Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

Think about it too.

After all, it was the imperial palace, the place where the most honored people lived, even though that emperor was now just a puppet.

In Qi Ye's opinion, that emperor was quite an idiot.

He believed everything his ministers said, and if a minister praised him a few times, he would forget everything and do things according to the minister's wishes.

Over the years, loyal ministers and generals have been either killed or demoted.

The current political arena of the empire is almost entirely composed of ministers' cronies, sycophants, and petty thieves; there are very few who actually do anything worthwhile.

Even if someone wanted to get things done, they couldn't, because power was in the hands of the ministers' faction.

Perhaps for those people, accumulating wealth and acting tyrannically are the "real things" they need to do most.

How can such a regime not fall?

"Ok?"

Just as he was thinking, Shichiya suddenly discovered something else.

Philip, who was being held in his arms, turned around and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Seven Nights, what's wrong?"

"They're out."

"?"

Philip didn't quite understand.

But instead of asking any further questions, he followed Qiye's gaze.

It was a courtyard.

There are many such courtyards in the palace, which are usually the residences of princesses, princes and the like, each a separate little courtyard.

A burly man walked out from inside.

"General Bude..."

Seven Nights grinned.

But he didn't interfere much, just sat on the roof and watched him.

The chaos drew him out.

It must be said that General Bude was also very capable, and his prestige in the army was unmatched.

Soon, through a series of orders, the chaotic garrison began to perform their duties and become orderly, heading to the areas of riots to maintain order, find the perpetrators, and so on.

However, the vandals came after him first.

As luck would have it, Brand appeared right in front of him, and that's how the two soldiers of the Empire met.

Brand is actually invisible.

One of the functions of the Imperial Arms Demon Possession is invisibility, which makes the user invisible.

However, they were still discovered.

With a "boom," the unsuspecting Brand was sent flying, crashing into a wall and smashing a section of it, raising a cloud of dust that obscured his vision.

Brand's figure also came into view.

"Truly worthy of being one of the strongest!"

He wasn't badly injured; he simply stood up, spear in hand.

They were all soldiers.

Even against a powerful enemy, a true soldier will not back down; he will only take up his weapon and kill the enemy, or be killed by the enemy.

Although now he is an assassin, a member of an assassination squad, he doesn't care about direct combat.

But in essence, he is still a soldier.

"Perfect timing, let's fight!"

He shouted loudly.

Holding a long spear, he moved his feet and charged towards his opponent with a "boom," and a fight broke out with a "bang, bang, bang."

To be honest, Brand is very strong.

He's not much weaker than Esdeath. If Esdeath hadn't used the skill Makopotama and the two had directly engaged in a head-on battle, it would have been hard to say who would have won.

He could also be one of the strongest.

Or rather, he is already one of the strongest.

The above evaluation is based on what I thought before meeting Qiye. After meeting Qiye, things are completely different.

I've been following Qiye for quite some time now.

Autumn has passed and spring has come; roughly speaking, more than half a year has already passed.

This only covers the time spent with Shichiya; if you include the time spent with Akatsuki, it would be even longer.

They will be trained.

When Akame first arrived in this world, Shichiya taught her many medicinal formulas, including those for improving and strengthening her constitution.

In the midst of the brutal struggle, this prescription was naturally put to use.

Furthermore, there is a certain unidentified liquid developed by Seven Nights.

That would allow them to use abilities like ice and fire, just like Esdeath.

Brand also has it.

He is skilled in close-quarters combat.

Therefore, the abilities developed for his liquid were not elemental, but rather physical enhancement.

It was already perverted to begin with.

After being enhanced by drugs and abilities, they became even more abnormal.

He was only sent flying by a single punch because he was caught off guard when he suddenly encountered General Bude.

But when he gets serious, he can even suppress General Bude.

It's still not enough.

General Budo's Imperial Arms is also elemental, possessing the ability to control lightning, which is somewhat of a counter to his physical enhancement type.

So when General Bude used lightning, Brand was suppressed instead.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

Akame, Kurome, Leone, Hill, Lubbock, and the others noticed the commotion and rushed over.

"Leone, Hill, Lubbock, hold off the enemy!"

Akame shouted.

Without wasting any words, the three charged toward the reinforcements to prevent them from aiding General Bude.

Meanwhile, Akame and Kurome joined Brand in attacking General Budo.

Going it alone?

That doesn't matter. This is a war to the death, not a fight in a ring.

Brand is a master.

Akame and Kurome are also experts, even more so than him. After all, they have Nanaya giving them special training, so it would be strange if they weren't powerful.

With the three of them attacking, the outcome was obvious.

"One of the empire's strongest warriors is about to fall here!"

Qi Ye smacked his lips and shook his head.

However, this outcome was not unexpected.

In fact, if it weren't for the fear of Esdeath's Mahapadma technique, Esdeath would have been killed long ago.

If Akame and her allies joined forces, they would be able to crush an elite army of 100,000 or even more.

This is no joke.

Nothing is impossible. After all, if it were Qiye, he could destroy an army of millions or even a city with a population of tens of millions with a wave of his hand.

This means that if Qiye wanted to, he could wipe the entire capital city off the face of the earth at any time.

He's just too lazy to do it, and doesn't want to do it.

There is no reason to do so.

"Seven Nights".

"Ok?"

"Fighting isn't a good look, let's go back."

Febri didn't seem to like the scene, since it was a completely one-sided battle and not very entertaining.

It is indeed one-sided.

Whether it was Akame, Kurome, and Brand besieging General Budo, or Leone, Hill, and Lubbock blocking the palace guards coming to reinforce this side, it was a one-sided battle.

General Bude had a hard time dealing with one person, let alone three at the same time.

Three heroes battle Lü Bu?

nonexistent.

In just a few dozen seconds, Akame seized the opportunity and struck him with a single blow.

Hopeless.

Although the palace guards were numerous, their individual combat strength was too weak. In a place like the palace, they had no way to deploy their formations and could only resort to piecemeal tactics.

Trampling.

This is utter and complete ravaging.