Still shaken, Chu Xin and Bai Le watched Kingdra leave. Without its help, they really would have met their end at the bottom of the sea.
"Do you know that Kingdra?"
Bai Le turned to Chu Xin, an extraordinary mix of expressions crossing his face.
"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"
Chu Xin looked toward the departing Kingdra again. It had already slipped beneath the surface, leaving only spreading ripples on the sea as a reminder that it had been there.
That Kingdra definitely couldn't have been wild. He didn't know who had saved them, but this Trial seemed far more complicated than he had imagined.
In the Pokémon games, Kingdra had always been a very powerful Pokémon. It resembled a seahorse, with horns like those of a Chinese dragon on its head and a pair of fins. The scales it shed gleamed with an elegant, rich luster and were even presented to royalty.
Kingdra lived in deep waters where no other creatures dwelled, usually hiding in caves on the seabed. It was said to sleep at depths no other creature could reach, gathering strength, and could create enormous whirlpools with the slightest movement.
It was said to awaken when a typhoon arrived and roam in search of prey. When it surfaced, it generated waves large enough to swallow ships.
If it encountered a Dragonite, a fierce battle would break out. For a long time, people had believed that Kingdra's yawns could cause raging ocean currents.
That was how the Pokémon games described Kingdra. A closer look revealed plenty of suspicious details. First, Kingdra was a deep-sea Pokémon that generally hid in caves, yet it had helped them at the surface. That alone was highly questionable.
Second, Kingdra wasn't a Pokémon that felt close to humans. Although