"Is that the Empire's Great General, Esdeath!!!"
Numa Seca stared in shock at the tens of thousands of soldiers instantly frozen solid.
Although he had already overestimated her strength, he hadn't expected to still underestimate her.
Thinking of this, Numa Seca hurriedly ordered his adjutant beside him:
"Order the troops to halt their advance and set up defenses immediately!"
"Yes, sir!"
The adjutant nodded without hesitation.
As the order was relayed, the six hundred thousand strong army, which had been slowly advancing, suddenly stopped as if a pause button had been pressed.
"Oh, Numa Seca really has some skill. To be able to train a six hundred thousand strong army to follow orders so precisely."
"You can't call him useless; you can only say he's unlucky to have run into Esdeath."
Zhong Chen said, looking at the situation on the field with a surprised expression.
"Ice Knights!"
Ice-formed knights continuously rose slowly from the ground.
In a short while, they covered thousands of meters of land in front of Esdeath.
"Defend!!!"
Seeing the sudden appearance of the Ice Knights, the commander at the forefront of the foreign army immediately shouted.
The soldiers, having received the order, suppressed their fear, looking at their comrades frozen into ice sculptures.
They raised their massive shields, hiding their entire bodies behind them.
Upon seeing this, Esdeath's face twisted into a look of madness, and she shouted at the army before her:
"Hahaha! Excellent, excellent! This is how it should be; only resisting lambs create the desire to kill!"
"All of you, die!!!"
As Esdeath's words fell, countless Ice Knights began their charge, arriving in front of the frozen soldiers in mere moments.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
One by one, the bodies frozen into ice sculptures were shattered by the Ice Knights.
The knight army then continued its rapid advance, reaching the shield-bearing soldiers in a flash.
Subsequently, the knight army charged into the six hundred thousand strong army like chopsticks piercing tofu, commencing a relentless slaughter.
"Ah ah ah!!!"
"Help me!"
"What are these things? Why can't they be cut! They're monsters!!!"
A foreign soldier screamed in despair, looking at the unharmed Ice Knight before him.
Before he could say more, his body was easily pierced by the Ice Knight, leaving only a corpse lying on the ground, its eyes wide open in death.
"Is this what the Empire calls an Imperial Arms user? How can she be this powerful?"
Numa Seca clenched his teeth, his face grim as he watched his soldiers being slaughtered.
"This can't go on. Adjutant, the troops are yours to command. I must go stop that woman!"
"Yes, Your Royal Highness! I wish you success in battle!"
The adjutant nodded in affirmation, then worriedly offered his blessings to Numa Seca.
Numa Seca heard the adjutant's words, a relieved smile appearing on his face, and he turned back to say softly:
"Don't worry, I won't fall before we break through the Empire."
With that, he cracked his horsewhip and galloped towards Esdeath's direction.
"Tsk tsk tsk, look at the flag he's raising. No wonder his end was so tragic. With words like that, even I'd have to think twice before saying them."
Zhong Chen watched Numa Seca, who was rapidly approaching Esdeath, with the expression of someone watching a brave warrior.
"Indeed, his words are only slightly better than saying he'll go home and get married after the war."
Rimuru also nodded in agreement.
"It seems it's almost our turn to make an appearance. The Hero of the North is about to go offline, and a new hero will soon debut!"
"Gobuta, order the troops to get ready. I'm definitely going to make a grand entrance this time!"
Zhong Chen commanded Gobuta, who was yawning boredly beside him.
"Huh?"
Suddenly hearing the order, the young man didn't react for a moment.
But upon seeing Sakuya's narrowed eyes, he instantly snapped to attention and shouted hurriedly:
"Yes, Lord Chen! Don't worry, everything is ready!"
Hearing Gobuta's shout, Zhong Chen nodded and continued to look at the battlefield.
"Hmph, finally a bigger minion has arrived?"
Esdeath crossed her arms, watching Numa Seca, who was galloping towards her, with a playful expression.
"Thud!"
Numa Seca leaped in front of Esdeath, raised his cavalry spear, pointed it forward, and declared loudly:
"This is as far as you go! I will not let you slaughter my soldiers any longer, General of the Empire!"
"If you have the ability, come and stop me. Otherwise, I think you'd make a very good slave."
"To underestimate me so, you will pay the price for looking down on me."
"Take this!"
With that, Numa Seca charged at the person before him, thrusting his cavalry spear towards her face.
Esdeath merely shifted her body slightly, easily dodging the attack.
Seeing his attack had no effect, Numa Seca changed his thrust to a sweep.
"Clang…"
Esdeath drew the saber from her waist and blocked the sweeping spear shaft with one hand.
Just as the two began to fight, their respective armies finally clashed.
At once, shouts of battle and screams of agony rose and fell across the battlefield, and the thick scent of blood began to attract crows to circle in the sky.
They were just waiting for the battle to end so they could descend and feast.
"Clang… clang… clang…"
Numa Seca and Esdeath exchanged dozens of blows in a short time.
Esdeath, however, only defended, offering no counter-attacks.
"Damn it, are you looking down on me?!"
His repeated attacks easily deflected, Numa Seca, feeling agitated, couldn't help but shout.
"Looking down on you? I just don't want my toy to break too quickly."
Esdeath easily parried his weapon aside, explaining with an indifferent expression.
"What?!"
"You dare treat me as a toy! *2"
"You've completely enraged me! *2"
"Who is copying what I'm saying?! *2"
"Still copying! *2"
At this moment, not only Numa Seca, but even Esdeath, who had not been serious until now, looked in surprise towards the direction of the voice.
On the edge of the battlefield where the two armies were clashing, a small force of fifteen thousand soldiers had appeared at some point.
A young man holding a strange loudspeaker was looking at the two with a cynical expression.
"A Chen, on a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, an endless sea of people, you're holding that broken loudspeaker. Who can hear you?"
Rimuru looked at Zhong Chen speechlessly.
"Ah, you don't understand, do you? This isn't just any loudspeaker; this is 'The Big Loudspeaker That Lets Anyone I Want To Hear, Hear!'"
"What is that?"
"Heh heh, it's still a loudspeaker."
"Tch."
This loudspeaker was obtained by Zhong Chen from a sign-in two days ago. Its name was indeed 'The Big Loudspeaker That Lets Anyone I Want To Hear, Hear!'
Its function was well explained by its name, which is why Esdeath and Numa Seca could clearly hear Zhong Chen's voice.
"It seems an unexpected person has arrived, hahaha! I hope they can bring me some amusement!"
Esdeath's face showed a cold smile, her eyes filled with madness…