Crucible of Ideas

Chapter 21: Pokémon Wack 4



The only way to get into the Purification Camp is through an underground entrance, where you have to fight Team Wack Admin Eva again.

You have to fight a lot of Team Wack grunts, all of whom say "Gotta warn the boss" when you defeat them, despite the boss already knowing you're coming.

You can also free some Juvites, who give you rewards. Along the way, you run into Manglo again.

He is busy coming up with ways to kill the Juvites, and when you talk to him, he tells you that Anne is dead, that he killed her himself.

That gets you to fight him, and when you beat him, Manglo leaves and you are able to access the second floor.

At the end of the second floor, you fight the Seven Elite Grunts, who use the same types as the 7 gym leaders you have fought previously.

In Insanity Mode, you also have to fight an 8th grunt who uses Magic types.

Finally, you meet Zyklon guarding the door to Zaydolf.

He tells you that he and Zaydolf had always been friends, and that Zaydolf always stood up for him.

Zyklon also tells you that he wasn't really into Team Wack, so he tried to force himself into it.

He disagrees with what Zaydolf is doing, but because they're friends, he is obligated to fight you.

After beating him, Zyklon tells you to try to convince Zaydolf to stop.

Beyond the door Zyklon was guarding is a long hallway, where you stop to think of Anne and Zaydolf.

When you get to Zaydolf, he tells you that it is time to be erased.

He reveals that once he caught the legendary Pokemon Gigasvyre, he knew everything, and HE came to him and showed him guidance.

You fight Zaydolf, but he has Gigasvyre in his party and not Canvast (the Evolved Form of Artsy).

After you beat him, Zaydolf tells you that it is not enough, and that he will keep fighting you.

However, Anne suddenly appears, revealing that she is not dead.

Zaydolf fight you and Anne in a double battle, with a mega Gigasvyre this time. After beating him, you tell Anne that the leader's name is Zaydolf.

Anne and Zaydolf recognize each other, revealing that they were childhood friends who lived in Side Town.

Zaydolf explains that he is now free from the dark being that took hold of him all the way back when the Juvites rejected him from art school.

You have a choice to forgive Zaydolf.

If you forgive him, he calls you a good friend, and if you don't, he admits that the dark being only amplified the thoughts he had already had.

Zaydolf then plans to free the Juvites, but then Manglo appears.

Manglo is still possessed by the dark being, and refuses to free the Juvites.

Manglo steals Gigasvyre, and fights you and Zaydolf in a double battle.

Manglo's Gigasvyre has a corrupt orbnote , and after you beat him, Zaydolf tells you his plans to reform Team Wack into a peaceful organization to protect the Earth and all its people.

He tells you to not worry about the dark being Manglo was talking about, and gives you a Master Ball.

He also lets you catch Gigasvyre, and tells you to go through Pagan Woods in Cherno City to get to the last gym.

Going through the Pagan Woods brings you to Arcania City.

Arcania City has many shops where you can buy things like Mega Stones, Heart Scales, and nature mints.

There is also a temple in the middle of the city, but it is closed due to a very important ritual.

But you know the drill by now.

The main attraction of the city is the final gym, which is Magic-type.

The gym leader guide tells you that this is the last gym, and to bring a Dragon or Normal type.

He also plans to tell you something after you beat the gym.

Right after moving north, you get ambushed by a trainer who has a Level 100 Luvdisc with Explosion.

The trainers also warn you: It's gonna be a looooooonnnnggg gym.

You are also unable to leave until you beat the gym leader or black out.

Further along, you get ambushed by many invisible trainers.

The next step is to go through a room of statues to go downstairs, where far off to the right, you can find a statue that opens the door to the library.

On a bookshelf in the library, you find a book that teaches you a spell.

Going back downstairs, there is now an open path to the basement. In the basement, you find the gym leader… or so you thought!

He fakes you out and tells you that you are a thousand years too early to challenge the gym leader Merlin.

He then teleports you to a cave, which is also full of invisible trainers.

At the bottom of the cave, there are two cave entrances.

In the left cave, there is a green stone, which opens a path on the right cave.

In the right cave, there is a stone which opens a path on the left cave.

So on and so forth, until you reach two purple stones.

The one on the left opens another path, but the one on the right teleports you all the way back to Wack Town.

The path that just opened leads to a circular panel which opens the path to the Gym Leader.

Finally, you get to face Merlin.

His room is full of computers and game consoles, and he has blue skin.

When you talk to him, he congratulates you on making it.

He explains that he has not seen another human in 2 years, and then tells you a story.

He tells you how for the first 40 years of his life, he abstained entirely from the pleasures of the flesh, and realized that 3D was inferior to 2D.

On his fortieth birthday, he became a wizard.

Not just any wizard, but the strongest wizard of all time!

Now, he is nearing the age of 45, and his power continues to grow.

He feels the power of the universe flowing through him, and asks if you can stand against him.

You laugh and call him a virgin, and he looks at you with a face of pure and utter contempt.

He says, "So you think you are superior because you succumbed to your own primal desires? Scum. You aren't even worth fighting, come so I can tear you apart."


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