Akame carried Kurome towards the Holy Capital, with Leone walking beside her, saying,
"Right now, only the Divine Messenger and the Saintess can save your sister. Neither I nor Bishop An have the authority."
She was just a 'Bishop'; above her, there was an Archbishop. Although there wasn't an Archbishop yet, Bishop An would likely become the Archbishop after the Empire was unified.
After all, in terms of merit, only Bishop An was qualified, and she agreed.
"However—I advise you not to have too much hope, as eradicating all evil in this world is God's will."
God's will was absolute. The mere existence of God could influence everything, let alone the tens of thousands of God's Grace.
With Kurome's accumulated sins, wherever she went, if discovered by a God's Grace, she would surely be hunted down.
This meant that there was no place for Kurome in this world.
"I understand." Akame lowered her head: "But—"
"I can't stand it anymore." Leone threw caution to the wind and went all out. Having been with Akame for so long, she knew this stubborn person too well, but she couldn't just ignore her: "At most, I can only talk."
To convince the Divine Messenger and the Saintess to pity Kurome was harder than ascending to heaven.
Above their heads, Xia Wei watched the two running below and sighed softly.
"The world is not black and white. On the path to what is good, countless choices will always appear, and these choices themselves are cruel."
A vicious bandit, his son might be a righteous person, but this bandit was very good to his son.
One might ask, should his righteous son choose to uphold the justice in his heart and bring his loving father to justice, or let his father go free?
No matter the choice, it would violate justice. Therefore, justice itself is a contradictory ideal; what is done as justice at the moment might become evil later.
Justice is dynamic, constantly shifting.
As the saying goes, strength and weakness can transform into each other, and good and evil can be reversed.
Therefore, what he defined was 'good,' pursuing all peace of mind was 'good.' Good was not necessarily the best, but merely a choice made with a clear conscience at the present moment.
"Let you define it. This time, I will give you the choice. I hope you don't disappoint me." Xia Wei looked at Jerok's dependents.
Meanwhile, Esdeath arrived at the border.
Her army of 400,000 had not been fully brought back to the Imperial Capital; a portion was left to guard the Northern Border, and her original capable generals remained there.
When she came from the Imperial Capital, she had already ordered the army outside the Imperial Capital to follow the arrangements of the Religious State.
She had already observed the soldiers who followed her; most of them were mediocre, neither good nor bad, at most resorting to small tricks like falsely reporting military achievements or exploiting new recruits, not truly evil.
In the eyes of God, these people were not guilty enough to die; at most, they would be punished by being sent to farm or mine.
That was better than being killed, wasn't it?
All the soldiers had witnessed General Esdeath suppressing the Supreme Imperial Arms alone, so they completely obeyed her; they would not hesitate even if told to commit suicide.
In their eyes, Esdeath was already a god.
"Although I don't really want to act against my subordinates, the Master's will cannot be refused, so I have no choice but to let you die." Esdeath's face showed no regret, only calm.
She was strong, and it was natural for the strong to dominate the lives of the weak.
"General!"
The soldiers of the border fortress shouted fanatically upon seeing Esdeath descend on a flying Dangerous Species.
"Have the Three Beasts come to see me." Esdeath walked into the fortress.
"Yes!"
Soon, the Three Beasts rushed out of the barracks and ran towards the fortress.
"General Esdeath returned so quickly? Did His Majesty only ask the General to bring the army back?" A white-haired old man in a coat, speaking somewhat refined and amiable, said.
For some reason, Liver felt uneasy. Had something gone wrong in the Imperial Capital?
"It's unlikely to be the Little Emperor; it must be Minister Honest, as the Little Emperor only listens to Minister Honest." A small, golden-haired man who looked like a young girl said.
"Who cares, as long as General Esdeath is back. It's perfect to follow the General to attack the Northern Barbarians' tribal stronghold deep within the glaciers." Daidara, who usually didn't talk much, said in a deep voice.
"Hehe, you battle maniac must be itching for a fight, not having crushed enemy bones for a few days." Nyau said with a smile.
"Me too, I also want to collect more faces of Northern Barbarian women, but unfortunately, in the last few months, I haven't found a single beautiful, worthy Northern Barbarian woman, all just inferior goods."
Liver shook his head; he didn't have the same quirks as Nyau and Daidara, and he wouldn't participate. If there was alcohol, they could just bring him a bottle.
Soon, the Three Beasts arrived before Esdeath.
The fortress where the Imperial Army was stationed at the Northern Border was made of tents draped with animal hides, and Esdeath's personal tent was very large.
Esdeath was sitting on a seat wrapped in white wolf fur.
"General Esdeath, did you summon us for something?" Liver bowed slightly.
"General, you returned so quickly this time. It must be a very important matter, is His Majesty asking us to completely annihilate the Northern Barbarians?"
Nyau asked with anticipation.
"I'll charge first." Daidara said in a deep voice.
Esdeath looked at the three with regret and said: "The Empire is finished. The Imperial Capital has also been destroyed, and the Little Emperor and the entire Imperial Palace are gone."
"Huh?" The three were stunned, then shocked.
"The Imperial Capital fell? Was it the Revolutionary Army?" Liver's eyes widened. He had once been an Imperial General, but due to his refusal to bribe the Minister, he was framed and imprisoned.
When he was about to be executed, Esdeath saved him. He thought he wasn't afraid of death, but when death was truly upon him, he was more afraid than anyone. Therefore, he had always followed Esdeath in battle,
and had come to regard Esdeath as his faith.
"Unbelievable!" Nyau stared: "Is the General back to lead us to fight the Revolutionary Army?"
Esdeath: "Of course not. The Little Emperor and those Ministers were all killed by me. Unfortunately, Honest escaped."
"Huh?" The Three Beasts were collectively dumbfounded.
"Alright, in gratitude for your loyal service to me for so long." Esdeath raised her hand, and freezing air instantly erupted, turning the entire tent ice-blue.
"I will let you die without pain."
The Three Beasts had no time to react and completely turned into ice sculptures, their expressions frozen at that moment.
Crack, crack, crack…
The three ice sculptures instantly shattered into powder. The Three Beasts painlessly disappeared from the world.
After doing all this, Esdeath walked out of the tent, her voice echoing throughout the military camp.
"All troops, listen to my command, prepare to return to the Imperial Capital."
"Yes! General Esdeath!" x n.
All the soldiers began to quickly dismantle their tents and gather their equipment.
Esdeath, meanwhile, went to a glacier, thousands of meters long, far from the military camp.
Within the glacier, countless black humanoid shadows could vaguely be seen.
These were all the 200,000 allied forces of the Northern Barbarians, whom she had annihilated in one move.
At that time, the prince who claimed to be the strongest and bravest in the north led these 200,000 allied forces and ran to her army, saying he would kill her.
Originally, she was excited, but this so-called bravest Northern Barbarian prince couldn't even withstand one of her moves, and her mood instantly soured. In a fit of rage, she directly annihilated the 200,000 allied forces.
"Northern Barbarians, as long as you behave, I have no interest in killing ordinary people. For now, I'll build a row of glaciers along the Northern Border."
Esdeath stomped her foot, and ice-blue freezing air erupted.
"And while I'm at it, let me see how strong my greatest power truly is! Hehe."