After flying for about another forty minutes, denser outlines of buildings began to appear on the horizon.
First came scattered houses nestled among farmland, then increasingly crowded streets and buildings, and finally, a fairly sizable city came into view.
Mauville City.
It was not Xinhai's first time looking down on the city from the air, but as Charizard carried him toward Lavaridge Town, he could not help taking a few extra looks as they passed by.
The entire city lay in a relatively flat valley. Its buildings were mainly light gray and off-white, and its streets were laid out in neat, orderly patterns, giving it a modern feel completely different from Lavaridge Town.
Sunlight fell across the city's rooftops and streets, bathing the entire place in a warm, bright glow.
"Charizard, land on the outskirts." Xinhai lowered his head and called out to Charizard.
"Roar!" Charizard slightly adjusted the angle of his wings and began to slowly descend.
His movements were steady and gentle. There was barely any noticeable jostling during the descent, as though he were gliding smoothly through the air.
When they were about fifty meters above the ground, Charizard slightly tucked in his wings, adjusted his angle, and landed smoothly along an almost perfect glide path.
His more than four-meter-tall body landed firmly in an open Grass type field outside the city. When his feet touched the ground, he made almost no unnecessary sound.
Charizard exhaled a faint puff of white breath, folded his wings behind his back, then turned his head and looked at Xinhai on his back with blue eyes, as if waiting for his assessment.
Xinhai swung himself down from Charizard's back. Once his feet were firmly on the ground, he reached out and patted the warm scales on Charizard's foreleg. "You flew much