With Axel's current strength, passing through a space tunnel no longer made him feel dizzy or disoriented.
A few seconds later, accompanied by a splash of water, Axel and Volcanion appeared in an environment that looked somewhat like the Pokemon world, yet felt completely out of place in style.
Surrounded by towering ancient trees, a massive steel nest made of countless interlocking gears, woven together with steam and rainbow-like light, came into Axel's view.
The entire city was formed by numerous Klinklang assembled together. They meshed with each other, rotating endlessly, and from the gaps, bursts of scorching white steam hissed out from time to time, as if the whole city were a living, breathing mechanical beast.
Above and around the city, countless Magnemite used electromagnetic force to supply energy to the gears.
On the streets, there were no children at all. Only young and middle-aged adults could be seen, moving like walking corpses. Each of them carried Steel-type Pokemon and busied themselves with their own work.
Even when they ran into acquaintances, they would at most give a slight nod, with no further interaction.
Axel frowned slightly. In his eyes, this entire city was like a gigantic industrial machine, completely devoid of any human warmth.
"And this deserves to be called a country?"
In Axel's understanding, a country should exist because of its people. It should never be like this, treating people like puppets.
To put it bluntly, even Team Rocket and Pryce… had more humanity than the rulers here.
["Mr. Axel, you see it too, right?",] Volcanion couldn't help but roar loudly when he saw this scene again.
["Jarvis and his lot are beasts! Treating life as spare parts, constantly trampling on Pokemon."]
["And they even bewitched the prince, turning this country into what it is now!"]
Axel nodded, signaling Volcanion not to rush, because the current Azoth Kingdom already differed quite a bit from what Volcanion had described.
"Don't rush. Let's find someone and ask where Jarvis is. Then we'll go straight to him and that prince."
Axel had a clear plan. This kingdom obviously had combat capabilities. It might even be like Ultra Space, pulling out some kind of Pokemon super cannon or something.
In that kind of situation, decapitation was the simplest and most effective tactic.
["Alright!",] Volcanion nodded in a muffled voice, crawling forward impatiently while reminding Axel.
["Don't fly before entering the city. It's easy to be detected by their sentry Pokemon."]
"Relax. We won't be detected," Axel grinned, waving his hand. The ground beneath their feet began to surge like flowing water.
In the next second, both Axel and Volcanion disappeared from where they stood.
When they reappeared, they were already somewhere inside the city.
Suddenly, a chaotic sound of footsteps and Magnemite cries came from nearby. Hearing that sound, fear flashed across the numb faces of the passersby, as if they had received some kind of signal, and they all stepped aside.
A blonde woman in a flowing long dress was lifting her skirt as she fled, while behind her, groups of Magnemite were chasing her down.
Axel's eyes lit up. After walking for so long, he had finally come across someone with actual emotions.
With a flick of his hand, he threw out a Poke Ball. A flash of white light appeared, and Archaludon landed right between the blonde woman and the pursuing Magnemite.
The Magnemite let out sharp cries. Facing Archaludon, they showed no intention of stopping.
"General, Breaking Swipe!"
Seeing how aggressive the Magnemite were, Axel decisively had Archaludon make a move.
After undergoing training with Dialga for a period of time, and with Rayquaza giving it some extra attention over the past few days, Archaludon's combat level had improved significantly.
Almost the moment Axel spoke, Archaludon reacted. As its body turned, a massive energy dragon tail formed on its tail, and it slammed fiercely toward the Magnemite.
Bang!
Continuous loud explosions rang out as the Magnemite were struck and scattered in all directions, completely unable to maintain their formation.
Even those quick to react that used moves like Thunderbolt to counterattack could barely do anything against Archaludon, which resisted Electric-type attacks.
"Roar!", Without waiting for Axel's next command, Archaludon suddenly dropped to the ground, taking the shape of a bridge, its limbs repeatedly stomping and crushing the earth.
A terrifying shockwave burst from the ground, accompanied by countless massive rocks surging outward, smashing indiscriminately into everything around with devastating force.
Axel's psychic power erupted, lifting the nearby humans into the air and helping them avoid the shockwave.
But the Magnemite weren't so lucky.
As Electric-type Pokemon, they took the full brunt of Archaludon's max-powered Earthquake, and in an instant, the entire group was wiped out, collapsing weakly onto the ground.
Behind Axel, the girl who had just been chased by the Magnemite seemed completely stunned, her expression on the verge of tears.
"You… you've caused trouble!"
"You attacked the Magnemite. You'll get dragged into this because of me. Jarvis and the others will put you on the kill list."
"It's fine," Seeing that the girl's first reaction after being saved wasn't relief but concern for him, Axel couldn't help but chuckle.
"We came here this time to find that Jarvis you mentioned."
"Do you know where Jarvis is? I'm top-tier carry."
"Top-tier carry?", The girl froze for a moment, clearly not understanding what that meant.
But upon hearing that Axel wanted to find Jarvis, her beautiful eyes suddenly shrank, unease filling her face.
"Don't go looking for him. He's already gone mad."
"My brother was bewitched by him, and he's using Magearna to turn the kingdom into this."
"Even when I tried to persuade my brother, Jarvis sent people to capture me. I barely managed to escape."
"If it's you, he'll probably just kill you outright with ruthless methods!"
Axel's eyes lit up as he caught the deeper meaning in her words.
"So you're the princess of the Azoth Kingdom?"
"Perfect! Take us to kill Jarvis!"
"Ahem! You might not recognize me, but you should have seen this Volcanion next to me."
The princess blinked lightly, "I think I've seen him, but I can't quite remember…"
Volcanion twitched his mouth, splitting the ring on his back and releasing several bursts of steam, ["Do you recognize me now?"]
"I remember now," The princess's eyes lit up as she grabbed onto Volcanion, "You're Magearna's friend, right? I think I saw you when I was little."
"Right now Magearna has already been captured by my brother and Jarvis. Please go save her, okay!"
Volcanion nodded, but before he could speak, a mechanical voice suddenly echoed through the city.
["Intruders detected. All personnel leave the streets. The army is about to be deployed!"]
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