Chapter 140: Kagome Village Monster Cannibalism Incident
The battle ended, and Lei Wen and his group took a short rest on the wilderness outside the Giant Cave.
Serperior and Dragonite had sustained many injuries. Although they had taken potions, their bodies were still exhausted, so Lei Wen had them return to their Poké Balls to rest.
“Unknowingly, it has been a month since we left our territory. It’s time to go back now,” Lei Wen thought to himself.
He turned around, looked at the three Swordsmen behind him, and extended an invitation.
“Cobalion, Terrakion, Keldeo, we are returning to Raven City. Would you like to come with us and see the city I govern?”
“Heh heh, I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time!” Terrakion grinned.
“If that’s the case, then we’ll be in your care,” Cobalion said politely.
Terrakion also showed a smile of anticipation on its face.
Kyurem stood behind them, remaining silent.
Lei Wen withdrew his gaze, but before they left, they had one more matter to attend to.
The monster-eating incident in Kagome Village.
The villagers believed that Kyurem had entered the village at night and eaten villagers.
Thinking of this, Lei Wen looked up at Kyurem and asked:
“Kyurem, after arriving on this planet, have you ever been to that village?”
“I usually do not leave the cave and have never visited a human village,” Kyurem’s deep voice resounded.
Hearing this, Lei Wen felt a sense of relief.
As expected, the man-eating monster was not Kyurem.
However, Kyurem’s appearance was still too terrifying for those ordinary villagers; venturing into the village rashly might scare the villagers to death.
Lei Wen pondered for a moment, then took out a Poké Ball made from a berry from his bag.
“Kyurem, could I trouble you to enter this for now?”
Kyurem glanced at it, and then its body turned into a beam of light and entered the Poké Ball.
The scene Lei Wen had imagined, where the Poké Ball would be instantly blown apart by Kyurem’s power, did not occur.
Indeed… for a being of this caliber, controlling its power was probably not difficult.
This would make their actions much more convenient.
Kagome Village.
Lei Wen and the three Swordsmen successfully arrived at the village.
Upon seeing him, the villagers’ faces first showed expressions of surprise.
“Monster Tamer Lord!”
But when they saw the three Swordsmen behind Lei Wen, their expressions instantly turned to terror.
“It’s monsters!”
Swordsmen: “…”
“There’s no need to worry,” Lei Wen soothed. “They are my friends.”
Hearing this, the villagers belatedly realized that these three monsters were the monsters this Monster Tamer Lord usually commanded!
“It’s good that you are safe, Lord!” The villagers were very happy. Half a month ago, this Monster Tamer Lord went into the mountains to help them drive away monsters but did not return for a long time.
They had thought this Lord had been eaten by that terrifying monster.
Some villagers attempted to go into the mountains together to search, but halfway there, they heard terrifying growls and were all scared back.
“Village Chief, have any villagers been eaten while I was away?” Lei Wen turned his gaze to the old man who had sheltered him.
The old Village Chief shook his head, “Blessings from the Monster Tamer Lord! No one has gone missing in the village for the past half a month!”
Upon hearing this, Lei Wen couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It was getting late, so the Village Chief quickly arranged accommodation for Lei Wen and his group and prepared a lavish dinner for them.
During this time, Lei Wen requested the list of missing persons from the Village Chief over the years and began to review it.
During the meal, Cobalion couldn’t help but ask, “What exactly happened here?”
“For the past few decades, people have been continuously disappearing from the village. The villagers here believe they were eaten by Pokémon,” Lei Wen explained concisely.
Pokémon… eating people? The three Swordsmen were all taken aback.
Lei Wen nodded, organized his thoughts slightly, and said:
“There are over a thousand kinds of Pokémon in this world. Just as humans have good and bad people, Pokémon also have good and bad Pokémon. Just as humans enslave and harm Pokémon, some Pokémon also harm humans.”
For example, the Chandelure family, which feeds on human souls, or the Gothitelle in the desert, and so on.
Hearing this, the three Swordsmen were all slightly stunned.
They had never considered such a thing…
However, the reality was just as Lei Wen described: the diversity of Pokémon species was complex, and conflict between different species was common.
“Everything must be viewed dialectically,” Lei Wen said, noticing the Swordsmen’s expressions and shaking his head. “Pokémon harm humans, and humans, out of fear, are afraid of and harm Pokémon. All of this is unavoidable.”
“But I believe that as long as we persevere, we will one day change how humans and Pokémon perceive each other.”
Like the utopian world presented in anime.
Pokémon are very intelligent creatures; they also possess emotions and memories. If an ancestor witnessed humans and Pokémon living in harmony,
then a seed would be planted in their hearts, passed down to their offspring, letting them know that humans provide food for Pokémon, train Pokémon, and help them become stronger, and so on.
The world depicted in anime cannot be achieved by just one or two generations.
To achieve that future, conflict is inevitable.
Hearing this, the three Swordsmen fell into thought.
Lei Wen smiled and added, “What we need to do is to convey our ideas to all humans and Pokémon, so that everyone can correctly understand each other, and also let everyone know that there is no need for conflict between humans and Pokémon, or between Pokémon and Pokémon. We can also peacefully coexist and live together in this world.”
Looking at Lei Wen, the Swordsmen suddenly realized that perhaps in the past, they had indeed held many misunderstandings about humans.
Lei Wen’s words echoed in their minds, and the three Swordsmen began to think anew.
At this moment, Lei Wen also discovered something strange on the list of missing persons.
The villagers who had disappeared over the years were mostly physically strong and handsome men.
Such a strange phenomenon made Lei Wen suddenly think of a Pokémon.
Froslass!
Froslass, an Ice-type and Ghost-type Pokémon.
Legend has it that Froslass is born from the soul of a woman who disappeared in the snow mountains with lingering resentment, possessing an icicle.
Some also say it is the reincarnation of a woman who died in the snow mountains.
Lei Wen clearly remembered that Froslass’s data indicated it would descend the mountain on a blizzard night to knock on the doors of human dwellings.
Once someone opened the door, Froslass would exhale freezing air at minus 50 degrees to freeze them and then take them back to its nest as decoration.
It is said that Froslass only targets handsome men.
It particularly enjoys eating male souls, and in some regions, there are legends that Froslass curses and kills men who behave improperly.
