"You useless bastards who Night Raid, since you're already facing certain death, I might as well let you die in peace!"
Minister Honest let out a sly chuckle and slowly said:
"My Jeweled Headdress Erastone, can shatter the Teigu of any Teigu, reducing all your abilities to nothing!"
"Your Teigu cannot regenerate after I shatter them, but my gems can grow at a rate of three per week, endlessly destroying your Teigu. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
At this point, Honest clutched his left shoulder, seemingly still enduring the pain from what had just occurred.
Najenda looked at the crown-like headdress on Honest's head, which originally had three small gems, but now two of them were missing.
'So that strange sound of crystals shattering I heard just now came from here...'
" The Dragon Transformation ' Demon Incursion ' and the ancient humanoid Teigu ' Susanoo ' are indeed the highest-ranking Teigu of the Empire, veritable divine weapons, heh... But without these Teigu, can you still harm me in the slightest?"
"His Majesty has arrived! Your Majesty, let these traitors witness the power of the Teigu passed down through generations of the royal family!"
"Minister Honest, you are indeed loyal; I will heed your advice!"
As if reciting a script, the green-haired child forcefully finished speaking, while Akame's sword was already drawn.
"In terms of speed, I certainly didn't have the advantage when Tatsumi and Susanoo were fighting just now... but if the target is this child..."
A burst of airflow erupted from beneath his feet, and Akame leaped at high speed to the back of the young emperor. Honest, seeing this, remained motionless, but could only manage a slight chuckle.
A demonic sword, Murasame, was about to be pressed against the young emperor's neck, but Akame's thoughts were utterly pure—
'Even if Honest uses that strange headdress to shatter my cursed sword... I can subdue this child with my bare hands...'
'Using the child as a hostage to interrogate him will at least shake Honest's resolve, and he might be able to escape unscathed. Even if he is killed by reinforcements later, it will at least end the short life of this foolish little emperor—'
Honest curled the corners of his mouth into a flippant smile.
"To even attempt to harm His Majesty is utterly foolish. In the entire Imperial Capital, His Majesty is the most powerful person!"
Clutching his left shoulder, Honest shouted excitedly----
"Your Majesty, let them witness your power—the power of the Shikoutazer, the power of the Supreme Throne!"
" The Supreme Throne--?!"
A terrifying idea crept into Najenda's mind, though only for a moment.
Legend has it that in ancient times, among all the Teigu created by the founding emperors, only the imperial Teigu of the royal palace were unknown to outsiders and almost never revealed their true appearance.
Although I have no idea about the Imperial Teigu, there are rumors that there is one Teigu among Teigu —the most forbidden one—named ' Shikoutazer '.
Although its exact appearance and activation effects are unknown, a former emperor suffered from sleepwalking and used this Teigu overnight, causing the population of his dynasty to be reduced by half.
Almost all the experts in collecting Orichalcum, the sorcerers and scholars who focused on rune refining were crushed overnight by this ' Shikoutazer ', and the relevant historical documents were interrupted for hundreds of years, leaving a large gap.
It is precisely because of the disappearance of experts and scholars that the current civil officials in this Imperial Capital are all incompetent fools who talk the talk but don't walk the walk, and the whole country has formed a bizarre situation where combat power is the only standard for measuring ability.
"You brats... it's too late for you to regret this now!"
"Clang--!!!"
He thought his 'Demon Sword Murasame ' would be shattered by Honest's crown, but to his surprise, Akame's sword was intact, but it struck a wall made of diamond.
'What's going on... This wall should be in the opposite direction...'
Akame wasn't the only one confused; everyone in the room felt a dizzying sensation.
" Supreme Throne - Shikoutazer!"
The child's voice shouted, seemingly clearer and louder than an adult's, thus creating an unusual echo that lingered in everyone's hearts for a long time.
The four walls rotated wildly horizontally, inserting cuttings into the walls. The positions of each member changed rapidly. Whenever Lubbock tried to step forward to arrange the threads, Honest in front of him would turn into Seryu. It was this peculiar situation.
However, only the young Emperor and Honest were truly in their element.
Seemingly accustomed to this pattern of change, Honest moved with ease on the constantly rotating ground, while the young emperor stood in a completely stationary position. It was as if the movement of these scenes was entirely adjusted around the young emperor.
A long jade staircase rose up, propelling the young emperor and Honest into an unknown room above. The people below wanted to leap up and chase after them, but their footing kept spinning, making it impossible for them to jump.
"Damn it, trying to escape?!"
"Wait, everyone, pay attention to your positions!"
Unlike the previous horizontal rotation, the ground is now beginning to tilt vertically.
The jade walls were pieced together, with the excess extending outwards and placed outside the council chamber.
If they stayed here, everyone would surely be crushed by the entire room; however, leaving would mean leaving the conference room altogether, allowing the Emperor and Honest to escape.
Left with no other choice, everyone had to follow Najenda's orders.
"Everyone, get out of here first. Survival is the priority. I've already memorized the features of this area. Once we're out, we'll figure out how to contact them!"
After Najenda hurriedly gave instructions, and once her body was out of the long window of the council chamber and she could see the scenery outside the palace, she realized that things were far more complicated than she had imagined.
"What's this..."
It wasn't an escape at all, nor was it simply about manipulating space.
The half of the palace he was in had been transformed into a massive fighting machine.
This is a mechanical human body, but its scale is simply too exaggerated.
"I always thought that building palaces with diamonds was just modern extravagance, but it turns out it was all for this Teigu..."
Upon seeing the object before them, the members of ' Night Raid ' knelt down in near despair, feeling no possibility of victory whatsoever.