coumarine City and has never gone out once. It would be nice if he had the chance to go out and see the world.
But the orchard is busy right now...
But when he thought that he would soon be going to middle school and it would be more troublesome to go out in the future, Eddie felt that it would be a good choice to take this opportunity to go out and see the world.
"Of course, I will stay at the Pokémon Center until tomorrow noon. If you have made up your mind, please contact me." Diantha gave Eddie the contact information, "I will wait for you at the entrance of the Pokémon Center."
"Well, it's a deal."
The two separated after making an agreement.
After returning home, Eddie performed health benifits to light up the hidden energy circuits on the Popplio, the Helioptile, and Selene respectively. While they were resting, he chatted with Eli who came here to settle accounts.
After finishing the accounts, Eddie said to Eli: "Brother Eli, a friend of mine invited me to do a mission. Can you take care of the construction site here?"
"Of course you can...but how long will you be away?" Eli frowned and asked, "You will be enrolled in middle school soon, don't miss it by then."
"It shouldn't take too long." Eddie thought for a moment and replied, "It shouldn't take too long, right?" The Sea God's Cave is not far from Coumarine City.
Eli nodded and said, "Then go ahead without worry. I will take care of the construction site and the orchard for you. Be careful when you are outside and don't act stubborn."
"Yeah, I know."
After explaining the orchard matters to Eli, Eddie called Diantha and told her that he agreed to go to the Cave of the Sea God together.
The next morning, Eddie started packing his luggage, including spare clothes, emergency food, rations for the Pokémon, camping tools, etc. There were quite a lot of things to bring.
Because it was his first time going out, Eddie wanted to bring this and that and was very confused. Selene was the same as him, wanting to stuff everything he saw into his bag, thinking that everything could be used outside.
I can only say that these two are worthy of being mother and son.
Fortunately, there is a magical item called the space backpack in the Pokémon world, which brings great convenience to trainers when they go out. Otherwise, Eddie and Selene don't know how much luggage they will have to carry when they go out.
Eddie's space backpack is still new. He bought it after he became rich, and he has hardly used it since then.
He bought this backpack out of curiosity about this magical item. He actually didn't need it at all, as he stayed at home all day. If it wasn't for the high price, he would have given it to Director Eleanor to buy groceries.
Now it finally comes in handy.
At noon, Eddie rode on Captain Talonflame and set off.
Considering that it is necessary to have a Flying-type Pokémon when going out on adventures, Eddie thought about it for a long time and finally decided to bring Captain Talonflame along, in addition to Selene, Popplio, and Helioptile.
Moreover, in terms of combat power, the Popplio and the Helioptile that have not yet evolved are no match for Captain Talonflame. Only Selene can surely defeat Captain Talonflame
With Captain Talonflame around, Eddie felt much more at ease. At least it would be much easier for him to escape when he encountered danger.
"Yeah~"
With a long cry, Eddie piloted Captain Talonflame towards the West District of Coumarine City. Soon he arrived at the entrance of the Pokémon Center. As expected, Diantha was already standing at the door waiting for him.
Seeing Eddie's majestic Talonflame, Diantha exclaimed: "Is this the one you rode to the Coumarine Gym? It has become even stronger!"
Eddie proudly patted Captain Talonflame's wings and said, "Yes, it is this one!"
"Then let's go." Diantha nodded. After seeing the Talonflame, she became more confident about this mission.
Eddie pointed at the Pokémon Center and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go in and buy something."
"Okay, hurry up!" Diantha nodded, without asking Eddie what he wanted to buy at this time.
What Eddie wanted to buy was actually Poké Balls. Apart from the Poké Balls of Selene, Popplio, and Helioptile, he didn't have a fourth one. He had to buy a few as backup when going out this time.
And the Talonflame also needs one, otherwise wouldn't it be troublesome when you need it to enter the Poké Ball outside?
Eddie quickly came out of the Pokémon Center, holding a newly bought Poké Ball and motioning to Captain Talonflame. Captain Talonflame understood and lowered his head, resting his forehead lightly on the button of the Poké Ball. The next second, he turned into a red light and was taken in.
This was what Eddie discussed with it before setting off.
Diantha was surprised when she saw this scene. She didn't understand why this Talonflame had been following Eddie two years ago, but still didn't have a Poké Ball?
Could this be a Pokémon left behind by his elders?
Seeing that Diantha looked puzzled, Eddie smiled and explained, "I am different from you. I am not a real trainer. The Talonflame is the patrol captain of my orchard. I was temporarily recruited here. I don't have a dedicated flying mount myself."
After hearing this, Diantha suddenly realized that she had misunderstood.
She suddenly remembered that Eddie seemed to have explained the Talonflame in this way before, but at that time he did not give a detailed introduction to the relationship between the Talonflame and him.
"In that case, let's go!"
As she spoke, Diantha released a Braviary and rode on it.
Seeing this, Eddie released Captain Talonflame again, rode on him, and followed closely behind Diantha and Braviary.
On the way, Diantha introduced the situation of the Cave of the Sea God to Eddie.
The location of the Sea God's Cave is in a dangerous sea area east of Coumarine City, a place known as a strange and dangerous place.
Countless trainers have wanted to uncover its mystery, but those who went in either gained nothing or were seriously injured, or some even disappeared there directly.
According to the detection of scientists from the Alliance, there is a large amount of special energy around the Cave of the Sea God, and this energy is suspected to come from ancient times.
For this purpose, the Alliance issued many missions to explore the Cave of the Sea God, trying to figure out the source of the overflowing energy. Unfortunately, the people who took up this mission changed one after another, and in the end, they failed.
This also makes the Cave of the Sea God even more mysterious.
The reason why Diantha took on this task was because she felt that her strength had reached a bottleneck and she needed an opportunity to break through.
But when she really got involved in this mission in depth, she felt that this task was even more difficult than she had imagined. To be cautious, she thought about finding a strong helper.
After most of the day, Eddie and Diantha successfully arrived at the outskirts of the Sea God's Cave.
The Sea God's Cave is located in the center of a blue bay, surrounded by large ring-shaped reefs that guard the entrance to the Sea God's Cave like a guard.
According to Diantha, there are many dangerous Pokémon hidden among these reefs.
Looking at the setting sun, Diantha suggested, "It's getting late today. Let's find a place to rest for the night and then go in and explore tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." It was Eddie's first time going out on an adventure, and he didn't understand a lot of things, so of course he had to listen to his seniors.
The two of them found a place to stay and were about to set up camp when they suddenly heard the sound of a Pokémon battle coming from afar, and the noise was quite loud.
"Let's go and take a look!" said Diantha, and then drove the Braviary towards the direction where the sound came from.
Seeing this, Eddie quickly asked the Talonflame to catch up.
After a while, the two found the source of the sound. On a giant reef, five young trainers were being besieged by a group of Skrelp and Dragalge.
There were so many Skrelp and Dragalge that the five people were about to give up.
"Go and save them!" said Diantha anxiously.
However, just as the two were about to go forward to rescue them, a tornado appeared out of nowhere, sweeping a large area of Skrelp and Dragalge into the air, temporarily relieving the five people of the crisis.
I saw a huge Gyarados appearing on the sea not far away. What's more important is that there was an unusually tall young man standing on the Gyarados.
The young man had bright red hair that wrapped around his head like a lion's mane. His face was firm and serious, and he was decisive and quick in commanding Gyarados to fight, looking very unusual.
"This is... Lysandre?"
Although Eddie didn't recognize Diantha when he first met him, there was no way he could mistake him for Lysandre now, because his hairstyle, the same as that of a male Pyroar, was so iconic.
Unlike the middle-aged uncle in Eddie's impression, the Lysandre in front of him is still a young man, probably in his early twenties, and can be considered a very handsome young man
Just a little worse than me! Eddie thought silently in his heart.
"Lets Help!" Diantha turned and said to Eddie.
Although Lysandre and his Gyarados are strong, there are too many Skrelp and Dragalge, and the situation of the five young trainers is still not optimistic.
Upon hearing this, Eddie hurriedly took Captain Talonflame to provide support.
Diantha's Braviary used Tailwind, and Eddie and the others' flying speed suddenly increased. In the blink of an eye, they were above the group of Skrelp and Dragalge.
Once they entered the battlefield, Eddie and Diantha nimbly jumped off the backs of Captain Talonflame and Braviary, allowing the two Pokémon to fight without fear.
Captain Talonflame used Quick Attack to quickly shuttle among the groups of Skrelp and Dragalge, and each attack could knock a Skrelp or Dragalge into the water.
The Braviary flapped its wings and claws quickly, using a powerful attack skill to knock away all the Skrelp and Dragalge approaching the five trainers, protecting them in time.
The five trainers breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Eddie and the other two suddenly appear. They almost thought they were going to fail today.
The Cave of the Sea God is indeed worthy of its reputation!
On the battlefield, Eddie released the Helioptile. It first used the Charge skill to strengthen its own Electric-type skills, and then golden light shone all over its body. It controlled electric currents to fly out and knocked the Skrelp to the ground.
The skill used by the Helioptile is Parabolic Charge. While hurting the enemy, it will also convert the damage caused into physical strength and transfer it to the Helioptile, so the more the Helioptile hits, the stronger it becomes.
In addition, the characteristic of the Helioptile is Dry Skin. When attacked by Water-type skills, it will not only be immune to damage, but also recover a certain amount of physical strength.
Therefore, Helioptile is professional in dealing with Water-type Pokémon.
However, in addition to using Water-type skills, Skrelp can also use Poison-type skills, which makes it a bit tricky to deal with.
The five young trainers were faced with a situation where they had no way to retreat because all of their Pokémon were poisoned.
Fortunately, Diantha was very helpful. She released a Gardevoir and let it use Misty Terrain.
The Misty Terrain can make all Pokémon present immune to abnormal status conditions, and at the same time reduce the power of Dragalge's Dragon-type skills by half. It can be said to be the most powerful skill to deal with the current situation.
With the concerted efforts of Eddie, Diantha, and Lysandre, the Skrelp and the Dragalge were quickly defeated, and the crisis for everyone was resolved.
"Thank you very much. If you hadn't acted in time, we would have died in the sea." The five rescued trainers dragged their tired bodies to Eddie and Diantha and sincerely thanked them.
The five people included two men and three women, all of whom looked to be around 20 years old, and all of them had injuries that ranged from minor or serious.
At this time, Lysandre also drove Gyarados to the shore and reunited with Eddie and the others. The five of them also thanked him.
"How did you attract so many Skrelp and Dragalge?" asked Lysandre in confusion.
One of the five girls smiled bitterly and said, "We are just greedy..."
They came to explore the Cave of the Sea God and originally planned to just wander around outside. After all, this place has a bad reputation and is not a place where they can do whatever they want.
But later they accidentally saw a rare Pokémon, and while chasing the rare Pokémon, the five of them accidentally entered the Cave of the Sea God.
It was also because they were young and hot-headed, and had not truly experienced the horror of the Sea God's Cave, so they gritted their teeth and continued to chase the rare Pokémon. After all, rare Pokémon like this are not easy to encounter elsewhere.
Under the lure of the rare Pokémon, they were eventually surrounded by Skrelp and Dragalge.
The five people took great effort to escape from the Sea God's Cave, but who knew that those Skrelp and Dragalge would chase them out.
"What are you going to do next?" asked Diantha.
"Of course, we should leave here as soon as possible." A boy said without hesitation.
"But our Pokémon are all poisoned..." said another girl frustratedly. How can they leave without Pokémon?
At this time, Eddie took out some Pecha Berries from his backpack and handed them to them, saying: "Here are these for you. Just feed them to your Pokémon.".
Peach Berries can remove the poison and poisoned status.
As a professional fruit grower, how could Eddie go out without bringing any fruit!
"That's great, thank you, we will definitely repay you if we have the chance in the future!"
The five people were overjoyed and took the Pecha Berries given by Eddie and fed them to their Pokémon.
After their Pokémon recovered, the five of them quickly left the Cave of the Sea God. Before leaving, they exchanged names and contact information with Eddie and the others, promising to repay the three for saving their lives if they had the chance in the future.
It was also this introduction that allowed Eddie to confirm that the red-haired young man was indeed Lysandre.
After those five people left, only Eddie, Diantha, and Lysandre were left here.