Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-135

[Day 122]

At around 2 AM, we were all finally back home, we were received by my people as if we were heroes. There were even fireworks and a huge festival in the middle of the town.

I reencountered with my other wives (Gaby, Mady, Adelle, Charlotte, Lilith, and Altani) and my children, they seemed to have been worried. After tightly hugging each other and showering them with kisses, we went to feast on our prey.

I ate all the disfigured, poison, or burned humans, so everyone is sure to eat the ones who died most cleanly. The number of corpses that I ate towered over one thousand and five hundred, quite a meal.

Hmm… I've been realizing how easy I'm taking the idea of eating thousands of humans by now, it made me wonder if those memories when I was a human myself are no more than dreams, certainly, I still remember them, but they feel very unreal.

Is this what it feels to lose one's "humanity"? … Well, there's no point in going back now, I've gone too far into this, and the only way to continue is to keep going and adapt to the situations that get on my way.

I wanted to eat with my family so I quickly devoured the one thousand and five hundred corpses using my slime form, which has a pale scarlet color and no other feature.

[You learned the following Skills]

[Blessing of the Demi-God of Chivalry Ihmir]

[Blessing of the Demi-God of The Military Khyenar]

[Knighthood]

[Holy Knight Arts: Body Reinforcing Light Aura]

[Holy Knight Arts: Saint Cross Slash]

[Holy Knight Arts: First Aid Techniques]

[Holy Knight Arts: Subdue Foe]

[Holy Knight Arts: Holy Blade Slash]

[Holy Knight Arts: Drop Weapon]

[Commander Knight Arts: Knight Technique Combo]

[Commander Knight Arts: Reflex]

[Knight Soldier Arts: Powerbreak]

[Knight Soldier Arts: Mindbreak]

[Knight Soldier Arts: Magicbreak]

[Knight Soldier Arts: Speedbreak]

[Knight Soldier Arts: Provoke]

[Knight Soldier Arts: Combat Technique Combo]

[Archer Knight Arts: Leg Bind]

[Archer Knight Arts: Head Bind]

[Archer Knight Arts: Arm Bind]

[Archer Knight Arts: Bow Technique Combo]

[Block Arrows]

[Concentrate]

[Enhanced Aiming]

[Warrior Knight Arts: Swift Rush]

[Warrior Knight Arts: Merciless Beatdown]

[Warrior Knight Arts: Blitz Attack]

[Strike Back]

[Doublehand]

Indeed, human skills are very different when you compare them to monsters or demi-humans… They are always separated by "Arts" and if they aren't named like that, they are passives. They also have very unique passives. For example, [Block Arrows] give me total immunity to arrow attacks, for some reason, it works. Another example is [Doublehand] which lets me wield two-handed weapons in one hand.

It seems that "Arts" are an advanced or evolved version of Techniques, that only Humans can learn, they are way stronger than Techniques and even an untrained human can abuse them to show a power that shouldn't belong to him. Usually, Adventurers don't have Arts, so it must have some exclusivity to Knights trained inside the Kingdom. They are on a completely different level than Adventurers.

Considering that I ate over a thousand humans, these skills would be very few, but also considering that I've eaten so many humans by now, it's obvious that my blessing is asking me to eat even more if I want any new abilities. Perhaps I will barely obtain skills on the feast.

As everyone gathered in the town center to celebrate, those who liked human meat joined in, there were even some nomads. With my wives and children, we decided to devour the three Elemental Knights that we managed to kill on the war.

Their meat was just delicious, the highest quality human meat I've ever eaten. They were fresh and even aromatic, their blood was sweet and had a deep taste, almost like a fine wine.

The half-elf cousins were rather unique, being half-elf increased their taste by a tenfold, elves have a very aromatic flavor on their meat as if it were marinated with countless herbs.

I mostly ate the internal organs and bones, alongside some filets of their legs and chest. I decided to leave the rest for my wives and children, spreading everything evenly.

I could sense my children getting stronger by just tasting this meat, it was very nutritious and would certainly influence their growth.

[You obtained a new Title]

[Fated Hero Devourer]

[Epic User Predator]

[You learned the following Skills]

[Elemental Knight Flesh and Blood]

[Elemental Knight Pedigree]

[Elemental Knight of Thunder Prestigious Heart]

[Elemental Knight of Nature Serene Heart]

[Elemental Knight of Wind Prevalent Heart]

[Thunder Knight Arts: Thunder Bravado]

[Golden Thunder Spark Senses]

[Nature Knight Arts: Nature Graceful Embrace]

[Nature's Whisper]

[Wind Knight Arts: Wind's Swift Persistence]

[Wind's Replica]

[Destined Hero's Seed]

[Spiritual Manipulator]

Expected from an Elemental Knight, the skills were rather generous, even when only eating three. Their Arts seem to be extremely strong compared to a normal Knight.

[Golden Thunder Spark Senses] increases all my five senses alongside the perception of my surroundings, giving me high reaction capabilities.

[Nature's Whisper] gives me the ability to talk with plants and Nature related beings like Dryads with extreme affinity. It's like a stronger Phyllokinesis with extra benefits.

[Wind's Replica] lets me manipulate the wind around me in ways I never thought possible, molding it as if it were a mass, I'm able to create a replica of myself similar to a clone, which can stay alive for a very prolonged amount of time.

There is also the [Destined Hero's Seed], a skill that seems to be on any Human that will be destined to become a Hero in the future.

When I activated the skill, I obtained the classes [Flamboyant Hero of Thunder Sparks], [Maiden Heroine of Nature], and [Hero of Serene Gusts].

Each class seemed to have very strong stat modifiers and powerful passive skills. The Cost of Arts was quite cheap compared to my Unique Class. Now that I can change classes without penalties, I may change into these classes if needed.

My children were fascinated with the meat and continued eating with all of us for several hours. We ended our feast at around 5 AM. Even when my entire Kingdom devoured the countless humans killed today, there were still over six thousand left, thankfully, they won't rot inside of my Item Box.

[You learned the following Skills]

[Soldier Knight Arts: Far Fist Attack]

[Soldier Knight Arts: Air Render Slash]

[Soldier Knight Arts: Air Blast]

[Soldier Knight Arts: Bonecrusher]

[Weapon Attack+]

[Shieldbearer]

[Light Healing Magic: Antidote]

[Light Healing Magic: Holy Barrier]

[Light Healing Domain: Heavenly Healing Zone]

[Extra MP]

[Geomancy]

[Magic Counter]

After the feast and drinking too much alcohol, my entire family was completely drunk except my children and Rimuru, so I had to carry everyone towards the Castle. It was a very long day; wars do take a lot of time…

Hm, there is a lot of new info regarding the Athetosea Kingdom that I've obtained alongside several surviving humans that we managed to capture alive, but I will leave it for later, I want to sleep.

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[Day 123]

Oh… It seems that I oversleep until the next day… Well, it said that Vampires sleep a lot, but I never thought that it would affect me.

There may be some factors that made me oversleep, like intense soul fatigue or mental fatigue, but the last time I checked, I only had the natural soul and mental fatigue.

Perhaps my body still somewhat feels fatigued, even if I am an Undead and have reached such strength. There must be a certain factor in my body fatigue that I cannot negate no matter how strong I am...

Anyways, this morning I was greeted by Amiphossia and Valentia, who was peacefully sleeping at my right and left side, while Aarae, surprisingly, was sleeping over my body.

Aah… Their sleepy faces are heartwarming. It already made up my day.

There were my other ten wives sleeping spread through the big bed. When I stood up, I sensed my body strangely lighter than usual. It seems that the Hero skills from yesterday may have strangely affected my body. I checked myself on my mirror and found my entire body except my neck and face filled with golden, dark, purple, and red tattoos.

Each tattoo was very fine and looked nicely painted over my body. After seeing such a strange, change, I quickly opened my Status Window.

Ding!

[Several Gods have given you the full extent of their blessing]

[Due to this, your body has been strengthened accordingly]

Hmm, this must be the reason for my oversleep. A lot of gods gave me the full extent of the blessings I stole from others after eating them.

I have so many god blessings now that it would be a serious pain to list them all. Although most of them are Demi-Gods. I still don't have the blessing of a Great or Supreme God though.

As I glanced once again on the sexy and alluring bodies of my sleeping wives, I found that some had changed by a small bit, they evolved.

The most noticeable one was Brontes, whose evolved body gained an incredible amount of muscle mass alongside an increased size. Her brown skin now turned on a dark copper color, while being completely covered on shiny golden tattoos. Her eye now became golden colored, while her hair had a dark yellow color. She had also gained a crown of golden and dark horns over her forehead, her face was still almost the same as before, but her cheeks were slimmer, creating a more refined beauty.

Her belly was packing a beautiful and sturdy six-pack, while her arms were as thick as four of my arms together. Her legs were not losing, being incredibly thick, yet squishy at the same time. Her shoulders although muscular, were still small, alongside her incredibly wide hips, even with all those muscles she still had a natural feminine beauty.(Check Paragraph Comments for Official Illustration!)

I wondered if the baby had any repercussions due to her evolution, but it seemed that it was healthy, and even more, it seems to have gotten stronger due to sharing the evolution with her mother.

I quickly checked Brontes new status with Appraisal.

[NAME: Brontes

[CLASS: Rampaging Thunderstorm Berserk

[SUBCLASS: Ancient Copper Cyclops Blacksmith

[RACE: Superior Mythical Thunder Spirit (Copper Cyclops)

[LEVEL: 1/250 EXP: 0000000/5000000

[STATUS: Excellent.

[ITEM BOX: 073/300

[SPIRIT: 758/758

[STRENGTH: 784

[DEFENCE: 572

[MAGIC: 361

[RESISTANCE: 458

[SPEED: 509

[CHARISMA: 200

[LUCK: 10

[New Skills]

[Blessing of the Oni God of Thunderstorms Raijin] [Blessing of the Demi-God of Copper Ore Cyprus]

[One-Eyed Oni of Thunderstorms Blessed Muscles] [Blessed Sturdy Copper Ore Skin]

[Sacred Spirit Eye that Summons Thunderstorms] [Thundering Reflexes of the One-Eyed Oni]

[Blessed Thunder Copper Oni Bloodline] [Thunder Copper Oni Unique Fighting Style]

[Reinforced Blessed Bones of Thunder Copper] [Thunder Copper Titan True Awakening]

[Unique Magic: Thunderstorm Copper Weapon Rain]

It seems like Brontes got two new blessings on her evolution, perhaps the gods favor her now that she has proven to be strong by herself. And well, also being my wife.

The interesting thing about her blessings is how god both of them combined into a unique series of new skills for her. I've always found interesting the ability for god's blessings to fuse so well, always creating something new and unique.

Her stats increased according to her blessings, some of her stats even surpassed mine like her Strength and incredible Defense. Brontes also exuded a golden presence, which was very calm and vast.

After Brontes came Rimuru, who also evolved. After evolving, her beauty skyrocketed and she resembled a beautiful and delicate maiden, her humanoid form was more refined. Her pale blue skin remained on her humanoid form, but she gained several tattoos over her chest and back. Her hair was azure-colored and it waved slowly, resembling flowing water.

Her eyes were still rainbow-colored but shined on a brighter color. Her overall aura was also overflowing with different colors and elements.(Check Paragraph Comments for illustration!)

Strangely enough, she still has not gained a core like our child, which makes me think that Rimuru must have taken a different evolution route of Slime that does not require a core to live.

Our child on her "womb" had also expanded due to her evolution and its core has also gotten bigger.

Just like Brontes, I appraised her stats.

[NAME: Rimuru

[CLASS: Omni Elemental Spiritual Magic Knight

[SUBCLASS: Novice Cook

[RACE: Superior Omni-Elemental Spiritual Slime Empress (Rare Variant)

[LEVEL: 1/250 EXP: 0000000/4000000

[STATUS: Excellent.

[ITEM BOX: 052/300

[HP: 451/451 MP: 683/683

[STAMINA: 230/230

[STRENGTH: 403

[DEFENCE: 368

[MAGIC: 682

[RESISTANCE: 736

[SPEED: 531

[CHARISMA: 200

[LUCK: 10

[New Skills]

[Blessing of the God of Nine Spirits Dizzotl]

[Blessing of the Demi-Goddess of Brilliant Rainbows Iris] [Brilliant Spiritual Rainbow Slime Body]

[Brilliant Omni Elemental Rainbow Magic Coat] [Brilliance of the Nine Rainbows]

[Spiritual Rainbow Eyes of Overflowing Mana] [Omni Elemental Rainbow Spirit Magic Domain]

[Enchanting Beauty of the Nine Colors Maiden] [Brilliant Rainbow Expanded Mana]

[Sacred Nine Spirits Complete Affinity] [Brilliant Rainbow Magic Complete Affinity]

[Advanced Summoning Magic: Summon Random Rainbow Spiritual Beast]

Just like Brontes, Rimuru also gained two blessings, which still surprised me greatly. I admired Rimuru's strength and perseverance, as she remained with me since that time when I summoned her. Since then, she accompanied me everywhere and fought at my side.

I remember one time when she began to fall out on the quick growth of my other servants, but by grinding diligently every day without any time to rest, she managed to evolve into her humanoid form, which was granted by the Demi-Goddess of Slimes Blooia, who saw Rimuru's efforts and rewarded her.

On the other side, Zehe had also evolved. Her body size changed quite a bit, instead of her usual muscular body, her muscles became slimmer and more refined, as if they were weaker, but in reality, they were extremely tough and hard. She gained a new pair of arms and her nails became long and black colored. Her skin was still pale blue and her hair also remained that silver luster.

Her golden eyes turned to a deep red, alongside this, her horns became pure black and grew taller while they coiled around and her entire body was covered on golden and black tattoos. She had a small black gemstone on her forehead which exuded a strong magical aura.(Check Paragraph Comments for Illustration!)

Intrigued by her new strength, I checked her status with Appraisal.

[NAME: Zehe

[CLASS: Ancient Shadow Abyss Spiritual Witch

[SUBCLASS: Experienced Librarian

[RACE: Ancient Six-Armed Arcane Ashura Overlord (Rare Variant/Extinct Species)

[LEVEL: 1/250 EXP: 0000000/5000000

[STATUS: Excellent.

[ITEM BOX: 132/300

[HP: 383/383 MP: 772/772

[STAMINA: 190/190

[STRENGTH: 329

[DEFENCE: 285

[MAGIC: 820

[RESISTANCE: 652

[SPEED: 401

[CHARISMA: 200

[LUCK: 10

[New Skills]

[Blessing of the Goddess of Shadows Nyx]

[Blessing of the Demi-Goddess of Arcane Magic Brynhildr] [Six-Armed Demoness Arcane Body]

[Six-Armed Demoness Arcane Lineage] [Scarlet Eyes that Stare on the Abyss]

[Shadow Void Obsidian Skin] [Shadow Arcane Magic Heart of the Six-Armed Demoness]

[Merciless Abyss Demoness Overlord Presence] [High Magic Density Pressure]

[Innate Arcane Shadow Mana Domain] [Independent Magic Circle Creation]

[Arcane Shadow Magic Coating] [Arcane Shadow Magic Enhanced Senses]

[Shadow Abyss Mana Absorption] [Shadow Arcane Magic Complete Affinity]

[Forbidden Summoning Magic: Shadow Abyss Eldritch Abomination]

Zehe was also blessed, gaining the Goddess of Shadows and the Demi-Goddess of Arcane Magic blessings. These seem to be very fitting blessings for a witch of her caliber, these gods are very wise on choosing her as a representative of them. Although I still can't find the reason behind god's blessing mortals…

I notice on her stats that they changed drastically from before. After evolution, her HP was lowered in exchange for a larger MP pool, while her Strength and Defense were given in exchange for Magic and Resistance. She seems to be a very min-maxed mage, different than Rimuru, who tries to be an all-rounder. I'm pretty sure that Zehe can still overpower most of my servants with pure strength with a few exceptions. I'm very proud of her growth, she has changed quite a lot since I meet with her.

Last but not least, Nesiphae also evolved. It seems that my four wives that participated in the last battle evolved due to the massive amounts of EXP that the humans granted to us.

Nesiphae's appearance did not change much, she remained most of her previous features, however, they seemed to be "enhanced". As she was even more beautiful than before. Her dark purple skin became a tad bit paler. Her eyes were now purple too and released an eerie aura, probably related to her petrifying abilities. Well, until now she has not petrified anyone by error, so she knows how to handle her powers. Her body size grew larger too, but only around one and a half meter longer, mostly on her tail.

Her snake tail was now purple-colored with red markings resembling roses thorns, she had a set of scales that were bigger than the rest, and resembled a set of hard adamantine armor. On her forehead, she had two small black colored demon horns and three purple-colored gemstones. Her hair, which was dark purple, grew even larger, reaching the tip of her tail. On the sides of her hair, there were over a dozen different snakeheads that were currently sleeping with her.

The aura that Nesiphae's released was quite intoxicating, feeling like it was even able to break through my resistances and charm me for a moment. It also feels dangerous at the same time, as if she were luring me only to eat me whole. However, I know that my Nesiphae would never do such a thing, as she is a very sweet girl deep inside.(Check Paragraph Comments for Official Illustration!)

[NAME: Nesiphae

[CLASS: Venomous Death Knight

[SUBCLASS: Spirit Whisper

[RACE: Giant Charming Medusa of Purple Mist Overlord (Rare Variant/Extinct Species)

[LEVEL: 1/250 EXP: 0000000/5000000

[STATUS: Excellent.

[ITEM BOX: 064/300

[HP: 862/862 MP: 386/386

[STAMINA: 350/350

[STRENGTH: 873

[DEFENCE: 462

[MAGIC: 278

[RESISTANCE: 439

[SPEED: 376

[CHARISMA: 300

[LUCK: 10

[New Skills]

[Blessing of the Goddess of The Poison Mist Achlys]

[Blessing of the Goddess of War Umlena]

[Blessing of the Demi-Goddess of Beauty Hebe]

[Venomous Muscles of Purple Obsidian] [Charming Medusa Demoness Eyes of Petrification]

[Venomous War Maiden of Snakes Chitin Skin] [Venom Scales of Poison Adamantine]

[Medusa War Maiden of Venomous Beauty Scale Armor] [Alluring Poison Mist Domain]

[Charming Medusa Demoness Lineage] [Axe and Maces Complete Affinity]

[Sudden Strength Surge of the Charming Medusa Demoness]

[Intoxicating Charming Fragrance of the Medusa Demoness] [Countless Poisonous War Snakes]

[Poisonous War Snake Union] [Poisonous War Snake Detonation] [Poisonous War Snake Bind]

Once again, another of my wives received several blessings, this time, Nesiphae managed to get the attention of three gods. The combination of these three blessings gave her a unique series of abilities.

Just like Zehe, Nesiphae's evolution lowered some of her stats in exchange for others. For example, her MP was given in exchange for HP, and her Magic and Speed in exchange for more Strength.

When it was 10 AM, Sakura, my personal Arachne Maid entered the room with clean and washed clothes. Due to her sudden entrance, the rest of my wives woke up.

As everyone woke up, we took a nice bath altogether. All ten of them were rather worried about my sleep and thought that I was sick somehow. Their concern about my safety is very adorable.

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