Chapter 69

Floating in midair, Broly blew on his right index and middle fingers.

He merely felt that his degree of control over the power of energy bullets converted from Qi had become increasingly proficient.

This energy bullet was perfect — it did not blast through the mountain below, only blasting the place that should be blasted.

"Uncle Batu Nan, I've finished digging; you go see if it can serve as a spring eye."

He descended from the sky, landing before the dumbstruck crowd, and said to Batu Nan.

"Just who are you?"

Batu Nan asked.

"Since you've asked so sincerely, I'll charitably tell you — hmm, I'm called Broly, and I'm a Saiyan."

Batu Nan: "..."

Forget it, let's just go look at the big breach that was blasted out and see whether it can become a spring eye.

A group of well diggers, holding reverence for Broly that had arisen in them, followed Batu Nan to check the situation.

"You wouldn't have found an Immortal to act as an Investor, would you..."

From the departing crowd, such words faintly drifted.

Clearly, Broly's power to destroy a mountain at will had already exceeded their cognition as ordinary people.

And things that exceed cognition easily get tangled up with theology; some well diggers suspected the Oasis God was real.

Broly's energy bullets were green, and the Oasis God also had a 'green' character in it — the two could be completely linked together.

"How did you do that?"

This question seemed familiar — Akame and the others had asked him the same question, only now the asker had changed to Esdeath.

This northern girl's face was somewhat red, looking at him with great expectation, just short of writing 【I want to learn this move too】 on her face.

"Did you use some Teigu?"

Merad was calmer; the only power she could think of capable of destroying half a small mountain in an instant was the power of a Teigu.

"Teigu, what's that?"

Broly expressed confusion; a faint blue-green light lit at his fingertip, a small energy ball condensed at his fingertip, and he demonstrated the process of condensing an energy bullet for Esdeath and the curious Main.

"Merad, look closely — Big Bro did it barehanded, without using any tool, and achieved this."

The child who had known this long ago said with hands on hips, somewhat proudly.

"Can I touch it?"

Esdeath asked.

"That won't do — for you, it's dangerous."

Broly casually pointed a finger, tossing the energy ball on his fingertip toward a large stone not far away.

The large stone had offended no one, yet it was still annihilated.

Esdeath's eyes shone bright; she requested Broly's instruction and did much the same thing she had done with Akame and the others before: holding her breath, swinging her finger, attempting to fire a wave.

Merad stared wide-eyed, finding it simply inconceivable, but she did not try to perform an energy bullet release whose principle she fundamentally did not understand; instead she took Broly's hand and studied it, as if wanting to find some mechanism on it — but even when she put the boy's fingers into her mouth and sucked, she tasted nothing but saltiness.

"Could you stop licking my fingers? It's a bit ticklish."

Broly moved his fingers, pinching Merad's nimble tongue tip, stopping her exploration between his fingers.

"There really isn't any mechanism?!"

Having personally verified it, Merad could only believe this result.

"Merad, what is this Teigu you mentioned just now?"

After washing the sticky saliva off his hand, Broly asked curiously.

In this world, he had not yet encountered anyone who could fire waves like himself. In the previous world, that Golden Flash fellow had been able to fire waves.

"Teigu are the forty-eight weapons and tools, now difficult to replicate, developed by the First Emperor who founded the Empire a thousand years ago, using Super Danger Beast materials plus Orichalcum and other rare metals, along with secret techniques gathered from various places at the time, the majority of which have already been lost."

Merad introduced Teigu, pointing at the knife now being used as a kitchen knife by Akame and Kurome: "Each Teigu's function is not too different — the knife in Akame and Kurome's hands should be the Teigu Demon Sword 【Murasame】; that Demon Sword is said to possess a cursed poison ability that curses and kills whoever is cut."

"Eh, this knife really has poison?"

Hearing this, Akame hurriedly threw the kitchen knife in her hand away.

"It's not poison, but a curse-killing technique, a lost secret technique from some small island in the East."

Merad shook her head, explaining.

"Also, Teigu are living weapons; they possess some consciousness — you throw it like that, be careful the knife might turn on you later."

The Demon Sword Murasame has a legend of devouring its master; it is said every master who obtained it met no good end, but this should be a rumor spread by error.

When Akame picked up the knife, she did not find the knife had any dissatisfaction; even when Akame apologized to it, saying she shouldn't have thrown it, the Demon Kitchen Knife forged from the broken blade gave no response.

"Perhaps because the blade broke, the consciousness of this Teigu died."

Merad could only offer such an explanation.

"And some Teigu possess even more powerful destructive power — for example, the 【Pumpkin】 that has always been active on certain battlefields; that firearm Teigu can fire energy beams similar to the one you just fired, Broly."

As Merad spoke, a pink head suddenly leaned over — who else could it be but Main, who had failed to practice energy bullets together with Esdeath.

"Where is that thing?"

The girl asked.

"The previous holder was assassinated by our Assassin Guild, but at the time there were other Imperial Teigu Users present, and we failed to seize this weapon from the Empire's hands.

As for where that Teigu is now, it's probably in the Imperial Central armory; that place lies within the Imperial Palace, and security is extremely tight.

The Assassin Guild once sent people to steal it, but no one returned alive; after trying several times and failing each time, we gave up."

Merad spoke the intelligence she knew; Main became somewhat disappointed.

"Main, do you want that thing?"

Seeing her disappointment, Broly couldn't help but ask.

"If you want, I can go help you buy back that thing called a Teigu."

"The Empire doesn't sell Teigu; aside from those Teigu lost by the Empire four hundred years ago, and those Teigu stolen by enemies who defeated Teigu Users, there are no other Teigu outside."

Merad reminded.

"I'll offer a condition they can't refuse."

Broly just blurted it out.

"Is a Teigu really as good as you say? If so, I want one too."

Esdeath discovered she couldn't launch a wave, so she also leaned over and said.

"Big brother, we want one too."

The other children all indicated they wanted one as well.

"No problem."

Broly agreed fully.

"Hey, don't agree like you're just going to the Empire side to stock up!"

These guys are setting their sights on Teigu now, which is far more criminal than digging a Spring Eye on the Kaxisi side.

(Chapter End)