Chapter 798 792: The Appearance of Naganadel

"It seems our luck has run out."

After consecutively passing through three fracture passages between Secret Kingdoms, Ethan let out a slight sigh.

To tell the truth, having found a Sparkling Stone and a Totem Raticate already in the first Secret Kingdom had been a display of immense luck.

Once again, he crossed another fracture passage and entered a new Secret Kingdom.

After having Melmetal properly record the information of the place, Ethan released Lucario.

Thanks to exploration with aura power and the mental connection between the two of them, a series of images appeared in Ethan's mind.

"What is... that?"

Suddenly, Ethan opened his eyes wide, and in them appeared an astonishment that was difficult to hide.

Under that aura exploration, he had just discovered a rather modern construction!

"What the hell is that?"

"It doesn't look like a ruin... could it be that another force has already explored this Secret Kingdom?"

Ethan's expression filled with doubts, and immediately afterward, he used aura power again to investigate once more.

But just as he was carrying out the second exploration, he saw the door of that building suddenly open, and from within it flew out a figure with a purple body, wings on its back, and needles protruding from the lower part of its body and its shoulders.

And, moreover, mounted on that figure was a person dressed in a black uniform, holding binoculars with a very technological appearance and looking around attentively.

"It's Naganadel!"

As soon as he recognized the figure of that Pokémon, Ethan's entire body went rigid.

Naganadel was none other than one of the legendary Ultra Beasts. He had not imagined that he would come to see it in a place like this.

And what surprised him even more was that there was a human riding on an Ultra Beast.

"So this place really has already been developed by someone. But such an enormous base... what League or what force does it belong to?"

Seeing that human being on the Ultra Beast, Ethan immediately reached that conclusion.

But right then, he also began to doubt.

Right now, he had already entered the territory of another faction, and that was something extremely dangerous.

"Wait... that symbol..."

Just as Ethan was thinking about whether he should retreat, he suddenly noticed the emblem on the black uniform that man was wearing.

The Dark League!

Wasn't that precisely the symbol of the Dark League?

That enormous building was actually a base of the Dark League!

The League pursued the Dark League all over the world, and yet he would never have imagined that they were hiding inside a Secret Kingdom like this.

Although he could not be sure whether that base was their main base, it was clear that the scale of that facility had to be enormous.

"This Alola Secret Kingdom... seems to hide truly extraordinary secrets."

Ethan's gaze shifted several times and, after a few moments, he decided that it was best to retreat for the moment.

A monstrous organization like the Dark League was not something that a Quasi-Elite-level Trainer like him could face by himself.

What he had to do now was inform the League about the existence of the Dark League; only the League could face them.

"Melmetal, let's retreat."

After making the decision, Ethan released Melmetal.

With the activation of the spatial magnetic field, the fracture passage between Secret Kingdoms began to open.

But just as the passage appeared, the instrument in the hand of the Dark League member riding on Naganadel suddenly pointed toward the direction of the opening passage.

"A passage has opened!"

The Dark League member looked at the device in his hand with a confused expression.

As a Secret Kingdom patrol inspector, he was very familiar with this type of situation.

Normally, it sometimes also happened that a Secret Kingdom passage opened accidentally.

But he remembered perfectly that the usual passage was located to the east, while this time, the device pointed west.

East and west, totally opposite directions!

"Could it be that this Secret Kingdom has another additional passage?"

That thought appeared in the Dark League member's mind.

Without hesitating for even an instant, he ordered Naganadel to fly in the direction of the fracture passage that Melmetal was opening.

Naganadel was incredibly fast. As the passage opened slowly, he closed the distance relying on that terrifying speed.

"He's chasing us!"

Thanks to Lucario's aura power, Ethan could perfectly see every movement of Naganadel.

However, opening the fracture passage required a certain amount of time, and he could not do anything about that.

"It seems I will have to prepare to fight!"

Taking a deep breath, Ethan took a mask out of his backpack.

With it hiding his identity, even if he was exposed, at least he could temporarily guarantee that they would not reveal who he was.

Otherwise, even if he solved the problem of that Dark League member, afterward he would get into an endless amount of trouble.

Finally, the fracture passage opened completely.

But, in the sky, Naganadel's figure was already getting closer and closer.

The Dark League member on its back was now looking at Ethan with genuine confusion.

He had not imagined that, besides the Secret Kingdom passage located to the east, there would be another one there as well.

And, even more, that someone had arrived at the Secret Kingdom where their base was located through that other passage.

"We can't let him escape!"

That was the only thought currently crossing the mind of the Dark League member.

Immediately afterward, he fixed his gaze on the human rushing into the passage and, without the slightest hesitation, had Naganadel also launch itself into the passage.

Little by little, the passage began to close, and the figures of Ethan and the Dark League member disappeared inside it.

In another Secret Kingdom, Ethan shot out from the passage and immediately threw six Poké Balls.

The six Pokémon accompanying him, including Sandslash, appeared around him, and all of them fixed their gazes intensely on the passage.

Very soon, from inside the passage, Naganadel's figure shot out.

"Is this place... another Secret Kingdom?"

After crossing the passage, the Dark League member examined the surroundings and suddenly his expression stiffened.

He had not expected that, on the other side of the passage, there would still be another Secret Kingdom.

The passage he had just crossed was, in reality, a corridor connecting two different Secret Kingdoms!

"The Dark League?"

Ethan observed the Dark League member, who was still looking in all directions, and asked directly.

"Eh? So there is someone who knows our organization."

"Then you are people from the League."

The Dark League member's expression became a little more serious.

At the same time, the shadow behind him began to stir, and from it appeared the figures of five Gengar.

Naganadel plus five Gengar: both sides implicitly faced each other.

"A member of the Dark League... and an Ultra Beast."

"It seems this exploration of the Secret Kingdom is going to bring another great harvest."

Ethan exhaled slowly. This was no longer the Secret Kingdom where the Dark League base was located; if he fought there, in principle, there should be no problem, right?

"A great harvest?"

"Don't think you have reason to rejoice so soon!"

The Dark League member's expression changed slightly, and he let out a cold snort.

"Try it and you'll know."

"Forward, Melmetal!"

Ethan wasted no more time and directly ordered Melmetal to advance.