Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-264

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Entering the building in the middle of the village, which resembled a beautiful Japanese castle, made out of finely crafted minerals and bones, we were greeted by a group of beautiful Yokai women, Yuki-Onna, Yurei, Kitsune, Kamaitachi, Jorogumo, and Oni of various subspecies.

And then, every girl, giving a nice a gentle smile, said at the same time;

"Welcome~ The Great King is patiently awaiting the lady's party on the upper floors, please, follow us~"

I let my family know that it was fine to enter without making a fuss, however, Nesiphae and Nixephine were too big to enter through the doors, Amiphossia and Valentia were able to fit just fine, but my two giant wives were told to wait outside. There are other types of Giant Yokai in this town, but the King is not a Giant type Yokai, so he didn't make a Giant Door, understandable, I suppose.

The Japanese-like castle was made out of ten floors, and we had to walk them all to reach the King's floor, which was at the top of the castle, in every floor we saw different rooms, kitchens and Yokai cleaning and conversing, in a seemingly calm and relaxed atmosphere. What I noticed the most, is that there were barely any men, which were mostly the guards, everyone else was incredibly beautiful Yokai women, of the highest quality. Are all of these this "King" concubines?

Entering the tenth floor, we were greeted by a beautiful lamia-like Yokai, a Shirohebi, with pale white skin, aquamarine eyes, silver hair, and white snake tail, small ghost playfully flew around her.

"Welcome, travelers! The King has been excited since you appeared seemingly out of nowhere in our village, and he has been captivated by the women's beauty, especially the Fairy Lady. Miss, what must be your name?"

"Oh? My, my~ I feel honored that the King himself has been captivated by my beauty. My name is Kireina… Is the King sick? Why hasn't he showed up? I'm excited about meeting him!"

Suddenly, as I said these words, coughs could be heard behind the walls of the room, it seems that the King was right there, as I could feel his presence, and seemed to be surprised by my question.

"Geh! I-I'm not sick!"

A young, yet brave voice appeared, it resembled a lot that of my son Ryo.

Suddenly, a young Yokai appeared, walking in haste to meet us. His body was muscular yet slim, his skin was red like rubies and his eyes orange with fiery flames coming from them. He had two, small red horns on his forehead, with short black hair. He seemed like a young Red Oni man, with the exception that he had six arms.

His body was of around 1.70 meters tall and he wore a loosen Japanese like attires, which were made of a red and orange fabric, depicting beautiful erupting volcanoes.

He was also quite handsome, but my son beats him. He was also quite flustered, as he yelled at me while showing me his small white fangs.

"Here I am, fairy woman! I'm the Yokai King; Ashura!"

Indeed, he was six-armed Ashura, and his name was Ashura as well? Now that I think about it, we haven't seen Ashuras here, and they also seem to be an extinct species, yet there is one right in front of me…

"Oh~! So, you must be the Yokai King! Ashura sama!"

"That's right! Praise me more!"

To think that the famous Yokai King, the one who made all of this village, with all of their gastronomy, clothes and alchemy advancements was this Ashura right here, he only seemed like a seventeen years old kid, but seeing my son, who isn't even a year old and already looks mature, I could assume that Ashura may be younger than he looks.

"I have summoned you here because your party is filled with beautiful and exotic women I've never seen! And to foster my ever-growing harem, I want all of you to be my concubines! Especially you, fairy lady, your beauty does not have equal in this place, so I want you to be my main wife!"

Haha… What a stupid child.

"My, my… Is the King serious? Will you accept me as a wife…? To the little me?"

I played dumb as the King approached me with a perverted look that only a stupid kid would make, my wives and children looked at me with complex looks, thinking that I was being serious about my words… I am just a very good actor, or do they think that I would accept that a child took me as a wife out of nowhere?

"Of course! Your beauty has no equal! Those scarlet eyes… fair white skin… purple hair… semi-transparent wings that resemble the finest of gemstones! And those… big… melons!"

"Oh… K-King…"

"Now, come here at…"

As the King was about to grab one of my breasts with his hand, I let out of my powerful Aura. A powerful wave filled the entire room, every Yokai fainted in place, and the King became completely paralyzed.

"But… I refuse…"

The pressure of my Aura, that my family seemed to be immune to, affected everyone else, now, only the King remained standing, while every other Yokai serving him fainted unconscious…

The Yokai King, Ashura, looked at me with a perplexed expression. His body was shaking intensively, as his muscles tightened up, he was trying his best to break through the paralysis inflicted on his whole body.

Mustering resolve to speak after such a shock, he said;

"W-Who are you…?! T-That power…! What… What have I let enter on my domain?!"

"Nice to meet you, King. I am Kireina, the Empress of the Dark Moon Kingdom, in the surface…"

"D-Dark Moon Kingdom?! What is that? S-Surface?! So, you bunch are really from… ugh… uagh…"

I tightened my Aura around the King's throat, forcibly stopping him to keep babbling nonsense.

"I am the one who asks questions now, King…"

"Gggaah… Y-You! I-I'm going to…! Guuah… Geuueh…!"

"Hm? What did you say? I couldn't hear you; can you repeat what you said?"

The King was now only struggling to breathe, as my Aura surrounded his entire throat and chest, taking all of the air on his lungs out, he was suffocating.

"Guuagh…! Geeh…! Hiiiii…! P-Please…! S-Spare me…! Gggaah!"

"What a good dog…"

Flash!

I slowly released my Aura from the King's throat, as he fell down to the ground, breathing heavily as he tried to fill his lungs with air once again.

"Haah…! Haaaahhh…! Uugh… Haah… Haahh…"

As he kneeled in the ground, I stood up, and sat my butt over his muscular back, a powerful pressure made the King fall to the floor. He seemed shocked by my actions.

"H-How dare you… I'm the King… Not… a chair…!"

Inflicting a little bit more of force over the King's back, he suddenly struggled in pain, as I talked once again.

"Silence, talk whenever I ask you a question. Until then, you're a chair. Understand?"

"Y-Yesss… I-I-I understand…! I do… Uuaagh! I really do… D-Don't kill me…! D-Don't kill me…! Gaah!"

"Okay, okay, relax… There, I lowered my weight, how about it? Not so bad now, eh?"

"Haah… Haaah… Haaah… T-Thanks…"

After seeing all of my acts, my family seemed relieved. They were already used to me doing such things before, surprisingly. They were rather happy that I wouldn't let this kid violate me in front of everyone.

"Fufufu, insolent children need to be punished after all~ Anyways, it seems that the places have switched, I am the Queen here, and you are just my chair. Got it?"

"Y-Yes… I'm… I'm… a… chair…"

"Ohoho! You learn too fast! You must be really scared for your life! What a good instinct~"

Having the Yokai King, Ashura, completely submitted to me, and working as a chair, I started asking him different questions about his origin and that of this village.

Ashura seems to have been born in the Lower Realm but was almost beat to death by his older brother and expulsed from the Blaze Ashura Country due to being untalented. He then wondered the Lower Realms, a dangerous place filled with monsters everywhere, until one day, in hopes of reaching the surface and forgetting everyone here, he climbed the dungeon through the same route that the Fire Oni used. However, as he reached higher floors, he was ambushed and almost killed several times.

Getting lost in the Dungeon, he tried to go back to the Lower Realms, but never found the place where he came from. Lost in the dungeon, he stayed inside and survived however he could. Finding this floor filled with weak monsters and Yokai that didn't pose much of a threat to him, he built himself a small village with the knowledge he was taught of on his country, as the years went through, he grew stronger and more intelligent Yokai showed up, gathering around the strong, he was admired by his strength, even as a talentless Ashura, he seemed to be a very strong monster nonetheless.

He gathered other Onis and Yokai that sometimes would spawn in this place, some other Yokai's with intelligence would show up after spawned Yokai had offspring. Through the last ten years, Ashura gathered over two hundred Yokai, and made himself this small village, using the talents of different Yokais, he built fancier places, better clothes, delicious food, and even an auction house, and with the dungeon constantly dropping useful things, he thought that going back to the Lower Realms was unnecessary, as maybe he couldn't be the King of Ashuras, but he could be the King of Yokai's. He lived in luxury as his servants attended all of his needs, he trained his magic and created a safer village by surrounding it with a magic barrier, making the people flourish in a safe environment.

"So, there is even an Ashura Nation? Interesting, what do you say, Ryo, do you want to meet them?"

Ryo shrugged.

"I don't care, but if they're strong, maybe"

"Haha, my adorable son is very simpleminded, I suppose… How about you Zehe?"

"Oh? I don't really care either, I was born a Troll after all…"

"Hm, that's true. I suppose I wouldn't really care if there was a Fairy Village, I would care if there was a Caterpillar Village… Hey, King, is there a Caterpillar Village in the Lower Realm?"

The Yokai King struggled to bellow me.

"I-I told you everything… N-No… There isn't a Caterpillar Village… And what is a Caterpillar…?"

"Sigh… Nothing, never mind… Hm, now what should I do with you? Should I eat you?"

"E-Eat?! P-Please… Y-You said that… If I told you everything… You would spare my life…!"

"Ah? I never said anything like that, you're coming out with excuses!"

As I was about to grab the King's head with my delicate yet incredibly strong hands to smash his head and eat him, he cried and came with a "brilliant" idea.

"W-Wait! Please, I'm just a talentless Ashura! I-I can lead you to my Nation… There are plenty of talented and incredibly strong Ashuras there! M-My big brother in specific…! He's the most talented of them all…!"

"Oh? Really?"

"Y-Yeah! He's blessed by two gods after all!"

"Hmm, two god blessings… Not bad, and the other Ashuras, if they are all as strong as you, I could eat hundreds and maybe get some new abilities…"

"Y-Yes… See?"

"Hm, would you really sell off your people like that? You are shameless, aren't you?"

The King suddenly changed his look, and became weirdly serious…

"I-I don't care about them, they can all go to hell, eat them, I don't mind"

"Ah~! Good response, chair! Now you have been promoted to a loyal dog! Bark for me!"

"B-Bark…?! I-I…"

Forcing the stuttering King, I released my Aura once again.

"Bark"

"Y-Yes! Wuan…! Wuan… W-Wuan…!"

"Ohh? Hahaha! You really want to live, eh? Bark louder if you agree!"

"WUAN! WUAN! WUAN! W-WUAN…"

"Bwahahaha! What a good dog!"

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After ridiculing the King while my family laughed at his pathetic behavior, he was finally freed from my grasp, but he became a very obedient boy. I could feel that he held some resentment of course he was completely enraged, but his life seemed more important than his pride, perhaps that's what made him so different than his brethren.

After talking some more with him, my charm effect did the rest, making the Yokai King believe my generosity way too fast, and it seems that his libido was very strong still, his eyes glanced at my womanly features with great lust. I didn't feel anything though, not even disgust, I just didn't mind. I do also look at beautiful women with those same eyes. Still, every time I talked, he was very serviceable and submissive.

The Yokai King has over fifty concubines, that work all around the building, so he called for them and brought a nice feast with delicious preparations, most of them resembling Japanese cuisine. Although there was a clear lack of good ingredients and meat, it was good enough to satiate some of my hunger.

Afterward, I enslaved the Yokai King with a Soul Pact and left my family enjoying another later feast in the castle. I will most likely grab all of these Yokai and bring them to the surface in the next days, coupled with the Desert Beastfolk and Demons from Nefertiti, and these Yokai, there will be a lot of diversity in my Kingdom. Yokai seems to be incredibly talented in different areas and fields, so they will be very useful. After all, they were able to build all of this from bones and rocks.

In the night, I wandered around the village and captured various Yokais to eat them, there were over three hundred, so some disappearing wouldn't affect the population so much. I captured the ones I deemed rare and that held interesting abilities, although it would be a gamble if I even gain any Skill from them, I also wanted to taste their flesh.

[Calculating EXP gained…]

[Kireina] gained 124.570.000 EXP]

[LEVEL 048/250 EXP 2.024.372.221/3.000.000.000 EXP]

[Kireina] learned the following Skills]

[Phantasmagoric Yokai Apparition]

[Storm Sickles of the Whirlwind Weasel]

[Lineage of Fantastical Beasts; Yokai Spiritual Bloodline]

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[NAME: Ashura

[CLASS: Six Flames Martial Artist

[RACE: Six-Armed Blazing Ashura

[LEVEL: 52/250

[STATUS: Scared, Charmed.

[HP: 406/406

[MP: 127/127

[STAMINA: 180/180

[STRENGTH: 412

[DEFENCE: 320

[MAGIC: 72

[RESISTANCE: 217

[SPEED: 308

[CHARISMA: 100

[LUCK: 10

[Skills]

[Blazing Ashura's Bloodline (Weak)]

[Six-Armed Wrestling Techniques; Level 5]

[Superhuman Strength; Level 4]

[Blazing Physique; Level 3]

[Flaming Psyche; Level 2]

[Status Effect Resistance; Level 3]

[Blazing Fist Techniques; Level 4]

[Fire Attribute Magic; Level 1]

[Enhanced Fiery Senses; Level 3]

[Blazing Hell Aura Manipulation; Level 4]

[Titles]

[Disowned Son] [Yokai King]

Bestiary

[Six-Armed Blazing Ashura]

The Ashura race was thought to be extinct in the surface, but this was an only half-truth, as the Ashuras had several subspecies, and these Blaze Ashuras are one of them. Living in the harsh environment of the Lower Realm, were lava lakes, liquid nether, and hellish beasts make their home, they have grown incredibly strong to survive, to the point of creating their own nation, and be distinguished as one of the strongest races in the Lower Realm.

Although Ashura seems to be weaker than the average Blaze Ashura, he's still fairly strong, enough to dominate this floor of the dungeon with his wits and strength, gathering Yokai and leading them to construct such place. Now imagine how strong would be his brother, who was deemed to be the strongest and most talented Ashura born since a millennium…