Upon seeing Marshadow, the Annihilape recalled seeing him in his dream, where the other man punched Roy through the chest. He absolutely could not let that dream repeat itself.
The Annihilape's fist once again condensed Ghostly Purple energy and slammed it towards Marshadow.
However, this is no longer the Annihilape's dream. Without the energy boost from the dream, the Annihilape cannot touch Marshadow at all.
Marshadow would occasionally emerge from the shadows, and the Annihilape were completely unable to pinpoint Marshadow location.
Roy didn't understand why the Annihilape would go berserk whenever it saw Marshadow, acting as if it wanted to fight Marshadow, even though its Annihilape was usually quite rational.
A pair of hands made of black energy appeared on Marshadow's body and grabbed the Annihilape was charging towards him.
The Annihilape tried to dodge, but those black hands gripped him tightly like iron clamps. The Annihilape tried to break free, but found that this energy was completely beyond his ability to escape.
The Ancient Gengar, seeing Annihilape being suppressed, immediately burrowed into the shadows and stealthily approached Marshadow, intending to Feint him and rescue Annihilape.
Marshadow Frisk something, and two black energies emerged from the shadows beneath him, attacking a dark shape in the space—the very shadow where the Ancient Gengar resided.
How did he discover it?
Now is not the time to think about these things. The Ancient Gengar, realizing it had been discovered, tried to escape into another shadowy area.
But those two black energies seemed to be equipped with trackers, transforming into a rope that pulled the Ancient Gengar, which wanted to help, directly out of the shadows and bound it.
Seeing that Marshadow had already suppressed Annihilape and the Ancient Gengar, Roy's hand reached for Giratina's Scales. The visitor was clearly hostile; those who come with good intentions will not come.
He didn't know what Marshadow's purpose was, but he knew that he and his Pokémon were no match for Marshadow, who possessed Divine Authority; the gap was simply too great.
If all else fails, he'll have to summon his background. He doesn't want to ask Giratina for help with everything, but now isn't the time to think about that.
My own life is the most important thing!!
Just as the Misdreavus and the Lampent were about to conjure Shadow Balls and Flamethrower to attack Marshadow, they heard a sound coming from Marshadow's mouth.
"Humans... can we talk?"
Because Roy smelled very nice, Marshadow had a pretty good first impression of Roy.
Moreover, he even killed the other person in his dream, which made Marshadow somewhat embarrassed to face Roy.
Marshadow can actually speak directly?
Seeing that Marshadow's tone was indifferent, and that he seemed to have no hostility towards her, and that the other party even wanted to communicate with her.
Roy stopped channeling his Ghost Power into the scales, but he still gripped them tightly.
"Then let go of my Pokémon first."
"Okay, but you Pokémon from attacking first, then we can talk."
Roy for a moment, then nodded.
"Annihilape, Gengar, come back."
Upon hearing Roy's command, the Annihilape desperately wanted to kill Roy in his dream, but the difference in strength between them was simply too great.
Marshadow that Annihilape and the Ancient Gengar had stopped struggling, released Annihilape black shadow Ancient Gengar and put them down.
As expected, the Annihilape did not attack him again and returned to Roy's side.
The Ancient Gengar retreated back into Roy's shadow, its red eyes filled with confusion as it looked at Marshadow. Even at over 3000 years old, it still couldn't understand how Marshadow had pulled it out of the shadow.
He could move through shadows, but he had never seen Marshadow's ability to control shadows to attack before.
The Annihilape, who was fighting him to the death just a second ago, obediently returned to his side after hearing Roy's command.
It's hard to imagine that this was the same Annihilape who was about to fight him to the death, with white gas burning on its body like flames.
Marshadow didn't want to argue with Roy either, since he was looking for the Rainbow Hero, not someone to make enemies with Roy.
"Human, you may not know me. Let me introduce myself. I am the messenger of Ho-Oh, responsible for guiding those chosen with pure hearts through numerous trials to ultimately become the Rainbow Hero."
After saying this, Marshadow produced a feather that emitted seven colors to prove his identity.
At this moment, the color of the Rainbow Wing had changed from black to a rainbow color again, because after the Annihilape in reality saw that Roy in reality was still alive, the Rainbow Wing, which had turned black, regained its original brightness.
Marshadow hadn't expected that the Annihilape could switch between a pure heart and an evil heart at will. But that was fine too; at least the Rainbow Wing had returned to their original color, and he wouldn't have to get whipped anymore.
System Scan
Item: Rainbow Wing
Effect: A magical feather that radiates an iridescent glow.
Seeing the Rainbow Wing light up in Marshadow's hand, and considering what Marshadow had just said, Roy had an idea.
Does this mean I'm one of the chosen ones? (Just kidding)
Seeing the Rainbow Wing in Marshadow's hand, Roy thought that Ho-Oh had taken a liking to him. He was about to step forward and take the Rainbow Wing from Marshadow's hand to take a closer look at what was so special about this feather.
Just as Roy reached out to take the Rainbow Wing, Marshadow controlled the hand formed from shadows to retract the Rainbow Wing, waved to Roy, and pointed to the Annihilape behind him.
Roy:?????
Not yourself?
So, it was Ho-Oh who took a liking to his Annihilape form?
Am I just messing with myself?
You can't joke like that!
How can a Pokémon become Rainbow Hero?
Marshadow and Roy shared the same thought. Not to mention Roy didn't believe it, he still refused to believe that Rainbow Wing would acknowledge this Annihilape who turned the entire Dream World into a purgatory in the dream.
Seeing that Marshadow still nodded helplessly at him, Roy also accepted the fact that he had failed to become the Rainbow Hero.
However, he was not disappointed; he had never intended to become the Rainbow Hero in the first place.
Roy knew Marshadow's identity, of course, but he was more concerned about the purpose of the other party's visit and why the other party had suddenly appeared in the space of Palossand.
"That's a long story, actually I..."