"As you live you lose reasons and hope. But as you keep on going, you pick up new reasons and hope."— Asta, Bck Clover

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  Esdeath, far from being afraid, was excited by the sight of Roy's ice dragons.

  "Haa!" she shouted, smming her hand onto the ground.

  Thousands of massive ice pilrs erupted from the earth, reag towards the nine ice dragons.

  However, the dragons effortlessly shattered the ice pilrs with their cws and tails.

  The nine dragons verged.

  In the moment, a thousaer tall ice mountain, formed from the iwined bodies of the dragons, encased Esdeath within.

  Even with her own ice powers, Esdeath couldn't break free from this icy prison.

  "Amazing!"

  "Another eique! How many more does Roy have?"

  "Esdeath has been pletely defeated."

  "He's... he's to! Esdeath couldn't eve!"

  ...

  The Night Raid members stared at the t ice mountain in awe.

  Najenda was the most shocked of all.

  Although Roy had proven himself to be quite capable since joining Night Raid, she couldn't believe that even Esdeath, who she sidered invincible, was no match for him.

  She finally uood why headquarters had ordered her to follow Roy's lead.

  Roy approached the ice mountain, a triumphant smile on his face.

  He snapped his fingers.

  The ice mountain instantly shattered into a shower of ice crystals, revealing the frozen Esdeath within.

  Roy caught her before she could fall.

  Esdeath slowly opened her eyes.

  She looked at Roy, her gaze filled with admiration, aly caressed his cheek.

  "That was a beautiful teique, Roy" she said with a smile.

  "Want to learn it? I teach you," he offered.

  Esdeath's eyes lit up.

  "Really?"

  "Of course. After all, we'll be fag even stronger enemies iure."

  Esdeath's excitement grew.

  "That's wonderful!"

  She was a woman who loved battle and the thrill of the hunt.

  The prospect of fag oppos strohan Roy intrigued her.

  "Let's take care of things here first," Roy said, helping Esdeath to her feet. He then turo Wave, Run, and Bols.

  "e here, you three."

  The three Jaegers approached cautiously.

  "Captain?" Wave looked at Esdeath questioningly.

  "As you see, I've beeed. So..." Esdeath began, her voice calm and posed.

  "From now on, you will follow Roy's ands. After all, it's only natural for the strong to rule the weak."

  Wave, Run, and Bols exged gnces.

  They kheir captain's personality. And they couldn't defeat Roy, let alone escape from him.

  They turo Roy, their expressions uain.

  "Don't worry," Roy reassured them with a smile. "I don't need you to do anything against the Empire. Just stay at the Night Raid hideout for a few days."

  "Once everything is settled, you go back to your lives."

  The three Jaegers were fused.

  "The Revolutionary Army will un atta the Empire in a few days," Roy expined.

  "Ohe Empire falls and peace is restored, you return to your duties. You're not evil people. The new Empire will still need your strength."

  They remained silent, sidering his words.

  "Of course, you als your loved oo the Night Raid hideout for safety," Roy added.

  "That's all I have to say. Think it over."

  Roy then ighem and turo Najenda.

  Najenda summoned her flying Danger Beast.

  The Night Raid members, along with the Jaegers, returo their hideout.

  Back at the base, Roy immediately opened a portal to the Revolutionary Army headquarters.

  He instructed the leader to gather their forces and un atta the Capital the day.

  ...

  The following day, Roy led Night Raid and Esdeath to the Imperial Pace.

  Wave, Run, and Bols remai the Night Raid hideout. Although no one guarded them, they didn't dare to leave. Even if they did, they couldn't stop Night Raid's attack.

  Bols, however, had brought his wife and daughter to the hideout for safety.

  ...

  Ihe Imperial Pace, the Night Raid members marched through the halls without any attempt at cealment.

  The soldiers, seeing Esdeath, didn't dare to stop them.

  But there was one exception.

  "General Esdeath, who are these people?" A man blocked their path. It was General Budo, the leader of the Imperial Guard.

  "General Budo, the fall of the Empire is iable. I advise you to step aside," Esdeath said with a sneer.

  Budo's expression hardened as he reized several wanted members of Night Raid among the group.

  "General Esdeath, have you betrayed the Empire?" he demanded.

  "The weak submit to the strong. It's only natural," Esdeath replied calmly.

  "Esdeath, don't waste your breath on him," Roy interjected, cutting off Budo's retort.

  "General Budo, the Empire is finished. You have two choices..."

  "First, tio resist and be killed by me."

  "Sed, pretend nothing has happened. It's just a ge of emperor. You remain a general in the new Empire."

  "Choose."

  Budo was silent for a moment.

  "I won't let you pass."

  "As expected," Roy sighed.

  Budo was known for his stubbornness. He adhered to the old ways, believing that military officials shouldn't interfere in politics.

  Although he was aware of the corruption within the gover, he hadn't taken any a.

  If he were willing to surrehe Empire wouldn't be in this state.

  "Esdeath, I'll leave him to you," Roy said.

  "Leave it to me. I've been wanting to fight General Budo, the other 'stro' in the Capital, for a long time," Esdeath replied, drawing her rapier and pointing it at Budo.

  "It seems a battle is unavoidable," Budo said, activating his Teigu, "Thunder God's Rage: Adramelech."

  The two powerful warriors cshed.

  Roy and the others tiowards the throne room.

  "Who are you?" The guards outside the throne room surrouhem.

  The Night Raid members attacked without hesitation.

  The endless waves of soldiers couldn't stop their advance.

  The ministers and officials ihe throne room panicked.

  "A rebellion? Have I, as Emperor, made a mistake?" The young emperor, still a child, looked around in disbelief.

  "No, Your Majesty. Even after losing your parents, you have ruled wisely," Prime Minister Ho decred.

  "And I have always been by your side. You've made no mistakes."

  The Emperor didn't know that his parents had been murdered by Prime Minister Ho.

  "That's true. You've always been with me. You wouldn't lie to me," the Emperor said, nodding.

  The ministers and officials remained silent, witnessing the btant manipution.

  "Your Majesty, the rebels have deceived the people. We must show them the sequences of their as," Prime Minister Ho decred.

  "Show them your imperial might and quell this rebellion."

  He was trying to vihe Emperor to activate the Supreme Teigu, "Shikoutazer."

  The Emperor nodded and stood up, ready to activate the Teigu.

  Just then, Roy and the others stormed into the throne room.

  "Prime Minister Ho, yoing to die!" Akame decred, charging towards the minister, ign the other officials.

  However, as she was about to strike, she was thrown back by an invisible barrier.

  "Akame, e back!" Roy called out.

  Akame, uo harm Prime Minister Ho, retreated.

  "Prime Minister Ho possesses a Teigu that destroy other Teigu. We'll leave him to Saeko," Roy announced.

  "rime Minister Ho has a Teigu?" Mine excimed in surprise.

  "A Teigu that destroy other Teigu... it's good that we know now. Otherwise, the sequences could have been disastrous," Leone said grimly.

  In the inal story, Leone had been unaware of Prime Minister Ho's Teigu ability.

  She had been caught off guard, her Teigu destroyed, and she had been shot multiple times.

  Although she had mao kill Prime Minister Ho in the end, she had succumbed to her injuries due to the loss of her Teigu's regeive abilities.

  "Hahahaha, the Supreme Teigu has been activated! This is the end for you rebels!" Prime Minister Ho suddenly cackled.

  The barrier had even blocked Akame's attack, who was at the peak of High-bsp;Devil level. It seemed the Supreme Teigu possessed at least Ultimate-bsp;power.

  "Your Majesty, show these foolish rebels the hammer of justice!" Prime Minister Ho urged the Emperor.

  "I am the Emperor of the Empire!" the young Emperor decred without hesitation.

  These were the activation words for the Supreme Teigu.

  The ground trembled.

  The officials ihrone room stumbled and fell.

  A massive object began to emerge from beh the floor.

  "Everyone, get out of here!" Roy shouted, leading them out of the throne room.

  From outside, they could see a colossal suit of armor rising from the ground.

  The throne room was instantly destroyed.

  Most of the officials inside were killed.

  When the Supreme Teigu fully emerged, they could finally see its true form.

  It was a gigantic suit of armor, a thousaers tall, its presence radiating an oppressive aura.

  "W-What is that?!"

  "It's like a monster!"

  "Is that the legendary Supreme Teigu?"

  "I 't believe it actually exists."

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  The Night Raid members stared at the colossal giant in shock.

  But they weren't afraid.

  They had seen a giant of this scale before.

  Roy's Ice Thousand Armed Kannon was just as massive.

  'So this is a Ultimate-bsp;Teigu,' Roy thought.

  Such a powerful Teigu...

  It ed a lot of stamina to use, but the frail young Emperor didn't have much stamina to spare.

  Yet, even so, in the inal story, the Emperor had mao unleash its devastating power.

  Just then, the Emperor's voied from within the Supreme Teigu.

  "This Empire, passed down through geions, is the order of God! To rebel against God is bsphemy!"

  A red light emanated from the gem on the Teigu's forehead.

  A crimson ser beam shot down towards Roy and the others.

  "Secret Art: Cross Shield!"

  Roy raised his hand and jured a massive ice shield.

  Boom!

  The ser beam struck the ice shield.

  The ground shook, and debris flew everywhere.

  But the ice shield remained intact.

  "Its power is horrible," Najenda muttered, her expression grim.

  "How are we supposed to defeat it?" Mi a sense of helplessness.

  "Leave this to me. You deal with the minister and the Imperial soldiers," Roy instructed.

  "Yes!"

  They had no objes. Only Roy could handle such a colossal oppo.

  The obvious weakness shown in the inal story did.

  In the inal story, Tatsumi had struck the Supreme Teigu in the abdomen and decred it a oint.

  But who would design armor with a oint in su easily targeted location?

  The Night Raid members dispersed to fight the Imperial soldiers and Prime Minister Ho.

  Roy faced the Supreme Teigu alone.

  He spread his Devil wings and soared into the sky.

  Seeing him approach, the Emperor roared again.

  "Haa!"

  The red light on the Teigu's forehead gathered once more, and another ser beam shot towards Roy.

  This time, Roy didn't try to block it.

  He simply dodged.

  Boom!

  The ser beam missed Roy and struck the city below, creating a massive explosion.

  A mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

  Everything in the viity was instantly obliterated, tless lives lost.

  He couldn't use the Ice Thousand Armed Kannon. That would destroy the Teigu.

  He had to freeze it.

  Roy didn't waste any time. He raised his hand.

  "Secret Art: Ice 9 Dragons."

  Nine massive ice dragons materialized in the sky, r silently as they charged towards the Supreme Teigu.

  The Emperor pa the sight of the ice dragons.

  "Stay away!" he screamed.

  The Supreme Teigu fired a massive ser beam from its mouth and dozens of smaller beams from its shoulders.

  The beams struck the ice dragons.

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  The ice dragons shattered.

  Just as the Emperor breathed a sigh of relief, the ice dragons began tee.

  They were made of ice. Even if shattered, they could easily reform.

  The nine ice dragons verged on the Supreme Teigu.

  Crack! Crack! Crack!

  The sound of freezing echoed through the air. Within moments, the Supreme Teigu was encased in ice.

  The nine ice dragons coiled around it, immobilizing it pletely.

  Ihe Teigu, the Emperor, exhausted from overusing its power, fainted.

  With the Supreme Teigu ralized, the rest of the Capital had also fallen.

  Prime Minister Ho had been sin by Saeko. He died without uanding why his Teigu hadn't destroyed her on.

  He didn't know that Saeko hadn't used her Teigu at all.

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  By evening, the entire Capital was uheir trol.

  Roy sat ohrone in the Imperial Pace.

  "Roy, get down from there! That's the Emperor's throne!" Mine excimed, flustered.

  Now that the Empire had fallen, that seat beloo their leader.

  "What's the big deal?" Roy shrugged, uned.

  "By the way, Mine, do you want to be my Empress?" he asked with a pyful grin.

  Mine blushed furiously.

  "What are you talking about?!"

  Roy chuckled at her rea.

  He then turo Leone. "Leone, now that the war is over, you're not going back to the slums, are you?"

  Leone pondered his question. "Well, we are assassins," she said with a sigh.

  Her words highlighted the harsh reality of their situation. Ohe new Empire was established, Night Raid would be disbanded.

  And the assassins of Night Raid would be seen as a threat to the new regime.

  A ruthless emperht even elimihem.

  "Then how about being my Empress?" Roy offered.

  "Eh? Roy, are you deg yourself the new Emperor?" Leone asked, sitting beside him and slinging an arm around his neck.

  "If that's the case, being your Empress doesn't sound too bad."

  "Then it's settled," Roy said, ing an arm around her waist.

  Leone froze, her body stiffening.

  Despite her usual carefree demeanor, she was still just a young girl.

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