Early the next morning, a chill woke the sleeping boy.
"Morning, everyone!"
Opening his eyes, Yong greeted Rhyperior and the others. He looked outside the cave. Daylight already shone brightly, and the weather looked pleasant.
He took out food for everyone and grabbed a quick bite himself. Then he shouldered his backpack, recalled Rhyperior and the others, and set off again with Larvesta in his arms.
Today, he would find the cliff that had appeared in the original story.
He continued uphill along the mountain path.
There were barely any Pokémon here, let alone humans.
He made no effort to quiet his footsteps. According to the scene he remembered, this Shiny Metagross would appear on its own and attack humans who entered the Mountain Range.
That did not mean it was malicious. Rather, the humans had invaded its territory, so Metagross drove them away. It was an instinct shared by living creatures.
Yong figured that it might already have noticed him and was hiding somewhere, watching his every move.
If that was the case, he might as well use himself as bait to lure it out.
Rock Mountain was not actually very large. Its unusual coloring simply clashed with the surrounding landscape, making it stand out.
It lay on the only route from Wooden Barrel Town to Strong Wind Town. As more people traveled through, more came to know of Rock Mountain.
So, when Yong climbed halfway up the mountain, he naturally spotted a fissure that looked as though an axe had split it open, leaving the edges perfectly smooth! It stretched across the mountainside, forming a sheer drop like a great rift valley!
Standing at the cliff's edge, he saw that the path continued to his left. Across the fissure stood the other side of Rock Mountain, taller and