Mt. Battle

Mt. Battle

"She's my granddaughter." Eagun said with a chuckle. "Ah! I honestly couldn't tell since she looked nothing like you or your wife. Still your family must be incredibly lucky to have an aura user be born from it, we are very rare for a good reason after all. All living beings are born with aura but as a result few are also born attuned to the stuff as well, a small mutation if you would outside of the normal." I said honestly. Like any good grandparent Eagun asked me a bunch of questions about what it meant to be an aura master out of concern for Rui.-

I answered what I could and reassured him that unless she suddenly turned evil for some reason the gift was in fact just that. Despite what most myths about the gift said there wasn't any actual responsibility that came with it just like there wasn't any that came with an ability. Aura masters were more in tune with nature and as a result were more likely to act for the betterment of the world but by no means did they have to.-

After that I left the village on rune and headed for Mt. battle to get my last objective completed for this first part of the chain quest. Thanks to the village being at the bottom of the volcano I merely needed an hour to circle around on Rune and find the starting point of the place. It was a deceptively plain looking place with an open area outside the reception area that was clearly designed as a landing area for flying pokemon as it was just big enough to allow them to land and take off without an issue.-

It was clearly rare however as the ground was without grass from the many terrestrial feet that constantly tamped it down. Rune and I got some looks when we landed but no one seemed all that bothered by how we got here. Like one would expect from an active volcano the air was hot even here at the foot where no lava flowed. The reception area was cool though as they had the AC blasting and it reminded me a bit of a pokecenter in design with clean tan tiled floors and three desks along with a single door leading up the mountain guarded by a sleeping Abra.-

"Unless I have a misunderstanding about how this place works I won't have any issue at all reaching that place since the trainers are at most barely ace level." I said confidently. "And what level are you at since I need top know for the records?" she asked not believing me. "Elite level." I said flatly and she froze. "I'm sorry but did you say elite?" she asked after double taking. "Indeed, the same level as a league recognized gym leader, the rank above ace." I clarified so there was no misunderstanding.-

"I must be losing my touch to say that an elite will have trouble reaching the sixth area leader, bad luck for me I guess. Still you are all set so good luck I suppose." the woman said while handing me a card that had my information on it and ten empty spaces that I imagine were there for the area leaders to stamp as me completing the area. Accepting the card I went straight over to the entrance to the challenge and got waved through. I didn't even have to battle for the first four areas as the trainers took one look at Tank and Hades that I set as my fielded pokemon and went "nope!" before sending me on ahead.-

In the fifth area I had to "battle" maybe twice before I got waved forward again. Even those battles weren't worth mentioning as Hades and Tank curb stomped the opposing pokemon in less than two seconds. The sixth area was little different and so it only took me maybe thirty minutes to reach the woman called area leader Loko. She was about my age with a long tailed bandana and tight athletic thermal clothes and tied up shoulder length blonde hair.-

"You know when I got a message about an elite tearing through the challenge to meet me I was doubtful but I must admit now that you are here I can't help but feel rather flattered. If you are here to profess your love to me though I must disappoint you as you aren't my type, too much muscle unfortunately." Loko said with a smirk. I shrugged "I don't really have a type beyond not being revolting to look at. I am actually here about your rumor gathering and treasure hunting. To be clear I am in Orre to research this regions history and the reason why it doesn't have a local wild pokemon population and was told you'd be the perfect fit as my information contact here at Mt. Battle." I said calmly.