Epic Of Caterpillar

Though none had yet recovered their past memories, they were bound by the deep friendships forged in this life and by the faint echoes of worlds they sometimes glimpsed in dreams.

Together with Teacher Aura, they descended the stairs to confront the horrors outside.

Aura looked skyward and smiled softly, watching the children Kireina had brought into this world rise to defend their new home.

”I hope you can handle the rest. Iʼll secure this area until things stabilize!”

His voice carried far into the sky, reaching three gods soaring above the chaos.

Flora, Supreme Goddess of Nature and Life from Another World.

The System Master, former sovereign of that worldʼs System.

And Luciferʼs Avatar, Supreme God of Space and Creation from the same realm.

”I can feel them, the fluctuations of energies,” Lucifer said quietly. ”Beyond that crack in the sky... is Genesis.”

”...What?!” The System Master felt it too, yet disbelief choked him. ”W-Wha...! Why? What?!”

”You feel it as well,” Flora said gravely. ”Your mother is coming for you, it seems.”

”But thatʼs impossible! How can Genesis come here?! Itʼs... billions of light years away!” the System Master protested. ”This is ridiculous...”

”It really is,” Flora agreed. ”All these inexplicable events are happening because of the Forces Beyond our Dimension—the Usurpers of Destiny—who are weaving everything toward their own design.”

”They have grown bored of toying with us,” Lucifer continued. ”They want Kireina, and they will take her while destroying everything else. It is not just here, across the entire Universe... it is beginning to contract.”

”...?!”

Flora and the System Master stared at him in stunned silence.

”As someone deeply attuned to Space, I can sense it clearly,” Lucifer explained. ”Not only Genesis, every planet, sun, nebula, black hole, galaxy, and firmament within reach is being dragged toward this single point.”

”What does that even mean for all of us?” Flora asked, voice tight.

”It likely means they intend to destroy this entire Universe... or perhaps even more,” Lucifer answered. ”If we do not stop those orchestrating this catastrophe... everything ends.”

”...”

”...”

Using his authority over Space and his profound connection to Hell, Lucifer scanned the surrounding universal phenomena and uncovered the terrifying truth.

This was almost certainly an ”attack” from beings beyond the Boundaries of this Heavenly Dimensional Domain.

They were attempting to compress the entire Domain to the size of a mountain and obliterate it.

Then they would retrieve Kireina from the ruins.

”Then what do we do?” the System Master asked desperately. ”What can we possibly do against beings of that power?!”

”We trust in our hearts—and in Kireina,” Lucifer replied. ”She is, after all, one of them, their sister. Thus she should possess the same power. And now, within our hearts... canʼt you feel her presence?”

”...!”

”...?!”

Flora and the System Master suddenly felt their connection to Kireinaʼs ”System” more vividly than ever before, the Pillar of Eternal Light that stretched across Domains and reached even the Empyrean Throne.

The skies warped further as the entirety of Genesis began merging with this Dimensional Labyrinth.

From this violent fusion, countless threats emerged simultaneously, some confused, others opportunistic, seizing the chance to claim power.

Giant spaceships tumbled through dimensional vortexes.

Massive chaos vessels carrying endless chaotic creatures crashed to the surface.

Armies of Demons borne by towering Demonic structures plummeted into the sea.

Spirits, Undead, and more flooded every corner.

From atop Mount Takao, the Supreme Gods watched the endless vortex expand, pulsing with world-shattering power.

”The only way to stop it is inside that vortex,” Flora declared. ”Kireina is there. We must help her.”

”But with all these threats surrounding us?!” the System Master protested.

”Hm, certainly not...” Lucifer sighed.

”Both of you go ahead and help her, and everyone else,” Flora said. Her Aura surged violently as hundreds of Gods poured forth from her Divine Realm. Now that the worldʼs laws were shattered and distorted, they were no longer assimilated into mortals. ”My army and I have grown stronger this entire time. It is time to show what we can do. Go!”

Flora assumed her true form, a kilometer-long titan of Yggdrasil wood, crowned with spirit trees as antlers, her emerald eyes blazing with resolve.