Chapter 50: Chapter 50 [The King of Caterpillars] (Part 2)
On the Caterpillar's spirit control panel, an ability called [The King of Caterpillars] appeared behind [Telepathy (Mark)], flashing continuously, and the frequency of the flashing was constantly changing.
Before the Arbok leader falls, the flashing of the [Caterpillar King] entry is mainly disappearing, disappearing for about one second and appearing for 0.2 or 0.3 seconds.
After the Arbok leader fell, the flashing of the [Caterpillar King] entry was completely reversed, appearing for one second and then disappearing for about 0.2 seconds.
As the Caterpillars advance rapidly on the battlefield, the ability of [Caterpillar King] appears for longer and longer periods of time.
Then, Mark suddenly discovered that he could touch it with his mind and open it.
…
[King of Caterpillars]: When all caterpillars consider you the king, you are the King of Caterpillars. When in the territory of caterpillars, all five-dimensional potentials increase slightly, and the size limit increases.
…
There is not much information about [The Caterpillar King], only a two-sentence description, but the effect is simple and crude.
All potentials are raised to a higher level, while the body size can grow further.
In other words, as long as his Caterpillar can maintain its status as the [King of Caterpillars], it can achieve all-round growth.
If this ability is converted into points, 3 points are required to increase the potential of [Strength], [Physique], and [Agility].
[Spirit] To reach level E, at least 2 points are required.
[Perception] has reached D level under the effect of the [Escape] feature. If you want to add points, you will probably need 3 points or even more.
In other words, this [Green Caterpillar King] is worth at least 6 points, not including the effect of increasing the size limit.
The previous Caterpillar Leader, under the effects of the pomelo fruit and [Caterpillar Leader], grew to a size of about 1.3 meters.
His caterpillar also broke through the limit of its body under the effect of the pomelo fruit, and also obtained the position of [Caterpillar King] which is more powerful than the leader. What will be the limit of the caterpillar's body in the future, 1.5 meters, or 1.8 meters?
Mark, who was thinking, suddenly felt something, raised his head, and saw the eyes of the caterpillar in front of him.
At this time, the nearby Arbok snakes had been basically driven away. Logically, the Caterpillars should continue to chase and drive away these Arbok snakes, but the Caterpillars did not take any action.
Because his green caterpillar is waiting for him.
Yes, the territory war between Caterpillar and Arbok has not yet ended. It will not be too late to consider the things on the Spirit Master's panel after the war is over.
Thinking of this, Mark quickly chased after the Caterpillar.
When the Caterpillar saw Mark catching up, he immediately turned his head back.
In an instant, as the green caterpillars turned their heads, the stagnant green caterpillars formed a chain reaction, and once again spread forward like a torrent...
The following battle could no longer be considered a battle.
With the death of the leader of the Arbok monsters, the Arbok snakes seemed to have lost their spiritual support and just kept running away.
What the Caterpillars have to do is to find those Arbok snakes that have escaped in the wrong direction and are at a dead end, and drive them to the west or south.
After about dozens of minutes, the caterpillars regained their home and continued to drive the Arbok snakes a long distance westward.
Afterwards, the Caterpillars began to spontaneously spray smelly liquid on the reclaimed territory, covering the sour saliva that the Arbok had sprayed previously and re-marking the territory.
Caterpillars are not very intelligent, and they mark their territory out of instinct.
In fact, most caterpillars don't remember where their territory is at all. They just use smell to identify where their territory is.
As a result, the Caterpillar's territory expanded.
The caterpillars kept spraying the smelly liquid, and they didn't even realize that they were beyond the scope of their own territory. They just kept marking their territory and continued to mark their territory.
If the original territory of the Caterpillar was only the size of a coin, then now the coin is as big as a tennis ball, and has expanded a lot.
Towards evening, the caterpillars had almost squeezed out all the smelly liquid from their antennae before returning to the center of their territory reluctantly.
Under the guidance of Butterfree, Mark led several leader guards and some caterpillars to clean up the battlefield.
It is not in the habit of caterpillars to bury the bodies of their own kind.
If the body of a caterpillar of the same species appears, the caterpillars will feel sad but will not deal with the body.
To the green caterpillars, their dead companions are just their dead companions and do not have any special meaning.
But for Mark, it was obviously inappropriate to leave the body alone like this.
Mark collected not only the bodies of the Caterpillars, but also the bodies of the Arbok left on the battlefield. Finally, he gathered the bodies of the Caterpillars into a pile, and then gathered the bodies of the Arbok and other Pokémon into a pile.
As the sky gradually darkened, Mark led the Caterpillar to collect a lot of dry firewood and cleared a space.
Before long, two huge fires began to burn.
Caterpillars are naturally afraid of fire and usually stay away from fire.
However, seeing the bodies of their own kind burning in the flames, many caterpillars came over and stared at the burning ones.
Mark looked at the flames in front of him and said, "If there are green caterpillar corpses in the future, don't just leave them alone and let the birds or other elves eat them. Bury them in the green caterpillar's territory.
Although they are dead in a sense, they will still accompany the green caterpillar group.
There is another burning arbok snake. Send the ashes left by them back to their habitat."
Not far away, Butterfree looked at Mark with confusion, not understanding why Mark would go to so much trouble to do such a thing.
The green caterpillar nodded in agreement: "Hiss!"
In fact, the Caterpillar didn't really understand the meaning of Mark's actions, but it trusted Mark unconditionally.
"Hiss!" "Hiss." "Hiss!" "Hiss." "Hiss!"
Following the Caterpillar King's statement, the other dazed Caterpillars also echoed him, and they also unconditionally supported the King's opinion.
The caterpillars' calls rose and fell, and then became louder and louder.
Obviously, burning the bodies of the green caterpillars was a very serious matter, but these green caterpillars cried out with a feeling of blood boiling, as if something happy had happened.
Mark shook his head helplessly, but suddenly discovered something.
As the caterpillars chirped, his caterpillar suddenly began to dance beside the fire.
The dance of the green caterpillar seems to contain some kind of strange rhythm. Although it is a dance performed by a big insect, it does not look funny or disharmonious at all, giving people an ethereal and graceful feeling.
As the caterpillar danced, the hissing caterpillars around it gradually quieted down and watched the king's dance intently.
"[Butterfly Dance]?"
Mark thought for a moment, then shook his head.
He had seen Butterfree's Butterfly Dance on the battlefield before. It was completely different from the dance Caterpillar was performing at that moment, not to mention being very different.
"What kind of dance is this?"
Mark tried hard to think about the memories in his mind, but had no impression of this dance at all. Finally, he looked at Batdie not far away.
"I don't know, Trainer."
Batday shook its head. Like Mark, it had never seen this kind of dance before...