Crushing Ants Without Damaging Their Corpses Is Such a Pain (Please Boost the Stats)

"Are you actually afraid of this riffraff?"

"Of course not, but there are so many of them."

Leone felt helpless.

If the Imperial Palace were that easy to storm, Night Raid would have killed the emperor and the minister long ago.

"Akame!"

Ignoring Leone, Lin Luo called out.

"Here, Master!"

"Clear a path!"

"Okay!"

Akame was a woman of few words and had already moved to the front.

That was how she was. Once she committed to something, she would see it through to the end.

Najenda and Leone widened their eyes, a flash of astonishment crossing them.

Lin Luo, that Devil!

He was actually making Akame lead the charge.

He simply wasn't human... well, he really wasn't human. He was a Devil.

The two women exchanged a glance, then followed behind Akame.

Whatever happened, they couldn't let Akame face it alone.

"Who are you?"

"Wait, isn't she on the wanted posters?"

"Hahaha! It's my turn to earn some glory!"

A group of Pawns grew utterly excited as they looked at Akame and the others.

For a moment, the sound of blades being drawn rang out incessantly.

Akame watched it all calmly, continuing forward at an unhurried pace.

A moment later.

She moved.

Clang!

Murasame slid from its sheath.

The icy blade light formed a crescent, stirring a cloud of white vapor in the air.

That simple slash had broken the sound barrier.

Making her first attack since becoming a Devil, Akame's eyes flickered thoughtfully.

I really have become so strong.

Shhk! Shhk!

Akame streaked past the dozens of Pawns ahead like a meteor.

Severed limbs flew amid the dazzling blade light, sending great jets of blood into the air.

So fast!

At the sight, Leone and Najenda caught their breath.

Was this Akame after becoming a Devil?

She was terrifyingly powerful.

Instinctively, they looked at Lin Luo.

Then just how powerful was he?

"It seems you haven't adjusted to your strength yet."

Looking at the blood covering the ground, Lin Luo shook his head. "You don't need to use that much force against them."

With Murasame, Akame only needed to inflict a wound.

This was the fighting style best suited to Akame.

"Yes!"

Akame nodded.

Even without Lin Luo's reminder, she was already reviewing what she had done right and wrong in the fight.

She hadn't expected human bodies to have become so fragile.

"Quick, someone from Night Raid is here!"

"They actually dared to trespass in the Imperial Palace! The sheer audacity!"

Battle cries rang out from every direction.

As guards of the empire's most important location, these soldiers were true elites, and their response was naturally swift.

Taking it all in.

Akame leaped up, shooting forward like a great star.

This time, her blade struck with noticeably less force.

Wherever she passed, no blood spurted out. There were only figures falling to the ground, never to rise again.

Behind her!

Watching Akame fight like a goddess of war, Leone and Najenda were stunned.

They could tell.

Some of the officers among the soldiers, though not Imperial Arms users, were far stronger than ordinary people.

Yet they still died to a single slash.

And more than that!

From beginning to end, Akame's breathing hadn't changed.

It was as though slaughtering them was as simple as eating and drinking.

Under normal circumstances, it would have been utterly unimaginable.

"So this is what being a Devil is like. It actually seems pretty good."

"Leone, don't entertain dangerous ideas."

Though she said that, Najenda had to admit that she was tempted too.

Chapter 17: Crushing Ants Without Damaging Their Corpses Is Such a Pain (Please Boost the Stats)

"There are more and more of these guards."

In a damaged plaza, Akame stood at the front, holding Murasame in her right hand as she gently wiped the blood from her cheek.

Leone and Najenda stood on either side, their clothes already stained with a great deal of blood.

All around them lay a sea of red, with blood and severed limbs piled together.

As far as the eye could see, countless corpses lay sprawled in pools of blood.

Lin Luo stood in the middle of the three women. Not only was there no blood on him, but even his clothes were spotless.

"M-monsters!"

Looking at the four of them, every soldier wore an expression of terror, their weapon-bearing hands trembling faintly.

"This is Night Raid? That's just unfair."

An officer looked at Akame, his voice trembling.

She was nothing short of a true killing fiend.

She moved like a phantom. Before they could even react, dozens more corpses would appear on the ground.

Lin Luo and the other three slowly advanced.

For every step they took forward, the surrounding Pawns took a step back.

It was as though everyone had lost the courage to attack.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

Just then, a jumble of footsteps approached from afar like a tide.

Countless figures moved in from every direction, packed so densely that there was no end in sight.

"Hey, hey! Don't tell me every guard in the entire Imperial Palace has come?"

Taking in the sight, Leone felt her scalp prickle.

With numbers like these.

They could bury the women under sheer numbers alone.

She looked at Lin Luo and said, "Lord Demon, isn't it about time you made a move?"

"Indeed!"

Lin Luo nodded and glanced at the people around them. "Enough riffraff have gathered now."

The instant he finished speaking, the atmosphere throughout the plaza froze.

The dust drifting in every direction seemed to freeze in midair.

It was as though even space and time had stopped.

Boom!

In an instant, a gleam flashed through Lin Luo's eyes, as clear and lustrous as rubies.

Terrifying Magic Power suddenly erupted, surging outward in every direction.

Without a sound!

Every Pawn's expression, whether frightened, excited, or vicious, froze on their face.

In the distance!

The troops streaming in as reinforcements also seemed to turn into statues.

The entire plaza, along with the surrounding buildings, had become a painting.

Everything was fixed within that image.

What happened?

Najenda and Leone's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.

Thud! Thud!

It seemed like an instant, yet also like thousands upon thousands of years.

With Lin Luo and his companions at the center, the countless Pawns around them all fell to the ground.

Then!

Pawns fell in swathes, the collapse spreading in every direction as though wheat were being reaped.

In just an instant.

Nearly ten thousand troops guarding the imperial palace had all fallen.

Even more terrifyingly.

Wind and clouds churned overhead, and countless gale-force winds swept outward, changing the very weather.

"Th-this is..."

The corners of Najenda's and Leone's eyes twitched as they stood completely dazed.

Neither of them could quite think anymore.