Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-2385

Truhan and Celica slashed and cleaved their way through the Elemental Titans as they came one after another, rescuing the Gods that had been trapped inside. Just like it happened to their friends before, someone, apparently a Sorceress from the Spiritual Plane, had infected these people with Spirit Parasites, which ended transforming them into these beings.

However, they were quite sure right now that such a thing wasn't everything, these Elemental Titans were mostly entirely composed of Elements! The Spirit Crystal, part of the Parasite, only encompassed their bodies creating a "core" to entrap them and use and amplify their powers to turn them into monsters.

But it wasn't completely... well, "complete" the two quickly noticed that there were large traces of Abyssal Energies within them, Chaotic in nature, Miasma as well, all of such

elements originated from Outer Gods or their Spawns.

"Celica, is it my idea or...?!"

"Yeah! Without a doubt, these things aren't just made through that Spirit Parasite, they're also mutated through Miasma from the Outer Plane!"

"But how's that possible?! Are the two cooperating?"

"I don't think so... It's more like they both overlapped, creating these even stronger beings."

"But even then, I feel like there's a third element to it! These aren't the Vampire monsters we fought a while ago either!"

"Indeed, those things are being controlled... if not made by someone else. The Fire and the Frost they possess isn't completely natural from them, I believe it was granted to them like an infection."

"W-What?"

"I am still speculating, Truhan, but I think that... huge castle over there, that's where there's something controlling these monsters. Unless we get there and defeat whatever's inside, this hell is never going to stop!"

"Ahhh... No way, nope, we can't do that at our current power!"

"I agree, we can't! Hence why we must regroup and get the hell out of here!"

"Y-Yeah but what about the other people we won't save?! Aren't they from Skadi's pantheon? They're our allies now... Come to think of, where's Skadi and her daughter?"

"I have a terrible fear of where they might be, and I don't even want to think about it! I know we won't be able to save everyone yet, but they're still alive inside, we just have to find Kireina-sama and her family and then we get back here! Ok?"

"Ah, fine! Let's go with that plan! I'll follow you, my wife! You're the smarter of the two after all!"

"You're a good husband."

The two titans rushed across the frozen landscape, two more Elementals trying to stop their path. This time they took the form of giant spiders, hissing at them and firing spiderwebs of fire and frost, trying to entrap them.

"Miss me with that shit!" roared Truhan, swinging his giant blazing axe down and splitting all the spiderwebs apart.

SLAAASH!

With a fiery slash, the spiderwebs exploded into pieces and the slashing blow reached the giant spider behind the spiderweb, splitting it into two halves of frost and fire, revealing the orb inside.

"Celica!"

"Yeah!"

Celica jumped off Truhan's back, reaching the orb while Truhan charged towards the second snake, tanking its bites and claw attacks with his bare body.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

At the same time, Celica grabbed the core of the spider Truhan split apart and shattered it, freeing the small fairy inside, which she put inside her Divine Realm instantly.

"Dammit, this thing...!"

Truhan groaned in pain as freezing spiderwebs covered his body and cooled down his fiery divine aura, Celica panicked, rushing there and attacking with her two axes, spinning in midair as an explosion of purple moonlight and shadows erupted.

"Die!"

CRAAASH!

"Gryyeeeggh!"

The monster screamed in agony, quickly exploding into fire and ice and then dropping a huge orb from inside, the flames and frost explosion was strong though, covering Truhan entirely.

"Truhan!" Celica grew scared. "Are you ok?! Truhan!"

Using her bare hands, she freed him from his frozen coffin, finding the giant titan of fire barely alive, almost his entire body having already frozen solid.

"C-Celica..."

"Shit, shit! I fucked up! Truhan! I'm so sorry!"

She quickly took out her Elixir again, the last drops were left, and without hesitating, she drank them and passed them to him through his mouth, as even his lips were frozen.

FLAAASH!

A bright wave of moonlight covered the giant of fire, as the his lifeforce surged strongly, flames covering him entirely and melting the ice.

"Uggh...! Agh!"

Truhan quickly woke up like new, his body blazing with flames.

"Dammit, I'm never tanking their hits head-on!"

"I'm sorry Truhan! It's my fault!"

"Ah, Celica..."

Truhan let his wife hug him tightly, she was so worried she genuinely started crying, something that shocked him.

They had been fighting all this time, from fight after fight, it felt like there was nothing else within them than adrenaline.

But when reality hit and someone almost died, it felt like the world slowed down and they realized they were indeed people, and not beasts or fighting machines.

"I'm fine, there's no need to cry, Celica... Thank you for saving me, I'm fine."

He caressed her hair as he stood up.

"Really?"

"Yes, I'm fine! Don't worry! Your husband's big and strong! Even if I had ended as a popsicle, you should have simply placed me in your divine realm, you panicked too much! Kireina-

sama would have healed me once we found her."

"Ugh, seriously, you don't even get mad at me because I ended screwing things over!"

"Well, you did it in a hurry, I can't blame you for that... I was also the foolish one letting that giant thing freeze me... Anyways, where's the orb?"

"There! It's running away!"

Celica pointed into the distance, the orb from the second spider-like elemental was moving away with little spider-like legs made of ice, it was trying to escape, grow larger, and attack

them again later!

"You bastard! Come here!"

Truhan and Celica chased after it, suddenly reaching the middle of the battlefield where the monkey-kin and the elemental lords were fighting!

"GRUOOOHHHH!!!"

Only to find a gigantic elemental of pure ice in the shape of a polar bear fighting against two

ten-meter-big machines, all while the monkey-kin and the elemental lords fended off dozens of smaller Elementals in the shape of bears.

"The hell is going on in here?!" The two had the same reaction.