Epic of Caterpillar

Chapter 2436: Koga Saburo's Defeat



Light.

Darkness.

The two met one another, creating an endless horizon that spread across the Domain Koga Saburo had created.

It was split apart and shattered into pieces.

Frank saw it, the countless fragments flying away everywhere.

His eyes resembled stars, as more memories suddenly surged within his head.

Memories of the fights he fought, of the love he felt.

Of the friends he made.

Not just from Kireina, but even before that.

Dreams?

Could dreams ever be remembered so vividly, as if he had truly lived them all?

Then what was all of this?

Why was he feeling like he was living a second life?

What was this, everything?

This battle, even this city...

He still felt confused, a part of him wanted to know more, another, wanted to embrace this world for what it was.

But before, when he was fully convinced his dreams were dreams, he now had been planted with a seed of doubt.

What is fake?

What is real?

He must find out... this latent sensation in his heart.

And the love he felt for that woman...

He has to see her again, to see if it's truly her.

To see if he remembers that passion.

That love...

When he opened his eyes, Frank found himself sitting over the second floor of an old house.

The corrupted domain was completely gone, exorcised entirely.

The power of Rhongomyniad seemed supreme...

And it was merely but a fragment, an imitation of the true force that this spear wielded.

Legendary, Divine, Mythical, Historical, and Magical Relics were all ancient weapons, armor pieces, accessories, books, and more items that belonged to power figures of ancient Human History.

Be it fictional, mythological, or historical, they all counted within what "Human History" was.

Frank knew all of this, as he had been explained such things by Matsuo back then, when he was first introduced into his clan.

His Naming Ability, which he never paid much attention to, could make others that were named stronger.

By putting that logic, if he gave certain names to certain things, he could unleash powers that were based in the names he gave.

Calling a sword Excalibur might temporarily turn the sword into a cheap knock-off, apparently...

However, he had to be careful, as using such powerful weapons, even if cheap imitations, put a strain into his soul.

"Hahhh... Hahh..."

He felt exhausted, but he had to move. He quickly stood up, looking around to notice something.

It was him.

"He's still alive?!"

Koga Saburo, now resembling a transparent white phantom, was sitting over the wooden floor, looking at the ceiling with eyes filled with... sorrow.

"Koga Saburo...! You're still not dead?!"

He ran towards him, noticing Harumi who was close to Matsuo and Ruby, she glanced at him with surprise, it seemed she had just woken up too.

"Ah..."

Koga Saburo glanced at Frank with a slight smile.

"Hah... Do I look alive to you, brat?"

His body was dissipating, fading away with each passing second.

"O-Oh..."

"I'm dying... I'm... I'm disappearing."

"But even when I broke your Spirit Core... I'm shocked you're still here."

"This? It's merely... my lingering resentment..."

"...Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why did you do any of this... Why did you try to kill us?! Who sent you?"

Koga Saburo looked at Frank's eyes, then at the window.

"Would you open the window for me?"

"For... what reason?"

"I want to... I want to see the sun one last time..."

"What?"

"I was confined for almost all my life within those dark caves. That hell I went through... I always dreamed of seeing the blue sky and the sun..."

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"But when I finally stepped out of such caves... I had already become a monster. The world no longer welcomed me... my Family betrayed me. They killed my wife... and they tried to kill

me."

"W-What? I had no idea that's..."

"Hah, of course you don't... history is written by the victors... Kami? That Kami is not me... he's merely something else that was spat out of my forgiveness... I'll die... thinking that this is

me."

Frank went to open the window, as Saburo felt the cold wind, saw the blue sky, and the bright

sun.

"Ah... It's a nice day outside..."

Frank sighed, even though this monster tried to kill them, a part of him pitied him.

He still hated him, but... he couldn't help it.

Despite how much these memories, or these dreams had made him feel more mature.

There was always this emotional side of him, someone that always saw through things as a

human.

Coldly staring at the world... it simply never surged from him.

When he learned about someone, even if they were evil or resentful, he couldn't help but feel

some sympathy for them, pity perhaps.

"Don't you... dare look at me with pity..."

Koga glared at Frank's eyes.

"I die like I lived... fighting..." he muttered. "I enjoyed our little spar... brat..."

"Wait, please don't leave yet!" Frank said. "Tell me who is your master! Who summoned you

into this world?!"

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Koga who was already to disappear, glanced at Frank one last time, and then he spoke.

"My master is a beautiful snake. The most beautiful snake goddess I've ever seen..." he said.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"She was more majestic and beautiful than Yamata-No-Orochi. She forgave my sins, and

granted me a new chance..."

"W-What? A snake... goddess?"

"Yes... I feel lucky, to have ever been graced... by her contract," Koga Saburo muttered. "They

never told me to kill you."

"Eh? They? T-there were more?" Frank asked.

"They wanted me to make you suffer, to make you go through hardships hundreds of times

harder than ever before... they said that despair... was the only way for you to wake up...

whatever that even means," Koga Saburo laughed. "Ah, my time's up..."

He glanced at the window, his spirit form trying to reach the skies, the sun.

"My dear... I wonder if... you're waiting for me... at the other... side."

As he shed a tear, he finally disappeared.

Frank gripped his fists tightly, looking at the sun.

"Wake me up? From what?"

And Frank was only left with more questions.