nownovels Chapter 467 A Shocking and Earth-Shattering Slash
Chapter 467 A Shocking and Earth-Shattering Slash
Chapter 467 A Shocking and Earth-Shattering Slash
In the midst of their daily playful antics and rest, Roy and Alphia, having nothing to do, went out for a stroll and left the temporary camp arranged by Najenda.
The scene that came into view was unsettling.
It was nothing short of a living hell. Esdeath's Imperial Army was like a rampant plague, frantically slaughtering the alien tribes on the southwestern border. It couldn't be called a war at all; it was a one-sided massacre!
As far as the eye could see, there were broken walls and ruins, charred and twisted.
Rows of houses were reduced to ruins, and blood-stained and tattered clothes were scattered all over the ground.
Men, women, and children, their mutilated bodies piled up haphazardly along abandoned ditches and roadsides, accumulating layer upon layer to form mounds of corpses that exuded a strong, putrid stench and a pungent, bloody stench.
Seeing such a brutal massacre, even Alphia, who was used to seeing death, had her delicate eyebrows furrow slightly on her beautiful face.
She suddenly understood why Orario strictly forbade high-level adventurers from venturing out—it was too dangerous!
It's not just about preventing powerful combat forces from flowing out, but also about protecting the many countries outside of Orario. Adventurers trained in the dungeons are like a dimensional advantage when they are released outside. If they develop dangerous greed, it would be nothing short of a natural disaster for those outside!
Esdeath, and her subordinates, were all insanely enjoying the freedom and power that came with strength, treating the weak as worthless and slaughtering them without restraint.
Alfia: "This is really unpleasant!"
"That's just how this place is—"
Roy shook his head and smiled. This was nothing compared to the fact that Esdeath had buried 400,000 people alive on the battlefield in the north of the empire. It was far more outrageous than this. There were also the inhumane atrocities committed by the nobles within the empire.
I'm afraid Alphia's young mind couldn't handle it, otherwise Roy would definitely have broadened her horizons.
Although Alphia also possesses extremely powerful abilities, she is born with a terminal illness and belongs to the "weak" category. Therefore, she does not experience any perverse pleasure from tormenting the weak.
"It's pathetic, isn't it? This country is living in a barbaric, dark age." Najenda walked over.
Roy and Alphia looked at Najenda.
Looking at the horrific scene before her, Najenda continued, "Esdeath not only slaughtered these foreign peoples, she also let some of them go."
"Why?" Alphia asked, puzzled.
"To perpetuate the flames of war, so that I may forever enjoy the pleasure of tormenting others," Najenda replied.
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Alphia frowned; it seemed that the woman named Esdeath was even crazier than she had imagined.
"That woman has her eye on you. I'll arrange for you to leave tonight!" Najenda demonstrated the word "decisive and swift" to the fullest.
As for why they were being targeted, it goes without saying; Roy and Najenda knew perfectly well.
Najenda didn't mention how much pressure she had been under during this time; she simply didn't want more people to die by Esdeath's sword.
Roy and Alphia were both somewhat surprised. They had only known each other for a short time, and for Najenda, as an Imperial General, to go to such lengths for them was truly the height of kindness and generosity.
"General Najeta, don't you think this is an opportunity?" Roy said quietly.
"An opportunity?" Najeta asked, puzzled.
Roy replied, "The chance to break away from the Empire!"
Najenda's pupils contracted, and her gaze towards Roy changed. She asked solemnly, "Who are you?"
"He was just a merchant who had fallen on hard times in the forest and happened to be rescued by a brave, resourceful, and kind-hearted imperial general," Roy said with a smile.
Najenda scrutinized Roy intently. For a moment, she suspected that there were other forces behind him, but her intuition told her that this was impossible.
Because Roy's condition was so terrible when they met, the undercover agent wouldn't use such a conspicuous method!
Roy remained calm in the face of Najenda's self-illumination. He knew that Najenda had joined the Revolutionary Army because she felt the darkness and corruption of the Empire after the brutal massacre on the southwestern border.
Based on his observations over the past few days, Roy even suspected that Najenda had already made contact with the Revolutionary Army.
However, with the dangerous Esdeath nearby, he couldn't find a chance to escape.
In the original timeline, when Najenda was on the run, she encountered Esdeath, who was chasing her. Two of her Teigu users were killed, and she herself lost her right eye and right hand.
Roy can provide the other party with an opportunity.
"Mr. Roy is joking. I am an Imperial General of the same rank as Esdeath, with a promising future. How could I possibly leave the Empire!" Najenda said expressionlessly.
Roy's calm gaze fell on Najenda, giving her a chilling feeling, as if his deepest thoughts had been read.
"Mr. Roy, there's no need to say any more. This is a military camp. Saying things that could be misunderstood could easily harm yourself and others!" Najeta said righteously.
After saying that, Najenda left without looking back, not daring to linger near Roy.
Actually, she was also very hesitant.
Was Roy, the man before her, sent by Esdeath and the minister to test her? Or was he a member of another faction? If she made the wrong choice, she would be doomed and her subordinates would be implicated. She had no choice but to be cautious.
"She got rejected!" Alphia gloated.
"I think it's quite normal!" Roy shrugged. Having known each other for less than five days, trying to persuade a resourceful general with just a few words was impossible unless hypnosis existed.
"Hmph!" Alphia pouted. She had discovered one of Roy's strengths: no matter what difficulties he faced, the boy never felt despair. On the contrary, he was very optimistic and became more excited the more difficult things got!
"Then go and gain her trust!"
Roy laughed, his large hand pointing upwards, his five fingers clenched as if he wanted to grasp the sky in his palm. The seeds of revolution had been sown and were about to sprout!
into the night.
The bright moon hangs high in the sky, casting its silvery light upon the earth, but this land is destined not to be as peaceful as this radiance.
Before Najenda's men, sent to take Roy and Alphia away, arrived, an uninvited guest appeared first.
The melodious sound of the flute echoed throughout the refugee camp. These sounds seemed to possess some kind of eerie magic; any ordinary person who heard them would faint on the spot.
In the blink of an eye, countless people lay on the ground in the camp.
"They're here!"
Roy and Alphia, who were resting inside the tent, immediately sensed the enemy's presence and abruptly opened their eyes.
Suddenly, a bone-chilling cold swept over them, Roy's arms encircled Alphia's slender waist, and his leg muscles instantly bulged like rocks.
boom!
Roy, holding Alphia, exerted all his strength, causing the ground beneath his feet to crack, and he burst through the tent like an arrow tearing through space.
Alphia's snow-white arms instinctively wrapped around Roy's neck, their bodies pressed tightly together.
A faint, wonderful fragrance wafted around Roy's nose.
Just after the two left, they looked back and saw that the tent they had been living in had instantly frozen into a large block of ice. If they had been any slower, they would have been caught in the blast.
Bang! !
A deafening crash erupted, and the large block of ice surrounding the tent shattered, turning into countless crystalline fragments that swirled tragically and cruelly in the moonlight.
Roy and Alphia looked up, their gazes fixed on the source of the chill—Esdeath.
The cool moonlight poured down like frost, and the aloof and beautiful woman stood quietly in the center, holding a slender, icicle-like Western rapier.
"good!"
The night breeze ruffled her long, icy blue hair, her beautiful face radiating excitement and fervor, her icy blue eyes looking down at the two who had just escaped death.
Through the traitor on Najenda's side, she had already obtained information about Roy and Alphia.
Esdeath was pleasantly surprised to find that she had managed to dodge her sudden attack, which was beyond the capabilities of an ordinary Teigu user. She knew that she had made the right decision to come here!
The three beasts, Vali, Daidas, and Niu, were positioned in different locations and controlled the situation.
The previous flute music was from Neu's Teigu "Military Music Dream: Scream," which possesses the ability to manipulate human emotions over a wide range, causing people to fall asleep, become angry, or feel sad.
Roy's tone was unfriendly. "This is a refuge established by General Najenda. Who are you people?"
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Alphia glanced at Roy without making a sound. The veteran actor clearly knew Esdeath would come. His acting was simply superb.
"I am Esdeath, here for a surprise inspection. There are criminals here who attempted to assassinate Imperial soldiers!" Esdeath said with a smile, having already confirmed her answer after the earlier probing.
It was Roy who killed that Imperial squad!
What made Esdeath's blood boil even more was the powerful aura emanating from Roy, deep, vast, like a lurking ancient beast!
She had fought countless battles and slaughtered millions, but she had never felt such a pure and powerful existence.
An almost morbid fervor and boiling fighting spirit instantly ignited in her icy blue pupils, and she resolved to completely crush the person before her!
"Just let me ravage you!"
Before she finished speaking, Esdeath transformed into a white lightning bolt carrying a chilling aura. The razor in her hand, as thin as an ice shard, tore through the air with a sharp whistling sound, aiming straight for Roy's throat.
Alphia retreated, leaving the battlefield to Roy.
As Esdeath thrust at him, Roy tilted his head slightly, the sharp blade of his sword, streaked with ice crystals, grazing the skin of his neck as he perfectly dodged the attack.
The attack missed its mark.
Esdeath's offensive never stops!
Those long, powerful legs, brimming with explosive force, transformed into steel whips, tearing through the air and leaving afterimages as they swept fiercely toward Roy's temple.
Roy swiftly raised his arm, his forearm muscles bulging like iron, blocking the path of the leg whip.
boom!
A dull thud of flesh colliding rang out!
"Interesting!" Seeing that Roy in front of her had blocked her attack so easily and remained as steady as a mountain, Esdeath's eyes became more and more excited. Her opponent was very strong!
Roy is also assessing Esdeath's strength; in melee combat, she's probably between LV.5 and LV.6.
In fact, the upper limit of humans in this world is not low after training. When Will was blasted hundreds of meters away by Susanoo's hammer without using the Imperial Arms, an ordinary person would have been dead long ago. But Will recovered to be full of energy in less than a few days, which is simply outrageous.
Esdeath is even more incredible.
Level 5 and above is not a realm that ordinary people can set foot in; it is probably related to the opponent's Imperial Arms.
Demon God Manifestation: Essence of the Demon!
The terrifying Ice Imperial Arms is made from the blood of a legendary, extremely dangerous species that supposedly lives in the far north. It was previously kept in a pot, and drinking just one cup would drive anyone who actually drank it insane.
Esdeath was the first person to successfully control the power of the Imperial Arm after drinking its blood, and the compatibility was extremely high, as she drank all the blood in one go.
With the perfect fusion of the blood of a Super Dangerous Species, Esdeath can create and control ice at will, and her physique is monstrous, making her a humanoid Dangerous Species!
In the instant of physical contact.
"Freeze!" Esdeath's eyes flashed with a cold light, and a terrifying chill erupted from her.
Crack!
The ice grew at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, forming a massive iceberg in the blink of an eye that swallowed Roy's figure and froze him inside.
Even Roy's expression was clearly visible.
"Uncastable ice magic," Alphia murmured. That woman named Esdeath was indeed quite capable; her magical power had reached LV.7!
"It's over!" Riva's voice was deep and resolute.
"Lady Esdeath is invincible!" Neu's eyes shone with an almost fanatical light of worship.
"Then I'll take the experience points here too!" Daidas, carrying the Imperial Arms Belwak, stared at Alphia with eyes full of fighting spirit and madness.
Seeing this, Alphia frowned; this was a bit troublesome.
Click!
Just then, a crisp cracking sound rang out.
They stopped what they were doing and looked abruptly at the large block of ice that had been frozen in place at the source of the sound.
Countless cracks appeared on the large block of ice, quickly spreading to the entire block. They were shocked. Could it be...? They exclaimed in their hearts that such a thing was impossible.
boom!!
A terrifying explosion resounded through the sky as the massive iceberg shattered from the inside out, sending billions of ice crystal fragments, gleaming with deadly cold light, hurtling outwards in a radiating pattern.
In the center of the sky filled with ice crystals, Roy's figure emerged, standing tall and unharmed.
"What?"
The three beastmen's confident expressions froze instantly.
"That's more interesting, ice spears!" Esdeath was not surprised at all. The cold air erupted again, condensing into countless ice spears in mid-air. The tips of the spears gleamed with cold light and shot out like a torrential rain, heading straight for Roy.
Afterglow!
Roy remained unfazed, his hand transforming into a blade as he slashed through the air towards Esdeath, his immense magical power coalescing into a golden strike refined to its fullest extent.
Wherever the slash passed, it tore through space, engulfing the dense ice spears in mid-air, and shattered them with a deafening roar!
"So powerful—" Esdeath's icy blue pupils reflected the incoming slash, and an unprecedented, deadly chill gripped her heart.
The body's wild instincts even surpass thought!
Esdeath pushed her speed to the limit and retreated violently to the left, narrowly avoiding Roy's slash at the last second.
The slash that grazed her skin made Esdeath feel a long-lost sense of danger, and she almost lost her life!
But she managed to dodge it!
Esdeath's lips curled into a smile; this feeling was wonderful. But before she could even enjoy it for a second, she seemed to realize something and suddenly turned around—oh no!
At that moment, Daidas grinned maliciously, raising his giant axe to strike the weakened Alphia.
The slash that Esdeath dodged was heading towards him, and he only caught a glimpse of a cold glint out of the corner of his eye.
Before he could even think, Daidas instinctively held the two giant axes horizontally in front of him!
A strange, short, soft hum sounded.
Roy's terrifying slash swept past, and the Imperial Arms, the two great axes Belwak, along with Daidas's burly body covered in hard muscles, were cleaved in two!
The fracture surface is as smooth as a mirror!
The upper half of the axe blade and half of the body slid down diagonally.
Scalding hot blood gushed out like a fountain from the flat cut surface, revealing internal organs and broken bones, while the lower body remained in a blocking posture.
It stood frozen in place, then collapsed with a thud!
Daidas died on the spot!
The slash that tore through Daidas did not dissipate; its momentum remained undiminished, continuing forward along its predetermined trajectory, plundering the earth in a straight line.
Rumble!!
The solid earth was instantly torn apart!
A vast, bottomless canyon with smooth edges and astonishing width stretches forward, ending at a towering mountain.
No pauses! No obstacles!
The arc of light from the slash swept past, penetrating the mountain and tearing through the forest. Accompanied by a violent, earth-shattering tremor, the entire mountain was split in two.
A cloud of dust billowed high into the sky, and rocks crashed down into the valleys on either side! The earth trembled violently with a mournful cry, and the shockwave transformed into a destructive hurricane, tearing apart and devouring everything in its path!
As the smoke and dust cleared, a breathtaking scene unfolded before everyone's eyes: an endless canyon, colossal mountains torn apart by death—everywhere exuding an aura of death and destruction!
Just then, Najenda and Rabbo arrived and witnessed that horrific sight!
Both of them stopped breathing, their pupils widening to their maximum size.