Chương 57: Survivors of Esdeath's Kin

The Empire, on its northern border.

A figure covered in blood suddenly sat up from the pile of corpses.

Recalling what had happened before, Yang Cheng still felt an extremely unreal feeling.

He had been in this world for many years. At first, he lived among the Balutes tribe on the northern border, so he didn't know which world he had arrived in.

It wasn't until he was a child, when he saw the daughter of the Baluts tribe chief, who was less than ten years old, go out alone to hunt terrifying and dangerous species, that Yang Cheng belatedly realized what world he had entered.

In the world of Akame ga Kill!, in terms of combat power alone, the level of martial arts in this world is not particularly high among crossover anime.

However, in terms of danger level, this world is definitely among the top in the world of crossover anime.

If you ask why, it's because people die easily in this world. Whether it's the villains or the main characters, they're all in danger of dying at any moment.

After all, even the protagonist, who is the chosen one of the world, can die. It's quite normal for other people, no matter how special they are, to die as well, right?

Just like in the world of Detective Conan, if you're targeted by the Grim Reaper, no matter how strong you are, you might still slip and fall and die.

It's like some comedy anime where the characters are weak, but they're immortal and can always be resurrected with full health no matter how much they mess around.

It has nothing to do with strength; it's a matter of the rules of the world.

Therefore, being transported to a world where even the protagonist can die is quite unsafe for a transmigrator.

Yang Cheng is from the Baltes tribe, the same tribe as the super S queen Esdeath. The two are also about the same age, so they can be considered childhood sweethearts.

As a tribe on the northern border who live by hunting dangerous species, the Baruts are known for their fierce and warlike nature. They are not only brave and skilled in battle, but also deeply ingrained with the idea that the strong prey on the weak.

Compared to Esdeath, the daughter of the Baltus clan chief who displayed astonishing strength and talent at a young age, Yang Cheng was much more ordinary.

In fact, Yang Cheng only has half Baltes blood.

His father was a Baluts, but his mother was someone his father had forcibly brought back from abroad.

This is why Yang Cheng's physical condition was much weaker than that of other Baluts people when he was born.

Compared to Esdeath, the favored daughter of heaven who can directly drink all blood-type Imperial Arms—the Demon God Manifestation "Demon Essence"—she is completely incomparable.

Yang Cheng knew the general plot of the Akame ga Kill! world, but only roughly; he couldn't even remember the names of most of the characters clearly.

At the time, he always believed that as long as he didn't get involved in the conflict between the Empire and the Revolutionary Army, he could safely survive.

But no one expected that when he was about thirteen years old, a foreign tribe that also lived in the north suddenly attacked his tribe, the Baruts.

Although the Baruts were brave and skilled in battle, they could not withstand the large number of northern tribes.

Therefore, the Baluts tribe was almost wiped out in that war.

Yang Cheng was spared because his mother hid him in the cellar where she stored food before she died.

Esdeath, who happened to be out hunting, also survived that disaster.

Seeing her people wiped out by the northern barbarians, Esdeath felt sadness, but even more so hatred, and a stronger conviction that the only way to survive in this world was to become a true powerhouse.

As the last survivor of the Baltus race, Esdeath disliked the weak Yoshinori in the past, but eventually brought him to the Empire.

After ten years, Esdeath gradually rose to prominence in the Empire with her great strength and talent, eventually becoming the Empire's strongest and youngest general.

As a Teigu that drinks all of the blood—Demon Manifestation: Essence of Demons—it not only survives but also retains its sanity.

Esdeath even possesses the terrifying strength to fight against more than ten Imperial Arms users and a million-strong army all by herself.

Ten years have passed, and Esdeath has gradually become the strongest general in the empire. As her only remaining clansman, Yang Cheng has also received some care and has become a general of moderate importance in the empire.

"This is a real battlefield, huh? It's truly brutal..."

Because he shared the abilities of Yang Cheng from other worlds, Yang Cheng, who was originally covered in wounds, began to recover rapidly from the various knife wounds on his body thanks to the self-healing ability of the freak Yang Cheng.

However, the old wounds on his body that had scabbed over and left scars could not be fully restored by the not-so-high level of Yang Cheng's self-healing ability.

He had already lost too much blood in the previous battle.

If he hadn't stumbled into the chaotic space by chance and stayed lying among the corpses for a while longer, he probably would have really died.

"With my current strength, I might not be on par with Esdeath, but I should at least be considered one of the top players in this world, right?"

Previously, Yang Cheng, as an ordinary general of the empire, was not particularly outstanding in strength, but he should still have no problem hunting dangerous species or fighting a hundred or so ordinary people.

Now that he has shared the power of Yang Cheng from other worlds, he feels that he is absolutely invincible!

Based on his years of experience serving Esdeath, he believed that the Empire's most renowned generals were no longer a match for him.

As for Esdeath, Yang Cheng really couldn't say, after all, this woman was practically an cheat code in this world.

However, Yang Cheng was confident that even if he couldn't defeat Esdeath, he would still have the strength to escape unscathed from her.

On the northern alien royal palace, Esdeath, who had just defeated 400, 000 aliens, was wearing a white imperial general's uniform and had long, flowing blue hair that reached her knees. At that moment, she was stepping on the naked northern alien prince with her military boots.

Known as a wise and brave prince from another race, he was once an invincible force. However, after fighting Esdeath, he is now like a defeated dog, kneeling and licking Esdeath's military boots without any dignity.

Esdeath, who had put a collar on the foreign prince and was holding the necklace in her hand, treating him like an animal, began to lose interest after tormenting him and seeing that he did not resist at all.

"Where's Yang Cheng? Go and call him over to humiliate this foreign prince."

It must be said that although Esdeath was a battle maniac and extremely cruel to her enemies and prisoners of war, she was quite tolerant of her subordinates and civilians.

Especially Yang Cheng. Although he was not as strong as Esdeath's "Three Beast Warriors", Esdeath treated Yang Cheng as not only her subordinate but also her only remaining family member.

Over the years, no matter where he went to fight, he always took Yang Cheng with him.

When Esdeath asked her question, her three beast warriors exchanged glances.

In the end, only the most senior among them, Riva, could muster the courage to step forward and say, "General Esdeath, the subordinates who just tallied the casualties report that General Yang Cheng seems to have been killed in this battle..."