Something Good Is Definitely Hidden Here!

Lycanroc normally did not travel in packs.

They were all Pokémon with exceptionally strong pride. They liked living in rocky mountains or deserts, each claiming its own territory. To avoid unnecessary conflicts, most chose to live without interfering with one another.

For them to appear in a pack,

either there had to be an extremely powerful external pressure forcing them to unite.

And Xia Yan, who had only just arrived, clearly could not have exerted that much pressure on them yet.

Then there was only one other possibility.

Among this pack of Lycanroc, there was one that could completely suppress any potential internal conflict.

"Awooo—!!"

There it was.

A Lycanroc walking upright on two legs, its back hunched, its body covered in vivid crimson fur, with a white mane extending from its back to the front of its forehead. Most striking of all were its scarlet eyes, which seemed perpetually filled with rage.

A Midnight Form Lycanroc!

And a Sub-Elite Four Midnight Form Lycanroc at that!

Lycanroc were rather unusual Pokémon.

Their appearance and abilities varied depending on when they evolved.

If a Rockruff evolved during the day, it became a Midday Form Lycanroc. It walked on all fours like a wolf, and aside from its mane, most of its fur was light brown.

If a Rockruff evolved at night, it became a Midnight Form Lycanroc, just like the upright Lycanroc standing atop the highest rock.

But Lycanroc actually had another form.

The Dusk Form.

It was the form a Rockruff took when it evolved during the brief period of dusk.

Its general appearance was similar to the Midday Form. The difference lay in the direction its mane grew and the orange-yellow hue of its light brown fur.

Xia Yan remembered that Ash's Rockruff would evolve into the rare Dusk