Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-1914

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"To hurry us up?" Asked the three rulers.

"Yeah, the Demon King was cooperating with the Genie, and also the invaders from another worlds such as the Necrotic Plane Ruler and the Maxima Universe Ruler." I said. "It is obvious he knows about us; he wants us all dead, and also knows that we need to defeat him so we can get the last Cosmic Shards."

"Yeah, partially, this is quite all my fault. These shards belong to my soul originally, they shattered out of it when I was younger." Frank sighed. "It is thanks to my Shards that all of your enemies have been able to manifest themselves from other worlds and also, for the enemies here to become much stronger…"

"Don't blame yourself for this, Frank." Ervas said. "This is not your fault, that was beyond your own control when it happened. But I am glad you've managed to gather most of them by now."

"Kireina helped you out, huh?" Veronica giggled. "You two seem to have some sort of chemistry together, I don't know~ Are you up to something?"

"I noticed something going on too…" Aurora squinted his eyes.

"A-Ah… W-Well…" Frank suddenly got embarrassed, blushing. And immediately he gave it away!

"Hey, don't get all embarrassed out of nowhere, they'll guess it right away!" I reprimanded him.

"Oh… sorry…" He sighed.

"I see! So there was something going on!" Veronica giggled. "So cool~ A romance that surged in a war between worlds! Two coming from different worlds, different wars, different backgrounds, meeting and loving each other-"

"Enough, Veronica…" Ervas facepalmed. "You're making our Friends here feel awkward. For now, let's resume our previous conversation.

"Hey, I was actually quite enjoying what was happening right now, but sure, let's move on, hahaha!" Fafnir laughed. "Anyways, I remember you three told us about the Demon King's allies as well. Are they also from other worlds like you guys? If that's the case then we'll be fighting fire with fire at this point."

"Indeed." Ervas nodded.

"Who else is involved than Hel and the others with her?" I wondered. "There shouldn't be…"

"Spider Empress, does that name sounds like something?" Veronica asked.

"Don't tell me…" I muttered.

"She now calls herself Arachneia." Veronica said. "She has been simply watching this world for a while, but also, much like those foes from Genesis, they're aiming for you and your allies. She's a strange one, we believe she might have allied with the Usurpers of Destiny on their relentless chase to disrupt the reconstruction of the Origin World…"

"She's, obviously, cooperating with the Demon King by this point." Said Ervas. "But we believe there might be other foes that we don't know of yet. And somehow, her powers, which seem to be capable of bending space and time, can probably bring an even grater disaster than we imagine… Another of the many reasons we are here is to stop this from happening."

"If she truly manages to do what the Usurpers of Destiny desire, then this entire world might end up being destroyed…" Aurora sighed.

"Usurpers of Destiny this and that, you keep repeating this who are they?" Ryo asked, stealing the words out of my mouth.

"In simple terms for our friends from Grand Terra, it could be said they're higher otherworldly forces. A certain group that follow a certain creed, a certain belief of this world being forever separated." Ervas said. "The Ancient Gods of this world fought against them to preserve this world because it is a fragment of the Origin World."

"In Times before Times, every realm in existence was a single world, this was what we call the Origin World. Grand Terra is a piece of this world, an important one, and Genesis is an even more important one, one of the Four Fragments of the Origin World. The reason why they chase down this world so much from so many places at the same time, is because of this." Veronica said. "This might also explain the reason behind the level of power that beings in that world can achieve."

"S-So to resume this confusing story, there's a group of bastards trying to stop this… hypothetical original world from reforming. Alright… And why would we want it to be reformed, actually?" Asked the Dwarf King. "Wouldn't our entire world be destroyed on the process?"

"We don't know the details, but we had heard from The One, that the process would be seamless and smooth, without destruction, it is a process of creation rather than destruction." Said Ervas. "But I guess it must be hard to understand. Although it should be enough with saying that they want to destroy our worlds and want us dead, is that better?"

"Much better! I am not for that dilly-dallying thing about worlds and whatever. If they want to mess with our world and are using the demon king as their vessel to do so, then we'll just beat the shit out of him!" The Dwarf King roared.

"And this might also be connected with the War between Rulers that is happening in the Spiritual Plane." Said Ervas. "Such a conflict might also end up being brought here… Although I hope that is not the case, we must prepare for everything… Even defeating the Demon King might not be our only goal in this battle."

"You mean that this world has already been connected with Genesis to the point…?" I asked.

"Indeed, to the point such wars might be brought here anyways…" Sighed Veronica. "It might be too late by now. Our priority should be to protect the innocent lives here and fight with everything we have. Our foes are many, and they're all tremendously strong."

"Let's work together then." Frank nodded. "Somehow, I feel like a time like this would had eventually come… Kireina, Ervas, Veronica, Aurora, and I working as one group. Ah, we're missing Chaos, but I guess we can't have it all."

"I guess you're right, our mother and father often said that there would eventually come a time when all of us would join hands as a whole group." Ervas smiled. "I suppose this is the time, at long last."

"Let's get along!" Veronica smiled.

"For sure." I nodded.

Like that, an Alliance between all of us to protect this world, and our own Universe, was born.

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