With Bude's death, the Imperial Guard's morale instantly collapsed, and many chose to surrender directly.
A portion, however, chose to resist stubbornly, and Esdeath unhesitatingly decided to kill all who refused to surrender.
"Lord Zhong Chen, General Esdeath has annihilated the Imperial Guard and is about to march on the Imperial Palace."
Just as Zhong Chen was leisurely eating ice cream on a chair, a soldier ran over, knelt on one knee respectfully, and reported.
"I know. You may rise."
"Yes!"
Hearing Zhong Chen's lazy words, the soldier quickly stood up.
"Let's go. I'll take you to see the greatest evil of this empire, the fat pig Honest!"
Zhong Chen swallowed the ice cream in his hand in one bite, shivered, and then spoke to the Night Raid members standing beside him.
"That's great, it's finally going to end!"
"I must stab that Honest a few times. It's all because of him that the entire country became like this!"
"This time, he's fallen into my hands..."
Hearing Zhong Chen's words, all the Night Raid members showed excitement, each talking about how they would deal with Honest when they saw him.
Only Akame seemed preoccupied, as if she had thought of something.
Noticing Akame's unusual behavior, Zhong Chen's face revealed a cunning smile... "Is this the place?"
Es and the others looked listless as they asked, looking at the camp below.
"It should be here. Sigh, I told you long ago that Lord Zhong Chen is petty, but you didn't listen. Now look what happened."
The Goblin who was with Es and the others earlier said in a low, melancholic voice.
"Sigh!"
Hearing the Goblin's words, Es and the others all sighed.
"Alright, let's find someone quickly. Didn't Lord Zhong Chen give us a portrait? Take it out and look."
Rob Lucci sighed again and then spoke.
"Let me see... This... This... I finally know who drew those abstract paintings before."
"That hateful guy, Lord Zhong Chen!!!"
Es looked at the portrait in his hand, which was even more abstract than a child's drawing, and was utterly speechless.
Calling this thing a stick figure was giving it too much credit.
So, it's just a name again, right?
"Um... Didn't Lord Ramiris already say it? Didn't you all listen carefully?"
Seeing the expressions of these guys, the Goblin immediately asked cautiously in a low voice.
"Uh..."
"This..."
"Alright, none of that matters. What's important is to first find this girl named Kurome."
"I heard she's Akame's younger sister, so she must look a lot like Akame. Let's search based on that."
After speaking, Es took the lead and descended towards the camp, and the others followed suit.
Here, some might ask again, Zhong Chen is a Golden Immortal powerhouse, so how can he draw such abstract paintings?
In fact, Zhong Chen was deliberately causing trouble. As a Golden Immortal, anything he wanted to learn was incredibly simple, let alone mere drawing.
He was merely joking with Es and the others. After all, being able to mess with the anime characters he liked in his previous life was also a kind of fun, wasn't it?
While Es and the others were openly invading the Imperial Assassination Unit's base, Zhong Chen and his group also arrived at the Imperial Palace gates.
Looking at Honest and the young Emperor standing on the palace wall, Zhong Chen immediately understood Honest's plan.
He was going to use the Supreme Imperial Armament.
"Esdeath, I didn't expect you to betray me!"
Honest shouted at Esdeath below, his expression twisted.
"Betrayal? You're not worthy. We are merely partners. Don't think too highly of yourself, Honest!"
Hearing Honest's roar, Esdeath looked at Honest with disdain and spoke.
"Damn it! Your Majesty, we must let the rebels know the consequences of their actions!"
"You must have the majesty of a monarch. As long as you display your majesty, you can quell this boring rebellion!"
Hearing Honest's words, the young Emperor beside him nodded seriously, then closed his eyes.
A moment later, a violent tremor occurred, and a roar suddenly came from the center of the Imperial Palace.
A giant figure steadily rose, ascending higher and higher.
Soon, a colossal body, thousands of meters tall and reaching into the clouds (not Gundam!!!), appeared before everyone's eyes.
"W-what is this?!"
"Does the Empire actually have such a trump card?"
"This is going to be difficult..."
Zhong Chen looked at the Night Raid members beside him, whose faces had drastically changed, and couldn't help but twitch his mouth. How little faith did these guys have in the Monster Country Federation's strength?
It's just a big guy, is there any need to make such a fuss? Just wait, I'll show you something even bigger!
Thinking this, Zhong Chen slightly narrowed his eyes, and his figure instantly vanished, appearing before the Supreme Imperial Armament, the Nation-Protecting Mechanical God, in a blink of an eye.
"Lord Zhong Chen, he..."
"Lord Zhong Chen, be careful!"
Hearing the shouts of Night Raid and the others, Sakuya, who was nearby, frowned slightly and said softly:
"No need to worry about the Master. This is merely a game for him. Watch quietly."
The Night Raid members looked at the slightly narrowed eyes of Sakuya, and for some reason, they couldn't help but quiet down.
Then, with worried expressions, they looked at Zhong Chen's figure in the sky.
"It really is quite big, but... Heaven and Earth Transformation!!!"
In the blink of an eye, Zhong Chen's figure disappeared, replaced by a colossal, boundless figure.
The light of the sun was completely obscured by Zhong Chen's body, and everyone in the entire world looked at the suddenly pitch-black sky with horror.
It was fortunate that Zhong Chen was flying in the sky. If he were on the ground, the entire Empire would instantly turn into a giant footprint.
"Oh my god..."
"Is this... this... Lord Zhong Chen?!"
"Is this the strength of the Monster Country Federation's boss...?"
"Has a Lord God descended to punish all living beings...?"
"Kami-sama (Lord God)..."
"Has the punishment finally arrived? Have my actions finally angered the heavens...?"
Not only the people in the Imperial Capital looked at the pitch-black sky in despair.
Even Es and the others, who had just captured Kurome, were now looking at the suddenly dark sky with horror.
"Holy crap, what happened? Is it the end of the world?!"
"Who knows...?"
"Why don't we quickly run to the Dimensional Gate to escape!"
"This is the first time in my life I've thought you might have a good idea, Es!"
Rob Lucci swallowed and nodded in agreement to Es beside him.
Just as the few of them were thinking about how to survive, a piece of information entered their minds out of thin air.
And the few who received the information couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"You scared me to death. I thought it was the end of the world."
"Why is Lord Zhong Chen playing such a big game this time?"
"Phew, all in all, it's good that there's no danger..."
Meanwhile, Zhong Chen looked awkwardly at the sun not far away and the distant, different planets.
"Oh no! Did I become a bit too big? If I move, wouldn't a large number of people below die...?"