Chapter 216: Robbery in the Desert
The instant he saw the Sandslash Cactus get angry, An Jie shouted, "Run!"
The Super Swift Ostrich and Fire Eevee heard this and took off running.
Just as the two Pokémon ran away, a blanket of missile needles rained down like raindrops.
An Jie looked back at the sandy ground that had been riddled with holes and said with lingering fear, "Luckily, you guys ran fast."
"Ess~ Ess~"
"Pusu~ Pusu~"
The Super Swift Ostrich and Fire Eevee were equally scared.
"Let's hurry up and leave," An Jie said, patting the Super Swift Ostrich's neck.
"Ess~" The Super Swift Ostrich responded and started sprinting in the direction An Jie pointed.
"Pusu~" Fire Eevee quickly followed.
After running for who knows how long, An Jie suddenly seemed to hear a series of beautiful singing.
"Let's go, let's go take a look," An Jie said to the Super Swift Ostrich and Fire Eevee.
The two Pokémon nodded and followed the direction the sound came from.
After walking for about ten minutes, a sandstorm appeared in An Jie's group’s sight.
In the center of the sandstorm, the shadow of something flashed by.
"Could it be… Lucario?" An Jie thought with joy.
In the photos that the netizens sent him, Lucario's figure appeared in the sandstorm.
An Jie quickly urged the Super Swift Ostrich to rush towards the sandstorm.
But as he approached the sandstorm, he realized that there seemed to be people inside.
"Solrock, Rapid… Fire!"
The voices of people came intermittently from the sandstorm.
"Wa wa wa~~" In addition to the voices of people, there were also the voices of Pokémon in the sandstorm.
"Let's go in and take a look," An Jie said to the two Pokémon.
At this time, Doublade heard the movement outside, unwrapped the cloth, and flew to the top of An Jie's head, looking fully prepared.
This was exactly when An Jie needed it to protect him.
When An Jie walked into the sandstorm, he found that someone was fighting a Pokémon.
One side of the battle was a man wearing white clothes, a red cloak, and a red hat, and the Pokémon he was commanding was Solrock; the other side was a Krookodile.
Solrock controlled the flames to surge towards Krookodile, but Krookodile easily dodged by using Dig.
There was sand everywhere in the desert, and there was no place more suitable for using Dig.
Krookodile disappeared, and the man and Solrock vigilantly observed their surroundings.
"Wa!!" At this moment, Krookodile suddenly jumped out of the ground and slammed into Solrock.
Solrock was caught off guard and was knocked away.
Krookodile wanted to continue attacking, but the man quickly commanded: "Solrock, Iron Head."
Solrock used its superpowers to stabilize its body, and then slammed into Krookodile with a metallic luster all over its body.
Krookodile didn't say a word and used Dig again to burrow into the ground.
Boom~~ Solrock's attack missed, smashing a big hole in the ground.
But this time, the man didn't sit still and wait for death, but said to Solrock:
"Solrock, Earth Power!"
As his voice fell, Solrock glowed with a brilliant golden light.
The light surged towards the ground, and the ground trembled violently. With a scream, Krookodile fell out of the sand.
Just as Solrock was about to take advantage of the victory, another figure suddenly appeared from the sandstorm.
It flashed to Solrock's side and raised its tail to use Dragon Tail to strike Solrock.
Solrock's attention was on Krookodile, how could it have imagined that other Pokémon would sneak attack, and it was too late to react.
Seeing that Dragon Tail was about to hit Solrock, An Jie's voice suddenly sounded.
"Doublade, Sacred Sword!"
As his voice fell, Doublade unsheathed both swords at the same time. Two cold lights flashed by, and the sharp sword light split the sneak-attacking Pokémon away.
The Pokémon screamed and fell to the ground, and the sandstorm slowly dissipated at the same time.
It turned out that the Pokémon that attacked Solrock was a Flygon, and the creator of the sandstorm was it.
Flygon, a mysterious Pokémon, Ground and Dragon type, can use its wing vibrations to emit a beautiful singing voice like a woman in the raised sandstorm, so it has the title of "Desert Spirit".
So the singing that An Jie and the others heard was actually emitted by Flygon.
When An Jie entered the sandstorm, he had already sensed through the Wave that there were Pokémon hiding in the dark, but he didn't expect it to be Flygon.
He didn't intend to interfere in the battle between Krookodile and Solrock, but if the Pokémon hiding in the dark made a move, then he had to make a move.
An Jie's sudden appearance made a trace of astonishment flash across the man's face, but when he realized that An Jie had saved Solrock, he gave An Jie a grateful look.
The two did not communicate much for the time being, because the battle was not over yet.
On the other side, Flygon had already flown up from the ground again, and a trace of anger flashed in its eyes when it looked at Doublade.
Between the rapid vibrations of its wings, Flygon's figure came to Doublade in a flash. It opened its mouth, and black light flashed in its mouth.
It used the move Crunch, biting at Doublade.
An Jie didn't let Doublade dodge either, because it was useless to dodge.
Doublade's ability is No Guard. When attacking an opponent, it can ignore the opponent's evasion and must hit. Similarly, when an opponent attacks it, it can also ignore its evasion and must hit.
At this time, you either defend or counterattack.
And An Jie chose to defend.
"Doublade, Iron Defense!"
As An Jie's voice fell, Doublade flashed with metallic light all over its body.
Doublade's defense is particularly outstanding, and it is equipped with an Eviolite. Now, if it uses Iron Defense again, even if Flygon uses a Dark-type move that restrains Doublade, it will not be able to defeat Doublade easily.
Sure enough, Flygon bit Doublade, making a series of teeth-aching sounds, but it failed to do anything to Doublade.
The moment Doublade was bitten, a dark shadow extended from its back and hit Flygon's back hard, knocking Flygon to the ground.
Doublade used Shadow Sneak.
"Doublade, Sacred Sword!"
Under An Jie's command, Doublade slashed out with both swords at the same time, and Flygon, who had just left the ground, was knocked down again.
This time it failed to fly up again.
Not long after An Jie defeated Flygon, the man over there also defeated Krookodile with Solrock.
After the man put Solrock away with a Poké Ball, he walked to An Jie's opposite side and thanked An Jie gratefully.
"Thank you just now."
An Jie waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, I just happened to see the situation here."
The man introduced himself, "My name is Balzac, nice to meet you!" As he said that, he stretched out his right hand.
"My name is An Jie." An Jie reached out and shook Balzac's hand.
"Mr. Balzac, how did you get into a conflict with Krookodile?" An Jie asked in confusion.
"Just call me Balzac," Balzac said.
Then he explained the reason to An Jie.
It turned out that he, like An Jie, was attracted by Flygon's singing.
Originally, he thought that someone was trapped in the sandstorm, so he walked into the sandstorm, but he didn't expect that as soon as he stepped into the interior of the sandstorm, he was attacked by Krookodile hiding in the sand.
So the two sides started a battle until An Jie appeared.
Balzac was completely unaware that Flygon was hiding in the sandstorm.
"It seems that Flygon and Krookodile are deliberately attracting people here," An Jie said thoughtfully.
"But why?" Balzac asked puzzled.
"I don't know." An Jie shook his head, and then he said, "But we'll know if we ask!"
As he said that, he took out a Poké Ball and released his Goomy, who knew Life Dew.
"Goomy, can you trouble you to heal them with Life Dew?" An Jie pointed to Flygon and Krookodile and said.
"Lumei~ Lumei~"
Goomy nodded, raised its head and condensed a fist-sized blue water ball and threw it into the sky.
The water ball exploded in mid-air, turning into water droplets and scattering towards Flygon and Krookodile, and also scattering on An Jie and Balzac.
In an instant, An Jie and Balzac felt that the fatigue caused by traveling in the desert had all disappeared.
"So comfortable!" Balzac couldn't help but said.
Not only comfortable, but also very cool.
Under the treatment of Life Dew, Flygon and Krookodile woke up not long after.
Seeing this, An Jie quickly took Goomy back into the Poké Ball.
Although Goomy's Life Dew can eliminate fatigue and is very cool, the hot sand, dry air, and hot sun will make it very uncomfortable.
Anjay couldn't bear to see his precious Pokémon suffer.
After waking up, the Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile looked at Anjay and Balzac with vigilance.
Anjay asked, "Tell me, what do you want to do by attracting people here with your songs?"
The Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile remained silent.
Seeing this, Anjay threatened, "If you don't tell us, we won't be polite!"
As Anjay's voice fell, Doublade slashed out a sword light, and a deep sword mark appeared on the sand beside the two Pokémon's feet.
"Ace~" The Psychic Ostrich's eyes also flashed with a powerful sense of oppression.
Flareon looked at Doublade, then at the Psychic Ostrich, and felt that he should also do something, so he pawed at the sand pit with his two front feet, making a snarling expression, trying to intimidate the Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile.
Desert Dragonfly: . . .
Krookodile: . . .
Flareon's appearance was too cute, really not intimidating at all.
The Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile were apprehensive. Under Anjay's threat, they finally revealed the truth.
They used their songs to lure travelers in the desert, their purpose was actually to steal the travelers' food.
The desert environment was too harsh, and the ways to obtain food were very limited. Both the Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile had clans to support, so they came up with the idea of targeting travelers.
After listening, Anjay sternly criticized them.
"Have you ever thought about what those travelers whose food you stole should do?
You are Pokémon living in the desert, and you still have the possibility of finding food with your own strength.
But the travelers in the desert can only rely on the food they carry. Once it is stolen by you, won't they be waiting to die in the desert?"
Anjay's words made the two Pokémon realize the seriousness of the problem, and they lowered their heads in shame.
Seeing that they knew they were wrong, the expression on Anjay's face softened, "Don't do this again next time, understand?"
The two Pokémon nodded solemnly.
"It's good that you know you're wrong." Anjay nodded in satisfaction when he saw this, and said with a smile, "To reward you for admitting your mistakes, I'll give you a little gift!"
The Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile looked at Anjay in astonishment when they heard this.
Anjay took out rows of jars, all filled with Pokémon food.
These were originally emergency food that Anjay prepared for his own Pokémon, now he would give them to Krookodile and Desert Dragonfly. He probably wouldn't need them much.
"Awoo ~"
"Wah wah ~"
The Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile were immediately excited, and the Krookodile even shed tears of gratitude.
Considering that there were so many jars of Pokémon food, the Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile couldn't carry them all back, so Anjay said:
"Where do you live? I'll take you back!"
"Wah wah wah ~ ~"
"Woo ah ~ woo ah ~"
The Krookodile and Desert Dragonfly happily wanted to lead Anjay the way.
Seeing this, Balzac said, "I'll help too."
As he said that, he stepped forward and picked up the Pokémon food one by one and held it in his arms along with Anjay.
So a group of people, led by the Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile, set off towards their residence.
On the way, Balzac said in surprise, "Anjay, I didn't expect you to be able to understand the language of Pokémon."
Anjay said, "Barely."
Balzac didn't ask any more questions, but looked worried, "You gave all your Pokémon food to the Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile, what about yourself?"
Anjay smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have backups."
In fact, Anjay was carrying a lot of ingredients and could make food himself at any time.
Moreover, he could also teleport Diancie back home and replenish ingredients and food from home at any time, so there was no need to worry at all.
Balzac breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "That's good, it seems my worries were unnecessary."
Anjay smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern." He knew that Balzac was doing it out of kindness.
Balzac asked again, "Anjay, are you here in the desert for adventure? I think you should be a very powerful trainer."
Anjay shook his head, "I'm not a trainer, just a chef. This time I came to this desert to subdue a Lucario. Someone saw Lucario appear in this desert."
Balzac was a little surprised when he heard this. Anjay was so strong, but he wasn't a trainer!
"Balzac, have you seen Lucario in the desert?" Anjay inquired.
Balzac shook his head, "Actually, I haven't been in this desert for long, and I haven't encountered Lucario."
He was actually here to find something too.
"I see… …" Anjay looked disappointed when he heard this.
At this time, the Krookodile, who heard the two people talking, suddenly cried out excitedly.
"Wah wah wah ~ ~"
Anjay said in surprise when he heard this, "Krookodile, have you encountered Lucario?"
"Wah wah ~ ~" Krookodile nodded, then he pointed to the direction of a hill in the distance, indicating that Lucario had appeared there before.
Anjay said in surprise when he heard this, "That's great, Krookodile, thank you for providing the information!"
Krookodile scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.
They attacked Anjay, but Anjay gave them so much food. Now he was only providing a little information.
Soon Anjay and the others arrived at the residence of the Krookodile and Desert Dragonfly.
Looking at the sand dune in front of him, Anjay said in surprise, "You live here?"
Where did this look like a nest!
"Awoo ~ ~"
Only to hear the Desert Dragonfly make a long cry, Anjay and Balzac were surprised to find that a quicksand vortex appeared on the sand dune, and soon a passage appeared in front of the two.
"How amazing!" Balzac said.
Anjay nodded, "Pokémon are the most wonderful creatures in this world, and it's not surprising that anything happens to them."
"Awoo ~ ~ ~" The Desert Dragonfly greeted and took the lead in diving into the passage.
"Wah wah ~ ~ ~" The Krookodile jumped in after him.
Anjay and Balzac looked at each other and jumped into the passage one after another.
"Yo yo ~ ~" Doublade saw Anjay go in and rushed in without hesitation.
The Psychic Ostrich and Flareon also jumped into the passage in a hurry when they saw this.
Anjay and the others slid all the way down along the sand, like a slide, it was very fun and very exciting.
"Poo sizzle ~ Poo sizzle ~ ~" Flareon's excited cry echoed in the passage.
After sliding for a full ten minutes, Anjay and the others finally landed in a pile of sand.
Anjay and Balzac stood up after patting the sand off their bodies, and then looked around at the surrounding environment.
This was an underground cave. Unlike the high temperature and heat outside, the cave was very cool, and it was like two worlds outside.
"Awoo ~"
"Wah wah ~"
Only to hear the Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile shout twice, and the sand in front of Anjay and the others began to roll, and soon a group of Trapinch and Sandile poked their heads out of the sand.
"Cough cough ~ Cough cough ~"
"Gulo ~ Gulo ~"
Seeing the Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile come back, they raised their heads and called out happily.
Looking at these young Trapinch and Sandile, Anjay and Balzac finally understood why the Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile had to work so hard to rob.
It was really too hard to raise so many babies.
Under the call of the Desert Dragonfly and Krookodile, the Trapinch and Sandile gathered together, and Anjay and Balzac helped distribute the Pokémon food to them.
Looking at the Trapinch and Sandile gobbling up the food, Anjay sighed, "It's not easy for anyone!"
"Yes!" Balzac nodded.
The things had been delivered, and Anjay and Balzac planned to leave.
At this time, the Desert Dragonfly stopped them.
"What's wrong, Desert Dragonfly?" Anjay asked in confusion.
At this time, the Krookodile walked up to Anjay and Balzac holding a pile of things, and put the pile of things at their feet.
"Evolution stones?" Anjay asked.
"Wah wah ~" Krookodile nodded.
These evolution stones were all found by them in the desert, and there were various types, common Thunder Stones, Fire Stones… … Rare Sun Stones, Light Stones… …
"Give it to us?" Anjay asked.
"Wah wah ~"
"Awoo ~"
The Krookodile and Desert Dragonfly nodded at the same time.
"Then thank you very much." Anjay did not refuse.
"Forget about me, I didn't help everyone much." Balzac waved his hand and refused.
Seeing this, the Krookodile and Desert Dragonfly did not force it.
