In the past two days, Phoebe has practically explored the entire Safari Zone, curious about everything, and wreaked havoc on the Quagsire and Psyduck in the Marsh Area.
"I have something to do today. You can have fun at the Safari Zone by yourself for the day. I'll bring you some honey when I get back."
Roy looked at Phoebe, who was rubbing Quagsire's head, and gave her some instructions.
"Oh? Where are you going to play?"
Phoebe immediately released the Quagsire she was holding with both hands, her hands still covered in mud.
"It's in the forest nearby; I'll be back this afternoon."
"All right."
Hearing that Roy would be back in the afternoon, Phoebe started petting Quagsire again.
"Roar!"
As Roy left, Absol emerged from the cave with two Little Absol and came to the Marsh Area, where they found Roy.
She pushed the Little Absol, with its black and red "claw"-like wings, forward to Roy's feet.
She could tell that her child liked Roy very much, and judging from Roy's previous actions—whether it was fighting off the Hunter Organization to protect her or helping her solve her appetite problem— Roy was definitely a good person.
More importantly, Roy will definitely raise his child well.
Roy wasn't surprised by Absol's actions; he had sensed two days ago that Absol intended to hand the child over to him.
Are you going to hand your child over to me?
Absol nodded. She could sense that the power of the Dragapult beside Roy was definitely much stronger than her own.
With Roy's current strength, he is definitely capable of protecting Little Absol, so why not hand Little Absol over to Roy?
Little Absol didn't know what separation meant; he only knew that being with Roy was comfortable, so he threw himself into Roy's arms.
Roy now has another accessory.
Since Snorunt has just evolved and no longer needs to be carried, Little Absol has seamlessly taken over.
The Froslass looked at the Little Absol in Roy's arms with a hint of envy in her eyes. She floated to Roy's side and gently stroked Absol's fur with one hand.
Feeling the chill emanating from the Froslass's hand, Little Absol wasn't afraid of Froslass and allowed her to caress him.
After feeding Little Absol a bottle of Moomoo Milk infused with the Ghost Power, the little guy was too sleepy to keep his eyes open again.
Roy handed Little Absol over to Phoebe. He didn't plan to take Little Absol away from the Safari Zone immediately, wanting Little Absol to stay with its mother for a while.
Upon hearing Roy her to take care of Little Absol, Phoebe readily agreed to stay and play with Little Absol until Roy returned in the afternoon.
She did quite like the Safari Zone, which had various other types of Pokémon, unlike Mt. Pyre, which only had Ghost type Pokémon.
Besides, this place isn't too far from Mt. Pyre, so she can come and play by herself even without Roy. She just can't let her grandparents... and her grandma's Gengar know.
Since the last Sucker Punch by the Hunter Organization, many more visible and hidden sentry posts have been added to the Safari Zone park, so there's no need to worry about safety.
However, before leaving, Roy thought for Ancient Gengar and Dusclops as well. The Ancient Gengar went directly into Phoebe's shadow.
It's better to be safe than sorry.
When the Ancient Gengar entered Phoebe's shadow, the Gengar inside Phoebe's shadow reversed the words the Ancient Gengar had said the day before.
Is this your home?
You're going in?
The Gengar from 3,000 years ago really has no manners!
The Ancient Gengar is probably babbling on and on. Go cook him a dish!
The Ancient Gengar simply shoved aside Phoebe's Gengar with its rear end and entered Phoebe's shadow.
If Roy hadn't assigned him this task, he wouldn't have bothered staying with Phoebe's Gengar, especially with Phoebe's Gengar chattering beside him.
The Ancient Gengar simply swept past with a powerful attack and defeated Phoebe's Gengar in one move.
"Ghost!"
Upon hearing the voice of the Ancient Gengar, Phoebe's Gengar reluctantly began massaging the Ancient Gengar.
The Dusclops stayed beside Phoebe, holding a Shaderoot Carrot in his hand, signifying that with him there, no one could harm Phoebe.
After saying that, he forcefully broke the Shaderoot Carrot in his hand in half, stuffed one half into his mouth, and bit down hard.
Although both of them were undoubtedly capable, Roy was exasperated by their performance. He always felt that with the two of them around, things were bound to go wrong.
After leaving the Safari Zone, Roy released the Annihilape.
"Annihilape, let's go see your little brothers."
"Abandoned!"
Riding on his Dragapult, Roy took the Annihilape to the forest on the outskirts of Lilycove City.
Upon arriving at the edge of the forest on the outskirts of Lilycove City, Roy spotted three Combee, two Beedrill, and a Primeape patrolling the area.
Roy had never seen such a peculiar patrol team before.
Upon seeing Roy's arrival, the Pokémon immediately became alert.
However, the Intermediate King level Dragapult beneath Roy still made the Pokémon, none of which had reached level 30 Pokémon a chill.
One of the Combee was so frightened that it almost ran away.
The other Beedrill was startled and fired a Pin Missile, sending out more than a dozen sharp needles imbued with Bug type energy.
Dragapult simply gathered its Stockpile and exhaled, Whirlwind more than a dozen spikes. In fact, if not guarded against, even a level 10 Beedrill would not be able to cause any damage to Dragapult.
Although the opponent launched an attack, Roy still managed to avoid harming Beedrill and the patrolling Pokémon.
Roy was more worried that none of them knew him.
"Buzz!"
The good news is that one of the Beedrill recognized Roy; he was one of the Beedrill that Roy had defeated with his Misdreavus and then sent to Nurse Joy for treatment.
Upon hearing Beedrill's voice, Primeape recognized the Annihilape beside Roy. He sensed an aura of submission emanating from the Annihilape —wasn't that their leader?
The scene of the Annihilape breaking a giant rock with one hand seemed to reappear before my eyes.
Although Primeape recognized Annihilape, the chilling aura emanating from Annihilape kept him at bay.
After learning that Roy was not an enemy, Primeape led the way for Roy, while Beedrill and Combee returned to their respective colonies to inform their leaders.
Primeape led Roy deep into the jungle of Lilycove City.
"Hot! Hot!"
Upon reaching the deepest part of the Lilycove Forest, Roy and the Annihilape saw the former leader of the Primeape leading a group of Primeape and Mankey to pick Berry.
"Abandoned!"
Upon hearing the voice of the Annihilape, the Primeape leader stopped what he was doing and turned around to look at the Annihilape in disbelief.
He could clearly sense that the already powerful Annihilape had become even more powerful; a strong leader is the root of whether a species can prosper.
The former leader of the Primeape approached the Annihilape with great excitement, but he was also somewhat afraid of the Annihilape, so he could only stand awkwardly in front of the Annihilape, scratching his head and cheeks.