Chapter 25: Preparation
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When I hide in a domain, I can move into it completely, or I can hide only my body, while leaving my astral projection in place, through which I can observe everything that happens near me, but I can not go further than ten metres from the point of my transition into the domain, otherwise I move into it completely. Because I have no aptitude for Space Magic, I spend a lot of ki just to hide in the domain, but teleportation requires a lot more energy, and there's the risk of not getting to my destination in one piece, so I have to use the standard way of travelling with my legs. But since I'm a fast runner, I don't have much trouble with that.
You can create a teleportation artefact, but you need a monster that can teleport, which is understandably difficult to catch. The Prime Minister's son has a Teigu - Shambala, which allows him to use spatial magic. So that means that it's definitely possible to create such a Teigu by finding the right materials for it... or simply taking the Shambala from Honest's son.
Anyway, when I got within ten metres of Leone, I was able to use the bracelet to move her into my domain, even though Leone herself was encased in a five-metre block of ice, with a multi-tonne mountain of ice flying on top of her. I moved our bodies into the domain, leaving our astral projections outside, and they chatted with each other until Esdeath and the Huntsmen left.
Leone told me everything that had happened in the dozen and a half minutes it took the Huntsmen to exterminate all the revolutionaries on the base, as well as killing Lubbock and Bulat, while the Huntsmen were still actively trying to kill Leone herself. However, my bracelet, to create a defence, used spiritual energy, as batteries I put there the souls of the killed creatures, both monsters and humans, and the bracelet could be charged during the battle, when someone died, and during the massacre arranged by the Huntsmen, killed hundreds of people, so at that moment Leone's defence was almost impenetrable.
When the Huntsmen left, Leone and I appeared at our places where we disappeared, Leone was tired after the battle and was, to put it mildly, shocked by what had happened, so I carried her to the base in my arms. Leone clung to me tightly as she travelled, clutching Incursio's sword, which she had taken from Esdeath in front of her.
When Leone arrived at the base, she told the rest of the Night Raiders what had happened, and during the story she was still in my arms, though I was still sitting on the couch and Leone was sitting on top of me.
- Esdeath just got her group together, and we've already lost two members of our squad. - Najenda said, putting her palm on her face.
- The tactic used against the Night Raid was the same tactic used by the Night Raid itself, that is to gather a group of strong fighters armed with Teigu, and crush the enemy by force. Judging by how easily Bulat and Lubbock were killed, they won't be the last to die at the hands of the Huntsmen. - said Chelsea, who had recently had all her teammates killed, and had only arrived in our squad a few days ago, and hadn't had time to get attached to anyone. Even I felt a little sorry for Bulat and Lubbock, except for the fact that one was a homo and the other wanted to steal my girlfriend, they were both normal guys.
- What, Chelsea, are you planning on being the next one to die at the hands of the Huntsmen? - asked Mayne, who didn't like Chelsea. Although Chelsea wasn't planning to be friends with anyone, considering that either she or her friend could be killed the next day, as had happened many times to Chelsea's companions, some of whom she'd even slept with... not willingly, but Merryde and her maids had a hard time saying no.
- I don't plan to, but I realise I could very well be next. Guys, we're at war, this may be the first casualties in your squad, but I'm used to the deaths. Ironically, in battle, the strongest man wins, and if Lubbock and Bulat died, it only shows that they were weak.
- I'm gonna shoot that bitch! - Maine ran after Callandor, and Chelsea decided to leave the room so as not to provoke Maine.
- Calm down, Mayne, Chelsea's right in her own way, but she's being too direct. - At least Leone survived and didn't give Esdeath to Incursio, at least there's something good in all this.
- I don't know how we can defeat Esdeath and the Huntsmen, Bulat has done his best and couldn't even hurt Esdeath, she alone can defeat the entire Night Raid. - said Leone depressingly sitting on my lap and hugging me.
- It's true, as someone who has fought her twice, I'll tell you that this woman is insanely strong, I mostly make my weapons and armour just to be able to defeat her. Although, the defensive artefact proved to be very good, and was able to help Leona survive even when she was attacked by all the Huntsmen.
- So, we should wait until you make such artefacts for everyone else and try to get stronger at the same time, otherwise we might soon join Lubbock and Bulat without finishing the revolution. - Spear, you are without Teigu and Incursio's main weapon in armour mode is a spear, if you can use this Teigu you can make up for the loss of an important unit. We don't have time to grieve, we need to strengthen the unit. - I wanted to give Najenda the Spear sword, but I intercepted it.
- She won't be able to activate it, that Teigu will kill her instantly. - I replied, and Spear lowered her head frustratedly.
- I'll modify it a bit to make it safer to use, and I'll prepare Spear by giving her some Dragon Blood Extract, so she'll be able to use Incursio even more effectively than Bulat... and I'll probably combine this Teigu with your Shingu, you'll be more used to the spear... oh, more work to do, I don't know what to do already. Leone, I've almost prepared the Monster Lion Extract for you, and then I've got the Hydra Extract for Shelly, so I'll try to make you all stronger so that you can resist the Huntsmen. For Akame I'll need to find a strong dragon, for Mein and Najenda I don't know what to make Extracts from yet, I'll have to go hunting. I haven't been to the north-west of the continent yet, I'll have to go hunt for more monsters once I've created some protective artefacts... damn, I've got a lot of work to do, I can't rest with Najenda and Shelly now.
- Gin, thanks for everything you're doing. - Leone said, and suddenly kissed me and then gave me a big hug. Shelly sat down next to me and kissed and hugged me too, Najenda hugged me from behind with her face in my hair, Mein decided to join in and hugged Shelly too, and Spear, after hesitating a bit at first, came to the side and hugged both Leone and me. And then Akame hugged the whole bunch on top.
- Well, girls, you girls are sad, and I'll go to the forge, I'm happy to sit with you and hug, but the work will not fulfil itself. - With regret I got out of the embrace of the girls, who without me began to hug and sadly pressed against each other.
When I continued to finish my armour, Chelsea came in a few minutes later and sat down on the table and said:
- I see you're glad Bulat and Lubbock are dead, now you're the only guy in Night Raid. You're already screwing two girls, and now that no one's bothering you, you can turn the whole squad into your harem. - said the redheaded bitch with a smile.
- ... - I looked at her, and continued to do what I was doing. That bitch likes to say mean things to people, she calls Maine a flatfoot all the time, and it's true, I call Maine that, but Chelsea is a flatfoot.
- What, nothing to say? You hit the bull's-eye, didn't you? - She kept trying to pick on me. Since she showed up at Night Raid, I've tried not to talk to her. She may be a nice girl, but what she's been through has made her a bitch that's easier to ignore.
- You do realise that you're the only one who can go to the capital and take assignments from people for the Night Raid, right? Leone and Lubbock used to do it, Lubbock died and Leone was exposed. If you're going to be such a bitch, I just won't give you a protective artefact like Leone's that could save your life when you're attacked by seven Teigu owners. - I said, not looking at Chelsea.
- I don't need one, I was skilled enough to avoid any fight, and I always kill suddenly and with one precise blow to a critical point.
- Chelsea, it's one thing to go around annoying your teammates so they don't get attached to you, but you have to be careful, or when the time comes, no one will come to your aid, purely because you're annoying and your death will make life easier for everyone. Lubbock and Bulat were not close to me, but if I could save them, I would try to do it, if you were in trouble, I would think for a long time whether to save you or not, so long that there would be no one left to save. You and I are allies now, and I'll help you whenever possible, as long as you don't treat the Night Raid like enemies.
- Oh, you think you're so important, you can't say a word or you'll get me killed. Oh, like an emperor who decides who lives and who dies. - Chelsea continued to vent her frustration.
- ... - I shook my head negatively, and continued to work, no longer paying attention to this fool, and Chelsea, as if playing on my nerves and wanting to test my patience, continued to say nasty ... well, as nasty, she just told the truth, but from such an angle that it was not very pleasant to perceive it.
≪What an annoying but beautiful Chelsea. Just for such cases, I had a technique of total submission to brainwash such idiots and enjoy their beauty without their annoying character.≫
After a while, Chelsea got tired of being completely ignored and left, and after a few hours I went to the lab where the extract was being prepared, and then went to the workshop where I was creating the artefact-bracelet. At night, Shelly came in to see me.
- Gin, are you going to work all night? - The girl asked, hugging me from behind.
- I have to. I used to be twice as productive when I didn't have girlfriends. Instead of having fun all night, I was usually busy with business, and now I have you and Najenda, and it's much nicer to spend the night with you than with a hammer and anvil. However, I don't have time to rest, considering Esdeath and her Huntsmen might be here tomorrow.
- You're right... Gin, can you move your chair? - Shelly sat down on the floor and began to tie her hair into a ponytail, -How about I help you rest when you're busy working? - She asked, climbing under the table and unzipping my fly.
- That's an excellent idea. - I replied as I felt my cock sink into Shelly's hot mouth. Shelly's blowjob was far from professional, she'd only tried it a couple of times before, but better a bad blowjob than no blowjob, and she'd get experience in the process.
Making bracelets was much more enjoyable now, and since the protection of the girls was the priority, I was mostly working on the bracelets, with only occasional distractions, the armour would take me a long time to make, but Incursio was a matter of three days for Spear. Shelly told Najenda about how she was helping me relax while I worked, and Najenda also started giving me blowjobs under the table alternating with Shelly.
A few days later, I remade Incursio, the main strength of this Teigu, was the potentially unlimited development, but as practice has shown, it is better to be strong now, than to be potentially invincible in a few years, and that's not a fact. The soul of the Dragon Tyrant, was very strong, but this power he shared reluctantly, hoarding it for his rebirth to take over his host. Therefore, I almost destroyed the Dragon's soul, and used the freed up energy to strengthen the armour, now it will immediately be as strong as the Big Dipper's armour, and just like the Big Dipper, Incursio will no longer be able to evolve on its own, however, it can still be modified by me.
I finished the lion extract for Leone a couple of days ago, and knowing the most efficient way to make it, I made similar extracts from various dragons - earth dragons, ice dragons, fire dragons, acid dragons, all the dragons I've ever seen. The energy emitted by the Extract began to strongly resemble the energy of Tyrant's dragon soul.
Yesterday Akame saw some members of the Huntsmen to the west of the capital, looking for our base, and they might be here soon, so we need to strengthen the squad, and prepare to move to a new place just in case. Five days ago I gave Leona the Monster Lion Extract, and Spear drank her Extract in the morning, then I also gave her Incursio, which now looks like a cavalry spear, but it can still change its shape.
- So it took Leona five days to fully digest the Extract. - I said, looking at Leone, who had taken on a half-animal form, turning into an anthropomorphic lioness.
Before Teigu Leone had only given her clawed hands, a tail, cat pupils and cat ears, but now she was almost completely covered with hair, she was over two metres tall, and the main thing was that her regeneration thanks to the Extract had increased tenfold, whereas before she couldn't grow limbs, only regenerate what had been cut off, and not quickly. It wouldn't be enough against Esdeath, but it certainly wouldn't be unnecessary.
- How small you've all become. - Leone said, stroking Akame's head, which was now below Leone's chest.
- Oh, Spear hasn't fully absorbed the Dragon Extract yet, but it's enough to synchronise with Incursio. - I muttered, pointing to the blonde girl who's spear was beginning to glow.
Spear decided to try to activate Incursio, and in a moment the girl was wearing a black maximally armoured dragon armour.
- Great, it's working... hmm. - I interrupted, looking at my bracelet, - It looks like the Huntsmen found us and will attack us soon, it was inevitable. Well, now we'll have a chance to test our powers. - I said. Leone, Mein and Shelly's bracelets were alerted to the approaching enemy, and they received the protective bracelets that I had completed in the last few days.
- How many enemies are there, and where are they? - Najenda asked.
- They're from the south-west, three kilometres from the base, only four so far, and judging by the figures, it must be Dr Steelish and his three modified henchmen.
- Great, let's get back at him for Lubbock and Bulat! - said Mayne belligerently, with Callandor at the ready.
- Okay, we know about the enemy, we have to intercept and destroy him, and then we have to get away from this base away from the capital. We should have prepared a hidden base in the southeast a hundred kilometres from the capital. - Najenda instructed us.
- Oh, I'm going to try out my new claws. - Leone said excitedly.