Qing Wu looked at the Sableye wearing wooden clogs and holding palm-leaf fans. He immediately released Haunter and Torchic.
" Torchic, Haunter, use Flamethrower. Crobat, use Air Slash." Qing Wu looked at the menacing Sableye.
Sableye were extremely ill-tempered Pokémon that lived in remote, uninhabited mountain forests. They attacked travelers who got lost and were especially hostile toward humans.
The Sableye before Qing Wu was several times larger than an ordinary Sableye, and it radiated Leader's Aura. That was probably why, among the Sableye that generally possessed Orange Potential, it was the only one with an unusual aptitude—a Pokémon with Green Quality.
Leader's Aura was a belief shared by an entire species group and bestowed upon its leader to protect the group. With the support of Leader's Aura, the leader's strength could break through its own limits and become even more formidable.
Once a leader was defeated by another member of the group, Leader's Aura would transfer to the new leader. If the leader was captured by a Trainer, Leader's Aura would also be transferred.
Leader's Aura only existed in groups of a certain size.
Torchic's orange feathers flashed with a spark. Facing the Sableye surging toward it from all directions, Torchic opened its tiny beak, and a Flamethrower several times larger than Torchic itself erupted from its mouth.
Torchic had already reached � level. Against these Sableye, whose levels varied greatly, it was practically crushing them.
After all, Sableye evolved from Seedot through a Leaf Stone. This forest probably produced Leaf Stones in abundance, so whenever Seedot found an exposed Leaf Stone, it could evolve into Sableye.
The forest was filled with shadows, so Haunter seemed to have returned to its own backyard. It darted back and forth through the Sableye's shadows, occasionally using Flamethrower on one of them.