Floating rubble filled the Magnetic Storm Area. Some stones even spun in midair, sometimes swiftly, sometimes incredibly slowly!
They drifted up and down, looking rather strange as they hung in the air.
The ground throughout the area was a deep blue-black, growing darker farther in.
Yong led Steelix and the others slowly through the Magnetic Storm Area. With the increasing pull and constriction beneath his feet, every step demanded more strength.
Thin blue arcs of electricity began appearing on the Pokémon's bodies, without heat or flame.
This was the static electricity generated by Steel-type Pokémon within a magnetic field.
They were like iron blocks carrying an electric current!
For Steelix and the others, the current felt like a massage that opened their meridians, leaving them comfortable.
As Steelix traveled through the magnetic field, the magnetic forces affected its body. Its own magnetic field resonated with the magnetism of the area, turning it into something like a moving magnet and allowing it to use Magnet Rise almost effortlessly!
So despite being the largest, it alone moved with the greatest lightness.
Aggron lived up to expectations as well, learning Thunder Wave!
Bastiodon even built on Shock Wave to learn Thunderbolt!
Only Excadrill had some regrets, as it could not learn Electric-type moves.
Of course, Yong himself had it worst. As a human, being in the Magnetic Storm Area was practically torture!
The human body's own magnetic field was fully activated here.
Attraction, numbness, restraint, pulling, repulsion!
How could he describe it? Every step Yong took was affected. His movement was slow at first, then stalled briefly, before his foot suddenly hit the ground!
Even so, Yong's determination to venture deeper never wavered!
"Up ahead is where my master disappeared! Along with Thunder..."
Walking in front, Lucario pointed to a patch of scorched