The tidal waves were frozen solid, and the biggest threat to the Trainers on the coast was no longer extant.
However, the elf siege had not ceased!
Just a few days ago, it was only a handful or a dozen water-type Spirits landing ashore in batches.
But this time, nearly a thousand water-type Spirits gathered en masse and launched an assault on the city, escalating the situation to a very serious level.
A few professional Trainers were no longer enough to suppress such a scenario.
However, luckily, there were master-level Trainers present.
Fang Yuan and Yun Guancheng, these two pseudo-professional trainers, were quite a strong force in battle and, after being granted special privileges by Master Yun Miao, provided some decent help to the fighting.
It was only decent, for from an overall standpoint, even without the two of them, the human side would have won this elf siege with an absolute advantage.
With master-level Trainers anchoring the defense, the battle lasted just over an hour before it ended.
This was also Fang Yuan's first time witnessing the power of Trainers in a large city responding to a disaster.
No wonder professional Trainers and master-level Trainers hold high status... in the face of such disasters, their role is too important.
"How spectacular..." Walking along the seaside, Fang Yuan was stunned by the Ice Continent before his eyes.
Freezing the sea surface into a sheet of ice, he wondered when they would possess such strength.
"Whoo~~~" Milotic floated beside Fang Yuan, murmuring as it watched the snow still falling from the sky.
It meant... could it not learn Rain Dance and water-based Spells and instead learn Hail and ice-based Spells?
Compared to rainfall... Milotic looked towards the sea surface frozen by the frost and felt that diamond dust and snowflakes would better complement its beauty.
"That's right, Rotom..." Rotom translated via the smartphone's voice function.
"You're not a child anymore, you should learn them all," Fang Yuan spoke slowly, desiring to learn more moves was a good thing.
However, in Fang Yuan's view, there were no either-or questions, only multiple-choice ones.
Milotic hesitated briefly, was that so?
...
Qinglong Dojo.
After the elf siege incident, Master Yun Miao called Fang Yuan and Yun Guancheng over.
"This elf siege came unexpectedly, the Spirits did not seem like those suffering from 'Foreign Syndrome' from a secret location, nor did they resemble avenger spirits retaliating against humans for polluting the environment. Instead, they appeared to be an army of well-trained Spirits with an unknown purpose," Master Yun Miao began.
"Will there be another siege?" Fang Yuan asked.
Master Yun Miao nodded, "I cannot dismiss that possibility. The ocean holds countless Spirits. Today's number of Spirits was not significant, but if there's a mastermind behind this, it's highly probable that this was merely a beginning..."
"So, has the culprit been found?" Yun Guancheng asked frowning, as that was the most crucial point.
Master Yun Miao looked at Yun Guancheng and Fang Yuan, saying, "That's the main reason I called you here."
"We have some clues, but they are not yet clear."
After speaking, he took out a blurry picture and laid it on the table.
"This is our only lead. Although we don't know if it's related to the recent anomalous occurrences off the coast, we can't help but speculate due to the timing of this Spirit's appearance."
"Since there are no records of it, we only have a few conjectures for now and cannot draw any firm conclusions, let alone understand the reasons behind it."
Fang Yuan and Yun Guancheng looked at the picture.
The image was blurry, showing a tiny Pokemon that seemed to have long antennae, and its arms were longer than its body...
Enshrouded in mist, it was difficult to discern its appearance, but since it was at sea, it was most likely Water-type.
"This is an unknown Pokemon; from its size and bodily structure, it does not match any known species..." Master Yun Miao said.
This is...
Fang Yuan had been staring at the picture; the Pokemon resembled Manafei.
Although it was very blurry, Fang Yuan felt that there was a high probability that the subject of the photo was Manafei.
Manafei is a Water attribute Phantom Pokemon. Although it is a Phantom Pokemon, Manafei can lay eggs...
Besides that, it has an innate magical power, allowing it to communicate with any Pokemon through its mind.
From the drama "Prince Manafei of the Misty Sea," it seemed to be a stronger ability than Mind Induction, even capable of summoning Kyogre for help...
But why would this Pokemon appear here? Fang Yuan was a bit confused.
Though he recognized the Pokemon, Fang Yuan could not connect Manafei to the current Pokemon attack on the city; there was too little information.
"It's not impossible, as a Phantom Pokemon, if Manafei stirred the Water-type Spirits to attack the city, that would explain the specialties of these Pokemon. The superpower I received from Emuritto might not be stronger than Manafei's power..."
Fang Yuan's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was in turmoil. The Trainer Association must also suspect that Manafei might be the culprit behind the Pokemon attack on the city.
The most important thing was the reason, and Fang Yuan had no clue about that either.
Master Yun Miao slid the picture towards Yun Guancheng, saying:
"Next, you'll go to Dragon Cave, taking this picture with you. The elder of Dragon Cave is a Pokemon that has lived for a very long time, and Dragon Island itself is a place with ancient history, recording many super ancient events. You might be able to get some information from it..."
"Moreover, Dragon Island has always been drifting in the ocean; the Pokemon there might know some behind-the-scenes details."
The elder of Dragon Cave is also a High Intellect Spirit, having lived a long time due to special reasons; consulting with the Pokemon of Dragon Cave was a reluctant move by the Binhai City Trainers Association.
The information they held was simply too little.
...
Meanwhile.
On an island enshrouded in fog, far away from Binhai City, it was slowly moving toward Binhai City.
Boom!!
Amidst the mist, the air flowed violently as a two-footed orange Pokemon with long, thin antennae and a small horn on its head emerged from the fog.
This Pokemon had a striped belly in cream color that extended to the tip of its long tail, thick limbs with three claws each, and its leg joints were distinctively separate from its plump and cute body.
And... this Pokemon was incredibly fast.
The supersonic sound of it breaking through the air created a deafening noise around, yet despite its speed, its wings seemed quite small compared to its body...
The Quick Dragon Envoy that emerged from the Dragon Cave, holding a map with its short arms, flew toward Binhai City with a naive expression.
"Roar~"
"Roar~"
Time passed quickly, and the Pokemon attack on Binhai City made it to the hot search list again, but the attention it received was soon overtaken by some celebrity gossip, just like what happened when Fang Yuan first discovered Sun Eevee and made the hot search list.