Journey Across Universes

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To be honest, it wasn't the killing of all the Tomb Keepers that hurt me more than the destruction of my favourite forge, which I had spent seven years painstakingly building. If my favourite blacksmith's tools had been damaged during the destruction of the tomb, I would have gone with Madi to take revenge on all the Imperials responsible for the destruction of the tomb, but I had the good sense to take all my valuables with me.

Once I had my workplace in the capital, I went back to doing what I love to do without anyone interrupting me, I even got a little cold and stopped wanting to kill the Prime Minister, but even if I forget about him, it's hard for me to relax and enjoy myself, considering how many times people have tried to kill me, especially beautiful girls.

≪It's karma, they feel that if they don't kill you, you'll sexually enslave them.≫

- I'm not gonna do that.

≪But you're not in a hurry to kill them back either, you could have killed that boobed blonde after she attacked you and tried to rip your throat out with her claws, but you chose to just back off. It had nothing to do with her divine size six breasts, did it? No matter what you say, you can't kill beauties... and that's okay, because beauties need to be enslaved.≫

- Okay, I can't argue, that busty blonde really won me over with her bust.

After that hottie, I even wanted to go to a brothel to blow off some steam, but the ladies gave me the smell of venereal disease, and the smells of a lot of other men in other brothels, so I had to change my mind, and just do some work in the blacksmith shop, as I needed to forge a bunch of swords to sell. The swords were made of ordinary steel, but I forged them with my own tools, and forged them well, my pride did not allow me to make bad swords, even if I will sell them to the imperial guards. The guards are usually given weapons by the quartermaster, but frankly lousy quality, the quartermaster also wants to earn money, so instead of good goods he buys cheaper and worse goods, and puts the difference in his pocket, maybe he also pays off a share to his superiors. All the guards who do not want to go with shitty weapons, buy them themselves for their wages, and some guards swords are worn just for looks, they will do and cheap blade.

I've sold out almost all the swords, only three pieces left, and I've also received an order for axes, because sometimes Ents appear near the capital and it's more convenient to chop them with axes.

I fulfil orders quite quickly, and the rest of the time I spend on creating artefact weapons for myself. So I made myself a Teigu... or Shingu blade, with a hilt in the shape of a white tiger.

The weapon itself was excellent, but it also served as an activator for the armour, or rather the very first version of the armour, which I would improve over time. The armour now consists of a black cloth form that allows my energy to flow through it perfectly and does not restrict my movements, it is made of threads that I made from super grade tiger wool. The cloth uniform hides my face, and I also wear a white hooded cloak over it, which allows me to use invisibility more effectively. I reinforced the armour and boots with metal threads, so that they can take more serious blows.

For now, this armour serves more for stealth than protection, and I usually take it out for a night walk around the capital to clean up a bit of human debris. There was no crime in Putra's Tomb, as the few members of the Guardians considered themselves to be a single clan, the capital was huge, and there were about fifteen million people living there, among them there were different contingents of people, among them there were some outright maniacs who went out at night to kill someone... I did such things myself, but I killed outright criminals, rapists, sometimes guards who were not afraid of justice, and committed such crimes themselves.

At first, I didn't plan to do anything like that until a girl was killed a few blocks from my house, her corpse dismembered and her body parts spread out on the pavement. This wasn't his first victim, and he only killed pretty girls. Since I could track people by smell, the next night I found the maniac and stabbed him to death, leaving a leaflet with a picture of Baihu against a crescent moon next to his corpse. Baihu is a mythological white tiger with blue eyes, native to the west, known as Biakko in Japan. Since I can transform into a white tiger, and I also lived in the West in Putra, I took the pseudonym 'Baihu'. In addition to Baihu and the crescent moon, there is a Yin-Yang sign on the flyer, firstly, I have swords with those names, and secondly, the white tiger with black stripes is one of the Yin-Yang symbols.

So I started to clean the capital at night from all kinds of rabble, and at each murder I left a leaflet with the Baihu sign. Eventually, the revolutionaries organised the Night Raid, a group of Teigu-armed assassins who operated in the capital, killing rotten imperial officials, guards, and sometimes taking on maniacs. The group was organised by Najenda, and included Akame and that busty blonde. It was the latter two that I had seen running across the rooftops together one night, but they couldn't see me, because I was invisible.

The Night Raid also left a flyer with the group's symbol at the scene of the murders. The flyer depicted a red-eyed owl against a full moon. The name 'Akame' means 'Red Eyes,' so there's a reason the owl has red eyes.

Our leaflets were similar in theme, as the Night Raid and I used the moon and some animal, and they were always found on people's corpses, so I was considered to be a Night Raid, but it wasn't like that, I was working on my own and always acted from invisibility, and even if someone noticed me, they only saw a figure in a white cloak with a hood.

I've been in the capital for more than a month now, I like it here, I do some work during the day, at night I walk around the night city and clear it of criminals, and then I go home to rest, the only thing missing is a girlfriend. I should be sixteen soon, but my hormones are playing up now, and the trigger was that busty blonde. It's not smart to get a regular girl around here. As someone who kills maniacs almost every day, I realise that a regular girl could easily fall victim to them. Going to a brothel isn't really an option either, I have regeneration, but I don't want to see if it will help me cure syphilis or gonorrhoea, not to mention AIDS or any other local diseases.

≪You're still thinking about that blonde girl, aren't you? She's strong, she's beautiful, she's busty, she's got huge tits, and her mammary glands are perfect, not to mention her divine tits. ≫

- You praised her boobs four times, but yeah, they're worth that praise, even brothels didn't have ladies with such cans. Shit, something just jammed me up just now...stop, the smell. - I smelled the scent of that blonde somewhere nearby, and it was getting closer until I could smell it right in my smithy.

- I'm closing now, come back tomorrow... nah, better never come back at all. - I said to the blonde who came into the shop, as I stood by the anvil wearing a blacksmith's work apron, and then I turned away to avoid looking at her luscious breasts.

- Hey, Gin. And you really turned out to be a blacksmith. Sis is surprised you didn't lie. - I heard a dagger being thrown at me from behind, which I dodged without looking, the dagger stabbing into the wall, - But you definitely kept something from your sister. You wouldn't happen to know who it is that kills criminals in the city at night, would you? And does it without being seen.

- No idea. Probably Night Raid. Dagger, crappy dagger, by the way. - I pulled out my dagger and wanted to throw it at her head... but I couldn't, it's too beautiful. I wanted to respond to the attempt to kill me, but I couldn't get my hand up.

- What's wrong, Gin? You can't attack me? - The girl asked with a smile, while showing off her already voluminous breasts, to which I immediately shifted my gaze.

- What are you here for, you titty swindler? - I asked, breaking off the blade of the dagger with my fingers and throwing it into the pile of metal junk for melting, - I don't know about any invisible killers.

- I think you do, and I think it's you. - replied the blonde.

- You don't have any proof. - I smiled, - It's better to leave me alone.

- Or what? Kill me? You obviously can't kill a pretty girl like me. Watch this. - She threw another dagger at me, which I intercepted, and reinforced by Ki, I was behind the blonde's back and cut off her belt. The core of Teigu's belt was the plaque of the belt, and the belt itself was also quite strong, but by using Ki's dagger I was able to cut it. Taking the Teigu from the girl, I knocked her out with a blow to the back of the head.

- Told you daggers were crap. - I said, looking at the handle of the dagger, the blade itself shattered from letting a lot of ki through, 'I think it's time to close the forge. - I went and locked the door, then tied up the busty blonde, who soon woke up, but already bound.

- Funny Teygu, I'll try it on myself. - I put the belt on me and activated it, I was immediately hit by an animal ki that was very similar to mine, definitely a cat type monster was used for this Teigu, - Cool Teigu, I can't say anything. - I transformed into my tiger form, becoming an anthropomorphic white tiger.

The bound girl was very surprised at the sight, and tried to mumble something, but I closed her mouth when I tied her up.

- About what I can do to you. You know, death isn't the worst thing that can happen to a beautiful girl. - I lowered myself down beside the bound beauty, -You smell really good, such an appetising female... -After these words, anger appeared on the blonde's face.

≪Oh, yeah, someone's having sex tonight.≫

- Okay, I'm kidding, don't be mad at me, I'm not going to rape you. - I'll just give you to the guards and let them deal with the Night Raid member. It's a pity, of course, such a beauty, but since I'm a slob who can't kill a woman, I'll give it to those who can. - I said, and the blonde's face now expressed fear as well, and then she started mooing vigorously, trying to tell me something.

- No, no, I will not rape you, don't even try to persuade me, I am not the one who takes a girl by force. - I wrapped the blonde in white cloth, and threw her on my back, while I put on my armour with a white cloak, and made myself and my load invisible, - Now I will take you to the guards, tell them that you offered me to help the revolutionaries, like the last owner of the forge, they will torture you there, and learn everything about your friends and where they are hiding. - I went out invisible into the street, and went outside the city, where the headquarters of the Night Raid was located ten kilometres from the capital. I had followed Akame back to the base of operations after she killed her target, so I had found out where the Night Raid was hiding. The base was located in a mountain, and everything around the base was covered with a thin, almost invisible signalling thread, there was only one winding path that could be used to get to the base without disturbing the signalling system, so I used that path.

I placed the package with the blonde on the ground and sprinkled it with the monster's blood to make it look like a corpse.

- Killer Akame! Come out and accept your death at the hands of the last Guardian of the Tomb of Putra! - I shouted at the top of my voice... well, I need someone to swordfight with, because usually at night I kill bandits from invisibility with a single blow, without any long battles, but here I have a chance to fight with one of the strongest swordswomen in the Empire, - I will avenge my brothers you killed! In retaliation, I will slaughter you all, like that big-breasted blonde whose corpse lies in that bloody bundle! - I pointed to my load, which I had tied tightly with cloth, so that the blonde could not move.

The members of the Night Raid were watching me from the windows of the base, and soon a red-eyed girl with a katana in her hands came out to me.

- You know what it's like to come home and find ruins with the corpses of your friends scattered about, don't you? I think it's a similar emotion to what you're feeling right now, looking at that bloody bundle at my feet, where your girlfriend's corpse lies. The Empire sent you to rob the tomb of Putra, and even though you've gone over to the side of the revolution, it doesn't change anything, you killed Veneg, and I will avenge him. - the Yin and Yang swords appeared in my hands.

- I'm sorry for your friends, but for killing Leone, I will eliminate you. - Akame lunged at me, drawing her sword and trying to strike me in the neck, but I was able to fend her off with my sword, and even tried to counterattack with a second sword, but the girl dodged and somehow managed to counterattack, stabbing me in the chest with the tip of her sword.

However, the armour wasn't cut through by Murasama, although it was clearly damaged a bit at the point of impact, if she can hit the same spot a couple more times, she'll still penetrate it.

- I didn't make the armour for nothing. You're really strong... or rather I'm weak. - I attacked the girl, who was clearly stronger than the last time I'd seen her fight Merryde, perhaps Murasama had strengthened her further. Although her teacher who wielded this Teigu before her was able to defeat her with a regular Shingu, so no matter how I look at it, this girl is very strong, and is clearly superior to me in skill. But, I, fighting on my edge, was also improving and quite quickly, though, if it wasn't for the armour, Akame would have wounded me ten times by now, and Murasama's poison would have probably killed me.

Akame was trying to hit the same spots to break through my armour, but I was trying not to hit the same spot twice.

Soon, three squad members returned to the Night Raid base from the mission and immediately joined the battle, helping their comrade.

- Akame, who is this? - The green-haired guy asked, he had gloves on his hands that had very strong threads coming out of them and a spool of threads hanging behind his back, since he was in the Night Raid where everyone had some kind of Teigu, it was logical to assume that the gloves and threads were Teigu. With the threads, he tried to tie me up somehow, but I cut them free with my sword.

- He's an enemy, he killed Leone, and there lies her corpse. - Akame replied as she continued to attack me.

- He's dead! - shouted some pink-haired girl who was holding a Teigu-gun, apparently Najenda couldn't use the Teigu anymore because of her injury and passed it to a new user. The girl started shooting at me, and it was pretty accurate, but she probably hadn't learned to use her Teigu well yet, because the shots couldn't penetrate the armour, though they did some damage to it.

Behind me I was also attacked by a man wearing Incursio armour, I think it also gave the wearer invisibility, so I missed that lunge in the back, the spear hit the back of my breastplate, which was very well armoured, Akame took advantage of it by hitting me a couple more times in the places where she had already attacked me, which meant that if she hit them again, the armour would be broken.

- What's with the sneaky gay attack from behind? - I asked the guy in Incursio armour.

- I'm allowed, I'm really gay after all, and I like to penetrate guys from behind with my spear. - replied this guy...

≪He's a homo! We can't die or faint here, or that claymation guy will defile our corpse. ≫

- What scary people in Night Raid. - I wanted to jump away from Akame's kick, but my leg was yanked to the side by the green-haired guy's thread, then I was hit by the pink-haired girl's shot, and Akame added a kick that cut through my armour and left a small wound on my skin.

- You lost. - Akame shook the blood off her sword.

- It's only a scratch. - I replied, and fell to my knee, the poison began to penetrate all over my body, and most importantly it began to eat away at my soul.

≪Murasama was made of some demonic dragon of Darkness. We need to get out of here, we can't neutralise this poison quickly, I'll slow it down with the domain souls.

- I'll be back to kill you, Akame. The Guardians will be avenged. - I went into invisibility and started to run away from the Night Raid base, I got a good beating today, I'll probably survive, but I don't know how long it will take me to neutralise the poison, but then I'll be immune to it... if I can really survive.

- It's really Leone. - The green-haired guy opened the bloody bundle, -Wait, she's alive and unharmed. - he opened the cloth completely and freed the blonde from her restraints.

- Damn, that's why he came to the capital. - Leone looked at Akame. He came to kill Akame.

- What the hell is going on? - The pink-haired girl, who had planned to rest at the base after the mission and now had to participate in the fight, thinking her friend was dead, was outraged.

- When I was working for the Empire, my team was ordered to infiltrate a tomb... - Akame began to tell the story that first made her question the rightness of serving the Empire. Even then, she realised that it was the empire that was attacking the innocent to steal from them.