Mysterious space

Hearing that there was something valuable, they also started to look around.

"Axel, can you at least tell us the search parameter?", asked Lance.

"It would be 1 km in radius. Spread out and then start to search. Each of you pick a side and then look around.", said Axel.

They started to search here and there. Talonflame had said that the place would be hidden. So, Axel told them the same. He told them that these resources places must be hidden very well. That was why no one had been able to find them.

They had searched for 30 minutes but they had not found out anything. They were starting to feel that they were wasting time. However, Axel was ready to spend another day here searching for this well cause he was sure that it was around here.

"Axel, I think there is something here. It is kind of bright. Wait.. WOOOHHHHH!!!"

Axel turned around and found out that K had disappeared. All the team members were now alert. 

"K, where are you?", asked Axel in a loud voice but there was no response. Axel slowly started to go where K was previously. 

He found out that there was a medium-sized hole which was hidden behind the bushes and their hole was sucking a lot of air. Even Axel was getting closer and closer to the hole. 

"I think K went from here. I feel a huge amount of energy from this hole. I think we should.. WOOHHHh"

Even Axel was sucked inside the whole now.

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Axel felt that he was being sucked by a black hole. He felt that his body was being stretched like a rubber and then…

BANNNG

Axel felt that he had crashed on the ground. He tried to open his eyes. He found it very difficult to open his eyes. For some reason, he could not even move his body and he was having difficulty in breathing properly.

Axel slowly opened his eyes with all of his might. There was only one word to describe what was in front of him and it was 'breathtaking'.

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"Guys, do you think that we should go inside too?", asked Kate in a nervous voice.

"I don't know. It looks very risky.", replied Ryker.

"So you want to leave Axel and K right there and then return?" asked Lance.

"I am not saying that but we don't even know what is there. And they are also not coming out.", said Ryker.

"I am going in. I can't leave my friend in danger.", said Lance.

"I am also coming in.", said Cody.

Cody was from the Venu family. If he came back without Axel and K then Angela would eat him alive.

"I hate this peer pressure. Fine, I am also going in.", said Ryker. 

Kate also agreed to go in.

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"WOOHHHHHH"

BANGG!!!

All of them arrived at this mysterious place and they had the same feeling. Their whole body felt very heavy and they were having difficulty in breathing. 

They looked around and they were surprised to see the view. It really was breathtaking.

There were a lot of Pokemons here. Almost all of them were ground type and there were also some electric-type Pokemon here. 

The place looked majestic. It looked like they were inside a valley with mountains covering all the sides. There was a big lake at the center and there were also trees and some weird plants that they had never seen before. 

On the side, there was a small place filled with sand. It looked like a mini desert and the sands were brewing there. There were a lot of ground-type Pokemons there. The place was very big and they could not see the end of it.

Kate looked to the side and found Axel and K. Both of them were sitting and they were meditating. They were doing the breathing exercise of aeus energy.

That was right! They were having difficulty breathing cause there was a huge amount of aeus energy here.

All of them followed Axel and K and started to do their breathing exercises.

After 2 hours, Axel stood up. He was the first one to get used to this environment. This happened cause he had unlocked his aura and pyschic and he was in elemental rank. 

Cody stood up after 20 minutes. Axel felt that others might take a lot of time. He was especially worried about Frank as he had just unlocked his aura and he was just a common rank human.

He didn't leave Frank cause he had to make sure that Frank was doing well and Frank was actually not doing well. 

Beads of sweat were coming down from his forehead. He could not forgo the breathing exercise as this was the only thing keeping him alive. 

Others were doing relatively well. 

"Cody, why don't you move around and find where we are? I feel that we are inside this resource-type thing. The wild Pokemons there don't seem to be so aggressive. Don't try to fight them. I will look after Frank and others.", said Axel.

Cody nodded and went a bit far to see. Meanwhile, Axel was watching Frank.

After some time, Frank's condition started to get worse. He started to shake and Axel could see that his skin was tearing off little by little. Axel went to his back and placed his hand on his back. 

He supplied a bit of aura and psychic energy to Frank to balance his energy inside. After that, Frank started to breathe normally but suddenly he started to shout in pain.

"Is he ranking up to uncommon rank?", asked Axel to himself. 

He was ranking up. If it was another time, Axel would have been happy about it but now he was not. This was a bad time to rank up. 

Axel prepared potions and medicines and also called out to Venusaur to heal Frank during this time. After 5 minutes Frank calmed down. He had successfully ranked up to an uncommon rank. 

Frank could now do the breathing exercise himself. Axel then started to look around. Talonflame had said that it was a ground-type well. However, there were a lot of elements around here. 

There was a huge forest which looked dangerous. Then there was a huge lake and then there was a small desert. 

Axel realized that this was not just a place where one would find resources for ground-type Pokemons. This was also a perfect place to train ground-type Pokemons.

Ground-type Pokemons had mainly 3 weaknesses.

1. Grass.

2. Water.

3. Ice.

There was a huge forest in this area. This must be to train resistance training against grass type. There was also a huge lake. This must be to train resistance against water type. He had not found anything related to ice type but he assumed that the water was cold and it there was a chunk of ice deep inside the lake. 

There was also a mini desert where one could train their ground-type moves.

Axel had not found any resources related to ground-type Pokemons but he knew that there must be something related to it here in this valley.

"Come out, Gyarados!!", shouted Axel and threw the master ball.

ROOOOARRRR

"Gyarados, go inside the lake and see if there is a chunk of ice inside the lake.", said Axel.

Gyarados got to its mission. Axel wanted to test his hypothesis.

After 10 minutes, Gyarados came out of the lake confirming his hypothesis. Axel was right about it. If Axel could claim this place, then Steelix and Nidoking could train here and they would be very powerful in a short time.

As Axel was exploring the place, he heard a voice from behind which spooked him.

"So, you have found by little treasure."

Axel turned around to see who it was.

It was a crocodilian Pokemon that had a thick maroon-colored body, black back, and white stomach. It had five triangular spikes on its back: four around the middle of its back and one large one at the beginning of its tail. All of the smaller spikes on its back were linked to black, triangular spikes that reached around to its front, slightly overlapping its white stomach. The last stripe covered the tip of the tail. Its legs were very short and directly attached to its feet. The feet were wrapped in black and had three white claws facing forward. 

It was Krookodile. 

The Pokemon looked very cool with its black shade. However, the power it was showing off was off the charts. The Pokemon must have been at least a champion-rank Pokemon.

"Yes, we just stumbled here. I hope there will not be a problem.", said Axel.

"There is no problem. Humans are welcome here.", replied the Pokemon.

"So, I heard that we humans could claim this place. Is this true?", asked Axel.

"Yes, that you can."

"After claiming the place, can we use it as we see fit?", asked Axel.

"That you cannot. You would receive some benefits after claiming the place. There would be a test and if you pass the test, you can claim this place. All the resources could be used by you and you will be given first priority.

However, other Pokemons here could also use it. And you cannot use it as you see fit. I am here to make sure that this place is preserved and not much is taken that would harm the environment here.", said Krookodile.

"I am okay with that. Can you tell me what I should do to pass the test?", asked Axel.

"I will tell you in due time when all of your friends can stand up properly."

This Krookodile didn't look normal. It looked very shady. It was acting like a guardian of this place and it was at least a champion-rank Pokemon. Axel and his team were facing elemental rank Pokemons till now and now there was a champion rank Pokemon here. That didn't make any sense. 

He knew that he could not argue with it cause it could wipe off Axel and his team with a sneeze. So, he agreed to wait for some time.

"You can look around and see the place. But don't take anything from here. You cannot take anything until you pass the test."

That was a reasonable request. Axel could wait for a few hours and he wanted to explore this place.

Axel knew that it would take a few hours for all of them to stand up. So, he and Cody went in different directions to explore the place. The first thing he did was to call out Nidoking and Steelix. 

"Explore the place. Find what interests you but don't take it right now.", said Axel to both of them. 

Both of them were ground types and they would have higher chances of finding any type of resources for the ground types.

He decided to head to the mini forest. The trees and the plants here were very different. Axel had not seen these types of trees and plants before. Axel didn't go near some trees cause they looked like carnivorous trees. This was the first time Axel was seeing something like this in this world. 

There were some fruits on the trees which looked round and big. They looked hideous like devil fruits in One Piece World. The grasses looked extremely sharp and Axel had to move very carefully.

There were a couple of Golems that were rolling in these types of grasses. It looked painful but they were still doing it. Was this a type of training?

After exploring the valley for a few hours, his team started to stand up. Frank was the last one to stand up and now they were ready for the test.

All of them gathered around Krookodile. They wanted to claim this place. This place would go to Frank as per their agreement. 

"Now, all of you have gathered and it is time for the test. Are you all ready for the test?", asked Krookodile with an evil smile.