Shotaro: journey of a hero that kept moving forward

"Where the fuck is the elvish capital" Shotaro exclaimed in frustration, "I have been walking for 2 fucking weeks non-stop".

He around & found something weird, creature of some sorts.

"Capybara-bear" He said surprised as the thing was nibbling grass, quite pleasantly, it had body of a grizzly, head of a capybara, ball like tail too, it was truly a Capybara bear.

"Capybara-bear" Shotaro said as he patted it's head, "It's friendly too".

Suddenly, the bear noticed Shotaro's desire to find Olive Dale. Grabbed the tall man & carried him around on his shoulder as it was bipedal.

"It walks on two legs" Shotaro, "That's unlike a capybara or a bear, interesting" taking a note of the creature's biology…

"This adds a new addition of my list of weird creatures in Aetheria" he mused to himself before wondering, "You really know where the capital is, do you?".

Suddenly, it began to cower in fear as it dropped Shotaro on the ground.

"What happened" Shotaro asked as suddenly a weird creature attacked them, it was a weird amalgamation of Tiger, gorilla, boar & it was standing on two legs.

"Is that what the villagers told me about back then?" Shotaro whispered, "A Rakhsas"

The Rakhsas shot a violent array of purple energy blast towards Shotaro, but the man just unsheathe his katana & Deflects them away quite easily, but then he hears a very loud sound that were so loud it liquified his ear drums as he looked back & saw that the attack he deflected have eradicated everything in 500-Kilometer radius, as he stood there with blood pouring out of his ears like a waterfall, "even a weak one is strong" He said to himself as he was dazed beyond recognition, he can't hear shit so he needed to focus to find where the rakhsas is, "Left" the voice in his head returned as he suddenly stopped the appending claw, inches away from his face, "That voice saved me" he said before thrusting Alakshmi through the Rakhsas's chest, as it withered & fall.

  Enemy fell: Wild Rakhsas.

Shotaro saw a naked bard girl, blonde with big breasts dangling from her chest with a cloth covering her groin, suddenly spawned & wrote some shit on it.

She had golden wings on her back.

"Who the fuck are you now?" Shotaro asked.

The lady suddenly looked back at him & said, "I am Mela, I am the bard assigned to you".

"Assigned to me?" Shotaro said, "the fuck, you mean a bard".

"Simetris, the god of journey, often assigns bards to adventures around in Aetheria" She said.

"You mean Drakastradorn" Shotaro said.

"No not Drakastrodorn, Aetheria" She corrected him, "Only the above order calls this land Drakastradorn".

"My job is to record your accomplishment & write them to my lord, so he can complete his weird dream of writing a text containing every adventure in Aetheria".

"That's a weird dream" Shotaro commented only to get smite by lightning by the Bard, "Hey that 'weird dream' is the reason me & my sisters are existing" She said offended.

"I really got a disrespectful fool for an adventure" she complained, "Maybe I should apply for a shift counter back there in hall of journeys".

"You have subsidies there" Shotaro said bewildered.

"Kind of" She said as her wings fluttered open & She was ready to leave, "I fly instantaneously, it won't take me a second to reach you when required"

"Why aren't you wearing clothes" Shotaro said.

"Because my maker didn't think it's necessary & I am pretty sure the fabric with burn off at the instantaneous flying speed all bards fly from, so it's impractical" She replied, "So until a fabric that can resist the friction at infinitely increasing speeds exist, my sisters are going to be flying naked".

"Then" Shotaro asked, "How did I see you coming if you're that fast".

"Well you're more than meets your own eyes, Mugyiwara" She fly away, "We're going to be meeting again for a while now" she said before disappearing instantly in the horizon.

That was the moment Shotaro realised

  HE CAN HEAR AGAIN!!.

He looked back at Capybara-bear who came out of his hiding place, "You healed me from behind the scenes" He pets the good boy. "Thank you bro" but then asked, "So you support heavy but not much in direct combat?".

"Well, everyone to their own" & the duo continues their journey.

They walked for a while [half a day], where Shotaro learned a lot on how to use Alakshmi, it had a very large hit power, only it was a big longer than normal Katanas, meaning it will be inefficient in caved, considering Shotaro doesn't just blow the cave away with it, but the main thing was that Shotaro, somehow, was able to wield a blade like it, maybe, just maybe he knew how to use a katana in his previous life.

"Talking about my time on earth" Shotaro said, "it's getting less blurry the more & more time went on, maybe it's connected to how much exploration I do?" He said to capybara bear that just nibbled grass as they rested, "But I still don't know much about these voices in my head, they direct me to a goal, I do the goal, but they never really say anything else to me" he stands up, "But they did save me from getting mauled before, so I guess they are friendly or just waiting to get my attention to betray me in future".

He wandered & he wandered with Capybara bear on his side, he knew he had time, humans in Drakastradorn lives way longer than earth, he knew he had decades, or centuries even to find something if he can't, but the bigger concern was of Alakshmi, the longer he would live the longer the death count around him will increase, all he wants to do is to find the secret behind the voice, save everyone & die…again?, wait why did he think 'again'?, back to topic, he is not planning on living too much anyway.

Capybara-bear took him to a cave, "Freaky ass bear" He thought to himself, suddenly he saw a big ass....structure of some sorts, it was fleshy, it was like a hive.

"It's look like if a bee hive is made up of Vaginas" Shotaro said as he touched one of those, suddenly he saw Capybara-bear pointing inside, Shotaro realised, when Capybara-bear saw how he defeated that Rakhsas before, that made it realise Shotaro is strong, & he needs help, so he healed his ears.

"You want me to…do what exactly?" Shotaro said.

Capybara-bear began to do funny sign languages, but he didn't understand.

The voice came back in his head.

"He wants you to go in, kill the Queen bee Rakhsas, free his family & oh BTW, Capybara-bear is a Rakhsas too".

"Oh, thanks" Shotaro said as he stopped, "Wait a minute…WHAT!!?".

He looked back at Capybara bear, "You're a Rakhsas".

Capybara-Bear sad

"OK I am not racist" Shotaro said, "I just wonder should I use Alakshmi to do the job quickly?, I suppose not because I will end up blowing away the entire cave".

"Wait a minute" He realised, "The voice said, a Q U E E N bee rakhsas right?" he gulped, "that means" he looked above to see eldritch abominations of bees, with spears in their hands, millions of them, just waiting for him to notice them.

"How did this cave even fit all of these"

"Cause Strongholds like these are actually realms with their own space-time, dimensions, mathematical & abstract concepts, with touch of a bit Platonic & philosophical stuff, endless timelines, tl;dr, ITS BIG ASS HELL" the voice said in his head, "Think of it like a video game boss lair, each floor have their own space-time separation barrier & almost same yet transcending cosmological components, places like these are separated from regular dimensions, often transcending your normal infinitely dimensioned cosmos, conceptually & literally".

"Damn" Shotaro said, "BUT WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS SHIT NOW?".

The voices didn't reply, but THE BEES DID as the army of rakhsas grabs his ass & takes him & Capybara-bear to Queen's room, Capybara bear tries to wiggle out f their grasp but Shotaro just whispered, "Stop moving dumbass, if what the voices in my head said are truer than they are just sparring us the gods know how much time it would have taken us to go from one floor to other & all its cosmological shit".

They were then throwed in front of a hill of eggs, with some worker bee rakshasas taking them & placing them into incubators....DEAD FUCKING CORPSES.

"Fuck" Shotaro said horrified, "Most of these are female organisms, especially mammals due to their womb being a ready-made incubation cabinet" he gulps, "But I don't even have a womb" he realises, "Technically everyone does before the Y chromosome kicks in".

Capybara-bear freaks out but Shotaro reassures his rakhsas friend, "Stay calm buddy, I swear I won't have myself another Madona".

"Where is your queen!!" he shouted before realising, "Wait you don't understand me, you all are big ass bees", he tries again, "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zaaaaaaaaaaa zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa zweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen?"

"Waits, that's housefly" Shotaro said to himself as he realises his mistakes.

"No, it's mosquito, actually"A feminine voice came from above, probably from the queen, actually.

Hearing that Shotaro quickly looked back at capybara bear, "Stay there buddy, I will get her" & he runs above the hill of eggs, before getting stopped by a horde of large soldier bee, but he just plucks their heads off their shoulders with his big fucking arms, he rips & tears until he is covered in bee goo, sticky greeny honey type goo to be exact as he saw a disgusting scenario.

It was a woman, with bee like wings, her vagina was purple, from constant giving eggs, that creature had no same, its breast swollen as if they were blown with a wind pumper, her belly swollen, constantly making bee eggs with the semen she receives, her figure however, in her beast man form, can't have energy to lay eggs all damn time if she stays in her true form, she had wild, long blonde hair, as blonde as honey & a signature look of superiority.

  Queen Bee, monarch of Bee-rakhsas.

"Can't let a queen give birth at peace" She said, "what do you want human?"

"Free my bro's family, he ain't done none?".

"You mean Capybara bear?" She asked, not stoping the..process.

"His actual name is Capybara Bear?".

"Aerion actually named him Capib Araber, but close enough" She answered, "I took his family to feed them to my young sons so they can grow quickly, fuck my pussy silly, give me their sperm to continue the cycle, then die".

"You fuck your own sons?" Shotaro asked disgusted?.

"I am a Rakhsas" She said matter-of-factly, "& this whole realm of a stronghold, MY EMPIRE is made by my deeds of incest & pedophillia".

"Thats freaky as hell" Shotaro said, "You know what?".

He smirks, "Do you want my 'long black sword?'" he asked flirtingly as he winked at her.

"oh my" She said her cheeks turning red, "Well, you are a beuty deserving of a queen like me, & you won't die in a week unlike my childrens".

She thought about it before she laid down on her hill of eggs, spreading her legs wide open, "Yes give me your long black sword" She chuchled, "But I warn you, these constant egg laying have'nt done much to the tightness of my womanhood, it infant made it warmer".

But little did she knew, Shotaro was actually going to give her his long black sword...THE ACTUAL KIND.

He unsheathes Alakshmi & flash steps forward, but his hand was stoped by the queen, "That's it?" She said, crushing his hand to the point it drops the blade, "You could have been my seed bank, but you choose food".

Suddenly everything the cave began to attack Shotaro, tearing him, consuming his guts & flash, only for him to regenrate again, due to Alakshmi's properties, continuing the grusome cycle again...actually it went for 400 hours straight, considering the space time in the stronghold works differnetly, Shotaro was in pain, so much infact he forgot the concept of screaming in anguish, just after some tens of hours.

The queen continued doing her egg laying, laughing, clearly pleased with Shotaro's anguish, even if she is seeing it for days now, another delight in her other than fucking her handsome sons & laying their eggs, was to see this infedel like this, but it all stoped when Capybara-Bear, who came back for Shotaro.

Flashbacks to way before, when they entered the queens room & when Shotaro told him to wait for him, actually Shotaro secretly put an escape ofuda where he can't even see due to his biology, on his back, so the Rakhsas was teleported out of the stronghold the moment it sensed Shotaro was in danger, both the ofuda & The act was a courtesy of Madona.

Flashback ends with Capybara bear, now after 400 hours of prep, pulling out some mystique tree sticks & leaves, & burning them, getting the bees away from the broken man, as Shotaro was in deep coma, due to the pain.

"Wake up Shotaro" he found himself back in the sea of blood, where he once found Alakshmi, "Keep moving forward, Shotaro" The voice returned.

"Who are you?" Shotaro asked, tiredly, as he was too down as to let the ocean consume in, the voices can no longer motivate him, so they flashed a memories, of a ceartain someone.

"Please explore the world for me" Said Madona standing under the tree where he dugged her grave.

Shotaro looked at her, in the white void he was in, he can see a figure aproaching him, amongst all this torment he endured by the queen bee, there was a figure that is here for him..

"Capybara bear?" Shotaro said waking up as Capybara bear did his iconic belly dance in joy.

"You came back for me" Shotaro said as he jumped to hug the big ol good boy of a rakhsas.

"Tch" the queen said, "Spoiling a queens fun means death to the clown".

"He is not a clown" Shotaro said pointing at her, "& YOU'RE NO QUEEN".

suddenly Alakshmi came flying into his hand as he, before she turns into her true for, speedblitz & beheads her, not failing like last time.

The head fell, still cursing under its breath, as it rolled down the mountain of eggs.

"Mothefucking Mugyiwara" it said, "This action only means dead"

Suddenly all bees, including the sons & The workers began chanting, "For you mother" before plucking their own heads off, as the turned into a messy slurry of meat & insect organs, all returning into the headless nape of the queen, filling it up as it finnaly exploded.

Shotaro looked at Capybara bear, knowing he can't still defeat such a being, & also the fact Capybara bear got his famil securly, "RUN!!".

they all ran out, like fucking Ussain bolt.

Shotaro knew he isn't strong enough to deal with something like this yet, so he ran too, to avoid another 400 hours like one of those, his mind & body were tired from his torment, but he remebered Halsar's words & said to himself, "This was only the begining".

They ran above, level to level, suddenly there were just too many levels so Shotaro says, "Fuck that" & unsheates Alakshmi, eradicating whatever what in its sight, the sword of misfortune created an exit, helet Capybara bears..or Capib Araber's family go out, then him then finnaly, when he saw the mass aproach him, he himself jumped out as it caused a big ass explosion.

"Phew" Shotaro said to himself, "That was close".

suddenly a giant ass hornet, evil lovecraftien looking Hornet came out, "Its gonna be more closer now" it said as the queen bees True form was infact, more scary than Garm's, not that she is stronger than Garm, just more scary.

Shotaro & Capyabara Bears began to shit bricks, along with his family.

"stand beside me" Shotaro said unleashing Alakshmi again, "That attact that created the valley, if I can just perform it again, I can stop her, but its a maybe & that's also a maybe in the maybe".

Suddenly the giant hornet queen just sprayed acid on him, trying to stop him, but Capybara Bear with his family created a barrier with all their Rakhsas tantra, basically magic equavelent for Rakhsas kind, to stop them.

"OK" Shotaro said, "here WE FUCKING GO".

he swinged Alakshmi with all his force........only for its to not do shit.

"Is this supposed to be a joke" The big ass monster asked, "Is this what my vessels died for".

"come on you stupid goddess" Shotaro desprately swings his katan again & again, "do something".

(-_-)

"I am sorry Capybara bear, it usually works" Shotaro said.

Suddenly a pillar of light came from sky, through the hornets abdomen, spilling all the nasty juices inside it as it exploded into more honey like goo.

"what the?" Shotaro said, looking back at Capybara bear & his family, now safe.

"Stale Unknown wanderer, you stand infront of the legendary hero of Sword" A lady, looking bit mature, like in her late-20s, still pretty landed from sky, in a valkyri type outfit.

"Did you eradicated that stronghold with all its space-time & stuff?" She asked, her metal wings closing, "Who are you?".

"Who am I?" Shotaro said, "Who are you?".

"I am Freya, the sword of ragnor the black,& with the blessing of Marafyre te absoulute, the strongest swordsman in Drakastradorn".

"isn't swordswoman a more appopriate term" Shotaro asked before shaking his head, "no time for correction, why did you helped us".

"Well you were lucky you were at the right position at the right time, you & those rakhsases, seems friendly" She said, "I just wanted to kill the big insect that appeared".

"She liked incest" Shotaro added.

"Wait what the fu-I knew that" She tried to play it off cool, as she points her sword at him, "Where is your destiny headed".

"they will go back to forrests" Shotaro said, "& my destiny is for olive dale".

"The capital of Elvish kingdom you say?" She put a hand on her chin before realising what Shotaro, "You must be that son of Gaia that defeated Garm & masscred an entire village's army, wait, 7'11 check, red eyes check, sand like skin tone check, silver spiky but slicked back hair checked, YOU ARE HIM".

"I always knew I was HIM, no need to remind me" Shotaro said, clearly mistaking her words.

"that's not a compliment" She said, "You done crimes, you must come with me".

Her sword glowed as she pointed it towards him, "raise your hands, drop your weapons".

Shotaro, knowing that she can curbstomp him in this state considering how easily she took out The bee queen, does as told, raised his hands after dropping Alakshhmi from his waist.

But there was a bit of misplacement, you see, Alakshmi was lagging way bad before cause of Shotaro not yet knowing how to use it, so with each failed swinged, he unknowngly stacked a attack inside it & when it reached thr ground, the stockpiled pitted out of the black katana's blade, like a volcano, accidentally engulfing Freya in it.

She screamed as the armour of hers melted into her skin, she screamed as her blade melted into her arm, she screamed as her battle crown melted into her forehead.

Shotaro, horrified of what he accidentally did, tries to help her but she had an ofuda on her, which teleported her out of his sight the moment it sensed her pain.

Shotaro looked at Capybara-bears family, equally horrified, then at him, then at Alakshmi on the ground, its black blade seering in heat, from the fresh spit up of all that stockpiled energy.

The screams echoes in his mind again & again, like a second was a day long, but he then finnaly spoke.

 I WON't use it until I learned it.