The next day.
By the river at the former Poliwag family settlement.
"Let's keep moving."
Mu Yun climbed onto Gogoat's back. After finding a comfortable position, he signaled that Gogoat could continue.
Today, he wasn't in a hurry to head toward the city. Instead, he planned to take a look at the great lake in the center of the forest.
Yesterday, he had briefly learned about the surrounding area from that old Poliwhirl.
With the lake at its center, there actually weren't any particularly powerful Pokémon within dozens of miles.
Even the Palpitoad family, whose highest level was only Professional Level, could live safely around the lake.
If they weren't worried about the sacred artifact being discovered, the Poliwag family could barely settle in the lake as well.
After all, the resources at the lake's center were still quite abundant.
For that reason, Pokémon that settled there rarely left under normal circumstances.
Mu Yun guessed that the Palpitoad family had left because their territory had probably been affected.
As for how it had been affected?
Ninety-nine percent of the time, it was because a more powerful Pokémon had appeared.
Gogoat was very fast, and the former Poliwag family settlement wasn't far from the center of the lake. Thus, after only half an hour, a vast lake appeared in Mu Yun's field of vision.
Brilliant sunlight, lush woods, and an azure lake—this should have been an excellent place for camping in the wild or cultivating one's temperament.
But at that moment, enormous splashes kept rising from the lake, and the sound of repeated booming impacts could be heard from time to time.
Perhaps the impacts were too violent. Mu Yun looked around, yet couldn't see a single Pokémon.
Unexpectedly, they had probably all fled outward just like the Palpitoad family.
Just