"Ama!"
Steenee refused to fall behind, spinning rapidly as she kicked!
"Da! Da! Da!"
The Ice-type Triple Axel carried a biting chill as it struck the burning tree trunk with precision. Ice crystals spread rapidly, temporarily suppressing the flames.
"Well done! Orthworm, Steenee!"
Tong Hua remained calm in the crisis, directing everyone alongside Seven as they fought the fire and carried out rescues.
As one of the Almia Region's six major nature reserves, the importance of Wind-Circling Forest went without saying. They had to save as much of it as possible!
But the wind fed the flames, and the gentle breezes prevalent in Wind-Circling Forest had now become the fire's best fuel.
Under the current circumstances, putting out the fire directly was far too difficult. They had to dig firebreaks to extinguish it indirectly!
As for the vegetation abandoned within the firebreaks, they could only replant it after the fire.
The most important thing now was to contain the spread of the flames!
"Grotle, Orthworm, please!" Tong Hua pointed toward the edge of the blaze. "Clear a firebreak over there!"
"Game!"
Grotle stamped hard on the ground. Ground-type energy surged, and a deep trench appeared.
Orthworm followed close behind, moving nimbly through the soil to widen and deepen the trench.
But even with the two Pokémon working together, the area affected by the fire was simply too vast. With no other choice, the other Pokémon joined in digging the firebreak!
"Lili!"
The Bidoof from the Ranch hurried to the front lines. Construction was their specialty, and digging a firebreak was a piece of cake for them.
The Bidoof divided the work, some digging and others moving soil. All the other Pokémon from the Ranch also gathered around them to help fight the fire.
"Ama!" "Fufu!"
Steenee and Dolliv endured the