When it came to collaborating with each other, Artemis's team was the least efficient out of all the others.
As it tends to happen when there were more than one strong voice in a party, the role of 'captain' that was originally Artemis's was openly being contested by the unruly spaded snake.
This was in part Artemis's fault.
Although he received clear instructions to lead his team to hunt. Once outside, he became in awe of everything new he could find. The many monsters interested him, as did the plants and the many mysteries they contained.
Thus far, he was far more interested in studying the natural ecology of the environment and seeing how the plants and monsters interacted. He had already learnt plenty from experiencing their leaders' venom and he now wished to study those effects in other creatures.