Epic Of Caterpillar

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Time rewinds a few minutes, as the Empire of Dark Moon faces its greatest challenge.

The citizens cry in fear as enormous barriers appear around the entire Empire.

Their power is akin to the divine, as the barriers begin to suck away the life and mana off the mortals, people begin to immediately fall dead like mummies, their souls are quickly sucked out by the barriers as well, strengthening them even more.

Several soldiers and Kireina's Slime Clones quickly act, as Kireina's True Body Clone descends from the castle and immediately opens an enormous shift in space, where she hurriedly send all of her people inside.

The people run for their lives, as enormous figures emerge atop the sky.

Gods.

Kireina is left with no choice but to divide her own body once more, leaving a true body clone creating the barrier, while the other flies back to her Castle.

Her allies and soldiers are ready, flying out of the Empire as everyone begins to conjure their attacks, trying to fend off these divine enemies.

Kireina flies back to her castle, as she releases a bitter smile.

"I'll have to do this for your safety…" she says, as she begins to produce an enormous egg, and the bulge in her stomach disappears.

She transferred her children in her womb into a recently laid egg, as she did not want to risk the life of the child.

She quickly shifts space countless times, creating a pocket space.

There, she saves her eggs, that of her children in her womb, and those of Lazuli and Blaze.

"Castle Golem, I am leaving this to you!" she says, as the entire castle roars!

"GUOOOOON!"

Suddenly, the castle begins to move, shaping itself like an impenetrable fortress, and digging deep underground, going to the same place that her citizens!

The Lower Realm!

Down there, Kireina had already secured a large and safe area, covered in countless divine barriers and spatial and void barriers, her people kept getting inside, as many of the young children tremble in fear.

Kireina was not able to do anything this time.

Even with all of her powers, she was limited in what she could do.

This was a big gamble, after all, she was also currently fighting Hephaestus and her wives, alongside Jorgrakog with her other True Body Clone.

She had tried already, and the barriers erected atop the sky were too strong and guarded by the Gods, the children of Hephaestus, who had somehow came to the surface without being weakened.

Kireina feels a sickening and frustrating feeling, the loss of her citizens by her own weakness was tremendous.

And alongside this, she was not even able to grab their souls back, as they were absorbed by this same barrier.

Kireina could not break the barrier when it appeared because it surprised her, not even she knew about this.

It came out of nowhere.

In all this time that she has been carefully watching over her surroundings and her Empire, she never saw anyone setting these barriers down, yet there they were.

Even though the info from Apollo, not even Apollo was revealed this information.

She gnashes her teeth in frustration, as burning anger arises within her heart.

She was not able to destroy the barrier because of her children in her womb.

And her own wives and children were still preparing and arming themselves.

However, now that she had finally taken her child out of her body, she was going to fight more fiercely than anyone else.

She immediately flew out of her castle, as she glanced at her wives, children, friends, allies, and soldiers fly through the sky, every single one of them wore enormous incredibly advanced technological weapons and armors, resembling futuristic mechs.

This was the power of her Empire, the one she has been polishing for so long, Magic Technology!

"My wife, we have to break down that barrier, it's even draining our power!" said Adelle, flying near Kireina in her mechanical suit, she resembled a beautiful white mechanical maiden wielding an enormous rapier, her body was covered in gold armor and her long, dragon and fish-like tail waved around the air.

"Should we fuse?" asked Gaby, flying nearby in her own mech, which resembled an enormous starship with a ghost ship-themed appearance, it had an enormous shark-like metallic head at its tip, and shark fins as well, while being covered in the phantasmal aura.

Kireina remains silent as she glares atop the sky, she recognizes the faces of the Gods laughing atop them, while infusing their power through the barrier, they seemed rather confident in that she would not be able to break down the barrier so easily.

All of them were the children of Hephaestus.

The Four Graces, daughters of Hephaestus and Aglaia:

Eukleia, the Goddess of Good Repute and Glory.

Eupheme, the Goddess of Praise and Acclamation.

Euthenia, the Goddess of Prosperity and Plenty.

Philophrosyne, the Goddess of Friendless and Welcome.

And the three Sea Offspring, children of Hephaestus and Kabeiro:

Cabeiri, the Demigod of the Sea Depths.

Cabeirides, the Demigoddess of Sea Shores.

Thalia, Demigoddess of Sea Islands.

All of them were strong, stronger than any Demon God that Kireina had fought, each one of them, even the Demigods, were perhaps stronger than Zudig, and even Begudhur, if their special skills were not considered.

Why was it?

This was because of their power, resourcefulness, and family.

A family as prestigious as the Zeus family was not something to scoff at, their resources were plentiful.

Compared to them, beings such as Megusan, Geggoron, Zudig, Begudhur, and even Kheseerad were not many.

After all, what mattered the most in Genesis were resources, as long as a god had resources and could use such materials to improve themselves or their abilities and divine techniques, they could be several times stronger than those at their same rank, and even those at a higher rank, as long as they were not alone.

"The Four Graces… the Three Sea Offspring… Yes, they will be good meals!" thought Kireina, smiling maliciously!

Then, her face changed as she gentle answered her wives.

"Everyone, fuse as planned! Don't dare fight any one of them alone!" she said, as her wives quickly flew towards her.

"Transformation!"

Kireina then triggered all of her transformation Skills, combining them with the transformation equipment she was wearing, transforming into a gigantic mechanical demon.

However, this was not over yet!

All of her wives flew through their mechs, reaching her!

Her enormous body was then covered in dozens of colorful mechs, as they all began to dock and combine, just like the fiction that Kireina loved so much!

For a moment, the Gods glanced at this in disbelief.

"What… is that?!" asked one of the four graces.

"That's… metal?" asked another of the four graces.

"Why does she think that stacking up the metal will give her any new power?" asked the third of the four graces.

"Useless, let's kill her and be done with this!" said the fourth of the four graces.

The Four Graces were the daughters of Hephaestus and Aglaia, they inherited the power of both of their parents, holding immense power within their divinities.

The four of them were inseparable, and their minds were often connected as one, as long as they stayed together, they were even able to combine their powers and unleash the strength of a God at Rank 8!

Or perhaps… even greater!

The four sisters were confident in their victory, as they always obeyed whatever their parents said, and believed everything they said.

If Hephaestus and Aglaia told them that their victory was secured as long as they fought with everything they had while following the plans, they were sure of their victory, glaring at the spectacle below them.

"Fufu… How about we blast them into pieces then? It will be nice to see them explode with the bright colors of our light!"

All four sisters said those words at the same time, flying atop the sky and rotating constantly in a circle. Their eyes began to flash with golden light, as an enormous magic circle emerged below them!

"Combined Divine Technique: Punishment of the Four Graces! Die, you insolent mortals!"

Flash!

The enormous, yellow-colored magic circle, which covered the entirety of the territory of the Grand Forest, opened, as truck-sized arrows made entirely out of light began to fall like an apocalyptic end!

Kireina and her family began to combine, almost finishing!

Meanwhile, her friends and the rest of her soldiers were charging their attacks, but it seemed that the arrows were completely unaltered by them!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The gigantic arrows fell right into the Dark Moon Kingdom's Streets, blasting it away into pieces, enormous divine explosions of pure light began to incinerate everything, as even Kireina's Slime Clones were turned into ashes!

Although most of the population had already evacuated, a few thousands of people could not manage to get in time!

Their entire bodies were disintegrated the moment the arrows fell into the streets, dying instantly.

Kireina sensed thousands of souls flying up to the barrier, her rage already burning like the fire of the sun!

"You…!"

BOOM!

Suddenly, a gigantic arrow fell over her and her wives as they transformed, as an enormous explosion unfolded!

"Bwahahaha!"

"Fufufu, so easy, so easy~!"

"Die! All of you will die!"

"Daddy and mommy will be so proud of us!"

However, as the smoke dissipated, a different sight from what they had thought emerged!

Nothing, there was nothing!

"Eh?"

Flash!

Suddenly, space itself breaks apart, as an enormous metallic titan emerges like a god from another dimension coming to conquer this world!

The enormous presence began to wear down the four graces completely, as the bloodthirst was so gigantic that they began to instinctively sweat in fear!

The monstrous metallic titan had the appearance of a being made out of countless others, with different colors shining all around itself, enormous and beady crimson eyes were present all over it, as gigantic fleshy mouths filled with razor-sharp teeth and long and sticky tongues waved around furiously!

Suddenly, the four graces felt as if millions of curses were being constantly inflicted upon them!

Flash!

"Ungh…!"

"What is…?!"

"What is that?!"

"How?!"

As if by reflex, the next second all four of them darted away from the monstrous glare, resembling four meteors of pure yellow light!

Flash!

"You're… not going away!!!"

Kireina's voice resonates as the four graces feel as if space distorts!

"Eh?!"

"What?!"

"Daddy didn't tell us about this!!!"

"What is… this place?!"

The four graces glare around themselves, finding themselves inside a place filled with countless colors, distorting all over constantly!

"I will dispose of all of you, and feast on your flesh!"

Kireina zaps towards her enemies, her enormous body seemingly having no weight at all, as she moves at an even faster speed than the Goddesses themselves!

"Fusion Soul Divine Spell: Chaotic World Destroying Wave of Corruption!"

Kireina opens her thousands of mouths, as they begin to charge enormous quantities of power!

The power of all her wives resonates within her, combining with her core soul, generating something akin to the divine, or even greater!

FLASH!

The enormous wave of annihilation flies towards the four graces, as the four beautiful maidens gnash their teeth, their golden eyes flashing with fear but also rage and frustration!

"You dare… say something so rude to us?!"

"You… whatever you are! You don't stand a chance, no matter how you trap us…!"

"And no matter how much you change or transform!"

"You're the one being destroyed!"

"Combined Divine Technique: Almighty Paladin of the Four Graces!"

The four immature girls combine their divinities, creating the enormous illusion of a gigantic, armored paladin made entirely out of golden light!

The materialization of a Divine Technique creates countless shields of light around himself, as they materialize and take on Kireina's incredibly powerful onslaught!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The four Graces laugh as Kireina's attacks seem to… not pass through!

However, space breaks once more!

The torso of the grotesque metallic abomination emerges behind the four graces and the Paladin, as it swings an enormous blade, seemingly made up of countless Legendary and Phantasmal Weapons, not from Kireina, but from her wives!

SLASH!

CLASH!

However, the gigantic Paladin receives the attack with its shield, as it creates four arms and begins to punch Kireina's torso countless times.

The four graces dart away, conjuring more divine techniques!

From all sides, Kireina is showered in golden arrows!

Boom!

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