Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-158

Before the war started, I slowly and stealthily spread my charming fragrance that partially hypnotized every soldier on our side, except demi-humans. Making all these knights and adventurers enter into a semi-berserk state. The Champions and Elemental Knights were naturally immune due to some strange skills protecting them; however, they seem to not have found out the origin of the sweet fragrance.

Just as this happened, I quickly activated several buffs on my mercenary group, increasing all their parameters, including Luck, alongside increased damage against Humans.

The Elemental Knights and Champions weren't able to discern the origin of the fragrance in time as the war finally broke out. As they had to put in the farce of being on our side, they were forced by their own plans to forget about the suspicious odor and begin aimlessly killing soldiers on their opposite side.

CLASH! CLASH! SLASH! BOOM!

The thousands of soldiers and adventurers clashed against each other in a messy and savage war, due to the semi-berserk state of the side I was "working" on, their techniques were wilder and the opposite side didn't expect such savagery coming from those who used to be their companions or just normal citizens and adventurers.

As the battle unfolded, I let Nesiphae, Zehe, Gaby, and Lilith go on their own, while I made Adelle, Mady, and Charlotte stick together while following me around and slaying any enemy soldier that came to them.

Meanwhile, Truhan alongside Celica and their group began their onslaught of slaughter against the opposite side, quickly diminishing their numbers with their overwhelming strength and destructive techniques.

Following them not so far was the Blood Team, led by Clumsy, and her sisters, who evolved into Blood Elves while being accompanied by their small group of Half-Blood Demons and Lesser Blood Elves. As they progressively slashed humans, they absorbed their blood and became stronger. Some even manipulated it and created Blood Weapons to keep on rampaging.

The humans on our side were mostly foddered to create enough chaos across the battlefield. As I traveled around while pretending to be a supporter for my wives and soldiers, I glanced at Evan, who was alongside a small group of Hobgoblins knights and Trolls, while being accompanied by the Black-Haired Swordsman.

As the two clashed against the enemy armies, they showed off their strength and incredible techniques that my servants and I have taught to them. Thankfully, all the humans who used to be adventurers are wearing a special mask to not be found.

As I was looking at him, my group was distracted by a massive group of heavily armored knights, who came rushing at us while releasing countless swords Arts. As my wives took them on, three ended up slipping through them and going for my head.

"There she is!"

"That fairy! She is supporting those damned demi-humans! Kill her, quickly!"

"You are nothing more than a weakling in close combat!"

"Damn, she is sure a beauty, I would have liked to make her my slave… Well, too bad for you"

As the knights approached me, their sword was enhanced with a blinding shining light, as the three released Holy Light slashes at the same time, creating a small [Tandem Art], that showed itself as a cross slash made of Holy Light.

BOOM!

As the attack hit me, I felt no pain and my HP didn't go down at all, as the smoke from their attack quickly dissipated, they saw with horror as I was still alive and kicking as if nothing happened to me.

"E-Eh?"

"O-Our Tandem Art! How could she survive that?

"You stupid butterfly! You are no more than an annoying bug! Die!"

Satisfied with their reactions, I enhanced my fingers as I made my nails grow like sharp and long knives, and with a single swipe, the three soldiers head rolled through the ground.

SLASH!

My movements were so fast that the soldiers watching the scene couldn't believe what their eyes were showing to them, the soldier's heads simply were detached from their bodies out of thin air.

"H-Hey… What is that fairy?"

Some soldiers began to see something ominous about me.

"She… Is not normal"

"What is this… fear…?"

Wanting to test out my [Mystic Eyes] I released their powers into my spectators, in less than a split second, all of them began to convulse while being affected with countless of negative ailments.

Some began to rot into a puddle of rotten blood, others were spasming from the paralyzed, others were having nightmares and hallucinating while others were being burned alive. The unluckiest soldiers were instantly dead due to my [Death Eye]. If I were to release my true aura, there would be more victims.

The enemy side was quickly affected by my own sight, as I kept glaring while using [Mystic Eyes] at the enemy army, they began to slow down or fall behind. My soldiers and the humans on our side who were on a semi-berserk state used this opportunity to quickly rip to shreds those affected by the ailments, making easy pickings.

A terrible war was unfolded as the corpses of humans began to pile up, the grassy terrain was quickly infested with the deep and intoxicating smell of blood as it was painted in scarlet red.

To not affect my soldiers, I stopped using [Mystic Eyes] and resumed my supporting role, thankfully, those who thought I was suspicious were quickly killed by my wives in various ways.

Adelle was in the front lines alongside Charlotte, the two danced around while slashing and shooting at the soldiers. Adelle used her long stoke enhanced with Holy Light to slash into pieces anything that came our way in merely seconds. Her reaction speed was incredible and her dodge capabilities were outstanding.

Charlotte used a variety of tools at her disposal, which she had modified to use chemicals and special items crafted with Alchemy. Most of the time she would keep her distance while using a small crossbow on her wrist, the arrows themselves were crafted with special ingots made with Summoning Materials, alongside this, she added small spheres of glass filled with chemicals that would instantly set anything she shots alight with a green flame, that was very hard to dissipate.

Other times she would use her Gunblade to cast different elements using the chemical bullets that she previously crafted with care. The power of each bullet was almost as strong as a small advanced spell, and could even affect a small area. By using countless of them alongside Sword Techniques, she was able to safely create a distance while finishing off countless of knights, who had no methods of defense against them. Magic Shields summoned by mages would only block some damage, as the "magic" that Charlotte used wasn't even magic, but chemical reactions using magical items, creating a different effect.

Mady on the other side used her Illusion Magic to trick or hypnotize the surrounding soldiers, making them attack each other. From time to time she would cast offensive magic that was able to easily burst the brains of an unlucky soldier with countless hallucinations. Her tentacles, although slim and more refined, were as hard as steel, and could easily block attacks and even blast soldiers away with a barrage of punches. Anyone who came too closer to her and didn't have any resistance would easily succumb to horrible hallucinations and become insane in seconds.

As I saw them having not many issues, I enveloped myself on a thick coating of Illusion Magic and used the skill [Shadow Wind Concealment Coating of Presence Nullification] to completely make myself invisible. As I looked over my servants doing good work, I glanced at the important figures.

The opposing side Elemental Knights were being disrupted by a big group of my soldiers alongside Evan and the Black-Haired Swordsman. However, as things progressed, they used their powerful magic and techniques in conjunction and began massacring my soldiers, their combined power was too much.

The Elemental Knight of Gemstones, who was a young girl, invoked over thousands of giant gemstones that worked as walls and sharp spears, alongside this, the Elemental Knight of Ground worked together with her to create earthquakes and summon gemstone golems. The Elemental Knight of Fire was able to create massive tornados of blazing flames, devastating his surroundings.

Alongside this the Elemental Knight of Holy, who was the step-brother of Evan, used his Holy Blade to slash and release devastating rays of Holy Light, instantly evaporating countless foes in seconds while keeping his relaxed and calm smile. From time to time, he would combine his Holy Light magic with the Gemstone Knight, creating a massive showed of purging Holy Light using her Gemstones to reflect and amplify their power.

Evan and the Black-Haired Swordsman barely managed to keep their ground as the rest of the soldiers that came with them were completely killed, thankfully, I made the fodder humans and adventurers act as meat shields for my mercenary troops.

As I was about to aid them, a massive explosion happened.

BOOOOOM!

Blazing pure red flames embraced the battlefield as the flames began to mutate and change their form, resembling wild animals like foxes, horses, and lizards. These flames were of Kaguya. Alongside this, it came tremendous earthquakes and rocks falling from the skies, which were invoked by Ganjo. And lastly, a massive army of Warriors was being led by Jorogumo and Erathe, slashing and burning alive anything in front of them.

Their massive attacks and disruption alongside the quick thinking of Evan made it possible to separate the Elemental Knights momentarily.

Evan used this opportunity to enhance his body, using techniques and skills that he never showed to the Elemental Knights before, as he jumped with Light Speed and attacked the Holy Knight, throwing him some meters away.

Due to Evan's momentum, the Elemental Knight of Holy couldn't react in time and was forced to retreat, while trying to evade Evan's enraged attacks. It seems that Evan was quite happy to finally reunite with his damned step-brother, as he was wilder than before.

The other Elemental Knights were already too separated from the rest. The Fire Knight stopped Jorogumo and Erathe alongside the small troop that he commanded, which was formed of some of his [Legendary Team] members. They were four knights, two blonde twins' Noblewomen, an old wizard, and a half-salamander girl.

The Elemental Knight of Earth was thrown away and Ganjo used this opportunity to take him head-on, the two blasted each other away with a savage display of techniques and Earth Magic. However, Ganjo began to feel overwhelmed by the young Knight's power and was helped by the rest of my soldiers. As the soldiers overwhelmed the Earth Knight back, he began to retreat.

Seeing that this young man was a nice prey, I stealthily followed him.

As the young man ran through the bloody battlefield, he quickly opened his Item Box and drank a red-colored potion, which slowly restored his health.

"Bwaah… Damn that giant lizard! The moment he was losing he calls his lackeys! I need to quickly regroup with my partners! I need to protect Saeko…"

*Saeko Hoseki is the name of the Elemental Knight of Gemstones.

As the Earth Knight glanced at the battlefield, I sneaked on his back and slowly approached him.

"What a horrible sight… What were these stupid Nobles thinking on doing such a pointless…"

Making use of the young lad distraction, I enhanced my arm with countless spells and quickly stabbed him on his chest, as if my arm was the hardest of blades, it went through his armor and flesh very smoothly, like the sharpest of knives cutting the most tender of meats.

SLASH!

"Buguuah!!! Gguaagh! W-Wha… N-No!"

As the Earth Knight struggled, using the last bit of his life force. I felt his innards moving without stopping over my hand. When he noticed my face, beneath my Illusion coating, he was both surprised and terrified.

Due to his absurdly high-pitched voice, I silenced him with my toxins, paralyzing his mouth from shouting anything. He quickly noticed that he wasn't able to speak anymore and began to cry while lamenting his death, his movements became slower as he began to spams, suddenly, his breathing stopped and I sensed his soul slowly ascending towards the sky.

I quickly snatched it and ate his soul right there. I would love to devour his body right now, but at any moment someone may realize what was happening here.

I quickly enveloped him on a coating of Illusion Magic and saved his dead body on my Item Box. It was a very easy kill.

Ding!

[You gained 16.000.000 EXP]

[LEVEL 031/250 EXP 23.340.055/95.000.0000 EXP]

[Conflicting [Epic], [Lesser Epic of Gerard Ludovicus, the Energetic Earth Child] has been annihilated]

[You gained a prize reward] [Legendary Relic of the Energetic Earth Child]

Suddenly, my Flesh and Slime Minions spying on the Champions and Knights quickly told me that they already became aware of Gerard's death, their faces started to shatter in despair.

Mostly the Elemental Knights, who were struggling the most as they were separated, the ones on our side were also surprised and almost couldn't believe such a thing, as they thought that this battle was already rigged from the start, the possibility of a friend dying was not in their consideration.

The Elemental Knight of Holy calm demeanor quickly became that of wariness as if sensing that something weird was going on. While reflecting on Evan's attacks with his own magic, he wasn't able to look for the clues himself, Evan was doing a splendid job on keeping him distracted.

The Champions were the ones who were surprised the most, surely, they were thinking that no important figure would die today, but the death of Gerard told them something else. The Champion of Psychic Eyes glanced at the battlefield with confusion, barely being able to believe the recent System Notification that she obtained, regarding the death of the Elemental Knight of Earth.

The Hero of Raging Winds on the other side, stopped for a moment as he glanced at the Half-Dodomeki woman with a very serious expression.

The Hero of Raging Winds used his skill [Wind's Talk] to speak directly with the Champion of Psychic Eyes.

"Nanako, what is going on?! This wasn't in the plans you showed to me!"

Nanako Maki began to sweat in fear and stress, she clearly feared the Hero's demeanor.

"Hammond, I don't… Know… There must be something else going on…! I cannot gather enough information due to the mess that this war is!"

Suddenly, the calm expression of the Wind Hero changed to that of pure rage, as his forehead became infested with bloody veins.

"Nanako, your incompetence has its limits! And my patience also does have a limit, quickly find the culprit behind Gerard's death!"

Nanako Maki waved her head while looking at the ground.

"B-But… Everything is so messy… My [Eyes of Perception] can barely absorb the information!"

The Wind Hero couldn't bear with the woman's incompetence, as he yelled at the respected Champion as if she were just a slave.

"Just do something, you useless demi-human!"

Hearing such an insult towards the Champion of Psychic Eyes heritage, the Half-Dodomeki woman was barely able to restrain her anger.

"Tch! (How dare he… That damned Hero! And that group of demi-humans in the enemy side, those must be related to the Sin of Lust! To that demon! She must have somehow put her filthy hands in this war, ruining everything I had planned!)"

Without Kireina suspecting anything, Nanako Maki had already suspiciousness towards her, already predicting that she was the culprit behind the Elemental Knight of Earth's death.

Having finished my first catch of the day, I quickly glanced around my surroundings while using my split minds to maintain my Illusion Magic, and then flew towards my next target. The Elemental Knight of Gemstones, who was struggling against my soldiers on a desperate battle.

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