Chapter 118

Svarog didn't seem to care. Seeing that this move wasn't working, he decisively gave up and charged towards Esdeath.

The two clashed again, but Esdeath sensed something was wrong; an unknown and terrifying power was manifested in Svarog's attack.

This is the power of destruction!

The Destruction Path manifested itself in him, and his power reached another extreme. With a single punch, even the wind from the punch caused mirror-like cracks to appear in the surrounding space.

Sensing danger, Esdeath completely lost her composure.

"Makoto Houtou!"

In that instant, Esdeath used one of her Secret Technique, and a terrifying chill erupted instantly, freezing the entire surrounding space-time.

Although it didn't last long, it was more than enough for Esdeath.

The only drawback is that she can only use this special move once a day.

Seeing that everything in the world had stopped and that Svarog had also stopped moving, Esdeath reached out her hand to him.

"That's really amazing, it forced me to use this move."

"But in the end, I still won!"

What secrets are you hiding? Let me find out one by one!

At this moment, Esdeath seemed to have won, because in this frozen moment of time, she was able to carry out all her schemes.

The moment she placed her hand on Svarog, terrifying ice completely filled his body, freezing him from the inside out.

However, once the time-space freeze ended, Esdeath sensed something was wrong; the Svarog before her was not real.

"We've been tricked."

Realizing what was happening, Esdeath immediately tried to dodge. But she was too late...

[It's over.]

Svarog reverted to his ethereal form and appeared behind her, completely overwhelming her in one fell swoop.

Before Esdeath could do anything, Svarog took out a strange pair of handcuffs and cuffed her hands.

The moment Esdeath was handcuffed, she found herself feeling powerless, and her control over the ice lost its effect.

These handcuffs are an Oddities; they can completely incapacitate targets no larger than planetary level.

Clearly, Svarog did not intend to kill Esdeath from the beginning, but rather to capture her alive.

Putting everything else aside, it's almost impossible for Esdeath's Teigu to be removed from her body. Her Teigu has completely fused with her body; you could say Esdeath is the Teigu, the Super Danger Beast itself.

The gains from capturing them alive are even greater...

More importantly, Esdeath is equivalent to Bai Qi in this world, and her faction is not unchangeable, unlike other powerful figures who are beyond redemption.

She believes in the law of the jungle, which in some ways makes her easier to control.

[Target successfully captured alive... apprehended.]

With Esdeath captured, this operation can be considered completely over.

"Lady Esdeath, captured alive? How could this be...?"

On the cliff, Kurome looked at the scene unfolding before her, appearing utterly incredulous. Even though she didn't care, she had to admit that Esdeath's strength was terrifyingly powerful.

When facing Esdeath, although she dared to attack, she had no confidence whatsoever that she could defeat her.

Therefore, she greatly admires Lady Esdeath.

But the fact that Lady Esdeath could be captured alive was something she could hardly believe.

Even the Empire's General Budou might not be a match for Esdeath, who is a powerful figure who can single-handedly suppress an army of hundreds of thousands.

Even though it's hard to believe, the facts are now right in front of her.

Before Kurome could do anything, several figures had already surrounded her.

It was the others who participated in the Night Raid...

Having captured Esdeath from Svarog, they naturally couldn't remain inactive.

"..."

Looking at the people in front of her, including her own sister, Kurome's expression remained unchanged; she simply slowly drew her Imperial Arms.

The next moment, she summoned all eight controlled corpse puppets, but summoning these puppets at the same time also pushed her physical strength to its limit.

Another mouthful of blood spurted out, but Kurome remained unconcerned.

"Kurome, give up. Even Esdeath has already been defeated..."

Akame stepped forward and calmly spoke to her younger sister.

He had previously said he wanted to give her a funeral, but how could she possibly want her sister to die? It's just that he couldn't persuade her, and besides, her body was... nearly reaching its limit...

"I will not surrender..."

Despite seeing no hope of winning, Kurome still chose to make her move.

But the next moment, a figure appeared beside Kurome and knocked her unconscious before Kurome could react.

The corpse puppet she summoned naturally disappeared as well.

"Kurome".

Seeing her younger sister Kurome fall, Akame opened her mouth but said nothing.

After knocking down Kurome, Svarog lifted her and Esdeath together.

It was only then that Clara went over and checked on Kurome's condition. She found that Kurohime's body was in very bad shape, but it wasn't entirely hopeless.

If possible, Clara wouldn't want the Akame and Kurome sisters to actually kill each other.

"Sister Akame, please leave Sister Kurome in Clara's care. Clara has a way to heal her and will try her best to persuade her."

"Um."

Akame was taken aback by what he heard, then nodded, remembering Clara's healing abilities.

Akame would be overjoyed if she could truly change Kurome's mind and restore her health. Although she rarely showed it outwardly, she was always very concerned about it.

Then everyone began to clean up the mess. Several Jaegers were still alive, but they were brought under control. Specific arrangements would have to be discussed later.

We definitely can't let them get away with this.

The base has now been completely exposed, and it's time to move to a new one.

This isn't too difficult. Nadjeshda already had a preliminary plan, and they would immediately move to a new base the day this place was exposed.

After cleaning up the mess, everyone took the important items from the base and left overnight for a new base.

The new base is also an extremely well-hidden place, and under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for Imperial spies to discover it.

More importantly, Nadjeshda had made preparations in advance, and had some backups of basic living supplies.

There shouldn't be any problem with staying temporarily.

As for the others, we'll naturally need to go back to the market to buy them, but we can take our time and there's no rush.

Clara only left after she had imprisoned the Jaegers prisoners in individual rooms and kept them under control, ensuring there was no possibility of escape, and had a large number of Automaton Soldier watching over them.

There are other things to do, so there's no rush.

Let's arrange other things first...

Chapter 56 The Strong Dominate the Weak, You Said

New base.

Compared to the previous location, this place is probably safer because there are quite a few Danger Beast active around, and they are all relatively powerful.

There are rumors of Class 2 Dragon-type Danger Beast, Class 1 Fantasy-type, Special Species, and even the Legendary Super Danger Beast, though none have ever been seen.

Such a dangerous place, under normal circumstances no one would come here.

This is good news for those who Night Raid, as they are unlikely to face any major danger unless they encounter Legendary Super Danger Beast.

Even if you can't win, you can still get rid of the target...

In a simple meeting room inside the base, the members of the Night Raid were gathered together.

Boss Nadjeshda led Clara to the main seat, even stepping down a step herself, and gave her the highest praise.

"We were able to get through this safely thanks to Clara."

"If it weren't for Clara, we might not exist anymore!"

Looking at the timid, barefoot little girl in front of her, Nadjeshda said in a very good mood that the biggest boulder in her heart could now be completely put down.

Even now, Nadjeshda still finds it hard to believe that Esdeath, who is so powerful that she cannot even be called human, has been captured alive.

Svarog was stronger than expected.

Without Esdeath's threat, the pressure of the Night Raid instantly decreased to an extremely low level. Although there was still General Budou, who was on par with Esdeath, he was much easier to deal with than Esdeath.

Moreover, if Esdeath can be defeated here in Svarog, then defeating General Budou is equally possible.

"Yes, if it weren't for Clara, let alone facing Esdeath, even with so many Security Forces and Jaegers, it would be difficult to deal with her..."

"Thankfully, there were so many of Clara's robots to help."

"Unfortunately, this also resulted in the scrapping of a large number of robots..."

"Anyway, thank you, Clara."

The other members of Night Raid also looked serious and fearful. Without Clara's robot and Svarog's help, they really couldn't imagine what the consequences of their previous encounter would have been.

Esdeath's strength is terrifying. The robots suffered no losses when dealing with the Security Forces and other members of the Jaegers, but many of them were directly destroyed in front of Esdeath.

All of them combined couldn't possibly be a match for Esdeath.

It was indeed the right choice to lure Clara into the Night Raid.

"It's all thanks to Mr. Svarog; Clara didn't do anything..."

Clara felt a little embarrassed by everyone's stares and quickly waved her hands. Compared to Mr. Svarog's contributions, she hadn't done anything.

"Mr. Svarog said that his credit is Clara's credit."

"Moreover... not to mention Mr. Svarog's help, Clara has also been a great help before."

Svarog and Clara can be considered as one individual; their relationship is even closer than that between the Teigu user and the Teigu. Nadjeshda, of course, is not considered separately.

Moreover, Clara herself has been a great help to them.

"In short, we have achieved a major breakthrough this time, capturing Esdeath, which is equivalent to cutting off one of the Empire's arms. When reporting to headquarters, I will recommend Clara for credit."

Although this was just a counterattack, it eliminated Esdeath, a major problem, which was a great contribution to the Revolutionary Army.

This is certainly a great achievement.

With this achievement, they can obtain more aid from the Revolutionary Army to support the next phase of the Night Raid. Clara will also likely be quite generous with the rare metals she needs.

After recounting her achievements, Nadjeshda then spoke about the prisoners.

She never even considered the possibility of capturing Esdeath alive, and she dared not even think about it.

The best-case scenario I had imagined was simply to be able to stop and delay Esdeath a little longer.

Now that they've captured Esdeath and the others, they don't know what to do with them.

Esdeath is too dangerous; even though she's been captured, Nadjeshda is still worried. If she were to be handed over to headquarters, without Svarog's supervision, she might escape on the way.

Even if she didn't escape along the way, Nadjeshda was very suspicious that taking her to headquarters might inadvertently give Esdeath an opportunity to massacre the entire Revolutionary Army headquarters.

It might be impossible for others, but for Esdeath... there's absolutely no doubt about it.

The reason why Schwarz was able to capture Esdeath was entirely due to Svarog's overwhelming power.

No one else could stop Esdeath.