Epic of Caterpillar Chapter 22: The Dark Moon Kingdom
| DAY 24 |
Wagyu woke me up today earlier in the morning, I almost forgot that we now wake up earlier to train more in the day.
I decided to wake up Nesiphae and Nereid too; we will need their strength in the future for sure.
Nesiphae woke up with very sleepy eyes and a messy hair.
"Yaaawn… Morning, master… Is it time to train already? I used to sleep a lot on my swamp… It's hard to adapt to this…"
The Lamia started to move her enormous body and Nereid fell out of her messy hair.
Phump
"AAHH! W-What?!"
"Time to train… Nereid"
"What?! No! I don't wanna! Let me sleep!"
I once again used | PUPPET MASTER | on the lazy fairy, and moved her to the dining room to have a quick breakfast.
I noticed that most servants had sleepy eyes; it seems that everyone is used to sleep more than 6 hours.
Surprisingly, the Trolls were fine waking up early; they told me that they used to wake up around these hours in their hideout.
The Slimes were also fine. As Rimuru once told me, Slimes barely need to sleep.
After having a delicious and quick breakfast, we headed out and summoned more than 700 Demonic Beings! No special variant came out this time.
The skill once again reached max level and evolved.
| SUMMON HIGH DEMONIC BEINGS LEVEL 10 |> | SUMMON HIGH SHADOW DEMONIC BEINGS LEVEL 1 |
I tried this new skill and the new Demonic Beings stopped being red and dark colored, passing to be completely black, they had bigger wings and demon tails, with four horns on the top of their bodies. What surprised me this time is that they had a little bit more of intelligence.
"Ugh, I hope they don't get smart enough to figure out that they are being summoned just to be killed"
I quickly summoned my other spirit Kjata, which due to its silent and obedient behavior, I tend to forget to summon him to train, I will keep him outside like Nereid from now on. Because he's literally a flaming floating armor, I told Chokunin and Tsuchimizu to make a special room for him.
While training with my servants and peeking at Zehe and Nesiphae beautiful curves, a Spider Maid came close to me and told me that Kusuri and Kajiya had important things to talk with me.
"Hmm?"
I quickly flew to Kusuri and Kajiya room, where they greeted me with enthusiasm.
"Master Kireina, we have finally crafted a fitting armor for Miss Nesiphae"
Due to Nesiphae big size, I had to task Kusuri and Kajiya to create a special set of armor that could fit her massive body, as she is a humanoid, she is able to equip armor and weapons, and even choose a class.
The armor consisted of a purple colored chest plate and shoulder pads, with armored gloves and a helmet decorated with a crown of thorns, they also designed special plates for Nesiphae serpent tail.
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| DARK KNIGHT LAMIA SET: A special set of armor fitting for giant Lamia variants, it offers full body protection and swift movements.
| HELMET: Grants +20 Defense and +10 Resistance |
| SHOULDER PADS: Grants +10 Defense and +5 Resistance each |
| CHEST PLATE: Grants +30 Defense and +10 Resistance. Special Effect: Reduces Blunt and Pierce damage by 5% |
| ARMORED GLOVES: Grants +10 Defense and +5 Speed each |
| LAMIA TAIL ARMOR PLATES: A series of 6 Plates of Armor that cover and entire giant Lamia tail.
| Grants +10 Defense each |
Kajiya did her best and designed a gigantic dark axe for Nesiphae.
| DARK KNIGHT GIANT AXE: An enormous axe only fitting for giant humanoids.|
| Grants +30 Strength and +15 Defense. Special Effect: Grants the skill |DARK KNIGHT AXE SLASH|
"Aaah! Nesi will be very happy with this set! Thanks a lot guys! By the way, is Zehe, Celica and Truhan sets done?"
"They should be done by tomorrow, Master"
"Ah, Master… P-Please wait; we also got something for you…"
"We know that Master cannot equip armor so we crafted so magic accessories for you to eat instead"
"Oh? Really? Y-You didn't need to"
"Please Master, it is our duty to help you in any way we can"
"Y-Yes Master… We love you very dearly; we want the best for you"
"W-What are you two talking about, being all lovely with me… I am not you two girlfriend… However, thanks for the accessories…! (Is this sudden love to me because of that Demon curse…? I hope it's just loyalty)"
| ATTACK ENHANCEMENT SILVER RING: A silver ring specially created to enhance the user attack. |
| Effect: Grants +10 Strength. Special Effect: Grants the skill | BASIC ATTACK ENHANCEMENT |
| FLAME AND WATER AFFINITY BRACELET: A beautiful bracelet decorated with red and blue rocks|
| Effect: Grants +2 to every stat. Special Effect: Grants +5% Affinity to Fire and Water |
| EXTRA MANA SILVER RING: A silver ring designed to store MP, well suited for mages |
| Effect: Grants +30 MP |
I quickly devoured all of them, the enhancement ring tasted very sweet for some reason, with a spicy end to it. The flame and water bracelet had a spicy and then salty flavor. Moreover, the extra mana ring was very sour.
| YOU LEARNED THE FOLLOWING NEW SKILLS: |
| ATTACK ENHANCEMENT SILVER RING |
| FLAME AND WATER AFFINITY BRACELET |
| EXTRA MANA SILVER RING |
Before leaving, I tasked the couple to design a fitting armor or robes for Nereid; I noticed that she does have the Equipment System unlocked, but needs special equipment like Nesiphae.
I told some trusty Spider Maids to save Nesiphae armor set on my room for now.
It has been some time since I last checked on Shokunin and Tsuchimizu, so I decided to pay them a visit.
"Ah, Master. It is good to see you, we have been working very hard on the new expansions, Miss Nesiphae room is already done, just like the other rooms, we have refined the floor, walls and ceiling, and decorated them with ceramic. We also added a big window for her to see the landscape outside."
"Hmm! Shokunin also crafted some big furniture for her, including a cushion and a table, there is also a closet to store her clothes and armor, there is also a big and beautiful bed, specially made for her big size"
I entered Nesiphae room and was surprised on how well done it was, it almost looked like those rooms that royalty had on fantasy novels or anime!
"This is a splendid work you two!"
"Ah! T-Thank you very much, Master. But Miss Nesiphae room is just the beginning, please follow us"
As we went deeper on the mountain, I noticed how the floor was smooth and covered on beautifully decorated ceramics, looking like the big hall of a majestic castle, with giant pillars erected over the ceiling and artificial light made with magic.
"Aaahh, can this really be called a cave anymore? This is already a castle on the inside!"
"Indeed, just as you said before, Master. We have been slowly made our home into a majestic castle, with countless rooms for our family to be comfortable inside. We also expanded the bathrooms and there's another thing…"
"Oh?"
As I followed Shokunin and Tsuchimizu through the big hall, I noticed countless new rooms in construction, they will be very useful for the high quantity of slaves that we have, which need better rooms to sleep in. My ideal goal would be for each servant and slave to have their own private room.
When we reached the end of the hall, a big crimson door erected in front of me, it was decorated with countless and colorful gems.
"Gaah! W-What is this room? And this door? When did you guys made this?"
"Hahaha, it is our gift to you, Master"
"You said you wanted a castle, right?"
"A castle cannot be a castle without a throne, for their Queen"
"E-EH? T-THRONE?!"
Two big and burly monkeys opened the massive door, and what was inside surprised me immensely!
A massive and extensive hall was inside, each wall was beautifully decorate with countless flags of the same decoration, they were purple colored and had a butterfly with crimson wings carefully painted over. In the middle of the hall, a long and dark colored carpet covered the floor, going straight to a big and majestic throne, made entirely of beautiful metals and gems, with the top resembling three horns, that looked exactly like my horns in my forehead!
"Welcome, Master"
"This is your throne"
"W-WHAT?! EEEEHHHH?!"
It seems that the big project they have been working for so long was a gift for me all along, it was this majestic throne room for me. Nonetheless, they also designed our own flag in the meantime, I never told them to do that!
"You also designed a flag?"
"Yes, master. This flag represents our family, and our nation, too"
"B-But it's too early to make a nation yet…!"
"You guys really didn't need to do all of this…"
"Ah! Master, was this too sudden? We apologize…"
"No, its fine, its way more than fine! It's fantastic! I never imagined that I would be able to sit on a throne myself!"
"Aaah! M-Master, we don't deserve such benevolence"
"But Master, we still haven't decided the name of our kingdom"
"I propose that the most fitting name would be after your name, Kireina"
"Ugh… (I don't exactly like my name)"
"Hmmm, how about… the Dark Moon Kingdom?"
"Dark Moon! Yes! It is fitting, Master!"
"Indeed, we are all monsters after all, not humans; we are usually called the dark beings. Or dark monsters, it fits on what the advanced humanoid civilizations think about us"
"The Dark Moon Kingdom… we will do what the Wyvern Overlord couldn't"
"We will reestablish the first monster Kingdom of the Grand Forest! The Dark Moon Kingdom!"
Suddenly, a System message popped out of thin air!
Ding!
| YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY STABLISHED YOUR NOVICE KINGDOM: DARK MOON KINGDOM |
"Ah?!"
| YOU ARE NOW THE SUPREME EMPRESS OF THIS KINDOM |
| CERTAIN CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED |
| YOU OBTAINED A NEW TITLE: DARK MOON KINGDOM SUPREME EMPRESS |
| YOU LEARNED A NEW SKILL: BASIC KINGDOM MANAGEMENT |
"K-Kingdom Management?! Is this one of these old PC games now?!"
"W-Whats the matter, Master?"
| YOU HAVE UNLOCKED A SECTION OF THE SPECIAL SKILL: EPIC OF CATERPILLAR |
| THE DARK MOON KINGDOM |
"Eh? This again!"
| EPIC OF CATERPILLAR; CHAPTER 1: THE BIRTH OF THE DARK MOON KINGDOM |
| Kireina's epic tale finally unbounds its first chapter, your control over your own destiny increases by 5%. |
"C-Control over my destiny? Is this what this skill really does?"
The Minds inside my head couldn't calm down!
"Main Mind! We have finally figured out a little about this skill! Is this what Mysterious Voice left to you?"
"Main Mind, quickly check the Kingdom Management skill, I feel like it will be very important…"
"Please do!"
"Okay! Activate skill: | NOVICE KINGDOM MANAGEMENT |"
Fluosh!
A big window popped out of thin air!
| KINGDOM NAME: DARK MOON |
| SUPREME GOVERNOR: KIREINA |
| SUB GOVERNORS (LOVE/SEXUAL PARTNERS): 0/10 |
| GOVERNORS CHILDREN: 0/10 |
| ROYAL GENERALS: 0/15 |
| KINGDOM LEVEL: 1/20 EXP: 01951/10000 |
| TOTAL POPULATION: 171/500 |
| POPULATION FERTILITY: 42% (BAD) |
| POPULATIONG MORALITY: 83% (GOOD) |
| FOOD RESERVES: 28931/20000 (VERY GOOD) |
| KINGDOM EXPANSION: |
| GRAND FOREST: 9% |
| REALM OF VIDA: 000.2% |
| MAIN CASTLE EXPANSION: 68% |
| NOVICE KINGDOM TASKS |
| CREATE YOUR FIRST CASTLE (IN PROGRESS / 68%) |
| ASSIGN SUB GOVERNORS (IN PROGRESS / 0%) |
| GIVEE BIRTH TO YOUR FIRST CHILDRENS (IN PROGRESS / 0%) |
| ASSIGN ROYAL GENERALS (IN PROGRESS / 0%) |
| EXPAND YOUR KINGDOM: GRAND FOREST (IN PROGRESS / 9%), REALM OF VIDA (IN PROGRESS / 000.2%) |
A massive window greeted my sight; it had so many things on it that it was very hard to process.
"Haahhh… W-What is this…?"
"Master…"
"You guys can see it too?"
"Yes, we can, is this our Kingdom? It has been recognized by the System!"
"We are officially a Kingdom now, such gloriousness!"
"Sigh… You two relax a little and help me figure this out…"
After inspecting in detail the Kingdom Window, we found out that things like "Royal Guards" could be instantly added to the window, when a servant becomes a "Royal Guard" it gets bonus stats and special skills that increases their EXP gained, while also giving better and even unique evolution choices.
Without thinking it twice, I immediately added my most trusted and powerful servants to the Royal Guards.
These included:
Rimuru.
Wagyu.
Kizuato.
Yukan-na.
Meiji.
Goruden.
Jinsoku.
Kekensha.
Tsuchimizu.
Kurimuzonhōn.
Abellona.
Aine.
Adena.
Titus.
Eshne.
"That should be it… eh?"
Suddenly, a System message popped up.
Ding!
| YOU HAVE SUCCESFULLY COMPLETED A NOVICE KINGDOM TASK: ASSIGN ROYAL GUARDS |
| YOU GAINED 48931 KINGDOM EXP |
| YOUR KINGDOM GAINED SEVERAL LEVELS! | | LEVEL: 5/20 EXP: 04882/14000 |
| YOUR KINGDOM HAS LEVELED UP, ALL YOUR POPULATION STATS ARE RAISED BY 0.5% |
| EACH LEVEL INCREASES YOUR POPULATION STATS BY 0.1% |
| FERTILITY RATE INCREASED BY 0.5% |
"Master! The Kingdom leveled up. Impressive…"
"Yes, I never thought that a kingdom would be able to level up in the first place… (Its really is like a game)"
"Master, will you assign sub governors?"
"Sub… Governors… Love and sexual partners?! What?! I don't have that yet… I can't possibly force anyone to be my partners either"
"I see, its understandable"
"But perhaps, if you assign some, you could get more Kingdom EXP, which by result will make us all stronger"
"But…"
While seeing the Sub Governor Window, all the possible candidates showed up, it seemed to show a strange relationship meter, with the best-fitted love or sexual partners.
| RIMURU RELATIONSHIP METER: 96%|
| WAGYU RELATIONSHIP METER: 85%|
| NESIPHAE RELATIONSHIP METER: 73%|
| ZEHE RELATIONSHIP METER: 68%|
| CELICA RELATIONSHIP METER: 61%|
| MILIM RELATIONSHIP METER: 59%|
| NEREID RELATIONSHIP METER: 55%|
| KUSURI RELATIONSHIOP METER: 43%|
| YUKI-ONNA RELATIONSHIP METER: 38%|
| KEKENSHA RELATIONSHIP METER: 32%|
| ABELLONA RELATIONSHIP METER: 29%|
"There's Nesiphae and Zehe… However, Wagyu? And even Abellona? Eeeh? So it can be anything? Ugh, no way… I better skip this for now"
After finally processing everything with the help of Chokunin and Tsuchimizu, they showed me new room for me, which was just behind the throne, it was around three times as big as my original room, and it was beautifully decorated with countless gothic style furniture.
I wonder why they did thought that I was a fan of gothic things, perhaps my evolution choices…
My bed looked large and befitting of the Emperor (or Empress), to the left, there were two big windows to look at the landscape outside; they were reinforced with strong magic, making the glass extremely hard to break.
"I guess I'll move here from now on…"
Pomf!
I lied down on my comfortable bed, and decided to relax while fusing skills.
| ATTACK ENHANCEMENT SILVER RING |+| FLAME AND WATER AFFINITY BRACELET |+| EXTRA MANA SILVER RING |= | ACCESORY MAGIC: SHADOW VAMPIRE CRIMSON SET |
"Hm? Is this like the full dark moon set?"
After casting the skill, I was totally right. The Shadow Vampire Crimson Set was an accessory set that combined every effect of the previous accessories but increased their power slightly. It created two crimson rings and one bracelet around my tiny butterfly legs.
"What if… Might as well try it…"
| SHADOW AWAKENING RING: BASIC ARMOR TYPE |+| ACCESORY MAGIC: FULL DARK MOON DEMONIC SET |+| ACCESORY MAGIC: SHADOW VAMPIRE CRIMSON SET |= | ADVANCED ACCESORY MAGIC: SHADOW VAMPIRE CRIMSON KNIGHT ARMOR |
"It worked!"
When activating this skill, a powerful armor would cover my entire body, even my wings, but weirdly letting me still fly. The armor color was in a deep crimson, with sharp ends on every corner, and majestic demonic horns on the helmet.
"This skill is impressive, it combines every skill that the other accessories once give me, and boosted the strength of this armor even more. The best thing is that I can still use the original skills that once were on these accessories, without the need of casting the entire armor"
This Armor form boosted my defensive capabilities but lowered my speed dramatically, contrary to the Demon form, which increases my attack and speed but make me more vulnerable to physical damage, I tried fusing both skills but it wasn't possible, so I will need to switch between the two wisely in the heat of a battle. Choosing when to defend and when to attack.
| EARTH ELEMENT AFFINITY |+| HIGH DUAL SPIRIT MAGIC: EARTH AND HEAVENS |+| EARTH TITAN GREATSWORD |= | MYTHICAL WEAPON SUMMONING MAGIC: HEAVEN SHATTERING EARTH TITAN GREATSWORD |
"Ah! I just fused everything that had "Earth" on it! I didn't expect that this would happen!"
When casting this costly spell (90 MP) a massive golden colored great sword decorated with countless red gems would appear out of thin air, its an actual weapon that I can cast whenever I want and even make it go back, similar to the Mythical Spirits like Nereid.
This odd weapon can grow with me and even level up and evolve. I tried to talk to it but it seems to not be sentient.
| HEAVEN SHATTERING TITAN GREATSWORD (MYTHICAL WEAPON)
| DURABILITY 500/500 LEVEL 1/40 EXP 0000/2500
| STRENGTH: 70
| DEFENSE: 40
| MAGIC: 30
| RESISTANCE: 30
| SPEED: 25
| EARTH AND WIND AFFINITY: +25%
"I could easily use this great sword in combination with my armor, if I even become humanoid, I can even pose as a human knight…" <