Epic of Caterpillar
chapter-772

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Reaching the Lower Realm with all the Dark Steppes Gods and Jorgrakog, I sighed in relief.

"What is this place, master?" asked Jorgrakog.

"Oh, do you not know about it? This is called the Lower Realm, this a super-secret underworld of the Realm of Vida!" I said.

"E-Eh?! Such a place exists?" asked Jorgrakog in disbelief.

"It seems that you haven't explored this world as much as I thought," I said.

"W-Well, indeed…" sighed Jorgrakog, as he began to suppress his body mass, until he became of almost my same height, resembling a mass of black ooze and bones.

"Master, do you prefer this shape?" asked Jorgrakog, as he shaped his formless body like that of a woman… with wide hips, thin waist, large breast, and an adorable face with crimson eyes. Her body was completely black and made of this ooze, but she was covered with her bones, making it seem like a very sexy suit of armor.

Oh no, is Jorgrakog like Hydros?

"Y-Yeah, you look pretty…" I said, trying to cheer him up.

"A-Ah! R-Really?" he asked quite cutely.

"Yes… Do you have a gender Jorgrakog?" I asked.

"Well, not really, I am a genderless being. But I can… reproduce with you if that's what you're wondering…" he said.

"I was not wondering that… If you are going to take that form, I will address you as a 'she', alright?" I asked.

"Sure thing, Master, please, address me however you desire. A-And also, you can ask me to do whatever you want…" said Jorgrakog.

Whatever I want?

A few perverted thoughts cross my mind, but I try to suppress them.

So she likes me or something?

Well, it's okay.

She helped me a lot, and it is not like it is particularly annoying or something.

I have a weakness for slime girls after all.

But this is not the time for these thoughts!

I notice that the Dark Steppes Gods glance at Jorgrakog with strange looks.

I guess they are just as weirded out like me.

"I-Is Jorgrakog an ally now?" asked Ghiotl, who resembled a giant squid exuding purple gas around her body.

"Yes… She is. She helped me defeat Hephaestus, and also protected me while I devoured the Origin Core Fragment," I said.

"I-I see… Well, that's that then," said Ghiotl.

"So this is the Lower Realm…"

"Interesting, I have only heard about this place…"

"Indeed, this is something else,"

"It's pretty hot in here…"

"Should we get into our Divine Realms?"

"It would be for the best…"

The Dark Steppes Gods decide to go back to their Divine Realms and accompany me through them, however, Jorgrakog is a unique God that can stay on the surface, as she is not corrupted by the Miasma of this world, as she thrives on it.

So she is at my side whenever I go, always looking at me with enamored eyes.

I fly down and greet my True Body Clone that was taking care of this underground city I made for emergencies, most of my population is here.

I was planning on moving them inside of my Inner Realm, and reside in here with just my family, but it seems that the majority of the people is fine in here?

Except for the aquatic ones, who would dry pretty fast in this place.

Particularly, the Fire-type races are very comfortable here, such as the Blaze Ashura and the Fire Oni.

I greet my True Body Clone as I fuse with it quite quickly, and then greet my people for a bit.

"Everyone… we won. Although we lost many things, we are still alive and thriving. For now, let's celebrate our victory and mourn the fallen with a large feast, I will make sure to reincarnate their souls and make sure for them to have a better second life," I said, as the people cheered, although many others cried for their fallen family members, this broke my heart quite a lot.

I tried to speak with all of such families, which were over 50.

It was arduous work, but as my servants prepared a feast, I tried to help these people, my people.

I went one by one, asking them what they wanted.

Some choose for their family members to be revived straight away, while others wanted them to be reincarnated as new people.

Thanks to my new Divinities, Skills, and Abilities, I was able to revive people as long as I had their soul, their entire original bodies would be recreated through my Law and Creation Divinity and also Life Divinity.

And they would actually come back even stronger than before, with higher stats and more Skills.

Most of the people choose this option, and I was glad to reunite them with their fallen family members, even little children had died, it really broke my heart…

However, some did not want them back.

They respected their deaths and desired for them to reincarnate and live anew, and so, I reincarnated them into the fetus of the hundreds of pregnant women around the Empire.

It was an arduous task indeed, but as this happened, my Clones and Servants served a large feast, celebrating victory and the reincarnation and revival of the lost people.

Meanwhile, I Teleported to the surface where my Empire's ruins resided…

Sigh.

The Grand Forest, so many memories are in here.

I really do not want to leave this place…

The only ones remaining here were half of Wall's body, who greeted me cheerfully, and the golems that made up my castle and the rest of the Empire.

I am not leaving this behind!

Actually, you know what?

I am taking the whole Grand Forest with me.

Yeah, fuck it.

I quickly fly around and conjure countless Skills and Spells together, the ground suddenly begins to float in the sky.

Yes, this is the entire Grand Forest floating in the sky.

Pretty awesome, huh?

I think I was already capable of this, but I never did it before.

By employing my Element Manipulation Skill, Creation Skills, Magic, and more, I can get to do this.

And then, I opened a portal to my Inner Realm Soul World, the most stable of my Inner Realms, and deposit the entire Grand Forest at the side of the City I built inside.

And as I did this, Agatheina and the other Gods noticed me and flew towards me.

"Kireina-sama! You survived!" said Agatheina, jumping over me and raining my face with kisses.

"Of course, let's go to the Lower Realm, I am done in here," I said.

"S-Sure thing, we can relax more there!" said Agatheina.

"I am just glad everything is fine… What a relief…" sighed Morpheus.

I quickly conjure a Mass Teleportation Spell and bring all the Gods with me.

They are a bit surprised, but that's just what I am capable of doing now.

"Kireina-sama, you're so amazing now!" said Agatheina.

"A-Agatheina, you don't need to praise me so much, I am just the old Kireina, I haven't become someone glorious or whatever," I said.

"B-But still, it's just… I… I am glad that you're alive!" said Agatheina, as she hugged me tightly, beginning to cry…

"My love, don't cry, I am here, and I will always stay at your side," I said, raising her chin and kissing her.

"R-Really?" she asked…

"Why are you even asking? Of course… Let's go through everything ahead of our path together, alright?" I asked her with a gentle smile, as I grabbed her hands.

"Sniff… Okay!" said Agatheina, she was crying a lot…

I wiped her tears as we kissed for a few more minutes until I smothered her so much with my love that she finally calmed herself.

The Gods quickly join inside of Agatheina's Divine Realm, including the new Dark Steppes Gods and Jorgrakog.

There, everyone meets and chats around, there is a calm and peaceful atmosphere.

Phew…

"Actually… Well, there is a little thing here," I said.

"Eh? What is it?" asked Morpheus.

"Well, remember Kaggoth?" I asked.

"Kaggoth! Right! We have to kill her! Where is she?! Let me slice her up for you, my love!" roared Agatheina, her bloodlust emerging from her body like a stream of red light.

"C-Calm down, don't do any of that. I actually have her… and her sister with me. When I ate Thanatos, his Divine Realm fused with my Divine Realm, and well, she got trapped in that chaotic landscape all this time… Somehow, they had managed to survive, so I will take them out now, they are really weakened… I don't want you to kill her by the way," I said.

"But Kireina-sama, she's a traitor!" roared Agatheina.

"I know, I know… But still, I do not want her to end. I want her to redeem herself," I said.

"Is that so…? Well… If you so desire, Kireina-sama, it is fine then… I am in awe over your benevolent heart, and I cannot help but fall more and more in love with you~" said Agatheina, as she kissed me once more… her emotions switch around like that, the Dark Steppes Gods are quite frightened by her already, but they'll have to get used to it.

Jorgrakog watches at Agatheina with a bit of envy, she seems to want the same treatment…

However, it seems that Hydros, Gaia, Hodhyl, and other Goddesses glance at her.

"I know what you're thinking and no, I am before you," said Hydros.

"E-Eh? W-What are you talking about?" asked Jorgrakog.

"Isn't it obvious? You want to cuddle with Kireina-sama… But sorry, I come after Hydros!" said Gaia.

"I-Is that so?! And cuddle? I would… well…" muttered Jorgrakog.

"And before all of them, it is my turn… Kireina-sama and I have already shared a kiss, so she will bed me soon," said Hodhyl with a smug.

"K-Kiss?! How nice…" sighed Jorgrakog, she was indeed very jelly.

…Although I really don't like how they are taking turns to bed with me?

I mean…

Okay, I guess it's fine.

Whatever.

Time to take the crabs out.

"Here they are, I will punish them myself, so don't attack them," I say once more, as the Gods nod.

I open the rift that connects to my Fragmented Divine Realm, like a giant crab and what seems to look like a giant Lobster appear.

The crab is obviously Kaggoth, and the Lobster… her sister, named Kattanaia, the Demon Demigoddess of Pincer Claws and Aquatic Invertebrates.

Everyone is dead silent as they see the two giants rest into the Divine Realm of Agatheina.

Agatheina and most of the other Gods are suppressing their bloodlust, but it is already making the two Demigoddesses afraid.

"I…" muttered Kaggoth.

Everyone glances at her with sharp glares, she is trembling in fear.

"I am… I am not sorry!" said Kaggoth.

I did expect that response.

"Y-You're not sorry???!!! Alright, that's it!!! KIREINA-SAMA, TELL ME AND I WILL TEAR HER APART AND BOIL HER DOWN FOR US TO HAVE A FEAST!!!" roared Agatheina, shapeshifting into a gigantic bat-like monster.

"Kaggoth fells over her back in fear as her sister goes to her help.

"Onee-chan!" she cries, hugging her as the two glances with fear at Agatheina.

I pet Agatheina's fluffy bat-like ears until she relaxes.

"Calm down, I told you that I was going to do this myself," I said.

"B-But… Okay…" she sighed, transforming back to her original form.

"I know that you are not sorry, Kaggoth. Thanatos had captured your sister after all, and he had even planned on eating her," I said.

"T-That's… right," said Kaggoth.

"You don't regret what you did, is that what you meant?" I asked.

"I… do not regret… If it is to save… my beloved sister… I would… betray you again…" said Kaggoth.

"I see," I said, as I floated near her.

Kaggoth instinctively covers her face with her claws, expecting the worst.

"P-Please… don't kill her… she's… not to blame on this…" said Kaggoth, supplicating me.

"Nee-sama! Please… Don't kill her! I implore you! PLEASE!" cried Kattanaia.

"I will not kill her," I said, as I gently caressed Kaggoth's shell.

"E-Eh?" she asked.

"You poor child… It must have been hard. I know that feeling very well, and I would also do the same if the life of one of my family members was at stake… Now that you have her back with you, it should be possible that you will not betray me anymore, right?" I asked her.

"E-Eh? K-Kireina-sama… You… You are not angered?" asked Kaggoth.

"Of course I am. But not enough to want to kill you. You're still useful, and, although it pains me to admit it, I've grown fond of you, Kaggoth," I admit.

"Really? Even when I… betrayed you?" asked Kaggoth.

"Yes. I am willing to forgive you," I said.

Kaggoth suddenly fell to the ground, as tears began to fall from her giant crab eyes.

"But why? I… Why are you so nice with me?" she asked.

"I already told you, I have grown fond of you," I said.

"Of course… There are conditions for this," I said.

"Which ones? I… I want you to trust me… I will… I promise to not betray you anymore!" said Kaggoth.

"I like your spirit, but you better not if you don't want to die instantly," I said, as I release black chains that entangle Kaggoth and her sister's soul.

"Unghh…!"

"W-What is this?" asked Kattanaia rather shyly.

"These chains envelop your souls now. If you dare to take them down, they will eat your soul, and if you dare betray me, they will also do so… With this, I don't have to worry any longer, it is up to you if you want to live or not," I said.

"Ah…! Very well! I will… Show you what I meant!" said Kaggoth, filled with determination.

"And I… will serve you as well, thank you for… giving us a second chance…" said Kattanaia.

"Sure thing, now, give me your claws," I said.

"Eh?" asked Kaggoth.

"Huh?" asked Kattanaia.

"What? I am hungry," I said.

"A-Alright! Kireina-sama, please eat my claws!" said Kaggoth happily, as her giant claws fell from her limbs within seconds.

"E-Eh? B-But eating my claws… t-that's lewd!" said Kattanaia.

"Just do it! If you… are willing to give your all to Kireina-sama, sister!" said Kaggoth.

"Uwaahh… O-Okay then…! P-Please be gentle… and boil them slowly…" said Kattanaia, as her claws dropped into the ground as well.

"Sure thing," I said, grabbing them and setting a giant pot to boil them.

"Well, that wasn't what I expected," said Morpheus.

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