King Bradley was not joking when he said he was not weak.
He was, in fact, acting under the orders of the forty-seventh king of the Alchemi Kingdom in the Teigu World.
He had secretly joined Wrath, one of the Seven Deadly Sins within the Astral Legion.
The so-called Seven Deadly Sins
were seven of the strongest artificial humans secretly developed by the Alchemi royal family roughly a thousand years ago,
using the Philosopher's Stone and alchemy to create Teigu capable of opposing the Qin Empire.
Each of them was comparable to a biological humanoid Teigu like Susanoo.
Thus, they had long served as the Alchemi royal family's trump card.
The current Alchemi XLVII had ordered King Bradley to climb the ranks within the Astral Legion step by step until he reached the position of Marshal.
This was an extremely difficult demand, but Alchemi XLVII was very confident.
Because Wrath among the Seven Deadly Sins was the most special one.
Every generation of Wrath was selected from a group of orphans raised by the royal family.
They received strict, systematic elite education, including mathematics, Swordsmanship, marksmanship, combat, military science, alchemy, and even the art of rulership.
Once they came of age, they were injected with the Philosopher's Stone one by one.
Whoever survived the rejection reaction became the new Wrath.
Thereafter, he would assist the king in governing the entire country.
At the same time, he would serve as the commander-in-chief leading the army against the Qin Empire's forces.
What made Wrath special was that, although they were called artificial humans,
they were human in essence.
They therefore had limited lifespans, aged and died, and even possessed normal emotions.
This kept outsiders from suspecting them.
Not long after King Bradley became the new Wrath, Alchemi XLVII recommended him to the