"General, you always distribute all the treasures bestowed by the Emperor to us. You should keep some for yourself; otherwise, we feel unworthy," the military advisor said, deeply moved.
Every time General Esdeath went on a northern expedition against the Northern Barbarians, she would distribute all the rewards and spoils of war she received to her soldiers, keeping nothing for herself. How could they not be moved by this?
However, it was precisely because of this that the soldiers were incredibly fanatical about General Esdeath.
"Then take half and distribute it to the people of the Imperial Capital. I have no interest in treasures. I only want to crush those Northern Barbarians," Esdeath said indifferently, licking her lips cruelly as she spoke of the Northern Barbarians.
"This time, the two hundred thousand allied forces of the Northern Barbarians truly excite me more than last time, hehe."
"The General is right. Those Northern Barbarians deserve to die out," the military advisor said.
Those abominable Northern Barbarians would raid south every year. Before General Esdeath appeared, tens of thousands of Imperial citizens in the Northern Province were massacred annually, and the number of massacred citizens increased year by year.
It is said that General Esdeath once belonged to a hunting village in the Northern Empire, and this hunting village happened to be a target for the Northern Barbarians' raids. General Esdeath's entire village was massacred.
Therefore, General Esdeath was determined to exterminate the Northern Barbarians.
"Accelerate the march. I want to see what those rebel armies within the Empire are truly made of." Esdeath was somewhat impatient: "I hope there will be someone who can stir my blood."
"Yes, General Esdeath," the military advisor said fanatically.
General Esdeath's martial prowess was like that of a god, and she was also beloved by the people of the Imperial Capital. It was a great blessing to be able to follow her.
When other generals returned, the people of the Imperial Capital would avoid them, but when General Esdeath returned, the people were all very happy.
Of course, this was partly because the General always distributed treasures to the common people, but more importantly, General Esdeath was always gentle with the common people, unlike other generals who would scold them at the slightest provocation.
The entire Empire was divided into five regions: the four provinces of east, west, north, and south, and then the most important and richest Imperial Capital region.
Although the Imperial Capital region was the smallest of the five, it was the most important to the Empire. Besides being the center of the Empire, most of the Empire's armed forces were stationed there.
The soldiers in the outer regions of the Imperial Capital were now very confused.
This was because they had heard from merchants from the Eastern Province about what was happening in the Eastern Province.
The entire Eastern Province could be said to have completely fallen.
"A God's Grace has descended upon the Eastern Province. I heard that a new nation has been established, and the entire Eastern Province has already fallen.
It won't be long before they reach the Imperial Capital. Should we run?"
"What are you talking about? We are soldiers of the Empire."
"Just kidding, the Imperial Capital has General Bude, the strongest Teigu User."
"And I heard that General Esdeath has returned with 400,000 troops to suppress the rebellion."
"I'm still uneasy. Anyway, my pay isn't much. I'm quitting tomorrow."
"Ahhh!"
Before the soldier could finish speaking, a fat man with a bloated face stabbed a knife into the soldier's chest, and the soldier fell to the ground, screaming.
"How dare you disturb military morale! Drag this fellow away and chop him up to feed the dogs."
"General—" The other soldiers were terrified.
"Hmph, Imperial soldiers only die in battle; they don't run away. If they run, they'll be chopped up and fed to the dogs," the fat man with a bloated face said fiercely.
He was the son of a Marquis from the Eastern Province. He had received news from the Eastern Province a few days ago.
Those fanatics from The Way of Peace specifically killed nobles like them. If they attacked, he would be the first to die.
He had to make these lowly soldiers delay them so he could escape.
His father had already packed up his family's assets and was heading towards the Imperial Capital.
Those fanatics from The Way of Peace would definitely not be able to break into the Imperial Capital. The Empire's two great generals would surely wipe them all out.
On the other side.
"I am an Imperial Marquis! How can you kill me? How dare you kill me! How dare you lowly commoners!" The fat Marquis shouted, his face contorted with fear.
The commoners he spoke of said nothing, merely swinging a blade. A pig's head fell, and the shouting stopped abruptly.
The God's Grace said indifferently, "Transport these assets back. We're done for today. Any further and we'll cross the border of the Eastern Province."
"Hmph, these ugly nobles, trying to take all their wealth with them even when fleeing. Do they think they can escape?" Another God's Grace snorted, looking at the convoy of twenty carts laden with treasures.
The red dye around the convoy stained the road red.
Looking to the end of the road, the entire path had turned red.
These were all convoys of fleeing nobles. Because there were too many fleeing nobles, their escape speed was as slow as a tortoise.
For these nobles, their wealth was more important than their lives.
However, they were caught by the God's Grace before they could even leave the Eastern Province, and one by one, they were harvested.
Butterfly Kanae appeared before the God's Grace and said with a smile, "Let's stop here for today. Assist the Church's followers in taking over the social order of the entire Eastern Province."
"Also, recover your physical condition first."
As she spoke, she chanted an incantation, and purple wisteria petals enveloped the God's Grace.
"We've troubled Lord Butterfly again."
"Indeed."
The God's Grace expressed their heartfelt gratitude.
Butterfly Kanae said nothing, only smiled.
Her skill, 'Great Soul,' had acquired the potential of most of the God's Grace in the entire Religious State, and thus she had also gained their Divine Blessing.
The total number of Divine Blessing had reached over six thousand, and it was expected to reach ten thousand upon returning to the Church.
According to the Holy Son's statistics, the known number of God's Grace had already exceeded ten thousand.
While ten thousand might seem like a lot, the entire Eastern Province actually had over thirty million people, meaning only one God's Grace could appear among every three thousand people.
And not only God's Grace, she had also acquired some of the talents and potential of the Holy Son, Shinobu, and Sima Wei Zhi.
"The two strongest in the Empire? Let me see if I can defeat you," Butterfly Kanae said confidently, looking towards the border of the Eastern Province.
According to the information given by Lord Xia Wei, General Bude was fine; she felt she could easily kill him.
But Esdeath was somewhat uncertain. Esdeath's abilities were extremely exaggerated; if she wished, she could briefly affect the climate of half the Empire with her power.
If measured by destructive power, she could easily destroy a large city, or even create glaciers out of thin air.
This level of performance, if translated into their subordinate ranks, was almost reaching 1v.5.
"If they come within the Religious State's range, the Holy Son should be able to deal with them quite easily."
Although the Holy Son had not yet acted, she felt that the Holy Son should be stronger than Esdeath, after all, this was the power of thirty million people gathered into one, the embodiment of the nation.
At the same time.
The Night Raid members also arrived in the Southern Province, the location of the Revolutionary Army's headquarters.
The Revolutionary Army did not choose a specific city as its headquarters but instead built military fortresses in the mountains, with each fortress encircling the others in layers.
"This is my second time at the headquarters. The Revolutionary Army—" Leone said with a complex expression.