"Roy, look behind the rock wall, there's a group of Pokémon there too."
Steven said softly.
Following the direction Steven pointed, Roy saw a group of Pokémon with round bodies, eight yellow rock spikes protruding from their sides, and many small yellow stones forming their front and Pokémon.
It is the Solrock family.
Roy used the System Scan and found that the Solrock leader's level was the same as the Lunatone leader's level, both being level 45.
Legend has it that both Lunatone and Solrock arrived in the Pokémon World along with meteorites. Because one looks like the moon and the other like the sun, they were named Lunatone and Solrock respectively.
Roy also remembered frequently encountering these two Pokémon in the Meteor Cave in the game.
The two approached the waterfall quietly; their movements were slow, but not entirely silent.
As Psychic type, Lunatone sensed the commotion around it and spotted Roy and Steven, with the middle eye looking over.
Roy and Steven were terrified when they were discovered. Just as they were thinking about where to escape, they noticed that Lunatone's eyes had turned back to the source of the danger.
It turns out that after the Lunatone discovered that there were only two humans here, they stopped paying attention to them. As long as it didn't affect their absorption of moonlight, they didn't care who was who.
Seeing that Lunatone had ignored them, Roy and Steven both breathed a sigh of relief.
If these densely packed, numbering around a hundred Lunatone were to launch an attack, they would be a real problem to deal with.
Furthermore, some of the higher-level Lunatone can Explosion, which could potentially collapse the cave...
The two quickly arrived at the waterfall.
The waterfall splashed onto Roy, and a cool sensation spread throughout his body, making Roy shiver.
Why is the water in this waterfall so cold?
Steven, on the other hand, was unharmed; his hiking gear perfectly shielded him from the splashing water.
Steven began to observe the rocks beside the waterfall.
Because of the icy water, Roy was about to take a step back when he suddenly noticed a bumpy rock under his feet.
Item: Meteorite
Description: A stone from outer space that fell into the Meteor Cave long ago. Its surface is pitted and hard.
Is this a meteorite?
Legend has it that Rayquaza space to accumulate Mega Evolution energy within its body.
So, does a meteorite really contain the power to Mega Evolution Pokémon?
Roy picked it up and examined the meteorite in his hand. He quickly realized that something was wrong with it.
There was a patch of green in the crater, as if it contained something.
"Can I borrow your pickaxe?"
Steven didn't know what Roy was going to do, but he still handed over his pickaxe.
Roy imitated Steven and gently smashed the meteorite open. Inside, there was a round bead that looked like a glass marble, with seven colors on the surface and a leaf-shaped pattern in the center.
This... this is Key Stone!?
Item: Key Stone
Effect: A stone containing unknown power. It can allow Pokémon holding Mega Stone to Mega Evolution.
The multicolored stone in his hand, resembling a glass bead, is the Key Stone that the Pokémon Trainer carries when Pokémon Mega Evolution.
What is this?
Roy was excited, but now was not the time to tell Steven:
"This is the real treasure stone."
Steven didn't understand; wasn't Roy not interested in stones at all?
Roy wasn't entirely interested in the several particularly beautiful stones they had just mined.
Why am I so interested in a small, round bead shaped like a glass bead?
Roy wasn't really interested in any other ordinary stones.
But is this just an ordinary stone?
This is Key Stone that helps Pokémon achieve Mega Evolution.
Currently, Mega Evolution, like Annihilape, is still in a phase where it hasn't been discovered yet. Gaining an advantage before it's discovered...
"Don't just sit there, we've got work to do, hurry up, we need all these meteorites."
Roy and Steven continued their search, with Roy even ignoring the cold water as he ran to the bottom of the waterfall to search for meteorites.
In just over two hours, the two collected all the meteorites near Meteor Falls.
Sure enough, two more Key Stone were found in two of the meteorites, also embedded on the back of the meteorites.
Steven gently smashed the meteorite, took out the Key Stone inside, and handed it to Roy along with the meteorite.
After another hour of searching, luck wasn't on their side this time, and Roy didn't find the Mega Stone.
Their final Harvest was three Key Stones.
Roy handed a Key Stone to Steven, solemnly instructing Steven to keep Key Stone safe and not lose it, as it would be very useful in the future!
"Okay, I understand."
This was the Steven had ever seen Roy so serious. Usually, when the two were at the Training Ground, Roy always had a carefree and playful look on his face, as if nothing could bother him.
Although he didn't understand what the little glass bead was for, Steven still agreed.
Just as the two were about to leave Meteor Falls, a bright light appeared behind the sleeping Solrock leader and flashed into Roy's eyes.
System Scan
Item: Golurk Mega Stone
Effect: A magical Mega Stone that allows Golurk to Mega Evolution during battle when carried by Golem.
There's a Mega Stone embedded in the back of the Solrock Leader?
I searched high and low without finding it, only to have it come to me effortlessly.
He finally got to see a Mega Stone.
Although it's a Golurk's Mega Stone, Roy doesn't need it right now, but this is a golden opportunity.
Golurk is also a Ghost type Pokémon why not just catch one myself later?
However, given their current strength, it would be an incredibly difficult task for him and Steven to get through the Lunatone swarm and retrieve the Mega Stone from the back of the Solrock boss.
Furthermore, System Scan of the Solrock population also revealed several Solrock capable of Explosion.
However, he wasn't without help.
"Brother Gui, can I talk to you about something?"
Roy Mind Communication with Gengar in the shadows.
"What's up?"
Gengar looked at Roy, who was being overly solicitous, with a wary expression. Last time, Roy had used the same look to trick him into eating that awful-tasting Pokéblock.
Roy pointed to Solrock, indicating that he wanted the Illuminate stone behind Solrock.
Stone?
When did Roy become interested in stones?
This was the first time Gengar had ever seen Roy so anxious; it seemed that the rock was indeed very important to him.
He said he was willing to help Roy, but Roy had to promise him one thing:
"Don't just say one thing, I'll agree to ten things."