Memory Fragments and Dividing the Spoils
Due to the fierce battle with Salamence, Yuga and Mr. Brandon rested in place for a while before they continue to explore more deeper into the Meteor Village.
However, the two of them didn't expect that those who had previously attacked them were the only remaining forces stationed here; the rest of them were consisted of only elderly, weak woman, and ignorant children.
These people were extremely panicked by Yuga and Mr. Brandon's arrival, but Yuga and his companions had no intention of harming them.
They just gathered them in one place, and leaving it to the League to decide their fate.
With no one was come out to stop them, Yuga and Mr. Brandon quickly grasped the overall situation of the Meteor Village.
Indeed, this was a veritable paradise, with an extremely hidden entrance that ordinary people couldn't find.
If it weren't for the ambitions of the Draconid People, it would indeed be an ideal place to live in seclusion.
In the deepest part of the Meteor Village, Yuga and Mr. Brandon found the place where the Draconid People raised their Pokémon.
It was a small valley with lush green trees and babbling streams. Many Dragon-type Pokémon such as Bagon and Shellgon played carefreely on the ground, while numerous Swablu, Altaria, and a few Salamence flew in the sky.
In addition, there were also a small number of other Dragon-type Pokémon living here, such as Flygon, Druddigon, and even Yuga saw two Goomy.
As a pseudo-legendary Pokémon unique to the Kalos region, let alone in Hoenn, it's not easy to see them even in their homeland, Kalos region.
Yuga didn't expect to see them here, let alone two. This should be intentionally collected by the Draconid People.
In addition to these, there were also a small number of other non-Dragon-type Pokémon with Dragon bloodlines living here, such as Ekans and Arbok, Seviper, even a few Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard, Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile, etc.
At the deepest part of the valley, Yuga and Mr. Brandon saw a row of wooden houses, inside which were rows of shelves holding Pokémon eggs. Obviously, these wooden houses were the Draconid People's Pokémon hatchery.
The types of Pokémon eggs placed in each wooden house were different: one for Bagon eggs, one for Swablu eggs, with the most eggs belonging to non-Dragon-type Pokémon like Ekans and Arbok, while rare Pokémon eggs like Charmander and Treecko were put together in the same house due to their scarcity.
It could be said that the Pokémon in the entire valley, along with the Pokémon eggs in the wooden houses, represented the heritage of the Draconid People over the years.
Yuga and Mr. Brandon also inadvertently discovered a concealed cave in the valley.
This cave had clearly been specially modified; its entrance was fitted with a metal door made of an unknown material, appearing very sturdy.
When Yuga and Mr. Bradon found the cave, the metal door was open.
Although there were no Pokémon inside the cave, the traces of Pokémon living there were evident and all recent.
What kind of Pokémon would live here?
Yuga and Mr. Brandon both found it very strange; this place looked more like a prison for prisoners.
In addition, they also found a patch of blood that had not completely dried on the floor of the cave, with a tattered blood-stained garment casually thrown on the ground.
However, the most conspicuous thing in the cave was not the bloodstains and the blood-stained clothes, but a half-human-sized stone platform.
The platform appeared to be artificially polished, very smooth, and on top of it was a incubator containing an unknown liquid, with a Pokémon egg floating inside.
From the pattern on the Pokémon egg, Yuga easily recognized it as a Bagon egg, but he could feel that the vitality on the Pokémon egg was very weak, as if it would turn into a dead egg in the next moment.
From his keen eyes, Yuga could see that the incubator contained a Pokémon egg with a indigo potential, but with the heritage of the Draconid People, even a Pokémon egg with a indigo potential, although precious, why would it be placed here separately? And this egg obviously has a problem.
Just when Yuga was puzzled, the system unexpectedly issued a task to him.
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[ Congratulations, the host has triggered a mission: life hanging by a thread. ]
[ Explanation: The poor Bagon egg was subjected to inhumane modification experiments as soon as it was born, and is now on the verge of death. Its father had to succumb to humans to protect it, and now it's time for the host to save it. ]
[ Auxiliary item: Resurrection Water formula. ]
[ Reward: Electric-type Pokémon Universal Pokéblock formula and Fighting-type Pokémon Universal Pokéblock formula, choose one. ]
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Yuga's system still maintained its consistent style of issuing tasks.
Although the frequency of task issuance was not high, the difficulty was not great either, almost equivalent to deliver him a rewards for free.
Yuga glanced at the auxiliary item
"Resurrection Water formula" sent by the system and found that the main ingredient of this formula was Revival Herb, which was not difficult for him to make.
"System, do you know the specific situation of this Bagon egg?"
Yuga silently asked the system in his heart.
From the explanation of the task, he could tell that this was a Pokémon egg with a story.
[ Please explore on your own, host. ]
The indifferent voice of the system sounded in Yuga's mind.
Yuga frowned at the system's response: if you don't know, just say so.
"Mr. Brandon, this egg looks unusual. Let's take it out first."
Yuga said to Mr. Brandon.
"Okay." Mr. Brandon nodded, but did not move. Yuga took the opportunity to pick up the incubator.
But the moment Yuga touched the incubator, his head suddenly flashed with many unfamiliar scenes with a buzzing sound, and it took him a long time to recover from his daze.
Seeing Yuga standing there holding the incubator motionless, Mr. Brandon asked worriedly, "Are you okay? Is there something wrong with this Pokémon egg?"
Just as Yuga regained his senses, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Ah! It's nothing, nothing."
Seeing that Yuga was really okay, Mr. Brandon nodded and said, "That's good, let's go out."
As Yuga followed Mr. Brandon out, he asked the system in his mind, "System, please explain what just happened. What were all those things flashing in my head?"
[ It's unrelated to this system. It seems that your special ability inadvertently connected you to the consciousness of that egg. The flashes in your mind should be fragments of the egg's memory. ]
The system replied.
Yuga: ...An egg has memories? It's even a dying egg.
After receiving Celebi's blessing, although Yuga's mental power is not as powerful as a Pyschic, it was far beyond that of an ordinary person.
He quickly sorted out the fragments of memories about the Bagon egg in his mind and learned about its origin.
When this egg was newly born, it was very healthy, and it was a Pokémon egg with indigo poetential.
However, its mother was too old and passed away shortly after giving birth to it, so its father cherished it very much.
But one day, without the consent of its father, the Draconid People used it for Pokémon experiments, aiming to create the second purple potential Salamence in the Meteor Village.
And the father of the Bagon egg was the ancestor of the Draconid People, Salamence.
They believed that as the descendant of the ancestor, the Bagon egg had a high chance of evolving into a purple potential Pokémon.
However, the experiment failed in the end, and the Bagon egg was on the brink of death.
When the Salamence found out about it, it was furious and caused a bloody conflict in the Meteor Village. Many Draconid People died because of this.
Unlike Dragonite, the ancestor of the Dragon Tamer family, Salamence didn't have such deep affection for the descendants of the Draconid People.
This was not only because the current Draconid People were becoming more and more distant from its former master's bloodline, but also because the code of conduct of the current Draconid People was fundamentally different from that of the generous and righteous Dragon clan.
Whether it was the relationship between people or between people and Pokémon, it needed to be maintained.
Salamence looked down upon the current Draconid People, so although it still lived in the Meteor Village, it was not very willing to interact deeply with the Draconid People.
It only fulfilled its promise to its master to protect the Meteor Village.
Because of the shallow affection, Salamence did not hesitate to resort to violence.
The resentment of seeing one's own child being harmed was outweighed even the most important promises.
However, Salamence eventually compromised because the Draconid People used a special liquid to sustain the Bagon egg's last thread of life.
Without the protection of this liquid, the Bagon egg would immediately die.
For the sake of the Bagon egg, Salamence had to give up on continuing to retaliate against the Draconid People and promised to continue guarding them.
Later, Salamence was imprisoned and locked away in the same modified cave where Yuga and the others had just entered.
Salamence was already an easily angered Pokémon, and years of imprisonment made its temper increasingly unpredictable.
Later, it even killed several Draconid People who brought it food because it couldn't control its temper.
Because they still hoped that the ancestor would continue to protect the Draconid People and the Meteor Village, the Meteor Village's Chief turned a blind eye to the occasional killings by Salamence, without further investigation.
Later, the Draconid People avoided the cave where the ancestor was imprisoned.
The ancestor's daily life was taken care of by other Pokémon, and although its temper became increasingly violent, it had not killed any other Pokémon in the Meteor Village.
Over the years, the Draconid People had been actively searching for ways to revive the Bagon egg, hoping to eliminate the ancestor's resentment towards them.
However, their efforts had been unsuccessful, and the ancestor's temper only worsened.
When the Bagon egg was taken for experiments, it was already close to hatching, so it had its own consciousness.
Although it had become increasingly weak over the years, it could still clearly sense what was happening outside, which allowed it to transmit memories to Yuga's mind.
Having sorted out the fragments of memories in his mind, Yuga felt a great deal of sympathy for the Pokémon egg in his arms.
The Draconid People were truly despicable; they were willing to harm even their own Pokémon for the sake of their ambitions.
After exiting the cave, Yuga and Mr. Brandon began discussing how to divide the spoils.
With so many valuable Pokémon and Pokémon eggs in the Meteor Village, they couldn't possibly return empty-handed since they had come.
In theory, after clearing out the Meteor Village, all the property in the Meteor Village was supposed to be handed over to the League, whether it was the territory or Pokémon (eggs).
However, the League wasn't so rigid.
People like Yuga and Mr. Brandon, who were involved in the clearance, could take advantage of the situation a little bit before reporting it to the League, as long as it wasn't too excessive.
The League would turn a blind eye to it. This had almost become an established rule.
Yuga and Mr. Brandon set their sights on the Pokémon eggs in the wooden houses, rather than catching the Pokémon in the valley.
Because the Pokémon in the valley were of high levels, there was a risk of things getting out of hand if they were to intervene.
It might even cause trouble, and if any of them managed to escape during the chaos, it would be problematic.
So, it was better to leave those Pokémon to be dealt with collectively by the League.
Pokémon eggs were a safer option.
Before coming, Yuga and Mr. Brandon had already prepared their space backpacks, so they weren't worried about not being able to take away all the Pokémon eggs.
With his Insight skill, Yuga had a significant advantage in selecting Pokémon eggs.
Although the Draconid People had categorized the Pokémon eggs according to their different potential, there were still individual differences within the same potential. Yuga always managed to pick the best ones.
It had to be said that the Draconid People, as ancient descendants, indeed had a very profound heritage.
Through generations of selection, the probability of high potential Pokémon being born far exceeded that of ordinary Pokémon. This heritage was something that newcomers like Yuga could never catch up to.
Of course, it wasn't just Yuga; most major factions were not as good as the Draconid Peopel in this regard too. After all, they had a long-standing heritage!
In the end, Yuga chose some Ekans, Seviper, Charmander, and Bagon eggs. As for Treecko, Swablu, and some miscellaneous Pokémon eggs, Yuga didn't choose any.
There were lot of Ekans and Sepiver eggs, and Yuga only picked the green potential ones, totaling more than a hundred.
There were also some blue potential ones, but it was only three, two Ekans and one seviper, while there is no pokemon with red potential.
Charmander eggs is very small, with only twenty-eight, and the potential were uneven.
There were only orange, yellow, and green potential Charmander egg, indicating that the Draconid People hadn't been breeding Charmander for long.
Yuga decided to take all the Charmander eggs and didn't leave any for the League. As for the low potential ones, he could try his luck with the Innovation Potion later.
After all, even low potential Charmander eggs were still valuable.
The number of Bagon eggs here is actually more than the number of Charmander and Trecko eggs. Moreover, as pseudo-legendary Pokémon, their minimum potential is always green.
Yuga directly picked twenty of them, though there were no blue potential ones, there were still three green potential Bagon among the eggs he picked.
Adding the Bagon Yuga previously obtained from the old lady, he would have over forty Salamence in his Ecopark in the future. Just thinking about it made him feel ecstatic.
Mr. Brandon picked a similar number of Pokémon eggs as Yuga, but in terms of species, Yuga chose Charmander, while he chose Trecko.
Neither Yuga nor Mr. Brandon chose Swablu eggs.
Although Yuga didn't mind having more high potential Pokémon, the reason he didn't choose Swablu eggs was partly because he already had them in his Ecopark and partly because he didn't want to be too greedy.
As for Mr. Brandon, the reason he didn't choose was simply because Yuga didn't choose it too.
As for the Bagon egg in the cave, Mr. Brandon didn't mention it when he saw that Yuga wasn't planning to let go. After all, there were plenty of Bagon eggs here, and he wasn't going to be tactless enough to snatch it from Yuga.
After dividing the spoils, Yuga and Mr. Brandon contacted the League to report that the clearance mission was completed. Now, they had to wait for the League to announce their decision regarding the Meteor Village and the Draconid People.
Once they handed over the Draconid People and the confiscated Pokémon to the League's representatives, Yuga and Mr. Brandon returned to Pacifidlog Town.
Since the matter of the Draconid People was not yet resolved, Yuga and Mr. Brandon could not leave Pacifidlog Town temporarily.
However, upon returning to Pacifidlog Town, Yuga's first action was to send those Pokémon eggs back to Verdanturf Town via the Bobo Express. It was inconvenient to carry so many Pokémon eggs around.
Pokémon eggs couldn't be transported via the Transfer Machine, so Yuga could only send them by courier. The Bobo Express had branches in various towns and had a good reputation.
After all the Draconid People were captured, the senior members of the Hoenn League held an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the Draconid People and the Meteor Village.