As the potion entered his body, Champ's clown face showed a smile.
A surge of power gathered in his heart.
Endless power surged within his body.
"Hahahaha! I... am invincible!!!"
Champ's muscles bulged, and he lifted his lowered head, directly locking onto Ran.
In an instant, an alarm bell rang in Ran's heart.
Not good!
In an instant, Champ appeared before Ran's eyes.
Ran quickly distanced himself.
Looking at the dodging Ran, Champ's face showed a playful smile, and before landing, he threw several orbs from his hand.
The orbs transformed into flames, lightning, and storms.
These were the Flame, Lightning, and Storm Orbs among the Six Orbs.
The Lightning Orb was like lightning, reaching Ran in the blink of an eye.
Ran quickly reacted, and the "Lightning Orb" brushed past him.
Immediately after, the Flame Orb struck Ran.
At the same time, the Storm Orb followed.
Fire combined with storm.
A fiery tornado quickly engulfed Ran.
Champ watched Ran being swallowed by the fiery tornado and laughed wildly.
Suddenly, Champ's expression froze.
Ran burst out of the fiery tornado, his pristine white wings stained black.
Champ's face turned grim.
"Why resist! Wouldn't it be better to just die!!!"
Saying that, Champ threw all Six Orbs at Ran.
Ran didn't speak; he was extremely calm at this moment.
Before avenging his students, he absolutely could not fall.
Looking at the incoming Six Orbs.
Ran's Imperial Armament fully opened, like an angel.
"God's..."
"Die!"
What!
Ran's eyes widened, while Champ had already appeared behind Ran, holding a dagger and thrusting it towards Ran's back.
Suddenly, a cold light flashed, and an arm flew into the air.
Boom!
Then Champ flew backward, smashing heavily into a pit.
"You're quite a mess, Ran."
"Greetings, General Esdeath!"
Esdeath stood elegantly on an ice pillar, holding a Western sword.
Ran quickly went before Esdeath and saluted.
"Alright, let's finish this quickly. I still need to take Najenda and the others to meet the King."
"Yes! General!"
In the large pit, Champ felt as if all his internal organs had shifted.
He covered his severed arm and slowly crawled out of the pit.
Looking at Esdeath standing on the ice pillar, Champ's face was filled with disbelief.
Isn't Esdeath the Empire's General?
Why would she attack him, and why didn't she attack Ran, who had attacked him?
Champ's mind churned, and he remembered what Lord Ci had said.
"Hey, Champ, this mission is to investigate the situation in the North Country, and... and whether that guy Esdeath has betrayed the Empire!"
Thinking of this, he understood.
He shouted at Esdeath: "Esdeath! You have actually betrayed the Em—"
"God's Feather."
Swish~
Swish swish~
Before Champ could finish his sentence, Ran used his feathers to stab him, turning him into a sieve.
Countless holes were left on his body.
His eyes widened, and his clown face showed disbelief.
Only one thing was in his mind.
That was, the Empire's most loyal General... had committed treason!
Thud~
Champ died with his eyes wide open.
Ran walked up to Champ, looked at the guy before him, and then looked up at the sky.
"Teacher... I have avenged you!!!"
Esdeath didn't rush him, standing by and watching. She knew Ran's situation.
Let her subordinate take his time to recover.
At this moment, Numa walked over.
He dragged Ci, who he had chopped into a human stick, over.
Esdeath looked Numa up and down, teasing, "How did you get so messy?"
Facing Esdeath's words, Numa casually said, "I was careless, didn't dodge."
After all, as a subordinate of the King, if he weren't an undead, he would have truly died.
And let the woman in front of him say what she wants.
He couldn't beat her.
After all, when he became an undead, he went to challenge her one-on-one and ended up getting beaten into pieces here and there.
Hmm... that's literal.
Ci, whose eyes were originally lifeless, focused his gaze upon hearing Esdeath's voice.
He looked closely and found Esdeath standing in front of Numa.
Could it be... the General came to save him?
"General! Quickly kill this guy—"
"Boring."
Before Ci could finish his sentence, a cold light flashed.
He saw the world spinning.
Esdeath had attacked!
But... whose body was that?
Is that... mine?
Why did Esdeath kill him?
She betrayed the Empire!?
Clang.
Ci's head rolled to the side like a ball.
"Alright, Ran, Numa, pick up the others and return to the Imperial Capital!"
"Yes!!!"
...
North Country Imperial Capital.
Under Esdeath's lead, Najenda, Akame, and Leone saw such a prosperous capital for the first time.
The whole journey was full of vitality.
The Imperial Capital of the Empire was incomparable to this.
Everyone was clearly aware of the changes along the way.
Everyone was full of hope for life, and the three also saw many things they had never seen before.
"Najenda, let's go, let's meet the King together."
"Okay, thank you."
Everyone entered the palace.
Leone, at the very back of the group, blinked her eyes, then stealthily slipped away from the team.
Under Esdeath's lead, the group walked through the palace.
Soon, they arrived at the meeting hall.
"Najenda, you all rest here for a bit, I'll go inform the King."
"Okay, thank you."
After Esdeath left, Najenda and the others waited briefly in the meeting hall.
Kurome brought cookies to find Akame.
Meanwhile, Najenda rubbed her forehead.
Because she found that Leone had run off to who knows where.
Outside the palace, Leone, who had left the group, quickly moved across the rooftops, searching for inconspicuous places in the city to see if anyone was being oppressed.
She wanted to see if the King Esdeath spoke of was truly a King for the people.
Time passed bit by bit, the sun slowly set, and the city became brightly lit.
Inside the palace, Najenda, whom Esdeath had not found Abel for, was arranged in a guest room.
Akame was pulled to Kurome's room.
Outside.
Leone was drinking the North Country's fine wine, walking alone on the street.
A lively atmosphere, people with smiles on their faces.
"This place is really nice~"
Leone said, taking another sip of the fine wine.
Then she moved through the streets.
Suddenly, she was attracted by a person, a person with white hair and red eyes, dressed gorgeously, clearly a rich person at first glance.
And a money pouch hung at his waist.
Leone, who had drunk too much, her eyes lit up.
"Hehehe, today I, your big sister, will rob the rich to help the poor!"
Thinking this, she stumbled towards that person, bumping into him.
"Are you alright?"
"Sorry, sorry, I've had too much to drink."
Saying that, Leone apologized to the person, then turned and walked away.
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