Mom! There's Ghosts here!!!
Ace flew away from Kanto and traveled towards Silver Mountain. As he was sitting on Moivern's back, he looked at the map with a fervent expression.
This was the main reason he didn't stay with Ash.
Of course, he didn't have that much time. Roark couldn't be left alone for a long time. Cyrus was still a very real threat and Ace swore that if Cyrus touched Roark, he would destroy every Galactic grunt that existed!
He still had a very strong love for Roark, just like a Nephew! After all, Byron was his first friend after the accident… He snorted and looked at the map again.
This Map wasn't a Pirate Treasure map leading to the One Piece, no. It was a map to an ancient Ruin!
In addition to getting molested by Elesa, Ace's favorite thing to do was dig up ruins!
The only problem was this Ruin was near Mt Silver… If he was caught by Red, could he escape?
He passed over Mt Silver and looked down, seeing a man battling with a Pikachu! Ace was dumbfounded as he turned his eyes, looking at the long line of people.
The man looked up and his eyes lit up. He waved and Ace hid quickly!
Holy shit! I think he saw me!
Ace turned his head stiffly, seeing the Boogeyman sitting on a Charizard, smiling at him.
You know that feeling when you're really scared but there's nothing you can do, so you just feel like you're dying?
That's what Ace was feeling right now.
Red looked at Ace and smiled, but surprisingly, he spoke!
(This only made Ace more afraid)
Red asked, "Are you Ace?" Ace swallowed and hid in Noivern's fur, "No, you're mistaken!" Red patted Charizard, jumping on Noivern, "Sorry, buddy." Noivern roared lightly, looking at Charizard up and down.
Charizard's lips twitched.
Red sat down and smiled happily, "You don't have to be scared! I'm not mad." Ace paused and a question mark appeared over his head, Red looked at him and smiled, "Since your game came out, all kinds of people came to challenge me! It's great training!"
Ace was dumbfounded, is this the legendary 'Different views'?! He said, "You're enjoying it?" Red nodded with his arms crossed, "Mhm! It gets lonely on Mt Silver all the time. When I try to type in your chat, your stream turns off so…" he scratched his head, "I never got the chance to thank you." Ace tilted his head, "Oh, well, you're welcome. It wasn't on purpose."
Red chuckled and waved, "By the way, I also played your game! It's really great… but it's not that difficult." Ace gasped, fuck! This guy is more sadistic than me?! He came out of Noivern's fur, asking urgently, "Yeah? Do you have any ideas?!"
Red's eyes lit up, "Yeah, I do!" Ace chuckled and sat down with Red, chatting about improvements.
Turns out that he wasn't ruthless enough!
Even the first trainer must have a full team of 6 with weather tactics!
God Red, I have learned!
After chatting happily for a while, Red asked, "Do you want to battle?" Ace froze and realized that he was talking to Red! He turned to a color whiter than Noivern's fur, "Ha… I didn't bring my full team!"
Red sighed, "That's a shame. I thought we could have a good battle!" Ace laughed twice and nodded, "Oh… oh! Maybe next time…" Red nodded with a smile and jumped on his Charizard, "Well, I gotta go back to these friends. See you, Ace! Next time, we'll have a fun battle, okay?"
Ace stiffly nodded, "Ha… Ah…" before pausing, "Wait!" Red looked back in confusion as Ace suddenly felt an immense sense of bad taste, grinning as he held out a Pokemon Egg, "Thanks for your input! Here's payment for using your name and for your suggestions!"
Ace promised, "Next game, I'll send you a copy! You won't be disappointed, I promise!" Red's eyes lit up and he smiled, "Thanks, Ace!" as he took the Egg, not asking any questions.
Ace nodded and Noivern flew away as Red hugged the Egg with a smile.
Ace turned back and grinned evilly, looking at those challengers.
What Egg was that, you ask?
Oh, just a Frigibax!
Ace laughed evilly as Noivern disappeared down the Mountain.
A few dozen minutes later
Ace held a lantern, walking through a cave with Noivern on his head, "Noi…" Ace rolled his eyes, "It's not spooky! It's full of history and treasure!" Noivern's eyes lit up, "Noivern?!" Ace nodded, "That's right! Treasures beyond your wildest dreams!"
He looked around as Dragapault floated out of Ace's shadow, "Draga!" Ace looked over where Dragapault was pointing and asked, "That's a fake wall?" Dragapault nodded, "Drag!"
Ace walked over and knocked on the wall, "Hey, you're right!" he clenched his fist and punched through the wall directly! Dragapault clung to Ace's back, looking over his shoulder.
They walked into a giant room full of Unknown runes.
Ace looked around and held the lantern up, reading the runes, "Oh God of the Sea…" he skipped past the fanatic believer nonsense, "This shrine is dedicated to Lugia, God of the Sea, the Original King lies in this chamber to protect the sanctity blah blah…"
Ace got the jist!
This ruin doubled as a tomb for a King who had close contact with Lugia before and a shrine to Lugia who is the God of the Sea.
Kyogre presses X to Doubt.
Ace continued looking around and found some armor sets. He was startled and touched them gently, wiping off the dust, "These armors should be around 4000 years old! Wow!" as he touched them, a screen appeared.
[Malicious Armor]
Ace was shocked, Malicious Armor?! He rubbed his chin, covering his face with dust, "Hm! This should evolve Charcadet into Ceruledge. But how did these armor sets turn into these items…"
As he thought about it, he was hit with a thought, "In Egypt they buried Pharoahs with servants… Could it be that this King was buried with his Guards?!" he squatted down and pinched the 'dust' on the ground, rubbing it between his fingers.
He sniffed the dust and touched his tongue lightly.
Ace raised his brows, "Bone Powder!" he stood up and dusted his hand on his shirt, muttering, "So… these guards should've either died in the tomb or been killed and placed here… They probably had regrets…"
Ace guessed that these Guards weren't willing to die along with the king and their anger stayed on the armor after they died, transforming the armor into Malicious Armor. He felt this guess was most likely correct.
After all, Ceruledge is a Ghost Pokemon.
Ace left these armor sets alone, taking pictures of them before walking around the chamber, coming to a statue of Lugia carved in the stone. He saw some dust in front and took pictures before bumping into a large stone table.
Ace paused and looked at the table. Who would put a table in the middle of a tomb?!
National Treasure tells us, this is impossible!
Ace lifted the table and sure enough, the tabletop came off easily!
He gently took off the tabletop, looking at the corpse inside the main body of the 'Table'!
Ace looked at the corpse that was barely holding up as a skeleton. At least… It was preserved by the slab on top so it was still a skeleton. Ace took out some tools and gently wiped the set of armor on the Skeleton.
Ace muttered, "This should be the King!" Dragapault pointed at the King, "Draga!" Ace looked carefully, "Huh?" Dragapault reached out and pulled a necklace from the King. Ace looked at the Silver Feather on the end and said in awe, "A Silver Feather!"
Ace took a picture and said "Put it back, Dragapault." Dragapault put the Silver Feather necklace back as Ace took pictures of the King. He checked the Armor carefully and the result was what he thought.
[Auspicious Armor]
Ace confirmed his theory somewhat, the King probably died without regrets and his spirit infected the Armor into Auspicious Armor while the Guards didn't.
Though, Ace wasn't sure if this particular Armor had something to do with Lugia. There just weren't enough examples. The only thing that can be confirmed was that these guards died in a different circumstance than the King.
As Ace put the table back on top, he paused, looking at a map on the table. He picked it up, thinking that maybe he was crazy?
How did he not see this before?
The map disappeared and a screen appeared.
[Mysterious Map Updated]
Ace groaned, so it wasn't there before! But he was confused, just give it to him, why leave it on the table?
[The System didn't leave the Map there.]
Ace was spooked and looked around before pausing, looking up, "Arceus?" he scratched his head, "This guy is good at joking around! Nearly scared me to death!" he continued to take pictures of the Chamber before leaving.
Ace patted the dust on his body and smiled happily, Dragapault leaned on him, "Draga? Dragapault…" Ace rubbed his head and smiled, "You shouldn't take things from tombs, it's bad luck. If it was just a Ruin, then there's no problem. Also, the Silver Feather doesn't belong to us, taking it can make Lugia angry, it's not worth it."
Ace looked at the opening and continued, "Well, let's cover this back up." After covering the opening, Ace carved out a subtle marking before leaving the cave.
As Ace left, two eyes lit up in the cave.
[Lugia Friendship +5]
Ace paused and turned around, looking behind him. He didn't see anything and turned back, rubbing his chest, "These Legendary Pokemon are really spooky… They can be anywhere, really!"
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There's a point to the Ruins, you won't be disappointed lol
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