Pokemon The Force - Volume 4: A New Journey In Hoenn Chapter 112 8: Dewford Town

A few hours passed by as Soul and Mew looked around the small islands on the route. While they were moving Soul was challenged by a few trainers, who were swimming around the area for some reason.

Nevertheless, Soul accepted their challenge and beat them with only his Hoenn team. After he beat them, they would heal their Pokemon with a Potion and swim away with it. Either to Petalburg City, or Dewford Town.

Arriving there after hours of being in the sea, it was still afternoon, but almost evening as a sunset could be seen.

He returned Lapras after thanking her for the ride and walked to a local Pokecenter. He found one as they rented a room there for tonight.

Before Soul went to sleep, he went to find a place to camp and started to make Pokemon Food for all of his Pokemon, who was just chilling on the beach. Some of them played with each other, some were still training, and some hanging out and talked about something.

Either way, after Soul finished cooking, everything was the same as they all ate their meal happy fully.

The day goes by peacefully as the next day Soul did his normal morning routine and walked to the gym.

Arriving there, he saw a sign that said ‘Gym is closed for today.’ Reading it, Soul looked a bit disappointed but he accepted it anyway. That just gives him more time to train his Pokemon.

He trained both Combusken and Bagon all morning long till lunch, where they would get a break for the rest of the day.

While walking around the town, Soul came across some words about a place called ‘Dewford Hall’ where peoples can trend about something, and it could get spread to the rest of Hoenn.

Being a curious child he is, Soul walked over to where Dewford Hall is with help of some of the citizens here in the town.

He arrived at a building with a sign that says ‘Everyone’s information exchange!’ Walking in, he could feel a cozy atmosphere around the place.

Some peoples are talking about all kinds of trends. Some were trying to trend their words by saying some random stuff and hope it gets popular. Some exchange rumors about some gym leaders or other popular celebrities.

???: Hey there! Are you new here?

Looking at the source of the sound Soul could see a young person, who was around 15-18 years old.

Soul: Yes I am. Can you tell me what you usually do here?

???: Well, here at Dewford Hall we are trenders. If one of us here say something “trendy,” it will for sure be spread to all around Hoenn Region.

Soul: When was the last time someone has done it?

???: It was a few days ago, some people said: “An endless adventure comes with endless opportunity.” It was a cool phrase with a meaning behind it. Right now the trend is still spreading around the Hoenn Region.

Soul: It sounds pretty great, uhh…

???: Oh my, I forgot to introduce myself. Sorry, about that. The name is Harry. What’s your name, little pal?

Soul: My name is Soul.

Harry: The same name as the previous champion of Kanto huh? What coincidence. Y’know, when he became champion for one day, this place was swarmed by tons of crowds. They all would like to trend their words about him, and what they think of him. Some were good, some were bad, it was was a very chaotic week.

Soul: Oh I see.

Harry: Hey, since you’re new here, how about I show you around?

Soul thought for a second before nodding as Harry showed him around the place. He also introduced Soul to some of his friends. They all were talking about all kinds of stuff, but one of the things made him curious.

???: Hey, have you heard? It seems like Steven Stone has gone to Granite Cave to find some rare stones.

??? 2: Are you serious? You’re not making this up, do you?

???: Hey! Who do you think I am? Look, I even have a picture of him entering the cave.

??? 2: That some weird thing to do, my friend.

???: Oh, shut up!

Soul: ‘Granite Cave? Seems like I have something else to do in the afternoon.’

After a while hanging around the Dewford Hall, Soul didn’t find anything else interesting so he left.

He decided to go to Granite Cave and meet with Steven, the soon to be champion of Hoenn. Right now, its Wallace who is the champion of Hoenn Region.

After getting the direction of where the location of Granite Cave is, Soul, headed towards the northwest of Dewford Town to find it.

Heading northeast of the town, Soul walked on the past the beach. It didn’t take long before they found a cave on an island close by. Looking at the cave, Soul felt a bit weird for some reason.

Soul: ‘Hopefully there won’t be any trap hole.’

Looking inside, Soul could see that there wasn’t much light, but it was enough for him to look around. Soul started walking further in the cave as he saw several Pokemon in there, but none of them interest him.

While he walked, he was challenged by random wild Pokemon such as Zubat, Geodude, and Makuhita. Soul used both Combusken and Bagon to defeat them as they beat all of the wild Pokemon without a problem.

Walking deeper into the cave, Soul saw a ladder and was about to climb down when he was suddenly attacked by a Pokemon.

He looked at the attacker and was surprised by what he saw. An Axew appeared in front of him! While he was looking at it, Axew started to use another attack as it tries and use Bite on Soul.

Looking at the running Axew with its small legs, Soul laughed a bit before using his telekinesis to lift it before it struck him.

Soul: Well hello there.

Axew who heard this felt a chill in its spine.