"Akame, hand over The Supreme Throne! The new empire cannot go without its protection!"
Akame acted as though she had not heard Boss's words and instead looked toward the Teigu users who were still fighting.
Boss trembled all over, but the aura Akame radiated left her utterly unable to resist. Akame leaped up and waved a hand. A magnificent temple appeared above the imperial capital, then slowly descended, crushing and covering the original palace.
"Heaven and earth have undergone a great upheaval! World-Destroying Beasts have descended! I am the sword wielder of Divine Abyss, and I hereby establish the Guardian Temple! All Teigu users shall obey my commands! Proceed to the Guardian Temple immediately! All tribes shall unite under one rule! Its name shall be the Divine Dragon Empire! Those who defy this decree shall be killed without mercy!"
Akame's icy voice spread outward, reaching the entire world. A teleportation array appeared before every Teigu user. Naturally, this was System's doing.
"Any Teigu user who fails to reach the temple within three minutes shall be killed." Akame's voice sounded in the Teigu users' minds again.
Akame took a single step and vanished. The next instant, she was already in the seat of honor in the temple.
Within three minutes, twenty-nine Teigu users were teleported into the temple, one after another. Akame's gaze turned cold, and a screen of light appeared above the great hall. She slashed her sword, sending a thousand-foot sword ray piercing into the screen. The next instant, a sword ray abruptly appeared before every Teigu user still outside. Before any of them could react, they were all slaughtered.
Akame waved her hand, and fifteen Teigu abruptly appeared before her. All the Teigu users were startled. What kind of move was that? She had seized the Teigu directly from afar! It was easy to imagine what had happened to their wielders. After all, Akame had just said they would be killed without mercy!
"The empire was rotten to the core, and its ministers coveted pleasure. The Revolutionary Army flew the banner of justice, yet turned a blind eye when the empire fought the foreign tribes! I will lead the Teigu users in establishing a new nation. You will be the sharpest swords under my command. Wherever unrest arises, you will go and crush the rebels. The new empire will have national laws and rules for its households, and you will also uphold its order! Anyone who feels unable to take on this duty may leave their Teigu behind and depart now. I guarantee that I will not harm a hair on their head."
"Then what about those World-Destroying Beasts you mentioned? As far as I know, there is more than one. You killed the one earlier, but that doesn't necessarily mean you're a match for the others."
"Who told you I used my full strength earlier? I have my own way of dealing with the World-Destroying Beasts. Sending you would only be sending you to your deaths for nothing. What you need to do now is study the laws thoroughly. In the future, each of you will be responsible for administering a city. If you govern poorly, I will hold you accountable."
"Of course, if you don't want to handle administration, find a way to select an administrator yourselves. You will be responsible for the administrators you select. If anything goes wrong, I will still come looking for you!"
Akame brought out a copy of How a Socialist Country Is Built, which she had bought from System. The Teigu users began studying the book with curious expressions, growing more astonished the further they read. Compared with the empire's cruelty, the nation described in this book was the ideal land in their hearts.
"I now proclaim to the world that the Divine Dragon Empire will select fifteen new Teigu users! Anyone aged fourteen or older may participate in the selection! Teigu users will be the most exceptional people in the Divine Dragon Empire, responsible for maintaining imperial order and governing its citizens. Anyone harboring ulterior motives should not come here to throw their life away!"
Akame's voice spread in every direction, and many people with aspirations rubbed their fists and palms in anticipation. Although they still did not know what this Divine Dragon Empire would be like, even at its worst, it could only be another empire appearing. They were not afraid. More people looked upon the Divine Dragon Empire with hope. Years of internal strife and exploitation had already left them suffering beyond words.
Tatsumi, a hot-blooded young man, immediately answered Akame's call, saying that he wanted to help select Teigu users and publicize the new laws.
There was actually a trace of admiration in Esdeath's eyes as she looked at Akame now. It seemed Akame's strength had won her over.
"I'm going to deal with those World-Destroying Beasts. I'll leave the Divine Dragon Empire to all of you. You can also consider appointing the loyal officials of the former empire. While I'm away, Tatsumi will be in charge of selecting Teigu users. Najenda and Esdeath will handle coordination with the Revolutionary Army. Any rebels are to be slain on the spot!" With that, Akame abruptly vanished from the seat of honor in the great hall.
Akame's figure shifted from place to place, using Divine Abyss's power to make short-distance jumps. Lin Ran did not help teleport her directly to the World-Destroying Beasts. They could harvest plenty of Super Danger Beasts along the way. This was the best way to farm Origin Points, and he certainly would not pass it up.
Three days later, a World-Destroying Beast that had just annihilated a town came into Akame's view. It had a long, slender body, with four limbs shaped like black blades, and moved as swiftly as a phantom.
Akame surveyed the civilians who had been brutally slaughtered around her. All of them had had their limbs severed and their heads cut off. As though it had spotted a new plaything, the World-Destroying Beast studied Akame curiously with its deep-blue eyes.
The next instant, both figures vanished. This World-Destroying Beast had also mastered teleportation. Akame's gaze was icy as she swung Divine Abyss, while the beast's right arm struck at her as well. The blade severed its right claw without the slightest resistance, leaving a horrific sword wound across its body.
This World-Destroying Beast truly had no idea how to spell death, actually daring to clash head-on with Divine Abyss! Little did it know that Divine Abyss's foremost trait was its ability to cut through anything!
What Akame had not expected was that the World-Destroying Beast would turn and flee upon realizing the situation was unfavorable.
"Let it get thirty-nine meters away first!" Lin Ran said cheerfully. He generally did not speak during battles, lest he interfere with Akame's fighting.
"God Annihilation!" As Akame's words fell, two enormous dragons smashed through space and swallowed the World-Destroying Beast whole.
Despite its small size, this World-Destroying Beast contained no small amount of strange origin power. All that energy was swept clean by the devouring power, and both Lin Ran and Akame immersed themselves in this tremendous increase in strength.
"Huh? There's actually a survivor?" Curious, Lin Ran guided Akame to a cellar. She lifted its cover and discovered a little girl huddling in a corner, trembling.
[Congratulations, host, on discovering a child of the plane! Altering her trajectory of fate can earn you a vast quantity of Origin Points!]
System's voice rang out, and Lin Ran was instantly dumbfounded. This little girl who looked like a tiny beggar was actually a child of the plane?
A plane was not limited to this one world. A single plane was a multiversal sea. Of course, there was more than one child of the plane, but among the immeasurable number of worlds great and small, worlds capable of producing one were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns, let alone actually encountering one.
"System, can I take her out of this world?"
"No! A child of the plane is entangled in too much karma. The host is advised to guide her and avoid antagonizing her."
"Okay, so I just need to win her over before she becomes a badass!"
"Tongtong, take this little girl with you. Treat her well, like your own little sister."
Although Akame was somewhat puzzled, Divine Abyss's words surely had their reasons.
"Little girl, what's your name?"
"Big sister, my name is Zi Xing."
"All right. My name is Akame. You can just call me big sister. I've already killed that monster outside. You can come out now."
Akame carried Zi Xing outside. Seeing the mangled corpses and severed limbs strewn everywhere, Zi Xing could not help crying, because those lying nearby were all the people closest to her.
"Come with me. I know a place where everyone is very friendly. I'm sure you'll like it there."
Zi Xing wiped her tears and nodded.
[The host is advised to purchase an Emperor Heart Pill and the Heavenly Heart Sword as gifts for Zi Xing! They may bring boundless returns in the future!]
"Sure, buy them!"
Lin Ran checked his Origin Points. He only had a little over twelve million left. He had been burning through them far too quickly lately! If he had not replenished them by killing quite a few Super Danger Beasts and two World-Destroying Beasts, his balance would have become a big fat goose egg long ago.