Fortunately, the room was only so large. After traveling some distance, Yong and his three Pokémon finally reached a black wall that blocked their path.
Yong breathed a sigh of relief. Searching aimlessly was mentally draining, especially when they had to stay on guard against Ghost-type Pokémon that could ambush them at any moment. It had also taken quite a toll on Larvitar, who had kept Sandstorm going, and Larvesta, who had been using Fire-type energy continuously.
Feeling his way along with the help of the faint light, Yong finally found a closed door!
In the center of the door was an inlaid blue symbol made of three connected circles, roughly forming a triangle. Yong studied it for a moment before recognizing it as the Hearthome Gym's badge-the Relic Badge!
"Now that we've found the door, the symbol on the floor should be nearby... Stay close together, and be careful not to step on any red or yellow symbols. Look closely. The blue symbol is somewhere beneath our feet."
The three little Pokémon nodded and stepped carefully, searching the small area around them.
A frigid gust swept toward them. Without even looking up, Yong said,
"Larvesta! Ember!"
"Larrr!"
The little Pokémon opened its mouth, releasing several balls of flame that blocked the Icy Wind used by a Drifloon.
They had faced no end of interruptions like this along the way!
Fortunately, perhaps because of the Gym's restrictions, these wild Ghost-type Pokémon only launched minor harassing attacks rather than swarming them all at once. Otherwise, the Hearthome Gym's trial would have been meaningless...
"Dril!"
Suddenly, Drilbur let out a delighted cry!
"Did you find it?"
Carefully avoiding the floor tile bearing a red symbol, Yong walked over to Drilbur. Sure enough, right in front of it was a tile bearing the