Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-517

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After opening the last set of rewards, I acquired six new items of great quality, two new Divinity Elixirs, the two Kingdom's Relics, which were Orbs similar to the one that the Sand Wyvern Overlord had in the Forsaken Labyrinth, and then… two Excalibur swords?

I decided to check these weapons in detail, taking them out of my Item Box and glancing at their simple yet beautiful designs.

The Excalibur had a long and silver blade, covered in a white and golden metallic material, its grip was blue and gold, decorated with a few crystals that seemed to channel mana and convert it into Light, Holy, and Life Attribute Mana.

The blade itself gave a nice amount of skills while equipped, however, most of them I already possessed, or I had even better skills that could easily replace these.

It also came with several amazing traits such as 'self-evolution' and something called the 'Blessing of Excalibur'. It seems that it gave a blessing to the user, which covered it into an ethereal armor of Light, Holy, and Life Attribute Mana.

The Black Excalibur had a very similar design to the Excalibur, but it had swapped colors, such as instead of gold, blue and white, the blade was pale black, with crimson decorations in the form of circles. The grip was also completely dark and decorated with crimson jewels.

Instead of the aura of holiness, this blade exuded a dark and destructive power, and it seemed to be capable of channeling my Chaos Attribute Mana. It was also able to generate Dark, Shadow, and Phantasmal Attribute Mana and came with similar skills to Excalibur.

However, instead of a blessing, it came with a curse, named 'The Curse of Black Excalibur'. Whenever this blade was equipped, it would cause a curse on the user which would constantly drain its Health Points, but it would increase Strength, Magic, and Speed.

When I equipped both at the same time, it seems that both curses and blessings converged together. However, the curse and corruption of Black Excalibur remained. It seems that if it's equipped alone, it would corrupt the minds of its user as time goes on. However, I seemed to be immune to mental corruption such as this, so there was no effect on me.

Both blades seemed to have their own wills, which were just recently born when they were generated by the System through the reward boxes.

"Kireina-sama, are these new blades you have acquired of your liking?" asked Agatheina.

"They indeed are, I will probably add them to my main arsenal… they will be good ingredients for Gungnir," I said.

"Oh, for your special spear? I remember seeing it as well through the eyes of Alice when you fought against Geggoron… such splendor… only Kireina-sama would be capable of creating such a weapon" said Agatheina.

"It wasn't anything special. Using my Golem Creation Skill, I used my own soul to 'possess' the weapons, mold them as liquid metal, combine them, and create a greater weapon. I am clueless on why it became a skill though… but the System Gods must have recognized it as such" I said.

"I-Indeed, only something that Kireina-sama can do…" muttered Agatheina.

Moving on to another thing, the two orbs acquired from the Kingdoms Relic Boxes were special equipment that could be bonded to one's soul, similar to the [Ancient Relic of The Wyvern Guardian of Sands], a sphere that could be bonded to the soul or something called 'soul equipment'.

Its increased stats and granted special benefits such as a stronger soul, or sometimes special skills or affinities.

Both of these orbs came with special bonuses to all stats, and each one seemed to enhance blessings and curses inflicted on others or in myself.

There did not seem to be anything bad about equipping them, so I immediately did so.

[Kireina] equipped the [Prideful Golden Lion King Orb of Protection, Wishes, and Blessings (Phantasmal)], and [Resenting Gray Wolf King's Orb of Despair, Regrets and Curses (Phantasmal)] Soul Orbs!]

[Soul Orbs have been bonded with [Kireina]'s Rank 8 Soul!]

[Kireina] stats have increased depending on the bonuses of the equipped items!]

[Kireina] gained +1000 Soul Stats, +2000 HP, 2000 MP, +500 Magic and +100 Luck!]

[Kireina]'s Blessings have been strengthened!]

[Kireina]'s Curses have been strengthened!]

Although my blessings and curses became stronger, I did not feel any disturbance in my soul nor my body… I remembering having the Curse of Abrahel, a Succubus Demoness, but I also had the 'Curse Immunity' Skill, so the negative effects must have already been negated, or perhaps they became a part of my soul by this point?

I would not be surprised if a Class such as 'Abrahel' appears… There was already one for the Blessing of Legion that I already had, so it is possible.

I then decided to use the consumable items that could help me out, which were the Elixirs, EXP Potions, and the Scroll.

The Divinity Elixirs had a delicious taste, although I was used to the one of Life, the other two were delightful and sweet… although the Dark and Shadow Divinity one had a bitter aftertaste that I don't know if I liked or not, it reminded me of liquor to an extent.

[Kireina] acquired [Fragment of Life Attribute Divinity (Unknown)]!]

[Kireina] acquired [Fragment of Light & Life Attribute Divinity (Unknown)]!]

[Kireina] acquired [Fragment of Dark & Shadow Attribute Divinity (Unknown)]!]

[The acquired Fragments have been integrated into current Divinity!]

[Kireina] gained +1200 Soul Stats, +500 HP, +700 MP, +200 Strength, +300 Magic, +200 Resistance and +100 Charisma!]

[The Levels of the [Divine Energy Vessel; Level 5], [Worshiped Heavenly Aberration Goddess; Level 3], [Abyssal Chaos Bringer Children Mother; Level 1], [Self-Enhancement: Abyssal Chaos Bringer Children; Level 1], [Uroboros; Level 1], [Self-Enhancement: Cannibalism; Level 1], [Self-Nourishment: Cannibalism; Level 1], [Root of Life Attribute Magic; Level 9], [Transcendental Light Attribute Source; Level 1], [Eclipse & Dawn Magic; Level 6], [Desert Cat Princess Magic; Level 4], [Holy Princess Magic; Level 2], [Life's Enmity; Level 5], and [Inner World; Fragmented Divine Realm; Level 2] Skills have increased!]

[The [Divine Energy Understanding; Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Divine Energy Comprehension; Level 1]!]

"Oh? A Skill has awakened… but there is one that hasn't…"

I glanced at the scroll I had in my hands and considered the skill I was going to use it on.

Even after bonding my soul with Blaze, the skill 'Overpowering Sun' never awakened, even after a Living Deity of Fire became one with me… so it was most likely a skill that needed something else from me to finally awaken.

However, I decided to break through these 'needs' and immediately awaken them with the [Divine Skill Upgrading Scroll (Phantasmal)].

Despite its name, it did not mean that it would awaken Divine Skills, it was just the name of it.

"Such scroll seems very rare amongst the items that can be generated… even our gods don't have power over items generated by the system, even when we put intention and divine energy into making our dungeons generate items, what appears is only controlled by the System Gods… a scroll like that would certainly cause a commotion between gods," said Agatheina.

"Anyways, I'll use it on my Overpowering Sun, this skill had always helped me get through sticky situations… to think that I acquired it after a series of events and that was once the skill of a Legendary Hero of the Humans"

"Perhaps the System Gods already had some kind of fixation over Kireina-sama, and they granted you this skill to get through those moments? Haah~ Kireina-sama is truly a blessed daughter of fate!" said Agatheina almost fanatically.

"Y-Yeah…"

I glanced at the scroll as I willed it, and then a holographic window appeared out of thin air ahead of my sight.

Ding!

[Use [Divine Skill Upgrading Scroll (Phantasmal)]?

[>Yes No]

"Yes"

Ding!

[Please select the Skill you want to use the effect of this Item on]

"Overpowering Sun"

Ding!

[The [Overpowering Sun; Level 1] Skill has awakened into the [Helios; Level 1] Skill!]

"Oh, it awakened… but… Helios? What a simple get intriguing name… Agatheina, does a god known as Helios exists?" I asked Agatheina.

"Helios…? Oh, it once did. It was the Titan God of the Sun, son of Hyperion, the Titan God of Watchfulness, Wisdom, and Light, and Theia, the Titan Goddess of Sight and Treasures… I don't know much about these Titan Gods, but it was said that they were the children of Uranus and Gaia, and were part of the Pantheons of the Supreme God of Star Ocean and the Supreme Goddess of Life and Origin… Helios seems to have died in the war, thousands of years ago, by the hands of enemy gods. It is interesting how the System endorses his name into a Skill, what could it mean?" wondered Agatheina.

"Even more Titan Gods, are they not common by now?" I asked

"Titan Gods were one of the strongest forces in the Ragnarök, most of them were children of the Supreme Gods of that time, which are believed to be also Titans… well, not all Supreme Gods are titans, but I do think that the majority must be to some extent, as their children themselves were," said Agatheina.

Interesting… but I wonder why many are there so-called after the gods of Earth's mythologies… this question had begun to surge in my mind since Apollo's blessing appeared on Evan when I checked his status for the first time…

Just why is that? It cannot just be an exceptional coincidence, can't it?

I decided to be straightforward and ask Agatheina, but she seemed just as clueless, only believing that it could be a coincidence.

"Are there many gods with the names of gods from your original world's mythology, Kireina-sama? I… Until the time I got to know you, I had no clue about other worlds, so I do not know either why this is the case. But it might just be a coincidence��� a very specific one"

"I see… I guess. I remember that there were many theories made by scientific people in my original world about parallel worlds or realities… perhaps Genesis was one a parallel world from Earth, or vice versa?" I wondered.

"Oh, what a good insight, Kireina-sama… it might just be the case, but until now, we cannot unravel the mysteries of this world yet. Not even I, a Goddess, has managed to do such a thing. But I believe that Kireina-sama might be the one that would lead us to such path" said Agatheina.

"Your confidence in me is troubling, but thank you for believing in me to such an extent," I said.

"Haah~ There is no problem, Kireina-sama! I will believe in you even while facing death!" said Agatheina as her breath intensified while talking through the artifact… I decided to ignore this behavior and check this skill description.

[Helios: 1/10]

A Skill that no mortal should wield. The personification of the fallen Titan God of the Sun, Helios.

Awakened from the 'Overpowering Sun' skill, this skill represents the personification of the sun itself, such as Helios was once.

This skill grants the user the ability to generate the scorching flames of the sun, the great star of the skies that watch over creation.

By creating large enough masses of scorching flames, gravity can be slightly manipulated, such as the gravitation pull of things towards the user.

[Spells: [Overpowering Helios], [Helios's Scorching Blaze], [Helios's Divine Armor], [Helios's Blessing], [True Sun Gravitational Aura].

"It became something similar to conventional magic with many spells included, but these spells don't look 'conventional' at all… another skill that I will have to try out later…"

I then grabbed the EXP Potions and drank them with some snacks such as dried Monstrosity tentacle with a sauce similar to Teriyaki Sauce.

[Kireina] gained 10.000.000.000.000 EXP!]

[LEVEL 096/250] [EXP 14.943.615.957.136/17.860.000.000.000]

"I might level up tomorrow, how nice"

As I glared at the equipment I acquired, I called upon m family for a quick reunion, most of my children also came, alongside Nirah, the wolves, Truhan, and Celica.

It was time to distribute what I got, although everything could be useful for me, it could be even more useful for my family.

Nirah was the first one to take a liking to one of the weapons, as she began to play around with the [Wicked Venomous Tongue Whip of Insanity; Catrina (Legendary)] weapon.

"Mama, I want this!"

"Oh? you like the tongue-shaped whip, my dear?" I said as I grabbed Nirah with my arms and sat her down in my lap.

"Yes!" she said, as she slapped the ground with it with a playful and innocent smile…

Everyone present thought that she was adorable, but I think that normal people might be frightened by the sudden and odd interest of a young girl in a venomous whip.

I remember having another whip named Camilla in my Item Box, but Nirah should do good with only one, for now, perhaps when she grows up more, I shall give Camilla to her so she can dual wield whips… though she will have another four arms free, perhaps one day she might wield six whips, who knows?

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