Buried Alive

As Lilith had predicted, after Nacita joined the Rebel Army, their strength became impossible to ignore.

In just two years, Lilith received news that the Rebel Army had captured several cities.

Although the Empire's most elite troops were currently stationed at the border, leaving few soldiers within the Empire itself, even so, being able to capture multiple cities was undoubtedly astonishing.

However, no matter how fierce the fighting was within the Empire, it had little impact on the border.

At least, that's what the officials within the Empire thought.

But they never dreamed that, under the high-sounding pretext of "liberating the Empire," the Rebel Army had actually allied with the Foreigners.

This was because they feared the Empire would redeploy troops from the border.

The troops guarding the border were no comparison to the soldiers within the Empire who had never experienced bloodshed; they were truly elite forces.

No one doubted that if those armies were deployed, they could easily eliminate the Rebel Army.

To tie down these troops, members of the Rebel Army secretly crossed the border, found the Foreigners, and reached an agreement to cooperate. In exchange, they demanded Imperial land, and the Rebel Army agreed.

Even in the north, where Esdeath was stationed, the Rebel Army found Foreigners living there.

After all, to alleviate her boredom.

Esdeath often ventured deep into the Icefield to hunt for Foreigners.

Near the border, Foreigners were almost nowhere to be seen.

All the small tribes had been wiped out by Esdeath.

The Rebel Army crossed the Icefield and found this Foreigner kingdom deep within it.

Just like in the west and south, the northern Foreigners also dispatched armies to attack the Empire's border.

But unlike the Foreigners of the west and south.

So many northern Foreigner tribes had been purged by Esdeath that the hatred of the northern Foreigners for the Empire in this era ran deeper than that of Foreigners from other directions.

Therefore, they directly sent out an army of four hundred thousand, intending to destroy the Empire's northern fortress that had stood for a thousand years!

The Foreigners attacking the Empire's border at the frontier went unnoticed, and no one even linked the Foreigners with the Rebel Army, as the Foreigners had been coveting Imperial territory for a long time.

But the ferocity of the northern Foreigners' advance alarmed many.

It was rumored that the army was led by the undefeated prince of the northern Foreigners.

With the morale of the four hundred thousand-strong army at an all-time high, almost everyone in the Empire believed it would take at least a year to defeat such a large force.

Upon learning of the northern Foreigners' movements, Esdeath not only felt no fear but was instead extremely excited.

This time, she could finally kill to her heart's content.

Facing the army of four hundred thousand, Liver advised Esdeath to first implement a decapitation strategy with the Imperial Arms users, eliminating all the enemy leaders, which would make dealing with the remaining four hundred thousand much easier.

But Esdeath refused.

She wanted to completely crush the will of these four hundred thousand Foreigners!

Night.

Outside the northern fortress, at the encampment of the Foreigner army.

Esdeath infiltrated the camp alone and effortlessly captured the so-called prince of the Foreigners.

And in just half a night, she had "trained" this Foreigner prince into a dog.

Completely devoid of dignity.

The army of four hundred thousand was awakened by shouts and the clash of weapons.

When they were roused and emerged from their tents, they saw a towering ice wall that encircled the entire camp.

At one end of the ice wall, on a massive frozen throne, Esdeath sat there, and in front of the four hundred thousand Foreigners, she had turned their proud prince into a dog.

It had to be said, Esdeath's move was a masterclass in psychological warfare.

In just half a night, Esdeath had not only destroyed the dignity of the so-called Foreigner prince but also the will of the four hundred thousand-strong army to resist.

Looking at the "prince," who was licking her boots like a dog.

Esdeath felt a sense of boredom.

"How boring," Esdeath said, kicking the Foreigner prince to death. "I hope the Imperial Capital can provide me with some entertainment."

Recently, an assassin organization had appeared in the Imperial Capital, and their mission completion rate was astonishingly high.

But if it were just that, it would be one thing, yet the key was that almost everyone these assassins killed had a connection to the Minister.

Some of them were those who paid tribute to the Minister, and a large portion of his wealth came from them. Others were officials under the Minister's command.

This gave the Minister reason to suspect he was being targeted.

Furthermore, the security around those who were killed was not insignificant, yet they were still assassinated.

Being able to achieve this could only mean one thing—an Imperial Arms user!

Panicked that the assassin organization might threaten his safety, the Minister wanted Esdeath to return.

Esdeath was also interested in this assassin organization that possessed Imperial Arms users. She had initially thought these Foreigners might provide her with more amusement.

While the outcome didn't disappoint her, it wasn't nearly enough to satisfy her craving for slaughter.

As for why Esdeath, who could have led her subordinates to cut through the entire 400,000-strong army of foreigners and slaughter them all, chose such a troublesome method to destroy their minds instead.

It was because Esdeath still had an unsettled score with these northern foreigners!

Snap~

Esdeath snapped her fingers, and within the high walls, a fierce hailstorm suddenly began.

Each of these hailstones was larger than their eyeballs, smashing down and bloodying the heads of the foreigners.

This inescapable hailstorm finally made the foreigners feel the threat of death. They began to fiercely attack the ice wall, but the ice wall was unimaginably hard.

Let alone breaking through it, they could barely even leave a scratch on the ice wall.

And so, under Esdeath's cold gaze, these 400,000 troops were buried alive by her hailstones.

After dealing with the 400,000-strong army of northern foreigners, Esdeath, Lilith, and the Three Beasts set off for the Imperial Capital.

This time, they brought no guards with them.

Besides, they didn't need guards.

As for why she didn't let the northern fortress's army deal with the Rebel Army? Even though the northern foreigners could no longer organize a proper army, only a small number of troops would be needed to hold the line.

It was because that would be too boring.

Finishing off the Rebel Army in one go, or dealing with the Rebel Army at this moment, was not what Esdeath desired.

After all, that wouldn't allow her to kill to her heart's content!