At the same time, Esdeath, like a ferocious beast, charged into the streets of the Imperial Capital. Wherever she passed, enemies were frozen by her powerful ice abilities.
Just then, a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky.
With a smirk, Esdeath drew the blade at her waist and slashed at the lightning.
The lightning and the blade collided, erupting in a powerful energy fluctuation.
Esdeath was slightly pushed back by this force, but her eyes grew even more excited.
"The only one who can use lightning must be you, Great General Budo." She laughed loudly, looking up at the sky.
At this moment, a man stood in the sky. He cast off his cloak, revealing a suit of silver-white armor. He stood high in the sky, looking down at Esdeath, while the gauntlets on his hands flickered with electricity.
He looked at Esdeath and said, "Esdeath! Today, I will make you pay for your betrayal of the Empire!"
Esdeath's lips curled into a smile, a hint of excitement flashing in her eyes.
"What betrayal?! As long as someone can conquer me, then I will follow him!"
Hearing Esdeath's words, Budo was slightly stunned.
It seemed the new King of the North was stronger than he had imagined, he was actually able to defeat Esdeath.
However, these thoughts were quickly pushed aside. Now he had only one goal: to execute Esdeath on the spot.
"Come on! Today I will execute you here!"
"Hahaha, come on, Budo, be buried with this decaying nation!"
While Esdeath and Budo were fighting,
Over at the Three Beasts.
Nyau was playing his Teigu—Scream.
The soldiers who had been charging towards them with weapons in hand fainted one by one upon hearing it.
Liver and Daidara, unaffected, walked in front of Nyau. Suddenly, all three of them stopped at the same time and looked up at the rooftop.
There stood Suzuka, Mez, and Sten, the remaining three of the Four Rakshasa Demons, on the rooftop.
"We've been discovered," Suzuka said with a helpless shrug when she realized they had been spotted.
"So what if we're discovered? Let's just fight."
With that, Sten charged down first.
"The three of you, I shall release your souls!"
Seeing Sten charge, Liver remained still, while Daidara, beside him, charged out.
"Hahaha, your opponent is me!"
Daidara and Sten clashed, fists meeting fists. Their blows were powerful and evenly matched.
As for why Daidara didn't use his Teigu—Belvaac?
Of course, it was for the sake of so-called fairness. After all, in the original series, he even tossed a weapon to the unarmed Tatsumi.
Seeing the two fighting, Mez was eager to join. "Suzuka, I'm going in too."
With that, she jumped down from the rooftop and charged towards the remaining two.
Nyau's eyes lit up. He held his flute and walked over.
Mez had thought she could have a fight with Liver. She didn't expect it to be a little girl.
Upon closer look, she smiled. "So it's a little boy, huh? If you don't want to fight, big sister can grant you a wish."
Nyau's lips twitched slightly.
He was in his twenties, wasn't he just a little young-looking?
Truly a person who only judges by appearance.
However, her face was worth collecting. The new King said not to indulge in those little hobbies. But collecting an enemy's face should be fine, right?
"Oh? Is that so? In that case, how about I want your face?"
Mez let out a laugh. "You are quite greedy."
With that, she charged towards Nyau but he quickly retreated.
"Don't hide."
Just as Mez charged towards Nyau, his lips curled into a slight smile. He immediately began playing his Teigu's musical score—Advent of FierceGod.
Nyau, originally slender, swelled up. His body became covered in bulging muscles.
This left Mez stunned. It seemed she had chosen the wrong person.
Never mind, fight!
Now there were only Liver and Suzuka left.
Suzuka looked at Liver below and said, "I didn't expect it. You, who should have been on the Empire's side, actually betrayed the Empire."
Liver didn't care about Suzuka's words. "The Empire? I abandoned the Empire when I was unwilling to accept a bribe. My life belongs to Esdeath. I have always followed General Esdeath. Now, the new King of the North is worthy of my allegiance. And Esdeath also follows him, so there has never been any betrayal."
Suzuka smiled. "More talk is useless; it's much faster to have a fight."
With that, she charged towards Liver.
Liver looked around. Unfortunately, there was no water source, so his Teigu wouldn't be very effective. So he also charged up for close-quarters combat.
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"No… we've split up." Lubbock was now kneeling, frantic.
He couldn't keep up with Mine and the others. This was his dereliction of duty.
How would Najenda see him now? She must be very disappointed.
Just then, a female voice came from in front of Lubbock.
"Excuse me, can you help me?"
Lubbock looked up and saw a woman with rabbit ear ornaments and a pink short skirt standing in front of him.
From this angle, he could see white.
Lubbock showed a lewd smile.
Looking at the green-haired man in front of her, Cosmina felt extremely disgusted, but also found it amusing.
After all, wasn't it fun to toy with the feelings of innocent boys?
She pretended to be scared and stepped back. "Can you not look at me like that? I'm a little scared."
These words pierced Lubbock's heart like a sharp sword.
He... he was despised!
Just as Lubbock fell into a black and white world of self-doubt, Cosmina's lips curved slightly upward, secretly observing his reaction.
No!
Lubbock shook his head abruptly, trying to shake off the terrible emotion.
He quickly changed his demeanor to that of a gentleman, then showed what he thought was a handsome smile and took Cosmina's hand.
"I apologize, beautiful lady, I was rude just now. However, miss, what can I help you with?"
Cosmina's lips curved upward and she leaned against Lubbock, exciting him.
Cosmina leaned into Lubbock's ear and whispered, "Do you want to come home with me?"
When Lubbock heard this, his face instantly turned red to his ears, and his heart began to pound wildly.
But he quickly calmed down. His heart only belonged to Najenda, even if she did not love him.
His face gradually became jojo-fied, and he said, "Sorry. I can't."
Cosmina was stunned, clearly not expecting Lubbock to refuse.
Had her charm diminished?
In that case, she wouldn't play anymore.
She took out a microphone and asked Lubbock, "In that case, would you like to hear me sing a song?"
She put the microphone to her mouth.
"Ahhhh!!!"
Lubbock retreated.
The huge sound wave shattered everything in its path.
"You dodged it, huh."
Cosmina was a little disappointed, then introduced herself, "I am Cosmina of Wild Hunt. I'm sorry, it's for the mission."