Feeling the violent tremors all around the cave, Xia Shu's face turned even paler. His hand instinctively clenched the Poké Ball at his waist, his knuckles whitening from the force.
"Don't panic yet." Sorrel spoke, his voice steady but carrying a hint of barely perceptible urgency. "Master should already be on his way. With his strength and speed, he should be here soon."
He paused and looked toward the dim tunnel outside the rock chamber, silently thinking, Master, hurry up! If you don't come soon, something terrible is going to happen!
Xia Shu nodded hard, trying his best to calm himself down.
"That's right, Master will definitely come." He spoke quietly, as though convincing himself. "With Master's strength, even Elite-level Pokémon can be easily suppressed."
He took a deep breath, then let it out heavily, as if trying to expel all the fear and unease from his chest.
Yet there was no sign that the tremors were stopping.
Every violent shake made their hearts clench, while every distant rumble tightened their nerves another notch.
Sandslash's ears constantly twitched, catching every faint sound within the tunnel;
Marowak gripped its bone club even tighter, its knuckles turning white;
The earthy yellow aura around Golem had not faded for a moment, ready to respond to any possible attack;
Lunatone's blue glow shone even brighter than before, its psychic perception stretched to its limit.
Just as the two of them and their Pokémon were worrying about this—
Rumble—!
A dull, thunderous sound came from nearby.
It was neither an explosion nor another tremor, but the sound of some massive, heavy object hitting the ground.
The Pokémon and the two men immediately went on alert, all turning to look in the direction the sound had come from.
In the darkness deep within the tunnel, a