[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Then the eremite follows you down the Tusk. Just like the Metagross, his feet seem to stick to the clay. Unlike them, he is not constrained to the rocky portions, and seems to prefer loose clay. He avoids the frost, though. He doesn't shiver at the cold, despite his attire - wrapping his arms around himself seems to be enough. And he never stops making his strange noises.

When you get to the base of the mountain, he points out Shiva/Ventus' campsite in the farthest wildernesses of the Savannah at the base of the Great Divide, and dispatches Gliscor to watch over you again. "She likes the night," he says, "and she does not easily get tired."

"Goodbye! Safe travels! Don't visit again!" He waves you off.

You turn to go where he points. A farewell cry from Gliscor makes you look over your shoulders. There, you catch a glimpse of the old man in the fog: he folds his arms and a white cloud forms at his feet, subsuming his lower half, and you see him float up off the ground for about 10 meters before he disappears behind the Tusk.

A cold mist passes over the land. You have a long journey before you, from the beginnings of the land and the ends of the earth to the apex of civilization. There, new friends and a Gym Battle await you!

END OF CHAPTER 1