Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-1888

Everyone ran towards Brunhild after seeing what happened, they were shocked but also worried about her. There was no way that using such power wouldn't come without a price, and she looked completely exhausted, for starters.

"Brunhild! Are you alright?!" Elfina panicked.

"She used a power we've never seen her use before…" Fiere pointed out.

"I do remember you twins said something about this, right?" Sol asked. "About her becoming even bigger in a fight?"

"Y-Yeah!" Eriant nodded. "Brunhild used a mysterious power to grow to an insane size, like that one, and defeated a Necrotic Death Overlord when we were all dying!"

"It must be that power, she mastered it or something!" Ariant nodded. "Brunhild! Are you okay?! H-Holy Light Spirits, please heal her!"

"She used the power of the Ancient Gods themselves." Luminous said in surprise. "So this means Giants are truly their direct descendants! To think that there could one day be someone qualified to one day inherit a part of their power. And I thought I was the only one… But she has a power I don't. I feel… a bit jealous, but I should heal her before asking anything else."

Luminous waved his gigantic claws, as a powerful bright, divine and primordial light emerged, all of his attributes combined together into a beautiful celestial shine.

"[Heavenly Celestial Healing Light]!"

FLAAAAAAAASH!

The light quickly spread across Brunhild's body, as it started to heal her body. Luminous quickly realized the power she used was even more dangerous than he imagined. He found out most of her ribs were broken, her internal organs were bleeding, and her arms and legs' bones were almost pulverized.

It was a miracle her strong skull resisted, although it already had many cracks, if it wasn't because she was a Giant capable of withstanding so much damage, she would had surely died on the spot.

"This power… it is too dangerous for her to overuse!" He sighed, healing her at maximum speed.

"Let me heal her as well! I happen to be pretty good at that!" Amiphossia stepped forward, touching Brunhild's stomach. Her red eyes glowed with a golden light, as a mysterious power surged from the white jewel in her stomach.

"[Spiritual Sacred White Flames of Healing]!"

FLUOOOOSH!

Luminous was left flabbergasted as Amiphossia's healing spell almost compared to his own, even when she was using a very different method and magic powers he had never seen before, especially the white jewel in her stomach, which contained tremendous concentrated power.

He recalled that this jewel was also within her forehead, but it was purple, and Ryo also had these jewels across his body. He remembered that Kireina had once said she and her children had special jewels in their bodies which helped them unleash tremendous, never-seen before powers named "Cores".

And now, after never believing Kireina for having a huge family for a while, he was finally withstanding her first and oldest daughter's might…

FLAAAASH!

Both healing powers fused together, completely healing Brunhild of all her life-threatening wounds, while Amiphossia even managed to patch up her tattered, and wounded soul.

"I can't believe it, this power she used even hurt her soul!" Amiphossia sighed. "It is not something she has yet mastered…"

"I guess I shouldn't had even been jealous…" Luminous sighed. "You're a strong girl to wield such a dangerous power, Brunhild."

As the pain receded and her wounds were healed, Brunhild slowly opened her eyes. This time, they weren't gold like before, but shone with a rainbow light. It seemed her own body had changed permanently in some ways.

Luminous and Amiphossia noticed it first, and then Frank did, who was flying around the perimeter looking for Kireina with Ryo. It was as if her own body structure was… remade anew, with new components and powers. Perhaps the tremendous damage she took was a result of this change in her body.

"Ugh… Ungh…! Ah… E-Everyone…" Brunhild slowly opened her eyes. "Hahh… I am so exhausted… Are you all okay?"

"Are you alright, Brunhild?!" Amiphossia cried. "I was super worried!"

"M-Me too!" Luminous roared. "You reckless girl, did you had to go all out like that?! You almost killed yourself!"

"B-But if I didn't… all of you… my friends…" Brunhild muttered.

Everyone couldn't deny that they were being cornered. Although many of them wanted to help her, they were being constantly surrounded by powerful Undead, some even with power equal to Necrotic Death Overlords.

"Well, let's let begone be begones." Suddenly, the voice of somebody echoed in the background.

Crack… Crack… CRAAASH!

A portal leading to a black space, a small dimension designated to trap her resembling something like a Dungeon, opened and then swiftly closed behind her, the beautiful and gorgeous Fairy Vampire Demoness appeared.

"What's matter is that everyone's alright! I was worried and came running but to think you've already resolved the problem by yourselves!" Kireina giggled. "I have to admit I am quite proud of you all."

"MOM!" Amiphossia and Ryo flew towards their mother, hugging her.

"Uwaah! What's wrong?! I was gone for a few minutes at most!" Kireina wondered.

"You disappeared out of nowhere!" Amiphossia cried.

"It reminded me of the time this happened in Genesis…" Ryo sighed.

"Hey, come on, don't be like this you two." Kireina sighed. "I won't die like that anymore…"

"Kireina, I am glad you're fine! But you're a bit too late!" Elfina reprimanded her.

"I was worried too… For a moment I sensed that your own Origin was sent to some different dimension." Frank said. "Just what happened there?"

"Oh, nothing much." Laughed Kireina. "The Necrotic Plane Ruler had a half-assed attempt at trapping me inside a pseudo dungeon filled with thousands of Necrotic Beasts thinking I would die there… I just ate everything and came back- well, not everything, I've made a few friends along the way…"

Her enormous Swarm expanded several times over, as monstrous entities from the Necrotic Plane surged from within, twisting and roaring alongside her other swarm dwellers…

At the end, the Ruler of the Necrotic Plane was raging in frustration within his home, realizing he had only given Kireina the opportunity to grow stronger before fighting the Genie.

"T-This is impossible! That monster… Has she reached a Realm beyond Supreme Gods?! I thought that was the limits within Genesis! She even devoured beings within World Realm and even High World Realm…" He muttered. "How… How fast is her growth rate?!"

As he thought about that, the presence of the Supreme Ruler of the Maxima Universe seemed to be just as frustrated.

"It appears my Summoning Portals have not been useful enough…" He sighed, sending divine messages.

"No…" The Necrotic Ruler smiled, within his endlessly expanding body. "There's still a chance, another one…"

The two glanced into the World of Grand Terra across the stars, within the interior of the Ancient Gods' Tombstone, as the Genie panicked while his entire home was crumbling apart, barely and desperately using his magic to hold everything together.

Several of his mechanisms that imbued him with Miasma and Chaotic Power had been destroyed by the Celestial Lightning from the Celestial Mjolnir, as his constant growth in power came to an halt.

"Dammit…!" The Genie muttered.

"Hoh? Are you finally in a pinch?" Laughed the voice of the Necrotic Ruler from within a tentacled aberration behind his throne.

"Tch… Shut up! I don't need your strength!" The Genie was reluctant.

"We'll see about that." Laughed the entity.