Luo Mu shot to his feet, his drowsy mind instantly clearing.
The Dragonite, Delibird, Victini, and Terapagos beside him also looked in the direction of the explosion.
"What's going on?"
Luo Mu frowned as all sorts of guesses flashed through his mind.
An enemy invasion?
Or had poachers attacked?
But compared to the cause of the explosion, Luo Mu was more puzzled by the reactions of the surrounding Dragonite Clan.
Setting the Dragonite aside for now, the Dragonair were still leisurely drifting across the lake. Even the Dratini, which should have been more timid by nature, showed no intention of hiding beneath the water.
—It was as though they had long since grown accustomed to such sounds and could not even be bothered to raise an eyebrow.
In that case, the cause of the explosion became rather intriguing.
Still, Luo Mu planned to glance at the site of the explosion.
Quite apart from his friendship with the Giant Dragonite—on a personal level, he could not bear to see anything happen to this paradise belonging to the Dragonite.
The explosion had occurred not too far from the Dragonite Clan's lakeside habitat.
After calling the three little Pokémon over and mounting Dragonite, Luo Mu quickly arrived in that area.
Because Luo Mu and the others had come too quickly, the thick smoke left behind by the explosion was still rolling through the area, making it impossible to see what had happened below.
Just as Luo Mu was about to have Dragonite descend and investigate—
A fierce gust suddenly swept up from below, dispersing the thick smoke in an instant.
Luo Mu and Dragonite were also within the range of the gust. Had any other flying Pokémon encountered such violent winds without warning, they would likely have immediately lost their balance and risked