Chapter 12: Supernatural
Five days later, on a sunny and breezy sandy beach.
A gentle breeze brushed his face, the slightly salty sea air carrying the scent of the ocean.
Seawater washed onto the shore, occasionally sweeping small crustaceans onto the beach.
The beach was pure white, contrasting with the azure sea and sky. The scenery at this moment was enough to make one forget themselves.
Some girls in bikinis ran barefoot across the sand, their laughter occasionally drifting through the air. Although the beach was beautiful, there weren't many travelers.
Su Xiao lay back on a deck chair. This was his third stop, a small coastal town.
The environment and food culture here suited Su Xiao well, and he decided to stay for a while.
Su Xiao opened his eyes and yawned.
"The feeling of being watched has been gone for five days, and the police haven't come knocking. It seems those cleaners do have some authority."
Folding up the deck chair, Su Xiao, bare-chested and wearing shorts, walked barefoot toward a villa near the beach. Now that he had a legal identity, he didn't need to hide things anymore, so he had simply bought this villa.
He had gotten quite a bit of money from his enemies during his revenge, and there was nothing more satisfying than spending an enemy's wealth.
Su Xiao's tense nerves had completely relaxed. Unexpectedly, his Blade Mastery had actually increased by one level.
His Blade Mastery was now at level 11, a pleasant surprise.
Not long after Su Xiao entered the villa, a notification from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
A sensation of teleportation came over him, and Su Xiao returned to his exclusive room in Reincarnation Paradise.
Back in his exclusive room, Su Xiao's lazy demeanor gradually faded, and his eyes became exceptionally sharp.
"Is it time? A new derivative world."
Su Xiao left his exclusive room and headed to the Trade Market. Although he had no Paradise Coins on hand, interesting items often appeared in the Trade Market before entering a derivative world, so he decided to browse.
The Trade Square was packed with people. Before entering a derivative world, the workers were unusually active.
"Complete recovery items, all at rock-bottom prices."
"Various rare equipment, no haggling."
"Worker seeks protection for 6000 Paradise Coins, extra benefits if you're handsome."
The Trade Market was a mixed bag of all sorts. Su Xiao was taken aback when he saw the last recruitment notice. These female workers were quite open-minded.
As he ventured deeper into the Trade Square, Su Xiao noticed a crowd surging around one stall, with some people arguing.
"What do you mean by this? 8000 Paradise Coins is way too steep."
"Buy it if you want, or get lost."
Hearing the haggling between the stall owner and customers, Su Xiao grew curious about what was being sold.
After pushing his way to the front, Su Xiao understood the situation. The stall only had a few potions.
Quality: Green
Type: Recovery Item
Effect: Instantly restores 18% Mana Points
Rating: 22 (Note: Green rating ranges from 10 to 30.)
Description: A luxurious rarity.
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Quality: Green
Type: Recovery Item
Effect: Slowly restores 30% Mana Points
Rating: 27 (Note: Green rating ranges from 10 to 30.)
Description: Slightly harmful to the brain, cannot be used more than three times.
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Besides these two potions, there were other recovery items, all potions that could restore Mana Points.
This was Su Xiao's first time seeing potions that could restore Mana Points. Such items were extremely rare, at least he had never obtained any.
There were many Mages in Reincarnation Paradise, but the production of Mana recovery items was low, creating a situation where these potions were hard to come by. The healers in various adventure groups had to learn skills that restored Mana Points, but even healers had limited Mana.
"This guy is really lucky. I wonder where he got so many Mana recovery potions."
The surrounding contractors whispered among themselves.
Although the price was high, rarity made them valuable. Those Mages or healers had no choice but to pay up.
Within five minutes, the potions at the stall were sold out. The stall owner flipped his hand, and a few more potions appeared on the stall.
Su Xiao observed for a while. The stall owner had sold about 30,000 Paradise Coins worth of items in five minutes. The exact profit was unknown.
After leaving the stall, Su Xiao fell into thought. The only way the other party had so many potions was that the stall owner might have mastered the method to produce them.
This gave Su Xiao an idea. He might as well learn a similar ability. He had a lot of Mana Points. If it was an item produced using Mana Points, he would be much more efficient than other contractors.
However, such scrolls were rare and expensive. He would consider it if he encountered one in the future.
After wandering around the Trade Market for a while, Su Xiao received information about his next derivative world.
Upon learning about the derivative world, Su Xiao was startled. The "Akame ga Kill!" world was famous in Reincarnation Paradise. This derivative world was exceptionally dangerous, but the rewards were high.
A large number of missions and high-level equipment made contractors salivate.
The worlds Su Xiao had experienced before, like Tokyo Ghoul and Attack on Titan, had power systems that, while somewhat pseudo-scientific, were still within acceptable rules.
The Akame ga Kill! world was different. It contained forty-eight Imperial Arms, each with various abilities, some of which even involved space.
Imperial Arms were crafted from the body materials of super-dangerous beasts, such as evil dragons or demons with diluted bloodlines.
These rare materials, combined with a rare metal called Orichalcum, and more importantly, the skill of the craftsmen, allowed a vast empire to create forty-eight Imperial Arms with the nation's full strength.
After creating the forty-eight Imperial Arms, the empire could no longer continue. Once the dogs had caught the rabbits, they were cooked. Those skilled craftsmen were executed by the empire, their techniques lost forever. Only forty-eight Imperial Arms remained in the world.
In Su Xiao's view, these Imperial Arms were essentially weakened versions of Demon Fruits.
Some Imperial Arms were even stronger than Demon Fruits in certain aspects. For example, the sadistic female general Esdeath's blood-type Imperial Arm, "Demon's Extract," was made from the blood of a dangerous beast. If one drank it and could withstand the mad consciousness within the blood, they would gain the ability to control ice.
Compared to Aokiji, the user of the Freeze-Freeze Fruit in the One Piece world, Esdeath couldn't match him in physical fitness. However, Esdeath had one thing that Admiral Aokiji couldn't compare to: she could freeze space.
Su Xiao began to recall the general content of the Akame ga Kill! world.
The plot of this derivative world wasn't complicated.
The general story was about an empire that had existed for a thousand years and began to decay. High taxes and tyranny made life unbearable for the common people, who began to rebel. Various rebel groups sprang up like mushrooms after rain.
Among the rebel forces, one was the strongest and most popular with the people. It was called the Revolutionary Army.
The Revolutionary Army grew stronger day by day, its conflict with the empire intensifying. Large organizations needed a group to operate in the shadows, handling matters that couldn't be brought to light. The Revolutionary Army's such organization was called "Night Raid."
Night Raid was the Revolutionary Army's secret service, helping the army assassinate enemy leaders, raise funds, gather intelligence, and so on. Its leader was a woman named Najenda.
The empire also had similar departments, but they were scattered. Eventually, to counter Night Raid, the empire's secret service was unified under the command of General Esdeath.
The Akame ga Kill! world mainly revolved around the empire's transformation, the war between the empire and the Revolutionary Army, and the brutal confrontation between the two secret organizations.