Epic of Caterpillar

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We enjoyed the beauty of a day near a lake as we ate a large lunch together. There were all sorts of preparations all around the table, and the delicious food was just so tasty I couldn't stop eating so easily.

Everyone else was just enjoying it as well, divine beasts of higher rankings becoming progressively tastier, and the meat of the ones I have grilled just now were the best. But that wasn't all, the crunchy deep-fried legs of the scorpions that Nixephine harvests from her divine realm are always tasty, like the highest quality and most premium type of fried shrimp!

And the wine was so good, there were many types of godly wines we had made over the days and weeks, experimenting many new types of fruits, and fermenting them through magic. Using death magic is good too, a simple spell such as Fermentation can help out in making wine in a few days.

However, everyone was talking not about the good food, which they were chewing off greedily, but about what was happening in these last days. With the power of the Dao of Demise, everyone acquired the infamous Essence of Demise, which they had begun to cultivate and utilize into their abilities.

This essence was more than I thought it could be, when it was not used offensively, it became a very potent replacement or complement to other energies such as divine energy, used to activate path jewel abilities, divine skills, and divine techniques. However, the Demise Essence is amazing as it enhances damage dealt greatly, although things become more unstable with its power.

Nevertheless, this power had begun to spread across my divine realm and it has not affected anyone negatively nor people had begun to just fade away into ashes like the enemies that had faced against this deadly power, but its simply becoming a part of the world in here.

I can say that the Essence of Demise is like my personally made Energy, one for me and only me, and well, anyone that is my ally can also begin cultivating it through getting a fragment of the Dao of Demise through the power of my Dao Master Path Jewel, which they had.

Through the cultivation of this tiny fragment and strengthening it with comprehension and more, everyone is cultivating and generating their own Essence of Demise slowly, making it up for a formidable powerup energy.

"With this new essence I've discovered I can conjure even stronger Shadow and Dark Spells through my Path Jewels… It is very potent." Said Zehe.

"I wonder if we can use the essence to summon food, what kind of flavor would demise-type food have?" wondered Scarlet.

"Scarlet, is food all you think about?" asked Nesiphae

"Yeah! …Don't you?" wondered Scarlet, as everyone giggled at her innocent response.

"I've recently used it to conjure my own magic, and I've noticed that it acquires something similar to the power of Chaos… how interesting, I can't wait to use it against our foes! This time I will take the spotlight!" Said Nixephine.

"You'll sure do, but after me, of course. My light can turn dark using Essence of Demise, and its damage dealt increases a lot more! Can you even surpass that with your measly Earth element?" asked Nefertiti cheekily.

"Heh, of course I can! My Sands become deadly and more oppressive, gaining infectious-like elements like miasma itself! Can your light do that, huh?" asked Nixephine.

"Oh… That's actually new." Said Nefertiti.

"Heh, the Fragment of the Dao of Demise is doing wonders with my power progression! And with the aid of my Pseudo Supreme Divinity, I am coming through." Said Nixephine, while crossing her arms.

"Grr… I won't lose to you!" said Nefertiti.

"Even after all this time you two are still fervent rivals." I sighed.

"We are not rivals, dear! We are more like fervent enemies! Two empresses cannot govern the same desert." Said Nixephine.

"Mama, can I govern the desert?" asked Scarlet.

"Of course dearie! You'll govern it with your little sibling coming soon." Said Nixephine.

"Yaay! What do I do as I govern the desert though?" wondered Scarlet.

"Well, you'll be given a large Kingdom that you must take care of, there will be many lowly servants which you must exploit." Said Nixephine.

"Ooohh…" said Scarlet, as she nodded.

I am beginning to think that Nixephine might be a bad influence on the growing Scarlet in a few little areas.

"Phew, relaxing in this day while eating delicious food really is the best, Kireina-sama…" sighed Agatheina.

"Indeed, but its even better when we are all in family." Said Alice. Alucard was in her lap eating meat.

"Famiwy!" said Alucard.

"Fufu, such a beautiful vampire prince~ I wonder if my child will be a girl! It could match with little Alucard." Said Agatheina.

"Fufu, it would be certainly lovely, although if it is a boy, there might be a good rivalry there… there can't be two Vampire Kings after all." Said Alice.

"Fufu, quite daring, dear?" asked Agatheina.

"Fufu, I am just saying…" said Alice.

"You two are still rivals as well?" I asked.

"W-We are not rivals but good acquaintances!" said Alice.

"I-Indeed, Kireina-sama! Don't worry, we won't ever make a fuss like Nixephine and Nefertiti, near not." Said Agatheina.

Since Agatheina was introduced into the family that she had been quite a rival of Alice, the two were strong Vampires, and Alice is a dominant one, she doesn't let any Vampire here have a higher authority than her, so naturally, Agatheina was in the way, and her authority as a Goddess of Blood back then put her pretty high in the rankings. Due to that, they had been mostly equals and she's not capable of completely suppressing her authority.

Nonetheless, the two treat each other fairly and are just a bit like that! Nothing much, please, don't think that there is anything else, there really isn't.

"Guuu… Has everyone gotten fragments of my Daos yet?" wondered Rimuru.

"I got mine!" said Ailine.

"Wait, you distributed them already? I didn't get any…" I sighed.

"Guuu?! S-Sorry! Maybe I forgot…" sighed Rimuru.

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