Chapter 50 [The King of Caterpies] (Part 2)

On the Caterpie's ​​spirit control panel, an ability called [The King of Caterpies] appeared behind [Telepathy (Mark)], flashing continuously, and the frequency of the flashing was constantly changing.

Before the Arbok leader falls, the flashing of the [Caterpie 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 [Caterpie King] entry was completely reversed, appearing for one second and then disappearing for about 0.2 seconds.

As Caterpies advance rapidly on the battlefield, the ability of [Caterpie King] appears for longer and longer periods of time.

Then, Mark suddenly discovered that he could touch it with his mind and open it.

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[King of Caterpies]: When all Caterpies consider you the king, you are the King of Caterpies. When in the territory of Caterpies, all five-dimensional potentials increase slightly, and the size limit increases.

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There is not much information about [Caterpie 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 Caterpie can maintain its status as the [King of Caterpies], 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 [Caterpie King] is worth at least 6 points, not including the effect of increasing the size limit.

The previous Caterpie Leader, under the effects of the pomelo fruit and [Caterpie Leader], grew to a size of about 1.3 meters.

His Caterpie also broke through the limit of its body under the effect of the pomelo fruit, and also obtained the position of [Caterpie King] which is more powerful than the leader. What will be the limit of Caterpie'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, Caterpies should continue to chase and drive away these Arbok snakes, but Caterpies did not take any action.

Because his Caterpie is waiting for him.

Yes, the territory war between Caterpie 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 Caterpie.

When Caterpie saw Mark catching up, he immediately turned his head back.

In an instant, as Caterpies turned their heads, the stagnant Caterpies 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 Caterpies 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, Caterpies regained their home and continued to drive the Arbok snakes a long distance westward.

Afterwards, Caterpies 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.

Caterpies are not very intelligent, and they mark their territory out of instinct.

In fact, most Caterpies don't remember where their territory is at all. They just use smell to identify where their territory is.

As a result, Caterpie's territory expanded.

Caterpies 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 Caterpie 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, Caterpies 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 Caterpies to clean up the battlefield.

It is not in the habit of Caterpies to bury the bodies of their own kind.

If the body of a Caterpie of the same species appears, Caterpies will feel sad but will not deal with the body.

To Caterpies, 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 Caterpies, but also the bodies of the Arbok left on the battlefield. Finally, he gathered the bodies of Caterpies into a pile, and then gathered the bodies of the Arbok and other Pokémon into a pile.

As the sky gradually darkened, Mark led Caterpie to collect a lot of dry firewood and cleared a space.

Before long, two huge fires began to burn.

Caterpies are naturally afraid of fire and usually stay away from fire.

However, seeing the bodies of their own kind burning in the flames, many Caterpies came over and stared at the burning ones.

Mark looked at the flames in front of him and said, "If there are Caterpie corpses in the future, don't just leave them alone and let the birds or other elves eat them. Bury them in Caterpie's ​​territory.

Although they are dead in a sense, they will still accompany Caterpie 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.

Caterpie nodded in agreement: "Hiss!"

In fact, Caterpie didn't really understand the meaning of Mark's actions, but it trusted Mark unconditionally.

"Hiss!" "Hiss." "Hiss!" "Hiss." "Hiss!"

Following Caterpie King's statement, the other dazed Caterpies also echoed him, and they also unconditionally supported the King's opinion.

Caterpies' calls rose and fell, and then became louder and louder.

Obviously, burning the bodies of Caterpies was a very serious matter, but these Caterpies cried out with a feeling of blood boiling, as if something happy had happened.

Mark shook his head helplessly, but suddenly discovered something.

As Caterpies chirped, his caterpillar suddenly began to dance beside the fire.

The dance of Caterpies 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 Caterpie danced, the hissing Caterpies 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 Caterpie 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...