Chapter 24: Losses
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After another confrontation with Esdeath, and after taking all my stuff from the house, I returned to the Night Raid base, where I found Akame and Spear training.
- Gin... - Akame wanted to say something, but considering that she always comes to me to ask for meat, I immediately shoved a piece of meat in her hands, - Thank you, but I just wanted to tell you that Lubbock and Bulat should be back in a week. While Bulat drove Spear's father to Revolutionary Army headquarters, Lubbock found out what happened to the second Night Raid squad... it was destroyed by the Fallen, just as we thought. But there was one survivor of the team that was on the mission when the Fallen attacked, so Lubbock and Bulat and this surviving member of the second squad should be arriving soon. - Akame spoke, and after a couple of seconds as if a piranha ate a piece of meat of a dangerous monster. Spear even looked at Akame with some apprehension at that moment.
- I see, I fought Esdeath today, and since she knows where I live, I can't live there anymore, so I'm going to live and work at the base from now on, I'm going to settle in.
- How was the fight? - Akame asked.
- Can't you tell? - Esdeath fights better than you, Akame. But thanks to my regeneration it's very hard to kill me... sadly, I just ran away from that ice woman, for if she tried hard enough she could still finish me off.
- Gin, train Spear for now and I'll go make dinner, you could use some training too, you rely too much on your survivability and artefacts. - Akame said and walked over to me.
- Okay. - I gave her a huge piece of meat to make dinner, and as she continued to stand and look at me expectantly, I added more on top for her personally... but she continued to stand again, I had to put one more on top, and only then she went to the kitchen, - Perhaps it's good that in this world monsters are so huge, otherwise because of Akame in the world could start a famine, she would just eat all the meat on the planet. - I said, looking after Akame as she walked away.
- In Night Raid you're all strange but very strong, Leone beat me easily this morning, but she used Teiga, and Akame without her sword is even stronger than Leone. - Gin, Leone told me that you can turn into a tiger without Teigu, can you show me? - The girl asked as I took off my torn clothes before training.
- Yeah, easy. - In a few moments I was covered in white fur with black stripes, my head turned into a tiger's, as well as my paws, and my tail grew back.
- Can I pet it? - Spear came closer.
- Well... stroke. - I answered, and the girl began to stroke my hair on my chest, - By the way, I have a funny spear, it's a Shingu that can change its shape, as soon as I have time, I'll make you a better spear. - I took out an artefact that Veneg used to use, I used to shoot monsters with this spear, and after the creation of firearms, I stopped using bows and this spear.
- Oh, thank you, but let's practice without weapons, because I didn't like it when I stabbed you in the heart...' said Spear with the spear in her hand.
- Oh, don't mind me, I stopped feeling the pain from wounds a long time ago, I used to be a normal human, but then so much shit happened that now I don't even care about a punctured heart. I'm the perfect sparring partner, I'm not afraid of getting hurt. - I pulled out my Yin and Yang blades, they will be much weaker than my new blade, but they will be good for a practice fight. As a half-beast, I fought Spear, just enough to keep her from hurting me.
After an hour, Maine came to see us:
- Hey Gin... is that, will you go on a mission with me tonight? - the pink wolf asked.
- What's the mission? How about I do it myself? - I questioned, continuing my training with Spear.
- I don't need me in the Night Raid if you're going to do all the tasks! - Maine was emotional as usual.
- I'm sorry, I'm worried about you. After I've fought Esdeath a few times, I realise that anyone who falls into that woman's hands will be killed or tortured to death. I know you're a pink pox, but I'd hate to see you die.
- I'm a killer, and a pretty good one, so don't underestimate me... but, yes, Esdeath is the reason I want you to back me up. I need to shoot some corrupt people who have surrounded themselves with guards because they're afraid of Night Raid, it's easier to shoot them than to sneak into their mansion. So will you help me? - Mayne asked again.
- Well, I had plans for the night, but I'll spend part of it in your company.
- What's wrong with my company? It's because I have small breasts, isn't it? - Maine was starting to get angry.
- Exactly. Come in, this is schizophrenia. Maine, don't listen to this fool who's only obsessed with big breasts, small boobs are just as good, especially the sensitivity, I'd love to taste your nipples. Hey, you got me stabbed in the chest with a spear, you can't take control of your body so abruptly in battle. Fucking schizophrenia. - I pulled Spear's spear out of my chest and looked at a blushing Maeyn, who quietly said something and went inside.
- Oh, I think I've figured out where you're always looking when you're fighting me. - Spear, whose breasts were swaying noticeably in the movement, and during the fight it was very pleasant to watch her.
- Everyone has their own weaknesses and weaknesses. - I replied, and continued my training, looking at the strengths of the new member of the Night Raid.
After a couple more hours, Akame called us to dinner, so the training was over. Spear had mastered her spear, which could easily change its length, allowing her to fight with it like a sword. But Spear wasn't very good at fencing, so she tried to break the distance and turn her weapon back into a spear, but when I approached her again, Spear reduced the spear again and practised sword fighting. All in all, such training was clearly beneficial for her, and I enjoyed being the trainer.
- Gin, you can touch them if you want, you let me pet you. - Spear said after the workout, pointing at her breasts.
- That's a tempting offer. - I walked up to Spear, 'But you'll be offering it to your boyfriend. - I pressed her on the nose, and went to the dining room to get a bite to eat, then set up my workspace, and after I helped Mein, I'd take care of Najenda and Shelly.
On the elimination mission, I only guarded Maeyn, the targets she shot herself, for which I praised her, and she blushed a little and averted her eyes at each praise.
After a couple of days, Mein asked me to accompany her again, but Najenda wanted to help her, and she wanted to shoot too. A couple of days later, Leone came back from the capital and brought two flyers, one of which had Maine on it, who had been caught on a mission with Najenda and was now wanted as a member of the Night Raid. The second flyer had my image on it, and it said that I was wanted by General Esdeath, and she would pay a thousand gold pieces for my exact location, and ten thousand gold pieces if I was delivered to her alive. The Empire uses silver and gold coins, with one gold coin equalling fifty silver coins.
- Gin, what does Esdeath need you for that she's willing to give you gold by your weight? - Leone asked.
- Yeah, I'm surprised myself. And I just weigh a hundred kilos, one gold coin, if it is not fake, weighs ten grams, and it turns out that this woman is ready to give as much gold as I weigh. - I examined my flyer, - How many of these are hanging around the capital?
- You have more flyers than all the members of the Night Raid put together. It seems that Esdeath needs you very much, and I heard how the mercenaries decided to organise your capture to get so much gold. - replied Leone.
- Well, as soon as the armour is ready, I'll come to her myself to finish her off... to defeat her. - I answered, even though I was hindered by schizophrenia.
- Oh, man, now I can't even go shopping. - Only Leone's not even wanted yet, and Lubbock, but he's not here right now.
- Well, I'm going to go to work. - I said, heading for the forge.
- Yeah, go knock all day. - Maine said last.
I had the armour about ten percent done now, but I was also making camouflage for the base, protective artifact bracelets, and I was working on an artifact for Shelly from the crystal heart of Hydra, but when Najenda told me about Teygu Esdeath, I decided to change my plan for Shelly a little. Teigu Esdeath was originally Demon Extract, a liquid similar to fresh blood that was drunk to gain ice control abilities. This Teigu was stored in a huge goblet, five litres, the more you drank of this Demon Extract the stronger your ice magic would be, but those who drank more than a hundred millilitres of it went mad, and even those who managed to get the power of this Teigu would eventually go mad. When the Prime Minister brought Esdeath to the Teigu Vault, she went to the Demon Extract cup and drained it completely, getting the maximum power of the Teigu, and she didn't go insane... apparently she was just insane before.
So, we can just make an artefact for Shelly in the form of Hydra Extract, Shelly's regeneration should be as good as mine. But before getting to the crystal heart and extracting the extract from it, I decided to practice on the kitties... I mean, extract the extract from the lion monsters, and test it on Leona. I offered her to get the same ability as me to turn into a beast without any Teigu, but she only had to eat the meat of lions, drink their blood, and eat their hearts, Leone said she'd think about it. But you can speed up this procedure of getting the power of the beast, by using Extract from them.
In another room I made myself something like an alchemical laboratory, where I turn the monsters into a slurry, and then from this slurry try to create an Extract with the maximum concentration of beast ki, the process requires only my occasional intervention, the rest of the time I work in the forge.
Towards nightfall Najenda came in to call me to rest, she herself was also ready to rest.
- Gin, I don't like Esdeath's actions... they are just as strange as possible, if I didn't know that this bloodthirsty bitch can't feel any desires other than the desire to kill and torture everyone to death, then I would say that she is interested in you like a woman is interested in a man, otherwise I don't know why she needs you alive, and she is willing to pay so much money to find you. - Najenda spoke up, dressed only nominally.
- I came to the same conclusion, her strange questions and remarks, and then attacking me for no reason, all of it was some kind of flirting on Esdeath's part... or rather the way she understands it, and she is a sick sadist, and her flirting consists in trying to kill me. - I walked over to Najenda and kissed her, sinking my face into her breasts, - Hmm... - I looked at my bracelet, where the tracking system recorded three targets that had crossed the security perimeter.
- What, enemies?! - Najenda was alarmed, but my system could create three-dimensional models of the detected objects, and judging by these holograms Lubbock, Bulat and another girl were walking towards us.
- It looks like Lubbock and Bulat arrived a few days earlier than promised. - I commented, and Najenda had to go dress less provocatively to greet the guests.
We had notified the other girls of the squad members' return, and they had decided to welcome them as well. Lubbock thought that without his threads, no one would notice their arrival, and their stealthy infiltration was to show his usefulness in the Night Raid, because frankly, with my arrival, he began to feel useless, especially when Najenda became my woman... but this guy is still hoping that he can win her heart... what a cuckold. However, I'm Najenda's second boyfriend, and Lubbock wants to be the third as soon as Najenda leaves me for him... I overheard him talking to Leone once when they were both drunk.
Lubbock, Bulat and another girl quietly tried to sneak into the base, but caught us all there.
- And why are you awake? - Lubbock wondered.
- While you were gone, I created a signalling system, and it fixed you. - I looked at the girl, who turned out to be Chelsea, a redhead with Teygu, which gives her the ability to change her appearance. She'd tried to kill Akame twice before, and now she was helping the revolutionaries, and judging by the look Chelsea gave Akame, she wasn't thrilled about the prospect of working with her former enemy.
She seemed to remember me too, and she wasn't happy about working with me either, since she'd tried to kill me last time, and she thought she'd succeeded.
- How did you get here? - Najenda asked, 'Let's go to my office and talk about it. Gin, I'm going to be late today, you can start with Shelly. - said Najenda, and Shelly was glad to hear it.
Unfortunately, we couldn't feed the newcomers, Akame just doesn't leave food after the meal, so after telling about the things that are going on in the revolutionaries' headquarters, Lubbock, Chelsea and Bulat went to bed on an empty stomach.
And while Najenda was there listening to the report, Shelly and I went to her room.
- Shelly, don't you want to try the other hole? In the pussy, like Najenda? - I asked the undressing girl.
- You don't like my arse? - The girl asked in bewilderment.
- Frankly, I love it. - I pulled this pretty girl with glasses to me, and began to help her quickly remove her underwear.
- Gin, I'm all yours, you can do whatever you want to me. - Shelly took my face in her hands and brought my face close to hers and kissed me.
After stripping Shelly of her clothes, I sat down on the couch with her, and sitting on top of her, I penetrated her back hole. I'm not going to lie, but it amused me that Shelly and I were making love and yet she was still a virgin, although I would still take her virginity before taking the Hydra Extract.
Since Leone was the one who was most often in the capital, she was the one who was most at risk, and she was the one who received the first copy of the protective artefact, which looked like a bracelet with a built-in holographic screen that could generate an energy shield, or energy dome, protecting the wearer from all sides at once.
A few days after Lubbock's return, the Teigu owners arrived at Esdeath's house for her Night Raid hunting party, which she called 'The Huntsmen' and consisted of six Teigu owners in addition to Esdeath herself.
Akame's sister Kurome was one of them, and she owned the Teigu Yatsufusa, which can turn any corpse into a puppet that fights on Kurome's side, only slightly worse than the original.
The second member of the Huntsmen, was Seriu Yubikitas - a red-haired girl guard with an organic Teigu Hecatonheir that usually looks like a small dog.
The third was Bors, the head of the imperial mop-up squad, with a Teigu Rubicante, which is exactly what that Teigu flamethrower was called.
The fourth member of the squad is named Wave, arrived in the capital from the Eastern Fleet, wields the Big Bear armour, which strongly resembles Incursio. According to the books, she was created after Incursio and at once from seven old and strong earth dragons, making the Big Dipper more powerful, more armoured and safer, but unable to evolve like Incursio. It was named after the constellation of the Big Dipper, whose most visible part includes seven stars, the same number as the earth dragons, also called bears, that were used.
The penultimate member of the Huntsmen, named Ran, is wielded by Teigu Mastema, which looks like white angel wings. They give their owner limited flight, and the ability to launch sharp feathers at enemies.
The last Huntsman is called Dr Stylish, and his Teigu Perfector is a special glove that gives its wearer manual dexterity and alchemy abilities. Stileish uses the Perfector to modify criminals to create his own loyal super-soldiers who will give their lives for this homo.... yeah, Stileish was gay, just like Bulat.
These six Huntsmen, led by Esdeath, attacked the rebel base on the edge of the capital. This base was filled with outright bandits, who simply by their presence hindered the Empire, and thus helped the revolution. Leone, Lubbock and Bulat were on a mission in the capital, and on their way back to our base, they decided to check out these rebel-tire bandits, who were collecting information in criminal circles and money for the revolution. That's when the Yeageri attacked that base, Lubbock, Bulat and Leone had to confront seven Teigu owners at once.
Rebels without Teigu were killed by the Yeagers in a matter of moments, Bulat in Incursio faced Vave in Big Bear armour, Lubbock tried to do something with his threads, but Bors with his flamethrower quickly burned all his threads, and Lubbock had no time to use Royal Threads, as he was eaten by Hecatonhair. Leone was attacked by Kurome, Seria, and Dr Stylish's puppets, and she was also peppered by Ran's feathers, but my bracelet was still protecting her, but it couldn't protect her indefinitely.
When Esdeath decided to help the Huntsmen, she helped Weyve by attacking Bulat, who was fighting in Incursio armour, which unlike the Big Bear's armour was less armoured and had weaknesses that Esdeath attacked. These weaknesses were located in the articulations of the armour, such as the back of the knees. As the rapier pierced Bulat's leg, Esdeath let the cold run down her blade and began to slowly kill Bulat.
Bulat realised that he was likely to die here, so he couldn't hold back any longer, and he unleashed the power of Incursio's armour, which began to absorb the soul of the wearer, giving him immense power for a short period of time.
Bulat had a few minutes of banter with Esdeath before collapsing to the ground and dying from loss of strength. Leone was still holding on, but when she realised that she was alone and all the rebels were dead, she tried to run away, while still managing to grab Incursio's sword.
Esdeath also tried to attack Leone, but she couldn't break through her barrier, so she just decided to wall Leone up in ice so she wouldn't escape, and then dropped a huge block of ice on top of her, which crushed Leone... sort of crushed her.
I was able to get to Leona by then, and before the block fell on her, I moved us into the domain, where we waited until the Huntsmen had left before heading to the Night Raid base.