South of Laverre City lay the Alforn Mountains.
This mountain range stretched from east to west, separating Shalour City from Southern City.
Many caves dotted its peaks.
Some were famous throughout the Kalos Region, like Reflection Cave, while others were nameless caverns like the one Li Wei was exploring that day.
This was Rock-type Pokémon territory.
Just as Li Wei ventured deep into the cave and finally found the habitat of Carbink and Diancie...
The intruders arrived as well.
Several massive figures squeezed out of different passageways, slowly closing in on the surrounded Carbink.
Leading them was an exceptionally burly Gigalith!
A third larger than an ordinary member of its species, Gigalith moved like a stone fortress, its enormous front limbs resembling battering rams.
Gigalith's information appeared before Li Wei's eyes.
[Name]: Gigalith [Type]: Rock [Ability]: Sturdy (Cannot be knocked out in one hit. One-hit knockout moves also have no effect.) [Moves]: Rock Blast, Power Gem, Rock Slide, Stealth Rock, Stone Edge [Strength rating]: Intermediate Gym Level [Strength assessment]: A Gigalith with extensive battle experience.
Generally speaking, Gigalith needed to be traded to evolve.
Perhaps this Gigalith had once had a Trainer.
Pokémon that evolved through trading sometimes refused to obey their new Trainers and left them.
It did not happen all the time, but it was far from uncommon.
After all, Pokémon had emotions and memories too. How close could they feel to someone they had just been traded to?
As for why trading triggered evolution, Li Wei still had not figured that out.
Perhaps only professors specializing in trade evolution and Silver, the "Trader," knew the answer.
Several Boldore followed behind Gigalith, along with Sableye eyeing the Carbink hungrily...
Greedy red light flickered in Sableye's enormous gemstone eyes as an eerie laugh escaped its grinning mouth.