Palossand Starved Nine Meals in Three Days

The headmaster led Roy and the others to the location where strange things often happened.

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Asahi Nana was about to leave, but when she saw Cynthia waving at her, signaling her to come along, the girl hesitated for a moment before following her.

The director led everyone to an area where sandy land met swamp.

Roy keenly sensed that the Ghost type aura here was much stronger than in the forest and cave areas they had just passed through.

According to the zoo director, some Pokémon that die in the Safari Zone are buried here.

This is why the Ghost type aura is relatively strong only in this small patch of sand and swamp.

This confirms Roy's earlier deduction that there are definitely Ghost type Pokémon here.

Suddenly, a Golden light flashed in the sunlight and caught the principal's eye.

The headmaster immediately noticed a small Golden shovel radiating Golden light between the mud and sand.

"Who left behind their work tools this time?"

The headmaster complained as he put one foot in the sand and the other in the mud, trying to pull the shovel out, but found he couldn't budge it.

Suddenly he felt a tremor beneath his feet, and when he looked down, he discovered that Roy and Professor Birch had both shrunk in size.

No! It's rising slowly.

Beneath my feet lies a monster shaped like a castle, formed from piles of mud and silt.

"Sand!"

The headmaster was still above the monster in front of them.

Just as Asahi Nana was about to have Gardevoir unleash its skill to attack the monster made of mud and sand in front of her, Roy stopped her.

Because this isn't a monster at all; it's a Ghost type / Ground type Pokémon.

Palossand

System Scan

Pokémon: Palossand (Flash)

Level: 42

Sex: Male

Ability: Water Compaction (Defense is greatly increased when attacked by Water-type moves.) [If the target uses Water-type combo, each hit will trigger this effect.]

Skills: Giga Drain, Absorb, Harden, Sand Tomb, Sand Attack, Hypnosis, Giga Drain, Iron Defense

Items carried: None

Egg Move: Stockpile, Spit Up, Swallow

Individual Values: 17

Technical Machine /Skill Transfer: None

Moreover, this is a Flash black Palossand.

However, this Palossand was unusually large. The usual Palossand is only 2 meters tall, but this Palossand was over 5 meters tall, which is two and a half times the size of its kind.

However, unlike other Palossand's body is covered in a mixture of sand and mud that keeps falling off, which is why the staff sees Palossand in a different shape every time.

As for why, Roy understood at a glance: the Palossand's symptoms were the same as those of the Spiritomb in Cynthia's creature—both were due to hunger.

The lack of Ghost-type energy within its body prevented it from maintaining its original shape, causing the black sand on its body to fall off, and now it looks like an arched Muk.

Palossand was already angry because he was hungry, and now someone dared to pull the shovel off his head—that was a taboo for him!

How dare this human touch it?!

Do you really think he's too good-natured?

Just as he was about to give the humans in front of him a good scare, he suddenly smelled a pleasant scent.

What the heck?

It smells so good!

Palossand searched for the source of the scent and spotted Roy not far from him.

The smell was coming from the human in front of them.

"Palossand, don't hurt the person inside your body. I know what you need, and I have what you need here."

"Sand?"

Palossand never expected that this human who smelled so good could communicate with him.

His previously fierce and hungry expression softened, as if the aura emanating from Roy could calm his emotions.

Asahi Nana looked at Roy, who was communicating with the Palossand, and felt very puzzled.

She didn't sense any Psychic type from Roy, meaning he wasn't a Psychic type but could Mind Communication with Pokémon.

"Sand?"

"Yes, I promise you'll like it."

Palossand lowered himself and put the gardener down from his head. He had no desire to eat the greasy, fat gardener; he didn't like it at all.

Roy took out the Pokéblock he had made for the Dusclops and threw it at the Palossand, sensing a pleasant scent emanating from the Pokéblock, similar to that emanating from Roy himself.

The Palossand opened its massive maw, resembling a city gate, and devoured the Pokéblock Roy threw at it one by one.

Ah... mia... mia...

After consuming the Pokéblock made by Roy, the Palossand's massive, gate-like mouth grinned, and tears even humanized the two blue eyes of the main castle in the center.

"Shh! (choking back tears)"

This is so delicious!!

He couldn't even imagine the miserable life he had endured before Roy came, living a life of hunger nine times out of three.

A smile appeared out of nowhere; it simply shifted from the corner of Dusclops's mouth to him. Seeing this big guy actually eating his food, the bandages on Dusclops's body bulged with anger.

Roy patted the sulking, Dusclops the shoulder. "It's not like I'm not going to make it for you."

After comforting the Dusclops, Roy looked at Palossand and asked:

"Then are you willing to leave with me?"

"Sand!"

Palossand nodded excitedly, the shovel on his head shaking uncontrollably, while sand and mud from his body were uncontrollably flung at Roy and Professor Birch.

Gardevoir created a Psychic type Barrier, Palossand all the sand and mud thrown off Barrier outside.

Seeing this Palossand immediately stopped shaking, worried that Roy would abandon him; he had truly had enough of this miserable life.

Larger body sizes often require more energy.

Back when he was still Sandygast, the Ghost type aura of this land was enough for a Ghost type Pokémon him to absorb.

However, after evolving into Palossand, the Ghost-type energy here became insufficient to support his needs, and he was almost always hungry.

That's why it often scares staff and Pokémon in the park at night, absorbing their fear energy.

This is also the past of this Palossand.

If he could eat those delicious Pokéblock every day, why would he need to absorb any fear energy?

Roy took out a Luxury Ball and threw it at Palossand; a flash of red light appeared.

Palossand was eagerly sucked into the Poké Ball.

The Poké Ball bounced three times quickly after landing, then returned to calm.

Roy also successfully subdued the Palossand.