Under pressure from Pidgeot and his companions, along with Xiao Ming's status as a trainee Ranger, the man slumped to the ground and took an egg slightly larger than a fist out of his backpack.
"I'm sorry!" The man prostrated himself. "I only came into the mountains to look for medicinal herbs and other resources. When I saw the Pokémon Eggs, I couldn't help myself!"
"Go on. Give the eggs back to Pidgeot."
At Xiao Ming's reprimand, the man cautiously rose, walked up to Pidgeot, who was about as tall as he was, and handed over the Pokémon Egg.
Pidgeotto took the egg in his wings. Pidgeot slapped the man flying, then rummaged through his bag and pulled out another one.
Seeing this, the Corphish the man had summoned felt too ashamed to face anyone and covered his eyes with his large claws.
Weezz~~
Weezing dropped out of his levitating state onto the ground, propping up his two purple spherical bodies. Actually... I'm a Venonat.
The man recalled his Pokémon in embarrassment. "Mr. Ranger, is that enough?"
"I don't know..."
To be honest, Xiao Ming wasn't sure himself. This was his first time seeing wild Pokémon gang up on a human, especially with Pidgeot leading them.
Chapter 310: Big Brother Pidgeot
The atmosphere was tense and dangerous. Fortunately, after Pidgeot inspected the two returned Pokémon Eggs and confirmed they were undamaged, he cried out, "Pidge, pidge," a few times. Pokémon gradually flew away, easing the suffocating sense of an army bearing down on them.
The egg thief looked as though he had been granted a pardon. He gathered his things and ran, only to trip over a tree root and take a nasty fall.
The intense pain of the fall cleared his head considerably. He stood up, clutching his bleeding