Sword of the Vale Castle.
When Dread had been lurking in the castle and eavesdropping earlier, Lucario had traced his Aura back to him.
At that point, Dragapult had already begun secretly following Dread.
While Li Wei and the others returned to the Pokémon Center to brainstorm with Red, Blue, Steven, and the rest,
Dread, who had been avoiding his mother Janta and his younger sister Carlita, also slipped over to Town Mayor Momondo's house.
Momondo was baffled.
"Why are you sneaking around?"
As far as Momondo was concerned, Dread wasn't doing anything shameful.
Besides, he had even earned Zekrom's recognition.
Shouldn't he be acting openly?
Why was he treating this like a spy mission?
Although Momondo also wanted to return to the Land of the Earth, his obsession wasn't nearly as strong as Dread's.
In fact, most of the People of the Land had already let it go. Only Dread was still holding on.
If he hadn't seen Dread earn Zekrom's recognition back then, Momondo wouldn't even have wanted to support him.
Perhaps that was one of the reasons Zekrom had recognized Dread. Even if no one supported him,
he still pressed ahead fearlessly in pursuit of his ideals, all because of something his mother had said during his childhood.
Li Wei's words that day had also struck a chord with Momondo and shaken his resolve.
Now that they had settled down in Eindoak Town, why go to all the trouble of rebuilding the Land of the Earth?
Aside from the beautiful legends from a thousand years ago, the Land of the Earth was already a thing of the past.
Of course, Momondo had already been wavering himself, which was why Li Wei had persuaded him so easily.
Momondo said gravely, "Janta told me you haven't been home in