Chapter 315: Idle Time, Exploring Other Mountains
The Three Bullies of Wolf Mountain became the Four Bullies.
Simply put.
Will gained another minion.
That day returning from the market, Cacnea had been secretly following them.
Originally, Will thought the other party just wanted to thank them but was too shy to say it, so he deliberately slowed down to let the other party prepare mentally.
Until they leisurely strolled for four hours back to Wolf Mountain.
Will only realized then.
This chubby little guy wanted to join them.
That day.
"Cacnea!"
Please accept me! I want to become a bully too!
Cacnea bowed deeply in front of Will, making Will stunned for a while.
Learning to resist = becoming a bully?
To prevent Cacnea from going astray, he decided to keep this honest child by his side for proper education.
Thus.
Will gained another minion.
The Mightyena clan was already used to this situation.
Not to mention bringing back a cactus today.
Even if he brought back Giratina tomorrow, they would just be...
Well, for that thing, they would still be slightly shocked.
Another day.
Under the waterfall.
Cacnea devoutly bowed to Will, then started today's training.
Will wiped non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.
Looking at this unlucky child's back, he couldn't say a word.
He really didn't know what Cacnea took him for.
In his previous life.
He had never even seen anyone bow to the Leaf God or the God of the Ocean.
In this life.
This cactus bowed to him right in front of his face.
But have to say.
Cacnea was very hardworking.
He trained very diligently, almost forgetting to eat and sleep.
And very obedient.
Whatever Will told him to practice, he practiced.
In contrast to the other two.
One playful and gluttonous, knowing nothing but acting cute.
The other just lay on a rock all day, not knowing if he was dead or alive.
Cacnea's joining.
Undoubtedly affected the atmosphere here, making the environment competitive.
Occasionally, Buizel would be influenced by Cacnea and crawl out of the water to train.
This was what Will was happy to see.
He wanted to train these few minions to be strong.
When he left in the future, they would be the team he left for Wolf Mom, watching over each other with the Mightyena clan.
Just then.
"Gunk."
The playing-dead Croagunk sat up.
He couldn't stand it anymore.
Nothing interesting happened recently; such a life was better not lived.
Croagunk ran to Will's side, staring at him silently.
The reason he followed Will.
Was because he felt Will was different from other Pokémon.
Croagunk felt that following Will, he would definitely find excitement.
"...What do you want?"
"Gunk?"
"Why? This mountain is already big enough. Even if the Mightyena clan reaches 150 members, it won't be crowded at all. Occupying more mountains will only disperse the clan's strength and lower the safety factor."
Will glanced at Croagunk.
This guy was actually urging him to lead the Mightyena clan to occupy the neighboring mountain.
And.
Croagunk wasn't just an armchair strategist.
But a warrior.
He didn't plan to let the Mightyena clan fight alone, but considered himself a member of the Mightyena clan, saying he would lead the charge.
'This guy really doesn't care about his life.'
Will glanced at Croagunk's dead fish eyes.
Among the few minions.
Croagunk's personality was the most volatile.
Sometimes ferocious to a heinous degree, sometimes harmless as a rabbit.
Depending entirely on whether he was "bored" at the time.
Moreover.
The most crucial thing was that Croagunk had no such concepts; he didn't think killing other creatures was cruel. For him, as long as it was fun, it was enough.
"Meh, gunk."
Croagunk squatted on the ground and spread his hands.
Roughly meaning he was too bored.
"...Then let's go around the neighboring few mountains to see what clans are occupying other places."
Will raised an eyebrow and made a decision.
He only remembered now.
It had been over three months since rebirth in this life.
He hadn't observed the distribution of neighbors around.
Really hadn't led a clan for too long; he had forgotten how careful he was when he was a Beedrill.
Back then, he was truly paranoid.
Investigating the distribution of surrounding clans thoroughly.
"Gunk!"
Croagunk's eyes lit up, and he stood up.
"Bui?"
"Cacnea?"
The other two little ones came over.
Will glanced at them.
He wasn't afraid even meeting Lv. 40+ Pokémon.
Croagunk had improved a lot under Will's supervision in these two months.
Now Lv. 35.
Another five levels, and he would be the core strength of the wolf clan.
Buizel and Cacnea were Lv. 24 and Lv. 20 respectively.
Not high levels.
But reached the level where they could patrol the territory.
The average level of this small team was quite low.
But in the wild, they really weren't weak!
Because in the wild of this League era, Buizel's personality and daily life were, if not the majority, at least half.
As long as food, drink, and safety weren't issues.
Then Pokémon just played every day, basically not motivated to train, generally low leveled.
Even in special areas like Mt. Silver with huge survival pressure and strict hierarchy, such phenomena definitely existed.
This was normal.
A considerable part of humanity was like this.
Let alone wild Pokémon?
Only those Pokémon clans that formed scale and systems would become competitive for mating rights, leadership rights, food distribution rights, etc., thereby driving the improvement of individual strength and the emergence of high-level, high-quality Pokémon.
Interestingly...
This phenomenon was also quite common in human society.
In short.
On Wolf Mountain, except for the Mightyena clan, there were no Pokémon above Lv. 40.
Then the situation of other nearby mountains was probably similar.
Especially below the mountainside.
There shouldn't be any high-level Pokémon.
Croagunk alone could probably run rampant in that area.
As long as Will was more careful.
Even bringing three minions, there definitely wouldn't be any problems.
Moreover.
Will never intended to raise them in a greenhouse.
For example, the war between the Mightyena and Persian clans before.
Croagunk and Buizel both participated.
Although the task was just to lure the Drapion clan and provoke the Persian clan, it was still a big risk.
Experiencing crisis appropriately had benefits.
"Let's go!"
The Four Bullies of Wolf Mountain set off.
Will took the lead, planning to explore the five mountains and two plain forests surrounding Wolf Mountain within a week.
Before leaving, he told Wolf Mom about this.
Wolf Mom frowned and stared at him for a long time.
Stared until Will was sweating profusely.
Only then did she nod gently.
This made Will sigh in relief.
Wolf Mom was also struggling.
She didn't want her puppy to do such things.
If her puppy didn't stay on Wolf Mountain, she felt flustered.
Just worried.
Not to mention Will wasn't very strong now.
Even if one day his level matched hers.
She still wouldn't be reassured.
But she also knew keeping Will by her side wasn't conducive to his growth.
Just like Will (didn't want to keep his minions in a greenhouse), she didn't want her puppy to become a greenhouse flower.
Finally.
Wolf Mom gritted her teeth, held back her doting, and decided to let her puppy fly, letting him act boldly and gain experience.
The mountain exploration operation officially began.
Will planned to start from a plain forest closer to the outer periphery, which was safer.
The four little ones strolled together in the huge forest.
Occasionally encountering other wild Pokémon face to face was indeed quite interesting.
Although Will was no longer in a human body.
This feeling shouldn't be much different from a trainer adventuring with Pokémon.
The plain forest was quite large.
Acting as a buffer zone between mountains.
And there were no Pokémon clans in this plain forest; it was completely a free neutral zone.
It was very rare to encounter Pokémon squads of three or five here.
As for higher-level Pokémon.
There were none.
"Gunk..."
"This forest is sparsely populated with vast land; resources can't be used up, and there's no need to compete with other Pokémon. Under these circumstances, it's hard for powerful characters to appear."
Will shook his head, finding it normal.
Roughly exploring this forest took an afternoon.
Will needed to return to Wolf Mountain before the sun completely set.
Or he would be scolded by Wolf Mom.
Today wasn't without harvest.
At least confirmed this plain forest was a safe zone; Mightyena could come here for walks and play in the future.
The next day.
Departing in the morning, returning in the evening.
Will and the others spent a day exploring the mountains on the east and west sides of the plain forest.
This time he found some interesting things.
The eastern mountain top was occupied by a Heracross clan.
The western mountain top was occupied by a Pinsir clan.
Both mountains were small in scale.
Basically only half the size of Wolf Mountain.
The scale of the two clans wasn't large either; the number of clan members should be twenty or thirty.
The leader's level might be less than Lv. 40.
In Mt. Silver terms, this level could only dominate at the foot of the mountain.
Probably because of this.
The danger level of the two mountains was considered quite low.
And because the geographical location was in the northernmost ring of Mt. Silver, adjacent to the Sinnoh region.
So trainers from the Sinnoh region could often be seen exploring and catching Pokémon inside.
Furthermore.
Will found the resources on the two mountains surprisingly scarce.
Maybe scavenged by the two clans and passing humans.
This led to.
Both clans basically going down the mountain to the plain forest to feed.
And this inevitably led to frequent encounters.
But even if they met, they wouldn't fight; they might even suck sap on the same tree.
Resources were abundant, completely enough for everyone to share.
Then no one wanted to get hurt.
Most importantly.
The other party didn't invade their territory.
This was a neutral zone.
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