The Sword of the Vale rose higher and higher, as though an invisible giant were slowly pulling it out of the mountain.
Holding Pikachu in his arms, Ash stood with his mouth open for a long while before finally uttering, "You've got to be kidding..."
Indeed, a structure that looked as though it had existed for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, and seemed to have long since become one with the mountain, had simply flown into the air before their eyes. It was truly stunning and hard to believe.
But to Xia You, there was nothing impossible in this world.
At least, when it came to scenes like this...
He had seen them many times already, and had long since stopped feeling surprised or awed, at least not like Ash, who reacted as though it were his first time seeing one.
Xia You turned his gaze to Carlita again, only to find that her expression was grave as well.
"That's impossible..." Carlita murmured, her voice almost inaudible. "The Sword of the Vale... how could it..."
By now, the blade of the Sword of the Vale had completely separated from the mountain.
It hovered high in the sky, casting a vast shadow that shrouded all of Eindoak Town in darkness.
As they watched, an eerie green glow began to emerge from both the airborne Sword of the Vale and the gap left in the mountain where it had been "pulled out."
The green glow soon took on physical form, like a viscous plant extract, green and faintly glowing. It began to flow slowly outward from an opening, spreading like water as it ran down the mountain into the forest below and continued into the distance.
Nothing unusual happened as it passed through the forest, but once it left the forest