Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-1185

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[Day 453]

It has been around four days since we landed in Hell and finally, we got to our destination, the Forgotten Lands, where the Forgotten Ones or whatever else they were called reside.

According to the Imps, these guys are like entities made up of resentment and all of that, and they hunt down the sinful souls around and absorb their emotions and all of that for nourishment of their souls. They love this stuff a lot, so they're always up for a snack even with living beings like us.

If they catch, they'll try to suck our minds out, in simple terms. I guess that's that. Nothing much, they're all weaklings anyways.

I saw them from here, they were WEAK, too weak, I could wave my hand and they're all DEAD, but how come? I am not a woman like that! I am benevolent person that loves to make friends everywhere I go, and I am also charismatic and cute, so I will go there and talk it out with those guys.

We'll ask them if we need to pay a fee to get through the portal or something, and then we'll get through it and get done with it! Easy.

After that we can explore the Greed Layer of Hell and try to find where the heck could Mammon even be. I wonder where he could be? Probably somewhere sneakily hiding as he had sensed my glorious presence…

Well if he saw me eating Shub-Niggurath's Avatar, he would probably be pissing his pants right now. Because he's next!

Anyways, the Forgotten Lands were nothing too big, it was like a massive area made out of gray stone, and there was a big pit in the middle of it with many spiraling spikes around it resembling the jaw of a sandworm or something.

The Forgotten Dudes were like gray-colored ghosts wearing gray leathers and covering their heads, they looked pretty edgy and unappealing to me, and were silent, wandering around carrying large amounts of these stones produced in the pits of this place, which were infused with strong demonic energy and sold in the Greed Market within the Pandemonium created by Mammon.

We checked them out for a while, they were moving the stones inside the portal right in the middle of their city, which was all gloomy and silent. They don't even communicate and only look at one another to do things cooperatively.

In the other side, we found some of them devouring the emotions and energies of tormented souls around here too, it was not a pretty thing to see, but they do they.

"Alright, how are we doing this?" I asked.

"Let's go greet them!" said Rimuru.

"We should just get into the portal, why do we need to even ask them?" asked Zehe.

"I think the Imps said that the portal won't let us pass unless we are permitted by them or something." I said.

"Huh… Then let's catch them and force them." Said Brontes.

"Yeah sounds good to me, this is our plan, right?" asked Nesiphae.

"You girls had grown progressively more aggressive with your approaches, but I've begun to blame myself for this. Nonetheless, this is a big no, I am not doing that, okay?" I sighed.

"Why not? Let's just wreck them, they're a bunch of weak ghosts' things!" said Adelle.

"Yeah, who cares about these suckers?" asked Oga.

"I agree with your women, let us destroy them and force some to obey us. I can do this for you if you want to." Said Redgaria.

"Oohhhh! Let's have some fun then!" said Sapphira.

"Calm down you bunch! I am doing it as I want it! And we are getting there relaxedly and like good, civilized people we are." I said.

We decided to take the normal and civilized approach. These guys were weirdos, but they were good people deep down like the Imps, I bet.

We moved down quickly after that decision, as I waved my hands at the ghostly fellows. When they noticed us, they stood there glaring at us, as if time had stopped.

"Well hello there, my good… friends. I have come here to bargain! I really want to get through that one little gate you got there, so how about we discuss the price? Are you interested in buying otherworldly cuisine?" I asked.

"…"

The guys stood there watching over us without saying a word, I began to grow concerned about what they would say but they were just not saying anything anyways, I got very infuriated after a while, and I just wanted to get past their annoying asses.

"Hey, are you listening to us?" I asked.

"…Emotions."

"So strong…"

"Tasty!"

"TASTY!"

They all suddenly rushed at us. Their entire bodies shapeshifted into massive specters made up of multiple souls stuck together, they looked pretty freaky but nothing I've not seen before, they were… Hmm, around 2/10 in terms of spookiness.

"Ah, this is useless." I sighed.

"We told you they were going to attack us or something! They don't look like people that actually like to negotiate or something. They're coming for our souls!" Said Redgaria.

"Hohohoho! Can we begin then?" asked Acelina, as she took out her Spear from her Inventory.

"Let's wreck them!" said Ismena, her magic was getting ready.

"Ugh, fine, but let some alive." I sighed.

And so, a massacre unfolded. The power we had was enough to easily crush them all without breaking a sweat, it was an easy hunt and therefore there was no real danger involved into all of this, it was as easy as it can get, to be honest. After the hunt, everyone felt refreshed, they really wanted to do some slaughter.

These creatures looked like masses of emotions and memories, and when they were killed, they exploded into pieces that dissipated into nothingness. It was hard to talk with them, none of them would say anything other than "tasty emotion, me eat you!", so it was very annoying.

The ones we left alive were acting like wild beast and even when I brainwashed them they acted like idiots that didn't know how to breathe…

Sigh…

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