Chapter 245: The Four Rakshasa Demons

Just as Lingyun was heading toward the Night Raid Base, Esdeath also arrived at the headquarters of the Peace Religion with the Jaegers under her command, and met Bolic, the pawn planted by the Minister within the Peace Religion.

Bolic was naturally overjoyed at the arrival of Esdeath and the others. After all, the reputation of Night Raid was truly immense; from the time they were established until now, not a single person they had targeted had ever managed to escape. But now it was different; with the Empire's strongest general, Esdeath, and the Jaegers she led coming to protect him, could Night Raid still manage to gain any advantage in front of him?

When Esdeath saw through the fact that there were others protecting him, Bolic quite readily revealed his trump card, and four people appeared on the scene. Judging by the aura emanating from them, ordinary Teigu Users might not be their match.

"They are the very embodiment of the violence the Minister sent to me to control the cult, the Rakshasa Demons of the Imperial Fist Temple!" Bolic introduced the four people beside him to Esdeath with a look of self-satisfaction.

"Do you think these few people can contend with the Teigu Users in Night Raid?" A trace of mockery flashed in Esdeath's eyes.

"Rest assured, we have the strength to defeat Teigu Users based on our own abilities!"

The Rakshasa Demons present also intended to show off their strength before Esdeath, and the strongest of the four, Jiao, launched a sudden surprise attack on Seryu, who appeared to be the easiest to bully among the Jaegers. However, this move of his was truly choosing the wrong person; as someone personally trained by Busujima Saeko, Seryu's strength was in the top three among the Jaegers.

Just as Jiao assaulted her from behind, a short sword suddenly dropped into Seryu's hand, and without even turning her head, she slashed backward with a backhand strike. Seeing the short sword stabbing toward his face, Jiao was startled and immediately controlled his body through a special method to dodge Seryu's attack. But this sword strike of Seryu's was merely a feint; the moment Jiao fixed his gaze on the short sword, Seryu's body slid backward abruptly, instantly closing in on the still-advancing Jiao.

Seeing this scene, a dark glint flashed in Jiao's eyes, and his body instantly shrank backward like soft, pliable plasticine, bending into a bizarre arc. Seryu had heard of the special abilities of the Rakshasa Demons from Lingyun, so she was naturally not surprised by this scene, and simply slammed her right elbow backward. An invisible force of energy surged from her elbow, striking Jiao's abdomen from a distance.

Facing this invisible attack, Jiao had no time to dissipate the force and was directly sent flying into the air by this power, crashing heavily to the ground. Just as he wanted to crawl up, he discovered that a strange power was coursing through his body, making it impossible for him to get up.

The people present were instantly silent, and even the other three Rakshasa Demons were stunned. They had never imagined that Jiao, who had once crushed Teigu Users, would be taken down in a single move by a little girl who wielded a Biological Teigu, and now he was lying on the ground unable to even crawl up.

"They are merely ghosts hiding in the shadows; relying solely on this kind of strength is not enough to contend with certain people in Night Raid!" Looking at Jiao lying on the ground, Esdeath said indifferently.

"Are you talking about Akame? She is indeed a powerful opponent, but not everyone in Night Raid has such powerful strength as her!" Jiao, having exhausted his efforts to expel the dark energy from his body, climbed up from the ground and said slowly.

"Then you are welcome to go and try!" Esdeath looked at the people in front of her and said indifferently.

"Forget it, it is enough that General Esdeath is here to protect me. As for you, I have other things for you to do. It is time to let them see what our strength is!" Bolic said.

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At the top of a tall building in the town, Matou and Zhutian stood side by side, looking at the bustling crowd below.

"Yo, Zhutian, how come I didn't know that such experts had entered this town?" Matou said to the person beside him.

"That's right, they are not ordinary experts, but judging from their every word and action, they are not people from the world of slaughter!" said the tall and sturdy Matou.

"However, those other two people don't seem like ordinary people either. Although they look like they are just strolling around, they are actually paying attention to the situation all around. If I'm not mistaken, they should be people from Night Raid!" Matou pointed to another location and said.

On the main street, Tatsumi, who was walking with Mine, suddenly saw two familiar figures.

"Mine, wait for me here for a moment, I have something to do!" Tatsumi said to Mine beside him.

"What's wrong?" Mine asked somewhat strangely.

"Sayo, Ieyasu, is that you?" Looking at the two figures not far away, Tatsumi said with a somewhat strained tone.

Hearing the voice, Sayo and Ieyasu turned their heads abruptly and happened to see Tatsumi, who had an anxious look on his face.

"Tatsumi, it really is you! Long time no see!" Suddenly seeing his little friends from the same village, Ieyasu's eyes couldn't help but turn a bit red, and he suddenly stepped forward and hugged Tatsumi.

Watching the two grown men hugging tightly, Sayo just smiled slightly and said nothing.

"Two grown men, hugging and holding each other on a busy street in broad daylight. Tatsumi, if Bulat saw you like this now, he would definitely be very happy!" Just as the two were hugging, Mine's voice drifted over leisurely.

"Wow, Mine, you must not talk nonsense!" Tatsumi instantly broke free from Ieyasu's embrace as if he had been electrocuted and stood to one side.

"This little beauty, could she be your girlfriend, Tatsumi?" Ieyasu looked at Mine and said jokingly.

"Who said I'm his girlfriend!" Mine said with a look of anger.

Looking at Mine's appearance, Ieyasu also realized he had said the wrong thing and couldn't help but say apologetically, "Sorry, I was just joking!"

"Hmph!" Mine turned her head to the side, looking very displeased.

"By the way, Sayo, how did you two come to this place?" Tatsumi asked somewhat curiously.

"Our young master said that something would happen here, so he brought us here to gain some experience!" Sayo said.

"Something happening here... could it be about us in Night Raid assassinating Bolic?" Mine muttered in her heart.

"Hmm, wait, Tatsumi, you and this girl seem to be targeted by someone!" Sayo suddenly caught a glimpse of a gaze cast toward them, and after discovering the unusual meaning in that gaze, she reminded Tatsumi.

"We've been targeted?" Mine's heart skipped a beat.

"If I'm not mistaken, the person targeting you is very likely the Rakshasa Demons that the young master mentioned to us before. These four people all have somewhat special bodies; if you run into them, you must be careful!" Sayo warned.

"Oh no, the other party is coming toward us!" Ieyasu suddenly said.

"Let's leave here first and lead them to a dark place before taking care of them!" After Tatsumi finished speaking, he left the place directly with Mine.

Watching the figures of the two leaving, Sayo and Ieyasu looked at each other and followed them.