Najenda knew Durandal and the Immortal Blades all too well. Night Raid was no match for them at all. If they truly had to fight, then the only possible outcome would be...
Night Raid's crushing defeat... the Revolutionary Army...
"Minister Rita, I know you... May I ask what you mean by this? Are you planning to block our path as well? Alone, I'm afraid you're overestimating yourself. Where is your security force?"
Unlike Najenda's unease, the Revolutionary Army's commander beside her stared arrogantly at Rita ahead. As the Revolutionary Army's commander, he naturally knew quite a bit about Rita.
A powerful figure who wielded three Imperial Arms at once, the teacher of the Immortal Blades, and the leader of the security force—yet he still did not take her too seriously.
Behind him stood hundreds of thousands of regular Revolutionary Army troops, with allied forces from other factions surrounding them as well. An army two million strong... This was the tide of the times. No one could stop it.
Especially since they had just killed General Budo, the Empire's foremost expert. The Revolutionary Army's confidence and morale had soared to the heavens. Even the general had died before them while trying to stop the Revolutionary Army, so what could anyone else do?
Besides... although the intelligence said Rita was very strong, she had not fought many times. No matter how strong she was, how strong could she possibly be? Could she be stronger than Budo?
As for wielding three Imperial Arms?
That was even less worth mentioning. At most, they could treat her as three Imperial Arms Users—but how could the Revolutionary Army have only three Imperial Arms Users now?
With such confidence, why would the Revolutionary Army's commander fear her?
"..."
Yet Rita completely ignored the Revolutionary Army commander's words,