Elf: I am really a civilian trainer

The gist of it is that I have brought you this fruit that can heal injuries, so please don't repay your kindness with evil.

Seeing the green caterpillar leader's thoughts, Mark smiled and said, "You feel uneasy because you saw that my green caterpillars have suffered a lot of injuries, right?

In fact, it is not what you think. I am not asking you to conduct this kind of practical training. And even if you want to conduct practical training, there are no actual combat conditions.

The Caterpillars have low intelligence. They can fight against the two of us outsiders, but they will not attack you, the Caterpillar leader. Even if you want to conduct similar practical training, it will be difficult to do so.

What I mean by training is actually training your brain. You should know that after you evolve, you will become Metapod, and then evolve into Butterfree, right?"

The Caterpillar leader nodded slightly.

Not only does it know that it can evolve into Butterfree, it can also evolve into Butterfree immediately.

Yes, evolve immediately.

As long as it wants, it can perform double evolution at any time and directly become a Butterfree that can dance in the air.

Seeing the Caterpillar leader nod, Mark nodded and said, "Since you know Butterfree, do you know that Butterfree's bloodline gene contains a skill called [Telekinesis]?"

The Caterpillar leader shook his head slowly, he didn't know.

Mark said: “Specifically, it is a force that influences and interferes with the outside world through thoughts.

For example, if I think about lifting you up in my mind, I can really lift you up through [telekinesis].

According to what I learned from the "Encyclopedia of Common Knowledge of Elves in the Kingdom of Shia", although Butterfree is very common, there are not many Butterfree that have mastered "Telekinesis".

I guess the key to mastering [Telekinesis] lies in wisdom and willpower. The intelligence of your and my caterpillars far exceeds that of ordinary caterpillars. After evolving into Butterfree, it should not be difficult for us to master [Telekinesis].

But this is just the initial mastery, just like my caterpillar's [silk spinning] is not as good as yours, and your [impact] is not as good as my caterpillar's. The same [telekinesis] will have different power when used by different elves.

So, I started teaching the caterpillar math some time ago to exercise its brain power, and now, I decided to include you in the fun.”

"hiss?"

The Caterpillar leader was full of confusion. Mark's words made it understand [telekinesis] a little bit, but it didn't understand what "mathematics" was.

Seeing the confusion of the green caterpillar leader, Mark thought for a moment, picked up the pomelo fruit and asked, "How many of these fruits are there?"

The caterpillar leader kept making noises and gesticulating with his legs, but he still couldn't describe how many fruits there were. Finally, he tugged at Mark's clothes and wanted to take him to see for himself.

"This is when we need to use the most basic mathematical counting." Mark said as he took out the uneaten orange fruits from his backpack, "These are three orange fruits, these are seventeen orange fruits, and these are thirty-three orange fruits... If you could learn to count, you could have directly described the number of pomelo fruits to me just now."

Similar to the Caterpillars, following Mark's explanation, the Caterpillar leader also showed a curious and surprised expression.

Apparently, the Caterpillar leader had developed an interest in mathematics.

Mark touched the head of the caterpillar leader and said, "Don't be so surprised. It's just counting. It's no big deal. With the intelligence of you and my caterpillars, we can learn something more complicated. I decided to at least teach you how to solve multivariate linear equations, and let you understand some geometry problems and learn spatial coordinates. You can build the x, y, and z axes in your mind, and then..."

The Caterpillar leader's interested expression gradually faded. Although it did not understand Mark's words, it felt a heavy and inexplicable pressure.

That was something it shouldn't have to endure.

Its body trembled slightly, as if reminding it to escape as soon as possible, the sooner the better. Then, it heard Mark say, "Come to think of it, your body doesn't have that refreshing powder. Is your awakened characteristic [Escape]?"

Features? [Escape]?

what?

The Caterpillar leader looked confused. It was the first time it had heard the words "characteristics" and "escape".

Seeing the confusion of the Caterpillar leader, Mark explained: "The [Escape] characteristic should be a power related to crisis sensing, which can sense danger.

You don't know, probably because you have never paid attention to this kind of power.

According to the book, there is a small chance that an elf can awaken its second or third characteristics. With your strength, you must have awakened one of your characteristics. Since it is not [Scale Powder], then it must be [Escape].

My green caterpillar has awakened the [Scale Powder] attribute, and you two can learn from each other. You can also communicate with my green caterpillar with your [Silk Spinning] skills."

Without continuing, Mark looked at the caterpillar leader and said, "Let's stop here for now. Take me to see the pomelo fruit trees. If I don't know the number, I can't be sure how to use this kind of fruit."

If there are a lot of pomelo fruits, you can take them casually. But if there are not enough pomelo fruits, you need to make some plans when taking them...

Chapter 39: Speculations about Bonds (Please Read)

The Caterpillar leader acted quickly and planned to take Mark to the pomelo tree, but found that Mark did not follow it immediately. Instead, he untied the Caterpillar's hammock and carried the Caterpillar on his back.

"hiss?"

The Caterpillar leader was puzzled by the green caterpillars on Mark's back.

Mark gently stroked the green caterpillar on his back twice and said with a smile: "I am a little worried about leaving it here, so let's take it with us."

The Caterpillar leader tilted his head and looked at Mark.

After some contact, it was not so afraid of Mark anymore, but it was still a little scared. However, after watching Mark's actions at this time, all its fear disappeared.

There was only one thought in its mind, that is, this terrible human trainer was really gentle to the green caterpillar.

After not observing for too long, it discovered that Mark was unable to place the caterpillar on his back for a while, so it spit out a silk thread to help Mark fix the caterpillar perfectly.

"Thank you, Caterpillar Leader!"

"Fizz!"

The Caterpillar leader nodded slightly and led Mark deeper into the forest.

A few minutes later, Mark and the Caterpillar leader arrived at a three-meter-high tree, which was the pomelo tree.

There aren't many fruits, but there are quite a few too. Mark roughly counted them and found that there are about seventy fruits on the tree, including those that haven't yet ripened.

“Hiss, hiss.”

The Caterpillar leader gestured with his legs continuously.

Maybe because of the conversation they had by the fire not long ago, they had become somewhat familiar with each other, and the caterpillar leader told him that he could take half of the pomelo fruits on the tree and leave the other half for himself and the caterpillar group.

It can be seen that although the Caterpillar leader is very smart, he is inexperienced and has a very simple mind.

If he could be ruthless enough to deceive people, he could probably steal most of the pomelo fruits on the tree. It would even be easy for him to get the caterpillar leader to thank him while stealing the pomelo fruits.

Unfortunately, he just couldn't do it.

Mark shook his head and said, "You don't need that many. Ten should be enough. Oh, I forgot to ask you one thing. Is it because of this pomelo fruit that your body can grow so big?"

The Caterpillar leader tilted his head, revealing an expression of reminiscence and thought.

It shook its head first, then nodded, and then shook its head again...

Under Mark's puzzled gaze, the Caterpillar leader quickly waved his legs and gestured, explaining with a hissing sound.

Since it was not his own elf, they could not communicate with each other telepathically, so the Caterpillar leader explained for a long time before Mark understood some of it.

According to the Caterpillar leader, its original size was not so big, probably only slightly larger than the ordinary leader's guards, and it was not as smart as it is now, and was a bit confused.

It was not until the previous Caterpillar leader evolved into Butterfree and flew away that it defeated its competitors and became the new Caterpillar leader that its wisdom gradually increased and its body size also grew larger.

The Caterpillar leader's story reminded Mark of some of the doubts he had when he watched the Pokémon animation before traveling through time.

When Xiaozhi was traveling, he encountered many giant Pokémons. They were not the Gigantamax of the Galar region, but truly huge individuals, such as the giant Dragonite, the giant Stinging Jellyfish, the giant Psychic Doll...

The leaders of some elven tribes are often much larger than what is recorded in the elven encyclopedia.

Could it be that these large-sized elves are related to becoming the leader of an elf tribe?

Yes, not only the current Caterpillar leader, but also the Caterpillar leader a few years ago seemed to be quite big.

Mark mused.

In addition to the Caterpillar leader, his caterpillars also seem to be somewhat special, possessing an IQ far beyond their peers.

While thinking, a word suddenly emerged in Mark's mind, and a guess was born at the same time.

——Bond.

The word "bond" accompanies the entire journey of Ash, the protagonist of the Pokémon animation.

Relying on the bond, Ash's Pikachu has defeated powerful enemies countless times. In the special episode, there is even a case where a newborn Pokémon relies on the bond to defeat a legendary beast.

In the world of Pokémon, bonds, which represent the emotional resonance between trainers and Pokémon, can truly become a source of strength.

The same seems to be true of this world.

The school textbook "Encyclopedia of Pokémon Knowledge in the Kingdom of Shia (Part 3)" uses some words to describe how the emotional resonance between trainers and Pokémon can unleash powerful power. The only problem is that the description is very rough, and there is no further explanation in the following books.

So, did his Caterpillar gain intelligence because of the bond between him and him?

Mark thinks it's very likely.

Because he had been a muddle-headed idiot for the past ten years, in order to help him, the Caterpillar relied on the bond between him and him and gradually gained wisdom far beyond that of ordinary Caterpillars.

——Since he has no brain, let the caterpillar be his brain.

Through this bond conjecture, Mark suddenly realized that since there is a bond between humans and elves, then can't there be a bond between elves?

The Caterpillar leader may have developed a bond with the elves of the entire tribe, so he gradually gained a larger body and became more intelligent.

So, what about his green caterpillar?

If his Caterpillar becomes the leader, will it also be able to grow further through the bond with the tribe?

Mark rubbed his temples with his fingers.

Although his conjecture seems reliable, it still needs to undergo a series of verifications to be true.

Besides, the Caterpillar leader had just given him some pomelo fruit, and he was too embarrassed to go back on his word and directly lead the Caterpillars to seize the position of leader.

In addition, he and the Caterpillars have to train through the caterpillar group. If he becomes the leader of the Caterpillars, he will lose the way to train.

However, it is possible to try to make his caterpillars become the leaders at the caterpillar breeding base in Qingxi Village.

Without thinking too much, Mark continued to listen to the Caterpillar leader's story.

According to the Caterpillar Leader, after becoming the Caterpillar Leader, its body size gradually grew to about one meter.

It was also during that time that its silk-spinning skills improved by leaps and bounds. At the same time, as its IQ increased, it became aware of the threat to its tribe.

Adjacent to the Caterpillar's territory, there lived a powerful elf.

The Caterpillar leader didn't know the name of the elf, but he knew it was a purple elf, about three meters tall, extremely strong, and highly poisonous.

Based on the description of the Caterpillar leader, Mark guessed that the Pokémon should be Nidoking.

That Nidoking often attacks the Caterpillar swarm, and the Caterpillar swarm is always powerless to do anything about it.

To this end, the Caterpillar leader, after much thought, created a slingshot trap made of wooden thorns activated by silk threads. With hundreds of traps triggered at the same time, he severely damaged the Nidoking in one fell swoop.