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Giratina did not answer Mammon's question.
How Dark Lugia was affected by the Dread Plate to this extent, it didn't know, nor did it care.
"Forget it, it doesn't matter anyway."
Mammon couldn't find the answer, so he stopped thinking about it. The most important thing now was to take down Dark Lugia.
"Lii~!"
Just then, Dark Lugia finally couldn't hold back, and its huge dark purple wings flapped heavily.
Dark Storm!
Black gales howled out, sweeping towards them.
The sky was filled with black winds, roaring like crying evil spirits, making one's heart tremble and covering the entire sky.
However, this kind of move was useless against Origin Forme Giratina.
"Shadow Sneak."
Giratina's dragon eyes were cold and violent, its huge body slithered forward, and its entire dragon body shifted between solid and ethereal.
The moment the Dark Storm struck, Giratina had already completely etherealized.
All the black winds passed completely through Giratina's 'body', not affecting Giratina in the slightest.
No matter how strong a move is, if it doesn't hit, it's an ineffective attack.
And Giratina's Shadow Sneak was such a bugged move.
Giratina in Shadow Sneak state quickly approached Dark Lugia, turning into a solid form.
Dark Lugia shrieked in anger, black energy condensing and pulsating before its mouth.
Dark Pulse!
The black pulse shot towards the Giratina it saw again, but just as the Dark Pulse was about to hit Giratina.
The Dark Pulse passed through Giratina's ethereal body again.
Bang!
The next moment, Giratina slammed hard into Dark Lugia's chest, pushing Dark Lugia back a short distance.
Ghost-type Shadow Sneak!
Dark Lugia cried out in pain. Origin Forme Giratina's attack was very strong. Although the Ghost-type Shadow Sneak was not very effective against Dark Lugia, it still hurt.
Dark Lugia, steadying its body, had even greater anger and madness in its blood-red eyes, spurred by the pain. Its huge right wing glowed with a black light, and it swung fiercely at Giratina.
Dark-type Payback!
However, after landing one hit, Giratina's dragon body slithered again, moving to the left like a ghost.
Dark Lugia's Payback counterattacked very quickly, but Giratina's body became semi-transparent again.
Payback hit nothing but air again!
"Thunder!"
The next second, Giratina returned to its solid form again, golden lightning flashing on its body.
Boom!
A bolt of lightning struck, heavily hitting Dark Lugia's body.
Dark Lugia let out a painful shriek. The lightning continuously crackled and eroded its body; it hurt a lot.
"Looking at this reaction, it seems to be Flying + Dark." Mammon narrowed his eyes slightly.
Clearly, this Thunder attack caused significant damage to Dark Lugia, indicating it was a super effective attack.
A Flying + Dark-type combination, just like Yveltal.
The Thunder attack violently burst, causing intense airwaves to ripple.
"Lii!!"
But Dark Lugia's even sharper cry sounded the next second, black cyclones spun wildly, and a beam of light cut towards Giratina.
Dark-type Dark Cyclone!
But it was still useless.
Giratina didn't even intend to dodge, directly confronting the Dark Cyclone.
The Dark Cyclone passed through Giratina in its Shadow Sneak state again. As it approached Dark Lugia, it materialized, slamming hard into Dark Lugia's body.
And the subsequent battle basically became a repeating cycle.
Dark Lugia was going crazy! Its crimson eyes were filled with resentment and fury.
Can't hit! Can't hit!! Still can't hit!!!
How can I fight this?!
"This move of Giratina's is truly too gloomy."
Primal Kyogre, also watching the battle, commented.
Only allowing oneself to hit others, but not allowing others to hit oneself, isn't that exactly what this is?
Primal Kyogre imagined putting itself in Dark Lugia's position, unable to land a hit no matter how it attacked, yet completely helpless. Wouldn't that just make one explode with anger?
"But isn't it quite interesting?" Mammon's face, however, couldn't hide his smile.
He was very satisfied with Giratina's performance.
Actually, Dark Lugia was truly strong, but Origin Forme Giratina was even stronger, not to mention Giratina also had such a bugged move as Shadow Sneak.
It could etherealize at will, approaching you without any pressure.
In fact, there were ways to counter it, but Dark Lugia, whose mind was already affected, couldn't possibly think of them at the moment.
It couldn't calm down at all, and could even be said to be completely insane.
Black storms ceaselessly vented in all directions, releasing the anger and frenzy in its heart.
It was fortunate that they were currently in the air, and below was the sea, otherwise this area would definitely be devastated.
And seeing Dark Lugia in such a frenzied state, Giratina did not rush to attack, but instead quietly watched Dark Lugia's tantrum.
Once Dark Lugia's tantrum ended, a single Thunder attack was sent directly, perfectly hitting Dark Lugia.
Dark Lugia finally couldn't hold on, its body uncontrollably plummeting into the sea.
Constantly taking hits, even with its excellent physique, it would eventually be unable to endure.
Mammon, who was commanding Giratina for the first time, couldn't help but fall into contemplation.
How to put it, it felt very interesting, but also inexplicably a bit boring?
Giratina was very strong, and it also had a bug-like move, which made this battle completely stress-free.
Of course, a very important factor was that this Dark Lugia, whose mind had been corrupted by malice, couldn't calm down.
Otherwise, the battle process wouldn't have been so uneventful.
The outcome, in Mammon's opinion, would not have changed. Origin Forme Giratina was definitely stronger than Dark Lugia, not to mention with his own command.
After the battle, Mammon released Reshiram again and jumped onto Reshiram's back.
"Kyogre, go fish Lugia out."
Primal Kyogre plunged into the sea with a Lunge.
There was no other way; Dark Lugia had fallen into the sea. They couldn't just let it go, could they?
No way, coming to the Whirl Islands was for Dark Lugia.
Soon, Primal Kyogre controlled the seawater to push the unconscious Dark Lugia onto the nearest island.
Mammon sat on Reshiram, looking down at Dark Lugia, momentarily unsure if it was time to throw a Poké Ball.
"Are you going to catch it?"
Giratina's deep, hoarse telepathy came through.
"Yes, I quite like it."
"This is not a good choice. It has been too severely affected by the power of the Dread Plate, even changing its essence."
Giratina's red dragon eyes gazed at Dark Lugia. The power of the Dread Plate had completely permeated this Lugia's entire body.
"If it cannot regain its own consciousness, I suggest you abandon it."
The subconscious implication was that if Dark Lugia could regain consciousness, then it could still be caught.
But if not, then its consciousness had been completely affected and lost by the Dread Plate, and it was highly unlikely to recover.
The power of the Plates was just that overbearing.
"I know." Mammon nodded. Of course, he wouldn't joke about his own life safety.
Mammon didn't rush to throw a Poké Ball, but waited for a while.
Not long after, Dark Lugia had already woken up, its eyes still blood-red, but this time there was no longer that chilling gaze.
Noticing this, Mammon thought it was good news.
Dark Lugia struggled to lift its head, and what came into view were Giratina, Kyogre, and Reshiram, as well as the human boy on Reshiram's back.
A hint of confusion appeared in Dark Lugia's blood-red eyes.
"You finally woke up."
Mammon was the first to speak to Dark Lugia.
Dark Lugia wanted to get up, but its weak body clearly prevented it from doing so now.
What is this?
"Your injuries were caused by us. You were in a frenzy just now; do you still remember?" Mammon said very directly.
"..."
Dark Lugia was silent. It tried its best to recall its memories from this period. Fragmented memories allowed it to roughly remember.
"Thank you, human."
Dark Lugia's deep, hoarse telepathy sounded somewhat weakly.
"It seems you've regained your senses. A beating still helps." Mammon joked upon hearing this.
"..." Dark Lugia gave a wry smile.
"How did you become like this?"
"I submerged into the bottom of the great waterfall to sleep. During this time, a power continuously entered my body. By the time I discovered it, it was already too late." Dark Lugia replied.
"That power gradually changed my body and affected my consciousness and thoughts. I could only seal myself to resist, but it was still useless."
Dark Lugia sighed, saying that it now didn't know what to do.
Although its consciousness had now recovered due to its severe injuries from the recent battle, who knew if it would continue to be affected in the future?
"So that's it." Mammon mused.
"Then, how about you follow me for now? Your current state is quite special. You can help me battle when I need it, and I can stop you when your consciousness is about to lose control."
Mammon suggested this, which was undoubtedly a win-win situation.
"This…" Dark Lugia hesitated for a moment.
"Then I'll trouble you, human."
Dark Lugia still agreed, after all, it didn't want to abandon itself like this; it still had a mate and children.
"Alright, let's observe for now. If your condition shows signs of worsening, I will find a way to help you later."
Mammon said to Dark Lugia.
And the method he spoke of was, of course, to find Arceus.
Ultimately, Dark Lugia's problem stemmed from the Dread Plate, so finding Arceus was the right course of action.
"Also, my name is Mammon."
"Okay, Mammon, thank you."
Dark Lugia was very grateful. This human… was very good!
Mammon couldn't help but show a sunny smile on his face as he looked at Dark Lugia; he had obtained Dark Lugia!
It was surprisingly easy, not just the battle, but also the persuasion process.
One could only say that for legendary Pokémon with special circumstances like Dark Lugia, as long as you could defeat it, gaining its allegiance was truly very easy.
"Actually, there's no need to be polite. Your children are currently with my friend."
Mammon said with a smile.
"Ah?" Dark Lugia was startled.
"Actually, I came here a few months ago, and at that time, I met your mate, and then…"
Mammon took out a small Sacred Ash, gave it to Dark Lugia to restore its stamina, and recounted the situation at the time.
Dark Lugia sighed again upon hearing this. In its current ugly state, it didn't know how to face Lugia Mom and its children.
Well, at least in Dark Lugia's opinion, its current appearance was very ugly.
Dark Lugia was very melancholic.
Mammon naturally didn't know what Dark Lugia was thinking. His mind was currently focused on only one thing.
Dread Plate!!
The Dread Plate was different from the life jewel. The life jewel was left by Arceus for Michina Town, so Mammon couldn't just take it, otherwise Arceus would have reason to trouble him.
But the Dread Plate was different. Although he didn't know how this Plate ended up here, Mammon wasn't very concerned about that.
He only knew one thing.
This is what I picked up!