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"Is this the observer's ability? Sure enough, they can detect you immediately if you get even a little closer."

When Clara realized that Zank had discovered them, a hint of surprise appeared on her cute little face, even though she had been very careful.

And it's so far away and so secluded.

He locked onto me as soon as we got a little closer.

"Oh, is it my fault? I'm so sorry..."

Hill was a little confused, wondering how the other party had discovered them, since they had been hiding in the most secret place according to Schwarz's plan.

Instead of questioning others or Clara, she immediately assumed it was her own fault and instinctively apologized.

"It's not Hill's fault, it's that his Imperial Arm is very powerful. It can see through things, see far, and even see the future..."

Seeing Hill's habitual self-blame, Clara quickly waved her hand.

It was entirely because of the other party's Imperial Arms, which is why Clara was interested in this Imperial Arms; some of its abilities are truly amazing.

"Is it an Imperial Arms?"

Hill then realized what was happening.

"This isn't the time to talk about this, Zank is coming..."

Clara felt a little nervous watching Zank approach rapidly. However, she felt relieved after sensing Mr. Swallow behind her.

With Mr. Schwarzroth around, nothing will happen.

"Since he's here, then I'll leave him to him."

Sensing danger, Hill seemed to take it seriously and took her Imperial Arms and went out on her own.

"..."

Seeing Hill's transformation, Clara was slightly taken aback. It was as if Hill had become a completely different person. That killing intent was even stronger than that of Akame and the others!

Too……

Hill is usually absent-minded and can't do anything right.

However, she possesses extremely high assassin talent.

When it comes to engaging in killing, they are at their calmest and most decisive.

"Instead of trying to run away, you actually came out on your own? How delightful!"

"There's another little girl here, isn't she coming along?"

Seeing Hill step forward on her own initiative, Zank was incredibly surprised. He had thought they would be like the other women, hiding there to be beheaded by him.

They actually came out on their own initiative...

No, that's not right.

Suddenly, Zank sensed something was wrong with the woman in front of him. Her aura, that chilling killing intent, was definitely not something an ordinary person would possess.

Even so, Zank didn't care much; instead, he became even more excited.

"interesting."

"Let me see what you're thinking. Huh? How come you're not thinking about anything?"

Zank activated one of the Imperial Arms' abilities—mind-reading—but found that he couldn't figure out what the woman in front of him was thinking; she didn't seem to have any other thoughts at all.

"Behead Zank..."

Hill truly had no ideas; at this moment, she was almost a completely different person from usual, a natural-born killer.

This is one of the reasons why Najenda sent her to fight Zank with Clara. Compared to the others, Hill, once in battle, completely ignored mind reading and was driven solely by her killing instinct.

Then, the girl picked up the giant scissor-like Imperial Arm with both hands, severing everything in two [Soul-Stirring], and took the initiative to meet Zank as he approached.

Chapter 42 Automaton Squad

Hill wielded her weapon and slashed at Zank with incredible speed. Her scissor-shaped Imperial Arm could cut through anything in the world.

However, it seems that only the inner blade can achieve this. The tip and outer side of the [Sever All Things] scissors seem to be similar to normal weapons, so neither stabbing nor slashing can achieve the effect of cutting through iron like mud.

The next second, Hill's attack missed completely, as if Zank had anticipated her attack and dodged it in advance.

And seizing the opportunity, he slashed Hill's neck with a knife.

Sensing danger, Hill quickly changed the position of her Imperial Arm, holding it horizontally to her neck, thus blocking the attack.

Because of the high hardness of the Imperial Arms in her hands, she can defend against the vast majority of attacks, even Imperial Arm gunshots and the heavy punches of bio-Imperial Arms.

Unfortunately, this Imperial Arms only has these two basic abilities, which are very simple.

In the next few exchanges, even though Hill was completely in killer mode, killing instinctively without any thought or intention, he still managed to kill.

However, Zank always managed to anticipate her attacks and retaliate decisively. After several exchanges, Hill hadn't managed to injure Zank in the slightest; instead, she herself had several wounds.

Fortunately, Clara had given her the protective light cone, so her clothes were torn in a few places, but her skin was not scratched.

In short, Hill was also completely suppressed by Zank.

Even though Hill felt that her attack seemed to have been seen through, and tried to change her tactics, it still had no effect.

Zank can still anticipate her movements.

"Hahaha, this is the real Imperial Arm! I am the real Imperial Arm user. Even if you have an Imperial Arm, even if you don't care or want it, so what if I can't see what you're thinking?"

"I can still anticipate all your attacks."

Zank grinned wickedly, then intensified his attack, launching an even more brutal assault on Hill.

This Imperial Arm is indeed very powerful, but it also depends on the physical abilities of the user. Fortunately, Zank is also extremely skilled.

Although he cannot compare to the people of the King of Fighters Temple, he is far superior to ordinary people, so he can make good use of the power of this Imperial Arm.

"Sister Hill!"

Seeing Hill's situation, Clara naturally couldn't just stand by and watch.

However, Clara did not ask Mr. Schwarz for help, but instead chose other companions.

The next moment, more than a dozen automatons appeared out of thin air around her, including war dogs, spiders, grizzly bears, beetles, and even some automatons that Clara herself had created, such as Blue Rabbit and Eagle.

These are all Clara's recent achievements.

"Please, everyone."

Clara retrieved the robots from the system space, immediately waking them up and then asking her mechanical friends for help.

[Instructions received!]

[Power on... Protection... Clara...]

[Target locked.]

Upon hearing Clara's request, the automatons all activated their combat modes, locked onto Zank, and charged forward.

The reason she didn't let Mr. Swallow take direct action was that she wanted to see the data on how the Automata soldiers dealt with the Teigu users.

This will also serve as a reference for the future performance of mechanical legions fighting in large groups.

"Huh? What..."

Zank had just seized the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to Hill when a mechanical eagle grabbed his head.

In this situation, he had no choice but to abandon his attack and block the mechanical eagle's attack.

The next moment, all the other automatons surrounded him.

"..."

Zank continued to fight these mechanical creations, a surge of anger rising within him, utterly bewildered. Everything was fine just a moment ago; where did these iron lumps come from?!

More importantly, facing the iron lump... his attack methods were greatly reduced.

He prefers beheading humans to these steel monsters.

Even the feel of chopping was very uncomfortable for him; the mechanical metal bodies caused cracks to quickly appear in the short knife in his hand.

The Imperial Arms "Observer" possesses five abilities: Hole Vision, Far Vision, X-ray Vision, Future Vision, and Illusion Vision.

They can respectively see into people's hearts, observe the distance, penetrate blindness, see the future, and cast illusions.

At this moment, mind reading, clairvoyance, and illusions become completely ineffective when dealing with these mechanical creatures.

After all, the automatons are unaffected by his illusions.

"Hey?"

Hill was also stunned for a moment. Looking at the mechanical creation that had taken over her task and was ganging up on Zank, she regained her dazed look and touched her head.

“Zank’s Teigu is too troublesome, but my robot friend happens to be immune to some of his abilities.” Clara walked slowly to Hill’s side and explained the situation to her.

"Oh."

Hill nodded, noticing that Zank, whom she had struggled to handle earlier, was now just as flustered as she had been.

He was being attacked by more than a dozen mechanical creations; he couldn't keep up, he simply couldn't.

Even if you could see it, his body couldn't keep up.

These robots have no sense of righteousness whatsoever.

Finally, Zank couldn't take it anymore and used the power of his Imperial Arm to try to escape. He didn't want to fight these metal lumps; it was not only unpleasant but also very frustrating.

However, just as he was desperately trying to break free from the encirclement of the mechanical creations, the prepared Hill appeared in front of him. Under the blinding white light of the Imperial Arm, Zank didn't even have time to observe. In the instant he subconsciously closed his eyes... the giant scissors slashed down at him.

Pfft!

With the sound of blood gushing out.

Zank was beheaded, but Hill then beheaded him with a single blow!

Zank's head rolled several meters on the ground, and even now his eyes were wide open.

Looking at his headless corpse, he still had a pleased expression.

It was so pleasurable. It wasn't just the act of beheading others that brought him pleasure; it turned out that being beheaded himself was also incredibly pleasurable.