"This feels like it suits me."
As she spoke, Kurotama could not help picking it up.
Once she held March of the Dead, Eight Branches, Kurotama felt a chilling coldness. She then drew the tachi directly. As the blade left its sheath, the air around them suddenly became somewhat cold and eerie.
"As expected..."
After Kurotama completely drew March of the Dead, Eight Branches, she discovered that it had already acknowledged her as its master.
"March of the Dead, Eight Branches, an Imperial Arm? She actually managed to wield that blade." The Minister stood to one side, eating meat as he watched Kurotama wield Eight Branches, seemingly lost in thought.
Although March of the Dead, Eight Branches was a terrifying Imperial Arm, its cost of use was considerable. It also required powerful corpses; otherwise, it would not be very useful.
March of the Dead, Eight Branches could use a curse to control those slain by the blade, controlling up to eight Corpse Puppets. The puppets retained their appearance from when they were alive and could be manipulated freely. Once the ability was released, they would turn back into ordinary corpses.
However, it also had a weakness: the more corpses Eight Branches controlled while activated, the more it weakened the host's true body.
"Kurotama, congratulations!"
Seeing her younger sister master an Imperial Arm, Akame was not jealous. Instead, she sincerely congratulated her.
"Kurotama mastered an Imperial Arm already? I'm so jealous."
Seeing that Kurotama had already mastered an Imperial Arm, the others were all very envious. Unfortunately... none of the remaining Imperial Arms suited them.
After their attempts yielded no results, they could only give up.
In the end, only Kurotama obtained the Imperial Arm March of the Dead, Eight Branches. The others each chose a Subject Arm. Unlike the