16 Battle Begins (2/2)

”Hello Friend, Are you here for a battle?”

”Yes, I am Saad from Sandgem Town. I am here to have my first gym battle”

”Oh, Welcome, I am Raults. I will be guiding you towards the arena. I already informed Master and he will be there in a while. ”

Saad nodded and followed the young man towards the arena. It was a little far stretch to call it an official arena for battle because it was just a small square field filled with rocks inside the mountain without any audience stands or even a platform for Competitors to stand on.

Saad looked around and spotted a man at the opposite side of the arena. He wore a helmet on his head and goggles. He was wearing the worker's uniform that fit him well. His body was well built maybe, because of manual labor but his face still looked clean and fresh.

”So, he is the one I will be battling”, Saad thought

The man looked at Saad and said as he smiled,

”Hi, I am Rocky. I see that you are here to challenge me. I will make sure to give you a fine battle.”

”Hi, I am Saad. I look forward to our battle”, Saad said politely.

Rocky smiled and nodded towards Raults who was now standing at the edge of the battle.

”This is the Pokemon battle between Rocky the Gym Leader of Orbeburgh City Gym and Saad from Sandgem Town. Each of the contenders will choose three Pokemon. The one with the last surviving Pokemon will be the winner. Do you two have any questions?”

”No!!”

”Good, so I announce that the battle begins!!!”

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