A Journey Through the Universes - Chapter 193: Falcata

Making her way through the thickets, the blue–haired girl looked at the sun with displeasure when she raised her head – Why is it so hot, huh…

Her sweat-soaked clothes stuck uncomfortably to her body. The body itself itched, including because of the numerous insects that are found in these tropics. There are no insects in their eternally cold homeland.

Esdes looked at her brother with mild annoyance. Ryuu barely sweated when compared to her. Insects were biting him, but he didn’t even feel it. And in general, the guy looked pretty fresh in contrast to his sister, actually it annoyed a little Esdes – Ryuu, are you really my brother?

– Do you have any doubts about this? he chuckled

– Recently, yes. Why are you so happy?

“Why should I be sullen?” – Ryuu smiled in response and threw his hands behind his head – We are traveling, we meet a lot of new people, new monsters. And the weather here is wonderful.

– Yeah. Wonderful. Esdes muttered discontentedly when a huge tick jumped out at her from behind the bushes. Practically, it was the same ordinary tick, only the size of two human heads.

Without delay, Esdes snatched out the falchion and cut the tick even on approach. – Tc. – she clicked

– Why are you so unhappy? You like fights, don’t you…

Esdes looked askance at Ryuu – I like battles with a good opponent, not weaklings who decide to attack me and die from a single blow. It gets boring when you are constantly attacked by some weaklings.

Ryuu grinned and reached for his belt – I know what will improve your mood.

Esdes raised an eyebrow.

He took a tightly wrapped falcata from his belt. A small curved sword flashed in the sun, which was slightly breaking through the high crowns of the trees

– Here you go. – handed the weapon to Ryuu with a satisfied and proud smile – This is to replace your falchion.

Esdes took falcata in her hand with extreme interest– Cool. She said with a satisfied smile, enjoying the coolness of the sword

– And here is the first test subject… – said Ryuu and jumped urgently to the top

A second later, the trunk of a truly gigantic scolopendra emerged from the thicket at great speed. Her mandibles stuck into the wet ground where Ryuu had been standing a second earlier.

Esdes’ eyes twinkled. – Finally, the opponent is more interesting.

The insect quickly realized that her original goal was gone, but there was still a little appetizing girl.

Hundreds of legs gave this scolopendra truly incredible speed and maneuverability.

The insect could accelerate to its almost peak speed in an instant.

Flashing its mandibles and greedy hungry eyes, the scolopendra instantly accelerated and attacked Esdes.

Esdes had never held falcata in her hands before, but that didn’t bother her at all.

At first, she wanted to attack the giant insect head-on, but then changed her mind.

Even if she instantly kills this scolopendra, she, with her dead carcass, will still then knock her down.

Therefore, a second before the collision with the insect, Esdes jumped up and dodged the mandibles of the bug, completely cut off that head.

The shell that glittered in the sun like metal could not stop the sharp slashing blow of the falcata.

Ryuu jumped down from the tree with a smile, looking at how Esdes was twisting the falcata with an embarrassed little mouse – Well?

– Did you manage to create a Teiga? I thought you wouldn’t make it…

Esdes knew firsthand what a tough shell these insects have. The falcata that was in her hand was able to cut through this shell almost without encountering resistance. It was a very sharp and durable sword.

Esdes’ eyes examined the edge of the blade, and it was intact. Although she was not a blacksmith and a jack-of-all-trades like her brother, she knew that the sharper the blade, the more fragile the edge of the blade, which means the blade deteriorates much faster.

Ryuu grinned and threw his hands behind his head, saying – No, it’s not Teigu. I think it can be called Xingu. This blade has rather banal abilities. It is incredibly sharp, and its cutting edge is extremely strong, which makes it possible, in fact, for it to have such sharpness and not become unusable. The blade will still have to be taken care of, but not often.

– And it’s also cool … – with pleasure, Esdes said hugging Falcata.

The girl wasn’t even afraid to cut herself. Her face broke into a sweet, satisfied smile as the cool blade touched her skin.

– Yes, it will always be cool, since I used dust from the cores of northern dangerous beasts when creating it.

Esdes opened her eyes and looked at her brother with gratitude – This is the best gift, Ryuu. I love you, little brother.

– “How much do you dislike the heat, Esdes…” – Ryuu raised an eyebrow – “Although, I understand you, if it wasn’t for my heat resistance skill, I would also be dying here in the tropics.”

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Ryuu devoted the whole month that they were going south to experiments and attempts to create something similar to Teiga.

He remembered completely the scheme inside Murasame, and this scheme served as his beginning in the world of artefactorics.

At first, nothing worked. They traveled, there was no forge, they had to improvise, without a good furnace and anvil. It was also necessary to somehow separate some parts of the scheme and understand what is responsible for what.

Things went uphill when the first southern monsters appeared. Fortunately for Ryuu, they were fire ants whose ability was fire breathing.

Having collected the cores of these monsters, he tried to somehow use them in his craft. The result was good. Ryuu could use these cores to make fire and melt metal.

With this, everything has become much easier. Experiments have become more frequent. Time after time, he got closer and closer to creating Xingu. And so, just yesterday, he was given to create this falcata.

Also, just yesterday, when he finished creating falcata, a notification popped up.

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Artefactorics [Level 1]

A Tiny Talent in artefactorics

The artifacts you created are 5% less energy-consuming

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Coupled with his crafting skill, even this falcata created on the knee from mediocre metal could compete with Xingu.

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Crafting [Level 5]

Great Talent in creating items

User-created items are 50% more effective

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He also raised one level when he created his first Xingu, but Ryuu strongly doubted that he would raise it again when he created the same Xingu, but for himself.

It should also be noted that he raised the level of the heat resistance skill to the fifth. That’s why he felt great in the tropics and working with hot metal.

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Ryuu and Esdes walked another kilometer deep into the rainforest, when suddenly they were attracted by a loud, heart-rending female scream. – Aaaaa~ ah!

Esdes and Ryuu exchanged glances, and then ran towards the voice.

After two minutes of running, they heard other sounds. Furious screams mixed with screeching pleas, moans, the clang of swords, crying.

Soon Esdes and Ryuu ran out onto a wide trampled road and a clearing that was next to it. For a few seconds they froze from what they saw.

Apparently, a convoy stopped at this clearing for the night, but the local natives thought that since they entered the territory of their homeland, it means they can do what they want with them.

Actually, that’s why now a lot of half-men and half-beasts were fighting with the few guards of the convoy.

There were half-tigers, half-bulls, half-crabs, half-crayfish, half-mantises… And this is not the whole list.

– Stay back to back! We will win! We will survive! – somehow the captain of the guard tried to preserve the morale of his subordinates

– yes!

The forces were unequal, and therefore the situation for the convoy was deplorable.

Brother and sister are used to all kinds of tin, but…

What struck both Ryuu and Esdes was the anthropomorphic animal.

It was a human, but about seventy-five percent animal already. In fact, it was a humanoid lion with a human mind and personality.

He was huge, three meters tall, and obviously strong, but what struck Ryuu and Esdes was what this lion was doing now.

He was engaged in **** right now, right on the battlefield. The girl was a guard, but the lion was stronger, so now she was being raped by a huge humanoid lion with his huge animal penis, from which the stomach of the poor victim was deformed.

Plus, this son of a bitch didn’t waste time in vain and at the same time snacked on his victim. The girl’s shoulder had already been gnawed to the bone.

The girl lost consciousness and woke up again from unbearable pain. It was her screams that Ryuu and Esdes heard. Now it was clear why she was screaming so heart-rendingly.

Her high trained pain threshold played a cruel joke on her. Usually people die from such pain, but her body could withstand it, albeit with difficulty.

Two seconds was enough for Ryuu to ‘enjoy’ the picture.

Without warning Esdes, he ran towards the monster with all the speed available to his legs. There were small dents under Ryuu’s feet, and a light, muffled sound of footsteps attracted the lion’s attention.

“A child?” – he said in surprise, with a growl in his voice – “Young and tender meat runs into my paws by itself! Today is definitely my day!” he thought, rubbing his paws in his mind.

He was not at all alarmed by the speed at which the child was moving towards him. Yes, he was pretty fast, but look at this little carcass, what could she do?

Running up to the lion, Ryuu jumped in his direction and with a cold face, raised his hand to strike.

Leo, with a smile, decided to take the blow on his chest. He prided himself on his defense and survivability.

– “Well, you’re a cretin…” – Esdes thought, watching as the lion opens his arms for “hugs”

There was a loud bang, bordering on the sound of an explosion.

Under Ryuu’s fist, the lion’s ribs, diaphragm, lungs and heart simply exploded from the impact.

At the moment, Ryuu weighed about two hundred and eighty kilograms, thanks to his strongest and, as a result, heavy skeleton.

His strength, of course, was far from ideal now, but with such a “heavy hand” his blows are difficult to survive.

The lion flew away like a downed kite.

Naturally, this strong blow attracted the attention of both guards and attackers. Both of them were extremely surprised that such a carcass could fly away from a child’s blow.

There was a brief silence on the battlefield during which a cold calm quiet voice was heard – Esdes, if you can kill these creatures more than me, then today’s cooking will be on me.

To which Esdes, with a grin, slowly pulled out her brand-new falcata.