Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-242

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When I finally let go of Ryo's, we swiftly started the training. I firstly wanted to teach him how to properly use one's Aura. I obtained a full-fledged Aura some months ago after fusing a myriad of skills that I gained with effort, I quickly learned how to use it and slowly managed to put it on good use in the following fights I had. Unlike myself, Ryo didn't have to slowly accumulate Skills for months like me, but he was born with an Aura from the start, like all of my children. Because of this, he was already born with the talent to use and manipulate it, he just needed to awaken it.

How can someone awaken an already existing talent? By pressuring themselves, trying to "surpass their limits" as they would say in Earth's fictions. And so, I did, Ryo already had primary knowledge of his Aura and its properties.

First of all, Ryo's Aura was generated from one of his five Orbs, the unique scarlet-colored Orb on his forehead, which was named [Orb of Combat Energy Fluctuations] and was directly tied with all of his blessings, encompassing them into unique and powerful energy that only he has. This energy was incredibly condensed and thick, and because of its molding features, it was an evolved type of Pressure ability, named Aura.

I firstly made Ryo try to take on his Aura, it was very hard for him. He only knew how to release it and then let it somehow enhance his abilities on its own, resulting in a very mediocre attack boost instead of what he could actually achieve. After some hours of stimulation through pressure, by using my own Aura to make Ryo's fight it off with his own, a change occurred as his Aura finally reacted to his command and moved at his will, although very roughly and unrefined.

"I-I managed to do it… T-That was hard…"

"I-Its still impressive, Ryo, you managed to do it in some hours, normal folks would take months or even years…"

"Oh, is that so? Then I'm awesome! Haha!"

I expanded my Aura once again and pressured Ryo's Aura.

"Gaah! H-Hey…!"

"Don't get overconfident, my son. What did we just talk about before?"

"Ah… Right, I need to mold it…"

Ryo concentrated his mind into his body, and while being pressured by my Aura, he stimulated his Aura that was released from the Orb on his forehead to do as he wanted, it took him some more time, as his Aura was terrified by my own, but because of this, it also became more obedient.

"Ah…! There!"

Ryo suddenly managed to put his Aura inside of his body, and slowly moved it towards his first two arms, the Aura moved through his blood vessels like an ethereal river. Ryo felt an incredible sensation of power that he had never felt before, way different than what he usually did. By using this energy and making it flow through his muscles, bones, and blood vessels, he was finally able to use the Aura to its full potential. His physique, at least on his two first arms was enhanced and multiplied by a tenfold and this was only by passively using his Aura in this way.

"This energy… It feels way too good…! I feel like I can do anything now…"

"Don't get carried away, Ryo. Keep concentrating…"

"Y-Yes…"

After some minutes of meditation, Ryo managed to move the Aura back to his forehead, and then he released it again, but this time through his spine, towards his four arms and two legs. It took him around an hour to do it, as it was a very meticulous work without any previous experience. But in fact, even if it took him some hours, it was outstanding, a common martial artist would take months what Ryo managed to do in hours.

This knowledge I have to compare such things was obtained when I read through almost the entire library in Athetosea, were I learned how Martial Artist in this world and other realms used their Life Energy, which they named "Ki" to mold their Auras through their bodies, expanding them and leaving them this way passively, permanently boosting their capabilities and reaching superhuman strength without wielding any armor or weapons.

Ryo's Aura was not a Magic Aura, neither a Spiritual Aura like mine, but was classified in the area of "Ki" Auras, and needed a special training compared to the previous ones. My Spiritual Aura had both Magic and Ki Auras properties, so I was able to teach him how I do it partially. However, he had to still figure some things out by himself, thankfully I could fill some loopholes with the knowledge I gained from those books.

When Ryo finally managed to have his entire Aura through all of his body, starting from his spine, towards his four arms and then two legs, I told him to stay this way, slowly concentrating into leaving his Aura like this. If he managed to make his Aura stay passively inside of his body, he would be able to enhance his body permanently, and make cultivation afterward even easier.

One hour passed, and Ryo, who was sitting on the floor with his legs crossed, finally opened his scarlet eyes.

"I did it…"

That was incredibly fast! It took him like one hour and a half!

"Well done, my son. I couldn't expect less from you. See? You had way more potential in you, you just needed to have the will to increase it"

"Y-You're right, mother… S-Sorry…"

"No need to be sorry, as long as you understand, everything is fine~! Anyways, how do you feel?"

Ryo looked to the ground as he clenched his fists. His muscles suddenly bulged and became incredibly sturdy, as if they were made of pure Iron. I could even sense his bones become harder as well, without realizing, Ryo was already nourishing his body with his Aura, cultivating.

"I feel as if my Aura is constantly making me stronger… My entire body is constantly evolving… Even my soul is blazing with energy as I've never seen it before… I… Ah!"

"Ryo?"

Suddenly, Ryo's soul reached Rank 3 right out of nowhere!

"My soul… I think it reached a new Rank…"

"Rank 3 soul?! That was fast! I thought that only Amiphossia would be able to reach that, but you caught after your big sister right after, impressive~!"

"Hahaha… Is that so? I won't lose to big sister! Mother, please, teach me more about this cultivation thing!"

"Alright!"

Although Ryo learned how to use his Aura to nourish his physique and psyche, it was still unknown by him, and he needed to learn the basics of it alongside the best way to do it. However, passively cultivating his body was already a very advanced technique that he just learned naturally. I just needed to teach him more.

I taught Ryo how to mold his Aura better, just like when I did it with Valentia, I made him manipulate his Aura into a semi-solid material, by concentrating it on his fists, and slowly creating a solidified sphere. He managed to do it very quickly, and even did it with all four of his arms as well, he then learned a new skill, by creating hundreds of spheres made with his Aura, he could shoot them like bullets.

I then taught him how to use his Aura into his weapons, by taking out his four gauntlets from the Orbs that he had on each of his hands. Each of his gauntlets possessed their own Auras, which encompassed the two elements each one represented. Ryo slowly learned how to infuse his Aura into the gauntlets and slowly merge it with the weapon's essence.

When he managed to infuse enough Aura into the weapons, they suddenly changed appearance and "evolved", becoming bigger and stronger, they now covered half of his arm, until his elbow. I even thought that they may turn into an armor if he trained them enough with his Aura, as they seemed to have the ability to expand themselves around his body.

This evolution on his gauntlet was a permanent change, and even when he called them back and released them again, they would appear just as they evolved, this surprised and amazed Ryo. Just in a few hours of listening to his mother, he had suddenly become way stronger.

"Damn, perhaps I should have really listened to you, mother… Sorry again, for being so ungrateful to you…"

Aah~ C-Could it be?! My little son is beginning to be more open with me? What bliss~!

"Fufufu, it is fine~ I'm glad you finally understand how much your mother loves you, and just wants the best for her little boy"

After another two hours of meditating, Ryo managed to evolve his Flesh and Bones, similar to Amiphossia, the skill encompassing these fields forcefully evolved without the need to level up. His muscles became permanently larger and I think he grew some centimeters taller as well, it was very impressive how much he could progress in some hours.

It was getting quite late, so we finished this training as we went with the rest of our family. I went to see Amiphossia and found her still meditating with her Phantasmal Wolf. She was in a very mystical state, and I felt that if I interrupted, I may end up ruining what she was building. I told Ryo to not disturb her as we encountered with my family in the palace's halls.

Nesiphae was looking for Amiphossia, but after I told her what she was doing, she became rather intrigued and happy. Although Nesiphae knew how to nourish her body with her powers, she wouldn't mind learning some more from me. And after she talked some more about this with my wives, they all wanted to be taught by me, even the ones that already knew most of these techniques naturally.

However, I was still happy and found on this opportunity the excuse to do more private dates without my wives complaining about it, so everyone can have a turn with me. It was rather convenient, and I was looking forward to teaching some of my weaker wives how to do these techniques.

Nefertiti appeared from her room, she had been resting through most of the day, and I didn't disturb her. She greeted all of us with a sincere and "motherly" smile and called her concubines to bring dinner. Dinner today was as delicious as yesterdays and I couldn't get enough of the amazing cuisine of the Desert Region of Vida. However, today's dinner wasn't enough as there was a shortage of products, so I ended up summoning around a hundred of Familiars and created some vegetables using [Phylokinesis] that I gave to the concubines to cook.

Nefertiti was amazed by how easy I could generate food and asked me to leave some for the time being while we conquered the rest of the Dungeon. I didn't find any excuse as to why not, so I did. I summoned around five hundred Familiars and thousands of vegetables, that I generated from the soil they had. Their soil was also quite bad, and it was barely made by crushing the dungeon bricks.

The vegetables they had were drops from various monsters in the dungeon, which Nefertiti gathered slowly. Although she did not need to eat, the people here did. Using my other skills, I blessed the soil and produced a better-quality soil, alongside leaving a lot of nutritious vegetables that can easily grow in hours after being harvested.

Due to the absurd amount of food that I just created, the townsfolk also began to call me "The Scarlet Goddess of Life and Harvest" and added me to their daily prayers to Nefertiti. I wonder why the scarlet? Is it my eyes? Now that I think about it, no one here has scarlet eyes, so it must be seen as rare, and that must be what takes their attention from my appearance.

After dinner I went around town with my family, there were small stalls of food that we took, there was also special candies produced in here, which were incredibly costly due to their rareness, but with my authority, I bought it all, and even left some pounds of Familiar meat and vegetables to the owner of the shop.

It was a nice and relaxing night, although the Dungeon sky ruined it a little bit, it was relaxing nonetheless. Afterward, I went to the palace and found Amiphossia. She had recently woken up from her meditation and I noticed that her Soul had suddenly mutated!

"Mommy, I've mutated my soul! It thanks to your teachings, I feel full of energy now!"

Mutated her soul?! That was incredibly quick! Not even I have managed to do it yet!

"Impressive, I couldn't expect less from my beloved daughter~"

"Hehehe~"

I noticed that Amiphossia's soul mutated into something named [Phantasmagoric Soul of Venomous Heavens], a very big name, it was quite impressive. The usual semi-transparent and yellowish soul became pale purple, with hints of pure white as well, it had a different feeling, and its presence resembled that of Ghosts like Yurei, it was very unique.

After her soul mutated, Amiphossia's magic became stronger and her MP Pool naturally increased, she also gained better control over her Aura and she could easily connect it to her Soul now, making soul cultivation even easier.

After inspecting her for some time, I invited her to eat some food, where we chatted some more. Then we went to sleep over a big palace room with the rest of my family. Amiphossia was used to sleeping at my side, so I didn't mind, she is my adorable daughter after all, although her body size sometimes crushes me while I sleep…

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