Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-66

[Day 44]

I ended up waking up very late, around five pm. My wives told me that they decided to let me rest until I was completely refreshed.

When I inspected my body, my friend was nowhere to be seen, and my breast appeared once again. My size also went back to its original one, so it seems that I cannot permanently change it.

"Sigh…"

My wives had already bathed and ate breakfast and lunch, but they still bathed with me as they talked and discussed how would my child be named. Just thinking about the idea of having my precious children filled my heart with happiness. I will make sure to raise all of them with all my love and care.

They all were sure to be impregnated, as something inside of them told them, call it their "natural instinct". Nesiphae told me that she has been having a sudden urge to stockpile food everywhere and to hide underground. I didn't know that lamias had to do this, they're more like moles now that I think about it.

Rimuru was also being quite delicate, and because her body is transparent, I was able to see some parts of her belly. A different type of slime has been accumulating inside her belly, something different than her original being. Although it was still very tiny, of around the size of an apple.

I wondered how could it be possible for a fairy to be able to impregnate five different women of completely unrelated species. Then I remembered that I've eaten and absorbed the "essence" and power of different beings. All of these included Reptiles, Trolls, Slimes, Merfolk and although I haven't eaten a living Spirit, I've consumed several Spirit Stones, which seem to be enough because Brontes also confirmed her pregnancy.

My children… I wonder how will they look…

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After taking a bath and having lunch with my wives, I decided to make Gaby my wife through the Kingdom System, she was rather embarrassed after realizing that she became someone with such high authority on the Kingdom.

[You have selected Savage Redhead Mershark: Gaby Adamantine has your fifth Sub Governor]

[Your affinity with Savage Redhead Mershark: Gaby Adamantine has increased]

[Your bond with Savage Redhead Mershark: Gaby Adamantine is strong]

[You can now share your strength between you two]

[Skills can also be given to a lover, with a limit of five]

Having that done, I received a mental message from my flesh minions, they got so news for me, it seems that some were able to infiltrate Orange town already. And obtained some info about what is going on.

One of the Nobles in charge of the Town was getting desperate because his only son that was sent into an expedition to the Grand Forest hasn't returned.

I think I just ate his son yesterday… He had some rare Skills.

Due to this, the Noble is using all his money to create countless expedition teams filled with human adventurers, most of these teams are being led by strong veterans who exude a powerful aura.

In the upcoming days, four teams with 10-14 adventurers will be entering my domain, I will be receiving them with open arms. And my minions and Guubo too.

It seems that we will have human meat for dinner for the upcoming weeks, I can't wait. Human Skills are always powerful and useful.

Aside from this, the other Nobles don't seem to care about this man worries and are just minding their own business. They don't have time to care about him while the Kingdom is on the verge of war.

After carefully considering my next plans, I decided to put all my minions around the forest on alert, while I told Guubo to protect and inspect the Grand Forest borders. He also told me that he encountered a giant turtle, it was rather old, they fought the whole night and Guubo won at the end, gaining several levels and obtaining the turtle skills.

Guubo gave me a big chunk of the turtle meat and its shell. I inspected the meat with Appraisal and almost fell to the ground in surprise.

[Sacred Protector Turtle Overlord Meat and Shell (Unique++): A delicious and firm meat filled with nutrients and the blood of the Sacred Protector Overlord Turtle, which has strong healing properties]

"O-Overlord you say?!"

It seems that Guubo almost died fighting this beast, but he managed to kill it in time, mostly because the turtle was incredibly old…

To think that it already killed an Overlord Class monster… My Guubo has grown so fast!

Move aside "Sacred Protector"! Guubo will be the new protector of the forest! We don't need old men! Where were you when this forest was attacked by three waves of outside monsters?

Probably in dreamland!

Guubo also obtained a new Title named [Sacred Protector of the Grand Forest].

I decided to save this big chunk of meat for dinner tonight, I'm sure that everyone will become stronger with this.

After giving the meat to Chokumotsu, who almost fainted from the surprise of the quality of the product, I decided to inspect my servants, mostly Herbell, Avellona, Celica and Kizuato teams.

Starting with Herbell, it seems that he got lost in the forest that day when he went hunting and eat monsters. And ended up closer to an unknown dungeon named "Fiery Salamander Dungeon". The dungeon had a total of four floors and it was filled with different monsters related to fire, one of Herbell's weaknesses. He told me that after eating the flesh and bones of those monsters, he learned the Skill [Fire Immunity] and was able to tackle the bosses easily, but at the last boss, he almost died.

Hearing this, Zehe almost fainted.

Just at the brink of death, Herbell managed to kill one of the boss's spawns, and reached the max level, evolving right at that moment. His new race is named [Superior Crimson Lich Knight] and using its newly acquired strength, he slashed the boss [Sticky Lava Snake Emperor] in half. But this ended up melting all its armor and weapon so when he came back, he was completely naked.

However, he obtained a [Legendary] class weapon from this! It was named [Hell Smashing Nether Sword of Undying Flames], it was one of the Nether Swords that was forged by Hades himself. This one had a beautiful orange luster and demonic decorations depicting demon horns and snakes.

The Sword was able to engulf itself on a powerful Nether Flame that could burn everything and was even able to surpass [Fire Immunity]. With this Sword alone, Herbell as already reached the same strength as Celica or Truhan, but he still needs to master the sword techniques, because he was only proficient in magic before.

On the other side, Celica and Truhan team completed the Earth Shrine Dungeon, which was made of ten floors, in just two days. Their team was able to survive every boss and a new monster and managed to tackle the final boss with incredible cooperative work.

The shrine was mostly filled with earth-based monsters, like Dirt Slimes, a myriad of golems and some rock reptiles. They bought me some of their meat, which I appreciated a lot.

The last boss was named [Void Gem Golem Lizard], a powerful golem made of the sturdy [Void Gem] that can easily absorb physical damage, in the form of a Lizard. They also told me that they came across some Earth Spirits, but ended up eating them… They also brought me some of their empty [Earth Spirit Orbs] were they usually sleep.

It's too late to do anything over it, the strong eat the weak after all, if these Spirits weren't able to protect themselves or run away from Celica and Truhan, they should have expected death sooner or later. Because of eating several Earth Spirits, all of Celica's team became way stronger and obtained several skills, some even evolved into [Earth Ogres] or [Half Quake Lord] the night after.

Celica and Truhan obtained a Celestial Gift each one, while the rest of the team only obtained a [Unique+++] Reward Gift, which isn't bad at all.

Truhan obtained the [Legendary] Class [Earth Splitting Flaming Tempest Axe], which was a beautiful and massive red-colored axe decorated with demon horns. It was forged by the Goddess of Sun; Amaterasu.

Celica, on the other hand, obtained the [Legendary] Class [Poisonous Twin Roses of Despair], which were a beautiful pair of daggers that had their blades covered on an incredibly corrosive poison, even able to surpass [Poison Immunity], they were very light and easy to wield. These daggers were crafted by the Goddess of The Poison Mist Achlys, who also made Nesiphae's Axe. An interesting thing to note is that both daggers count as one weapon, and if Celica only wields one, its power will be reduced.

The several team members also obtained several powerful weapons and items, ideal for their fighting styles. I was very interested in the Hobgoblins and Trolls that managed to evolve, and they could become very promising in the future.

All these Goblins and Trolls were already named, so there wasn't any need to name them as a reward, but I still could promote their ranks and make them Squad Leaders if they show more progress.

On the other side, Abellona and his team composed of half of his brothers and spirits alongside some rookie monkeys went towards the Nature Spirit Shrine Dungeon, there, most monsters were different variants of "Living Plants" as they call them, who are plants that can move independently and predate on other living beings. This dungeon was also made out of ten floors, and according to Abellona, most of the Nature Spirits had already died down, only being three alive, which he made sure to protect.

After defeating the final boss named [Carnivore Toxic Lily Empress], all of the main fighters were granted a Celestial Gift outside of the rookie monkeys, Sylph and Nereid, they only got a [Unique++] Reward Gift.

Although everyone received a powerful [Legendary] weapon, they cannot equip them because of not being a humanoid. However, the Wyvern Overlord, who was with us, told his children that if they manage to evolve again, they will obtain a special skill that allows them to transform into a humanoid form. He said that he once was able to do so when he was on the peak of his strength as a Wyvern Overlord.

And about the Spirits, it shouldn't be so different, according to Redgaria, most spirits can take humanoid forms when they become [Superior Spirits] which should be their next evolution.

Oh, and talking about Evolution, because Sylph and Nereid were forced to fight by Abellona until their entire bodies were paralyzed of pain, they managed to hit the max level and evolved. After evolution, the two cute fairies "maturated" and obtained a bigger body, of around 135 centimeters. And their power and magic increased. They looked like beautiful and little young women, their hips became wider, their breasts grew more and their faces became more refined.

After the hellish training, the two lazy fairies have changed their personalities completely, becoming more mature and stronger. But still, Nereid remained some of her old habits.

Lastly, Kizuato team was made of Wagyu, Kage, Nonkina, Yukan, Goruden and two of the newborn monkeys. They went to visit the Wind Shrine Dungeon which was made of ten floors, most of the monsters were beings made of pure Wind or Birds of various types and colors. It seems that in the middle of the dungeon, one of the rookie monkeys got severely damaged and Kizuato alongside Yukan had to split from the group and come as fast as possible towards our Kingdom. That is when they found the Humans which Kizuato killed in one swoop form his sword, he's quite merciless.

Wagyu had recently sent me a message that they successfully cleared the dungeon and are coming back tomorrow morning, I can't wait to see how strong he has become.

Anyways, Kizuato and Yukan managed to get until the fifth floor, so they got plenty of new items and weapons, Kizuato got himself with a powerful [Unique+] Sword named [Blazing Edge], which helps him recollect Blade Energy way easier. Yukan obtained an [Unique+] Axe named [Merciless Destroyer], which was extremely heavy, anything that was hit by such thing would be completely crushed into minced meat.

The funniest thing is that the monkey that was severely damaged ended up evolving after getting reaching my Kingdom and became a [High Mystical Monkey], a monkey variant more focused on powerful and destructive magic attacks.

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