Epic of Caterpillar

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"I AM ELIGOS, 15TH GREAT DUKE OF HELL, LORD OF MASSACRE."

The moment Eligos introduced his title and number within the Dukes of Hell, Hades and the Gods by his side immediately felt an immense pressure washing over them, even greater. It was as if each second that passed, that Demon only became stronger, releasing his power to the world around.

And a fifteenth in the list of Demons meant he was supremely powerful! Someone that even the strongest Supremes of Genesis such as Flora and Aura would struggle to even be a match against working together against him.

Hades and his team though? They were nothing but ants.
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It didn't help that his figure was utterly massive, dwarfing them easily, Hades knew that with just a swing of those claws, any of the Gods by his side would die instantly, having their souls ripped apart.

He could probably survive a couple of blows, but each blow would debilitate him tremendously, and that's counting on the power up that the Spirit within him would give to his Divine Stats.

And yet, why were they charging and battling the demons right now?

Hades recalled Fate's words.

"Demons are incredibly prideful and selfish beings. Unlike the Galactic Humans, who have a strong sense of family, bonds, and ties, and are very emotional, Demons are selfish beings that may even not care about ants… if they don't show that they can pack a punch. Kill a few of his children or whatever, shatter their souls if necessary, show them you're someone worth killing, Hades. A trophy they might want to fetch for themselves."

"That's… Are you saying that I have to sell myself as someone worth being a trophy?!"

"What else can you do with your current strength?"

"…!"

He hated the idea, but what else could Hades do? Fate was right.

"Son, follow the plan that Fate told us about, let's kill a few, let's show that bastard we're worthy trophies for his collection…"

"Y-Yes…!"

Zagreus was afraid, he was a rather young God, but with the help of Hades, he had managed to become a Peak Great God and was in the possession of divine spiritual equipment he forged with the help of Ferberite, a black longbow made of his black diamond-like spirit crystals.

The other four gods, two Sun Gods that seemed to be monkey-like and twins, a female and a male monkey-kin gods with red fur and brown skin, wearing golden Japanese robes and holding battle staffs, and the two Moon Gods, one resembling a humanoid white moth holding a large magic staff and the other a moon elf goddess with long white hair, purple skin, and silver eyes holding a magic rapier, charged right behind them.

"Alright sis, let's do it!"

"Yeah bro!"

The Sun Monkey Gods combined their Auras, as they swung their staffs forward, moving at lightning speed, unleashing an inferno of Sun Flame-covered strikes that engulfed hundreds of Demonic Beasts at once.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Demonic Beasts were rapidly shredded to pieces, exploding one after another, Eligos opened his eyes slightly more, gaining some interest.

"Not bad… But far from impressive, quite honestly… those Demonic Beasts were just recently created after all."

Eligos sighed, groaning as he took out more souls and started snacking on them.

"Impus."

POOF!

"Y-Yes, Lord Eligos?"

A flying red colored imp with long bat-like wings manifested by his side, Eligos Demonic Spirit Familiar.

"Do you know who those Gods are? I just came here so I am quite clueless compared to the rest…"

"Oh! T-That's… let me see. I've managed to gain a lot of Information from the Demons living here so I could- Hm?!"

Impus gasped, as Eligos eyes glared at him.

"What?"

"…That's… A really good catch, my lord!"

"What do you mean?"

"That's Hades! He's, right now, the last Death God of Genesis! He possesses a Fragment of the power of the Primordial Elemental Spirit of Death, a direct child of Genesis!"

"And Genesis is…?"

"M-My lord, you don't know who Genesis is?"

"This world, right?"

"N-No… I mean yes, but the world is called after her!"

"…"

CRAASH!

Out of nowhere, Impus was blown away into pieces by Eligos' claws.

"Stop talking in riddles and tell me who he is already!"

Eligos' voice became even more monstrous, as his entire body distorted in anger.

POOF!

Impus manifested once more at the side of his master.

"Y-Yes! I'm sorry! Genesis is the strongest being in this world, the direct child of this Universe's Primordials! Therefore, someone that holds the power of her direct child is a good catch!"

"Huh? He holds such a power and he's so weak?"

"He might… have some hidden power!"

"Hmmm…"

Eligos smiled.

"Okay, show me what you can do then, little Hades~!"

"Father, to the left!"

Zagreus screamed, noticing a swarm of humanoid Demons wearing armor and weapons made of Demonic Beast Bones, each one possessing the power of a peak Great God.

"You better not disappoint Lord Eligos!"

They roared in unison, clashing against Hades all at once.

"Tch…!"

Hades quickly manifested his Bident, swinging it towards them while releasing his Aura, explosive strikes engulfed all the demons, phantasmal flames encompassing them completely.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"Uuaagggh! It burnsss?!"

The Demons screamed in agony as they felt their demonic souls burning by phantasmal flames! Hades wasted no time, quickly slicing their heads off and then extracting their souls, dozens of them at a time.

"This is child's play!" Hades roared, acting tough. "ELIGOS! Is this all you've got to offer?! I am disappointed!"

"Hoh?" Eligos eyes widened, as he smiled through his massive jaws, slowly standing up from his throne-shaped tower, his claws began releasing crackling sounds. "You're not bad… But I want to see more!"

As he laughed, the Demonic Tower shook, as demonic thunder encompassed dozens of Demonic Beasts, merging them together into a massive Demonic Beast Titan, resembling a chimera of several different creatures together, a complete horror.

"GRUOOOOHHHH!"

"If you can't even beat that, then I am not even going to bother, you know?"

Eligos was prideful and cocky…

But this worked just fine for Hades.

"Damned demons… I'll show you! The Gods of Genesis aren't for you to trample all you want!"

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