Main Mission

Axel shared his story on what he found on the island and also how they met Lucario. He also talked about the grand energy and another energy that was even grander than grand energy. Finally, he talked about the death of the Pokemon master and the stone tablet.

"So, it is called grand energy huh?", asked Red.

"Yes, do you know about it?"

"Yes, I didn't know the name of it but Oak did. I think we should tell these things to Oak first.", said Red.

"Yes, I agree to that. I will call him.", said Axel but Red stopped him saying that such things should be talked personally, not on the phone.

So, Red was the one who called him.

"Red, are you enjoying the vacation?", asked Oak with a smile.

"Yes, and I have found something interesting. Rather it is Axel that has found something interesting. You might need to come here.", said Red.

"Is it that important?"

"Yes, come here right now. We cannot delay it.", said Red, and within 5 minutes Oak was standing there with his Alakazam with a serious look on his face.

Axel was surprised that Oak would take Red so seriously as Oak never took him seriously.

Axel invited him and offered him a tea. His mother and sister greeted Oak. The girls and Frank were training in the training ground.

"So, what is it?", asked Oak.

"Axel, tell him all the details.", said Red.

Axel then started to explain his story about Aeus island. At the end of the story, Oak had a serious face and he was slightly angry with Axel.

"Why didn't you tell me this before?", asked Oak.

"I am sorry Oak but you don't seem to have any time for me. I am your successor but Red is the one that is training me. I mean why am I even your successor when you are not even helping me in anything.", said Axel.

He had started to hate the attitude of Oak.

"Oak, Axel is not wrong. I am not saying that you are not doing anything for him but you should tell him what you are doing and why are you doing it. Axel is not a child now. He is an adult. You should also spend some time with him.

If you don't do it, you will start to miss out on information like this. Axel had no idea how important this information is for your cause you have never told him anything.

I think it is time you start to share things with him.", said Red.

Oak looked at both of them and gave a big sigh.

"Axel, the reason why I have not tried to be too involved with you is because you are still a kid or at least I thought you were. I don't want to give you any info cause I don't want you to feel pressure from it.

However, it looks like I have trusted Arceus for way too long. It is time I start to prioritize your training.", said Oak and he gave Alakazam a mental command.

Alakazam teleported and then came up with a Gengar. Axel could tell that he somehow knew this Gengar but he just could not figure it out.

Oak looked at Gengar and then said, "Do it. It is time."

"Are you sure?", asked Gengar.

"Yes, we don't have much time. Do it right now!!!", shouted Oak.

The unknown Gengar raised his hand suddenly everything changed. The surroundings changed. Axel could now see complete darkness and then it started to light up and he could finally see that they were now inside an unknown room.

The room was red in color and there were 4 chairs. That was it. That was the only thing that was in the room.

"Let sit here.", said Gengar and everyone started to sit.

If Red was not here then Axel would have freaked out right now. It looked like they were in some sort of illusion or Gengar had teleported them in some unknown place.

"First of all, let me clarify some of the things to Axel. I am the same Gengar who trained your Shedinja. My name is Agnus."

"Oh, so that is where I know you from. I am sorry but most of your species look the same."

"Haha, it is okay and I understand. Now I will tell you the situation that we are in. Right now we are under my illusion but this is not a simple illusion. I have sucked your soul and then put your soul inside this illusion.

So, basically all of you are dead right now."

"Can you tell us the reason why you did this to us? and I just want to confirm but I guess that this is temporary?", asked Axel.

"Of course, this is temporary. I did this because now no one can hear us what we are talking about. Not even Arceus."

"How do you know Oak?", asked Axel.

"Oak and I have a long history. He was the one to recommend me to train Marcus.", said Gengar shocking Axel.

Axel didn't know about it. He had no idea. Why did Oak not tell him about it? Why was he secretly helping Axel? There were many questions that Axel had in mind.

Oak was the one who had to give an explanation now. Oak looked like he really didn't want to have this talk but he could not avoid it.

"First of all, we are doing this because we want it to be a secret. I believe that Arceus has been compromised.", said Oak.

"What? Arceus? The god of Pokemons?", asked Axel in a shocked voice.

"Yes, you must have heard that the Pokemon master and Arceus are equal but it is not exactly so. The first Pokemon master had equal authority but the others that came after him didn't. It is because we are not so strong.

However, Arceus believed that humans could change the world for the better in the future. So, it gave us equal status. However, after seeing that the successors of the Pokemon master were so weak, it started to have second thoughts.

Vetal, the first Pokemon master was an anomaly. Even though he was created by a Pokemon, even though he was a human, he was very powerful. Don't think that the grand energy is so simple. It is very hard to cultivate and even I have not been able to do it after so many years.

One day Arceus said that enough was enough. The humans were bringing a lot of destruction and disbalance but have not contributed anything. So, it gave me an ultimatum."

"An ultimatum?"

"Yes, an ultimatum. It said that if the next Pokemon master was not as good as the first Pokemon master, it would wipe out all the humans from this planet and I am not strong enough to defend humanity.", said Oak.

"So, we are all going to die huh?"

"Yes, we are. That is why I am deliberately not making any contact with you. Axel, you are still a kid. I know that it is cruel for us to impose such a heavy responsibility on you. That is why I have not personally trained you because Arceus is tracking every moment of mine."

"Why is it doing so?"

"I have no idea and that is why I believe that Arceus is being manipulated. I have talked to Arceus before. It was different. It knew that even if humans brought dis-balance and destruction, there are a lot of things that had only been possible due to humans.

The bond between trainers and their Pokemons is still pure and it would be a crime to destroy humanity. I know that it knows that cause it had said the same words before.

But now it is tracking me, saying that it would wipe out all the humans. I thought that I was talking to an impostor when it first said it."

"That is why you believe that Arceus is compromised. But how could it be? It is the creator of this universe."

"That is not the only thing. I once came in contact with Agnus (Gengar) and it also told me an interesting story about Ho-Oh. As per its explanation, Ho-Oh is also being manipulated.", said Oak. [A/N: Read the side story of 'Story of Vetal' to know more about it]

"Well if Arceus is being manipulated then it is no wonder that Ho-Oh is being manipulated too.", said Axel.

"Axel, Ho-Oh is different. It was not created by Arceus. It is an independent entity. Even I don't know how powerful it really is.", said Oak which shocked Axel again.

Gengar had hinted that Ho-Oh was different than other mythical Pokemons but now Oak just confirmed it. What the hell was going on in this world? Arceus was being manipulated? Ho-Oh was being manipulated? But by whom? Who could possibly do that?

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Ding!

Main mission is activated.

Main mission: The host has just learned that there is someone who could manipulate the creator of this universe. Figure out who it is and get free from its manipulation. Survive!!

Completion time: Before death

Difficulty: X

Rewards: Title of one of the Knights of Raemondo Renn, the true creator of this cosmos.

Penalty: The complete destruction of body and soul.

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"Wait, wait, wait, wait. What what hell is this?", asked Axel out loud. He didn't care if others heard it. There were many things that were confusing for Axel.

The first one was the instruction of the mission. It said that he should survive.

The second one was the difficulty of the mission. It was rated X. When he first got this system, the system had given him some basic information and one of those was the rating of the mission. It went from F, to FF, to FFF to A, AA, AAA to S, SS, SSS, and finally to X. So, this meant that this was the highest-rank main mission.

The third was the rewards. Most of the time the system would determine the reward as unknown or dependent on performance but this time the reward was clear. He would get to be one of the knights of Raemondo Renn, the actual creator of this cosmos.

And finally was the penalty. He didn't even know what the destruction of the soul really meant but it would not be pleasant.

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Ding!

This is the mission that the host was born to perform.

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"Was this Raemondo Renn the one who gave me the cosmic system?", asked Axel as he was called the true creator of this cosmos.

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Ding!

The host doesn't have the authority to get such an answer.

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"But why do I have to do all this? I just want to live a simple life. Why do I have to fight with powers who can even manipulate gods like Arceus?

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Ding!

Host, everything comes with a price. Do you really think that you can die in one universe, get to have all the memories of that universe including the memories of Pokemon anime and games, come to the Pokemon universe with a cheat system, and believe that you will not have to work for any of it or pay for any of it?

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"But I was never given a choice!!!", shouted Axel.

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Ding!

Host, you were given a choice. You had the power to deactivate the system the moment you got it but when you got your first Pokemon and activated the quest, you were already deep into it.

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That is when he remembered the first time when he got the system. One might think that he got the system when he was born but no. He got the system