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Chapter 78 – The Damaged Lugia Egg
🕑 Added 2025-02-01 15:06:54 +0000 UTCChapter 78 – The Damaged Lugia Egg
Unaware that Professor Sakuragi was considering a rescue mission, Asahi pressed forward with Gardevoir and Dragonair.
Dragonite and the majority of the Unown remained outside.
Only the first Unown he had awakened accompanied him, guiding the way.
After traveling about dozens of meters, the passage suddenly widened into a large chamber.
The room resembled the one above.
However, instead of an altar in the center, there was an egg.
A huge egg.
Asahi estimated it to be at least a meter tall.
Silver spots decorated its shell, giving it an elegant appearance.
At that moment, the Silver Feather in Asahi’s arms glowed even brighter.
A silver egg… reacting to a Silver Feather…
It was obvious what was inside this egg.
"A Lugia…?"
As a confirmed species rather than a singular deity, Lugia was known to lay eggs.
The Unown guiding him flew directly to the egg’s side.
Asahi followed, stepping closer.
Upon closer inspection, he noticed something wrong.
The egg had been attacked.
Cracks covered the surface—fine but numerous.
The most severe damage was on the left rear side, about a third of the way down from the top. There, a wound had nearly pierced through the shell.
A dark, ominous aura clung to the damage, staining the surrounding area black.
Gardevoir extended her psychic senses toward it.
【It’s ghost-type energy—very strong.】
Asahi turned to the Unown. "You brought me here… because you want me to heal this egg?"
The Unown nodded.
At this point, Asahi pieced everything together.
This damaged Lugia egg had been sealed here by an ancient civilization, with Unown assigned as its guardians.
When he awakened the Unown and used Verdant Aura, they sensed its healing properties.
That’s why they believed he could heal the Lugia egg and led him here.
"What a series of coincidences…"
If he hadn’t followed up on Green’s discovery, he would have completely missed this.
But he still had one question.
"How can you be so sure that I can heal it?"
Even the advanced technology of an ancient civilization had failed to restore the egg. How could his power be enough?
Buzz—
The Unown relayed a thought.
The egg had been placed here with a unique technique, absorbing the ocean’s energy to sustain itself.
But after the ancient civilization vanished, the temple fell into disrepair.
Without maintenance, the egg would eventually lose all vitality and perish.
Now, Asahi was their only hope.
"…So I was just a lucky bystander?"
For a moment, Asahi had thought destiny had guided him here to save the Lugia egg.
But in reality…
The Unown had randomly chosen him because he happened to show up.
Still, despite this realization—
"Well, it’s a Lugia egg. I have to at least try!"
Asahi first had Gardevoir attempt Life Dew.
The shimmering droplets landed on the egg's surface, causing it to glow faintly for a moment.
However, the dark ghostly energy lingering on the wound reacted violently, intensifying its corrosive force. The healing effects of Life Dew were immediately nullified.
"This ghost energy has persisted for centuries, yet it can still counteract Life Dew’s healing effects…"
At that moment, Asahi understood why the ancient civilization hadn’t tried healing the egg with Pokémon powers—it was because of this ghost energy.
The Unown sent another thought into his mind.
"You’re saying… this is after the energy has already weakened significantly?" Asahi raised an eyebrow.
If that were true, then whoever or whatever did this must have had a deep grudge against Lugia…
The events of the ancient past were a mystery, and Asahi had no time to dwell on them.
Focusing on the egg, he began to analyze the situation.
"To heal it, I have to purge the ghost energy first."
Ghost-type energy countered psychic power, but not completely.
Asahi turned to Gardevoir.
She nodded, clutching the Psychic Plate in one hand while using her other to levitate her Mega Stone with Psychic energy.
At the same time, Asahi pressed the Keystone on his wrist.
A dazzling light engulfed Gardevoir.
Her elegant white gown turned jet black, and an overwhelming psychic aura radiated from her—Gardevoir had Mega Evolved into Mega Gardevoir.
This was the first time Asahi had used her Mega Evolution with the Psychic Plate, not even during his battle against Lt. Surge.
"How do you feel?" Asahi asked.
【The power boost… seems stronger.】
Gardevoir raised a hand, and the Psychic Plate floated before her.
"A stronger boost?" Asahi pondered.
Could it be that the stronger the psychic power, the greater the Psychic Plate’s effects?
His gaze shifted back to Lugia’s egg.
"Try purging the ghost energy."
Gardevoir’s eyes glowed blue, and she waved her delicate arms.
Her highly concentrated psychic energy distorted the air around it.
As it made contact with the ghostly energy on the egg’s surface, an intense reaction occurred.
The Psychic Plate-enhanced power was now on par with the ghost energy, which had already weakened over time.
Tiny bursts of glowing particles scattered as Gardevoir’s psychic waves neutralized the corruption.
The ghost energy quickly faded and finally vanished entirely.
With the corruption gone, Asahi placed his hand gently on the egg and released Verdant Aura.
Immediately, he sensed a faint consciousness inside the egg.
It was weak, lacking clear awareness, but it radiated an unwavering will to survive.
"Don’t worry, I’ll do my best to heal you."
Asahi sent a soothing thought and combined Verdant Aura with Gardevoir’s Healing Pulse.
