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Nogo's expression was solemn: "Right now, the Western barbarians are just testing the Empire's attitude. If we appear too weak, they will take the opportunity to invade. If we can show strength in small-scale battles, they will not dare to risk a full-scale war with the Empire to invade it. Therefore, this battle is of paramount importance!"

Nogo didn't say much, but Lin Yu and Esdeath guessed roughly that it was impossible for the Empire to launch a full-scale war. Not to mention how many troops would be needed for a full-scale war, the mere fact that someone else would control such a large military force was something the ministers could not tolerate. Therefore, if the Western barbarians launched a large-scale invasion, the Empire would likely only send a certain number of troops to cooperate with the local garrison to resist the Western barbarians' attack. Doing so might lead to the enemy establishing a defensive line in the heart of the Empire, at which point the Empire would be gradually devoured.

Nogo's loyalty to the Empire is beyond doubt, but loyalty to the Empire does not mean he is blind to the situation. He is very clear about the current situation where the ministers hold all the power, so he will fight this battle even if he has to fight to the last man.

"I see, I understand."

Lin Yu has a good memory, but he doesn't remember Nogo from the original work. He guesses that Nogo is probably a character from the manga. The anime and manga of Akame ga Kill! have almost two different storylines and can be regarded as parallel worlds. Lin Yu doesn't know whether he is in the world of the anime or the world of the manga, so he leaves a lot of room for consideration.

Are you scared of being beaten?

Esdeath smiled excitedly. She had become fascinated with the feeling of severing lives with her blade. In the North, dangerous creatures wouldn't be left to her to kill in groups, but on the battlefield, enemies were everywhere!

"Western barbarians are unlikely to give up so quickly, so let's go and rest first. They may launch another offensive at any time."

There's nothing that Lin Yu and Esdeath need to help with right now, so Nogo told them to go and rest. But Esdeath isn't one to sit still, and her face immediately fell. She hates the kind of days where she can only lie in a tent.

"Can we walk around the neighborhood?"

Esdeath asked tentatively, a question she certainly wouldn't have brought up before, because she knew Nogo wouldn't let her leave. But now that she had demonstrated her worth, she believed Nogo could fulfill this request.

Nogo thought about it carefully for a while. He was really a little uneasy about letting Esdeath and Lin Yu leave temporarily. If the two were spies, it would be a devastating blow if they revealed the situation here. But when he thought about Esdeath's performance today, he became hesitant again.

"Okay, but you have to be back before dark!"

After hesitating for a moment, Nogo finally agreed. He had seen it clearly on the battlefield: six military experts killed without hesitation. If it was just for show, the cost would be too high. After considering everything, Nogo agreed.

"rest assured."

Although she didn't cheer like a child, the smile on Esdeath's lips betrayed her feelings. While the battle was enjoyable, if Lin Yu remembered correctly, she also liked to stroll around the streets in the original work.

"Then let's go out for a walk."

Lin Yu didn't care where he was; he was fine with anywhere. He used to be a homebody and had plenty of free time anyway. However, he had no objection if Esdeath wanted to go for a walk.

"Lin Yu, have you ever killed anyone before?"

As they walked, Esdeath asked Lin Yu a question.

Why do you ask that?

Lin Yu remained lazy and listless. Such leisurely days were rare, and if he didn't seize the time to enjoy them, who knew what would happen in the future?

"Because you showed no murderous intent when you killed someone."

Esdeath stopped and looked intently into Lin Yu's eyes.

"Killing intent? Why would I need to have killing intent?"

Lin Yu maintained his smile, but this only failed to dispel Esdeath's doubts and made her even more confused.

"My killing intent is only revealed to my enemies, but the soldiers I kill are not my enemies."

"But……"

"Let me finish."

Esdeath was about to speak when Lin Yu interrupted her.

"You may see them as enemies because they are on opposing sides, but that's just a difference in perspective. We belong to the Empire, while they are invaders harassing the Empire's borders, so we must kill them. But that's only because we have different perspectives, not because we are enemies."

Lin Yu and Esdeath are different. Both of them caused killings in the battle, but Lin Yu never showed any killing intent from beginning to end. Esdeath, on the other hand, was very targeted. When killing ordinary soldiers, her killing intent was not aimed at any one person, but included everyone wearing enemy uniforms in the scope of her killing intent.

"To us, they are invaders, enemies, but to them, we are the invaders who occupied their former homeland. Oh right, you probably don't know that."

Lin Yu pointed to the ground beneath his feet and said, "This place originally belonged to the territory of the Western foreign tribes, but it was occupied by the empire."

Esdeath frowned: "The Empire's power is far greater; there's nothing we can do about it."

"But the empire is now in decline, and the Western barbarians have the ability to reclaim their former territories, so they did just that."

Lin Yu did not disagree with Esdeath's views, but he wanted to try to keep her from becoming too extreme. This world is indeed a world of survival of the fittest, but there are also many other emotions. He did not want Esdeath to become like the one in the original story, taking the death of her companions for granted. She would feel sad, but she would only attribute the death of her companions to the self-deceiving reason of 'being too weak'.

"There is no right or wrong in the face of war, only whether the war is worthwhile. This country has seen the emergence of rebels due to the extreme rule of the ministers. In their view, ending this corrupt empire is the salvation of the people, and they are willing to pay any price for it. From their perspective, everything is for the greater good. From your and my perspective, eliminating those who caused the turmoil in the empire is also for the greater good. It all depends on how to choose, rather than simply measuring right and wrong by who is stronger."

Lin Yu looked intently at Esdeath. Esdeath wasn't behaving as extremely as she had in the original story, so perhaps his words would still be effective.

"Although I don't understand it, I will try my best to comprehend it."

Lin Yu's words were almost completely different from the education she had received since childhood, and it wouldn't be easy for her to accept them. Lin Yu also didn't intend to change Esdeath's personality, as long as she wasn't so extreme, so he didn't continue on this topic.

"Ok?"

The two continued walking together, but Lin Yu's gaze fell upon a thin, pink figure.

"Wait a moment."

Lin Yu smiled at Esdeath and walked to the side. Several little boys were surrounding the pink figure he had seen and inflicting violence on her.

Click!

One by one, icicles appeared abruptly in front of them, reflecting a cold light under the sunlight.

call out!call out!call out!

Icicles pierced their feet, startling the little boys whose sense of good and evil was still developing.

"If you don't want to get hurt, you'd better go home quickly!"

As soon as Lin Yu finished speaking, the young children hurriedly ran away. Everyone is afraid of the unknown, let alone children.

The little boys all ran away, but the pink figure who had been bullied before trembled and curled up on the ground, looking at Lin Yu walking towards her with fearful eyes.

What's your name?

Lin Yu squatted down and reached out his hand to her. The little girl closed her eyes in fright, but the pain she expected did not come. Instead, a gentle hand stroked her little head.

“Ma…in”.

The little girl's voice was timid. Lin Yu's hand paused almost imperceptibly, then he gently pulled her up from the ground and gently wiped the dirt off her face.

"You must live on strongly!"

After ruffling her hair, Lin Yu turned and left. Mine mustered her courage and opened her eyes, only to see Lin Yu's departing figure.

Lin Yu never imagined that the little girl he unintentionally helped would become one of the future heroines, but he didn't intend to change Mine's life trajectory, since they would meet again in the future anyway...

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228. The wait won't be too long [Two-in-One]

"I didn't realize you were the kind of person who could still pity the weak."

Lin Yu walked alongside Esdeath again. They weren't wearing Imperial uniforms, so they didn't attract the hatred of the surrounding villagers. Otherwise, given Esdeath's personality, those people would probably have suffered.

"I never pity the weak."

Lin Yu shook his head. If he truly pitied the weak, he should have taken Mine with him earlier, but he didn't. Some people in this world don't need pity, but recognition. Presumptuous pity sometimes doesn't comfort those who are struggling; instead, it makes them feel insulted.

"You only saw that child being bullied by the other children, but you didn't see the strength in her eyes."

Lin Yu stopped in his tracks. Although he didn't intend to correct Esdeath's dog-eat-dog mentality, he at least didn't want her to go too far.

"Sometimes, so-called pity is an insult to those who bravely live on, just like that child. She is strong and not pitiful!"

These words had been bottled up in Lin Yu's heart for a long time. He would never forget the days when he wandered alone after his parents' accident. Even without a source of income, he still lived on strongly. He had no need for pity!

"I see." Esdeath looked into Lin Yu's eyes and nodded. "It seems you also have a less-than-pleasant past. I'm sorry."

This time, it was Lin Yu's turn to be surprised.

"You actually apologize?"

Esdeath smiled gently: "Why not? Do I look like the kind of person who doesn't even have the courage to admit her mistakes?"

Esdeath thought for a moment and then added, "Although I don't think I did anything wrong either."

"There's nothing interesting around here, let's go back."

The two wandered around the villages surrounding the camp but found nothing interesting. Esdeath also lost interest and immediately decided to return.

"Alright alright."

Lin Yu shrugged. Meeting Mine in a place like this was already an unexpected bonus. He didn't plan to have much contact with her. Since Mine had managed to survive on her own all this time, Lin Yu had no need to interfere.

Although the western border of the empire was far better than the northern border, it was still a border. The land was barren and the surrounding scenery was desolate, so no one had the desire to go out and explore. They had already seen the towns, so Esdeath and Lin Yu chose to stay in the camp during the days when there was no war.

Their fight was too noisy, and they couldn't really practice their skills in the small space of the military camp. In order not to arouse suspicion, the two of them couldn't leave too often. Therefore, they couldn't even spar. Just before they were about to grow mushrooms from boredom, the Western tribes finally made a new move.

"Ten thousand troops? Do they really want to start a full-scale war with the Empire?"

Upon hearing the number of troops mobilized by the Western barbarians, even a veteran like Nogo couldn't sit still. If it were a small skirmish with fewer than 10,000 troops, it wouldn't matter, but when the number of troops involved in a war exceeded 10,000, it was a signal to declare war!

"A war involving tens of thousands of people? Interesting."

Esdeath was even happier upon hearing this news, and she had now begun to crave killing.

"The enemy army will arrive at the camp soon, General. What should we do now?"

Nogo's brow furrowed deeply. An army of ten thousand men was nothing to the Empire, but now the border troops numbered less than five thousand. In addition, the foreign tribes knew the terrain like the back of their hand, while the Empire itself knew little about it. This war was an overwhelming disadvantage!

"Order the troops to retreat to the canyon area. The enemy numbers twice as many as us. Fighting in open terrain is disadvantageous for us. If we can withstand the first wave of attack there, we still have a chance of victory!"

Nogo turned his gaze to Esdeath and Lin Yu. The outcome of this war, in which the military strength was vastly unequal, depended on these two.

"Esdeath, Lin Yu, once the battle begins, you will be in charge of the decapitation strike. Make sure you find the enemy leader and kill him!"

In this world, military commanders don't sit in the rear but personally charge into battle. Therefore, in such battles, killing the enemy leader becomes the only way to turn the tide.

However, anyone who can become an army commander must possess strength at the level of an Imperial Arms user, and finding and killing such a person among tens of thousands of troops is no easy task.

"Understood!"

Lin Yu had already decided to coast through the war, while Esdeath was full of enthusiasm. She knew very well that this was an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

The Imperial Army was at a disadvantage, with the enemy outnumbering them by two. If she were to reverse this situation single-handedly, it would undoubtedly be a tremendous achievement!

"She's really got a lot of energy, but there shouldn't be any problems. After all, she's Esdeath!"

Lin Yu squinted at Esdeath, whose face was full of confidence, and thought to himself.

Although Nogo's army was small in number, it consisted of elite soldiers. Even knowing they would be facing an army twice their size, they remained calm and composed. This discipline determined their formidable fighting strength. After arriving at the canyon Nogo had mentioned, they began to make clear arrangements and were ready in a short time, just waiting for the enemy to arrive.

The valley was silent. The position of thousands of soldiers did not make a sound. Everyone was quietly waiting for the fierce battle to begin. Even in the best-case scenario, half of the soldiers would die in this war, but there was no fear on anyone's face. This world has never lacked war, not even during the most prosperous period of the empire. Therefore, these soldiers were already used to it.

"coming!"

Nogo's brow furrowed. They could already see the dust raised by the cavalry of the Western barbarians. A true army of thousands of soldiers appeared before everyone's eyes!