I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

As she said this, Esdeath smiled with satisfaction.

"You're overly flattering."

Lan shook his head modestly.

"Okay, Lan, go and rest quickly. Leave the rest to me!" Lan's good brother Will put his arm around Lan's neck and said with great anticipation.

"It seems that it is no longer necessary, Will." Esdeath glanced at the sea of ​​fire behind him and said with a strange expression: "Polus's flame is not an ordinary flame. Once it is ignited, it cannot be extinguished even with water. That is why I ordered people to build a barrier to prevent the fire from spreading.

Now...it seems that all those weirdos have been burned by him."

Will: “???”

"Sorry, Will, I didn't mean it." Porus, who was cooling down his imperial weapon, scratched his head embarrassedly, but for some reason, Esdeath and the others always felt that Porus was actually laughing secretly.

"No...it's okay, leave the next battle with Night Raid to me!" Will forced a smile, his expression looking very stiff.

"Will, you idiot."

Not far away, Hei Tong, who was standing there eating his biscuits, said lightly.

puff!

Will immediately covered his chest.

“Don’t say that about Will, Kuroneko-chan, he’s just a little silly, not stupid at all!” Beside Kuroneko, Sailu was holding his imperial weapon, Kero, and gently “ravaging” Kero as if he was petting a cat. But looking at Kero’s movements and expressions, he seemed to be enjoying it???

"Sai...Sai Liu..."

Will was on the verge of tears.

"Okay, okay, let's go check out that guy Fashion." Esdeath stopped the fight between the hunter teams and turned her attention back to the still raging sea of ​​fire.

113 Esdeath: Winter is coming, and my abilities have become stronger

Esdeath turned slightly, facing the sea of ​​fire in front of her, and clenched her palms slightly.

hum~

The atmosphere seemed to tremble invisibly, and a chill appeared out of nowhere on this originally scorching mountain top.

White frost appeared out of nowhere, slowly suppressing the scorching heat, and the heat in the air completely disappeared.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Esdeath seemed to have discovered something interesting. A hint of doubt flashed across her azure eyes, and then her clenched hands clenched into fists!

"Kakaka!"

Ice!

As Esdeath moved her hands, countless ice quickly spread across the entire mountain, turning the forest that had been charred by the flames into a blanket of snow-white in an instant.

"Amazing!"

"As expected of Lord Esdeath!"

“It feels like winter has arrived!”

Listening to the exclamations of his subordinates behind him, Esdeath waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

Then, Esdeath stepped onto the icy ground and walked towards a cave not far away.

The members of the hunting team and several soldiers behind them hurriedly followed.

"What's going on..." What they didn't know was that Esdeath, who was walking in front of everyone, did not feel proud or happy because of their exclamations. Instead, she was full of doubts.

"Why did my ability suddenly become stronger..." Esdeath condensed a piece of ice crystal in her hand again, silently feeling the power in it, "This feeling..."

Esdeath opened her palms, and the ice crystals turned into ice powder and scattered all over the ground. "It's not that my ability has become stronger, but that the "ice" has become stronger. Is it because winter is coming? But why didn't there be such a change before..."

Esdeath silently pondered over her recent discovery.

In the past, whenever Esdeath activated her abilities, she would be more or less affected by some external factors.

The sea of ​​fire created by Porus before was the best example.

Originally, Esdeath thought that it would take a little effort to put out the sea of ​​fire, but after taking action, Esdeath suddenly realized that those flames that were a little troublesome to her suddenly became "timid" for some reason today.

Especially when facing the ice condensed by himself, he was completely defeated and was directly suppressed. He didn't have to spend any effort at all and froze the entire mountain easily.

"Could it be that because I was in the southern part of the empire before, and now I'm in the northern part of the empire, my abilities have become stronger due to the climate?"

Because there was no particularly obvious comparison before, Esdeath did not realize that her abilities had actually been enhanced slightly.

But today, after easily suppressing Porus's fire, Esdeath discovered this problem.

"It seems that it is due to the weather."

"If there is a chance, I can go to the northern border of the empire to fight and see how much the extremely cold environment there can enhance my abilities."

Not long after, Esdeath and her group arrived at several caves that were about to collapse.

Because the inside of the cave was also covered by Esdeath's ability and a thick layer of ice crystals condensed, the cave that was originally at risk of collapse became safe.

"Lord Esdeath, please let me in!"

Will, who had not achieved anything along the way, asked for battle again.

"Well, then I'll leave this matter to you, Will. If Shi Shang is not dead, bring him out to see me." Esdeath nodded gently.

By now, she already knew that these "weirdos" that appeared outside the imperial capital were created by her subordinate Shi Shang.

If Fashion was just experimenting on some criminals or something like that, then Esdeath might have spared his life.

But he also found many disabled people from all over the empire, and many of them were retired from Esdeath's army.

This has already exceeded Esdeath's bottom line.

So, after learning the truth, Esdeath directly ordered Porus to set fire to the mountain. As for whether Shi Shang could escape by chance, it depended on his own luck.

"Yes!" Will saluted vigorously, then walked to the front of the cave and summoned his imperial weapon - [Ashura Incarnation Noble Chariot].

After gaining all-attribute bonuses and all-round armor protection, Will rushed directly into the cave.

Thanks to the powerful defense of the [Noble Chariot], those uncontrolled ice crystals were directly smashed by Will. Fortunately, he summoned the imperial weapon before coming in. If he had not used the [Noble Chariot], it would be hard to say when he could complete the task of arresting Fashion.

The passage in the cave was very tortuous and there were many forks in the road. Seeing this, Will could only pass through those forks again and again, looking for traces of fashion.

"It's really... miserable..." Soon after, when Will came to a room similar to a laboratory, he saw Fashion who had suffocated to death...

The smile that always appeared on his face, which made him feel a little disgusted, had completely disappeared, replaced by a distorted face.

His clean white work robe was covered with dust and stains, no longer as neat as it once was. There were also some strange colors on his sleeves, which seemed to be caused by the potion that had been spilled on the workbench.

Looking at Dr. Fashion with a distorted face and ferocious expression on the ground, Will felt nothing but sighing without any trace of pity in his heart.

After all, what this guy did doesn't deserve anyone's sympathy.

The fire that burned the entire mountain made the air circulation system in the cave completely useless. At this moment, there was still a large amount of thick smoke gathering in the cave. It would probably take a lot of time to completely expel the smoke from the cave.

"This is probably retribution." Will sighed, then squatted down and pulled the imperial weapon of the unfashionable Dr. Fashion out of his hand.

"Is this the [God's Hand·Perfect One]..." Looking at the imperial weapon in his hand that seemed like it would be crushed into a ball if he squeezed it hard, Will shook his head and turned away.

The way back was much smoother than the way in.

After all, there were no ice crystals blocking the way, and he knew the return route, so Will walked out of the cave soon.

“My Lord…” Will released the imperial weapon and handed the [God’s Hand: Perfection] to Esdeath. He then shook his head and said, “Suffocated to death.”

“Let’s go.” Esdeath nodded and handed [God’s Hand of Perfection] to Lan.

In the distance, Esdeath looked back at the cave from which thick smoke continued to billow out, and an idea moved her mind.

Boom——!

Under Esdeath's control, the ice crystals in the cave destroyed the structure of the entire mountain, making it completely unstable.

And Dr. Fashion was completely buried in it.

Along with his experimental equipment... they were buried deep underground from then on.

114 War Begins

"General! We found an abandoned castle on the north side of the mountain!"

Unlike Esdeath, Asuna doesn't have any mad scientists like Dr. Fashion under her command.

Well, maybe Izayoi is one, but at least that kid wouldn't rashly capture people for experiments.

Hey, maybe we need to give Izayoi some mental training?

Oh, of course, besides Izayoi, Asuna also has quite a few "fanatics" and "freaks" under her command, but they are not a big problem.

Besides, those guys are not scientific researchers, so all he needs to do is keep that girl Shizayoi under lock and key.

Thanks to the fact that she was not bothered by any "trivial matters", Asuna directly led the soldiers she received from Bud to search the mountain.

And the result is now obvious.

"Well done soldier, I'll have General Bud reward you." Asuna smiled and nodded, "Lead the way soldier!"

"Yes!"

As the assembly whistle sounded, a large number of soldiers slowly gathered from all directions.

Only after the ranks were in order and no one was missing inexplicably did Asuna give the order to the soldier who discovered the night attack on the base to lead the way.

"Oh, there are only a few people in Night Raid, but they were able to build such a luxurious castle near the imperial capital..." Asuna stroked her chin and spoke casually.

Beside her, several generals with higher ranks looked at each other secretly, and tacitly listed several names of powerful people in their minds.

Perhaps they really are caring about the empire and want to find the corrupt officials in the empire, but it is also possible that they are seeking personal revenge and taking the opportunity to get rid of those who have committed crimes in the past.

After all, this is a great opportunity!

A castle-like base was built in the mountains not far from the imperial capital. If you tell Bud that officials in the imperial capital were not involved, do you think he will believe it?

In this case, why not take the opportunity to add some of your own enemies, which can not only show your patriotism, but also give you the opportunity to get rid of your own enemies.

Moreover, as General Budd's confidants, would he punish them for such a small matter?

In recent years, the speed at which the powerful and wealthy in the imperial capital have been replaced is terrifying!

Will General Bud punish himself for these "consumables"?

At most, they would be reprimanded and demoted. In a few days, they would be reinstated. It was a sure win no matter how you looked at it.

Seeing how understanding they were, Asuna was quite satisfied.

"Send someone in to search, and report anything you find immediately."

She said to the generals.

"Yes! General!"

After saying that, they called their own men and cautiously explored the night raid base.

"Go tell General Budd that the base for the night attack has been found, but there is no one inside. We have sent people in to investigate."

Asuna turned and spoke to the guards beside her.

"Yes!"

"Okay, mission accomplished, we can go home now." Asuna looked around and randomly found a soldier who stayed here and said to him, "I'm going to go back first. You guys wait for General Bud to come and go back with him."

"Oh, by the way, if you encounter General Esdeath's group, tell them that the base for the night raid has been found and they can retreat."

"Eh? But... it is..." Under Asuna's calm gaze, the soldier surrendered.

"That's it, bye."

Next, all we have to do is wait for news of the rebels' attack on the Empire.

"Do you want to wait for Esdeath, and then go with her to deal with the Royal Fist Temple?"

As she walked, Asuna suddenly remembered that she had not yet cleaned up the Royal Fist Temple.

"Forget it, maybe next time. After I clear out those people from the Royal Fist Temple, Esdeath will definitely be unable to resist fighting me. Fixing a match is too tiring. Let's wait until later to solve this problem once and for all."

After thinking this, Asuna no longer restrained her speed and returned to the mansion in the imperial capital in just a few minutes.

And the soldier she sent to inform Bud... Sorry, he is still on the way.