Ironstone Mountain was a mountain range located between Firefly Town and Iron Thorn Town. Its altitude wasn't high, about five or six hundred meters.
The mountain contained a large amount of mineral resources, including the rare mineral fragmented iron, which could be used to create magical beast devices.
To ownership of these mineral deposits, there had been many frictions between Firefly Town and Iron Thorn Town, which was one of the reasons for the bad relationship between the two towns.
Now, due to the beast tide, both territories were busy rebuilding their own lands and didn't have extra personnel to mine.
Therefore, the mountain appeared somewhat deserted, and Ryan was diligently climbing the mountain with two Pokémon.
His purpose this time wasn't the mountain's minerals, but to find Pokémon that could help with farming.
"There are quite a few Pokémon on this mountain, and unlike the Pokémon in the forest, they aren't afraid of humans."
Ryan looked around and noticed that many Pokémon were secretly watching them.
Humans had often come to the mountain to mine in the past, so these Pokémon were very familiar with humans and weren't afraid.
However, they didn't have much goodwill towards humans. After all, mining was also destroying their homes and their food.
"Let me see, mostly Geodude and Magnemite, and a few Rhyhorn, hmm? Is that a Sudowoodo? That's quite rare."
Ryan looked at the surrounding Pokémon, clicking his tongue in wonder. He had only seen them in games and animations before, and seeing them in reality gave him a unique feeling.
"Unfortunately, none of them are the Pokémon I'm looking for. It seems I'll have to look inside the cave."
After walking for a while, Ryan finally found a cave. He picked up the torch he had prepared in advance and instructed the two Pokémon beside him: "There might be danger inside, so be ready to fight."
"Boun!" "Scy!"
Seeing that both Pokémon were ready, Ryan raised his torch and walked into the cave.
They hadn't walked far when a group of black shadows pounced towards them.
Scyther was about to attack when he heard Ryan shout:
"Don't attack yet, lie down!"
Ryan held Bounsweet in one arm and pulled Scyther down to the ground with the other. A group of Zubat swooshed overhead without attacking them.
"it's Zubat, were they startled by the light?"
This group of Zubat was just frightened by the light and wanted to escape.
If Scyther had attacked them just now, it would have caused an unnecessary battle.
Ryan stood up, dusted off his body, and continued forward.
Suddenly, several oval-shaped creatures emerged from the ground, looking around in confusion.
How did we dig all the way here? Who led the way? Before they could figure out where they were, they saw a human looking at them with an excited expression.
"Finally found them! Scyther, don't let them run!"
".?"
Before they could react, Scyther's sharp forelimbs were already placed on them, and it was staring at them with extremely frightening eyes.
It seemed to be asking them: Are you moved by this? Don't dare to move! Don't dare to move! "Not bad, Scyther, you're getting more and more skilled. You even know how to use Leer to make them scared."
Ryan praised, then had Bounsweet release its fragrance. After this familiar routine, the oval-shaped creatures gradually calmed down.
Looking at the Diglett with brown heads and red noses, half of their bodies underground, Ryan was very happy.
The Pokémon he was looking for were Diglett! Diglett themselves were good at cultivating. The soil after they passed through would be turned over, and the droppings they produced would also make the soil more fertile.
Moreover, after evolving into Dugtrio, they could learn the move "Dig," which was simply a Pokémon born for farming.
"Ahem, don't be afraid, we mean no harm, we just want to ask for a little help."
Ryan tried his best to make his smile more friendly while taking out the prepared tree roots and Pokémon food from his backpack. Then he briefly explained his request to ask them for help with farming.
After listening to Ryan's request, the Diglett gathered together to discuss for a while. They weren't very willing to leave their home.
However, the Pokémon food was too tempting for them, and the tree roots were also their favorite food.
There weren't many trees on this mountain, and there was very little for them to eat. They were often hungry and had to dig around every day to find food.
And the human in front of them promised that as long as they helped with farming, he would plant the trees they liked to eat next to the farmland and also provide Pokémon food.
This made the Diglett extremely tempted. Farming for them was like their usual walking around, not difficult at all.
Thinking about the good days of being able to eat without working hard, the Diglett finally agreed to Ryan's invitation and asked if they could call some more partners.
Ryan was naturally overjoyed.
After a while, more Diglett poked their heads out of the ground, and there were even a few Dugtrio.
They had all been called over by the previous Diglett. After seeing the tree roots and Pokémon food placed on the ground, they also agreed to Ryan's invitation.
Ryan didn't expect it to go so smoothly and happily led them out of the cave.
"Looks like today is really my lucky day. There weren't any obstacles at all. Can I have some setbacks to temper me?"
Ryan was very pleased with himself, but he forgot one thing: sometimes you shouldn't set a flag too early, otherwise it's easy to go from joy to sorrow.
He was just about to lead the Pokémon down the mountain when he felt the ground slightly vibrate.
The Scyther beside him looked solemnly at the mountain path ahead, and the Diglett had already shrunk back underground, not daring to show their heads.
"No way..."
Ryan looked at the Onix rushing straight towards them and wished he could slap himself a few times.
"Why can't I control my mouth! Quick, dodge!"
He quickly pulled Bounsweet to the side and at the same time commanded Scyther to dodge to the side.
"Roar!"
Onix crashed straight into a giant rock by the roadside, letting out a series of roars that caused many rocks to fall downwards.
Scyther quickly moved in front of Ryan and blocked many falling rocks with its arms, preventing Ryan from being injured.
It swung its arms, preparing to attack Onix, but Ryan stopped it.
He noticed that this Onix didn't seem to intend to attack them. Instead, it kept whipping its tail against the rock wall, and its cries sounded very painful.
"Is it injured? No, I can't see anything from this position."
Ryan risked stepping out of hiding and kept changing his position, trying to see if Onix's tail was injured.
After dodging several falling rocks that were砸向 him, Ryan finally found a suitable position.
He carefully looked towards the tail and noticed a white object stuck in the crevice of Onix's tail.
"Is it a piece of iron or something? No! Why is that thing still moving!"
The white object kept wriggling.
"Is that a Pokémon? And that Pokémon looks like..."
Ryan rubbed his eyes, confirming that he hadn't seen wrong.
"It's an Aron!"