"Huh? Am I late?"
Not long afterward, Arven finally arrived with his newly caught Shellder, only to discover that the battle here had long since ended.
"You were way too slow, Arven!"
Nemona was already getting impatient.
If she had known this Klawf was so weak that they would not need Arven's help in battle at all, she would have asked him to bring some cooking equipment along for a picnic!
After the battle, not only was Nemona a little hungry, but her Pawmo was too. It soon began drooling at the crab legs scattered across the ground...
"Uh... that's just because you two are too strong! This Titan Klawf is a menace that even Ace Trainers can't handle!"
Arven scratched his head.
He had originally expected a tough fight, so even though raising Pokémon was not his strong suit, he had planned to catch one on the spot to bolster their fighting strength.
Still, it seemed he had underestimated Qingyu's strength.
Even with an unevolved Riolu, Qingyu had managed to crush a Titan-level Klawf...
It was a little awkward to realize he seemed to be the unnecessary one, but at least things had ended well.
"So, next we head to Klawf's cave to look for the Herba Mystica, right?"
"Great, great, great, let's go!"
At that, Nemona perked right up, instantly brimming with energy again.
"Still, we have a small problem."
Qingyu rested a hand against his chin, surveying their surroundings as he posed a crucial question.
"The Titan Klawf is out cold. How are we supposed to know where its cave is?"
"..." × 2
Silence instantly fell over the group.
An unknown amount of time later, the Titan Klawf finally stirred, feeling as though it had spent quite a while chatting with its great-grandmother in a