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Although it was incredibly powerful, no one could wield it, so this Imperial Arm was sealed away after it was created.

The empire at the time was furious about this, saying that it had spent a lot of money to produce an imperial weapon that was only good to look at but not to use, and therefore executed many craftsmen.

It was from that time onward that the craftsmen stopped their reckless actions and continued to manufacture new armor-type Imperial Arms.

In general, "Winter Knight" and Esdeath's "Demon's Temper" are similar, belonging to the category of extremely powerful Imperial Arms, but they are not usable by ordinary Imperial Arms users.

Before Esdeath, almost everyone who took "Demon Manifestation: Demon's Tempering" went insane, until Esdeath appeared and guzzled it all in one gulp.

Wood's situation was similar. If it weren't for his exceptional physical abilities and his mastery of ice magic at other times, which gave him a certain resistance and adaptability to ice, he might not have been able to control the 'Winter Knight'.

This shows that the names of Imperial Arms are not chosen randomly. For example, Wood's Imperial Arms has the prefix "Demon God's Descent" and Esdeath's Imperial Arms has the prefix "Demon God's Manifestation," which means they are extremely dangerous just by hearing the names.

Will's Imperial Arm is called "Asura Incarnation," which sounds incredibly powerful, but it's actually a translation issue. Its real name is "Seven Star Sword."

Two armor-type Imperial Arms clashed, and two figures, one white and one blue, moved through the small space. Every time their fists and weapons collided, the surrounding floor and walls would crack!

On the other side, Akame and her group, having received Chelsea's signal, killed all the guards in the mansion almost instantly and quickly engaged Kurome and her group in battle.

"Tatsumi, leave this guy to me. Don't forget, you have an even more important mission!"

Seeing Will and Tatsumi colliding repeatedly, Leone intervened in their fight and punched Will away, sending him flying and embedding his body into the wall.

Upon hearing Leone's words, Tatsumi suddenly realized that he had an even more important mission to undertake.

Indeed, with such a commotion at the mansion, Esdeath couldn't possibly remain unresponsive, and my task is to do everything in my power to delay Esdeath's advance.

Otherwise, by the time Esdeath arrives, they might not only fail to rescue Wood, but they could very well end up walking into a trap themselves.

"Tatsumi, are you planning to run away?!"

Seeing that Tatsumi was about to leave, Wilton, who had been lying in the ruins, stood up again and roared loudly.

"Will, let's leave the outcome of this battle for now. I have a more important mission to complete. When we meet again, I will definitely defeat you and prove that what I said was true!"

After leaving those words, Tatsumi didn't linger and shot off into the distance.

Will was about to get up and give chase, but a fist came flying toward his side with a whooshing sound, forcing him to stop and raise his hand to defend himself.

"Trying to bully our organization's newbies? Did you even ask me? Kid, now you're up against me."

Although I don't know what agreement you made with Tatsumi, I hope you'll have another chance to appear before Tatsumi, instead of being killed by me here.

As soon as Leone finished speaking, she leaped forward and engaged Will in a fierce fight.

As for the other battlefield, it was equally intense. Susanoo, as a biological Teigu, possessed extremely strong regenerative abilities. As long as its core was not shattered, it could continuously regenerate. In addition, its own strength was off the charts. At this moment, it actually suppressed Lan and Borus in a two-on-one battle and was not at a disadvantage at all.

However, the most intense battle on the scene was between the Akame and Kurome sisters.

Akame always felt guilty towards her younger sister Kurome, so she always showed mercy. Kurome, on the other hand, harbored deep resentment towards her older sister Akame and always tried to kill her.

Akame was Kurome's idol. When she was young, she and her sister were sold to the Imperial Agency and entered the Assassin Training Institute to receive assassination training.

Akame was selected as one of the seven elites, while Kurome was injected with drugs to force her abilities to increase due to insufficient power. This put a heavy burden on her and made her highly dependent on the drugs, requiring her to take them regularly.

The reason why Kurome harbors resentment towards Akame is not because Akame betrayed the empire, but because Akame did not take him with her.

Because the bond between sisters runs so deep, the hatred only intensifies after betrayal.

However, there is a reason why Akame did not bring Kurome along when she betrayed the empire.

It's not that she doesn't care about her sister; on the contrary, it's that she cares about her sister too much, which is why she did this!

Just as Najenda initially did not want Wood to betray the Empire with Lubbock and her, Akame's considerations were similar.

Although the empire was corrupt and dark, its inherent strengths remained, making it no easy task for revolutionaries to overthrow it; in fact, the chances of success were quite slim.

In this situation, betraying the Empire and joining the Revolutionary Army is practically a death wish. If one's own safety cannot be guaranteed, how could Akame possibly let her sister take the risk with her?

Unfortunately, Kurohime didn't understand any of this. She believed that Akame had betrayed the empire but hadn't taken her with her, which meant she had abandoned her, so she wanted revenge.

Kurome's Imperial Arms "March of the Dead: Hachifusa" is known as one of the most terrifying Imperial Arms, and in terms of ability, it almost completely counters Akame's Imperial Arms Murasame.

Because the ability of "March of the Dead: Eight Houses" is to manipulate the dead to act as puppets, with a maximum of eight bodies, the Imperial Arm is called "Eight Houses".

Akame's Murasame ability is "one-hit kill," which can use curse poison to take someone's life directly, but this ability is ineffective against puppets that are already dead.

Chapter 427 Esdeath's Fury!

The puppets manipulated by "March of the Dead: Eight Houses" can perfectly retain their fighting power from their previous lives, and can even act autonomously.

Although the number of puppets controlled directly reduces the host Kurome's own abilities, it must be said that "March of the Dead: Hachifusa" is indeed an extremely powerful Imperial Arm.

If Kurome could obtain the corpses of both Wood and Esdeath at this moment, even without her Imperial Arms, she would almost certainly become the strongest in this world.

Of course, this is just a hypothetical situation. After all, given the strength of Wood and Esdeath, there's not much chance that Kurome could kill them.

However, the puppets of "Hachifusa" in Kurohime's hands are not ordinary characters.

They are:

Natara: In life, she was a childhood friend of Akame and Kurome, belonging to the same assassination squad, and possessed immense strength. After becoming a puppet, she protected Kurome while she was casting a spell.

Duoya: In her previous life, she was a female assassin from a northern ethnic group, skilled in using dual pistols. She always had a confident smile on her face, but when she was killed by Hei Tong, she cried and screamed.

Wall: A renowned bodyguard in life, skilled in various defensive techniques, he was killed by Black Eyes while protecting a target.

Epman: A super dangerous species, though brainless, it is very useful.

Hunter: He was a survivor of the Bronze tribe and was killed after employing many schemes. Black Eyes said that this was her proudest work.

Locke: He was an Imperial general and a former colleague of Najendan. He was assassinated after his plan to defect to the rebels was discovered.

Destagur: In his previous life, he was a super dangerous species, a giant monster, and a material for Teigu. He was discovered by Kurome while hibernating in a cave.

Caesar's giant frog: A dangerous species of large frog with a powerful dissolving fluid in its abdomen.

If we say that Kurome is the strongest among the "Hunters" besides Esdeath, probably no one would disagree.

Just by looking at the puppets of the "Eight Houses," it's clear that they are either super dangerous species, materials for Imperial Arms, rare alien powerhouses, or Imperial generals.

Before becoming puppets, these people were all prominent figures in this world, but now they can only become tools in Black Eye's hands.

If we remove the bonuses from the Imperial Arms, each of Kurome's undead puppets is comparable in quality to members of "Night Raid" and "Hunter".

If she disregarded her physical condition, Kurohime could even single-handedly take on the entire Night Raid.

In addition to these puppets of the dead, don't overlook Kurohime herself. Although her strength is not as great as her sister Akame's, she is still an extremely powerful assassin.

Especially after being injected with drugs to forcibly enhance her strength, as long as her head is not cut off or her heart is pierced, ordinary fatal wounds cannot even cause Black Eyes to die.

Summoning all the puppets of the dead would be a huge burden for Kurohime, so at this moment Kurohime only summoned Natara, Doya, and Epman, who is a super dangerous species, to deal with Akame.

Akame is conflicted about her younger sister and has no will to fight. Kurome, on the other hand, is determined to kill her sister Akame and make her a member of the "March of the Dead: Eight Houses," so that her sister can stay by her side forever, just like Natara.

That's right, the reason why Kurohime's "Hachifu" still has one place is because Kurohime has always reserved it for her older sister Akame.

Faced with the combined attack of the super dangerous species Epman and Doya, Akame was struggling. The most effective way would have been to attack Kurome, who was the host, directly. However, Natara, who had grown up with her since childhood, was protecting Kurome, and even Akame could not break through Natara's defense in a short time.

As the battle gradually became increasingly intense, Akame couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

The longer the battle drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for them.

Don't forget, this is the capital city, not their home ground. Not to mention how long Tatsumi can delay Esdeath.

If the other two members of the "Hunter," Seryu and Dr. Fashion, also arrive here, the situation will become even more unfavorable for them.

"Akame, come this way!" Hearing Wood's shout from not far away, Akame, who trusted her companions implicitly, rushed towards Wood's location without much hesitation, even though she didn't know what Wood was planning.

Upon seeing Akame's actions, Kurome, who had been as calm as a rock, also began to worry. She had enough confidence in her Teigu "March of the Dead: Hachifusa", but she had also been one of the spectators in Wood's previous battle with Esdeath.

Even if Black Eyes is arrogant, she knows she can't possibly be a match for Wood. Once Wood is freed, even if she summons all the undead puppets, it will probably be to no avail.

So when Kurome saw Akame's actions, Kurome quickly had the Super Dangerous Species Epman stop Akame.

To Black Eyes' utter surprise, just as Epman's massive body was about to block Akame, a huge chain suddenly swung towards Epman's feet and wrapped around his ankles.

Immediately after, Wood suddenly exerted force with his legs at the other end of the chain, instantly straightening the chain.

That's right, although Wood was bound by a lot of chains, his bound legs could still move slightly.

He had just swung his leg, causing the chain to pull towards the dangerous species, Epman.

"Roar------!"

The chains binding Appleman's ankles were pulled, and what happened next stunned Black Eyes and Red Eyes.

The super dangerous Epman, weighing at least tens of tons, was violently pulled by the chains and actually fell flat on its face!

At this moment, he quickly reminded Akame, who was still in a state of shock, "Don't stand there in a daze, help me cut this chain!"

Upon hearing what Wood said, Akame suddenly realized what was happening and grabbed her sword with both hands to slash at the chains that had been thrown in front of her.

Although the chains binding Wood were quite thick, they were clearly not as sharp as Akame's "Muramasa". With a "clang" sound, the chain binding one of Wood's legs was instantly cleaved in two by Akame's sword.

Just as Akame and Wood were about to follow suit and cut the chains on the second leg, Kurome himself had already charged up with "Yafusa" along with Natara.

Faced with Kurome's attack, Akame could only passively parry. On one hand, she was worried that "Murasame" would hit Kurome, and on the other hand, the combination of Kurome and Natara made it quite difficult for Akame to cope.

"It seems we can't count on the others; we'll have to rely on ourselves to save ourselves from now on."

Seeing Akame blocked by Kurohime once again, Wood looked helpless and could only sigh as he gazed at the thick chains nailed to the walls around him.

Fortunately, one of the chains had been severed by Akame, so Wood was no longer completely powerless to resist.

Wood used his freed right leg as a fulcrum, and as he exerted force with his right leg, he directly stomped a huge pit in the ground.