Chapter 59: Come on, Humiliate Me

"Hoo…Hoo…Hoo…"

Esdeath's already towering chest heaved violently as she gasped.

The military cap on her head had long since disappeared, and her originally clean and tidy white military uniform was torn in many places.

Opposite her, the general was still as he had appeared, with the blade of the naginata in his hand pointing diagonally at the ground, and his gorgeous purple kimono as polished as new.

"You are very strong." After wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Esdeath stood up again. "If I rely solely on martial arts, I am no match for you, so——"

Esdeath pursed her lips, clasped her hands together suddenly, and shouted to the general: "Great Knight Binglan!!"

The sky suddenly darkened.

A raging blizzard swept across the earth, and a large group of knights made entirely of ice and snow slowly broke out of the ground around Esdeath's body and stood up.

The Ice Knights spurred their horses and rushed towards the general on the opposite side.

Since pure martial arts cannot defeat the opponent, then use all the abilities you can, no matter what it takes!

When I was still weak, I did the same thing when hunting dangerous species!

Looking at the ice knights charging towards him, the general stood where he was without moving at all, but the depths of his purple eyes were tinged with brilliant lightning.

The already dark sky finally lost the last bit of sunlight.

Thick dark clouds appeared and spread rapidly at an unprecedented speed, with surging lightning snakes flashing continuously between the clouds.

The environment between heaven and earth changed drastically, and Ning Qingxuan felt in a trance that this was not the world of Akame : A Kill!, but Qinglai Island of Inazuma on the continent of Teyvat - or Qinglai Island where there were lightning and thunder everywhere before completing the world quest Qinglai Chasing Thunder.

Boom!

Finally, as the first bolt of lightning struck, in the blink of an eye, people could not even count how many thunders there were, densely packed throughout the sky and earth.

The will of the gods can change the world. Even if Ying lives in a pure land, he can cause thunderstorms that are difficult for ordinary people to pass through the entire Inazuma Sea with just a thought or even the subconscious desire to close the country.

Although the general is not one of the recognized seven gods, her body is made from the body of the shadow, and the authority of the Ming God is naturally added to her.

As a conceptual product, the body of the demon god, even if it is in other worlds, as long as there is no higher-level transcendent will that holds the power of thunder, then when the general is in that world, all the thunderstorms between heaven and earth will obey her orders.

The army of ice knights, halfway through the charge, was reduced to ashes in an instant.

Although Esdeath was surprised at the general's methods, she did not think that she could defeat the general with just a group of ice knights.

With the help of the explosion, rising smoke and ice chips caused by the lightning, Esdeath quickly closed the distance between herself and the general.

A blue light flashed in her hand. She looked at her own figure reflected in the amethyst eyes of the general who was so close to her and whispered, "Freeze!"

A huge amount of frost instantly submerged the general's body, and Esdeath quickly drew her sword.

"Mokopotammo——!!!"

For a moment, the blue phantom light filled the entire battle field.

The ice chips flying in the sky and the dust flying in the air were all paused at this moment.

In this land, time seemed to have stopped flowing, and everything fell silent, including the frozen general.

Gently shaking the sword in her hand, Esdeath slowly raised it and pointed it at the general.

"It's a tough opponent, but that's why I enjoy this fight so much."

"But now, it's time to end everything."

The knife flashed.

The ice coffin was unable to stop Esdeath's blade, but just as it was about to cut off the general's neck, Esdeath's knife stopped.

The flawless slender fingertips gently grasped Esdeath's blade.

Crack——!

With the first crisp sound, the ice coffin that wrapped the general turned into debris all over the sky, while the general maintained the posture of gently holding the blade of Esdeath as if picking up a flower, and looked at the other party with a calm expression.

"How is it possible...how can you still move!?"

"Time stop?" The general murmured in a low voice, "If it was Istaru, the ruler of time, maybe time would really be stopped? But you - it's not enough."

…dividing line…

Why... would the General know!?

This is impossible!

Ying clearly remembered that after creating the general's body, he taught her all the knowledge, but there was no information about Istaru in it.

Theoretically, there is absolutely no way that the general could know this name!

Slowly lowering his brows, Ying carefully recalled what he had seen and heard from the general during this period, and was very sure that Shen Zi had never mentioned the name of Istaru to the general.

If it's not the Son of God, then...

Ying slowly uttered a name.

"Ning Qingxuan?"

…dividing line…

Esdeath didn't know who Istaru was, and she didn't understand what the Time Ruler was.

But she was very clear about one thing, that was she had lost.

The defeat was no surprise.

"I lost."

After her strongest moves failed to defeat the opponent, Esdeath did not get angry or hysterical. Instead, she simply stuck the knife in her hand into the ground, raised her head, and revealed her slender neck.

"Let's do it."

The strong prey on the weak, that's natural.

The winner can control everything, and the loser has no right to quibble.

After defeating countless opponents with her incomparable strength and torturing them severely, it was finally her turn to welcome this day.

However, after waiting for a long time without feeling any pain, Esdeath opened her eyes and looked at the shadow opposite her, wondering: "You don't want to kill me, but you want to humiliate me? Don't worry, I won't resist."

The general's expression gradually became strange.

humiliation?

Girl, what you said will make people think wrongly...

Shaking his head, the general said, "After defeating you, I can use you as I please, right?"

"That's right." Esdeath nodded. "So you want me to pledge my loyalty to you? No problem. This is the right that the strong should have."

"No, it's not me."

The general shook his head again and pointed to the top of the mountain.

"You need someone to be loyal to, and that's out there."

Esdeath had long noticed that someone had been observing the battle on a nearby hill. She frowned when she heard the general's words.

If she were to pledge allegiance to the general, even if she were to be beaten and humiliated by her, Esdeath would not have any complaints, because she had already been defeated.

But to pledge yourself to someone else?

The target did not defeat her, but the general who defeated her asked her to do so.

She was in a dilemma.