Over the past eight months,
the event that had left the deepest impression on Imu
was probably the first Empress Ranking Tournament held here on July 1.
The three Empresses—Historia, Esdeath, and Teresa—led their respective guards into a chaotic melee.
The last person standing would be the winner, while the rankings would be determined by the order of defeat.
And they fought for real.
With Imu watching from the sidelines, there was no way anything could go wrong.
As soon as he judged someone to be "defeated," they would instantly vanish from the arena.
The result was as he had expected.
Historia was the first Empress to be defeated.
Although she could transform into Nine Giants United, an Ultimate Titan that shone like Diamond,
and her Physical Arts and Haki were not weak,
Esdeath still froze her and forcefully knocked her out of the boundaries Imu had set.
Yet this made Historia breathe a sigh of relief.
She truly had no desire to compete.
On the contrary, the ten Survey Corps guards led by Mikasa Ackerman, Kenny Ackerman, and Rico were brimming with fighting spirit, with no intention of going through the motions.
They fought with all their strength against the Ice Storm Knights guard led by Akame and Kurome, as well as the Claymore Angels guard led by Clare and Irene.
They were clearly determined to defend Historia's honor.
As Mikasa had said during the battle, they could lose, but they would never surrender deliberately!
However,
the gap in strength ultimately made them the first guard unit to suffer total defeat.
Mikasa, who had mastered Wind Breathing, Armament Haki, and Observation Haki and reached the realm of a swordsman, was not weak.
Kenny Ackerman, who had eaten the Zoan Human-Human Fruit, Danger Beasts Armored Titan Form Devil Fruit and