32. Ash's Reborn Story

Chapter 190 Fading Color Forest Part 2

Ash, Noel, Victoria, and Mars are trying to navigate their way through the Rhodochrine Tree, and they are on the third floor.

Noel: The total for the light side is 7. The total for the dark side is 10. Eve said Togetic is worth 7. We also know from previous floors that Espeon is 3, Chingling is 2, and Mightyena is 5. There was also an Umbreon on the first floor.

Ash: So all we need is to minus 3 from the Umbral side. That means we need to defeat an Umbreon.

Noel: Togetic was the entire 7, and we had to remove an Umbreon to progress, leaving only a Mismagius. Because the Umbreon on the first floor faced evenly against Espeon, which Eve confirmed to have a value of 3, we know Umbreon also has 3 power.

Mars: That means Mismagius is also 7...

After finishing the third puzzle, they head to the fourth floor.

Noel: The total for the light side is 12. The total for the dark side is 14. We know Togetic was worth 7, and I think we can reasonably conclude by now that values carry over between floors. Mismagius and Togetic were both 7. Espeon was 3.

Ash: This one is quite hard...if we remove the Mismagius, then we have to reduce from 14 to 7...and we have to reduce 5 from the Light side...Espeon is 3, Togetic is 7...that means the Cleffa is 2!

Victoria: So defeat a Mismagius, a Cleffa, and a Togetic.

From the fifth floor to the eighth floor, they are trying to do their maths and they have been working really hard on defeating the Pokemon, with Noel and Mars offering to heal them.

The Fifth Floor:

Noel: The total for the light side is 10. For the dark side, 9. We know from the first floor Umbreon is valued at 3. There are some obvious conclusions to be drawn here.

Since there are 3 Umbreon as dark, and there are Flabebe, Floette, and Florges as light. So they decide to assume that the Floette is 3 and defeat all the Pokemon except for an Umbreon and a Floette.

The Sixth Floor:

Noel: 30 on the light side versus 26 on dark. That's a lot. From what we know of previous floors, Espeon is 3, Floette is 3, Florges is 5, and Chingling is 2.

There are 2 Zweilous as dark, and a Chingling, 2 Floette, 2 Espeon, Florges, and a Granbull. They decide to leave only a Zweilous, a Chingling, and a Granbull, that way they are all 13 in the end.

The Seventh Floor:

Noel: 24 on light, 21 on dark. Everything is new except Zweilous, which was 13.

There are Zweilous, Murkrow, and Houndour as Dark, while Spritzee and two Kadabra are in the light. Ash tries to knock out a Kadabra, and then checks if a Houndour and a Murkrow are enough, and much to their delight, it is, and they manage to get 13 in the end. Spritzee is 2, Kadabra is 11, and both Murkrow and Houndour together are 8.

The Eighth Floor:

Noel: 18 on light, 24 on dark. On the light side, Granbull was 11, Togetic was 7. On the dark side, Houndour was on the previous floor but the numbers make it impossible to know its value for sure. It should be either 3 or 5.

There are Mandibuzz, Houndour, and Drifloon as Dark, while Granbull and Togetic as light. Ash decides to try leaving Togetic with both Houndour and Drifloon, and thus it works.

After reaching the ninth floor, Ash and the others are getting tired.

Mars: Just how high is this place? We have been climbing for more...