Epic of Caterpillar Chapter 15: Clash of Armies
Troll Underground Base.
A young Troll girl with long black hair and smooth skin was packing some things on her Item Box.
"Thanks to the Emperor and our beloved Master, the entire novice Trolls have been able to evolve in only 4 days of intensive training. The Emperor and Master blessings are indeed amazing…"
The Troll girl started to store loads of dried meat, different kind of potions and weapons, including swords, lances and axes.
"This should be it…"
Knock Knock
"Ah…! Y-you can come in"
Opening the rock door was a serious looking big and muscular Troll Warrior King, holding a massive shield and a longsword.
"Celica, are you prepared? We will be heading out in around 2 hours, make sure to fill your Item Box with everything you need"
"I know, Truhan…"
The big Troll noticed the young Troll girl worried expression.
"Hm? Is something troubling you, Celica?"
"I… It's nothing…"
"Celica, do not be afraid, you are not alone on this, the Emperor and Master got our backs, we are a massive military force of over 200 Trolls, no matter how many Wyverns that Demon has recruited, it won't change his destiny, she's dying today"
"Hahaha… You are so simple-minded Truhan… Okay then, I hope you can protect my back with that big shield of yours"
After seeing the bright smile of the young Troll Girl, the big Troll Warrior blushed in embarrassment, making his stoic face look weird.
"Hmm! Leave it to me! And if… If everything goes well… Celica…"
The Troll Warrior came close to the young Troll Girl and grabbed her shoulders with his big hands.
"T-Truhan…?"
As the Troll Warrior tried to formulate his words, his face became even redder, as if he was boiling.
"Celica… You are the most beautiful Troll… I… I…"
"Truhan… I know what you are trying to tell me, do not worry. Please save those words when we finally win this battle, it will be the best time"
"C-Celica… I… Yes! You are right…!"
"Hmm!"
The Young Troll girl give the Troll Warrior a bright and blushed smile.
"V-very well then… See ya in the front lines"
"Sure, my shield!"
"Hahaha… D-don't call me that… Ahem!"
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Meanwhile in the Troll Emperor throne.
"My guards, how are the preparations going?"
"Reporting in Emperor, things are almost ready, we have made sure that every soldier who possess an Item Box has filled it with useful food, weapon, potions and armor!"
"Well done, at this rate our Goblin and Undead brothers won't need to worry about us, when they finally come here they will already find the Demon killed and the Forest conquered!"
"Yes, my Emperor!"
Suddenly, a slim and beautiful blue colored Troll girl with long and silver hair and a black colored dress and mage cap, came close to the Emperor, she was hiding behind the throne.
"My Emperor, Witch Team leader reporting in, we have found that the Demon is still sleeping, she just left some guards outside, they seem rather weak"
"Is this true, Zehe? To think that this Demon has not even prepared himself for war… We might have overestimated it"
"Indeed, Emperor. But something strange was reported yesterday, the Demon seemed to wonder around the entire forest killing monsters and slaving some, we think that she has enslaved more than 40 monsters"
"Slaves…? What is she even planning?"
"We cannot really think of anything concessive, it seemed to be just entertaining for her"
"Hmmp, such a wicked being, slaving for fun… It is indeed a Demon"
"Alright Zehe, you can leave, I will see you in the backline in two hours from now"
"Yes, my Emperor, I shall take my leave"
FLASH
The Troll Witch used a strange spell and disappeared out of sight.
"The Demon who defeated 8 Emperors… Is it really, that strong? To even not worry about us in the slightest? Such foolishness will be her demise"
The Troll Emperor smiled, and an intense killing aura started to exude from his massive body.
"Even the strong can be crushed when cornered by the weak"
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| THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EVOLUTION HAVE BEEN COMPLETED |
| INITIALIZING EVOLUTION TREE |
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| LOADING EVOLUTION CHOICES |
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| 7 CHOICES FOUND |
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| INITIALIZING |
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"Aaah! T-This is! The Evolution Window! I missed you so much!"
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"It's taking pretty long once again…"
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| LOADING EVOLUTION CHOICES INFORMATION |
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| HIGH CRIMSON PUPPETER DEMONIC FAIRY |
| HIGH PURE ELEMENTAL SPIRIT BUTTEFLY |
| MID 9 ELEMENTAL SPITIRITUAL FAIRY |
| HIGH DARK THREAD MASTER FAIRY |
| HIGH DARK MOON VAMPIRE BUTTERFLY |
| MID SHADOW DEMONIC ILLUSION FAIRY |
| LOWER PURE SHADOW DEMON BUTTERFLY |
"No way, again with the massive choice list… I will have to check each one of them I guess"
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| LOADING EVOLUTIONS DETAILS |
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| HIGH CRIMSON PUPPETER DEMONIC FAIRY: A devilish butterfly that specializes in enslaving multiple minions and using their power as her own. |
| SPECIAL TRAITS |
| VERY HIGH AFFINITY WITH THE ELEMENTS: DARK, ILLUSION AND SHADOW |
| MASSIVE MP POOL WITH HIGH REGENERATION |
| HIGH MAGIC, MP AND SPEED GROWTH PER LEVEL UP |
| POSSESSS A MYRIAD OF CONTROLLING SPELLS |
| WEAK AND FRAIL BODY |
| VERY LOW HP, STRENGTH AND DEFENSE GROWTH |
| FUTURE EVOLUTION CHOICES: LOW |
"Ah this one looks like it specializes on controlling minions, but come with drawbacks like low defenses and a frail body…"
| HIGH PURE ELEMENTAL SPIRIT BUTTEFLY: A mythical butterfly that is now extinct, its body is completely made of pure elemental magic, and can draw MP from its environment. |
| SPECIAL TRAITS |
| PURE MAGIC BODY, IMMUNE TO PHYSICAL ATTACKS THAT DO NOT HAVE AN ELEMENTAL AFFINITY |
| PURE MAGIC BODY, CANNOT ATTACK ON ITS OWN BECAUSE IT DOESN'T POSSESS A PHYSICAL FORM, ITS STRENGTH STAT IS USELESS |
| HP STAT IS FUSED WITH MP STAT AND BECOMES "SPIRIT" STAT, THIS STAT WORKS BOTH AS HP AND MP |
| CAN DRAW SPIRIT FROM ITS ENVIOREMENT |
| CAN CHANGE THE ATRIBUTE OF ITS BODY AT WILL |
| EXTREMELY WEAK TO MAGIC NULLIFICATION SKILLS OR A ELEMENT THAT BEATS THE ELEMENT THAT ITS BODY IS INFUSED WITH |
| A STRONG MAGE CAN ABSORB ITS ESSENCE EASILY, RESULTING IN SUDDEN DEATH |
| CANNOT EVOLVE ANYMORE |
"Amazing… this one is really something else, complete immunity to physical attacks? In addition, a new stat named "Spirit" that works both as HP and MP, and can also regenerate Spirit by draining it from the environment… However such strength also comes with glaring weaknesses and not being able to evolve anymore…"
| MID 9 ELEMENTAL SPITIRITUAL FAIRY: A stronger extinct variant of ancient fairies that once lived very close with the spirits of the old world, specializes in spirit and mythical circle magic. |
| SPECIAL TRAITS |
| VERY LARGE MP POOL AND FAST MP REGENERATION |
| INCREDIBLY HIGH AFFINITY WITH THE 9 ELEMENTS AND SPIRIT MAGIC |
| CAN USE THE POWER OF THE SPIRITS AND SHARE MP COST WITH THEM |
| POSSESS A MYRIAD OF ANCIENT AND LONG FORGOTTEN SPELLS |
| INCREDIBLY HIGH MAGIC, RESISTANCE AND SPEED GROWTH |
| INCREDIBLY MEDIOCRE HP, STAMINA AND ATTACK GROWTH, BAD DEFENSE |
| FUTURE EVOLUTION CHOICES: LOW |
"Ahh! This one must be the evolution of | LOWER 9 ELEMENTS SPIRITUAL FAIRY |, right? It seems to have become even more powerful in exchange for making its weaknesses even worse…"
| HIGH DARK THREAD MASTER FAIRY: No records of this fairy have been recorded before, this is the first time that this evolution choice has been generated. |
| SPECIAL TRAITS |
| LARGE HP AND MP POOL |
| VERY HIGH MAGIC AND SPEED GROWTH PER LEVEL UP |
| POSSESS A MYRIAD OF THREAD RELATED SKILLS FROM ALL TYPES, CAN LEARN EVEN MORE JUST BY LEVELING UP |
| VERY LOW STRENGTH AND DEFENSE GROWTH |
| VERY WEAK TO LIGHT MAGIC |
| CANNOT EVOLVE ANYMORE |
"Ah! This is a new one, just generated recently. So it's only for me! It looks interesting so far but I don't like the big weaknesses… Oh, and it cannot evolve anymore? Then no thanks…"
| HIGH DARK MOON VAMPIRE BUTTERFLY: No records of this fairy have been recorded before, this is the first time that this evolution choice has been generated. |
| SPECIAL TRAITS |
| UNDEAD STATUS, RECOVERS AUTOMATICALLY FROM ALMOST EVERY INJURY, EVEN CUT LIMBS.|
| DOES NOT AGE, IF ENOUGH FOOD AND LIFE ENERGY IS GIVEN, CAN LIVE THEORICALLY FOR ETERNITY |
| POSSESS A MYRIAD OF STRONG DARK ARTS SKILLS AND A SPECIAL SKILL TREE (HYPNOSIS, PUPPETRY, BLOOD MAGIC, ILLUSION MAGIC, ETC) |
| CAN SUMMON UNDEAD SOLDIERS TO FIGHT FOR YOU |
| EXTREMELY WEAK TO THE LIGHT OF THE SUN AND FIRE, LIGHT AND HOLY ELEMENTS |
| FUTURE EVOLUTION CHOICES: VERY HIGH |
"T-this one is insane! W-what is this? It almost feels like cheating if it wasn't for the big weakness to the sun and three elements, but I wonder… Can I negate that with my other resistance skills, elemental shield or flame body…? If it is like this… It would be the best so far…"
| MID SHADOW DEMONIC ILLUSION FAIRY: An evil fairy that enjoy playing trick on her victims with Illusion and Shadow Magic, can manipulate the shadows and create very strong fusion magic. |
| SPECIAL TRAITS |
| ILLUSION AND SHADOW MASTER, CAN CREATE SPECIAL ZONES THAT RESTRICT THE USAGE OF ANY ELEMENT EXCEPT ILLUSION AND SHADOW |
| JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES STAT GROWTH, WITH A HIGH EMPHASIS ON MAGIC |
| PREFERS TO BE ALONE AND CREATE HIS OWN IMPENETRABLE CASTLE MADE OF SHADOWS |
| PROFICIENT IN FUSING SPELLS |
| CAN CREATE INANIMATE SOLDIERS CALLED GOLEMS |
| CAN CHANGE ITS APPEARANCE WITH ILLUSION MAGIC AND TRICK ENEMIES TO THEIR DEMISE |
| FUTURE EVOLUTION CHOICES: VERY HIGH |
"Ahhh! This one looks super good too, but something is bugging me… "Prefers to be alone and create his own impenetrable castle made of shadows", what do you mean? It can't handle having minions serving it?"
| LOWER PURE SHADOW DEMON BUTTERFLY: An ancient and now extinct butterfly variant, its existence is completely made of Shadow and Dark Magic, and can easily grow stronger by absorbing the natural shadows of the night.
| SPECIAL TRAITS |
| COMPLETE SHADOW BODY, IMMUNE TO ANY PHYSICAL ATTACKS UNLESS ITS INFUSED WITH LIGHT OR HOLY MAGIC |
| CAN ENDURE ITS BODY TO PHYSICAL MATTER AT WILL, BEING ABLE TO USE A MYRIAD OF PHYSICAL ATTACKS |
| CAN SHAPE IS BODY AT WILL AND HIDE WHENVER THERE ARE SHADOWS |
| HP AND MP STATS ARE FUSED INTO "SHADOW" STAT, CAN REGENERATE ABSORBING THE SHADOWS ANYWHERE AND GROW YOUR STATS PERMANENTLY |
| CAN STORE SHADOWS AND RELEASE THEM AS DIFFERENT TYPES OF ATTACKS |
| EXTREMELY WEAK TO ANY TYPE OF LIGHT AND THE LIGHT AND HOLY ELEMENTS, CANNOT RESIDE IN THE LIGHT OF DAY |
| EXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO ANY EXISTENCE WITH SHADOW MANIPULATION SKILLS |
| FUTURE EVOLUTION CHOICES: VERY HIGH |
"This is the last one… It's also reminds me of Element butterfly a lot, but this time it's made of shadows instead, the possibilities of expanding your body and store shadows seems almost limitless… but such glaring weakness is not so good, it seems a little bit worse than the Vamp Butterfly…"
"If my theory about my other skills negating the | UNDEAD STATUS | weaknesses then Vamp Butterfly seems like my best choice. All right, let's bet on this one…! I choose | HIGH DARK MOON VAMPIRE BUTTERFLY |!"
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| HIGH DARK MOON VAMPIRE BUTTERFLY HAS BEEN CHOOSE |
| INITIALIZING EVOLUTION |
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| EVOLUTION SUCCESS |
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| YOU HAVE DIED |
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"Eeeehhh?!"
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| YOU ARE NOW AN UNDEAD |
"Oh… so that's how it is… it's just kills you first…That's harsh…"
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| DAY 20 |
"Ma...… K....!!"
"Pl... ke…. Up!"
"Master!"
"Please wake up!"
When I woke up, I found Wagyu yelling at me desperately.
"Ah! Wagyu! What's going?!"
"Master Kireina! You finally woke up, that's a relief, there is still some time!"
"Some time for what? Explain yourself!"
"The Trolls! They are coming, we can see a massive army coming from the South!"
"What?! So they finally decided to attack, how are the battle preparations?"
"All the Squad leaders are in place, we have hide the weaker members and the Slaves in an underground base, the Wyverns are getting ready"
"Very well, let's go"
"I am sorry for waking up you so early Master, also, congratulations for your evolution!"
"Hahaha! Don't worry about that, this is the perfect timing to try out my new power"
While I flew to the outside, I quickly checked my Status Window.
| CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EVOLVED INTO AN HIGH DARK MOON VAMPIRE BUTTERFLY |
| YOUR LEVEL HAS BEEN RESETED TO 1/40 |
| ALL YOUR STATS HAVE INCREASED |
| YOU ARE NOW AN UNDEAD |
| BECAUSE YOU ARE AN UNDEAD, YOU WONT GET TIRED EVEN IF YOU DROP YOUR STAMINA CONSTANTLY |
| YOU OBTAINED A NEW TITLE: UNDEAD EMPRESS |
| YOU OBTAINED A NEW TITLE: VAMPIRE EMPRESS |
| YOU LEARNED A NEW SKILL: CHILD OF THE NIGHT |
| YOU LEARNED A NEW SKILL: BLOOD VITALITY |
| YOU LEARNED A NEW SKILL: VAMPIRIC REFLEXES LEVEL 1 |
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| YOU LEARNED A NEW SKILL: HYPNOSIS MAGIC: HYPNOTIZING GAZE LEVEL 1 |
| YOU LEARNED A NEW SKILL: ADVANCED BLOOD CONTROL: SHARED BLOOD |
| YOU LEARNED A NEW SKILL: ADVANCED BLOOD CONTROL: BLOOD SHIELD LEVEL 1 |
| YOU LEARNED A NEW SKILL: ADVANCED SUMMON MAGIC: RISE UNDEAD LEVEL 1 |
| YOU LEARNED A NEW SKILL: BASIC UNDEAD REGENERATION |
| YOU LEARNED A NEW SKILL: VAMPIRE WEAKNESSESS |
| MAX AMOUNT OF MINIONS THAT YOU CAN POSSESS HAVE INCREASED TO 50 |
| MAX AMOUNT OF ITEMS THAT YOU CAN STORE IN ITEM BOX HAS INCREASED TO 30 |
| MAX AMOUNT OF SLAVES THAT YOU CAN POSSESS HAVE INCREASED TO 60(+10 FROM TITLE) |
"Ah shit right! Wait Wagyu!"
"Master? What's the matter?"
"I now possess the Undead Status and also the Vampire Weaknesses, so I can't go outside in day…"
"…Eh?"
"What?! Master! You shouldn't had chosen that evolution path!"
"B-but it was pretty good! Wait me up! I am going to experiment with something"
Before facing the strong light of the sun directly I activated my | DARK MOON ELEMENTAL ILLUSION SHIELD | and infused it with Water magic that could reflect the light of the sun.
"Here I go!"
FLASH!
| VAMPIRE WEAKNESSESS SKILL IS IN EFFECT, YOU WILL TAKE SEVERE DAMAGE EVERY SECOND YOU ARE EXPOSED TO SUNLIGH |
| DUE TO YOUR DARK MOON ELEMENTAL ILLUSION SHIELD, SUNLIGHT WEAKNESS IS NEGATED SUCCESSFULLY |
"Ah! It worked!"
| CERTAIN CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED |
| YOU OBTAINED A NEW TITLE: FIRST VAMPIRE TO WALK ON SUNLIGHT |
"What?! I am the first one?! No way…"
"I see, you can negate the weakness with your magic shield, very clever Master, I should had expected this coming from you, excuse my rudeness before"
"No problem Wagyu, I wasn't 100% sure that this would work, I was betting on it, hahaha!"
"Ah… Master… Hahaha…"
When the others noticed that I woke up, they all started to report their duties.
"Kekensha reporting in, Master Kireina, the Troll army is massive, amounting at least 200 heavily armed soldiers, all of King Class"
"Kizuato reporting in, Master Kireina! Our army is ready, but we are heavily outnumbered by the Trolls, because of this, we have designed a plan to utilize the Rocky Mountains environment to your advantage, here"
Kizuato sent me a very detailed drawing of his plan; it included a strong army defending the cave entrance while a fast army composed of wolves led by Wagyu would lure the Troll's army to a tight road in between two mountains. Therefore, three teams led by Meiji, Tsuchimizu and Rimuru will be on standby in these mountains and when the signal is given, a massive long ranged attack will be thrown over the Troll army. To hold them off, Kizuato had formed a special team with the sturdiest soldiers, including Kekensha, Yukan'na and himself.
"This is an amazing plan Kizuato, you are indeed a very experienced in battle, while you guys hold them off I will go behead the Emperor, afterwards, I will assist on killing the surviving Trolls"
"It is done as you command, Master!"
"If it's possible, I can summon some lower demonic beings to work as cannon fodder"
"Oh! That would make the lure plan way easier then, and we could even separate the army in different groups luring them with Lower Demonic Beings"
"Good plan, we'll go with that then, let's start right away!"
With the little time we had I managed to summon 153 Demonic Beings, this time without any special variant, after deactivating | MP SHARE | we all quickly recovered our MP with Potions.
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One hour ago, outside the Troll's Underground Base.
A big and muscular troll holding a massive shield and a longsword commanded his troops to marching positions, while the Troll Emperor commanded some Warrior Trolls and two Mages to guard the Underground Base.
"Very well, everything should be ready now, WE MARCH!"
"AAAH!"
"AAAH!"
"AAAH!"
The enormous Troll army yelled in affirmation, increasing they own morale, except for a Troll Girl who had a worried expression.
"I… hope that everything goes well…"
SLAP!
"Gyaaaahh!"
A big hand slapped the girl back shocking her out of her negative thoughts.
When she turned over, she found a big and beautiful Troll woman, with bulging muscles and reddish skin, long black hair and beautiful golden eyes.
"B-big sister Shahri…!"
"Yo Celica! What's with the long face? Afraid of the war? Hahahaha!"
"P-please don't laugh at me, I