"Esdeath?"
Hearing that name, everyone, who had somewhat sobered up, instantly jolted and quickly looked over.
A tall woman came into view, with long ice-blue hair reaching her hips, dressed in a white general's military uniform from the Empire era, wearing a military cap, and an ominous killing intent radiated from the depths of her ice-blue eyes.
Even without any hostility emanating from her, just the chilling killing aura she exuded made their bodies tremble slightly involuntarily.
"Hiss—" Chelsea took a deep breath as she looked at the tall woman in front of her.
The only woman in the entire world capable of crushing all God's Grace.
Before the Divine Messenger descended, Esdeath was able to crush the entire Northern Border with her personal ability, leaving all hostile forces gasping for breath.
According to the latest border intelligence, an ice wall stretching for thousands of kilometers stands on the border, isolating the entire Northern Barbarians beyond the ice plains.
Such terrifying power could only be contended with by the Divine Messenger.
"You, how did you get in?!" Leone's mind instantly cleared, as if stimulated, she immediately activated her Imperial Arms, transforming into her Lion King state, her aura pushing the air away to form strong winds.
Half a month ago, Esdeath disappeared after an earth-shattering battle with the Supreme Imperial Arms in the Imperial Capital.
Mainly, it was because the God's Grace with stealthy Divine Blessing did not dare to secretly peek.
That battle was truly terrifying; the Holy Son even said with a serious expression that she herself was not confident in winning against Esdeath.
The thousand-meter ice mountain in the center of the Imperial Capital still showed no signs of melting and continuously emitted freezing air.
Under the influence of that ice mountain, the entire Imperial Capital had turned into a city of ice and snow, and this situation would last for more than ten years.
How exaggerated was this, directly affecting the ecology of a region for over a decade.
With such terrifying power, Esdeath was undoubtedly the biggest unstable factor in the entire country.
After the Divine Messenger left, no one could control her at all.
"Such pure hostility, too weak; I have no interest in fighting with you." Esdeath's eyes held disdain: "Rest assured, I am not your enemy."
"To be precise, you should all listen to me."
"We should listen to you? What are you talking about—" Mine cautiously gripped her Imperial Arms Pumpkin Cannon, but before she could finish,
Feeling her Divine Blessing's reaction to a superior, she instantly swallowed the words she had yet to speak.
"God, how can the Divine Messenger's aura be—"
Najenda was even more incredulous; she simply couldn't believe that Esdeath, who had killed so many, was the Divine Messenger chosen by God.
"How is that possible!"
"Esdeath, how can you be a Divine Messenger! You, who are stained with the blood of countless people—" Esdeath looked at her old subordinate with a hint of looking at an idiot: "Najenda, you are as foolish as ever, no, this should be called the naivety of a Holy Mother."
"Naive? Foolish? What do you mean?" Although Najenda found it hard to accept, the Esdeath before her was undeniably a Divine Messenger.
"The reason you betrayed me was truly foolish." Esdeath said without mercy: "You sympathize with those barbarians? You think they are like us?"
"Indeed, I find joy in crushing them."
"However, how many common people die annually when the Northern Barbarians move south to graze in winter? How many villages and towns disappear under the barbarians' blades?"
"It can be said that the reason the Northern Barbarians can survive in this world is entirely by slaughtering the northern common people; every barbarian is stained with the blood of the Empire's common people."
"Therefore, their living is a sin; as long as they live, northern common people will be killed."
"You, who empathize with the Northern Barbarians, are utterly foolish."
After Esdeath became a subordinate, and after understanding Xia Wei's divine will, she would often use Xia Wei's way of thinking to consider issues, and would not act arbitrarily.
Of course, she would at most only consider it; her personality was already set and could not be changed.
"I—" Najenda pursed her lips; it wasn't that she hadn't thought about these issues, but back then she was only twenty, at an age where passion ran high, and she hadn't considered everything thoroughly.
"There are good barbarians too, and now everyone is the same." Mine clenched her fists, unconvinced.
She herself was a half-blood of Western Barbarians and had been bullied in the Empire since childhood; if she hadn't been clever, she might have died when she was a few years old.
Now that all humans were unified, there was no longer a distinction between barbarians or non-barbarians.
"Humanity has been cleansed once, so those who remain are naturally the same." Esdeath crossed her arms.
"Ah...—" Leone sighed helplessly, scratching her head in confusion.
"So, does the Divine Messenger have any instructions for us?"
Since she had already revealed her identity as a Divine Messenger, she no longer harbored any hostility.
After all, a powerful existence like Esdeath being on their side turned the sense of crisis into a sense of security.
"No wonder—" Chelsea thought to herself, no wonder Esdeath was so powerful it didn't seem human; so she was also a Divine Messenger, and perhaps the first Divine Messenger sent by God.
She had indeed not heard any news of Esdeath killing common people.
It was all about Esdeath eliminating barbarian armies at various times and locations.
"Esdeath, just say it directly; as long as it's something we can do, we will definitely do it 100% well." Najenda now completely accepted Esdeath; Esdeath's words indeed left her speechless.
Sympathy and compassion truly depended on the person.
"I am here to convey the Divine Oracle to you."
"Divine Oracle!" Everyone trembled.
"Go wake up the two outside for me, they also have a share." Esdeath glanced at the two men passed out drunk on the grass.
Leone instantly disappeared from her spot, and then a slapping sound was heard.
Leone, with her beast-transformed claws, grabbed Lubbock and Brand by their collars and furiously slapped their faces.
"Don't sleep! Wake up, you two!"
"...—" Chelsea watched this scene, her lollipop falling to the floor.
"Lubbock was hit 57 times, Brand was hit 62 times." Akame counted her fingers blankly.
"What's wrong?" Sheele rubbed her eyes and lifted her head from the dining table at this moment, her eyes still heavy with sleep.
"What's wrong, what's wrong—" Lubbock's face was bruised and swollen, his entire face had puffed up, and his eyes were so swollen he couldn't see: "Big sis, why did you hit me—"
"My scythe..." Brand's face had turned into a bun-like shape.
"The Divine Messenger has come to convey God's Divine Oracle, and you're still sleeping! If you keep sleeping, you'll sleep yourselves to death!" Leone said, slapping each of them.
"Ow!" x2.
"What are you yelling about? Just let a healing God's Grace from the medical ward treat you later."
"Esdeath!" Lubbock and Brand were startled when they saw Esdeath, but then understood after sensing the information from their Divine Blessing.
"So Esdeath is a Divine Messenger, no wonder she's unnaturally strong."
Esdeath crossed her arms: "Now that you're awake, come with me."
"To see God."
"See God!!!"