Meanwhile, Esdeath and the others, who were tracking Nacita's trail, failed to catch up with their target.
Instead, they ran into a band of bandits!
"These seem to be bandits active in the south. They've got quite a reputation. I heard the Rebel Army was connected to these bandits. It seems that was indeed true."
Looking at the bandits surrounding them from all sides, Esdeath's expression darkened.
Esdeath had already had a bad feeling along the way, but upon seeing these bandits, she knew Nacita had played her.
It seemed that all of Night Raid's combat strength was with Lilith.
Esdeath was not worried about Lilith's strength, but Nyau and Daidas...
The nauseating words from the bandits only made Esdeath more irritated.
With a wave of her hand, dozens of ice spikes instantly formed and shot forward. The bandits surrounding Esdeath were immediately cleared from the space in front of her.
"Crush them. Just leave one or two alive!"
"Koro, feed!"
At Esdeath's command, Seryu, who had long been unable to wait, directly ordered Koro to grow gigantic and charge into the enemy ranks, beginning a slaughter.
Not a single bandit holding a weapon—those who normally terrorized the region—survived Koro's claws.
Every sweep of Koro's sharp claws cut several people into multiple pieces. At times, Koro even grabbed one or two and stuffed them into its mouth to chew.
This undoubtedly filled the bandits with immense terror.
In the past, they had only dared to point their weapons at unarmed civilians. Even when facing the Empire's suppression forces, if they saw that the Imperial troops outnumbered them, they would never dare confront them head-on.
This time, they had only dared to emerge and ambush Esdeath's group because they had been deceived by the Rebel Army and saw that Esdeath's side