Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-164

As the chaotic war heated up, several battles unfolded. The Champion of Psychic Eyes has been silently watching and hearing the massacred, trying to look for clues about the origins of the strange aphrodisiac fragrance. With the support of her organization, she was untainted, and remained mostly calm, however, her mind was in chaos.

As she received a system notification informing her of the death of another Elemental Knight, the Elemental Knight of Gemstones, Saeko Hoseki. This greatly impacted her emotions, which she usually keeps in check. This was because Saeko Hoseki originates from the Azuma Empire, as her family was known to be "The Oracles of Gemstones", a special lineage of humans who are the descendants of Earth and Gemstone Spirits, and posses' abilities related to these elements.

Because of her lineage origins being similar to Nanako Maki, they naturally grew closer and became good friends, despite their age differences. Nanako became something akin to a teacher figure to Saeko, and the death of her pupil greatly impacted the Half-Dodomeki woman, who barely held her tears of grievance.

"Saeko… Such a young and promising girl… You shouldn't have died this young" She lamented.

On her grievance, Nanako received another call from the Hero of Raging Winds, through his skill [Wind's Talk].

"Nanako! Call the reinforcements! I have commanded Sapphira to do so, but it seems that she has been blocked by these damned monsters! Alert the Nobles! I've also found trails of the origin of the Fragrance, but it quickly slipped off my grasp…! It seemed to be some kind of Red Slime that held immense power, it managed to escape underground…!"

"I've already called for reinforcements, but they will take some time to come! And that Red Slime, could it be related to Lust?"

"Most probably… It has left a lot of its essence scattered in the wind, so I will dedicate myself to look for it, this damned Red Slime was the one who killed Haseko!"

"W-What? Haseko… I-I see…"

"Nanako! Snap out of your delusions and alert everyone, I have a very bad feeling about this chaotic war, the whole Kingdom may be in danger! We need to alert the Royal Family if things turn worse… They need to escape!"

"B-But… How could the Athetosea Kingdom fall like this?! I… I…"

"Just obey what I say! Aren't you recognized as the strongest Champion?! Do something deserving of such a title!"

"Ah…! U-Understood! (It seems that I will have to use it after all…!)"

As the Hero of Raging Winds went to look for the Red Slime, which in reality was Kireina. The Champion of Psychic Eyes retrieved her [Legendary Relic]; [Nine Basilisk Eyes], which showed themselves as nine differently colored spheres made of [Divine Materials].

With this [Legendary Relic], which floated while rotating around the Half-Dodomeki woman, she started to conjure a gigantic Magic Circle from bellow her, which covered almost the entire battlefield.

The Magic Circle shined in pink and purple light and on its scriptures, it showed a language similar to the one the people in the Azuma Empire speak, alongside this, it had thousands of giant eyes, that seemed to look at everything.

"To activate my special skill [One-Thousand All-Seer Eyes Domain], I must conjure the Magic Circle and infuse my MP in constant intervals while using the power of my [Legendary Relic] … For this, I need time…! Please, everyone! Protect me with your lives! This is for the future of Athetosea!"

As Nanako shouted at her organization subordinates, all of them yelled in approbation, raising their weapons and receiving the army of berserk humans and monsters.

"Yes, my lady!"

After killing the Elemental Knight of Gemstones, I was surprised by someone's else visit. When I took a peek outside, my Slime Body was almost sliced in thousands of pieces by incredibly potent slicing winds.

It was the Hero of Raging Winds, which somehow managed to track me. Even worst, after receiving the notification of the Gemstone Knight death, he went into a berserk rage and ended killing all my soldiers outside with powerful Raging Winds deserving of his title.

However, it's not time to battle him yet, there are tons of appetizers for me to grab before going for the main course.

Using the propulsion of the currents of winds that he manipulates, the Hero rushed towards me while pointing at me with his invisible bow and instantly shooting hundreds of arrows made of concentrated emerald wind, completely slicing into dust the Gemstone Dome where I was.

Thankfully, I managed to escape underground, although he tried to follow me very closely, I swam as deep as I could through the underground until he stopped following me. I used that moment to enhance my capabilities and rush through the underground towards another section of the battlefield.

My Flesh and Slime Minions who were inside of the corpses of my soldiers told me where he was going, so I just needed to go his opposite direction. It seems that he's seeking the origin of my fragrance.

After some information gathering from my servants and my Bat Minions, I discovered that Nanako and the Wind Hero have been speaking through some kind of Mind Skill, and have been planning some things. The Half-Dodomeki woman called over reinforcements, so it most probably that she already figured out about my presence in here.

Also, the Elemental Knight of Fire's team was completely annihilated by the Slime Family, however, the Fire Knight was rescued by his subordinates and one of his [Legendary Team] members and somehow managed to escape. What a pity, but I'm sure that he may come back for revenge in the future, it is quite predictable. Maybe he can get even stronger, so he will be a more delectable meal by then.

Now having killed all the Elemental Knights in the opposing side with the Fire Knight escaping, it was time to shift my attention towards the ones in our own side, now that the war has become so chaotic with these crazed and lustful soldiers, our side Elemental Knights and Champions must have been already told to betray us.

After inspecting for a while, I got an update. Evan has been carried by my servants and Slime Minions towards the outskirts of the war while being protected with Illusion Magic. Some of the soldiers I have in the backline have come to retrieve him and now he's in a safe and secure place, being attended by Amiphossia.

The Elemental Knights that were on our side are the Knight of Water, Poison, and Shadows. While the Champions were the one of Black Flames and Emerald Trees. The Champion of Black Flames is currently devastating everything alongside the Knight of Shadows with her powerful corrosion flames, and the Undead Team has set their attention in them, it seems that a new battle will unfold.

Meanwhile, the Champion of Emerald Trees is confronting Zehe, and Lilith came to support her. As this is happening, the Knights of Water and Poison are working together to get through the battlefield, they seem to be looking for the other Champions, in a plan to regroup, but they are being pressured by my troops, Nesiphae alongside Gaby showed up to block their way, which I commanded to do so beforehand.

On the other side, Mady, Adelle, and Charlotte are working together to fight against the Champion of Freezing Winter, which they found in the middle of the battlefield. She seems to have the intention of escaping, probably to alert more Nobles about this.

Due to the situation, I quickly contacted Alice and told her to begin the next plan. This plan consisted of her calling over the group of Dhampirs that I've recently turned and completely wipe out the non-hypnotized Nobles, which were all gathering in the same place to spectate the war. It also included the capture of the Royal Family, including the King and the Princess.

"It will be done as you say, Master Kireina~" Said Alice, in a playful tone.

I also checked in Truhan and Celica team, they were still fighting the Champion of Earth-Shattering Arms, who had suddenly become stronger after activating the hidden potential in his [Epic], suddenly awakening into a [Hero], which made him turn the tables in his favor. However, now that the Slave Team and the Slime Family are free, I commanded half of the Slave Team and the Slime Family to support them.

I commanded the other half of the Slave Team to attack Nanako Maki's troops, in hopes of stopping whatever she is planning with the giant Magic Circle that she suddenly conjured.

The Blood Team has taken heavy damage from the Hero of Raging Winds rampage all around the battlefield, so I commanded my Flesh and Slime Minions to heal them and bring them to a safe zone, in the outskirts of Athetosea.

While being a Slime, I swam through the underground at max speed and quickly reached my next prey, which was the Elemental Knights of Water and Poison. This pair has been struggling to go through the chaotic and messy battlefield, only to be stopped by Nesiphae and Gaby. I won't let such a tasty meal go away so easily.

Making sure that the Hero of Raging Winds was rampaging elsewhere, I quickly swam towards the surface as a slime, and slowly moved towards Nesiphae and Gaby, who was currently in a fierce fight against the Elemental Knights of Water and Poison; named Amanda Auger and Elora Erceran respectively.

Amanda, the Knight of Water, was currently desperately fighting against Gaby. She was summoning a massive Magic Circle that released hundreds of Marine Beasts of all shapes and sizes, from Giant Sea Serpents, Black Scaled Sharks, Three-Headed Venomous Octopus, etc.

As the onslaught of beast rushed towards Gaby, she flew across the skies on her Ghost Ship, while throwing massive cannonball attacks at the beast, and trying to aim towards Amanda with her Blade Energy techniques, that can target from very far away. She has also summoned her own troops in the Merfolk Pirates and Captains, which were doing their best against the onslaught of Marine Beasts.

Aside from summoning, the Knight of Water specialized in fast and powerful strokes, but due to the scale of war and her opponents, she dedicated herself to the only dodge and throw powerful Oceanic Flows towards Gaby while summoning an endless army of Marine Beasts.

Although they seemed to be in a tie, the Knight of Water was obviously using more Stamina and MP than Gaby, who was calmly attacking her through her Ghost Ship. Also, I've explicitly told them to hold the Knights back, and not kill them immediately, as I wanted to take them myself.

On the other side was the Elemental Knight of Poison; Elora Erceran, who is a Half-Poison Elf, a beautiful woman who was blessed with a voluptuous body. She has fewer features than the Poison Elves, but her skin is still pale purple while having purple hair and small pointed hears. She controlled a weapon that showed itself as a massive whip made of vines and thorns, it was able to entangle her opponents while releasing terrible toxins, being able to inflict a myriad of negative ailments while restraining her opponents.

Sadly, for her, she was fighting someone who had complete immunity to poison and was too tall to be restrained with ease, Nesiphae. Although the Half-Poison Elf had the advantage in speed and long-ranged attacks, Nesiphae had a ridiculous amount of resilience, Stamina, and Strength. Paired with her [Legendary] weapon, she was quickly overwhelming the Poison Knight, even if she wasn't able to catch up to her speed.

The reason I told my wives to hold back is that I wanted their bodies as intact as possible, similar to when I killed the Knights of Earth and Gemstones, quickly killing them through direct attacks or strong toxins.

When my two wives noticed my arrival, they quickly glared at me for a second, they instantly recognized the Red Slime that I've turned as myself, as they have seen me transform into it several times, especially when I devoured big piles of humans.

I communicated with them through the Flesh and Slime Minions that each one had in their equipment through the skill [Mind Command].

"Ah, Master has arrived!"

"Master, it has been quite hard to hold back with such weaklings…"

"Thanks to you too for being so obedient, you will receive a generous compensation when all of this is over. Now, it's time to pick up these meals"

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