Champ was running frantically on the ground, his cheerful face now distorted and deranged.
In the sky, Run continuously fired feathers using his Teigu.
"Bastard! Don't you like killing people? Come on!"
Run was furious at this moment, but he still retained his rationality.
Champ, running, looked at Run in the sky, his back molars grinding.
'Damn it! His Teigu counters mine!'
Once he threw his Teigu, Run would deflect it back.
His main reliance was on his Chaos Throw: Big Leaguer. Once he lost that advantage, he was a lamb to the slaughter.
He wanted to fight in close quarters, but he was blocked by the feathers in the sky.
Then...
Champ pulled out a syringe from his pocket. This was a semi-finished product Dr. Stylish had made when he was in the Empire. Once injected, the body's functions would greatly improve. However, he would have to rely on this medicine from now on.
Champ gritted his teeth and injected the syringe into his body.
As the potion entered his body, Champ's clown face showed a smile.
"Hahahaha! I am invincible!"
Champ's muscles bulged, and he lifted his lowered head, locking onto Run.
An alarm bell rang in Run's heart.
Not good!
In an instant, Champ appeared before Run's eyes but Run quickly distanced himself.
Looking at the dodging Run, 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.
The Lightning Orb reached Run in the blink of an eye. Run quickly reacted, and the Lightning Orb brushed past him.
Immediately after, the Flame Orb struck him. At the same time, the Storm Orb followed.
A fiery tornado quickly engulfed Run.
Champ watched Run being swallowed by the fiery tornado and laughed wildly.
Suddenly, his expression froze.
Run 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, he threw all six orbs at Run.
Run was extremely calm at this moment. Before avenging his students, he absolutely could not fall.
Looking at the incoming orbs, Run's Teigu fully opened, like an angel.
"Die!"
Champ had already appeared behind Run, holding a dagger and thrusting it towards Run's back.
Suddenly, a cold light flashed, and an arm flew into the air.
Boom!
Then Champ flew backward, smashing into a pit.
"You're quite a mess, Run."
"Greetings, General Esdeath!"
Esdeath stood on an ice pillar, holding a sword.
"Alright, let's finish this quickly. I still need to take Najenda and the others to meet the King."
"Yes! General!"
In the 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 not Run, who had attacked him?
Champ's mind churned, and he remembered what Ibara had said.
"Champ, this mission is to investigate the situation in the Northern Tribes, and whether Esdeath has betrayed the Empire."
He shouted, "Esdeath! You have actually betrayed the Em—"
God's Wings!
Swish!
Before Champ could finish his sentence, Run used his feathers to stab him. Countless holes were left on his body.
Thud!
Champ died with his eyes wide open.
Run walked up to Champ and then looked up at the sky. "I have avenged you guys!"
Esdeath didn't rush him, standing by and watching. She knew Run's situation. Let him take his time to recover.
At this moment, Numa walked over, dragging Ibara.
Esdeath looked Numa up and down, teasing, "How did you get so messy?"
Numa said, "I was careless and didn't dodge."
Ibara, 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 him!"
"Boring."
Ibara saw the world spinning.
Esdeath had attacked!
But whose body was that?
Is that... mine?
Why did Esdeath kill him?
She betrayed the Empire!?
"Alright. Run, Numa, pick up the others and return to the Imperial Capital."
"Yes!"
...
Northern 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 entered the palace but Leone, at the very back of the group, stealthily slipped away from the team.
Under Esdeath's lead, the group walked through the palace and soon 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.
Najenda rubbed her forehead. 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.
Inside the palace, Najenda was arranged in a guest room and Akame was pulled to Kurome's room.
Outside.
Leone was drinking the Northern Kingdom'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 wine.
Then she moved through the streets when suddenly, she saw a person with white hair and red eyes, dressed gorgeously, clearly a rich person at first glance. He even had a money pouch hung at his waist.
Leone's eyes lit up. 'Hehehe, today I will rob the rich to help the poor.'
She stumbled towards that person, bumping into him.
"Are you alright?"
"Sorry, I've had too much to drink."
Leone apologized to the person, then turned and walked away.