Chapter 554: Robber

This is... Poison Gem?

Ho, is this the so-called "where there is a heavenly treasure, there must be a fierce beast guarding it"?

A Poison Gem worth tens of thousands of Shenzhou coins; having such a harvest just after going down the mine, not bad, not bad.

Su Hao nodded with satisfaction; being able to have two unexpected gains while down here with the mood of strolling was quite good.

It was as pleasant as suddenly picking up tens of thousands of dollars while walking on the road.

And then... the most important harvest was teaching Riolu a lesson.

Su Hao put down Eevee, who had watched a fierce battle and still hadn't recovered.

Subsequently, Su Hao half-squatted to take the Poison Gem, his star-like eyes staring straight at Riolu, who was looking at him with a guilty conscience, and said softly: "Do you think this is your own mistake?"

Riolu nodded honestly, its originally upright blue pointed ears drooping slightly, looking very self-blaming and guilty.

"It was indeed your mistake; after the Aura probe reached its limit and confirmed there was no danger, you immediately became reckless."

Su Hao's voice made Riolu's petite body, which was not yet strong enough, tremble. Just as it was about to close its eyes to accept the criticism, Su Hao's calm voice came again.

"But, didn't your mistake this time cause any bad effects?"

"You have only opened your eyes to see this world for a month; it is very common to make a wrong judgment due to lack of experience."

After speaking, Su Hao gently patted Riolu on the shoulder and said: "Utilize the experience of this mistake, and you won't make a mistake next time."

Su Hao had a guess about Riolu's contradictory personality, and he didn't expect to encounter an excellent opportunity today.

Riolu is very cautious; in places it finds suspicious, it will use Aura to probe again and again.

Riolu is very reckless; when it confirms that no accident will happen, it loses its caution and becomes focused on rushing forward, losing its vigilance.

Compared to the Poison Gem, being able to let Riolu realize its own problem was the unexpected joy of this mine trip.

Being overly cautious or reckless is not good.

"Eevee~"

Facing the stunned Riolu, Eevee stepped forward and encouraged it energetically.

Although Eevee cannot mobilize energy to fight now, precisely because it was once persecuted by darkness, it sees through many things very clearly.

This kind of small difficulty, just step over it.

Leaving Diancie behind to protect the safety of the two little ones, Su Hao led Dragapult to continue exploring along the tunnel.

After a while, Diancie followed their pace with Riolu and Eevee.

Su Hao didn't know what Eevee said to Riolu, but Riolu's appearance had clearly recovered its vitality and was no longer stuck in a self-denying state.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

He left space for Riolu to think, just to let Riolu figure it out for itself.

Now it seems that Riolu's mentality has clearly changed.

It is no longer obsessed with absolute safety, and it has become familiar with Eevee.

Both Pokémon are prototypes of canine animals.

Unexpectedly, Su Hao felt that it was a matter of course for them to have a good relationship.

This time, Su Hao's Aura led the way; facing the intricate tunnels, to prevent not finding the way back, he chose to use the most primitive method—carving symbols on the walls to make marks.

About an hour had passed since leaving Arbok's residence; to avoid unnecessary battles, Su Hao tried his best to avoid the nests of wild Pokémon while moving forward.

However, there were always times when it was unavoidable.

"Dragon Tail!"

Su Hao directed Dragapult to battle a lone but hostile Coalossal.

During the battle, Su Hao frowned slightly.

This Coalossal's hostility was not directed at any Pokémon, but at him...

The coal carried on Coalossal's back emitted red light, and the surrounding air was slightly distorted.

Accompanied by Coalossal's movements, many high-temperature, red-hot rocks were thrown at Su Hao.

In a sense, this Rock Tomb move, like Body Press, is an attack with Fire + Rock dual-type energy.

This

is also the wonderful thing about Pokémon in reality.

Dragapult's dragon tail was like a long snake, accurately and quickly shattering one rock after another of the Rock Tomb.

This wild Coalossal's level was only in the early Elite stage, and Dragapult had the complete upper hand.

But Su Hao had concerns in his heart and had not let Dragapult defeat Coalossal quickly.

Riolu and Eevee were very safe under Diancie's protection, and Coalossal did not show any desire to attack them.

He remembered Su Qing saying that this mine used to be rich in mineral deposits.

Whether it was various gems, evolution stones, or rarer fossils or precious ores, they had all been dug out here.

In such an environment, it was not surprising to attract wild Rock-type Pokémon or even a pseudo-legendary that could eat an entire mountain.

In fact, someone once tamed a Larvitar in this mine.

But now the mineral deposits of this mountain have basically been dug out, and it has gradually been abandoned; it should have been at least decades since any human came here.

Why did Coalossal only show hostility to Su Hao, who had a human appearance?

Moreover, the living environment of wild Coalossal should not be here.

Ordinary ore only ranks behind in their diet; their favorite food, besides stones with rich Fire-type energy, belongs to coal.

Coal is a necessity for Coalossal to maintain the temperature of the coal burning on its back; only by regularly ingesting coal can Coalossal maintain the high temperature of its back.

In other words, most of these Pokémon are distributed in mine tunnels rich in Fire-type energy, or mine tunnels with coal deposits.

First of all, the Fire-type energy in this mountain is not rich.

Then could it be that there are coal deposits in this mountain?

But even if it was clarified why there were Pokémon like Coalossal here.

The question of why Coalossal held hostility toward Su Hao still could not be explained.

Su Hao thought for a while and decided to try to communicate with Coalossal using Aura.

The azure Aura rippled, just like the Aura of the Creator in the Arceus movie, Su Hao tried to talk to Coalossal, whose heart was full of "anger".

Perhaps it was the Aura conveying emotions, plus the subtle, metaphysical Pokémon affinity of the Viridian Forest power.

After some effort, Su Hao's Aura finally connected with Coalossal, who had calmed down.

After Coalossal's complaints, Su Hao finally understood why it had such great hostility toward humans.

In short, there was indeed a larger cave further ahead, and there were rich coal deposits in the cave, which attracted the Coalossal clan to settle down.

However, not long ago, a human male with dark skin brought several trainers to drive away the Coalossal clan and occupied the cave where the coal deposits were located.

With such robber-like behavior, the Coalossal, whose victimized clan was scattered and fled, naturally held a grudge against humans.

That's why it launched an attack the moment it saw Su Hao.

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Corvisquire.