Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-390

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[Day 216]

[Kireina] gained +27 Skill Points and Subclass Skill Points due to the prayers of your believers!]

[Kireina] gained 12.740.994.000 EXP due to the prayers of your believers!]

[LEVEL 073/250 EXP 105.107.690.432/400.000.000.000]

Today, aside from the system notifications, I woke up due to a strange event that underwent last night.

In my dreams, I felt a strange connection with most of my citizens, this was a connection made through my Blessing. One such citizen was Evan.

His soul had become quite larger than before, and there were two large colorful dots inside of it. One was shining brightly like pure light, and the other resembled a sphere of darkness. I could feel my connection with the sphere of darkness, while the bright pure light seemed oddly familiar with me as well…

I figured out that the connection was my blessings, with the oddly familiar light was Apollo's blessing, which Evan and I share.

However, as I began to think why I was even seeing Evan's soul, a strange humanoid hand appeared, it was made entirely out of white light, and it tried to grab on the bright sphere.

I suspected that this could have been Apollo trying to revoke Evan's blessing. However, I did not want the partner of my daughter to be weakened by having its blessing taken away, so I did what naturally any mother-in-law would do and manipulated my blessing with my will.

My blessing was a small piece of my soul which is granted to any of my followers, it voraciously leaped over the bright human-like hand and munched on it, tearing apart a large piece of it… blood was not spewed anywhere, but the hand trembled in what seemed to be intense pain.

Before it could leave without even taking back his blessing, my blessing bit the open wound on the bright human-like hand, leaving a 'parting gift', which was a piece of my soul with parasitizing powers.

If things go well, I may get a God of Light as a slave soon enough.

I suspected that the bright hand was the representation of Apollo's soul trying to retrieve its blessing, which was also perhaps a piece of its soul, although weaker than mine.

When I woke up, I found that I not only got the usual Skill Points and EXP from my worshippers…

[Kireina] acquired a [Fragment of Light Divinity]!]

[Fragment of Light Divinity] has been integrated into current Pseudo-Divinity!]

[Kireina] gained +120 Soul Stats!]

[Kireina] gained +50 Magic and Resistance!]

[The Levels of the [Determination to Overcome the Mighty; Level 4], [Divinity Devouring; Level 7], and [Life's Enmity; Level 1] Skills have increased by one!]

My Skills leveled up and my stats increased just by eating a medium-sized chunk of Apollo's soul.

Its taste was… nothing like Megusan's soul.

Apollo's soul was fresh and juicy, like freshly harvested lettuce, while having a distinct creamy flavor and some sourness as if it were covered in yogurt and lemon… it was like a Greek Salad, with lettuce, olives, tomatoes, yogurt, and lemon juice at the top.

Delicious!

I can already imagine how delicious it would be to devour its entire soul… And my Soul Fragment should be doing that slowly by now.

I can even hear a little bit of what is going on currently around him, several other voices are yelling and crying… could those be other gods?

Well, because my Split Soul hasn't just parasitized Apollo's soul, but has merged itself with it using [Soul Parasite] and [Phantasmal Symbiosis], several of the 'gods' that tried to heal him failed, as they couldn't find any wound or strange thing on his soul aside from the missing piece that I ate.

Perhaps the Split Soul was capable of merging without problems because it had already acquired a Pseudo Divinity courtesy of Megusan. If my Split Soul were still that of a mortal, it would have been probably suppressed and destroyed by Apollo's Soul.

Now I can just make the area where my Split Soul merged itself to Apollo's devour itself with 'Uroboros', and by doing so it would also eat on his soul because both merged and are one. My Split Soul eating itself means that it also includes Apollo's soul. This way, I can do this almost undetected.

To celebrate such a good opportunity given to me, I decided to have a large feast for breakfast, with all my wives and children.

My Slime Clones Chefs prepared the food personally, preparing delicious plates using the new meat hunted in Morpheus's Dungeon.

"Ah, Masta, you woke up very happy today, guu," said Rimuru, eating yogurt with fruits.

"Indeed! Also, your Aura seems… shiny?" said Zehe, analyzing my presence.

"Ah, it must be because I had a delicious snack while sleeping…"

"Delicious snack?" asked Nesiphae.

After explaining to them what had happened, Evan, who was having breakfast at Amiphossia's side almost chocked himself eating.

"S-So that's what happened in my dream!" he shouted.

"Evan-kun?" asked Amiphossia.

"It's just as your mother said, Amiphossia… that bright and pressuring hand was Apollo after all… I can see that he doesn't like me anymore…" he muttered.

"Honestly, what a prick! Why did he bless you if he was going to regret it later on?! If you were to lose his blessing, you would have probably weakened to some extent! That's just malice! I'm going to teach that God some manners when I see him!" roared Amiphossia.

"A-Ami?! You're talking about a God, you know?!" shouted Evan.

"I think the same! How dare he take back the blessing from my Son-In-Law?! That's why I used my Blessing to bite his bright hand, it was delicious. After I bit into him, he shrieked in pain and ran away… of course, I left a parting gift, merging a piece of my soul into the open wound on his soul" I said.

"Ah! Incredible, Masta!" praised Rimuru.

"To think that you can already do that to a God…" muttered Sofelaia and Sofarpia, probably terrified about what would have happened to Morpheus if he were to be insolent to me.

"Good job, mommy! Teach that God to not mess with our family!" shouted Vudia, while grabbing a large piece of grilled meat.

"So how did it taste?" asked Brontes.

"Well, it tasted like an amazingly fresh salad… with fresh sour yogurt poured over, fresh olives, lettuce, tomatoes and lemon juice over all of it"

"Uwah… that sounds delicious!" said Ailine, she liked salads and fruits the most.

"I wonder if I can imitate the flavor with the Dryad's vegetables and the yogurt made with the Milk Producing Team…" I said.

"Well, I don't think anything can compare to the flavor of a god's soul, we would also like to one day taste it, but we don't have 'Divinity Devouring'…" muttered Gaby.

Well, I already know the requirements to learn the Skill, so I could probably help them out obtain it… but they would need a strong enough stomach to digest Divine Energy, and I cannot produce it. I could ask for Divine Energy Crystals to Agatheina… but the other issue hasn't been resolved yet. Perhaps when I have enough powers to be capable of making them able to digest it.

"I heard from Levana-sama that Divinity Devouring used to be a Technique, not a Skill," said Acelina, while drinking tea with a devilish smile.

"Levana? Have you been talking with that Demigoddess of Bats, Acelina?" Ismena asked, flapping her pink butterfly wings in excitement.

"Well, yes, I got her blessing after obtaining her weapon from Kireina. Much like other weapons forged by gods, as long as I have it equipped in the System, I receive the Weapon's passive skills, which include her blessing. Since then I've been chatting with her from time to time… she is a shy girl, but very knowledgeable" said Acelina.

"Then we could learn that technique?!" said Gaby, her eyes shining brightly with hope.

"Not yet… we must reach godhood to learn it… Levana-sama does not have the technique scroll, but Agatheina-sama can make them so we can learn them quickly" said Acelina, sipping more of her tea while eating small biscuits.

"Uwah! I want to eat a God!" proclaimed Vudia.

"N-Not so fast, my love, it still too soon, for now, let's get stronger… for whenever those gods or its pawns try to retaliate against us," I said, patting Vudia's silky brown hair.

After the hearty breakfast, we had a relaxing bath and then some news came to my room as I was spending the rest of the day with my wives, mostly playing board games, reading books, or learning Magic Control and Aura Manipulation.

Now it was the turn of the Centaur to overwent changes… Although Sofarpia and Sofelaia did not evolve, most likely because they already evolved, the other centaurs went through the 'changes' or as I like to call it 'forced evolution'.

The normal Centaurs, who were usually the large ones with sizes surpassing three meters of height had their pelt change into bright colors, such as bright brown, white, and so on, their bulging muscles became tightened, and their overall speed increased exponentially. Their new race titles were Arion Centaur.

Some of the swifter Centaurs became Unicorns, their hair becoming white or blonde while gaining a large spiraling horn in their foreheads. They were naturally talented in the use of Nature Attribute Magic and Healing Magic, they could also talk with Spirits and use Spirit Magic, although not as advanced as Rimuru.

Most Pony Centaurs became Unicorns as well, but some had their fur turned black, and gained two small white horns in each side of their heads, becoming Nightmares. They gained an affinity with Dark & Shadow Attribute Magic, and some even had Phantasmal Magic. Only the gloomier ones became Nightmares.

The Deer Centaur gained small white antlers and became White Horns, they had fluffy white hair and acquired affinity with the Ice Attribute. They could generate cold winds easily and manipulate the ice to create shapes of all sizes and forms.

And last but not least, the rare Goat Centaur, which was around a few hundred became Aries, their horns grew larger and sharper, their lower bodies gained a fluffier and harder hair, and their eyes became crimson-colored. They acquired Dark Arts Magic and Soul Attribute Magic, and some had Starlight Magic as well.

Sofelaia and Sofarpia seemed happy that her people had evolved into stronger races and were not as vulnerable as before.

A Magic Academy was created to teach citizens without any magic knowledge about controlling their affinities. Anyone with a Magic Attribute affinity was able to enter, most of the teachers were Liches made by Redgaria, they used to be respected Mages and Magic Theory Teachers of the Thanatos Kingdom. Although their personalities were rather wicked now as Undead, they served well their purpose. Several other mages such as old Goblin Mages, Hobgoblin Mages, and my Slime Clones also joined in these academies.

As more citizens evolved due to my blessings, the use of magic became even more common for everyone, now even the weakest of citizens had some kind of magic affinity or several of them, and they wanted to understand the use of such powers and their spells, so it could be put on use in their daily lives.

Aside from this, I decided to do some experiments on Mao, my former Draconic Lion Mount, which became a Draconic Manticore Slime after being merged with several Slimes produced by my magic.

"Master, will I get stronger through this?!" she asked.

Mao had evolved just recently, but her power wasn't compared to Wall yet, as Wall had incredible defenses and could share the powers of her original body, which included the shapeshifting of her body into magic cannons, the user of her jewels as a magic catalyst and other techniques such as Armor and Shield Techniques.

Mao had leveled her new Skills, but she found herself still not comparable to the new Vampires that joined inside the space of my body, although she became closer with Keenan, even him was a tad bit stronger than her.

"Y-Yes, Mao… But are you sure? I would gladly do some experiments, but you just evolved recently"

"I know! But I want to catch up quickly with everyone else, gao!"

Mao had a simple personality, although she seems to have memories of other times when she was summoned by humans through the years… she had never experienced the freedom of right now.

I suspect that Mao's soul was in a certain cycle of reincarnation for summoned Familiars and Monsters and she had lived more than her personality shows.

"Alright then,"

I opened my Item Box as I grabbed on the cut pieces of flesh of the Life Attribute Dungeon final Boss, the Heavenly Life Manticore Sovereign… it was a manticore just like Mao, so I thought that it could have a good affinity with her.

There was also a special drop of the same materials but [Legendary] rank, alongside a potion made out of its blood. I decided to give these to Moa as well, as I didn't see much use outside of this.

The Legendary Materials could make armor, but no one is currently capable of processing them anyways, and the blood potion was something similar to an elixir, and my blood can be used for everyone instead.

Using [Synthesis], I attached the fur, claws, bones, and fangs of the Boss in Mao's body, carefully adjusting the pieces. Her body is like that of a slime (meaning that she can shapeshift), was quite useful as she just adjusted to the pieces and replaced her bones with the new ones, alongside her fangs and claws.

Although they were very oversized, so she had to also adjust her weight.

However, she hasn't evolved yet, so I gave her the flesh of the Manticore, alongside the Blood Potion. As she ate and drank the materials, I also generated Light and Life Attribute Mana Jewels with the [Transcendental Element Creation and Manipulation; Golem Materialization] Skill and merging them with the [Synthesis] Skill.

As Mao drank the last drop of the Manticore's blood potion, her body shined brightly as she underwent an evolution.

Her former charcoal skin became brighter, similar to chocolate, her eyes turned golden-colored and half of her hair became dark with the other half being blonde. Her fur covering her body became dark gold, and as hard as adamantine. Her claws in her paws grew sharper and golden in color and her wings became wider, covered in golden scales. Her scorpion stinger became sharper and secreted an even deadlier poison.

She didn't gain three new heads like the original Boss, but she gained three golden horns in her forehead, which was accompanied by her fluffy blonde lion-like ears. Her body also grew in size, bypassing the three meters, her chest grew massively, and her hips widened. She resembled a fully mature woman.

Her Aura exuded a brilliant light filled with both life and light, but there was also darkness on it, the Attributes merged creating a unique presence.

"Uweh! I became so tall now! Master is so tiny… Oh! That means that I can carry you?!" she said, as she grabbed on me like a kitten and made me sit down in her shoulders.

Mao patted my head while humming happily.

"Master is so small now! So cute, gao!"

And so today, Mao evolved for the fourth time.

"Should I do the same with Izumi and 'upgrade' her? Well, not if she doesn't ask for it, I suppose… Now, Mao, carry me towards the outskirts"

"Yes, Master!" said Mao, as she flew through the skies with her giant wings, carrying me in her back.

We had a small trip around the Grand Forest and the outskirts, and we had a small lunch with Wall's original body, alongside her small body, the two talked as if they were sisters instead of the same being.

[The Levels of the [Extra MP; Level 6], [Geomancy; Level 7], [Increased Ritual Magic Affinity; Level 3], [Sacred Rainbow Blood Fruit Creation; Level 7], [Etheric Lighting Fruit; Level 5], and [Sweet Fruit Production; Level 3] Skills have increased!]

[Kireina] learned the [Forced Evolution Induction; Level 1] Skill!]

[Forced Evolution Induction; Level 1/10: A special ability that belongs to those who can manipulate life and induce changes in strength and appearance to another being. It can help the target reach evolution ahead of its level, only if enough materials, items, skills, or energy is given to compensate. Cannot be used in beings above the user's strength. Cannot be used on the user of this Skill.]

[Cost; 1500 MP]

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[NAME: Mao

[CLASS: Savage Manticore Warrior

[CLASS HISTORY: Novice Warrior, Monster Gladiator, Shadow Attribute Mage, Manticore Fighter

[RACE: Eclipse Draconic Life Manticore Slime (Chimera/Slime/Giant) (Forced Evolution!) (New Species!)

[LEVEL: 001/300

[STATUS: Happy.

[HP: 720/720

[MP: 436/436

[STAMINA: 260/260

[STRENGTH: 705

[DEFENCE: 575

[MAGIC: 510

[RESISTANCE: 460

[SPEED: 712

[CHARISMA: 420

[LUCK: 20

[Skills]

[Blessing of Kireina; The Divine Chimera Holy Mother of Lustful Venom] (NEW!)

[Blessing of the Heavenly Life Manticore Sovereign]

[Vampire Overlord of Lust Bloodline]

[Beastly Strength; Level 8] (UP!)

[Chimeric Augmented Five Senses; Level 7] (UP!)

[Manticore's Chimeric Slime Physique; Level 4] (UP!)

[Slime Shapeshifting; All Body Parts; Level 3] (UP!)

[Self-Body Fluids Manipulation and Generation; Poisonous, Alluring, Sweet, Acid; Level 3] (UP!)

[Instantaneous Slime Self-Regeneration; Level 4] (UP!)

[Eclipse Life Dragon Wings Propulsion Flight; Level 1] (NEW!)

[Magic Resistance; Level 8] (UP!)

[Status-Effect Resistance; Level 5] (UP!)

[Eclipse Life Manticore Breath; Level 1] (NEW!)

[Eclipse Manticore's Fangs and Claws Savage Techniques; Level 1] (NEW!)

[Slime Sage Magic Affinity; Level 8] (UP!)

[Dark & Shadow Attribute Magic; Level 7] (UP!)

[Light & Life Attribute Magic; Level 1] (NEW!)

[Slime Sage Lesser Thunder, Wind, and Fire Attribute Magic; Level 6] (UP!)

[Lesser Monster Techniques; Claws, Fangs, Tail, Wings; Level 4] (UP!)

[Lesser Weapon Techniques; Sword, Spear, Axe, Bow; Level 5] (UP!)

[Lesser Limited Spells; Level 5] (UP!)

[Natural Alluring Beauty; Charm; Level 6] (UP!)

[Eclipse of Life and Darkness Aura; Level 1] (NEW!)

[Comfy Ride; Level 1] (NEW!)

[Parallel Thought Processing; Level 1] (NEW!)

[Innate Magic Comprehension; Level 1] (NEW!)

[Self-Enhancement; Summoner (Kireina); Level 1] (NEW!)

[Titles]

[Summoned Familiar]

[First of a Kind]

[Exotic Beauty]

[Life Manticore Empress] (NEW!)

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