Next chapter so enjoy.
Q: Is Esdeath going to change?
A: Yes in another way, I will make her a slightly bit different why she likes torturing and Tatsumi will be involved.
Q: Will Sayo and Seryu be in Tatsumi's harem.
A: Yes, they do I have already planned to add some other characters in.
Now to the story.
Chapter 8: Kill the gravekeepers.
Office near the tombs.
"Alright everyone heads up because this mission will be one of your hardest ones that you will ever face," said Gozuki in a deadly serious tone making the rest of the elite 8 tense up a bit, when they heard him talking in that tone then he wasn't in for jokes. "The reason why I send Tatsuya ahead is that he is the most suited one for this kind of mission I send him on."
They all leaned forward to hear what Tatsuya's mission was as Gozuki said that it was very dangerous. "I gave him the order to scout for other Oreburg that will pose as a threat to us, as we defeated 2 of the strongest assassins from the Oreburg they will surely send more of their assassins in to save their pride, and that's the reason I send Tatsuya." he finished and they all widened their eyes and began asking him questions.
"But father, are you sure he should go alone?!" asked Najasho a bit out of his character.
"Daddy! That's dangerous!" yelled Cornelia out.
"It's not like I don't have faith in him, but at least send him with one of us in," said Green who appeared to calm from the outside but from the inside he was worried as hell.
Gozuki held his hand up to silence them all, he then began to tell them that he was the one with the most chance of them all to survive this mission and that he would return with some injuries. He then placed a map on the table that was in the middle.
"There may be guards around the town, but they would not normally approach them by their selves," said Gozuki as he looked down at the map that also contained other information. "And the location of the tombs is quite a distance."
"In other words, if we can get rid off the gravekeepers. we can get our hands on the treasure," stated Najasho.
"We don't need to involve innocent people too," said Tsukushi happily.
"But what we lack in now is intelligence," said Green who looked at a piece of paper. "Without a map of the tomb, I doubt we will make much of a progress no matter how many lives we throw."
"There probably will be also a lot of traps..." whined Poney a bit with a sullen expression, Akame, however, was frowning at the possibilities of the dangers her little sister could be in.
"The map we got from the town shows us only the first levels of the tombs, I'm surprised they thought through this," said Gozuki in an amused grin making the others frown a bit. "Also someone of the minor assassin groups is digging information that we need hard and I mean literally."
"But we also need to draw their attention to us right? To make a diversion and increase our chances to get more info," said Akame making Gozuki nod. "Then allow me to draw their attention out."
"In the current circumstances we can't take the risk of losing you guys after the Oreburg incident, even with all the training," Gozuki said with a bored expression making her stop talking. "But, it seems we don't have a choice understand?"
"So we draw them out then?" asked Najasho. Gozuki nodded and told them that they just draw them out and capture them and then the doctors will inject them with a truth serum to get more info. "Also the rank of them depends on their skulls, Kurome has sent a message about that the variety of men she killed the strength was noticeable and that they just wore one skull."
Everyone was a bit surprised that they used that kind of symbol to show off their rank, Gozuki took a sip of his wine and sighed.
"I will need Akame and Green for this mission, as their Shingu are the most useful ones for capture," Gozuki said and ordered Green and Akame to be careful they nodded and left as they got the location where they would draw the gravekeepers out.
"Why can't we go all?" asked Tsukushi to Najasho.
"If the bait has too many people then they'll get suspicious, so we need to be careful with this mission on every detail," answered Najasho to Tsukushi who now understood the limit of how many people could come.
Tatsuya's location.
Tatsuya was taking a break not that he needed it but Stormrider needed it and didn't have the monstrous stamina of Tatsuya, he was lucky and now was the time that Gai the original member of the elite 8 was currently at this time infiltrating the tombs with the shingu Rhea suit that allowed the user to dig at fast rate, but it put a strain on the users body, and there was also a big change because he heard a girl named Remus was going here, but if he remembered good she was supposed to be dead making him realize the change of the time line.
"I can see that Merraid Oreburg is strong, using bugs as weapons are quite interesting," said Tatsuya to himself as he scanned the area in front of him to detect any enemies. He was sure that the bugs wouldn't follow him as they smelled that he was way more powerful than them since he was a half danger beast.
"I guess I need to report this and-!" he couldn't finish his sentence as he easily sensed 2 knives coming towards him, he caught them both and looked at them if they had poison on them obviously, he saw 2 tanned skinned people wearing 5 skulls both they charged at him but Tatsuya allowed them to get close, both of them turned into a tiger like danger beast and aimed their claws at his neck, they landed a perfect hit but the claws were not going through flesh instead it met with hard surface and before they could dodge Tatsuya grabbed them both by their necks and crushed them.
"It seems I stumbled on a secret passage." mused Tatsuya and looked up to see Owltrix flying nearby, he blew a few soft tones and Owltrix spotted him. "Owltrix tell the rest that I found a secret passageway and the exact location." was the unspoken message, Owltrix nodded and flew away towards Gozuki.
"Stormrider, since you're a rare danger beast that it native to this side of the empire, search for a group and blend in," ordered Tatsuya as Stormrider ran away as he got his order from Tatsuya who searched for the hidden entrance. He saw the entrance and entered it luckily for him his eyes can easily adjust to the darkness. "Let's cause some ruckus~," said Tatsuya with a mischievous smile and with that he put Arch saber in its gun form.
Mountains.
Akame and Green arrived at the place where they should be and Green was planning to impress Akame by keeping a cool head.
"I heard something interesting from Tatsuya over the gravekeepers," said Green suddenly making Akame turn around curious what he told him. "They said that any unfortunate women who walk near the tombs will be taken against their will by the gravekeepers and force them into marriages to keep the lineup," explained Green making her frown a bit.
"So I understand that you must be a bit anxious." he continued but stopped when they sensed a group incoming, it was another group of gravekeepers that was scouting and saw them.
"Our targets are here," said Akame as she readied Kiriichimonji to fight them.
"Don't get cocky kid!" they all charged but then got repeatedly sliced by Greens Sidewinder as they were all in his range so he could strike. They all fell down losing their consciousness, but then another one came by and it appeared to be a man with a punk hairstyle and he wore 5 skulls around his neck.
"It seems you came here to get information, so that's the reason why you kept my comrades alive." said the man and then transformed his arms into eagle-like wings and his legs into talons. "You 2 seem different from the others that I fought."
"He can transform himself into a bird?!" said Akame a bit shocked.
"We have to do something to bring him back to the ground," said Green.
The man looked at his unconscious comrades and then back to them. "I'll just have to finish you and bring them back to base by myself then." he charged forward, Green used sidewinder to knock him out of the air but the man just dodged them with ease making him surprised. "You're first!" he raised his talon to stab him. Akame intercepted the attack with her shingu and forced him to back off.
"How can she be so fast without a secret art?!" asked the man shocked that she was even faster than himself.
"You saved me Akame, now we definitely have him," said Green who was smirking in victory as well as Akame, the man was confused and looked down and saw that Sidewinder was bound around his right talon.
"He must have done that when I was distracted by that girl!"
"Here goes!" Green then pulled Sidewinder forcing the man to stay at the same place, Akame jumped and used her scabbard to hit him in the neck knocking him out, the last thoughts of the man was that their teamwork was terrifying good and got smashed to the ground.
Green and Akame high-five each other and thought they did a good job, Green was proud that he was able to keep a cool head but when they high-fived each other he saw Akame's armpit and got a huge nosebleed.
"G..Green your nose is bleeding." pointed Akame out.
"Uh! I-I'm fine! I just got excited about the fight so its nothing at all." replied Green as he tried to stop his nosebleed, but he mentally faces palmed and scolded himself.
"Damn it! I just made her know that she can rely on someone who gets a nosebleed from the excitement of battle!"
"Okay? As long as your fine and not hurt," said Akame with a sweatdrop as she realized that he must have seen her armpit, she planned to tell him that she just saw him as a comrade and nothing more.
Tombs.
Kurome, Balluck, Gin, and Natara were captured by the gravekeepers and were panting a bit in exhaustion, but not as hard as Kurome who fought them head on as she managed to kill 2 and wound the other 3 badly, but even so it was not that they were stronger than her but Kurome was tired and had killed over 30 gravekeepers without a break and was nurturing the wounds of the other assassin group.
"Damn, this girl is very skilled if she can wound us that badly," commented Jamo and placed a hand on his arm that was bandaged, Umber nodded and placed her hand on her cheek that was also bandaged.
"She also packs quite a punch," said Umber in a monotone voice but you could hear respect coming from her as she respected Kurome for her strength and speed. "But you 3 are drug users and yet you are only panting in exhaustion, tell me how did you do that I can see that the after-effects of the drugs are completely disappeared."
"Yeah, please tell us because finding a medicine that counters the aftereffects of strengthening drugs are hard to find, and they also replenished some of your strength too," said Jamo who was interested in the herbs that countered the effects.
"These girls are hot though, let me have some fun with them," said Jamo with a sick smile making the girls cringe.
"Jamo were aren't allowed to touch them," warned Umber.
"I will give you my skulls that I collected today if you keep quiet," said Jamo making Umber nod and leave. "I will go for you, first little girl!" said Jamo as he walked towards Kurome who glared at him, however, Jamo stopped as he felt a bit nauseous coming from Kurome who had also a choker with a black raven on and it was emitting a dark aura making Jamo scared.
Natara, Gin, and Balluck looked amazed at her and saw a shadow in the form of a black raven appear behind and wrap around her and was seemingly getting closer to Jamo who turned his arm into that of a squid and began whipping the raven who didn't even flinch at the touch, he then aimed at Kurome with his tentacle.
*CHOMP!*
"..." everyone was silent at what they saw, Kurome just ate a part of his tentacle and was seemingly enjoying it. The others looked with wide eyes and their mouths wide open when they saw Kurome eating Jamo's tentacle.
"Hey, Jamo! What are you doing?" said a man named Kimatsu and raised an eyebrow when he saw Jamo sweating, he then looked at Kurome who was still glaring but the raven disappeared as if it was never there.
"I-I was doing nothing at all, let's get out of here!" said Jamo as he walked past Kimatsu who saw the terrified look on his face.
They both left, the other assassins looked at Kurome who felt that the choker she made along with Tatsuya was protecting her from getting raped. "It seems Tatsu-nii is still protecting me even if he isn't her at all," said Kurome who smiled.
"Whatever you did it worked Kurome," said Gin who was relieved that she didn't have to see her friend getting raped, Natara and Balluck were relieved too and felt the herb's effects and felt their strength returning to them.
"I hope Remus isn't too worried," said Balluck suddenly. Kurome was rather interested who Remus was and asked about her. "Well, Kurome she is about your age actually and she admires you the most even though she never saw you."
"She admires me?" asked Kurome a bit surprised.
"Yes, she does since your about the same age as she and she look up to you because that someone with your age is able to climb through the ranks," explained Gin who was also the first time surprised that Kurome was so young and already in the elite team.
Outside the tombs.
The whole elite 8 minus Tatsuya and Kurome were standing nearby the tombs that looked like pyramids, Akame looked worried and was thinking if they captured her little sister and if something happened to her, oh boy!
"Has everyone memorized the map of the tombs?" asked Gozuki, everyone nodded in confirmation, he looked with one eye closed at Poney. "And you know what I'm going to say, right?
"Just because we have the map doesn't mean we should let our guard down right?" answered Poney.
"Right, the map we got from the captives and from the other assassin groups match perfectly, we may have it right but we can't tell if they know that too," said Gozuki as he began his long explanation making Poney tired from listening alone. "They could make a change of the trap pattern and we don't know if they're going to make a move too."
"Which means?"
"Information is important, but don't forget to use your 5 senses is what he means," said Najasho a bit irritated.
"I always do that!"
Gozuki nodded and ordered everyone to get ready to enter the tombs. "And by the way, this is Guy, an assassin from another group he will be assisting us in this mission," Gozuki said and pointed at a large boy. "Guy, I want you to go underground and throw them into a confusion."
"Will do," he said simply.
"Be careful there can be mole-type persons in there too," warned Tsukushi to Guy who nodded at the information given by her.
"If that's all then prepare yourselves," said Gozuki and walked towards the hole that Guy made. "Also I got a message of Owltrix who told me that Tatsuya has found a secret passage."
This made the rest sigh of relief that their teammate was alright.
Inside the tombs.
Umber and Jamo looked around and saw holes and the death guardian danger beast. "This person must have used an impact move to go through the walls," she commented and looked in the corner of her eye to see that Jamo was still a bit pale.
"The person also escaped the traps by using acrobatic maneuvers," stated Kimatsu and was sitting on the edge of a pitfall.
"If they're taking this underground isn't it time he had a turn?" said Jamo who regained his composure.
A man ran towards the trio of gravekeepers and had probably bad news that you can see on his panicked face. "Sir there are intruders within the tombs!" he shouted making Kimatsu sigh in annoyance. "And there was an intruder that managed to track down the hidden entrance! and this intruder killed men with 5 skulls!"
The trio's eyes widened, the hidden entrance was well guarded with people that wore 5 skulls but to hear that they were killed was very surprising. "They've made a rush for it," stated Kimatsu. "And if the traps aren't stopping them, then we may have an information leak."
"Let's switch to the emergency traps, we'll read all the traps the lower member weren't told about," suggested Umber.
"The switch was destroyed before we could reach it, blasted into a million pieces!" said the gravekeeper quickly making them all go wide-eyed.
"Impossible," said Umber who began to sweat a bit. "We'll go to them, and make sure Nubis is ready too," said Kimatsu, the guard nodded and ran away to inform the others. "We'll put them to such gruesome deaths that nobody will ever want to mess with the gravekeepers," Kimtasu said with a wicked grin.
"We'll give them the most horrible deaths imaginable!"
*BOOOM!*
They halted their step and heard in the distance screams of pain and fear.
Elite 8.
The elite 8 was now running past the trap and easily avoided them. "There are more traps then what was written on the map." pointed Akame out and dodged another falling block of stone.
"Ahaha! But it is kind of fun! Right?" said Poney who just enjoyed it and jumped over a pitfall.
"Can you still say that its fun after looking at that?" said Gozuki with a deadpan face and pointed to a pair of giant scorpions making her scream in fear and disgust, Najasho went forward and sliced them all into pieces.
A gravekeeper who was also a gecko was camouflaging himself to a wall and was planning to take them all out by one at a time, he aimed his tongue towards Akame but it was caught by Green's Sidewinder.
"I knew there would be a camouflaging type of Grave keeper because it is my duty to watch out for that," said Green and pulled the line and Tsukushi shot him dead.
"Look at this heated reception were getting, don't let your guards down," commented Gozuki, but then they all stopped and looked ahead and saw a giant boulder rolling towards them making them think as one.
"That is such a cliché trap!"
They were now running to escape it.
"You've got to be kidding me!"
"Why did you have to send Tatsuya away again father?!"
"I honestly begin to regret that too," said Gozuki who actually did regret sending Tatsuya away.
Tatsuya's location.
"AARGHLL!" shouted a gravekeeper who fell down dead with his throat sliced open, Tatsuya sighed and was impressed with the strength the gravekeepers had.
"Such a annoying bunch, so who's next?" asked Tatsuya to himself as he walked further into the hallway, a gravekeeper appeared behind him and tried to get him into a chokehold but Tatsuya leaned to the left and placed the palm of his hand against the gravekeepers side, an explosion erupted from his palm making the gravekeeper scream out in pain and fell down.
Tatsuya sliced him in half with his hardened nails, but then a horde of danger beast ran over to him preparing to kill him.
"Thousand bullet shot!"
A hail of energy bullets tore through the danger beasts killing them in the process. "I hope Kurome is alright, the Kyoseki must work to protect her," said Tatsuya who was still worried despite that he may have ensured Kurome's safety, he knew the gravekeepers were innocent but he couldn't save everyone.
Akame's location.
"It seems we have split apart." Akame looked around and saw a person emerging behind a pillar. It was Jamo who had a curved sword designed to take out weapons. "We split you apart because you are easier to take out one by one rather than a group." he took a stance to fight Akame who readied Kiriichimonji.
"You look like one of our prisoners," said Jamo making Akame's eyes widen.
They both rushed at each other and began exchanging swings, they then locked swords, Jamo planned to take her weapon but Akame predicted by the shape of his weapon that he would disarm her. Jamo backed down and spat out a stream of black ink but Akame ducked underneath the stream making him shocked.
"You were able to dodge that!" he shouted in surprise. Akame didn't say anything and took aim for a swing.
"I can't believe how talented she is at such young age!"
Akame swing hit but it didn't damage him at all it just slid away from Jamo's skin, she widened her eyes a bit when she saw that he was too slippery to slice, Jamo turned his arms into the tentacles of a squid and restrained her.
Cornelia came at that moment and saw that Akame was trapped between Jamo's tentacles and went in to fight him but then she stopped after what she saw.
"How are you going to escape now girl?!" Jamo smirked in victory thinking he has won already but then felt a familiar feeling that he experienced not long ago.
*CHOMP!*
"Huh?" Jamo looked at where the sound came from and saw that a chunk of his tentacles was bitten off again. "Squid is one of my favorites," said Akame who was chewing while smiling and her eyes twinkled. "You don't taste that bad~"
"GWAAH! Again someone is eating me alive?!" screamed Jamo in a high pitched voice and released Akame this instantly. "You 2 are definitely related!"
"Wait! What was now taking us out one by one?" shouted Akame.
"I changed my mind! I don't want to be eaten again!" screamed Jamo in fear as he was planning to eat Akame but got eaten instead just like by Kurome, but he was planning to lead Akame towards Nubis the leader of the gravekeepers.
Akame began to run but then noticed Cornelia staring at her with her jaw on the ground, Cornelia just shook her head and followed Akame.
"Even if it is a person, she will still eat him or her."
Tsukushi's location.
"Father! Akame-chan! Tatsu-chan!" Tsukushi was just like the other split of from the group and was looking around for them, she was looking around to see anyone she recognized, it was easy to see which ones were the gravekeepers as they are all tan-skinned.
"It seems your my opponent," said Kimatsu who walked around the corner, Tsukushi got Prometheus out and aimed at him, however, Kimatsu's attention was not focused at her Shingu but rather her large chest.
"You will be plenty of fun." he charged at her and Tsukushi began to shoot but he didn't dodge the bullets but sliced them into pieces making the ability useless and then threw a fist into her stomach knocking her out.
Poney's location.
Poney was rather in an uncomfortable situation as she was held in a headlock by Umber who crossed paths with her, Umber smirked and commented that she had no chance of escaping.
"Do you hear that? Your bones are creaking. It's my 3rd favorite sound~" said Umber with a smile while Poney was struggling. "My 2nd favorite sound is cracking and the 1st one is snapping." she continued.
"Also did I mention that I'm a snake?" Poney widened her eyes when Umber sank her hook teeth into her neck. "Now your injected with neurotoxin, you can't resist me anymore and now let me break every bone of your body~"
She wanted to start but then felt that Poney still resisted and that caught her off guard, Poney escaped her headlock and was free!
"What!"
"We've trained to build up a resistance against poison including those of snakes!" Poney took a stance and was now walking on her hands but the poison was having a bit of effect just because she built a resistance didn't mean she was unaffected. "My body is still flexible even with the poison!"
Umber narrowed her eyes and was clearly not pleased that Poney escaped.
"You should've broken my bones when you had the chance! The poison just made me more relaxed and that allowed me to escape!" this made Umber mad that she got informed that she actually helped her escape her grip.
"Then next time I will do it!" she ran forward and began to unleash a storm of punches but to her horror, Poney dodged them all with ease and told her that she studied her movements when she got the info that Umber was a snake.
Poney saw an opening and kneed Umber under the jaw making her skid back. "Don't you think for a second that you can beat me in a close combat!" Poney made a roundhouse kick and kicked the head of Umber of her body. "I don't trust this mission one bit, Tatsuya has shown us already what the empire does."
Kimatsu came by and saw that Umber was defeated and was impressed. "So your one of the intruders, how about this surrender yourself quietly and I may spare your life and lead you to your comrade."
"I'll pass, even if you have her weapons and skirt that doesn't mean I'm going to take your offer." she was worried about Tsukushi but if she just surrendered them the whole mission was going to be a failure, she knew that this mission was not actually good meant.
"You received a thorough education, you leave me with no choice." Kimatsu then began to transform and his legs were more beast-like and began trading kicks with Poney but to his surprise she was able to hold her own ground as she was trained for such things, she was the fastest of the girls and was never beaten and was also trained to adjust to cramped places like the tombs to move freely.
She then to return the kick and kicked Kimatsu all over his body screaming that no one would beat her in a leg fight, but then Kimatsu laughed and then threw a few knives forcing Poney to dodge but couldn't dodge the kick she received in her stomach making her crash into a wall.
"Heh, you may be strong but you're lacking in the brain department and your also very young, I'm the next boss of the gravekeepers-!" he couldn't finish his sentence as he also got kicked hard into his stomach. He groaned and looked at Poney who was panting a bit and she spat out a little blood.
At the same time Najasho arrived and saw that Poney was wounded and activated his Shingu, Kimatsu noticed him and decided to attack him but just as he was about to attack he felt the boned of his feet cracking making him stumble and allowing Najasho to kill him.
"When I kicked the girl her stomach felt like steel! And the kick was the same!" those were his last thoughts before he succumbed to a never-ending sleep. Najasho went over to Poney who was panting.
"Poney are you okay?" he asked with a bit of concern, Poney smiled and said that she was okay, her jewelry protected her, it was a leg bracelet that was colored black and covered with some gold trimmings with a golden gem to match her Shingu's color.
"I'm fine, I am more durable then you think!" she claimed but regretted shouting, she still felt the force behind the kick she received. Najasho began to check her stomach out if the wound was nay fatal but to his luck, she only needed a bit of rest.
Chambers.
An old man was in the chambers looking at the prisoners. "Listen up prisoners, I'm going to have you bear my children. Strong children who will continue to protect the great king of Putra's tombs." Tsukushi was also with them while Kurome looked worried at her.
"Hmp! I was wondering what the boss would look like, but you're just a dirty old man," said Gin glaring at him, but the man just looked amused at her. "Your taunts won't affect me at all, I must say I'm quite pleased as you girls here are quite strong, one of you will bear my children."
"Couldn't you just find a local to do the job?" asked Natala who's strength returned.
"I can't involve ordinary humans in this, I really ought to thank you for attacking us." replied the old man. But Natala was shocked and thought if they were really that different from humans. The old man was looking at the girls and went over to Kurome who raised an eyebrow. "I'll take you, I can tell you the strongest of the bunch here and also the smartest, so my men can have the rest."
"My name is Weneg." introduced Weneg. "My hobby's is developing nonperishables." he showed a glass pot making Kurome almost drool. "In fact, I'm the type who makes his health top priority, I may be old, but my body is fit as it may come."
Kurome was confused why Weneg introduced herself."My favorite color is blue, just by looking at it makes me calm down." Kurome then understood why he introduced himself to her. "I need a strong woman who's going to be my wife to know who I am a person. And I shall prove it by defeating the person behind me underground."
The others looked confused and then saw the groundbreaking apart. You surprised me, that someone of your age could detect me." said Guy who got out of the ground clad in his Rhea suit.
The others looked relieved, Kurome, however, didn't recognize him as she was sent ahead in the mission, Guy was happy that his friends were okay but frowned when he heard that Weneg wanted Kurome as his wife and she was way too young in his opinion to become a wife.
"You have quite the balls to marry a girl that is way younger than you." Guy commented and took a fighting stance. Weneg just smirked at him and also took a fighting stance. "Then again she is quite cute, shame though that she is way younger."
"So the beast you transform in must be one with a great sense of smell?" stated Guy.
"I'm the boss, the number 1 gravekeeper and the minute I decide to transform into a beast, you'll find it out yourself dead," said Weneg with a evil smirk, Tsukushi groaned and began to wake up and saw Guy in his Rhea suit, but since timeline was changed she didn't recognize him and blushed instead when she saw that she was in her underwear.
"GUY!" shouted Natara, Gin and Balluck happy and Balluck more then the others, Guy saw his friends chained up and frowned but more when he saw Balluck chained up and slightly wounded.
"You guys hang on, I will get you out of here even if I don't know the girls but were still comrades." Guy smiled and returned to glare at Weneg who just smirked. "I'm impressed, young man. It will make tearing you apart more worthwhile!"
Weneg then began to transform into an unknown creature which made them all gasp as none of them recognized the beast that he transformed in, he looked like some kind of wolf.
"I don't recognize that animal!? Is it a danger beast?!" Guy too some steps back when he felt the power radiating of Weneg.
"I am Nubis! The divine beast worshipped in the land! Its destructive power and restorative ability are beyond compare!" growled Weneg in a sinister tone. "Generation after generation this was one of the forbidden powers that only the boss can use!"
Guy raised his arms into an X-defense form and blocked a strike of Weneg that charged at him with blinding speed, Guy tried to punch back but got thrown across the room and Weneg was already behind him with a peace sign and punched him in the ground making a crater in the progress.
"That was a direct hit!" said Natara who was worried. Gin was also worried but Balluck knew better and Tatsuya had to do something with that even if Guy was a pervert Tatsuya isn't cruel to leave him to die.
Weneg lifted Guy up and went to finish him but Guy grabbed his arm and slammed him into a wall and stood up.
"You are sure the boss, the people with 5 skulls are nothing compared to you," Weneg smirked and opened his mouth and launched a torrent of fire, but when he looked closer he saw that it was a clone made of earth and Guy slammed him into another wall.
"Take some of this!" Guy's Rhea suit's gem was shining and levitated some rock of the ground and shot them at Weneg who easily caught them. "It's dangerous to get cocky and I'll turn my walking cane into a spike to pierce you!" and true to his word his cane became a spike and was thrown to Guy who didn't move an inch as soon as it hits him it was shown to be another clone made of earth and revealed a gaping hole in it.
Guy was this time behind him and returned the peace sign and covered his arm in the earth and punched Weneg hard leaving a bruise on his cheek and launched him into another wall for the 3rd time.
The group of terror was gaping like fished except for Kurome who was impressed with the amount of skill Guy possessed, but what made her wonder was that Guy's group never saw him fight at this kind of level.
"H-How did he do that! I know he's strong but I never saw him like that!"
"He didn't even dope himself!"
"Guy..." whispered Balluck who looked at him with stars in her eyes, the first time they met was a bit awkward because he was a bit shy but then they became friends and soon she began to develop feelings for him even though he became a pervert. "You can do it, Guy."
"Damn, that is quite some muscle for one so young, you're a formidable opponent." Weneg stood up and shook the debris off him. "The tombs of Putra's king has a long history, there have been skillful tomb raiders like you, BUT without exception, every last one of them met certain death."
"I will have to activate the royal family curse!" Guy looked a bit confused but didn't let his guard down as it sounded very important. Kurome, however, widened her eyes when she heard him speak those words, she may not look like it but she was a girl eager to learn about history like her sister is handy with building things.
"Guy was the name right?" asked Kurome making said boy nod in confusion and stop his advance to attack Weneg again. "Whatever you do, don't make physical contact when he chants!" she warned him making him nod.
"Listen to her, Guy! She is part of the select team! You know the girl that is idolized by Remus!" Balluck added and planned to tell her feelings if they ever made it out. Guy was sweating when he heard that Kurome was part of the select team and the warning he received must be dangerous.
"I was right, you are the smartest of the group which makes you more appealing," said Weneg but when he took his eyes of Guy he was met with some rocks in the face and was slammed against the wall again. Guy was playing it smart and raised a wall between his friends and Weneg who pulled himself out of the wall and very pissed off and tired of being smacked into walls and began punching the wall.
Guy released the group form their chains and raised another few walls of earth. "Quick! We need to get out of here!" the others nodded and dived into the hole together with Guy. "Why shouldn't I have touched him?" asked Guy to Kurome who was sweating a bit signaling she was scared.
"It is a secret art of the grave-keepers, only the boss can learn it." Kurome began talking while Guy made sure he would listen and keep his eyes on everything. "It is a chant that whenever someone damages the boss the enemy will receive equal damage too and the boss must be very tough to do this so if you kicked his head you would also receive damage but only worse."
Guy widened his eyes when he got to know that his own strength was getting used against him, he has heard of the eastern part of the empire a quote that said that people's strength was used against them. "But wait! Wouldn't he be also killed?!"
"I highly doubt that, the grave-keepers are not humans which means that they can take some blows that the human body can't resist," Kurome explained further making Guy sweat and decide that he would read more books, Balluck ran next to him and wrapped her hand around his snapping him out of his thoughts and smiled in appreciation.
"If you lovebirds are keeping up with flirting then still run!" shouted/teased Kurome making the non-official couple blush in embarrassment, Kurome laughed and enjoyed every bit of teasing she did...or some she may have regretted.
Akame's location.
Akame was chasing down Jamo and ended up cornering him but they weren't alone as she has realized that she was in the atrium. "Uncle Jamo made you think he'd run away, but he really lured you here." he pointed at her. "Here! Look at my teammate!" he said while standing behind a man who held his head down while chained up to stone pillars.
"Why would you tie down one of your own like that?" asked Akame warily as she gripped Kiriichimonji a bit tighter.
Jamo smirked and replied. "Oh don't get the wrong idea, uncle's not tying him up for the fun of it." and with that, he snapped the chains into pieces and that made his teammate look up and Akame widened her eyes when she saw the look he was giving.
"He can turn into a wicked beast, but his mind is so far from gone the transformation that he's usually a threat." and it was true as Jamo's teammate's eyes looked white and had no pupils and opened his mouth revealing 2 sharp hook-teeth and were drooling.
"Meaning he's the grave-keepers ace in the hole!" Akame readied herself to fight their ace and Cornelia arrived at the same time and saw the situation in front of her and decided to ask later about it.
"See those girls, their enemies, so rip them to shreds that not even the teammates of them will recognize them," ordered Jamo, his teammate growled in response and charged at the girls of the elite 8.
Weneg's location.
Weneg drank some liquid out of a bottle while glaring. "AAHH! Nothing beats after some snake liquor and it speeds up my healing factor even faster." he put his bottle back and glared. "My young bride knew about the curse but how? The curse was our greatest secret and yet she has heard about it." Weneg gritted his teeth and he couldn't allow them to escape after revealing the biggest secret art they had in generations.
"It is time to claim my young bride now!" and with that, he began to punch down the earth wall to chase them down, the earth wall fell down and jumped into the hole.
Back to Akame and Cornelia.
Jamo was sweating in fear as he was witnessing that their ace was getting beaten by Akame and Cornelia who sliced and punched the mindless grave-keeper. "Th-These chicks can keep up with Nubis's moves?!" he whispered not trying to make the girls know that he was still here. "I've never seen someone like that! Are they really humans!?"
Nubis was struggling to keep both his feet standing while the 2 girls were readying to finish him. "Not good! If they take him down in their next move their next attack will be against me!" Jamo made a plan to sneak attack one of them and turned himself into a squid but before he could do anything he was wrapped up in Green's Sidewinder.
"What the hell!"
"So you were planning to butt in their fight just now, weren't you?" commented Green who was standing at an entrance to the atrium. "That was a close one." Jamo panicked since he was cornered and was forced to sit on his knees and see Nubis's head sliced off and punched in the stomach.
"Impressive work!" commented Green making both girls smile. "Green! So you're okay too?" asked Cornelia.
"Barely, so what do we do with this guy?" asked Green who pointed at Jamo with his other hand.
"I was planning to force him to tell us where the others are kept," replied Akame. Green and Cornelia nodded at that and decided to help out, Jamo was desperate and began to fake a cry that he was tired of being in the tombs and that he would finally see the outside world and began begging for help to get him out of here.
"As if! But little kids like them, are suckers for waterworks!" Jamo thought before he was punched down to the floor by courtesy of Cornelia and Akame. "Evidently you're underestimating us."
"Quit the charade and answer us what we ask you," said Akame who raised an eyebrow at the poor attempt. "Y-Yes ma'am." squeaked Jamo.
"Jamo your pathetic, is that anyway for the leader of the grave-keepers to behave?" Weneg said as he appeared in the atrium making the teens snap their heads up and look at Weneg who calmly walked in. "It appeared I must have passed my bride and her friends somewhere along the way," he stated and looked around and widened his eyes when he saw Nubis's corpse and narrowed his eyes.
"He was a crazed relative who couldn't control his powers, but now that you've killed him it seems I have to take up his fight." Weneg glared at the teens.
"B-Boss!" cried out Jamo as he used his squid powers to get out of sidewinders binding surprising Green in the progress. "He made himself slick to free himself!?"
"He just called this guy 'boss'" pointed Akame out. "And there's a certain air around him."
"He's strong, way stronger then the others we've encountered so far," said Cornelia who took her fighting stance, Green laughed a bit at this. "First the granny and now this old man?"
"Jamo make yourself useful," ordered Weneg.
"Of course!" he replied quickly and stood next to him. Weneg smirked as he was going to use the same tactic he was planning to use against Guy before Kurome warned him and saved him from death.
"If he's our enemies' leader, then taking him out should put an end to all of this," stated Akame. "3 vs 2 should be fair since your the boss," said Green who readied Sidewinder. "We will defeat you," said Cornelia.
"It is good to have Cora and Green beside me, they give me strength and the courage to fight." thought Akame but little did she know that they thought the same about her.
Tatsuya's location.
Tatsuya was running as fast as he could as he calculated that Akame's fight was about to start, he knew that he need to let this fight over to Akame as Kiriichimonji was the only thing that could defeat Weneg and none of his powers could cancel out healing factors yet that wasn't saying he couldn't be worried about her.
"Damn it! I wished I had a power that could cancel out healing factors!" Tatsuya cursed but knew that time travel, not everything could be prevented so he couldn't interfere the fight between Akame and Weneg and he also feared for the person that was going to enter the tombs later.
Unknown location.
"H-Help." whispered a voice before the grave-keeper fell down dead on the ground as the air around many corpses of grave-keepers was getting cold as ice, a tall long blue-haired woman entered the tombs not so long ago and every trap, grave-keeper or danger beasts was no match.
"Is there no one that can satisfy me in a fight?" asked Esdeath with a sadistic smirk as she froze all the corpses and broke them into a million pieces.
A small preview of the next chapter.
Esdeath has seen many types of danger beasts in her life but never saw one like this, this danger beast was obvious a dragon-like danger beast, but the weird part was that it was covered with red energy and was more vicious and demonic looking and it seemed to possess intelligence as well.
"No matter what you are, you will fall before me and become my subordinate!" declared Esdeath who readied to fight the danger beast.
I never expected Esdeath was in the tombs, then again it was my fault for skipping the videos sometimes. Hope you enjoyed the chapter since it was late I decided to make it a bit longer.
Leave a review what you think about this chapter. Until next time everyone.