Their commission was suspicious.

"..." Chen Luo was about to say something when he realized that everything he wanted to say had already been said by Akame.

Are you the master of the Soul Lamp or am I?

How come I didn't know about these conditions?

Isn't this world being a little too considerate? In addition to giving Chen Luo the identity of a Minister of the Imperial Arms, they even added the background identity of an Imperial Arms User to Chen Luo, and made the setting of the Soul Lamp infinitely close to that of a real Soul Lamp.

"There are only two types of people who can use this Soul Lamp: the true user, who can perfectly utilize its effects, and the person the Soul Lamp wants to devour," Chen Luo said.

"The former can be sublimated by the soul fire of the soul lamp, while the latter will show extreme pain when burned by the soul lamp. So... when you feel pain from being burned by the soul lamp, things are already very clear."

Just as Chen Luo was speaking, a small flame suddenly burst forth from the lantern in his hand, engulfing the entire lantern.

Upon seeing the flames, Arya instinctively took two steps back.

Even with her clothes covered in mud and water, Arya didn't want to relive the pain of being burned by flames.

After the flames gradually died down, the soul lamp, which had been thrown on the ground and was covered in mud, was instantly renewed.

What's even more amazing is that after Chen Luo released the soul lamp, it didn't fall to the ground, but instead floated beside him like a wisp of will-o'-the-wisp.

"So he was the true master of the Soul Lamp. The Imperial Arms user who wields the Soul Lamp." Leone and Akame realized.

"But doesn't he possess an Imperial Arm that can heal others?"

"Have you forgotten what I said? The soul fire in that soul lamp can restore spiritual power. If one has enough physical strength, the spiritual power of someone who uses the soul fire is enough to support the use of two Imperial Arms at the same time. And the fact that you didn't notice he had a soul lamp at the time means that he only used a torque."

“He might be very lucky, as he just happens to match the wavelengths of two Imperial Arms at the same time,” Akame said.

"The Soul Lamp sounds pretty scary, it allows a person to use two Imperial Arms at the same time..." Leone remarked.

On the other side, Tatsumi, Sayo, and Ieyasu already knew that the original owner of the Soul Lamp was Chen Luo, but they did not know that it was an Imperial Arm.

And Shayou knew that Chen Luo was not from this world.

But after careful consideration, Sayo realized that even if the bar did exist in another world, it didn't completely prove that Chen Luo wasn't from this world.

Who says it's impossible for someone to have a bar that connects to other worlds?

Otherwise, why would this Soul Lamp be known as an Imperial Arm?

Sayo fell into thought.

"But no matter what, please save me. Even if I deceived the country folk, I was sincere towards you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have entertained you until now. I haven't laid a hand on you for the past two days, have I?" Although the evidence against her seemed to be irrefutable, Arya still wanted to live, and this reason was a perfect excuse.

Arya knew clearly that if she wanted to survive, she had to salvage her image in front of everyone, at least in front of Sayo, Tatsumi, and Chen Luo.

"Oh? So you mean the drug that was put in your food at dinner tonight wasn't your idea, and you had no idea about it?" Chen Luo raised an eyebrow and asked.

"!!!" Arya's eyes widened instantly.

"what?"

"Among the dishes we ate for dinner tonight..."

"Is it a sleeping potion?"

Tazumi, Yuiyeas, and the other two exchanged glances, then looked back at the warehouse with lingering fear.

“Yes, and you ate it too, but luckily I can treat you, so you're awake now. If it weren't for me and the night raiders, you might have entered that warehouse tomorrow,” Chen Luo said, pointing to the warehouse.

"what?"

"That's outrageous!"

"I never expected to be taught a lesson by two women after arriving in the capital!" Tatsumi said with a pained expression.

“Hey, hey, hey, let’s get this straight: I only want your money, not your life,” Leone retorted.

“However, I’ve always been a very kind person. I don’t like killing. If you really don’t want to die, I can give you two choices,” Chen Luo said as he walked up to Arya.

“Brother, this won’t do. This is our assassination target,” Leone said.

Akame, who was clearly a key player, remained silent.

Akame knew that Leone was the only one who could take action now, and that she herself was not capable.

Because that soul fire is his natural enemy, as long as he unleashes a large amount of soul fire, he will be in so much pain that he will completely lose the ability to resist.

Although it's raining now, the soul fire doesn't seem to be extinguished by the rain.

The only one who can attack him without being affected is Leone.

"Don't worry, the result will definitely satisfy you." Chen Luo turned to Leone and then looked at Arya.

"Two choices. One is to become Fran's playmate starting today. You won't die, but you might occasionally lose an arm or a leg or something," Chen Luo said honestly.

Even Chen Luo didn't dare to accompany Fran outside of a bar.

"Teacher, you're so mean! I can clearly control myself perfectly well," Fran said, puffing out her cheeks.

“I choose option two!” Arya said decisively.

Arya no longer wants to see Fran; this seemingly well-behaved and cute little girl is too terrifying.

"Second? Second means placing your soul into the soul lamp, where you will be tormented by the soul fire forever. As for the pain... well, it will be several times more painful than when you had a physical body and came into contact with the soul fire," Chen Luo said.

Under normal circumstances, because the soul is protected by the physical body, it does not directly face the soul fire, so the pain is reduced.

But placing the soul into the soul lamp is true torture.

“Kill me!” Arya said immediately.

If playing with Flandre was like killing yourself, then being constantly burned by the Soulfire was even more unbearable than killing yourself.

Having endured the Soulfire twice, Arya has ample right to speak.

"No." Chen Luo shook his head.

"You Night Raiders, aren't you targeting me? Aren't you going to kill me? Come and kill me now!" After hearing two options that were worse than death, Arya decisively chose to seek help from the Night Raids.

Meanwhile, Arya stumbled and ran towards Akame and the others.

If the people who launched the night raid were truly vicious criminals...

That Fran is a demon.

Chen Luo, who always had a friendly smile on his face, is now a devil more terrifying than a demon.

He spoke in a lighthearted tone, yet his words sent chills down the spine…

"..." Leone and Akame exchanged a glance, both feeling bewildered by the cruel twist of fate.

Chen Luo saw Arya fleeing but did not chase after her. However, the Soul Lamp beside him rushed into the rain and appeared in front of Arya at a speed faster than Arya, which frightened Arya so much that she ran back to Chen Luo's side.

"Alright, choose, young lady. Play with me, or enter the Soul Lamp?"

"Or... are you planning to ask your parents' opinion?" Chen Luo's voice lingered in Arya's ear like a devil's whisper.

"Dad, Mom? They're still alive?" Arya was stunned for a moment.

"Huh?" Leone, who had personally killed the nobleman, was even more surprised.

“Wait, didn’t I kill his father?” Leone said.

"Once a person dies, their soul will stay in the body for a period of time. During this time, you can use the soul fire to extract the soul from the body and then throw it into the soul lamp." Chen Luo said as he lightly touched the soul lamp.

Two points of light suddenly floated out from the soul lamp, then slowly enlarged and landed on the ground.

"Ah!!!" Arya's mother's soul began to scream after being released from the Soul Lamp, as if she had lost her mind.

"Help! Kill me! I never want to go back into the Soul Lamp again!" Arya's father, after emerging from the lamp, frantically pulled at his hair.

The two men's screams were so horrific that they inspired fear in all who heard them.

"!!!" Arya was terrified when her parents appeared in front of her like this and quickly backed away.

“Red Eyes, maybe… this seemingly kind young man is the most vicious criminal. Why don’t you try to take him down?” Leone said jokingly.

"No!" Akame shook her head frantically.

Only when she saw this seemingly harmless boy did Akame feel fear from the bottom of her heart.

That's an assassin's intuition!

Being burned by soul fire is painful enough; Akame couldn't even imagine how terrible it would be if her soul were put into a lantern.

In short, I would rather die than go there!

Chapter 874 Arya's Cruelty

"What are you two up to? What's going on here? You two came back from a mission, why are there so many more people behind you?" Mine, who was openly sheltering from the rain under the pavilion because everyone in the villa had been killed, was surprised to see the group behind Leone and Akame.

“They’re comrades. Hasn’t the base always been short-handed?” Leone said.

"No, but..."

“It doesn’t matter how many people there are. These three are people that I and Akame have acknowledged. They’ve just come from out of town and are very simple-minded. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been swindled out of money and people by two women in one day,” Leone said, patting Tatsumi.

“This one is a Teigu user, the one I mentioned who saved the Revolutionary Army.” Leone pointed to Chen Luo again.

“And the one next to him, that’s… By the way, who are you?” Leone asked the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"You were calling him 'boss' so much just now, and now you've forgotten who he is? You can just call me Fu Hua." The first half of the sentence was muttered by the Herrscher of Knowledge, while the second half was said openly by the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"..." Chen Luo glanced at the Herald of Knowledge.

Why did that person call you "boss" just now? And why don't they recognize you now? Don't you have any idea why?

“No, none of that matters. The most important question is why this assassination target is following you around. Haven’t you killed her yet? Is it because you can’t bear to, or is there a problem with the intelligence?” Mine said, pointing the Romantic Cannon at Arya.

"It's not that the intelligence was wrong, I really am an unforgivable villain. I've tortured and killed many people, please kill me! I beg you." Looking at the pink-haired girl in front of her who was full of murderous intent towards her, Arya felt such great kindness towards someone for the first time.

This girl is simply an angel.

"Friendly reminder: even if your physical body perishes, your soul will still exist. Without a body, you won't even qualify as a playmate; you'll only be able to enter the lantern as firewood to burn," Chen Luo said leisurely from the side.

"Ah!!! Lolo! You demon!" Arya's brain was trembling.

Living is worse than being dead.

If you die, you will suffer endless torment.

This was the first time Arya had felt such a strong sense of resentment about being alive.

Why? Why am I the one who's alive? Why didn't I die sooner? Why did I invite such a terrifying demon into my home?

"Hmm? Since she has already confessed, then I will kill her." Mine raised the gun in her hand.

"No, don't kill me." Arya had originally longed for death, but after hearing Chen Luona say that death was not the end, Arya was afraid of death again.

"You don't have the final say." Energy began to gather at the muzzle of Mine's gun.

"Lolo, save me," Arya pleaded with Chen Luo.

"Hmm, are you an enemy too?" Mine looked at Chen Luo.

"Don't say that, I have no ill intentions towards you. I didn't intend to help her either." Chen Luo moved to the side.

Arya was about to move closer, but Fran, who was holding Arya's hand, gently tightened her grip, and Arya froze in fear.

“Toys can’t run away on their own,” Flandre said with a smile.

"However, I need to remind you of something, you beautiful pink-haired girl," Chen Luo suddenly said.

"If it's just empty threats, then there's no need for that. It's no threat to me," Mine snorted.

“No, even if you kill her, it won’t cost me anything. But in return, the person who kills Fran’s toy will become Fran’s toy in her place. And if Fran gets angry, even I don’t want to face her,” Chen Luo said, pointing to the rather cute-looking Fran.

"Huh? Who is this little brat?" Mine, who had noticed Fran, asked Leone.

"Uh, one..."

Leone was momentarily at a loss for words to describe Flandre before her.

During the use of the Beast King transformation, Leone's five senses were greatly enhanced, especially his beast-like intuition.

It was this intuition that made Leone completely unable to muster the slightest thought of resisting the little girl in front of her.

Leone always felt that even the most ferocious Special Danger Species were as fragile as glass in front of Fran.

"Alright, hey kid, here's a lollipop for you, can you move aside?" Looking at Fran with her golden hair, but dressed like a country bumpkin rather than an aristocrat, Mine softened a little and took out a lollipop.