Akame Ga Kill - Split The Earth In Two, Quake

Chapter Two: Kill The Bandit Camp

In the pale moon light, Minazuki looks at the disaster he just caused. His entire village is now buried under the remains of the Ancient Earth Dragon Shrine and part of the mountain side. He turns away from the disaster, leaving behind his old life in the rubble of Tapu Village, before heading down the road to the north east. As he's heading down the road however, he encounters what seem to be Imperial soldiers riding on horseback. They block his path before moving to make a path for someone to get through. Then he sees what he guesses is their General, based on her special looking hat and not generic look. She has long blue hair and some sort of tattoo on her upper chest and wears a white general uniform with matching thigh high boots. "Stop right there! We're looking for Tapu Village! I've been given orders to obtain overdue taxes that they have refused to pay. Is this the right path?", the General asks. He looks up to her and says, "This is the path to Tapu Village, but it seems like they had some sort of landslide. The village seemed to be completely buried under rocks and dirt. I believe that there was an Earth Dragon attack that left zero survivors." She gives him a cold glare and asks, "Who are you?" "I am but a simple monk. What seems to be the problem?", he says convincingly. "A monk huh? I haven't seen many of your kind before.", she says as she looks at him with a confused look. "I'm terribly busy. I need to head into the forest and meditate. You all stay safe now.", he says before trying to get around the soldiers blocking his path. Most of her soldiers are plain and boring looking, wearing the usual soldier uniform with their matching helmets and chosen weapons. Three of her soldiers stand out, they seem stronger than the rest and have unique looking weapons with them, but don't seem too interested in Minazuki. One of the average soldiers gets down from his horse while shouting, "You can leave when General Esdeath allows it! Now don't you dare move any further!" "That's some way to treat a monk.", Minazuki says as he takes a step back from the aggressive soldier. The soldier draws his sword and swings down at Minazuki, but Minazuki dodges past his attack and knees him in the gut for it. The soldier drops to his knees gasping for air and Minazuki says, "You should treat monks with respect. You never know what skills they might be hiding." The other soldiers go to draw their swords and the three unique soldiers glance over to Esdeath for orders, but Esdeath lifts her hands, ordering them to hold their actions. "I never gave any order to attack this monk! Leave him be!", Esdeath orders in an aggravated tone, causing all the average soldiers to let up on their weapons. "To take out a trained Imperial Soldier in just a few seconds without any weapon whatsoever? I'm impressed, Monk.", Esdeath says as she looks down at the gasping soldier. "Now, I'll be taking my leave, unless someone else wants to try to fight an unarmed monk.", Minazuki says as he walks around the other soldiers. They don't attempt to block his way and Esdeath says, "If any of you disobey me like that again, I'll personally eliminate you." An ice spike forms out of the ground and pierces the gasping soldier's skull, killing him instantly. He senses her blood lust and murderous intent as she does this and a slight chill goes up his spine. He says nothing and simply walks by them, trying to avoid a fight. "So that was General Esdeath? She's definitely strong. I'll need to make sure I get a better grip on Quake's abilities before I can hope to stand a chance against her.", he thinks to himself as he continues to walk down the path. He suddenly hears the sound of a horse coming back for him and uses Quake's sixth sense to see that it's actually Esdeath. "Monk! A word!", Esdeath shouts as she rides her horse to him. He looks over his shoulder and asks, "Yes, General?" "You skillfully disarmed and dominated that soldier without any effort, but I sense something, more in you. I could use someone of your strength on my team. I seem to have an opening for one more, if you're interested.", she says with a cold smile. "It was simply self defense. I didn't enjoy fighting that man and I'd prefer to stay out of fights.", he says so convincingly that even Esdeath believes it. "How unfortunate. Well, if you change your mind, I should be returning to the Capital soon. I'll be sure to inform the guard that a monk might want to see me about a job.", she says as she turns back and starts heading back to her men. "Maybe we'll see each other again, Monk.", she says before riding off. "That was close. Now, let's disappear.", Minazuki thinks to himself as he continues down the road.