Chapter 35: Madness: HOSTILITY
[Tomorrow]
Billy slowly opened his eyes and light hit his eyes.
Billy: Shit…
He slowly got up and stretched his body while yawning, looking around, he noticed that he wasn't on his bedroom, but from the decorations around, he knew that it was Akame's room.
Slowly but surely, he started to remember what happened when he was drunk, and his face slowly turned red…
Billy: 'Shit… I really kissed her while I was drunk…'
The blush vanished and he sighed… Well, there was a first to everything… Receiving a confession while saving a girl's life from a danger beast, he already got too many of them, but confessing to somewhile while being drunk? Never happened until now.
He got out from the bed and dressed himself, then he walked back to the meeting room. Everyone was already grouped together, he looked at Akame with a smile, who turned her head elsewhere in nervousness, certainly because of what she did yesterday…
Najenda: Just a few more hours… And the assault on the imperial capital will commence. Upon discovery of their ice cavalry, our plans have slightly changed… So listen carefully.
Leone: An army of ice… Esdeath really could fight an entire war on her own…
Najenda: For starters, she's not someone we can simply ignore and push to the side. Akame, Leone, Lubbock, and Chelsea will act according to the plan thus far… And that's to infiltrate the imperial palace.
I will join the general offensive and lead the Teigu troops. Tatsumi, Susanoo and Mine, you'll be coming with me. Billy, you will be with us, but you will deal with her ice army with yours.
Then it's time to go over Night Raid's final targets!!
Prime Minister, Honest! With a insatiable desire for political power, he is the very root of all the evil that has corrupted this country.
General Esdeath! A demon who delights in nothing but war, sowing the seeds of revolt. A being who cannot exist in times of peace.
Koukei, Minister of military, diverting munitions and arms through illegal channels for his own private personal profit. Conspired with the prime minister to slander generals that opposed him, then had them found guilty of crimes they did not commit.
Saikyuu, the prime minister's air and cohort in all his evil deeds. A man of great ability and even darker temperament. He was the one who thought of establishing the assassination squad in order to execute the rebels.
Youkan, a bottom-feeder sycophant obsequious to the prime minister. Unlike Saikyuu, he has no ability or talents whatsoever. He entertained all sorts of distractions to entertain the prime minister such as guessing the gender of a pregnant woman's baby and then cutting open her womb to see if they were right.
Dousen, Extorting vast amounts of money from all different regions at the cost of great suffering to the people. Climbed the ranks and gained success through bribery and payoffs.
Billy: *Whistle*
Leone: Fufufu… All the big players have come out to play for this final battle! My fists are itchin' for some action!!
Najenda: It's possible the targets may possess Teigus. And if you capture them alive, they might escape. Therefore, bringing them in alive is not mandatory. Kill them on sight… With extreme prejudice. If you cannot make it a public execution, then be sure to put the corpse on display. This is the most important detail.
Akame: I'll handle it.
Najenda: Even if the palace falls, these men will do anything to try to protect themselves and survive. We don't know what means they'll use to that end.
Leone: If I can, I'll stop them before they set one foot off the palace grounds.
Najenda: Please do. But for now, you, Akame, Lubbock, and Chelsea should concentrate on your assassination targets.
These lowly vermin… No matter what happens, if they don't fall, the rage of the persecuted will never be quelled. If any of them escape… That's as good as defeat.
Chelsea: Wow, I never seen boss so serious…
Lubbock: Well, our targets are the worst of the worst, I can understand.
Akame: Everything understood.
Meanwhile, Billy looked at his hands… Unlike Budo, Esdeath's powers don't work with a battery, and she has more experience than him… A battle of endurance may as well be almost impossible… The only two methods that come in his mind are… Absolute superiority on numbers, or…
Enchanting his own body…
The problem is… That doing that will count as a third time he will have an abnormal behavior, and it will cause his disaster once the effects finish…
Najenda: Intel about the ice cavalry definitely caught us off guard, but they're still without any other General, or Wild Hunt, the Jaegers are still there, but it will be easy fighting just 2 of them. Besides, we have the biggest army ever existed, encompassing more than a hundred billion. Now, Night Raid will bury… All the final targets!!
Everyone: ROGER!!
[Later]
Armies reaching more than a million surrounded the capital's walls, and Esdeath stood without a single hint of fear over the walls.
Esdeath: Enemies as far as the eye can see… How wonderful. Let's see how they react when they're face to face with our ice cavalry.
Countless cannons from the anti-empire side shot towards Esdeath. However she levitated from the ground with her ice powers and prepared a long row of ice shards.
Esdeath: Well then… Let's say hello with a little firework show!!
Each of these ice shards managed to destroy one cannonball, soon she took out all of them.
Soldier: A… All of the cannonballs… Destroyed in an instant…
Najenda: It's all going according to plan. We're fine.
Soldier: Ahhh! So we're aiming to make her gradually use up all of her energy… I get it now!!
Najenda: 'I wish it was that simple…'
She raised one arm to send a signal, and many danger beasts walked forth, everyone commanded from a single Teigu user.
Esdeath: A danger beast controlling Teigu, is it now… They must be planning to destroy the palace walls with that… Well, too bad… We've got a similar Teigu on our side!!
A signal came out from the empire, and countless wyverns flew at the danger beasts, meanwhile, the ground was slowly being colored in black.
Esdeath: Hahahaa!! A fitting ceremony to commemorate the final war!! Now that appetizers have been served, let's get to the main course! Ice cavalry, charge!!
Billy: Heh, you need more… Minions!
Then around 5'000 minions covered in a dark aura came out from the hole he made under the field, the army was surprised when under their feet, skeletal soldiers appeared, but when they saw that some people were calm about it, they ignored the skeletons.
Each soldier was armed with a firearm and a Binary Sword, and they were all armored everywhere.
Behind those soldiers, 12 giants surrounded with the same aura and armored up to their teeths came out, each one carried a mag-sized RPG-7 and the same bladed weapon the other giant used against the Wild Hunt.
Meanwhile, Tatsumi, a transformed Susanoo, and Mine supported Billy, who used his Nexus Sword to cut through the incoming ice cavalry.
The ice cavalry was fast, and each one was as strong as 1 or 2 enchanted soldier of Billy.
[Meanwhile]
The emperor Makoto and the prime minister Honest were in a strange room at the top of the imperial palace.
Honest: According to the messenger… General Esdeath and the others are currently holding the enemy at bay.
Makoto: Ooooh! I'd expect nothing less of the general…!
Honest: But we cannot rest on our laurels. Let us at least be prepared.
Makoto: O… Okay. Right now, this is what I can do… The supreme Teigu.
Honest: Yes… Without the blood of the great emperor… That power of that Teigu cannot be unleashed. Which means no other human is capable of using it.
Makoto: ...Alright! It's time for… My first battle!
Honest: Splendid, your majesty. How heroic. Our benevolent lord truly shines in our most perilous moment! Even from behind… You are the… Spitting image of your late father, the previous emperor.
Makoto: ...Oh…? Hearing that… Bring me much joy…
Honest: 'Actually… I killed the last emperor with my own two hands… By slowly and methodically feeding him poison through his food… I simply did what needed to be done. It was a humane, merciful poisoning. Such a soft-hearted emperor was far too problematic.'
Makoto slowly walked at the center of the room with his scepter, where there was a monument that looked like a core of something.
Makoto: Father was a great emperor. So great, that mother committed suicide to follow the lord in death. So I… As their heir… WIthout any hesitation or doubt, shall gladly inherit the title of emperor.
Honest: 'His mother… Committed suicide? Well… If by suicide, you mean… I forced poison down her throat… And then called you all over and said she was poisoned… Then sure, why not.' [AN: Sweet merciful god, this guy is sick as fuck… He is literally the Paragon of the Ugly Bastard Tag on every +18 hentai site]
Then Makoto put the scepter inside the monument, which slowly absorbed it.
Honest: 'Your Majesty… As long as you listen to and follow every word I say, I'll be sure to take excellent care of you. So go on and keep working your little ass off. Gufufu!'
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