Yuna heard the sound of wind whistling from the other end and quickly caught on.
"Is it that star?" She asked.
Caleb grunted in affirmation.
Yuna smiled softly and said, "Although I don't know what happened between you, it has indeed been waiting here for you for a long time. Since that's the case, go to it."
"Thank you." Caleb glanced at the map unlocked on the Warp Beacon.
Besides the initial Nameless Grassland, locations like Nameless Forest and Nameless Beach had been unlocked subsequently.
This meant that if he encountered danger in human society, he could immediately teleport back here using the Warp Beacon...
...
While Caleb was advancing forward, Yuna and the others weren't idle either. They drove the speedboat to a deserted part of the coast and waited quietly for midnight to arrive...
Time passed imperceptibly, and the group soon welcomed the first night of this Instance.
"Prepare to set off." Yuna and the other two boarded the speedboat.
Fumitaka sat in the driver's seat, rubbing his hands together and saying, "Haven't driven one of these in a while, so I might be a bit rusty... I'm letting you guys know so that you won't blame me if we happen to capsize later!"
Kamala lightly tapped his head and said, "Be serious!"
"Yeah, yeah~ Why are you so nervous? It was just a little joke!"
Kamala didn't want to bother with him and turned to look at Yuna, only to find her staring seriously towards the direction of Sootopolis City.
Kamala was taken aback and followed her gaze in that direction but saw nothing.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
Yuna didn't respond. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, a strange blue light flowed within them.
At that moment, her eyes pierced through time and space, across the long river of history, and she saw a pair of brilliant golden eyes suddenly open in the darkness.
Accompanied by the dull sound of surging seawater, a massive black shadow awoke from an undersea cavern and began swimming upwards.
The vision ended abruptly...
Yuna's eyes snapped open, and she couldn't help but take a step backward. A trace of cold sweat broke out on her forehead as she turned to look at Fumitaka and said gravely, "We can't set sail!"
Although she hadn't clearly seen whether that black shadow was Lugia or Kyogre, if they continued out to sea, they would definitely be attacked by it, ultimately resulting in the destruction of their boat and possibly their demise.
Upon hearing this, Fumitaka quickly brought the boat to a halt.
By now, the boat had already traveled a considerable distance from the shore. The dark seawater flowed silently around them, and their boat seemed particularly small floating upon this vast ocean.
"What's wrong, Sister Yuna? What did you see?" Kamala's expression also turned grave upon seeing this.
"Kyogre has discovered us..." Yuna said.
The Legendary Pokémon of this world were different from those in ordinary Instances. Each one possessed world-shattering power.
Although she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she had watched documentaries in Sootopolis City showing terrifying scenes of Kyogre raising hundred-meter-high tsunamis; Groudon splitting the earth, and magma gushing forth.
Even though Yuna's strength ranked second on the Player Leaderboard, she wasn't too keen on confronting this world's Kyogre head-on.
She only had one chance. If she failed, the admission ticket to enter this punishment Instance would go to waste, and she would never have another opportunity to see Decidueye.
Hearing this, Fumitaka drew a sharp breath, then put away his playful expression and nodded seriously, "Understood."
With that, he turned the boat around and headed back towards the shore...
After returning to the shore, Yuna suddenly thought of something.
"Caleb? Are you still heading this way?" She asked.
Fumitaka and Kamala also held their breath upon hearing this, listening carefully to the situation on the other end.
Soon, they heard a clear crashing sound, as if something huge had broken through the water's surface...
...
Caleb and Dragonite looked up at the hundred-meter wave before them and he responded to Yuna's question absentmindedly, "Yeah."
The hundred-meter wave twisted and turned, bearing down on Caleb like a overwhelming force.
The seawater constantly compressed the last bit of air, carrying a sense of despairing suffocation, and slammed down violently.
Caleb held tightly onto Dragonite, murmuring, "This is really exaggerated."
...
"What?"
His voice was drowned out by the giant wave. Yuna's side only heard a tremendous noise, and then the world fell completely silent.
Fumitaka's face was full of disbelief, "He didn't run into Kyogre, did he?"
Kamala swallowed hard and didn't speak.
Just then, another ear-splitting sound of surging seawater came from the other end.
Mixed within it was Caleb's clear yet firm voice: <..Leave Kyogre to me. Hurry across now while you can!..>
Yuna quickly asked, "Are you alright?"
Caleb spat out a mouthful of seawater and said: <..I'm fine for now!..>
...
Just moments ago, Caleb and Dragonite had been slammed into the sea by that giant wave. Although Dragonite had blocked most of the impact for him, the residual force still made his chest tremble and his ears ring...
His ears and nose were bleeding.
Caleb used his Viridian Power to instantly restore Dragonite's health, then took out the Blue Orb he had specifically brought from his inventory.
Under the moonlight, the giant wave, carrying Kyogre, surged towards them once again...
Caleb used his left hand to wipe the blood from his nose while raising the Blue Orb in his right hand.
- Blue Orb: Mythical item, an orb that radiates a blue glow, said to be deeply connected to the legends of the Hoenn region. The bearer can control the personification of the sea itself, Kyogre...
The next moment, the orb erupted with a brilliant radiance.
The light swept across Kyogre's eyes, and immediately afterwards, its movement abruptly halted.
The colossal wave behind it suddenly went out of control, plummeting straight down like a torrential downpour.
Kyogre's form fell into the sea amidst the rainstorm, only half of its body visible, its brilliant golden pupils fixed on the human opposite...
"Wuu?"
Dragonite now noticed its trainer's bleeding ears and nose and immediately became anxious, looking over with a face full of concern.
"I'm fine." Caleb comforted Dragonite, then turned to face Kyogre.
He connected with its mind using his Viridian Power and asked, "Why did you attack me?"
Kyogre: >..Humans cannot pass through this sea..<
Caleb: "Who said so?"
Kyogre didn't speak, but an image appeared in its mind... a figure radiating dazzling light, with eighteen plates floating around its golden structure, resembling the Alpha.
Caleb: "..."
'Alright, I understand.'
At that moment, Yuna's voice came through again: <..Are you alright?..>
Caleb glanced at Kyogre and said, "Fine, but I have some bad news for you."
Yuna was taken aback and asked: <..What is it?..>
Caleb took a deep breath and said, "The Arceus of this world is the complete form, possessing all eighteen Creation Plates."