Slaying Goza

But they also became slightly more cautious.

Such formidable skill, yet it's not the style of the Imperial Fist Temple, so it can only be a border tribe. The girl hiding behind her also possesses obvious features of a foreign tribe.

"Go, Mine. Cut that giant python to pieces. We're going to eat it tonight. Even the King of Heaven himself can't stop us."

Mahiro the man's wary gaze, Mine gave the order directly to Mine.

And Mine obediently nodded.

He turned and walked to the giant python's corpse on the riverbank.

"My master is so thoughtful. This will make the process of washing away the blood much easier."

Mine hummed an unknown tune softly, and in an instant, she brandished her sharp dagger.

Swish Swish Swish--

With a few whooshing sounds, the man was astonished to find that the little girl had easily dismembered the level-one dangerous venomous python into eight pieces!

The outer layer of scales and the internal organs, even the venom sacs, are almost perfectly separated from the flesh.

Such skillful scalpel technique! If it were used to kill... no, it would be such a waste not to use it to kill!

Perhaps her talent surpasses that of her own children!

With his extraordinary temperament and unparalleled appearance, this young man is indeed no ordinary person.

A surge of heat rose in the man's heart, but he suppressed his excitement, took a deep breath, stepped forward, and said calmly:

"Let me introduce myself. I am Gozuki, Four Rakshasa Demons of the Imperial Fist Temple."

"Gozuki? I'm not familiar with him."

Mahiro had no intention of taking the hand the man offered.

"Furthermore, even if you were Four Rakshasa Demons of the Imperial Fist Temple, and even if the Emperor of the Empire came, you wouldn't get a share of this snake's flesh today."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Gozuki's lips twitched slightly.

Why does this statement feel strangely familiar?

In the boy, he seemed to see the shadow of one of his daughters.

Chapter 116 Killing Gozuki (5.1K)

"Dad, did you catch that venomous python?"

Just then, several more children came running from the depths of the forest—four girls and three boys, a total of seven.

Two of the boys were supporting the injured boy, whose groin area was covered in blood. Although the antidote had been applied, the boy's skin still showed an unnatural color from poisoning.

Even if the poison is neutralized, there's basically no hope of recovery in this situation; at the very least, male function will definitely be lost.

You can't blame anyone else; he just happened to step on the python's tail when he went to the toilet. As a result, the sleeping python felt a pain, and upon seeing the boy, it immediately sprang up and bit him.

If his companions hadn't arrived in time, the boy would probably have been swallowed by the venomous python.

"Oh, Nahashu, you brought them along too."

Gozuki glanced back at the group of boys and girls, then turned back to him and said, "Let me introduce you, they are all my children."

"Oh."

Mahiro's reaction was indifferent.

He glanced at the seven people briefly.

Aside from the boy whom Gozuki just called Nahashu, the injured one should be Guy, who is like a lustful demon, but no one expected him to suffer such an unfortunate turn of events.

The person next to Nahashu, helping Guy, should be Green.

As for the girls, his gaze swept over them one by one.

Cornelia, Pony, Tsukushi...

This must be the elite squad of the Imperial Assassination Corps from the original work, where only Akame survived, right?

It seems that Gozuki is training them.

It's pretty good, he likes it a lot.

However, Mahiro ultimately focused on a girl with black hair Akame.

The girl's behavior was strange; unlike the others who scrutinized him with varying expressions, she focused her gaze on Mine by the river...

No, to be precise, it was the piece of meat that Mine was processing.

The girl walked straight over, squatted down, pressed her index finger to her lips, and stared intently at the delicious chunks of meat placed in front of her.

"!!!"

Mine, who was washing the ingredients, was startled, but seeing the girl's burning gaze on the meat, she quickly shielded the food behind her back.

"W-What are you going to do?!"

Mine shouted loudly and sternly, seemingly trying to scare the other party away.

But the black-haired girl was completely oblivious, her gaze fixed on the mass of flesh that Mine was protecting behind her.

"My name is Akame. Could I have a piece of that meat?"

"No! This is my and my master's food!"

Upon hearing that she wanted to share the food, Mine immediately bared her fangs, just like a kitten hissing.

However, their conversation reached Gozuki's ears, and he was particularly struck by the girl's address of the boy as "master."

I already have an idea in mind.

"Regarding the matter of you stealing my prey... I am very angry, but if you are willing to sell your little maid to me as my daughter, I will not only forgive and forget, but I can also introduce you to a minor official position in the Imperial Capital. What do you say?"

Gozuki him, finally revealing his true colors and completely showing his true intentions.

It just so Guy that brat Guy is already ruined; even if he were cured, it wouldn't make a difference.

If we can win over this girl, we can fill the vacancy.

Therefore, Gozuki deliberately spoke at a considerable volume when he said these words.

Upon hearing this, Mine, who was fighting Akame in the distance, shuddered and her face suddenly turned pale.

"Owner..."

Although this owner can be strict at times and quite unserious at others, he is mostly good to me.

She also loved this life and hoped to stay by her master's side forever. She didn't want to be like the poor girls under other nobles, being transferred away like merchandise.

Therefore, the girl turned her gaze to Mahiro, eagerly hoping that her master would say something on her behalf.

For example, saying no.

But who could resist the temptation of becoming an official in the Imperial Capital?

Not to mention, their destination was the Imperial Capital...

"You want to know my answer? Then come here, and I'll tell you slowly." Mahiro, with a smile on her face, gently beckoned to Gozuki.

"Oh, that's interesting."

Gozuki raised his eyebrows slightly and approached a meter away from Mahiro.

In such a place, if you use a quick draw slash, you can kill the opponent with a single, decisive blow!

So, without his noticing, his hand had already unconsciously landed on the hilt of the knife.

If the other party intended to refuse, Gozuki planned to kill the boy and forcibly take the girl away!

However.

The idea was good, but things didn't go as planned.

What happened next was completely unexpected by Gozuki.

Snap--

The resounding slap shocked everyone.

Gozuki's vision blurred, then he felt a sharp pain in his cheek, followed by a spiraling backward flight that slammed into the ground face-first, scraping a considerable distance across the gravel surface.

Then the children saw a bright red handprint on Gozuki's right cheek, which was swollen, and blood was oozing from the corner of his mouth.

Mine was completely stunned.

She had initially thought that the master's refusal was already more than kind, but she hadn't expected a direct confrontation, especially since the older man looked quite dangerous...

"Oh? I didn't expect you to be so resilient, a legendary tough guy?" Mahiro tilted his head and couldn't help but tease.

He used three-tenths of his strength in that slap.

Seemingly because he had recently consumed the flesh of a dangerous species, he felt that his strength and speed had increased considerably. At the very least, a slap with three-tenths of his current strength could now kill an ordinary wild beast.

But when the blow was delivered to the man, the expected neck break didn't occur; instead, like a certain Axe Gang leader, his head just spun around a few times.

On the contrary, they are still alive and well.

All of this is thanks to Gozuki, who was once a member of the Four Rakshasa Demons of the Imperial Fist Temple, possessing an incredibly strong physique, and still having a chance of winning even against Teigu users.

"Damn it, you dare hit me?!"

Gozuki spat out a few teeth in resentment and slowly got up from the ground.

Although my vision was still a little blurry, it quickly cleared up.

He stared fiercely at Mahiro, placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and slowly arched his back, like a cheetah poised to pounce.

"So what if I hit you? Otherwise, how would you wake up from that daydream?" Mahiro's gentle smile suddenly vanished, turning cold and stern, his eyes seeming to look at a dead man.

"... Then you should just die."

Gozuki wasn't as violent and arrogant as I'd imagined, or as blinded by rage.

His entire being was as soft as his voice, his breath vanishing instantly. Though he stood right in front of you, it was as if he had merged with nature.

"It feels a bit like that bald Yakumo Kokonoe's Concealment Technique, but this should be considered a disguise of one's aura, right?"

Even though danger was imminent, Mahiro continued to comment on it.

At that moment, the katana at Gozuki's waist was drawn and slashed toward his neck.

A hint of a smile flashed in his eyes as Mahiro effortlessly caught the long sword that Gozuki had swung at him with just one hand.

"Is that all? My dear Gozuki." He glanced at the blade, its edge as clear as spring water, and his voice carried a hint of sarcasm.

However, this time, Gozuki was completely stunned, as if his worldview had been shaken.

Someone actually managed to grab an Imperial Arm with their bare hands?!

And it's Murasame capable of killing in one hit?!

How is that possible!

Moreover, Gozuki could feel immense force emanating from the Murasame, as if he were stuck in a crevice in the rock, unable to be pulled out at all.

Gozuki immediately clenched his teeth, and a tremendous force suddenly burst forth from his arm, while his wrist twisted in a non-human direction.

Suddenly, Murasame, who had been captured, was spun around in Mahiro's hand, and the sharp blade finally cut his palm, causing it to bleed.

But strangely, as blood flowed out, black marks, like incantations, quickly spread from the wound.

Upon seeing this, Gozuki finally laughed again.

"Haha, you brat, that's a deadly curse on the Imperial Murasame—a weapon that can kill in one hit! There's no cure! I'll take care of your little maid for you, and you can go to hell and repent! Hahahaha!"

Gozuki laughed arrogantly.

Seeing this scene from not far away, Mine was so frightened that her face turned pale and her body trembled like a leaf.

She shuffled along, taking tiny steps, towards Mahiro.

"No... Master, don't die..."

Mine could no longer hold back; large tears welled up in her eyes and fell to the ground, wetting the stones.

But Mahiro himself stared expressionlessly at the long, thin wound on his palm and the cursed poison that had spread across his entire arm like a cursed seal.