Pokémon: Shadow of the Dawn

Wang Jin waited for a while on a huge rock and saw a blue jay flying over the water from the sky.

It was near noon, the sun was coming out slightly, and the mist had basically dissipated. The water trapped in the boulder field calmly reflected a little warm yellow, and the small ponds became much clearer.

"Chirp!"

The blue crow flew to Wang Jin's shoulder, and Wang Jin took the box from its neck and took out the dark blue stone inside.

"A piece of water stone...intermediate quality." Wang Jin simply took a closer look at it for a while, then stuffed it into his backpack.

If his Pokémon needed evolution stones, he would at least go to the black market to buy high-quality ones. An evolution stone of intermediate quality like this could only barely meet the evolution requirements, and had no effect on the potential of the Pokémon.

But Evolution Stones are still hard currency after all. Whether they are sold or given as gifts, they are good things.

This time I used some free energy cubes to get an evolution stone from a wild Pokémon, which was a real bargain.

Wang Jin gently stroked the blue feathers on the blue crow's head to show his appreciation, and took out some blue flying energy cubes to feed them to the blue crow one by one. The blue crow also squinted his eyes happily, enjoying the present moment.

After a while, Wang Jin put away his things, looked at the road ahead, and called out to Blue Crow to fly him directly over.

The walkable road ahead was almost gone. It should be the largest depression in the boulder field. Looking over there, it was all sparkling water.

The blue raven spread its wings, grabbed Wang Jin's shoulders, and then flapped its wings and flew away.

Wang Jin simply glanced down and saw a black turtle with a deep blue back swaying under the water, shaking its oval head, looking very leisurely.

This pond-like depression seemed to be completely connected to the river in the boulder field. The rain and the swollen river caused some water-attribute Pokémon in it to run away into the field.

After a period of clear weather and the water level drops, these Pokémon will have to return to the river. Otherwise, when the rock and ground-type Pokémon that are temporarily dormant come out, they will become their food.

"Chirp!"

The blue jay is very fast and is constantly accelerating.

The water surface below changed rapidly, and was soon occupied by the increasingly bright white sunlight overhead.

Wang Jin also looked up into the distance and found a green meadow on the high slope not far away, which seemed to have separated from the rocky field.

As the grass got closer, Blue Jay gradually lowered its body and let Wang Jin jump onto the grass first, then it naturally slid onto Wang Jin's shoulders. Their movements were so smooth that the few scouts hiding in the grass were stunned and even forgot to run away.

Wang Jin casually glanced at these weak bugs and ignored them. After using the Poké Ball to retrieve the Blue Crow, he headed directly to the northwest.

"boom!"

Two more explosions were heard in the distance, causing the ground to tremble slightly. The few scout bugs came to their senses at this time and fled in panic.

Wang Jin frowned and looked towards another hill beside the boulder field, where a few wisps of black smoke were clearly rising.

This was the second time he had heard such an explosion, and he was absolutely sure that it was caused by human explosives. The effects of Pokémon releasing powerful moves would not produce such thick smoke and dust, nor would they have the feeling of shaking the ground.

Wang Jin couldn't figure out whether it was done by some trainers in the wilderness or a group, but it had nothing to do with him, so he continued to move forward with doubts.

After walking briskly for about half an hour, Wang Jin could already vaguely see the shadow of the gate of Quanguan City, but unfortunately he didn't plan to go. There were some trees on the west side standing between the grass and the lake.

"Duolong!"

Duolongqi seemed to sense something, and emerged from the shadows with excitement and excitement, circling back and forth beside Wang Jin. Duolong Messiah on its head also stood up and jumped happily with Duolongqi.

"Okay..." Wang Jin said softly, "We will be at Nilin Lake in a moment."

"Duolong!"

Duolongqi nodded vigorously and disappeared into the shadows again.

Wang Jin also quickened his pace and entered the sparse and thin woods ahead. At this time, he seemed to vaguely hear the noise of human beings.

'Is there a gathering point nearby?'

With this thought in mind, Wang Jin followed the sound towards the edge of the forest and the lake.

After walking for a few more minutes, the noise gradually became clearer.

"A gym owner-level water-attributed brainwashed elf, you can sell it for 200,000? Even worse than the black market? It's been sold several times..."

"Well, why don't you just go buy it on the black market. It's the only price here, don't bother me, buy it if you want."

"You fucking ..."

"What? You want to fight?"

"..."

The noise was interrupted by Wang Jin who suddenly walked out of the woods.

Both parties were wearing light green robes with large hoods. The one standing seemed to be the buyer, with an uncovered face, a very thin young man. The other was sitting on a low wooden stake, with his face covered, and from the sound of it, he was not young. Judging from the greenish white color of the wooden stake, it seemed that it had been cut not long ago.

"Hey, this...brother? What's your name? Would you like to buy something? I'm also a famous peddler in this area..." The man sitting on the low wooden stake said in a hoarse voice, "I'm Du, you can call me Adu..."

Wang Jin was a little dazed when he heard this. The names he heard in Galar were mostly Western-style, but today he actually encountered a name that sounded like it came from Kanto, and it seemed to have a similar pronunciation to the Dragon Messenger Watari.

Seeing that Wang Jin didn't speak or move, the two merchants in green robes became a little nervous.

In the wilderness, the most frightening things are those guys who say nothing, cover themselves tightly, and start fighting, killing, and robbing.

The current Wang Jin fits their stereotype perfectly. He walked out of the woods in a flashy black robe, which shows that he is confident in his strength, and he covered his face because he didn't want anyone to see it.

He was dressed in a black robe and wearing a mask, both of which exuded a dangerous aura.

"Brother...Brother?" Adu called out carefully twice again, stood up unconsciously, and slowly moved backwards at the same time as the young man beside him.

Wang Jin also came back to his senses. Seeing Ah Du's appearance, he realized that he had frightened him. So he coughed dryly and asked in a gentle voice:

"Excuse me, is there anything special going on around here? I heard several explosions not long ago, just at the top of the mountain over at the Boulder Field."

Hearing this, A-Du and the young man beside him also breathed a sigh of relief and stopped retreating. A-Du explained:

"It's the Four Heavenly Kings, they want to capture Pokémon in large quantities by blowing up the mountain..."

"Four Heavenly Kings?" Wang Jin suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Ah Du was also obviously stunned, then realized something and asked back:

"Is this your first time in the northern wilderness?"