Epic Of Caterpillar

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Infiltrating the Thanatos Kingdom is hard, I've sent some of my Dhampir Spies there, but there haven't been any advances, the security is tight, and there it seems to be a demon barrier that doesn't let outsiders enter so easily, only letting citizens or others who share their blood enter.

Eating them would be interesting, but a buffet of Vampires is coming our way right now, so I decided to convert them, I was already familiar with their past, their thoughts and all, so it would be easier to make them my new Dhampirs than another Vampire.

However, I'm in the middle of a big group surrounded by Centaurs and other citizens who are unaware of my Vampire side. Thanks to my Illusion Magic, I resemble a "normal" adult-sized fairy, with long blonde hair, green butterfly wings and eyes, and pinkish skin, if they were to see my pale-white candle wax skin, scarlet eyes, and purple hair, they would immediately think that I am related to the bloodsuckers somehow.

My wives were partially changed in appearance. I made Zehe only appear with two arms instead of six, resembling a Half-Lord race, Brontes was given two eyes so she resembles an Ogre or a Troll subspecies and Rimuru was given a pink skin color and long ears, so she resembles an azure-haired elf.

Alice was given a "livelier" appearance, so she resembles a human, Aegina saw how she drank blood though, but she had kept her mouth shut, it seems that the sisters told them to keep silent, she is a very obedient girl.

Nesiphae, Nixephine, and Nefertiti are outside guarding us, Nefertiti can easily pass as a beast woman, and Nesiphae seems to be fine as long as she keeps her height small, Lamias are rare, but they are not seen as strange races or bizarre species, at least between centaurs. Nixephine is the weird one, as she is a Girtablilu, a species of scorpion Arachne, that only belong to desert areas, centaurs don't even know that they exist, so she was camouflaged as an Arachne instead, with her lower half being that of a black spider.

I decided to leave the Vampires into a state of sleep, as the centaurs saw how I used a strange "spell" to make them instantly fall asleep… I used my Aura and an [Mystic Eye], the [Cursed Eye of Malice; Sleep Curse] to make them sleep for at least a whole week. This wouldn't have worked if they were too active, but thanks to my illusions, they were in a state of daze. I masked these skills by using the pink smoke, making it seem as if it were an Illusion Spell.

Well, I think that there is a spell to make people fall asleep with hypnotism, but it wouldn't work in Caedmon with his Illusion Resistance.

Seeing the two sleeping Vampires, the centaurs raised their weapons…

"Now… Let's kill them while they're asleep!"

"Yes, let's get rid of these pests!"

"Wait for a second!" I shouted.

"Huh?"

"L-Lady Kireina? Why are you protecting these bloodsuckers?!"

The centaurs had all of the intentions on killing them, and even the Black Cat was going to cut their heads off to avenge his friend.

"They're useful hostages, I won't let you lay a finger on them…"

"Hostages?"

"B-But…! They deserve to die!"

I released my Aura… in the form of magical energy like a Witch would do. It wasn't overwhelming and bloodthirsty, but it was pressuring nonetheless.

"Such strong Mana…"

"Ugh… My body… It feels tired…"

"Hey! Stop trying to intimidate the Lady Witch, she has done so much for us!" Said the goat centaur, trying to calm down the young resistance members.

"Hm? Oh! We have visits… See? All of the Wolves came back for their friends~"

"W-What?!"

Suddenly a centaur who was in watch outside came rushing in.

"V-Vampires! They're here! So many! I couldn't even count them all!"

"What are you talking about?!"

"We are done for!"

"I told you, if we left them alive, the Vampires would come!"

The centaur twins defended me, putting themselves in front of me.

"Yes, this is Lady Kireina's fault, but it is between her plans to call all of them, so we can get rid of them all at once!" shouted Sofarpia.

"Indeed, please, trust in our strength! We have trained so hard… And I want to prove to all of you, that we are no longer the frail princesses of before!" affirmed Sofelaia.

"Princesses…"

"My… wiv- sisters are outside as well, so they will help us out, they all have their own strength, but are Masters of magic that have lived for hundreds of years, rest assured, all of you are in good hands," I said, relieving the worried people.

"Kireina sama…!"

"Sorry for doubting you once again!"

"W-We will fight as well! Please, leave the small fry to us!"

"Those Vampires control undead and small demon monsters; we'll get rid of them while you take care of them!"

These people are easy to deceive, a word of their princesses and it was enough to calm them down and trust me. Although my Charm is working in making them believe us more easily.

I received a message from one of my Slime Clones, Nixephine, Nesiphae, and Nefertiti are currently fighting several Vampires, there is a strange group of Vampires who are observing things from afar, probably measuring the strength of my wives.

Leaving the two sleepy Vampires in a ceiling while being protected by an Illusion Magic Barrier, I rushed towards the entrance with the Centaur Twins and Rimuru, Alice, and Brontes.

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In the cold night of the Cilane Kingdom, which was close by the Icy Mountain Wall, where an eternal winter unfolded, a group of Vampires gathered around a small group of houses, which surrounded water well.

"Mufuh~ It is here?" Asked a beautiful Vampire man, with long white hair and scarlet eyes, his beauty was unparalleled, with a pointed nose and a long chin, his body was large and slim, and he possessed pointed ears. He was an elf converted into a Vampire, he possessed strong magical energy surrounding his body, making the lowly Vampires that served him tremble in fear.

"Y-Yes, Castien sama…" Said a young-looking Vampire, with a plain-looking face and black hair.

"Hmm~! I can sense it, this magical energy! Sublime! Mufuuh~ I can't wait to drink the blood of this irregular… the other Vampires may be on their way… but just as Aleksandra sama said, first come first serve~" Said the Vampire Elf, with an effeminate voice.

As he said those words, he opened a small golden colored watch, which showed a holographic magical screen, showing the position of this "irregular", Kireina.

"This is a fantastic relic… To think that we can easily track irregulars with this! On our way, thanks to this, we managed to kill three more irregulars, who named themselves Dhampires… Their blood was indeed very delicious… If I'm not mistaken, these Dhampires belonged to this irregular… Kireina, I can't wait to taste you~"

A bloodthirsty Aura was released from the Vampire Elf, putting a formless pressure in any Vampire on its vicinity, the small black-haired Vampire at his side moved towards a faraway direction.

It decided to observe things from the side just as the Elf, but just as he was about to cross towards another roof, a flash of pure light appeared.

Flash!

"W-Whaaaaaat?!"

The young Vampire was cut in half in mere seconds, losing its life…

A bloody scene unfolded in front of the other Vampires, alerting them of sudden danger.

"What is it?!"

"The rookie just died?!"

"He was cut in half! What?! Who did it?!"

"Was that holy magic? Or light magic?"

"It seemed like a ray of light, how could it cut someone in half?"

Castien sensed the presence before the other Vampires, and opened its eyes wide, activating a presence Skill. He twisted his body and saw towards his far left.

A beautiful beast woman was standing over a roof. She had chocolate-colored skin, golden eyes, and long black hair, she had two long dog ears over her head, and a long and fluffy dog tail on her back. She was wearing loosen clothes, resembling those of a desert's dancers.

"A dog-type beast woman?! Hmph! You're courting death with your insolence! Go!" Shouted Castien, as countless beast surged from the shadows, resembling small red-colored goblins with long black horns, they were able to float and seemed to be made entirely out of the blood.

The little red demons attacked together, shooting hundreds of blood bullets, towards the beast woman direction. However, she swiftly moved away and evaded the attacks, as if she were walking in the air, her feet were covered in pure yellow light.

"She can fly as well… Tch! What are you all waiting for?! Attack!"

At Castien command, countless of different Vampires surged from the shadows, unleashing their special techniques and spells.

The beast woman moved through the air leaving a trail of light, as she launched more of her powerful light projectiles. The Vampires possessed high vitality and regeneration, and even though their limbs were sliced off their bodies, they quickly regenerated.

"What persistent bats! Take this!" Said the woman, unleashing a powerful slicing attack of pure light, reaching an unaware Vampire and slicing it in half, its brain was also sliced and fried by the strong light, dying instantly.

"S-She did it again!"

"How strong is she?!"

"We were sure that there wasn't any Light or Holy Attribute Magic users in this town! From where did she exactly showed up?!"

"You're talking too much…" Said a strange, feminine voice, seemingly of a mature and alluring woman.

A giant appeared from the shadows, with the upper half of a beautiful and voluptuous woman with pale purple skin and the lower half of a giant purple snake… A red-colored mist was released from her body, intoxicating the nearby Vampires.

"Gyaaaaaah!"

"W-What?!"

"And who is this?!"

"Castien-sama, heeeeeelp! Guaaaaagghh…!"

Despite Vampires having a naturally high resistance to Poison and Disease, this poisonous mist was strange and possessed a mysterious and innate power that bypassed their resistances and immunities. Although it didn't kill the Vampires off due to their amazing vitality and self-regeneration, it made them struggle in pain as their entire body ached while their breathing became difficult.

From the Shadows, the beautiful Lamia raised her hands as a massive purple-colored battle-ax made by an unknown material harvested the lives of the struggling Vampires, four vampires were sliced into tiny pieces after a powerful Axe Technique was released. Only leaving a trail of blood and minced meat.

Castien felt overwhelmed, two complete strangers appeared out of nowhere and showcased power and abilities that easily countered the Vampires and rendered them useless, to make things worse, his other companions who received Lady Aleksandra's relics, artifacts and divine beast flesh hasn't come yet.

Due to his rashness and the benefits that he could reap if he were to kill this irregular by himself, he became cornered and without an equally powerful Vampire to back him up.

Castien flew through the night while using Blood Attribute Magic, and commanding his small swarm of Blood Demons to defend him from the attacks of the Beast Woman. Although he could block the light magic projectiles, he wasn't able to block the reeking poison mist, which smelt like acidic sulfur.

"Gaah! Who are you?! Did you come from an enemy Kingdom?! I'll let you know that I am part of Thanatos Kingdom Vampire Family! If you dare kill me, you will be incentivizing a war!" Shouted Castien, while skillfully using the Blood Demons to gain him time.

However, there were only dull responses from the two women.

"Silence, ant"

"You will become delicious food~ I can't wait to skewer your flesh"

"Huh?! What kind of response is that?! How dare you treat a Vampire as high as me like food?! I-"

Flash!

But before the Vampire could release the words he had in mind, a spike made out of solidified sand appeared, trying to impale him alive.

By activating his [Vampire's Supernatural Five Senses] Skill, Castien managed to slip off the attack in time, however, he lost his right leg.

"Gaah…! What?! There is another?!"

The Vampire glanced at his back, where a beautiful Arachne stood over a roof, her lower body was that of a dark spider with thick legs and a hard exoskeleton. She had several eyes over her forehead and her upper human half was dark brown-skinned with long and black hair, her eyes shined brightly with brown and yellow colors.

"An Arachne?! How could an Arachne survive this harsh coldness?!"

Castien moved swiftly while commanding his Blood Demons to defend, shapeshifting into hands, spears, and shields, while he used his Titles and Bloodline Authority to command the weaker Vampires to go for suicide attacks.

"Castien-sama! I-I don't want to dieeee! Gyaaaaah!"

"Wait, this wasn't in the contract…! I have a family!"

��I can't die here…! I caaan't!"

The Vampires were impaled, sliced, or smashed into pieces while Castien flew away, completely forgetting about his original plan of raiding the Cilane Kingdom Resistance Headquarters. 

"I should run away! Even with this piece of the divine beast that I devoured and the relics, I wouldn't stand a chance against enemies that can simply slice Vampires as if they were flies! As long as I am alive, there will always be chances to gain more merit in the Family…! Huh?"

But just before Castien could slip away from the three women's hands, a pair of a beautiful woman appeared in front of him, as if they had been hiding in the shadow of the night with a strange Stealth Skill.

One was a beautiful blonde fairy, with green butterfly wings and emerald eyes, while the other was a pure-looking young elf, with azure hair and rainbow-colored eyes.

"Ah! An appetizer, Mastaa!"

"Indeed, he seems rather strong…"

"And w-who are you…?! Huh?! T-T-The irregular!!!"

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