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Freth had a good observation, that there was a chance the Herba Mystica got caught up in all the explosions. Considering how many of those olives exploded it wasn't outside of the realm of possibility.

Aile's Ursaluna would immediately pick up a very pungent scent, one that wasn't so prominent before, the explosions likely having exposed the Herba Mystica's hiding place. This would be confirmed for Ursaluna as the bear made its way over to what looked like a pile of rubble however at the bottom of all the rocks they would find a small green herb. Maybe it was luck or maybe the Herba Mystica could protect itself but the rocks had fallen in such a way that they supported each other and the Herba Mystica was left untouched, Ursaluna having to delicately move the rocks so that none of them fell on the plant accidentally. The Bitter Herba Mystica has been found!

After Aile gets a hold of the Bitter Herba Mystica the Snagems would be presented with one last decision and that was what to do with the former Open Sky Titan, Bombirdier. While it was no longer giant it still was very much larger than normal and would no doubt be an asset to any trainer. Should one of them catch it or just leave it be? There was certainly one Snagem that might like such a Pokemon but he wasn't here right now.

With the Herba Mystica acquired and the fate of the Bombirdier decided the Snagems might get ready to summon Claydol and teleport back to the academy however someone had other plans for them.

"Hold it right there all of you!" A voice called out to the Snagems. Climbing over some rubble that had fallen in what used to be the only path up to the peak was a Gogoat, its trainer riding on the back of the Mount Pokemon. Climbing a bunch of rocks was no trouble for the Gogoat. "What is the meaning of all this!?" The man shouted, having made it up and over all the rubble and now getting a good look at the damage done at the top of Bomber's Peak. "I am the provincial warden of West Province, Ranger Hesperian! This mountain range is a protected environment and any damage to it and the surrounding area is punishable by law. Look at this place! It looks like someone did an actual bombing run on it! The Bombirdier have never done such extensive damage! Not only that but down on the ground we are dealing with the aftermath of a rock slide and I have a funny feeling I know where it originated! Who are you people and who is responsible for all this!?" The ranger demanded to know, his Gogoat letting out an angry snort for emphasis.

Brian watched as the barrage of olives that came from Beau's Arboliva cause a series of explosions, courtesy of Tsuki's Magby. As soon as he saw the chain of event beginning to unfold, he paled. Oh, that wasn't good. "Lu!" he called, gaining the Lucario's attention. "Get Randy over here, then use Rock Tomb to surround the ones closest to us! We need to keep the explosions at bay!" The Lucario did as ordered, picking up the Dunsparce and carrying him over to Brian, who recalled the Normal-type despite his protests, then watched as Lu conjured a rather large area of Rock Tomb, careful not to hit anyone or their Pokemon as she created a rock barrier, hoping to stave off the worst of the explosions.

When everything was said and done, and the Rock Tomb released, Brian and Rachel could see that the peak was littered with craters and cracks, and Rachel couldn't help but wonder if there were any other Pokemon that had been caught in the resulting blasts. She was careful where she walked, not wanting to slip in the olive oil that coated the ground. She did think about capturing the Bombirder, but Tsuki beat her to it, tossing a Pokeball at it before she could pull one out. She shrugged; she hadn't really been interested in the former Titan Pokemon, she just couldn't leave it there to suffer. A voice behind her caused her to whirl, and she blanched when she saw one of the rangers standing there. She'd never met any personally, even though she had heard of them. One showing up here now was not a good thing.

Brian didn't like the man's tone, even though he knew that Snagem was partially at fault for this. Hearing that the area was protected, he grimaced; the last thing he'd wanted to do was destroy the environment, but the battle with the Titan had proved to be harder than anticipated. "Talk to the Titan that dropped a blasted boulder on us and tried to kill us," he said, his voice flat. "We weren't trying to destroy the area, but it turns out olives are quite volatile, and having a literal living olive factory over there around fire isn't something we'd intended to do." He indicated Beau's Arboliva with a pointing thumb.

"Since this is a protected area, why are people still able to come here?" he asked. "It seems rather neglectful on the part of the rangers that anyone is allowed to come up here, especially with the Bombirdier being known for dropping rocks and boulders on people that are stupid enough to venture up this way. At the very least, ye should post a ranger here to stop people from disturbing the Bombirdier, that way ye can prevent rock slides from happening. Or do ye enjoy watching people risk their lives for stupid reasons?" Hearing about the rock slide, he stopped. "Was anyone hurt in the rock slide?" he asked.

Beau could hear and feel the explosive might that he had unintentionally unleashed onto the local landscape, the dulcet tones of each smaller explosion leading up to the grand finale as the accidental cluster bomb erupted into a glorious cacophony of explosions and secondary impacts at the shrapnel being scattered into a cascade of rumbles. He would've enjoyed actually seeing it, but he was a little busy with dealing with a sudden lack of vision. Perhaps that final impact after the brushes with a concussion had finally inflicted something worse than just headaches?

Either way, he felt safe just staying on the ground with his Pokémon to wait for the others to gather everything in this aftermath. All they needed was to find a plant and while he could get Hestia to help out if she was conscious, how they had first crossed paths made that plan way too likely to backfire. So naturally, as it began to set in that he could see slightly at the edges of his eyes, Beau reached a simple conclusion: he was covered in a layer of soot from all the olives that hadn't escaped the fire of the initial explosion. Giving a quick wipe of his face and clearing out his ears, Beau would say, "Okay! Definitely not according to plan but it certainly got the job done!"

He'd slowly bring himself up to his feet as he continued. "Now we just need to...." Pausing as he could finally see the ranger that was looking over the group, Beau said, "Whose the dude on the Gogoat?" Darting eyes over to where he could see his Charizard and Arboliva, he'd find both Pokémon passed out on the ground. Giving a quick flap of his wings to clear more of the soot and to help express his frustrations without being too obvious, Beau waited to see if this was going to be a collective thing or if it was going to be another Beau gets thrown in a dark dungeon thing.

After A'Niente had sent her chunk of salt flying, Odd found himself running for cover almost immediately. The barrage of flying fruit(or were olives vegetables?) was a definite concern even before the fire was added. When the first went off, the concussive wave that came off the explosion knocked the channeler to his butt and left his ears ringing. Unable to hear himself speak for the moment, he struggled to give A'Niente an order to try and protect himself, let alone anyone else, from the following bombardment.

As the unintentional carpet bombing went off, A'Niente conjured a shield of green energy between herself and the incoming explosion via Protect, putting a stop to the wave of flames and hot oil(what didn't ignite, at least) from striking herself or Odd. It was only after the explosions had died down and the Bombirdier had fainted that A'Niente released her shield and several very long moments after that before Odd's ears stopped ringing enough for him to communicate properly. And by that point, he had taken in the scene and missed the ranger arriving or Sol speaking up in their defense. "A'Niente, let's see if we can fix some of this damage...Think you can use Bulldoze to push some of the dirt around and fill these holes back in?" He asked of the Rock Salt Pokemon.

"Nacl!" The Nacli responded happily, pressing the flat edge of her body into the earth a bit harder and beginning to crawl around the mountain peak, gathering up the dislodged soil as best she could manage and filling the holes created by the blasts to the best of her ability for as long as she was allowed to continue.

"It's protected in as the environment is to be kept largely intact. Trust me, I'd prefer it if no human was allowed up here but the government keeps it open for tourism reasons I guess." He shrugged. "And trainers to train their Pokemon. I'm not a fan of that either." The man continued to respond to Brian. "But to answer your question; possibly. It damaged the local Pokemon Center and numerous roads are now blocked. There is also concern with the rocks now in the river possibly threatening the water supply of the Cortondo olive farms. Plus it's going to take time and money to remove all these large rocks." The ranger informed them. While there was possibly no harm done to any persons there is significant economic damage.

"All that said, what gigantic Pokemon? There are numerous good sized Bombirdier up here,, but one the size of a house? Come now, I've been a ranger for fifteen years and I've never seen a Bombirdier, let alone any Pokemon here in Paldea, that big. We don't have Wailord and Dynamaxing isn't possible here. In fact you guys are talking like those wacko Casseroya cryptid hunters. Oooh, there is a giant man eating Dondozo lurking in the lake! Been there since prehistoric times! Please." The ranger scoffed at the idea.

When Sol pointed out Arven, who was hiding behind a boulder this whole time, hunkered underneath his Toedscruel, the young man crept out from behind the rock and gave the ranger a shy wave. The ranger's eyes darted from Arven to Sol and back and he went to say something until he saw Odd have his Pokemon try and fill up the holes. "Stop! Don't do that! You could do more harm than good!" He shouted at Odd and his Nacli. He'd stop yelling abruptly and let out a sigh, registering that Odd was just trying to help and he didn't need to yell. "Thank you but let the professionals fix this." He said to Odd.

Turning his attention to Aile and following up with Sol's own question the man scratched his chin in thought for a moment, his Gogoat letting out a 'baa' as it waited for its trainer to respond. "Go, all of you, get out of here." He sighed, waving them off. "I'll let all of you off with a warning, this time. Consider you having used your get-out-of-jail card for saving the world, Team Snagem." He grumbled slightly. "But if I catch you again I can't and won't let you off easy! Got it? Now get!" He shouted, then deciding he wanted to speak no further to them and began to look around the immediate area. "...what's this?" He said aloud to himself, kneeling down to examine the ground, swiping a finger on some powdery substance and looking at it closer. "...Powder. But there aren't any Vivillon up here-..." He then glared at Beau.

It was time to go, Team Snagem.

Aile let out a small sigh when they were let go on a warning, effectively. "Well, I guess that works out for us," she'd mutter, patting her bear as she debated on how she was going to get down. Though, she wouldn't mind helping, somehow at least. Eisley could probably break the rocks, Dagobah, she could probably help pull or push some of the boulders, at least.... Still, this was a good result.

And then the ranger noticed that it was Powder, and that Vivillon were the producers of it. Right then. The woman would immediately recall Dega and bring out Tatooine once again, getting on her back. "Hey, think we could head back that way towards the school? And maybe pronto." The Flygon would nod and lift off, taking the pair of them back towards the school.

As the ranger shouted at him to stop, Odd paused, calling for A'Niente to stop what she was doing. His ears had only just stopped ringing so he could hear properly once again and hearing the panicked shout startled him at first, then he realized he didn't recognize the voice. Or the face it had come out of. "Uh... are we in trouble?" He asked quietly, recalling A'Niente as he did so. He hadn't been able to hear most of the conversation between the ranger and the other Snagems and so, didn't realize at first that they were being let go without any trouble but when he saw Aile skedaddling on Tati in a hurry and Sol calling Claydol for an emergency exit, he was quick to let Glissando back out of his Ball. "I'm just... gonna go, then?" He stated simply, nodding to the Hypno as he did. The Psychic-type nodded, understanding that meant "let's get out of here yesterday" and a flash of psychic energy saw the pair whisked away back to Mesagoza.