Epic of Caterpillar Chapter 2924 2925: Mammon VS Mammon

Mammon stood frozen, hit by the sudden realization. Staring back at him was his own reflection.

"YOU! How dare you attack your own source!"

His double gave a sharp, mocking grin. Violent waves of energy erupted from him as his attire shifted into a magnificent cosmic demonic armor that stole the breath away.

Simultaneously, hundreds of weapons sprung into existence from the same metallic essence that manifested his counterpart. Streams of liquid metal surged toward Erika, Harumi, Frank, and the gathered Vampires and Werewolves fighting the Abyss; the substance quickly enveloped them, granting them formidable defensive plating.

"You are nothing but a fool who strayed from the path. I will knock some sense into your head, and if I have to, I will drag you down and merge you back into myself!"

Mammon collided with his other self—the original Mammon, corrupted by the Sun God, and this version born from a soul fragment that had evolved into a Cosmic Maxima Ego Spirit, now walking the earth as Harumi's sibling.

With Mammon’s timely arrival and support, the Werewolves and Vampires escaped the stalemate against the Abyss’s minions. After tearing their enemies to pieces, they charged to aid the younger combatants.

Erika and Harumi held the front against Leviathan’s crazed onslaught. By weaving their fused Aura and utilizing Mammon’s supernatural armor, they deflected demonic strikes with ease and began launching a ferocious counter-offensive.

"Think you could use a little assistance, kids?!" Thyra vaulted forward, shifting into a golden werewolf to claw deep across Leviathan’s visage.

"Let us join the fray!" Celene howled. Cloaked in her werewolf form, she channeled intense moonlight magic, pelting Leviathan with a barrage of brilliant light beams.

"Don't forget us! FRANKEN SMASH!" Frankenstein bellowed. Harnessing his massive, muscular frame, he slammed his fists into Leviathan’s skulls, shattering bones and jaws alike.

"Fufu, steady yourselves, everyone!" Dan extended his arms. Red and black mist billowed forth, draining Leviathan’s vitality while bolstering every vampire in his vicinity.

"Our turn!" Lady Shadow seized control of Leviathan’s own shadows, turning his darkness against him. The gloom began to consume and tear his physical form to shreds.

"GAAAAAHHHH!"

Leviathan found himself unable to retaliate. His body was being ground into nothingness; his demonic and divine arts proved futile against the onslaught of so many adversaries.

The other Archdemons didn't intervene. They were too preoccupied with Frank, Wasp, and Victor, who pushed the assault with relentless aggression. Mammon’s distraction provided the perfect window to crush the Archdemon of Envy.

"GRRRRR! I AM…! T-THE ARCHDEMON OF ENVYYYYY! STOP…! UNDERESTIMATING ME—GAAAAAAHHH?!"

Though Leviathan surged with demonic might, Erika and Harumi lunged through him. They pierced his dark heart, tearing it asunder.

BOOOMMM!!!

Defeated and broken, Leviathan collapsed in a pathetic end. Thankfully, his soul remained intact, allowing him to pass into the afterlife without interference.

CRASH!

"What makes you think you are superior to me when you are just a copy?!" Mammon roared. Clad in heavy golden plate, he rained blows from massive axes, hammers, swords, and lances onto his doppleganger.

"I never claimed to be better," Harumi's brother replied with composure. "But dwelling in this realm has carved out my own existence. Yet, I will not allow you to end up like those other Archdemon scum!" His dark blue cosmic demonic metal molded into matching weaponry. Both incarnations clashed with ferocious intensity.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

CRAAASH!

The force sent both flying apart as fractures splintered across their armor. Teeth gritted, they launched themselves at each other once more without a moment's hesitation. Detonations of demonic force and infernal flames set the heavens ablaze.

"I possess all the wealth you lack!"

Mammon smirked with malice. He consumed his vast treasures to heighten his power. His skin turned to the color of gold; his frame elongated and bulked up, radiating demonic authority.

Simultaneously, tapping into half of Satan’s power elevated his combat prowess to terrifying heights.

"DIE, IMPOSTER!"

Mammon yelled. The Sunlight divinity of the Sun God surged within his veins. Massive golden hands appeared to crush his counterpart, only for Harumi's brother to vanish in a blur.

BAAAM!

RUMBLE!

The earth quaked. Mammon scanned his surroundings, suddenly realizing his double was nowhere to be seen.

"Gone? How?!"

"Gone? Scarcely—merely preparing!"

"…!"

Mammon spun around. His counterpart reappeared, pulsating with energy. He shifted into a titanic, blazing axe and plummeted downward, cleanly shearing off Mammon’s right arm, shoulder, and leg.

CRAAASH!

"Nnnggh! Kaaaagh!"

Mammon howled in torment. He fell, pulverizing dozens of skyscrapers. The tremors from his impact echoed for miles.

"W-WHAT…! YOU TRANSFORMED INTO A WEAPON?!"

Mammon stared, dumbstruck. That was not a skill he possessed—let alone one capable of becoming such an immense, ruinous tool radiating such devastating force.

"One that has awakened his own Heart Path to boot!"

FLUOSH!

A colossal figure erupted from Harumi's brother, composed of cosmic demonic flames—resembling Mammon’s original beastly form, complete with a cow-skull head.

Wielding his Cosmic Heart Avatar, he struck at his original self. Mammon scrambled to deploy his wealth, raising endless barriers as he desperately sought to regenerate.

"Nnnggghhh…! I will not perish…! I…! I…! Must worship… the sun…! The sun god…! I…!"

He funneled Sunlight Power, his body glowing more intensely. The other Mammon strained to hold his ground, but he was slowly being forced back.

"Damn it! How could you let that rat brainwash you, main body?! Is there no one else you hold dear?! Kireina-sama is battling that fiend, laying her life on the line…! And you…! You spineless dog, you are here bowing to that foul entity?! Just who is it that you truly love, Mammon?!"

Mammon’s eyes widened. From the depths of his long-buried memories, a voice drifted back—the only soul who had ever offered him genuine, sincere affection.

"I love you, darling~ Let us remain together forever."

She was the only one who had seen his flaws and embraced him regardless.

The only one compassionate enough to share the depths of hell by his side.

"K-Kireina…!"

For a few precious heartbeats, the true Mammon regained self-awareness. However, the Sun God’s influence remained suffocatingly strong.

In that flicker of clarity, his soul fragment seized the opening. He cleft Mammon in two. The original Mammon watched as his fragment stood there, teeth gritted and tears streaming down his face, compelled to finish the job.

"Ah… I suppose this is fine… I have grown weary of hell, anyway…"

As he surrendered his consciousness, his soul fragment lunged forward before he could vanish, grasping him and fusing them into one.

"Don't you dare die on me! You have a future to build with her, Mammon!"

FLAAASH!

The two Mammons became one. The Authority over Hell dissolved, as did all his hoarded riches.

None of that mattered anymore to the Archdemon.

When he stepped out of the blinding radiance, his visage had shifted—long blonde hair and piercing red eyes. He wore a gentle smile, feeling complete for the very first time.

Feathered wings sprouted from his back. His demonic features faded as a golden halo manifested above his brow.

"Eh?"

Through the Repentant Enlightenment sparked by Kireina’s love, Mammon had been forgiven and restored to his original Archangel state.

He had let go of his greed.

He had let go of his pride.

He had cast aside all worldly attachments.

Everything for the person he truly cherished.

Thus, Mammon became the first Archdemon cleansed of his curse, liberated from its chains and returned to his former self.

Or rather—something entirely new.

His awakening blended with his previous vessel: a Half-Incubus Human who had become a Dhampir through Clementine.

He retained his Demonic Powers within this state, creating a unique hybrid.

He had become…

"Am I a Nephalem?!"

A creature balancing both demon and angel.

Feeling his power swell, Mammon nodded. He knew precisely where to focus it—to aid the rest of his allies.

"And just who are you supposed to be?! A mere bug?!"

Beelzebub roared murderously as he traded blows with Wasp. Both forces seemed matched in raw power. But Wasp fought with the intensity of a demon, dodging strikes with insane speed and planting precise, ruinous blows onto every weak point in Beelzebub’s armor. He felt more demonic than the Archdemon himself.

"Gaaaahha?!"

Beelzebub felt a sharp sting traverse his soul as Wasp drove a fist deep into his midsection and rocketed him toward the clouds. Wasp’s wings hummed as he gave chase, delivering a dual-legged hammer blow that sent the Archdemon crashing back to the dirt.

BOOOM!

"Talk is cheap," Wasp commented, crossing his four arms while looking down at Beelzebub’s colossal insectoid form.

Beelzebub clenched his mandibles, glaring upward with unadulterated fury.

"How is a mortal like you so damn potent?! An insect race, at that!"

"I am an anomaly."

Wasp dove, shattering Beelzebub’s defensive barriers. He ignored the swarm of monstrous insects detonating around him, piercing straight through with his physical form. He grabbed the insect’s head, dragged him across the pavement, and decimated his face.

RUMBLE!

He heaved Beelzebub through an office tower. The skyscraper crumbled into ruin over the Archdemon’s body.

"Weak. Is that the limit?" Wasp asked, gazing down. "Show me your real power, King of Flies!"

"TSK! WITNESS IT YOURSELF, FILTHY INSECT!"

Beelzebub funneled every scrap of his energy inward. He evolved into a titanic demonic cosmic beast, oozing black cosmic energy.

His form became impossibly muscular, sporting six arms. His flesh shone like volcanic glass. A humanoid face emerged behind an exoskeleton, complete with long antennae and four cavernous insect wings.

"This is my true strength…! Through the Sun God, I have surpassed my shackles!"

"Hoh, let us test that."

Wasp turned it up. Golden armor wrapped around him. His aura climbed to impossible heights—dwarfing Beelzebub’s.

"Eh?"

Beelzebub’s confident sneer faltered. His face twitched as an overwhelming pressure crushed down upon him, making it hard to draw breath.

"Um… wait, perhaps we can talk this—"

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

"Gaaaahhh?! L-Let me… finish… You rat—"

BOOOM!

Before Beelzebub could finish, Wasp diced his frame into ribbons. His soul shattered into dust. The 'mighty' Archdemon was extinguished in just a few heartbeats.

"What? Already over? Tsk, it seems only that young lady can give me a real thrill. Once this conflict concludes, I want a rematch with her."

Frank caught the sound of an explosion nearby. He had caught sight of Wasp dragging Beelzebub off and sensed the fall of two other Archdemons—Mammon and Leviathan!

That left only Belphegor and Asmodeus, the strongest of the quintet. Belphegor ruled over Dreams and Nightmares—commanding them, weaving their threads, fusing them, and fueling deadly spells that could maim the soul directly, even to someone of Frank's caliber.

Asmodeus wielded the essence of Lust, enslaving countless billions into his eternal, doting 'lovers.' He shaped, merged, and commanded those souls in endless configurations.

"Who would have guessed the two strongest Archdemons would be the ones of Lust and Sloth?" Frank murmured, hawking up blood.

"Belphegor and Asmodeus were among the elite Archangels—not far from my own strength or Gabriel's at our zenith," Michael countered. "It tracks that after heightening their gifts, they would prove this perilous."

"Hah, surrendering already?" Belphegor chuckled, scattering Nightmares and Dreams in every direction.

"Looks like he is dying. How adorable," Asmodeus laughed booming. "Shall we introduce you to your creator?"

Both Archdemons held the most humanoid and refined appearances of their kin.

Asmodeus sported long, translucent purple locks, jagged black horns, and burning crimson eyes. Six wings extended from his back—four ebony, two pristine white.

Belphegor was slighter, appearing as a youth juxtaposed against Asmodeus’s young-adult form. He had cropped pink hair, golden goat-like horns on either side of his head, and eight translucent wings—shimmering with hues of violet, pink, black, red, and white."}``` ```