Eddie felt uneasy when being stared at by the three Legendary Birds, and he asked tremblingly, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Articuno said, "I hope you can do us a favor."
"What's the matter?"
The three Legendary Birds looked at each other, and finally Moltres spoke: "We hope you can save Lugia!"
Really!
In fact, when Articuno opened his mouth, Eddie had a vague premonition in his heart.
"But Lugia is too strong... I'm afraid..." Eddie said hesitantly. He was really not sure whether he could help Lugia.
Articuno pleaded with his eyes: "Please, human! Just do your best. The three of us will ensure your safety, even if it means sacrificing our lives."
That's not necessary! Eddie didn't think he could be safe and sound when the lives of the three Legendary Birds were in danger.
"What's going on with that Lugia?" Eddie asked puzzledly.
"Ah..." The three Legendary Birds sighed in unison upon hearing this, and then began to tell Eddie about the past of Lugia and the Cave of the Sea God.
Thousands of years ago, a disaster occurred on the land of Kalos. A human created a horrible weapon that devastated the entire earth and killed countless humans and Pokémon.
Xerneas, the God of Life, is merciful. After the disaster, he looked at the devastated earth and felt pity, so he decided to use his power to restore life to the earth.
But at this time, another god was also eyeing this land, and that god was Yveltal, the God of Death.
This god prefers death to rebirth.
The power created by the deaths of a large number of humans and Pokémon made Yveltal's power suddenly become extremely powerful, even surpassing the God of Life, Xerneas.
After Xerneas reawakened the life of the earth, its power fell to an unprecedented low.
It was at this time that Yveltal launched a sneak attack on Xerneas. If it could kill Xerneas, the God of Life, it would gain even more powerful strength and even become the most powerful being on earth.
The power of death generated by the death of a god is extremely huge, especially when the other party is the God of Life! Life and death have always been opposite and unified to each other.
Xerneas, who had consumed too much of his energy, was no match for Yveltal, whose power had greatly increased, and was soon seriously injured.
Fortunately, Lugia passed by at this time and rescued Xerneas in time, thus Xerneas was saved from being killed.
But Lugia is still no match for Yveltal, who has absorbed a large amount of death power.
There is not just one Sea God in the world, but many. They are scattered in oceans all over the world, using their own power to balance the ocean environment and thus maintain world stability.
The strength of this Lugia was not outstanding among the many Sea Gods. It was not even a match for Yveltal before it absorbed the power of death, so it was soon seriously injured.
In the end, it was Xerneas who fought desperately and joined forces with Lugia to severely injure Yveltal.
Yveltal hated Lugia for ruining his plans, so before he was defeated, he used his last attack and shot a tail feather containing a lot of his power into Lugia's body.
Yveltal's power possesses many negative characteristics such as death, erosion, chaos, etc., and is extremely stubborn. The already seriously injured Lugia has no way to resist it, nor can he expel the tail feather from its body.
Xerneas, who was also severely injured and exhausted, couldn't do it either.
In desperation, Xerneas used the last of his strength to transform Lugia back to its original form in order to seal the power of Yveltal within it.
It also found Kyogre and asked him to help build such a Cave of the Sea God to protect Lugia, and three Legendary Birds were responsible for guarding the Cave of the Sea God.
The harmless energy that Eddie and the others felt outside the Cave of the Sea God came from Kyogre, while the scarlet energy came from the corroded Lugia.
After doing all this, Xerneas disappeared. It was too badly injured and had consumed too much energy, so it had to find a place to sleep.
As time went by, the power that sealed Yveltal's tail feathers gradually weakened, but Lugia was increasingly affected by Yveltal's power, to the point that even the nature of the original energy changed.
If this continues, Lugia will sooner or later be completely eroded by Yveltal's power and eventually become his puppet.
Over the years, the three Legendary Birds have been constantly driving away trainers who came to the Cave of the Sea God to explore and hunt for treasures, making the Cave of the Sea God mysterious and inaccessible. However, there is always a group of people who are not afraid of death and persevere in drilling into the Cave of the Sea God.
For example, Eddie and others.
Some of the humans and Pokémon that broke into Lugia were saved by the three Legendary Birds, while others died there. Especially as the seal on Lugia became looser, the three Legendary Birds didn't even have time to rescue the intruders.
The reason why Articuno was so brutal towards intruders like Eddie was because it was mad. They were so ignorant that they had to come in and die!
In fact, this cannot be blamed on the trainers, because this is the unique trainer culture in the Pokémon world. Most trainers are very adventurous. Even if they know there is danger ahead, they will move forward without hesitation because of their desire to explore.
After listening to the story told by the three Legendary Birds, Eddie always felt that something was wrong. He glanced at Lysandre and looked at him inexplicably.
"What's wrong?" Lysandre asked in confusion, "What did Articuno say?"
So Eddie told Diantha and Lysandre the story told by the three Legendary Birds in detail, and at the same time Lysandre also discovered something wrong with the story.
Because Lysandre's ancestors did something exactly like the one in the story that destroyed the land of Kalos.
Speaking of Lysandre, we have to mention a king who left a significant mark in the history of the Kalos region - AZ.
AZ, a king of the Kalos region three thousand years ago, was said to have gained immortality, but no one knew where he ended up.
Three thousand years ago, a war broke out on the land of Kalos. AZ's Pokémon Floette was called into the battlefield and eventually died in the war.
In order to save his beloved Floette, AZ invented a terrifying weapon - the ultimate weapon, and successfully saved Floette.
Although Floette was eventually resurrected, AZ lost his mind due to hatred and sadness, and finally used the ultimate weapon to take revenge on both sides of the war.
The end result is the death of countless Pokémon and humans.
At the end of the story, AZ and Floette, who gained immortality through their ultimate weapons, disappeared in the long river of history.
This is a story recorded in Kalos's poem. Its authenticity cannot be verified, but as a time traveler, Eddie knows that it is all true.
And AZ has a younger brother, and Lysandre is the descendant of this younger brother.
In the future, Lysandre becomes a villain, and the ultimate weapon he uses to destroy the world is inherited from his ancestor AZ.
Of course, not many people knew that Lysandre was the descendant of AZ, so except for Eddie who had some associations, no one else thought too much about it.
"Okay, I promise to go and take a look!" Eddie thought about it for more than ten minutes, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed to the request of the Three Legendary Birds.
The three Legendary Birds were overjoyed when they heard this.
"Eddie, are you really going?" While Diantha was amazed at Eddie's magical abilities, she was also worried about his safety.
"I'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, I will retreat decisively." Actually, Eddie didn't really want to go, but when he thought about how Articuno and the other three had suffered so much to save them, he felt that it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.
"But it was obviously the three of us who were rescued, and now you have to take the risk alone..." When he said this, a look of guilt appeared on Lysandre's face.
Eddie patted him on the shoulder and said, "The greater the power the greater the responsibility!" He wondered if there would be a chance to pull Lysandre back from his wrong path in the future. After all, they were people who had experienced life and death together.
"Okay, I'm leaving now, you guys wait here for me to come back!"
After Eddie finished speaking, he flew towards the white jade pillar on the back of Articuno, with Moltres and Zapdos following closely behind.
Hey~ I can be considered someone who has ridden a Legendary Pokémon!
Originally, Selene and Popplio insisted on accompanying Eddie, but were sternly rejected by Eddie. With their strength against Lugia, they had no chance of winning, and might even be held back by the Three Legendary Birds, and were in danger of being eroded by the scarlet energy.
Watching Eddie flying farther and farther, the three Pokémon all deeply realized their own weakness, and secretly made up their minds that they must work hard to become stronger in the future!
On the way, Eddie and Articuno discussed the purpose of this trip.
Eddie doesn't need to spend a lot of time expelling the scarlet energy for Lugia like he did when he rescued Articuno and the others. That's unrealistic. The scarlet energy in Lugia's body is much more powerful than that in the three Legendary Birds.
The three Legendary Birds will then help Lugia regain consciousness briefly, and what Eddie has to do is work together with them to get Yveltal's tail feathers out.
Without Yveltal's tail feathers, the scarlet energy in Lugia's body will become a rootless source, and Lugia can slowly eliminate them on his own.
"Let me be frank with you. If we encounter any danger, you must take me away immediately. I don't want to die there." Eddie gave the three Legendary Birds a shot of prevention.
"Don't worry, if things become impossible, we will immediately take you away." The Three Legendary Birds assured.
Eddie nodded with satisfaction when he heard this.
Soon the three Pokémon brought Eddie to the top of the white jade pillar again. The magic circle on it became more dilapidated because of the previous battle.
These magic arrays were part of the seal on Lugia. Now that they were broken, their effectiveness was naturally greatly reduced. I'm afraid it won't be long before they become completely ineffective under the erosion of the scarlet energy.
This is also the important reason why the three Legendary Birds took the risk to ask Eddie for help. Once the seal fails, Lugia breaks free and then runs out of the Cave of the Sea God, it will be a huge disaster.
Not long after Eddie and the other three appeared, Lugia's phantom also appeared, and it looked even more ferocious than before.
That is to say, Lugia's real body is now sealed, and it can only appear in spirit form, otherwise the three Legendary Birds will never be its opponent.
"Yeah~"
Lugia roared and pounced on the Zapdos that was closest to it.
"Screech~ Let's do it together!"
Articuno let out a long cry, then surrounded Lugia with Zapdos and Moltres.
The Zapdos was glowing with golden light, and a Thunder Wave that was larger than Eddie was whizzing towards Lugia.
Lugia tried to hide when he saw this, but a pillar of fire appeared out of nowhere and immediately blocked his path.
"Sizzle~"
The Thunder Wave fell on Lugia, wrapping his body with layers of surging electric currents. This was a force that the Helioptile could not match.
Success!
As long as they can paralyze Lugia, the situation will turn in their favor.
But Eddie's joy lasted less than three seconds. He saw Lugia flap its wings, and all the electric currents wrapped around its body were instantly dispersed.
The three Legendary Birds had anticipated this.
"Sizzle~"
Another Thunder Wave was controlled by Zapdos and shot towards Lugia. Lugia tried to dodge, but Moltres's jet of fire and Articuno's freezing beam followed closely, and it was hit again.
After repeating this several times, Eddie was surprised to find that Articuno was getting closer and closer to Lugia.
"Cry~"
"Cry~"
At this time, Zapdos and Moltres appeared on the left and right sides of Lugia respectively, making it unable to care about Articuno behind him.
"Boom!!!"
Lugia exploded, and a column of energy formed by black mist instantly knocked the Zapdos away. Not only did the Moltres not dodge at this time, but it continued to move forward despite the risk of being attacked.
"Cry~"
Moltres screamed and pounced towards Lugia, but Lugia's attention was now completely drawn to the Moltres in front of him.
Lugia spit out another energy column at Moltres. Moltres did not dodge and rushed straight into the energy column.
The time is now!
At this moment, Articuno was very close to Lugia. It flapped its wings and a terrifying cold air burst out from its body, turning into a cold wave that submerged Lugia.
This is the Ice-type's one-hit-KO skill - Sheer Cold!
By the time the white cold air dissipated, Lugia had been frozen in ice.
"We have to hurry. My Sheer Cold won't be able to trap Lugia for long!"
Articuno's voice was full of fatigue, and it was obvious that this attack had consumed a lot of energy for it.
"Zapdos and the others..." Eddie pointed at the Zapdos and Moltres lying not far away, "Are they okay?" The two Legendary Birds were once again stained with the terrifying scarlet energy.
"Don't worry about them for now, helping Lugia is the most important thing." Articuno brought Eddie and landed in front of the ice that froze Lugia.
"Lugia, can you hear me?" asked Articuno.
Miraculously, Lugia actually blinked its terrifying scarlet eyes. The extreme cold of Sheer Cold temporarily freed it from its chaotic thoughts.
"That's great!" Articuno breathed a sigh of relief. "Now I will let this human help you remove Yveltal's tail feathers. You must cooperate with him. We don't have much time."
Lugia blinked again. "I'm counting on you, human!" Lugia said to Eddie again.