Akame swiftly rose to her feet, no longer hiding, and charged straight toward the battlefield ahead.
Rather than attacking Zank first, she slashed apart Brandt and Mine's attacks with a single stroke. Perhaps caught off guard by Akame's sudden appearance, Brandt staggered back several steps.
"Someone from the Blade of Immortality!"
Brandt took several steps back and stared at Akame, his expression changing. This was not a good development. Killing one Zank had actually drawn the Blade of Immortality into this.
"...Sure enough, birds of a feather flock together!"
Faced with Akame's sudden attack on both her and Brandt, Mine stood behind Brandt and aimed the Romantic Killer Cannon at her.
She had always despised the Empire's forces. After witnessing so many disgusting people within the Empire, it was hard for her to believe there could be any good people on the Empire's side.
Although the Blade of Immortality had a good reputation in the Imperial Capital and seemed never to have done anything bad—in fact, they often helped civilians teach nobles a lesson—you could never truly know someone's heart! There were as many beasts in fine clothes as fish in a great river, too numerous to count.
Mine even felt that this whole matter with Zank had been a trap set by the Blade of Immortality. Now it seemed that the Blade of Immortality really was working with Zank, all to lure them in.
"..."
So, as Mine retreated behind Brandt, she mocked Akame while firing the Romantic Killer Cannon directly at her.
"Wait, Mine."
Noticing Mine's actions, Brandt hurriedly tried to stop her... Things might not have been that serious. The Blade of Immortality might not have been enemies, but he was too late.
When Mine fired her Imperial Arm at Akame, however, Akame did not care in