"Grrong!"
"Mm-grrong!!"
Baimu's openness did nothing to ease the Hisuian Goodra's suspicions. If anything, it put them even more on guard.
Growls rose and fell all around them.
Only the power Hydreigon radiated kept them from attacking already.
Not that Husky Dragon would have minded teaching them a lesson first.
"Hsss—"
"Wait."
Baimu put a hand on its mouth before it could draw a breath and build up Dragon Flame. "The Noble sent us to help you," he repeated.
He looked toward the Hisuian Goodra Alpha at the center and had the Porygon Phone translate.
For some reason, though, it was staring fixedly at Hydreigon. Something about its gaze was strange.
Did it feel challenged? Did it want a fight?
Baimu was wondering whether he should recall Hydreigon when the Hisuian Goodra Alpha suddenly lowered its body. Mucus poured from its chin and forelegs, and it raced toward them like a slug in heat.
"Numi~ Numi~"
Thud, thud, thud!
It barreled toward Baimu and Hydreigon like a heavy tank, seemingly unstoppable.
Yet Baimu sensed no malice from it.
Quite the opposite. Its expression looked remarkably like that of the wretched Basculegion they had met yesterday...
"Huh???"
He turned to Hydreigon in disbelief.
Hydreigon was just as stunned. It could sense far more than its trainer could, especially the scent coming off the newcomer. Something about it was inexplicably alluring.
It made Hydreigon want to get close!
Impossible!
How could I be attracted to a Pokémon I've never met?
Husky Dragon abruptly panicked, then grew a little angry, as though trying to suppress the feeling stirring inside it.
"Hsssa!!"
Husky Dragon actually started hissing.
It tried to frighten the Hisuian Goodra Alpha away with a loud warning, but it was no use.
"Numi~~"
The Hisuian Goodra Alpha secreted even more mucus.