>>22547645If one thing was for certain, it was that he wouldn't be taking the enemy up on that after everything that had just happened.
"No, you had better back off before you wind up buried!" He called back.
The hippo was successfully hit again by the persian while this hurried 'negotiation' went on, it proving more effective than the dog that it had teamed up with. It gave another annoyed roar and swiftly backpedaled away from it. While doing so it took deep breaths, kicking off a second wind to replenish its depleted reserves of stamina. Erco hoped that would further entice the enemy duo to cut their loses to see that this could drag on for a long time.
...but he hoped it did not, because if his uniform sticking to his body was any indication, he'd need to get patched up soon as well. With the girl unconscious, he'd not be able to do that until they were in the clear.
While the hippo recovered he finally moved to send out his own second pokemon, a seldom seen creature that lived deep in the mountains where only the odd spelunker disturbed it. Being a mountaineer himself, it was no shock that he had one of these, and the gigalith was very well acclimated to the dying sandstorm as it was brought forth. Acting with haste, it hurled boulders at the persian, and anyone else who might try to get too close.
Now that he had two pokemon to back him up, he felt a bit more confident. If nothing else it made three meatshields between the girl and danger.
> Slack off for hippowdon.> Rock slide for gigalith, 2 or gets flinch.> Sand force boosts attack power of this.> 1 more turn of sandstorm. 