Kaede walked slowly, holding Little Loli, and walked toward the center of the field.
The people in the field had different reactions. Tatsumi and Wave had surprise in their eyes, but at this moment, they also felt a bit uncomfortable in their hearts—not because of anything else, but because of the pressure.
That's right, at this moment, Kaede's aura was in a fully unleashed state.
Even Syura, who had been clamoring the whole time, closed his mouth at this moment. Watching Kaede walk over step by step, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Although Kaede hadn't even glanced at him once, his body couldn't help but retreat, feeling fear.
"Is this the empires strongest?" Dorothea, with her loli figure, looked at Kaede with great interest.
However, Kaede walked straight toward Mio, then handed the Little Loli in her arms to Mio, saying, "Take her inside the house; the following scene might not be suitable for children." As she spoke, a smile appeared at the corner of Kaede's mouth.
Mio and Boros beside her looked at Kaede's Dragon Pupils, which were completely different from usual, and their hearts trembled suddenly. They took their daughter and nodded.
"Mommy~" Arriving in Mio's arms, the Little Loli forgot the surprise she had mentioned earlier and began to cry in Mio's embrace.
"Mm, Mommy is fine." Mio couldn't help but shed tears, and together with Boros beside her, she walked into the house.
"General..." At this moment, the people around also noticed the change in Kaede's eyes and said with some concern.
"Big sister..." Kurome looked at Kaede, feeling that something was wrong.
Kaede turned around to look at Kurome, a gentle expression appearing in her pair of Dragon Pupils. She walked over and hugged the stunned Kurome, rubbing her head against Kurome's hair.
"Mmm, big sister..." Being treated like this by Kaede all of a sudden, Kurome's face flushed slightly.
"Don't worry, big sister is fine." A smile appeared on the corners of Kaede's mouth, then she turned her eyes to Syura, and the smile turned into ice.
"You are that Syura?" Kaede raised an eyebrow, asking a question she already knew the answer to.
"Yes, I am the Prime Minister's son." Syura looked at Kaede's scarlet Dragon Pupils and said the Prime Minister's name, seemingly to remind Kaede, and also to embolden himself. It's fine, even if the person opposite is a General, they wouldn't dare to kill him.
"The Prime Minister?" A playful smile appeared at the corners of Kaede's mouth as she stared at Syura. "You're the one who wanted my sister?"
After saying this, Kaede stared at Syura, and killing intent quietly began to gather.
"You... what are you doing?" Syura was at the very center of the gathering killing intent and couldn't help but change color drastically. "I am the Prime Minister's son, what are you doing?"
"Although I don't like him very much, he is my leader, so I cannot watch you take action." Izo slowly opened his eyes, lowered the hand holding his sword, and prepared for battle.
"Oh?" Kaede looked at Izo with a half-smile, coldness appearing in her eyes. "You are also... too full of yourself!"
The next moment, Kaede's figure disappeared from where she stood.
"What?" Izo widened his eyes. In his vision, there was only that dazzling blade light that seemed to cut through the air. Looking at this blade light, Izo was too excited to remain calm, and he gripped his beloved sword, Eisetsu, tightly.
Kaede's figure finally appeared beside Syura. The blade remained quietly in its scabbard as if it had never been drawn, but that blade light that cut through the air, that fleeting flash of the blade, was seen by everyone present.
"You... you!" Syura looked at Kaede in front of him, eyes wide. His hand tried to reach for his Teigu, Shangri-La, but as time quietly passed, Syura couldn't feel the existence of his hand.
Syura couldn't help but look down, only then discovering that his hands had long since detached from his body, falling to the ground covered in blood.
"You! You!" Syura widened his eyes, reaching out his right arm to grab at Kaede, but just as his hand was halfway out, his body began to disintegrate and fall apart as if a crucial block had been pulled out.
Syura had been hacked into eight pieces by Kaede in that instant, perhaps even more than eight pieces...
At this moment, Kaede looked at the pieces of flesh on the ground and shrugged her shoulders. She missed Esdeath a little bit; even when hacking someone into pieces, her style was always to kill in an instant. If Esdeath were here, it would not be as simple as just death.
However, Kaede didn't look at Enshin and Dorothea, who were standing there in terror and guarding against her, but turned to look at Izo, a mocking smile appearing on the corner of her mouth.
"The person I want to kill, can you protect him?"
But Izo didn't care about that. He just stared blankly, murmuring, "This swordsmanship."
Suddenly, Izo turned around, his eyes revealing a crazed look, filled with excitement and joy, and said to Kaede: "Please let me die under your blade!"
"Hm?" Kaede was stunned. After seeing the fanaticism in Izo's eyes, she realized his attire—a standard swordsman's outfit.
Although it was impossible to spare Izo, Kaede ultimately chose to fulfill Izo's request. From one perspective, he was still a quite respectable opponent, at least much better than the trash under her feet.
"They are left to you." Kaede said to Tatsumi and Nahash.
"Alright!" Tatsumi shouted excitedly. He had already been rubbing his hands, long anticipating this. Although he didn't get to kill Syura, and Syura's method of death made him feel a bit nauseous, he had to admit that even Tatsumi felt a sense of gratification in his heart seeing Syura like this.
You have to know, for so many days, Syura had been running amok right under their noses, destroying their hard work completely, yet they had to suppress themselves. This killing intent had long been accumulating in their hearts. Seeing Syura's death naturally made them feel that this killing intent suppressed in the depths of their hearts had been released, naturally feeling gratification.
At this moment, hearing Kaede's order, Tatsumi rushed straight up.
"Stomach-Churning Demon!!"
"Sigh!" Nahash sighed, but this was also good; at least it seemed Kaede's state had returned. However, recalling Kaede's Dragon Pupils, Nahash's eyes were also a bit grave; he always felt things weren't as simple as they seemed.
"Tatsumi, add me to the mix." Wave had also had enough during this period. Although he wasn't Kaede's subordinate, he also rushed out at this moment. "Grand Chariot!"
Nahash sighed and followed as well. Although he had confidence in them, he was a bit worried that these two hot-blooded guys, Wave and Tatsumi, might capsize in the gutter.
As for Run, looking at the people over there, a trace of regret appeared in his eyes. It was a pity that guy wasn't there...
Thinking of the children who were brutally murdered, Run couldn't help but reveal terrifying killing intent in his eyes.
"Run? What's wrong?" Kurome also noticed the killing intent Run revealed at this moment, and couldn't help but be a bit surprised. After all, Run was usually the gentlest one, so why would he reveal such killing intent at this time? Even his slightly effeminate face looked exceptionally ferocious at this moment.
"Uh, nothing." Woken up by Kurome, Run also noticed his loss of composure and immediately adjusted, saying.
"Hm?" Kurome obviously didn't believe it, but at this moment she was more concerned about her sister, so she didn't ask further and continued to look at her sister.
Thinking of Kaede's Dragon Pupils, Kurome felt a bit panicked. Although Kurome could also perceive that the gentleness in Kaede's eyes hadn't changed, still filled with doting and warmth, Kurome still felt as if her sister had turned into a different person.
And over there, Kaede had already delivered the final strike by now. Without a doubt, Izo was directly finished off; after all, their strength was not on the same level.
Izo lay in a pool of blood, a satisfied smile on his face. Blood blurred his vision, but looking at Kaede's back, Izo still couldn't help but take out his beloved sword, Eisetsu, the sword he had always sacrificed blood for.
However, Izo paused when he wanted to speak, looking at his beloved sword, a sentence flashed through his mind...
Can my beloved sword be worthy of her? A look of loss appeared in Izo's eyes, but a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. Then let it be buried with me...
Clutching Eisetsu to his chest, Izo closed his eyes.
Kaede had already walked to Kurome's side and was rubbing Kurome's little head, saying: "You weren't scared, were you?"
Kurome shook her head, staring at Kaede's Dragon Pupils, an impulse in her heart made her ask directly, "Are... are you big sister?"
Suddenly, Kaede's hand rubbing Kurome's head paused. A look of loss appeared in her eyes, and she withdrew her hand. Looking at the expression in Kurome's eyes, she felt a dryness in her throat.
"Perhaps... I am."
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