Route 121
As a sliver of light flashed across the horizon
The Vespiquen, located on the edge of Route 121, grew impatient. Her gaze was fixed on the distant Lilycove City, but Roy still hadn't returned after all this time.
She began to wonder if this was a delaying tactic used by humans.
Was that boy lying to himself?
The Beedrill leader was also looking in the direction of Lilycove City. Unlike the Vespiquen, she believed that Roy would never lie to her.
First, the Combee bee swarm sensed the Vespiquen's emotions and became agitated, which in turn caused the surrounding Pinsir, Ariados, and other Pokémon in the Bug Tide to become restless.
Just as the Bug Tide was in turmoil, a chill swept over them, causing the Bug-type Pokémon living in hot Bug Tide to shiver.
A human figure appeared in the distance with the first Morning Sun. It was a woman with long Golden hair, who was still wearing a long purple dress in Hoenn, a place where there was no winter and only summer.
Agatha recognized the woman; it was Poppy, the Ice type Elite Four member from the Hoenn.
Rumors suggest that the other party is not Pokémon Trainer from the Hoenn.
Instead, they believed that Ice type could be better trained in hot climates, which is why they Norman to the hot Hoenn Region to train their Pokémon.
Poppy was accompanied by a Glalie with two large black cone-shaped horns and its body covered in ice and snow.
A layer of frost formed on the path where the Glalie passed.
Agatha sensed that this Glalie's strength was not much different from her Gengar.
Perhaps due to her specialization in Ice type, Poppy possessed an aura of coldness that Norman. Upon seeing Agatha, she merely nodded slightly before standing beside Agatha, thus making her stance clear.
Agatha, on the other hand, felt that Poppy's personality should be quite compatible with hers.
Upon seeing Poppy and Glalie, the Vespiquen felt utterly hopeless; yet another powerful human.
She knew she had absolutely no chance. They couldn't even handle Agatha, let alone now that a woman with strength no less than Agatha had arrived.
The Vespiquen's anger burned, but instead of ordering the Bug Tide to attack as she had told Roy, she commanded the Combee to return to the Lilycove Forest.
Agatha and Poppy both sensed the Vespiquen's silent Rage; as the saying goes, a barking dog doesn't bite.
This Vespiquen clearly harbors a grudge against humans.
He didn't dare go up because he and Poppy were still here, but if they Poppy, the Bug Tide might come back at any time.
If Roy doesn't return soon, she will personally end the Bug Tide, and then have the Hoenn League thoroughly clear the forests surrounding Lilycove City to completely eliminate any future threats and prevent them from invading Lilycove City again.
Agatha glanced at Poppy, who had just arrived. Poppy shared the same thought; they were both preoccupied with humans.
Seeing that their Pokémon Trainers were ready, Glalie and Gengar each gathered frost in front of them, one while the other conjured Shadow Ball.
Just as the two were about to command their Pokémon to wipe out the Bug Tide.
"Etc!"
A familiar figure appeared in the distance
The Arcanine howled and ran towards the dividing line between the Bug Tide and the humans.
Roy jumped off Arcanine and rushed to the front of the Bug Tide, holding a yellow Pokémon Egg in his hands. He made a dazzling entrance amidst the expectant gazes of everyone and the Combee in the Bug Tide.
"Vespiquen, your... your child."
It's fair to say that if Roy had arrived even a second later, the Bug Tide might have been wiped out by the combined efforts of the two regional Elite Four.
The Vespiquen, who was about to leave, paused for a moment after hearing Roy's voice. Then she turned around and saw the very familiar Pokémon Egg in Roy's arms.
Sensing the familiar aura emanating from the Pokémon Egg, it was indeed her child.
The Vespiquen descended from the sky and carefully took the Pokémon Egg from Roy's hands. The enormous Vespiquen, who was about 4 meters tall, held the tiny Pokémon Egg in her hands with great care.
They carefully examined the Pokémon Egg for any damage.
Upon discovering that the Pokémon Egg was intact, the Vespiquen was overjoyed to see her lost child returned, and her previous Rage was long forgotten.
She had already given up hope on Roy, but the human in front of her actually helped her find her child.
The Combee, seeing that the Vespiquen's Pokémon Egg had been recovered, flew around Vespiquen in celebration, seeing it as a symbol of their species' survival.
At this moment, the Rage expressions on the Combee' faces returned to their original peacefulness. They danced and released a sweet fragrance to celebrate the return of the Pokémon Egg.
Seeing this, Agatha and Poppy breathed a sigh of Stockpile. It seemed they wouldn't have to cause any more bloodshed. Glalie and Gengar also silently withdrew their charged attacks.
After calming down from her joy at having regained what she had lost, the Vespiquen looked down at Roy and realized that she had promised Roy something.
The Vespiquen spoke to Roy through Mind Communication:
"Human, thank you. You will always be a guest of our hive."
The Vespiquen then gave commands to the Combee behind her, and hundreds of Combee broke away from the Bug Tide and returned to the forest.
Before long, the more than one hundred Combee that had just returned each carried a full jar of Sweet Honey.
The crystal-clear honey in the jar, emitting a sweet aroma, is Sweet Honey. Its nutritional value far surpasses that of ordinary Beedrill honey.
Moreover, it is said that the higher the Vespiquen's rank in the Combee colonies, the higher the quality of the Sweet Honey. According to the Vespiquen's rank in front of him, the Sweet Honey in his hand is at least second-highest or high-quality, if not top-grade.
In the market, this high-grade Sweet Honey is priced by the gram and is often in a state of high price but no market, attracting countless growers to bid high prices.
Now, the other party has actually given me nearly a hundred jars of honey.
The Bug Tide was also attracted by the Sweet Honey, but not a single Pokémon dared to try Snatch the honey jar that the Vespiquen had given to Roy.
Instantly, a sweet aroma filled the entire outskirts of Lilycove City. Even human Pokémon Trainers were attracted by the sweet fragrance, their mouths watering as they longed to taste the Sweet Honey.