I saw that Dragonite had closed its eyes.
Roy's Gengar sighed. If Dragonite Facade on, it could probably last another month or so.
This is not an illness. Although Dragon-type Pokémon have long lifespans, they are still destined to die one day.
However, Gengar's respect for Gengar was that he chose to pass on his life's energy to Dreepy at the last moment of his life.
Gengar doesn't think Dragonite will regret it, as evidenced by the fact that the Dragonite doesn't mind Dreepy perching on its head.
Generally speaking, Dragon- Dragon-type Pokémon status highly. In their eyes, age is irrelevant; what matters is strength.
The stronger one is, the higher one's status.
Yet a High-level Elite Four level Dragonite was willing to let an Elite level Dreepy perch on its head, without caring at all.
Steven was also shocked by what he saw. Was this the legendary final inheritance of life?
I never imagined that going out with Roy this time would lead to so much.
The baptism of the Life Origin disappeared, and the light and energy surrounding Dreepy also vanished.
Roy discovered that after being baptized by the Life Origin of Dragonite, Dreepy seemed to have grown a few centimeters longer.
The system panel showed that Dreepy's Individual Values IVs) jumped from 20 to 25, a direct increase of 5 points, and its level reached 42.
In Roy's view, this was more like a sacrifice, with Dragonite sacrificing its life to help Dreepy grow.
Dreepy slowly opened his eyes, the voice from his mind still echoing.
He didn't understand why Dragonite wanted him to leave. He wanted to go out and see the world with Roy, but... he was worried about Dragonite.
"Doryu!"
Seeing that Dragonite had closed its eyes and Dreepy was circling around it, he thought Dragonite was asleep, so Dragonite called out to it softly.
Because Dragonite used to do that all the time, falling asleep while talking.
As usual, Dreepy tried to touch Dragonite's tentacles with its head, but this time was different; the two tentacles on Dragonite's head did not respond.
Dragonite never opened his cloudy eyes to look at himself again.
He has truly left this world.
"Doron! Doron!"
"Doryu!!!"
Realizing what was happening, Dreepy's pitiful Growl echoed throughout the cave.
Dreepy's mind is now similar to that of Misdreavus, like a 5 or 6-year-old child; he doesn't understand what death is.
Before he met Dragonite who was willing to talk to him, he had no friends, just like Misdreavus, and wandered in the Meteor Cave day after day until he met Dragonite a month ago.
Now this friend of mine has left me again...
Roy embraced the grieving Dreepy and placed him on his head, as a way of comforting Dreepy.
Dreepy lay on Roy's head, sobbing weakly, still immersed in grief over the death of Dragonite.
"Think about what Dragonite said to you at the end. He hoped you could inherit his will and become a powerful Pokémon, didn't he?"
Roy infused his Ghost Power into Dreepy's body to help alleviate her grief.
"Dorgon"
Dreepy caught his breath and looked down at Roy below.
"Yes, you need to pull yourself together and live on for Dragonite's sake too, right?"
Dreepy recalled the voice in his head that had just told him to become stronger and see the outside world.
He knew Roy was right; he had to live on for Dragonite's sake and couldn't let Dragonite down.
But he just couldn't help feeling sad and wanting to cry.
Dragonite's dying wish for Dreepy was to make him stronger, but what he said to Roy was that Dreepy could live a happy life.
The reason might be that he didn't want Dreepy to fall into depravity because of his passing.
Even at the very last moment, Dragonite didn't want Dreepy to be sad because of him.
Sigh...
This kind of grief can only be healed by time, but does time truly soothe the pain, or does it merely bury it deep within the heart?
"Go say goodbye to Dragonite, we'll be leaving soon after."
"Doryu."
Dreepy finally came to Dragonite's side and tidied up the antennae on Dragonite's head. He remembered the first time he met Dragonite, when Dragonite always thought he was a troublemaker.
But at most, the other person would just snort at you.
Dreepy looked sadly at the Dragonite that had passed away. He knew that the Dragonite that liked to call him "little guy" was gone forever.
The instant Dreepy touched Dragonite's tentacles, Dragonite's body transformed into specks of starlight that passed through the cave where it was now and drifted off to various places.
Two scales landed on Dreepy's head amidst the starlight. Dreepy knew that one scale was left for him by Dragonite, and the other was left for Dragonair.
Dragonite left only its last skeleton in Meteor Cave, just like the skeletons Roy had seen before, and it also exuded a faint sense of pressure.
Recalling the skeletons he had seen along the way, Roy understood that although the souls of the Dragon-type Pokémon that perished in Meteor Cave had departed, they still guarded this place.
"Let's go."
Dreepy took one last, reluctant look at the remains of the Dragonite, then lay on Roy's head with a vacant look in her eyes, lost in thought.
After leaving the cave where Dragonite was, the atmosphere became somewhat heavy.
After what just happened, no one can be happy.
Steven was the first to break the heavy atmosphere, asking Roy:
"Roy, shall we leave now?"
"Leave? Let's go find some stones."
Now that they're here, they can't leave empty-handed. Roy remembers that this place has Mega Stone, even though they don't even have Key Stone right now.
Moreover, when Roy entered, he noticed that Steven's eyes were already fixed on the stones inside the Meteor Cave. He knew that Steven was the kind of person who couldn't resist seeing stones.
It's good to look for both things at the same time. If we find them, it's a bonus; if we don't, there's no loss. Just consider it as accompanying Steven on a trip and adventure to find rocks.
When Steven heard that Roy wanted to find a stone, he immediately perked up. Having witnessed the tragic scene just now, he also wanted to find a stone to soothe his emotions.
The two returned to the place they had just come from, but he didn't stop to examine the many stones properly.