Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 1248 - The Reason Behind Wanting To Grow Stronger

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After Flora finally decided to step back and stop being so hostile over my new demon friendship, I told her about the Demon Towers and showed her the Totems too.

”So theyʼre technically dungeons that connect to Hell? Ugh theyʼre horrible…” she had said at first.

After that I asked her over places with a lot of energy.

”A place with lots of energy?” asked Flora.

”Yes, I need a lot of energy-rich areas.” I said.

”But how does this exactly work, Kireina? You summon the demonic towers?” asked Aura.

”No, no, not exactly like that, I plant them in a rich place, and they absorb the energy, any energy, and convert it into demonic energy, after that theyʼll begin to grow bigger and bigger until they surpass the sky… at that point theyʼre ready and can open portals to bring strong demons. Mammon said that I can use Hell Points to employ powerful Archdemons to our assistance. If we can get some of the Goetia in our side, we could realistically go against the Undead Army of Supreme God-level guys that are with Hel.” I said.

”I see… I guess it would be useful to defeat those skeleton bastards once and for all… Theyʼre in the way from reaching Hel after all.” Said Flora.

”Using Demons to kill Undead sounds interesting! Well, my troops are plenty strong too! Even if they are not supreme god-level, they got their ways.” Said Aura with a smile. He seemed confident on his pantheon. Jupiter was indeed a powerful Great God.

”Heh, my daughters and the rest of my children are also formidable! Donʼt think that I will rely on those pesky demons for everything. With my blessings, my family is unstoppable.” Said Flora.

”I can say the same thing!” I said with a smile, Rimuru nodded a lot.

”Now, now, letʼs not get carried away…” said Aura.

”For now, let me help you. Iʼve mapped most of this world after the Ragnarök, so I know of some good spots where they wonʼt bother their growth. You know about Higher Realms, right, Kireina?” asked Flora.

”I do, theyʼre Realms where many gods died on there and they changed and became like giant divine realms?” I asked.

”Yes, quite literally, theyʼre divine realms but outside. These places also have World Dungeons, which are challenging even for Great Gods, well, not for us. Anyways, these places are good spots to grow Demonic Towers… Although many of us treat them as graveyards for fallen comrades, I guess that doesnʼt matter so much at this point.” Said Flora.

”Hm, as long as you can bring me there, I can memorize the place and later on teleport there myself.” I said.

”I see. So you can even do such a thing. I do have teleporting magic as well, but it takes me time, let me do it in a day from now.” Said Flora.

”Thanks, Flora.” I said.

”But if they end up betraying us, youʼre swallowing them all, also the towers!” said Flora.

”Ugh, theyʼre not going to betray us…” I sighed.

And its not as if it were a torture to eat stuff, I do that all day.

We moved swiftly into another topic, the topic regarding Hel itself.

”Hel is preparing to fight you, Kireina. The skeletons are coming in more quantities now, and it seems that the worldʼs will is doing nothing against it. I fear she might had allied them just so she can kill you.” Said Aura.

”Sheʼs really going to ally some aliens from another dimension to kill me? Just how insane is my sister?” I sighed.

”Well sheʼs insane, thatʼs for sure. If we manage to escape the world will lose balance and be destroyed, which will damage her a lot… Might kill her. This is a big reason why she wants to just kill you first, after all youʼre still the root of all problems, your Chaotic Era was what allowed Hel to become a Supreme Goddess by unintentionally opening rifts in space leading to the Netherworld Plane.” Said Flora.

”Yeah in a way sheʼs right, its all your fault, Kireina, youʼre the root.” Said Aura.

”Uagh! Donʼt be like that.” I sighed.

”We are praising you, I thought you liked to be called evil now that youʼre a demon.” Said Flora.

”Thatʼs not how it works!” I said.

”Nonetheless, it is good that youʼre the root of evil because thatʼs what we needed to escape this world which is a prison to us and our development. You know very well how there are many other Realms above Supreme Gods, right? But we cannot properly advance further because we are confined here… The vast Outer Universe is dangerous, but weʼll be able to find many opportunities to continue growing stronger.” Said Aura.

”Yeah, but whatʼs the point of wanting to grow so strong after becoming the top dog here? Wouldnʼt it be better to stay here and relax?” asked Ova.

”Foolish daughter, you donʼt understand how things are, right? Nothing will always stay the same, the Universe is on a race by itself, an Apocalypse is coming, if we donʼt want to have the entire part of this Galaxy where we are residing swallowed by this Apocalypse, we have to quickly grow stronger.” Said Flora.

”We have to reach the Realms even above Supreme God and become beings above worlds, stars, galaxies… We must reach the top fast if we want to survive and also let those we love survive as well.” Said Aura.

”Apocalypse? What are you talking about?” I asked.

”You donʼt know the bigger picture already… Funnily enough the Primordial Deities themselves are in fault of it, and well, you, Kireina got the whole task of rescuing your mother, right? The Overseers see this entire universe as a mere little snack, at any moment, we can all get devoured… My daughter, there are so many dangers out there that not growing stronger would be considered foolish.” Said Flora.

”…I see. Ugh, I am overwhelmed. Oh well, Iʼve lived pretty long too so I can understand.” Said Ova.

”It is indeed a bit overwhelming.” I said.

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