Sounds of terror rose and fell.
A transparent barrier, like an inverted bowl, enveloped a 200-meter radius, perfectly encompassing Honest and Shura.
Those within the barrier desperately tried to flee in all directions, but they kept hitting an invisible wall and couldn't escape.
Those outside the barrier scattered and ran in all directions. They were all villains who had committed countless evil deeds, and their brains weren't foolish enough to be villains.
They naturally knew how to run to have a chance of escaping.
Dozens of glowing shadows rushed out from unknown places, like tigers entering a flock of sheep, reaping their sinful souls.
"Ahhh! Don't kill me!"
"I don't want to die! *Pfft!*"
"Spare me! Ah!"
"I won't dare again, I'm willing to atone! *Pfft!*"
Honest grabbed his son Shura's arm and cried out in terror, "Quick, Spatial Shift! Escape quickly! A Teigu can't just suddenly stop working!"
Shura was drenched in sweat, his expression distorted, constantly twisting the pocket watch Teigu, but no matter how he twisted it, it had no effect whatsoever.
"It's not working, it's not working!"
"Of course, it's not working." The blonde girl rushed out from the grass, holding a spear in both hands, charging towards Honest.
"That's my Divine Blessing, 'Spatial Barrier'! No one can leave my barrier!"
The girl was Spia. Her skills were in no way inferior to the former Imperial Guards. In two or three breaths, she had reached Honest.
"Die! Honest, you traitor!"
"Ahhh!" Although Honest had learned some boxing at the Imperial Fist Temple, his martial arts had long degenerated. How could he dare to fight a God's Grace?
He quickly pulled his son Shura in front of him to block.
"Ahhh!" Shura's expression was terrified. He never imagined his father would use him as a shield. His pupils constricted to pinpricks. Although he had traveled all over the world and his skills far surpassed ordinary people, he could have dodged. However, his father held his arms tightly, giving him no time to react.
He watched with wide eyes as the cold spear pierced his chest, puncturing his heart.
The spear did not stop. After passing through Shura's heart, it continued to stab into Honest's neck, then directly impaled the father and son like a skewer, pinning them to the carriage.
In the eyes of others, all of this happened in an instant.
Spia rushed forward and instantly pinned the two to the carriage.
"Gurgle gurgle—.." Honest's eyes bulged out, and his pierced neck made a sound like a broken bellows.
Dead, dead, going to die! About to die!
Shura's heart was pierced, and he died instantly, his eyelids flipping back.
"A Teigu User without a working Teigu is just an ordinary person," Spia said with disgust.
The Divine Blessing granted to her by God must have been for the purpose of killing Honest and his son.
The entire battle ended quietly in less than five minutes.
Dozens of God's Grace didn't even have a speck of blood on them. Killing mere mortals was nothing but a ruthless harvest for them.
Soon, the news of Honest and Shura's purge spread throughout the entire country.
On the other side.
Holy Capital.
Akame brought her younger sister to the Church. The priests and nuns on duty initially tried to prevent Akame from bringing her sister into such a sacred place, but they were eventually allowed in after Leone vouched for them with her status as a bishop.
"A younger sister?" Shinobu Kocho looked at Akame, who was kneeling before her, and Kurome, who was still deeply asleep due to the sleeping drug.
"That's roughly how it happened." Leone explained the entire sequence of events in detail.
Akame, a killer who wasn't good at communication, also spoke bit by bit, recounting her and her sister's experiences in the Empire.
Shinobu Kocho raised her hand, indicating that she understood.
Information about Akame and Kurome was all in the details Lord Xia Wei had given her.
"Their only family—ah, how pitiful."
In fact, she didn't know how to resolve the current situation.
Akame and Kurome were trained by the Empire's assassination organization from a young age, and to survive, they had to obey the organization's orders.
They did kill many innocent people, even kind people.
Akame rebelled against the Empire after realizing what was right, began assassinating villains, and then joined Night Raid. Continuously slaying villains gradually made her good deeds outweigh her evil ones.
However, Kurome did not rebel against the Empire and continued her assassinations, accumulating more and more sin.
Suddenly, Shinobu Kocho realized something and looked at the statue outside the Church.
Does Lord Xia Wei want us to judge for ourselves?
Without Lord Xia Wei's approval, Akame would never have been able to bring her sister into the Church.
Shinobu Kocho pondered, thinking about what to do.
She understood the pain of losing a loved one. The years she lost her elder sister left her heart incredibly hollow, and that feeling of despair and numbness constantly consumed her.
But sin is sin, and sin must be paid for.
Leone watched Shinobu Kocho in silent contemplation, not daring to breathe.
Akame was prostrate on the ground, her forehead touching the floor.
"Mmm—" Kurome made a sound at this moment. The effect of the sleeping drug was gradually wearing off. She opened her eyes, her pupils lacking highlights, blurring her vision.
"I'm not dead—"
Kurome slowly turned her head and saw her sister prostrate on the ground. She turned her head again and saw a woman radiating a warm aura.
"Where am I?"
Shinobu Kocho sighed softly as she looked at the awakened Kurome.
"Logically speaking, someone with such sin must be purged."
"However, Kurome's background was beyond her control. Personally, I sympathize greatly."
"I can sympathize, but I absolutely cannot condone. Therefore, if a sinner wishes to escape God's judgment, they must pray to God."
"Akame, get up. Take your sister and pray to the statue."
Shinobu Kocho sighed inwardly. She didn't know how to handle such matters. She was indeed too naive. Only Lord Xia Wei could truly make a judgment.
Xia Wei, who was secretly peeking, had his mouth twitch slightly.
Well, well, I didn't realize, Shinobu, you're also someone who likes to pass the buck. I give you the choice, and you throw it right back at me.
Alright, alright. Once your mission is over, I'll make sure to give you a hard time.
Xia Wei watched Akame pull Kurome to his statue, where they knelt and recounted the events, and he pondered for a moment.
"Forget it, I'll forgive Kurome a little. She merely followed orders, she wasn't the one giving them, nor did she have those inhumane habits."
He originally wanted to avert tragedies. If tragedies still occurred, wouldn't his efforts be in vain?
After Akame received his response, she happily pulled Kurome away to seek treatment.
Xia Wei shook his head, and in the next instant, he appeared outside the entire planet, looking down upon it.
"The Empire's population of over 100 million already accounts for two-thirds of the world's population. The rest are tribes and small kingdoms.
It's pretty much converged."
At this moment, colorful threads had covered most of the human-inhabited areas, radiating outwards from these centers in all directions.
Not only that, the threads also spread from this planet as the center towards the entire plane.
"Time to reap the sovereignty of this world."
"Let me see, how is the sovereignty of a planar world different from that of a planetary world."