Blessing of the World Tree

Among the steep rocks of the mountain, a Gogoat with steady, weathered eyes moved sure-footedly across the slopes on its routine patrol.

The rugged, precipitous cliff face was as easy to traverse as flat ground for it. As the leader of its herd, the Gogoat chief's strength was not particularly outstanding within Aokigahara Forest, and its herd's collective Combat Power was not high either. Otherwise, it would not have been reduced to living on the fringes of the forest's outer perimeter despite being at Gym Level.

To prevent certain predators from attacking the herd, the Gogoat chief, as its strongest member, politely declined the offers of other powerful herd members and patrolled the area around the herd at fixed times, day after day and year after year.

At that moment, the Gogoat was already close to the foot of the mountain, and it could clearly see even the ground beneath the forest.

After confirming that no dangerous Pokémon were lurking nearby, the Gogoat was about to move its limbs and leave when an aura with a clear target, approaching directly toward it, caught its attention.

Its deep red eyes looked through a gap in the sea of trees, and the Gogoat swiftly locked onto the newcomer.

A human and... a rather weak green lizard Pokémon?

The Gogoat tilted its head. It was certain that its Gym Level aura was spreading through the area—where did this human get the confidence to approach it?

Su Hao temporarily left the group with Cycloze. Under the watchful eyes of Xiao Zijian and the other three, once they had approached within roughly a hundred meters of the Gogoat, he took Cycloze and headed alone toward the ledge where the Gogoat stood.

Jin Lin looked somewhat worried. "That's a Gogoat, right? It's at Late Gym Level.