Elf: I am really a civilian trainer

I think maybe we can move to the next stage.

The kind of collision we are using now requires a period of accumulation of power. Although this process is not long, it may be a fatal weakness in a real battle."

The green caterpillar tilted its head, expressing its bewilderment.

"How to explain it..." Mark pinched his chin and said, "Green Caterpillar, have you ever heard this saying? All martial arts in the world are indestructible, except for speed!"

"hiss?"

Mark said: "Let's take our collision as an example. We already have the impact power, but it is useless if we can't hit the opponent.

For example, if we hit times, but didn't hit the opponent even once, then no matter how powerful the collision is, it doesn't make sense!

Therefore, in the next practice, we should try to shorten the time of building up momentum so that the impact can be initiated faster.

There is no point in saying more. Green Caterpillar, just try to hit it at your fastest speed right now."

"hiss!"

The Caterpillar nodded, and in a flash, it launched an impact with the stone it had practiced hitting before.

boom!

The sound of the collision was much quieter than before. After the collision, the Caterpillar was flung two meters away due to the reaction force and landed somewhat unsteadily.

In general, compared to the ordinary [collision], the Caterpillar's collision this time is stronger in both power and speed, but that's all.

Mark shook his head slightly and said, "The speed of the attack is indeed faster than the normal impact, but it is not fast enough, and the impact power is obviously insufficient. We should try to improve it..."

Mark said as he stretched out his hand and pressed it towards the Caterpillar's head, using the Spirit Master's [Impact Training Method] to transmit his own perception and understanding to the Caterpillar's mind...

Soon, the green caterpillar started hitting the stone again.

In Mark's memory, some Geodudes and Digletts would occasionally appear in this pile of rocks. But today, perhaps because the noise made by the Caterpillar's collision was a bit too loud, none of these Pokémon appeared.

Mark didn't care much about this.

While observing and thinking about the inadequacies of the green caterpillar's impact, he gave pointers to the green caterpillar, and occasionally opened the system panel of the imperial master to study, to see if there were any functions that he had not discovered before.

Then, Mark actually found something.

——The experience bar on the Spirit Master panel is rising.

"Green Caterpillar, stop for a moment..."

"hiss?"

"Okay, you can continue the collision!"

The caterpillar continued to hit, and Mark took a deep breath unconsciously.

After the experience bar paused, it increased again.

That’s right, not only can eating increase your experience, but practicing collisions with caterpillars can also increase your experience.

This mechanism of increasing experience points reminded Mark of the "Elder Scrolls" series of games he played before he traveled through time.

In that game, the gain of experience does not depend on killing enemies, but on every aspect of combat and life.

Continuously slashing with a sword will increase your slashing experience, continuously getting beaten will increase your light armor and heavy armor experience, practicing enchantment will increase your enchantment experience, eating some alchemical ingredients will increase your alchemy experience, pickpocketing will increase your pickpocketing experience, and even trading with vendors will increase your eloquence experience.

Mark felt that the Spirit Master system also had a similar mechanism.

——As long as the actions he and Yuling take will help them grow, they will gain experience.

For example, when he and the caterpillars eat food, the nutrients in the food are absorbed by them, making them grow, and they gain experience; when the caterpillars practice colliding over and over again, it also makes them grow, so they gain experience.

Thinking of this, Mark himself got involved.

As he carefully instructed the Caterpillar, he made suggestions from time to time and used the [Impact Training Method] to convey insights to the Caterpillar's brain.

The result is obvious, the rate of experience gain has increased again.

Compared to when Caterpillar attacks alone, he gains experience at a significantly higher rate when practicing with Caterpillar.

Although the speed of increasing experience is far slower than eating, it is longer-lasting. After all, neither he nor the Caterpillar can eat all the time.

Mark smiled.

A method to quickly increase experience and gain points has come into view.

The method was very simple. He practiced [Collision] hard, and while gaining experience, he consumed as much energy as possible, making himself hungrier. Then he took in more food, gained more experience and energy. When his energy was sufficient, he and the caterpillar could practice [Collision] more times, gaining more experience and consuming more energy. He would also become hungrier and eat more...

As long as the cycle continues in this way, the speed at which he and the green caterpillar can gain experience will become faster and faster.

If he had previously estimated that it would take two to three months to raise the experience bar to 100%, then now it might only take a little over a month to max it out.

Thinking of this, Mark put aside his distracting thoughts and concentrated on practicing collision with the green caterpillar on this rubble pile.

Time passes slowly.

The sun set from the east to the west. Just when Mark felt a little hungry again and was about to go to the forest with the Caterpillar to find some food, some noisy sounds were heard.

The man and the bug stopped practicing and listened carefully.

Not long after, several children returned from the forest and ran over noisily...

Chapter 7 Gym League and Ability Awakening Test

The children were all in their early teens, or around twelve or thirteen years old.

Except for one little kid wearing a black T-shirt, most of the others were dressed as insect catchers wearing white vests and shorts, holding net insect cages.

Two of the children had a red and white Poké Ball hanging around their waists, and next to them was a brown and yellow bug-type Pokémon with silver horns on its head.

It is the Hornet Beetle, which is also the original form of the popular Pokémon Beedrill.

As far as I can remember, Mark had almost no interaction with the children in the village.

The same is true at this time.

Several young insect catchers in the village ran over because they saw him from afar, probably thinking he was a fellow villager.

However, after discovering that it was him, the fool who was wandering around the village all day, he ignored him, muttered something, and continued walking towards the village. Not long after, he was far away.

Mark and the Caterpillar stood there for a while, then followed the direction the insect-catching boys left.

Mark heard some very unfamiliar words from the words of several insect-catching teenagers.

As Mark walked, he looked at the green caterpillar and asked, "What's going on with the gym league in the Fallen Leaf Province? Isn't this Kanto?"

"hiss?"

The caterpillar tilted its head and looked at Mark with the same puzzled expression.

Mark said to himself, "Whether it's Caterpillar, Rattata, Pidgeot, or Unicorn, they are all common Pokémon in the Kanto region.

Since it is called the Fallen Leaf Province, the area must be very large. If it is the same world, it is impossible that they don’t know about Kanto.

If that’s the case, is this an imaginary elf world?

In fact, it makes no difference whether it is an imaginary elf world or not. After all, I can’t remember many of the Pokémon plots I watched when I was a child.

The point is, what is this gym league?

Gym league, does it mean that gyms from all over the country form a league like those basketball and football clubs?"

Mark continued to look at the caterpillar.

"hiss."

In response to Mark's question, the Caterpillar spread out its four front legs, shook its head, and made a gesture that it itself did not understand.

The Caterpillar really didn't know. It had almost no contact with other humans except Mark, and Mark had been a fool over the years, so it didn't know much about the human world.

The man and the insect followed the insect-catching boys from a distance and walked towards the village.

Not long after, Mark and the Caterpillar heard even noisier noises. As they approached the village, they saw dense crowds of people.

"Fizz, fizz!"

The caterpillar seemed to remember something and started gesturing at Mark with its legs.

Mark asked in confusion, "A square thing with a picture inside, you mean a TV?"

"Fizz!"

The Caterpillar nodded repeatedly.

It had heard people talk about the word television, and had seen it from a distance several times while wandering around the village with Mark.

However, the TV was so popular that people gathered around it in droves, and it couldn't even see clearly what the TV was.

As the caterpillar described, Mark also found some vague memories in his mind.

If he were to describe it in words, it would be somewhat similar to the 1970s and 1980s of the last century before he traveled through time. At that time, televisions were a rare commodity, and if a family owned a television, neighbors would gather together to watch it.

The TV in the village is about 25 inches in size with a color screen. Next to the TV is a long pole with the TV antenna on it.

At this time, the TV is placed on a built platform so that more people can see it.

Mark squeezed forward with the green caterpillar.

Maybe it was because he used to be a fool, the villagers didn't say much when they found out it was him who was squeezing over, and some villagers even took the initiative to make way for him.

It didn't take long for him to squeeze into a good position. Although the angle was a bit tilted, he could clearly see the TV picture and hear the commentary on TV.

On the TV, the battle between Charizard and Rhydon was being broadcasted.

According to the commentator, the Rock Gym in Sanshan Town and the Fire Gym in Bare Town are currently engaged in a battle.

The Charizard on the TV screen was spewing flames non-stop and looked very powerful, but according to the commentator, it seemed that Rhydon had the upper hand.

The villagers gathered around the TV to cheer for Rumble Rock, sometimes shouting with joy, sometimes shaking their heads in regret for missing the opportunity.

Mark listened to the villagers' discussions and cheers and quickly understood some of the situation.

The reason why the villagers cheered for Rhydon was not because they liked Rhydon or liked the trainers who used Rhydon, but because Qingxi Village, where he was now, was a subsidiary village of Sanshan Town.

The villagers are supporting their hometown gym.

As he continued to listen to the villagers' conversations, Mark gradually understood what the Gym League was.

Just as he had guessed before, the Gym League is similar to football and basketball leagues.

Typically each gym will send out seven players for a maximum of five matches.