Epic Of Caterpillar

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Over a large wooden desk covered in thousands of papers and signed documents, a large and burly man, who a simple person would never imagine doing such work sighed.

"Haah… I think we are almost done…" Said Hendrik, the large Vampire with a short black beard, without counting his massive muscles, he would seem like a handsome middle-aged man.

A little girl with blonde hair separated in twin tails in the form of drills, who wasn't even a third of Hendrik's size, Elisabeta, laughed while patting the large Vampire arm, which was already bigger than her entire body.

"Ohoho~ To think that you would get tired of such things, Hendrik. You're really not fit for deskwork, are you~?"

"We may be tireless physically, but this deskwork really puts a strain in my mental fatigue… How can you do it, Elisabete?" asked Hendrik.

"Hendrik, it is obvious that the little demon there has limitless mental fatigue, she was a Mind Demon after all, as long as she has MP, she will never be tired mentally," said Matilda, a beautiful and mature voluptuous Vampire woman, with short blue hair.

"Fuhuhu~ That is the power of my Pure Bloodline! And after becoming a Vampire by Lady Aleksandra's grace, my powers were even more enhanced"

Indeed, Elisabeta's powers were already impressive due to her being the daughter of a Pure Blooded Mind Demon Noble Family, but her family lost most of their riches by bad decisions and they lost their footing as a Noble Family… After a series of events, she became a Noble Vampire by the offer of Lady Aleksandra, and since then she had developed even stronger powers and skills.

Unlike Lower-Ranked Vampires like Subordinate Vampires or Servant Vampires, Vampires born from drinking the blood of Aleksandra would develop their original powers with incredible speed instead of getting them sealed…

This was the truth about the ritual and Vampire conversion, rituals would most of the time seal off the Vampires original bloodlines, while conversion through drinking the Blood of a Pure Blood Vampire would result in their bloodline being amplified due to the effects of the true bloodline of the descendants of the Blood Goddess.

This is why there was such a big difference in power between those converted in rituals and those converted through drinking the blood of a Pure Blood Vampire, direct descendants of a goddess.

Elisabeta as an original Mind Demon, a race of demons who are almost identical to humans but remain small like children, could use her vast Mana Points pool to exchange for Mind Fatigue, this coupled with Vampire's restless physical bodies and amazing self-regeneration and vitality made for an incredible combo. Despite her small size and weak-looking appearance, Elisabete was feared in the Vampire Family as "The Restless".

"Well… Being a Pure Blooded Warrior Demon made me very good for battlefields but not for some deskwork… Anyways, this is still my duty and I've studied and trained hard for years, so I can still handle it… but I need some high-quality blood" said Hendrik, emphasizing his original race, unlike Mind Demons, Warrior Demons were a race of demons specialized in physical combat over everything else, so no other title than "Warrior" fitted them.

They always had the appearance of large humans with strong musculature and small black horns in their foreheads, with black hair and eyes.

Matilda opened her Item Box as she gave Hendrik a cup of high-quality human blood, which she stored for her own consumption.

"Here, but you will own me a favor afterward"

"What a sneaky woman! But thanks…"

"Fufufu~ I wonder what I will ask you now~" Said Matilda, as she laughed mischievously, she showed her large snake-like tongue.

"Ah, the snake is showing her tongue again…" Said Elisabeta.

"Who are you calling snake, Elisabeta?! Don't compare me to animals or the inferior Lamias… I am a Snake Demon, something completely different!"

Matilda's original race was a Snake Demon, they had the appearance of handsome young adult humans, with slightly pointed ears, beautiful snake-like eyes, and a large snake tongue, with snake fangs as well.

Aside from these traits, they looked just like a very beautiful human. Unlike Mind Demons and Warrior Demons, Snake Demons were balanced in both Physique and Mind Power, however, they also possessed amazing manipulation capabilities, this is why they are often called "snakes" as an insult or slur over their natural craftiness.

A large centaur with the lower half of a black horse glanced at the Vampires with awe.

"I can't believe how you can do all of this deskwork… Is it even necessary at this point? I thought that you were just going to take over things and that's it" said Hepharios, the current King of Cilane who transformed into a Noble Vampire after drinking the blood of Lady Aleksandra.

He had already drunk the blood of all his family members available and had strengthened his powers beyond recognition.

The three Vampires glanced at the handsome centaur.

"Hepharios, did you really think that invading and converting a country into a vassal nation was so easy?" (Hendrik)

"There is a lot of paperwork to do, contracts, firms, everything… the Nobles and Royal Family in Thanatos want a piece of this land after all… The Queen will generate tons of profits by selling the vassal nation into parts" (Elisabeta)

"Indeed, a lot of families are fighting for a piece of land, so there is an absurd amount of offers, bids, and other things… Alongside being warriors for our Vampire Family, we are like secretaries" (Matilda)

Hepharios raised his eyebrows due to the several circumstances he was not aware of until now, and then put his right-hand bellow his chin, analyzing things.

"S-Shouldn't I help you out then? I was good at deskwork as well; after all, I was a King for several years…"

Hepharios wanted to gain some merit with the Vampires by helping them out, but the trio quickly rejected his offer.

"No, you are not aware of anything in Thanatos, it would be useless" (Hendrik)

"There is a lot of information about several families, their position and riches, it would take you years to learn all of that as we did" (Elisabeta)

"Indeed, just go level up or something, we'll finish in a few more hours and then we can dispose of the irregular and be done with this" (Matilda)

"Haha… I-I see… very well then… (They seem relaxed, like always… Just how strong are they?! The irregular has already destroyed two Vampire Hideouts and four Noble Vampires…! If things go for the worst, I will just escape with the powers I've acquired)"

Even after sensing the strength and presence of the three Vampires, Hepharios didn't think that they would stand a chance… This is because he wasn't aware of the incredible strength that the Vampires had built over hundreds of years, coupled with their masterful use of Divine Beast Flesh, they were formidable beings that could dispose of an Elder Dragon without much trouble.

However, even the Vampires didn't calculate Kireina's strength correctly, the artifacts that detected her presence also gave partial information about her strength and stats, but they didn't know about her various Armor Skills, Legendary Weapons, Transformation and vast Magic Repertoire alongside her other strange Skills that could summon the parts of vicious demons, her shapeshifting and her wives help.

Indeed, all of them were rather misinformed, and they will end up learning it the hard way…

Meanwhile, Agatheina, the Goddess of Blood was already aware of four users of the Divine Beast Flesh she gave away getting killed by the irregular, while also knowing about the sudden disappearance of Keenan from her bloodline, he wasn't dead, she felt that he had somehow blocked her bloodline control, and couldn't detect his whereabouts anymore.

"Five Divine Beast Flesh users already died… this is disappointing. I was doing this as a half-experiment, but it seems that Divine Beast Flesh is often unstable in mortals, even my descendants who have high affinity with it… Perhaps my true descendants like Aleksandra will be able to use their powers correctly"

As Agatheina pondered these thoughts, she began to contact with a Demi-Goddess, the one that is part of the Great Goddess of Beasts Ova, one of Ova's descendants and the founder of the Bat and other flying mammal Beast men, Levana, the Demi-Goddess of Bats…

Why was a Demi-Goddess like her betraying her own family to leak information about the other Beast Demi-Gods and their Kingdoms? The truth behind was rather simple… she was a descendant of Agatheina.

But how could a Demi-Goddess that was born from a Great Goddess be a descendant of Agatheina?

This is because a Male Vampire Champion who was one of the first children of Agatheina, a mortal, was allowed to mate with Ova to form a new life and fill the dying Realms with intelligent species.

Agatheina already existed in those times, although she was a mere Demi-Goddess of low rank, she already had plenty of children, and one of them had managed to become a strong Champion, recognized by Humans and Demons alike, and Ova saw on his genes potential for a strong child.

Ova did know about it being a descendant of a new Demi-Goddess of Blood, but she did not mind, she was only concentrated in her duty given to her by the World's Will, to create new, strong and intelligent beings.

She didn't have any relationships with Agatheina, neither wanted to have any, and they never formed any. Yet, Levana kept contacting her grandmother as she had inherited both her Pure Blooded Vampire Bloodline and Ova's Bat and Flying Mammals Bloodline.

Due to Levana descendants being a rather obscure species of Beastfolk, she was very weak due to the lack of prayers offered to her, so she had remained in obscurity within her pantheon, and most of her siblings and even her mother had already forgotten about her existence as she enclosed herself in her Divine Realm.

If it wasn't for Agatheina who supported her through Divine Energy Crystals, Levana would have fallen into a Fallen God long ago… This is why she was very thankful for her grandmother and despised her siblings and mother for abandoning her.

She used the Pantheon's connection to get most news and whereabouts about her siblings and constantly informed Agatheina precious information about Beast Kingdoms, their statuses, and more things.

Thanks to Levana, Agatheina sold this information to the Demon God Pantheons in charge of Thanatos and managed that Thanatos could invade these Beast Kingdoms successfully.

In a way, Levana was a betrayed of her own family, and in another way, she was the beloved granddaughter of Agatheina.

Agatheina made negotiations with Thanatos and managed to make Bat Beastfolk into citizens of the Kingdom, and afterward absorbed them into her Vampire Family. Aside from worshiping Agatheina, Vampires now worshiped Levana, the Demi-Goddess of Bats, who was one of the goddess descendants who had managed to reach godhood and constantly helped their main goddess in several things.

Agatheina was currently chatting with Levana through their connection between bloodlines, mentally.

"If I were a mortal, I would gladly dispose of the irregular for you, grandmother," Said Levana, her voice was that of a young girl.

"Levana, you don't have to worry… have you been taking care of your Divine Realm?"

"Yes, Grandmother… I've finally managed to raise Bat-type Divine Beasts, and the Crimson Blood Liquor Pool that you gave me has been successfully installed, the little bats are happy"

"I'm glad, with these beasts and the pool, the quality of your Divine Realm will be higher so you will be able to produce more Divine Energy per year, this will also increase the powers of your Shadow and Blood Attribute Divinity, I want you to become stronger until finally raising to Goddess"

"Thanks, grandmother… I will not disappoint you, I've been also leveling my Divine Skills and had begun the construction of my own Relic… But it's harder than I thought"

"It does take its time, without the support of a God with a divinity related to forgery or minerals, it's hard to create a relic on our own" 

"It is… Oh"

"Hm? What is it?"

"Grandmother, it seems that some of my siblings are planning something…"

"Hmph… Don't tell me…"

"Indeed, they are planning on asking that irregular for help…"

"T-These damned animals, who do they think they are?! So resilient… they saw that Morpheus doing that and they immediately wanted to jump to the same ship…"

"Even if they were to sacrifice their dungeons, they are willing to do anything for their people. I can't blame them… I would do as well"

"The same for me, Levana, but that is why our descendants are our priority, we can't just sit and say "we understand them", we are going to ruin their plans before they can even get to them!"

"Yes, grandmother, for the future of our children"

Levana, unlike Agatheina, did not care about raising in strength, but is useful for Agatheina while ensuring the future of her descendants. That is why she strived to become stronger, even when she didn't felt like she was a good combatant.

Levana did know that Agatheina real intentions were to use her children to conquer the Realm of Vida and be worshiped so she could raise into a Great Goddess and then a Supreme Goddess, but she was fine with this, and even looked forward to it.

The stronger her grandmother was, the safer her children would be.

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