Pokémon: Welcome to Alola!

After walking through the winding mountain road and passing through the volcano tunnel, Red and Mitsuki finally delivered the torch to the volcano altar.The Volcano Altar is a huge square built on the top of the side peak of Villa Volcano. In the middle of the square, all the tourists piled the torches escorted up the mountain into a bonfire.A group of Gala Galas in Alolan form were waving bone sticks in their hands and dancing in circles around the campfire.

Red and Mitsuki worked together to throw the torch into the bonfire. The huge bonfire was fluttering with flames, bringing warmth to the scene and improving the atmosphere of the scene.Tourists took pictures, danced, and some stood at the altar looking at the crater on the opposite side to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Everyone gathered together to watch the bonfire and dance. Reid saw the staff all holding short torches and standing in a row. The uncle in the middle was Uncle Xibu whom he met earlier in the hot spring.

"Uncle Xibu!"

Red went up to greet the uncle. The uncle recognized Red and waved happily.

"Mr. Reid, you are indeed here."

"Hehe, I promised that I would come to the Torch Festival and I would also challenge the Overlord Test. Without further ado, let's get started!!!"

"Hahaha, don't worry, you have no chance tonight. We are busy with the Torch Festival celebrations tonight and cannot accept your challenge for the time being."

"What! Then I'm not here in vain!"

"The celebration will be held until early in the morning. If you are really in a hurry, you can wait here until the end of the celebration."

At this time, Shui Lian followed Reid and came to Uncle Xibu to say hello: "Uncle, long time no see."

"It's Water Lotus. There are few visitors. Why do you have time to come to Wela Volcano to participate in the Torch Festival?"

"We came together." Shui Lian waved her hand and showed Uncle Xibu her companions.Seeing that Shuilian had so many friends, Xibu was very pleased and said happily: "Okay, let's have fun tonight."

With that said, Xibu handed Red a short torch, which was a double-headed ignited wooden stick, and said: "Welcome to the Torch Festival. If you want to successfully challenge the overlord of Wela Volcano, I suggest you join tonight In the dance team.”

Red reached out and took the torch and asked, "Why?"

"The first level of the Vera Volcano Test Ground is to summon the Overlord through dance. If you can't learn this dance, you won't even be able to see the Overlord's face."

"Ah? Why is this?"

The biggest difference between Vera Volcano and other places of trial is that the crater is very dangerous, and even the captains of the place of trial rarely enter.The overlord test to challenge Vera Volcano is not to enter the test place, but to summon the overlord from the volcano to the altar through the summoning dance.

Meiyue watched the excitement from the side and didn't mind it. She smiled and pushed Red to the dance team.

Many tourists have already joined the Gala Gala team, waving torches behind Gala Gala, dancing in circles around the bonfire.

"I, I, I...how do I dance?"

"Follow the movements of Gala Gala and learn slowly! Hahaha."

Alola's Gala Galas are all black and have white skulls. Their bone clubs are ignited by turning the soul of their deceased mother into flames.It is said that the cursed fire burning in the bones in its hands will leave its body and mind with pain that will never heal.It rubs the bones vigorously against the forehead, causing the bones to be covered with magical flames, burning at both ends and then spinning.

Some scholars believe that Gala Gala likes to dance to deeply mourn their dead partners, while others believe that Gala Gala dances to hold a celebration ceremony.

The origin of the Torch Festival is that it is chosen to take place on the first full moon night in autumn when Gala Gala collective dance takes place.Humans on Akala Island patrol the mountains by holding fires and dancing with Gala Gala to pray for good weather in the coming year.

Red held a torch and followed behind a rattle, jumping up and down, waving and turning the torch in his hand.Once the torch is taken away, the leader in the team will hit him on the head with a bone stick. Soon after he comes down, his head will be covered with bruises, making the onlookers laugh.

"Come on Red! This dance is Gala Gala's most sacred dance. Any mistakes are disrespectful to Gala Gala. You must learn every move to a standard!"

"Asshole! How can such a thing be so easy!!! Stop knocking! People will die!!!"

There are also many tourists who join in. If they don't dance well, they will be rejected by Gala Gala.A brief taste only caused tourists to quit the dance team one after another. There are also nearby residents who participate in the torch festival every year, skillfully dancing the Gala Dance and dancing happily with the Pokémon.

Uncle Xibu raised his arms and shouted: "The celebration begins!"

The staff also joined the dance queue, pushing the atmosphere of the celebration to a climax.As they jumped, they imitated howling loudly, and the sound resounded throughout the volcano.

[Ouch~~~~~~~] You can even hear the deafening howl coming from the lava of Vera Volcano, which is the response of the Overlord Pokémon to the celebration scene.

In the team, only Red was losing his temper and was being knocked all the time.

Until early morning, the tourists gradually dispersed and the huge bonfire gradually burned out.After several hours of dancing, they finally stopped, and the staff were so tired that they sat down on the low mountain around the campfire.Red was lying on the ground with a broken head and bleeding, and Mitsuki called out the lucky egg to bandage him.

Mosquito Repellent: [Red, can you do it?How about we come back tomorrow? I'm so sleepy. 】

Reid tremblingly reached out and took off the hat from Mr. Mosquito's head, put it back on his head, and said weakly: "Help me up, I can still jump."

Uncle Xibu sat on the ground panting and said with a smile: "Red learns very quickly. You will have no problem dancing this dance again."

Shui Lian and Lillie couldn't bear to stay up late for a long time, so they fell asleep back to back.After the dance ended, the Gala Galas did not disperse. They all gathered together and whispered to each other.Immediately, a Gala Gala started to look up and howl at the moon, and then all the Gala Galas started to look up to the sky and howl.

Alola's Gala Galas are ghosts + fire. Their howls have the original beast roar of Gala Galas, but also have the loneliness and sorrow unique to ghost-type Pokémon. A large group of Gala Galas cry together. , the scene was very scary.

As soon as the cold wind blew, everyone got goosebumps.Both Sui Lian and Lillie were awakened by the howling.

"What are they doing?"

The staff all stood up with great effort and dispersed around.Uncle Xibu said: "They are completing the last sacrifice in memory of their mother. If you want to challenge the overlord, do it now. After they cry, you take the lead in dancing, and they will complete the summoning dance with you. Otherwise, they will They will disperse after crying, and your wait tonight will be in vain.”