Chapter 270: Ancient Murals

Dusclops watched All Baimu leave once more.

If it knew how to use a Poké-Blog, it would surely tag the latter with the name "Super Incredibly Generous Human Friend."

A big iron block that even a Lairon couldn't gnaw, and a stone it had hidden away for a long time without much appetite but felt was very precious — the two had been traded for so many delicious things!

And through trades with the Lairon and the others, it could get even more food. After all, the Lairon and the others don't eat gems, only metal.

Mutually beneficial.

However, it had no intention of taking out the delicious Poké-Blocks to trade; something that smelled this good had to be enjoyed for itself.

Elsewhere.

All Baimu held the few gems Dusclops had forcefully stuffed into his hands, his mood still somewhat complicated.

"Forget it, no more thinking about it. Everyone's happy."

He shook his head, looked at the waterfall cave he had visited for the third time, and finally released the "wild" Aggron he had previously caught.

"Gugya? Gugya!"

The wild Aggron landed, and seeing the familiar surroundings around it, it calmed down a little. But when it turned its head and saw All Baimu and the same-species Pokémon that had suppressed it, it immediately became somewhat timid.

Without a doubt, it had been thoroughly beaten into submission by the Aggron, no longer showing the ferocity it had when first seeing the intruder.

"Don't be nervous, stay calm, I won't hurt you."

All Baimu stepped forward slowly, walked up to the wild Aggron, and first fed it a handful of the remaining ordinary Poké-Blocks.

Once the tasty thing was in its mouth, its nervous expression gradually relaxed as it chewed.

Then.

All Baimu began scratching it again. As an Aggron's trainer, the former knew this Pokémon's weak spot best — the spot that often itched but was hard to reach, so it could only rub against walls.

After a whole combo, the wild Aggron's eyes became noticeably clearer, and it no longer looked around so nervously.

Seeing the moment had come, All Baimu opened his mouth and asked it to teach the move, promising to give it more Poké-Blocks and swearing he would definitely bring it back here.

There was no choice.

The big monster didn't agree to having other Aggron invade its territory — yes, it viewed same-species Pokémon living on its mountain as an invasion.

Just thinking about how it was out there trying to grow stronger while a same-species Pokémon occupied its territory and strutted around made the Aggron deeply uncomfortable.

Once it made this stance clear, even though All Baimu had never planned to take it away in the first place, he didn't dare entertain any similar thoughts.

Fortunately, the wild Aggron didn't know that a massive mountain was moving away from it. It happily took the Poké-Blocks and agreed to the human's request.

The move 【Dragon Claw】 had been successfully obtained.

Shortly after.

All Baimu asked the wild Aggron if there were any other Aggron nearby, and regretfully received a negative response.

It had worked hard to evolve from Aron into Lairon, and then worked hard to evolve into Aggron, all to occupy this waterfall pool, becoming the top tyrant of the lowest level of the Stone Cave.

It seemed one pool could only give birth to one Aggron… why hadn't a second Aron evolved to fight it for the spot?

Perhaps one would have to ask Professor Oak, who researches Pokémon habitats, to understand that.

All Baimu disappointedly asked about other things.

He was thinking that since there were Mega Stones inside Stone Cave, the murals from Pokémon Ruby were probably real too, and he wanted to go take a look.

But the wild Aggron clearly couldn't understand what a mural was. It was only after All Baimu sketched out the general pattern from memory that it seemed to realize what he meant.

"Do you have this?"

"Gugya!"

Seeing the wild Aggron nod, All Baimu couldn't help getting excited. "Where? Take me there quickly!"

The former began leading the way.

Without a doubt, the murals were located at the deepest part of Stone Cave — the place where Champion Dawu and Miss Xijiana were first encountered in Pokémon Ruby.

However, the murals didn't actually hold any great secret.

They simply depicted how, in ancient times, a seven-colored meteorite fell from the sky and awakened the ancient Pokémon Groudon and Kyogre, sparking their conflict. The successor of the ancient Meteor People then summoned Rayquaza to quell the fighting between the two.

But this belonged to the game's background story; the anime, influenced by various factors, would adjust the content — it was just unknown what it would be adjusted into.

Just looking at the anime special "Mega Evolution Special," the seven-colored meteorite seemed to exist, and was later exploited by Fladry almost destroying the entire Kalos region.

A short while later.

The wild Aggron brought him to the very bottom of Stone Cave, and two murals, spaced fairly far apart, immediately came into view.

One depicted a dinosaur-like giant monster, spewing curling flames skyward, accompanied by thick smoke, with erupting volcanoes all around its feet.

The other depicted a giant whale-like Pokémon summoning dark clouds and lightning, stirring up a storm in the ocean, also tilting its head skyward.

Both were watching a triangular meteor fall from the heavens.

It had to be said, these murals had a lot of flavor. All Baimu couldn't resist taking out his camera and snapping several photos in a row.

"It seems that legendary giant stone from the anime might really be a seven-colored meteorite passed down from ancient times, hidden away by the ancient Meteor People. It just so happened that Champion Dawu and Alan found it, triggering a disaster."

He muttered softly.

Strictly speaking, the special "Mega Evolution Special" was produced to promote Pokémon Ruby, but the fact that it could connect with the XY main storyline was truly unexpected.

ahzww.

Aggron and Mawile looked at the murals, completely failing to understand what they depicted. They could only wander around, hoping to pick up something good so the trainer would praise them.

Unfortunately, there was nothing here but dirt.

"I wonder if there's a Miss Xijiana in the anime world." All Baimu put down his camera. As the main NPC of the Mega Rayquaza meteorite-smashing arc, she was the representative of the Meteor People's successor.

To gain Rayquaza's recognition and save the world, she would stop at nothing. Unfortunately, in the end she couldn't overcome the player's protagonist光环, and Rayquaza chose the player, successfully Mega Evolving and smashing the meteorite, resolving the crisis of world destruction.

The title of successor was also given to the player.

If the Meteor People in the anime also had the profession of successor, then Miss Xijiana should probably exist too.

——

Half an hour later.

Baimu walked out of the cave.

Although he hadn't run into a Bouffalant that knew Double-Edge Headbutt, Dragon Rush was still pretty good, not to mention a Mega Stone and a strange black metal cube.

Seeing sunlight again made him let out a long breath, and the salty, fishy air brought by the sea breeze made him take several deep sniffs.

Compared to the dusty smell inside the cave, the sea breeze smelled much better.

He immediately took photos of the black cube, the Mega Stone, and a pile of gems, and sent them to Laisa to ask her what she thought of these things. Unfortunately, he didn't get a reply from her in time.

She must be busy.