Once again, for the fourth time now, King had found himself in the Tall Grass of the Settlement. The grass was dry and dead in the spot he'd chosen, and he rather hoped that that was a sign of ghost or dark type pokemon.

If he had nothing else in this world, he had his own tenacity. But, he did also have Sobek. He was growing increasingly fond of the Totodile and considering he had started already liking the little biting creature, that was saying a lot.

The Totodile had settled some after the fight with the Noibat that they hadn't ended up catching. King could understand the desire to vent quite well. He hoped they weren't in for as frustrating a time this go around.

It was not a dark or ghost type. What a surprise. Not.

King sighed as he sighted yet another Woobat. He hadn't hated psychic types, until he started this endeavor. There were ghost and dark pokemon here, right? The forum hadn't lied to him? It was beginning to feel as if it had.

Sobek gave King a hopeful look, eager to fight. King merely shook his head. He could've sworn the toothy pokemon pouted, nevertheless Sobek listened. Time to make a retreat and then try again, he supposed.

Ugh, Sobek was going to faint soon if they didn't get away. This Woobat was proving to be even more of an annoyance than the first one.

King just wanted to get out of here. Woobats were the absolute worst, he decided. If he found another Woobat after this encounter, he was going to commit murder. Probably of said Woobat.

Or, well, Sobek would commit murder. Either way, a Woobat would die, so it was all the same to him. But this Woobat would get away as soon as they got away. Either they would get away or Sobek would faint. Hopefully the former, though he was realistic enough to consider the other option. It would probably be the latter.

Damned Woobats.

Aaaaand Sobek was down, fainted. King withdrew the pokemon to his pokeball.

On the bright side, they now had a free pass to escape, even if one of them was unconscious for the endeavor.

It was pretty hard to see a bright side at the moment, though. But bright side or no, King was getting out of this Woobat Hellhole. Maybe he should consider a different area... But, no, they would find something here even if he had to... Well, better not to jinx it, even in his thoughts.

But he would find a dark or ghost type. He would. ...Probably.

His not-prayers had been answered! A perfectly lovely ghost type. At least, it better be perfectly lovely after all the effort it had taken to find this ghostly pumpkin...

King grinned toothily at the Totodile watching the Pumpkaboo with a thirst for violence. "Go wild, Sobek," He commanded, all lordly like. And the first of the king's knights obeyed.

Sobek gave just as toothy a grin himself, before he leapt into battle. He started off with a bite, eager to get his teeth into anything at all after so much time spent running away.

The Pumpkaboo dealt less damage this time around. Unfortunately, so did Sobek. The Ice Fang barely scraped the Pumpkaboo.

King really needed to invest in more Tall Grass HP. He didn't have any plans to go on any big hunts like this in the future, but he hated feeling helpless. All he could do was watch as his Totodile got gradually beaten up.

This time, Sobek used Ice Fang but with feeling. King really hoped that feeling would be enough to pull them through here. He'd hate to have to visit the shrine a third time from this hunt.

The less Tall Grass HP one had, the less damage one dealt, King was pretty sure. The more Tall Grass HP, the more likely of a chance to deal more damage. So, right now, even if Sobek attacked, they would be dealing barely anything.

Strategically, it made sense to retreat. As much as King hated it, that's what they would have to do. "Sobek, let's get out of here," He commanded. "We'll be back," He added, a bit more gentle in tone at the unhappy look from the Totodile.

The Pumpkaboo might manage another hit while they retreated, but overall it was worth it to retreat now and come back later in hopes of dealing more damage than they currently could.