Epic Of Caterpillar

Chapter 2716 - 2717: Gathering Materials

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”How many Skills do I have to sacrifice?” I asked, looking a bit worried. ”Thereʼs been a lot of times when Iʼm asked to sacrifice Skills…”

”I know, with the Physique and your Psyche you had to use Skills too,” nodded Andromeda. ”But let me tell you that they arenʼt lost! You can still technically use them, and their power is still within you, simply used in another way.”

”I guess youʼre not wrong honey…” I nodded. ”But why are they required so much? I donʼt remember this ever being requirements or ”ingredients” at all before.”

”Yeah, thatʼs because your ”Skills” are super broken!” Mammon responded. ”That Origin System you created by fusing like three different Systems is a complete insane power, it is sustained by two Traits, one of them is Reality Grade, yours! And the other is Multiversal Grade, from that Frank boy. His whole Trait is actually the System he added… plus you merged it with the System you created copying the one from Genesis, and then with the one from that other world you went to, Grand Terra! So you ended creating a pretty big monstrosity of a System, it wouldnʼt be wrong to call the Origin System a Reality-Grade Cosmic Relic.”

”Oh? Hahaha! I guess it is really incredible, right?” I giggled, feeling quite proud of my own powers.

”It is!” Andromeda nodded. ”And I am happy to be part of it as well. And, well, going back to the original topic, your Skills are special, master. They arenʼt just techniques or magic like originally. These Skills, each one of them, is a Primordial Ability, powers at the level of cosmic beings. This is how they can do so many incredible things, which your previous skills couldnʼt do! And they also can take physical forms as youʼve seen them before when evolving or fusing them, right?”

”Ah, the spheres! Youʼre right…” I nodded. ”So those spheres of pure power are like Cosmic Primordial Abilities or whatever?”

”Yes, we cannot really give them a proper classification to be honest, but theyʼre comparable to Cosmic Abilities or Cosmic Techniques from Cosmic-level Beings,” Mammon explained. ”Total insanity if you let me be honest…”

”Hehe, it is part of why theyʼre used as ingredients, they can elevate what we came,” Andromeda explained.

”Makes sense…” I nodded. ”Alright, so what Skills should I choose? Ah wait, how many do I need?”

”Weʼll see that, for now, letʼs begin the ritual,” she said. ”I think thereʼs some materials that are perfect for this, shall I use them from your inventory, master?”

”Sure thing, go ahead,” I nodded.

”Very well, the Archdemon Crown Creation begins now!” Andromeda raised her arms, as she unleashed a wave of colorful light from her hands.

And then, demonic flames and infernal energy surged from my body, no, from the depths of my very soul, the Primordial Sin of Wrath that I was sharing with Mammon started emerging from within, furious, unrestrained, roaring.

”R O O O A A A A R R R R!”

It emerged as a monstrous creature made of red and black flames, opening its jaws and trying to bite Andromeda! I panicked, but Mammon quickly stopped it, slapping it with his hand.

”Hey, Kireina! You havenʼt been practicing at all! Youʼre going to let your Sin just do whatever it wants?!” Mammon reprimanded me.

”D-Do I have to practice?” I wondered.

”Of course you have, theyʼre like pets, theyʼll get cocky and do whatever they want if you donʼt spend time with them training them and stuff… itʼs common sense to any Archdemon! And also the reason we are so strong, constantly dealing with our own inner battles against the Sins, we grow powerful over time, exponentially,” Mammon explained.

”That so? Well, Satan didnʼt even seem that strong to me~” I shrugged.

”T-Thatʼs because youʼre a monster…” Mammon groaned. ”Well, whatever, Iʼll keep it at bay, you two finish it!”

”Sure thing,” I nodded. ”Andromeda?”

”Letʼs gather the flames and demonic power together,” Andromeda said.

With just a thought, the process of Archdemon Crown Creation began, as I felt my Hell Points beginning to be spent rapidly, the demonic energy gathering within a single point.

Mammon held the Sin of Wrath from going crazy, pushing it back to the swirling demonic vortex of infernal energies, as I used my powers to compress it together.

”Itʼs working!” Andromeda nodded. ”Now please offer some Skills… You could add up eight skills, but four are more than enough… the more skills the more power, but itʼs all up to you, master. Perhaps you donʼt want to lose that many skills after all.”

”Alright,” I nodded. ”No time to fuse them to make stronger ones I guess… letʼs see… Can I offer just any Skill?”

”Y-Yes, but depending on what you choose, the Crown will develop unique abilities… so be careful to not choose something you wouldnʼt want!” Andromeda said.

”Okay then!” I said. ”Letʼs see from my huge list of Skills, what should I choose?”

Hmm, I could potentially use the new Skills I obtained, that would be a nice way to get rid of them, or…

Or I could use a Fusion Skill or two from what I already have, right? Some of them are not that used anymore, especially the first ones.

Letʼs see…

Yes, the [Soul Feasting Abyssal Caterpillar Jaws] Skill is at Max Level right now and it hasnʼt triggered any evolution.

I guess it wonʼt evolve unless I use a Skill Evolution Item?

Wouldnʼt it be similar if I use it to make the crown then? Technically the skill will evolve with the crown, and Iʼll get something stronger than its original form.

Sounds good, then whatʼs next?

The strongest foes Iʼve fought so far… aside from Noah, were those Recessed, and I ended receiving a lot of help too.

The Outer Gods were pretty strong too, but werenʼt these Recessed kind of similar to Outer Gods in a way?

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