Mt.
Pyre is similar to locations like the Pokémon Tower in the Kanto region, the Lost Tower in the Sinnoh region, and the Celestial Tower in the Unova region; they are all places where the souls of deceased Pokémon are laid to rest.
At the same time, it also attracts and gives birth to many Ghost-type Pokémon.
When Roy first arrived at Mt.
Pyre, he would often be startled by Ghost-type Pokémon jumping out in his face.
The rumors in reality about Ghost-type Pokémon devouring a Trainer’s life force are actually not without foundation.
As he interacted with them more, Roy discovered that Ghost-type Pokémon also have their own thoughts.
Sometimes, it is not their intention to scare you; rather, it is mostly to absorb the energy of fear to fill their stomachs.
Furthermore, not all Ghost-type Pokémon need to rely on fear energy and life force to survive; the Ghost-type Pokémon at Mt.
Pyre can all absorb the rich Ghost Power.
Just like Roy’s Litwick, which actually relies on absorbing the life force, soul power, and fear energy of humans and Pokémon to keep the flame on its head burning.
Now, by absorbing the Ghost Power that Roy has purified, it can also keep the flame on its head burning brightly.
However, there seems to be a mysterious code among Ghost-type Pokémon: if they can absorb fear energy, they will not absorb soul power or life force.
Compared to those wild Pokémon that can take your life at any moment, this is actually safer.
After all, fear energy is a sustainable source of absorption as long as they just scare a human or Pokémon, whereas once a human’s life force is absorbed, they are completely done for.
This allows Ghost-type Pokémon to achieve a symbiotic relationship; otherwise, they would have long ago attracted strong humans to exterminate them.
This is also the reason why Ghost-type Pokémon like to scare people, and it has become a factor for why some people fear Ghost-type Pokémon.
However, this has also caused many legends about Ghost-type Pokémon to run rampant, leading other Trainers to shy away from them.
During this time, quite a few other Ghost-type Pokémon at Mt.
Pyre wanted to join Roy.
In their eyes, Roy, who possesses Ghost Power, is like a sweet and soft succubus.
However, Roy politely declined them all.
Firstly, the Ghost Power that Roy generates daily is only enough to support these two.
Any more than that, and he would feel hollowed out, suffer from insomnia, and feel dizzy every day…
It is definitely not kidney deficiency.
In short, fueled by various rumors, Ghost-type Pokémon appear even more eerie and obscure, like ghosts in the dark of night, making people shudder.
The strength of Ghost-type Pokémon is unquestionable.
Since their debut in the first generation, the Ghost-type has come with two immunities: immunity to Fighting and Normal types.
But strength comes with a price.
That is, there are not many very strong offensive moves.
It wasn’t until the addition of exclusive moves like Make It Rain in later generations, and the appearance of Gholdengo, that the Ghost-type was brought back to its peak.
Chandelure is strong because of the Fire-type within its Ghost/Fire typing.
“Alright, time to get to work.”
Unlike the 6 floors in the game, the real-life Mt.
Pyre is divided into ten floors, with many tombstones neatly arranged on each floor.
Roy’s daily job is to be responsible for cleaning these tombstones every day.
While cleaning the tombstones, Roy discovered that his Ghost Power would slowly increase.
This is the job the two elderly people arranged for him.
With the improvement of his strength, Roy recently unlocked the first skill within his Ghost Power, which is Telepathy.
It is similar to the ability Phoebe will later acquire to communicate with ghosts, and it is also similar to the telepathy of Psychic users, allowing him to understand the language of Pokémon.
However, Roy’s Ghost Power is limited to understanding the thoughts of Ghost-type Pokémon.
This ability has its pros and cons.
The advantage is that you can ostensibly order your Pokémon to use Flamethrower, but in reality, the command you send through telepathy is Hydro Pump.
It’s the same principle as my sword being named “Senior, spare me.”
There are disadvantages as well.
For example, for a period last year, a Gastly would often run into his room to use Sing.
During that time, Roy didn’t have a single good night’s sleep until Phoebe later captured that Gastly, which is the Haunter that just gave him a Lick.
“Wuwuwu, wuwuwu.”
Hearing the bursts of crying coming from not far away, Roy was already used to it.
He repeated the work in his hands; it wasn’t that he was too indifferent, but rather that he had become accustomed to it.
Every day, quite a few Trainers come to visit or bring their departed Pokémon here to lay them to rest.
Every time this happens, it is time for Roy to make money.
Although it sounds like making money from the dead,
Roy has no choice.
This involves Roy’s other side job: a professional gravedigger.
As a Ghost-type Trainer, in everyone’s eyes, Roy is no different from the charlatans who performed shamanistic rituals in his past life, and they all keep a respectful distance from him.
Roy helps Pokémon Trainers bury their Pokémon, charging only 1,000 Pokedollars per Pokémon.
It is an honest price, just enough to earn some money for the manual labor.
During this time, Roy also suggested his ideas to the two elderly people, such as arranging a specific job to increase the income of Mt.
Pyre.
For example, having four ghosts carry the coffin, or letting Ghost-type Pokémon carry the coffin.
If the Gengars at Mt.
Pyre carried it together, then it would be impossible for Mt.
Pyre not to become famous.
However, the proposal was ultimately vetoed by the two elderly people, with the reason being that Mt.
Pyre is only responsible for laying the souls of deceased Pokémon to rest and does not need to be so flashy.
The suit Roy had worked hard to prepare didn’t come in handy either.
After wiping the last tombstone on the eighth floor, Roy had finished his work for the day.
Counting the 2,000 Pokedollars in tips he had just earned from helping dig the pits, Roy felt that the air on the way down the mountain was sweet.