She took a deep breath and finally walked out of the cave she had spent some time in.
She was greeted by a dark sky and a vast expanse of land.
Dead trees littered the ground, leaving it desolate and ruined, with a primitive, natural feel. It was a novel sight she had never seen before, having always lived near cities.
Iono controlled Bellibolt and began exploring the surroundings. At first, she moved rather cautiously, but she soon discovered that these new wild Pokémon appearing by the roadside really did not seem very strong. They were nowhere near a match for that Muk from the scripted loss earlier.
The Pokémon appearing along the roadside now were Fighting-type Pokémon like Cubone and Machop, all only level 1.
She only needed to circle behind them and press the basic attack button twice, or fire off a charged Thunder Shock, to take them down easily. They hardly ever even fought back.
Iono could not help growing bolder.
It looked like those chat messages really had not lied to her. That tutorial enemy and the scripted-loss enemy had misled her earlier...
After defeating a few Pokémon, Bellibolt had reached level 3 and gained two freely assignable attribute points.
Iono opened the panel, thought for a moment, and allocated both points to stamina.
After all, according to the description, Bellibolt's strength seemed to be stamina, so naturally she had to bring that high-HP advantage to
its fullest potential.
Besides, judging by the wild Pokémon she had encountered along the way, none of them seemed to have much HP. Her current attack power should be more than enough.
Aside from gaining levels, while exploring the open ground outside, Iono also looted every wild Pokémon's "remains" after defeating them, just as she had before. Sometimes she found