Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-561

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[Calculating EXP Gained…]

[Kireina] gained 302.556.250.934.247 EXP!] (From Previously slain monsters and the recent fight)

[Kireina] leveled up four times!]

[LEVEL 104/250] [EXP 42.371.968.616.744/105.000.000.000.000] (Added!)

[Kireina] acquired the [Large Fragment of Parasitism Divinity (Begudhur)]!]

[Kireina] gained +300 Soul Stats, +100 Speed, and +100 Magic!]

[Kireina] acquired +200 Class Skill Points and Subclass Skill Points!]

[The Levels of the [Soul Parasite; Level 6], [Symbiosis; Level 7], [Parasitizing Symbiosis Haven; Level 1], [Parasite Egg; Level 5], [Multi-Talented Hive Mind Queen; Level 1], [Ancient Mythical Beast Slayer; Level 9], [Life's Enmity; Level 6], [Divine Energy Comprehension; Level 2], [Divine Energy Vessel; Level 7], [Artificially Created Divine Material; Level 3], [Forbidden Divine Treasure; Level 3] [Divine Energy Conversion; Level 2], [Divine Capacity Expansion; Level 2], and [Divine Self-Repair; Level 2] Skills have increased!]

So, the name of this god is Begudhur?

After my entire family had their fun and my children ate their fill with 'Begudhur', we finally decided on advance towards the Lizardmen city.

The leftover Divinity Fragments were saved into my Item Box for now, as my children did not desire to eat anymore. It seems that after eating three Large Fragments, the strengthening effects weakened until they did not feel the flavor nor any increase in power by eating above three souls… unless they were to eat something of 'higher quality'.

Unlike my ability to digest and continuously get some power, it seems that the rest, including Rimuru, had a limit of three pieces before they need something of higher quality, so the rest of the pieces will be eaten by me as I seem to be the only one that can still benefit from it.

Now… who exactly is this Begudhur?

Just like Megusan, a Demigod appears out of nowhere while I travel.

Could this be good luck or bad luck?

I am just assuming things, but this god might have been sealed until I entered the dungeon, because Wagyu and his party never felt any presence aside from the monsters in the dungeon, or so they said.

This god was most likely sealed somewhere else, and when I entered, it somehow awakened from its seal or slumber?

Perhaps what I did with Lazuli ended up affecting the rest of the dungeon in some strange and odd way, weakening the seal of this mysterious and unknown demigod.

I am completely clueless on what exactly are his origins or abilities aside from being named Begudhur and having the Divinity that represents Parasites… an incredibly unique Divinity that benefits me a lot as I have been developing parasitism powers.

I guess we could say that this is more lucky than unlucky… although not lucky for him.

He was also trying to destroy the Lizardmen city and probably eat or parasitize the Elder Dragon protecting it… so he is just like that idiot of Megusan, I guess I already got a bit annoyed…

There is always some stupid god getting in the way of a relaxing trip, sigh…

And just like Megusan and Geggoron, and perhaps many other gods, he got the ability to split his soul, splitting exceedingly small pieces from the 'main soul' and making them parasitize new hosts to gain an army, I imagine.

Was he planning on eating the small Lizardmen and perhaps parasitizing the Elder Dragon here to gain a strong subject or a new body for the 'main soul'?

But if he is a demigod… just how is he surviving in the outside world without being inside his Divine Realm? Wouldn't he need to spend a lot of Divine Energy?

Perhaps his divinity allows him to somehow negate this need as long as he is parasitizing a host, even mortals included.

Wait… if his powers are so advanced, could he possibly be able to create a true vessel and gain skills similar to mine? Like Geggoron wanted so fervently… Could he possibly possess Divinity Devouring?

No, if he is an old god that just woke up, and if he was already sealed before, he most likely does not possess such a tool… yet.

Still, it should not be as easy for him to simply acquire the skill, after all, from what I heard about Zudig, the Dragon Zombie Demigod, he was able to get those skills with David's body because that boy was an exceptional mortal, a future Legendary Hero… meanwhile Begudhur can only parasitize monsters spawned inside this dungeon… the possibilities of these monsters bodies being of such quality is dim.

Moving these thoughts for later, I decided to glance before me, where the Elder Dragon that protected this city was revealed, this is an intelligent Dragon-type monster that is at the 'pinnacle' of mortal hood… although he's clearly weaker than any of my family members, aside from… maybe Amiphossia's party without counting Evan.

I glanced at his stupid face, which had its eyes and mouth wide open in disbelief, most likely after seeing all the battles we had inside my domain.

As I had left many of my Calamity Abyss Demon Brains combined with my eyes and Mirage Attribute Magic, they worked as mobile TV's, being able to connect with my real eyes and project what I was seeing to everyone present.

"Ah! T-They are out! All of you, my citizens! Do not dare to fight back! Kneel and pray to the gods! If you are honest, they might forgive you!" said the Elder Dragon, who had noticed that we were all out of the domain, he seemed to think that we would end up attacking them if they were disrespectful.

The people of the city quickly obeyed the Elder Dragon, over a hundred people kneeled and prayed for salvation and not destruction before us, the 'gods'.

I flew towards the Elder Dragon, who was already intimidated and decided to ask his name despite already knowing it by appraising his status, he was named Goghesdum.

If he called us gods, it means that he fears us greatly, which would be better in handling things like moving these people inside of my Empire… So I will pretend I am actually a goddess so convenient.

"Oh? That is right, we are gods…! Fufufu… So, what is your name, little dragon?" I asked, flying towards Goghesdum with a flash of scarlet light at a speed that the Elder Dragon could not even see with his eyes.

The moment I appeared in front of Goghesdum in a split of a second, he almost cried in fear, barely resisting his body from falling over the entire city he was trying to protect…

"G-Goghesdum… My name is Goghesdum, Goddess-sama… I am… but a humble little dragon…" said Goghesdum while trembling in fear, completely leaving any pride that he had as the 'first' Elder Dragon.

"Goghesdum… I see, very well then, present me and my family of 'gods' your city… Alright, everyone come here" I said, while sitting in Goghesdum snout and patting him with my hands, he was being an obedient puppy, so it was better to remind him of his place now.

I decided to exude an intimidating presence and pressure from my Aura, covering a bit of Goghesdum's body with it so he could quickly obey my orders.

"Y-Yes… but which might be… your name, Goddess-sama?" he asked with a trembling voice while trying not to disturb me as I sat on his nose.

"My name is Kireina! I am a powerful Goddess that has descended from the heavens, leader of a large Pantheon of Gods… I have come down here with the task of exterminating an old and sealed Demigod that had recently awakened in here… those monsters that tried to destroy your little city were the… pawns of him" I said, quickly creating a nice story out of what had happened.

"I-I see! So that is how it is! Kireina-sama, you saved us! Thank you very much!" said Goghesdum, trying to appease me by thanking me and acting humble, I could see on his eyes that he was a rather cunning old man, but I played along with him as he did with me, as he was a convenient tool to control the citizens of this place and probably of those from the other cities.

"Mama! I wanna sit in the dragon!" said Nirah, coming alongside Belle, Vudia, and Ailine.

"Me too! Is that his nose? So big!" said Belle.

"Let's go all sit!" said Vudia.

"Hello, mister dragon!" said Ailine.

Goghesdum was, even more, overwhelmed as my daughters sat down on his snout, which was as big as a whole dining table.

"A-Ah… could these be your daughters, Kireina-sama… S-So adorable… Are they goddesses as well?" asked Goghesdum while walking back to the city with us, the rest of my family decided to fly at our sides after saving the corpses of the various giant monsters.

"Yeah! They are all goddesses, so you better be a good little dragon with each of my daughters if you do not want a spanking… I am not responsible if they cannot measure their strength, fufufu" I said.

"Yeah, we are little goddesses!" said Nirah playing along.

"I am a goddess?" asked Vudia.

"Of course you are, Vudia, you've eaten a lot of gods already, right?" said Belle.

"Ah! Yeah! I guess I am then!" said Vudia.

"Little dragon better be careful with us!" said Ailine.

Goghesdum was even more terrified now after knowing that he had five 'goddesses' sitting on his giant nose… whatever little thing he did that we didn't like would mean that he would become a delicious dinner… or not, I am just joking with him to see how low can he go.

"Y-Yes! I will! I will be a nice… l-little dragon!" said Goghesdum, completely taking out his pride as most of the city hear his words in disbelief… but they were just as terrified about actual gods capable of creating and destruction visiting their city, so they kind of felt bad for him than anything else.

Goghesdum moved us towards his resting place, a large mountain that was right behind the city, where he usually slept. There were large shrines and churches around that used his name to pray and hold belief… he was really preparing himself to raise into godhood like this.

The vast landscape of the lowest floors of the dungeon was rather beautiful, although there was still the walls and the ceiling far away, there was a small atmosphere formed, with clouds and even an artificial sun and moon made with magic.

There were most seasons down here, from summer to winter, although winter was very tame and almost without any snow whatsoever. Because there were a lot of jungles and tropical-like landscapes, there was a lot of rain all around the year, which benefited the Lizardmen that made their city in the middle of a small lake that was surrounded by swamps and rivers.

They were most likely using the territory such as the waters to make a natural defense against most monsters that walked on land and were rather bad at swimming through very deep-water masses.

The whole city was made of white stone, which made every building, even the large 'castle' at the center, which was in fact, the largest church/shrine in the city, where the High Priestess, Yerze Hazass lived alongside many other priests and priestesses, and they had recently added orphan children inside, from what Goghesdum explained to us.

When we reached his mountain, we finally let him go as we glanced around, most of the population had gathered around the mountain, kneeling to us.

In front of the over one hundred people, there was the High Priestess, which was a figure similar to a Queen or Crowned Princess. This whole city was built over the religion of Goghesdum, so the church was what governed the city and not a royal family.

The High Priest/Priestess was chosen by Goghesdum every fifty years, and this young woman, Yerze Hazass was chosen.

Also, there was something very… interesting about this Lizardman, and it was that there was a majority who had no lizard or dinosaur head and instead were more human-like. They completely resembled humans, with the exception that instead of soft skin, they were covered in soft and slim scales that made it seem as if their skin was of that color while having a slight metallic luster.

Most of their colors were purple or golden, Yerze was a rather beautiful young woman with purple scales and golden eyes.

I stood there with my family as I glanced at the people down below, with Goghesdum at our backs nervous about my decisions.

"Rejoice, children of Goghesdum, you have all been chosen by the gods to live in the Empire of the surface! There will be a large festivity to celebrate this! From this day onward, all of you shall be my citizens and my beloved children!" I said with a loud and motherly voice, at the same time as I did, I released a semitransparent, perfume-like pink-colored essence from my body, which instantly charmed most of the people except Yerze who was rather resistant to my charm…

The people cheered but Yerze and Goghesdum seemed conflicted…