The Sekirei’s Covenant

Palace, Underground Secret Chamber

The young emperor and ministers stood before a huge figure heavily covered.

"Finally made up your mind, Your Majesty is truly wise and great."

"Now, Your Majesty, unlock the seal of the legendary strongest Teigu and show the foolish rebels and people the emperor's majesty!"

Looking at the huge invincible steel figure, the minister was extremely excited, continuing to use flattering words to incite the innocent young emperor.

"I am… the emperor, and I must protect this empire with my power!"

A resolute gleam flashed in the young emperor's eyes. Finally, all hesitation vanished.

Since everyone had betrayed and rebelled against him, trying to take his empire, he would make them pay with blood!

Without hesitation, under the minister's expectant gaze, the young emperor cut his finger and used his royal bloodline to unlock the seal set by the first emperor of the empire. As an iron door opened, the young emperor walked in firmly.

"Yare yare, now everything is safe, hahaha…"

Watching the foolish young emperor still being manipulated like a puppet, the minister laughed cunningly and heartily.

"Hey… is this the legendary first and strongest Teigu? Shikoutazer? Seems pretty powerful, worth my anticipation."

Suddenly, a voice came from behind. The minister stopped laughing and turned sharply. Seeing Sora with glowing eyes staring at the tall steel figure Shikoutazer, accompanied by two girls, the minister was shocked.

"General Sora… impossible! Outside is a maze of forks and deadly traps. Without the emperor's personal guidance, how could you get here…"

The minister knew well how terrifying Sora was and shouted in panic.

Unable to understand why Sora appeared here, but when he saw the girl in maid outfit beside Sora with a strange glowing third vertical eye on her forehead and a disdainful smile, the minister immediately understood…

"Hehehe… Minister, we have been waiting for this day for a long time! Thank you, you are a good partner!"

"Spear!"

Sora smiled evilly at the minister and snapped his fingers at Spear behind him.

"Yes, Lord Sora."

A bloodthirsty and cold smile appeared on Spear's lips. Activating her ability, countless sharp silk threads tore through space toward the minister's seat…

…

Back to the battle

"Ha… ha… Ieyasu, are you okay?"

A streak of bright red blood ran down Tatsumi's cheek to his chin. He had barely gotten up after taking Esdeath's slash, panting as he called out worriedly.

"Ha… ha… I'm fine, Tatsumi. This woman is so strong, we are no match for her…"

Holding his burning pain in his abdomen, Ieyasu's voice was full of bitterness.

They had thought their training and powerful Teigu would allow them to defeat the enemy and rescue their comrade Sayo. But the result was they hadn't even seen Sayo yet and were already struggling to hold on. A sense of despair and sorrow rose in their hearts…

"Hey… still not giving up? It seems you two really have a deep obsession with little Sayo!"

Looking at the two boys who were already battered and torn from her play, despite knowing they were no match and feeling despair, they still picked up their weapons and stood up. A hint of a strange light flashed in Esdeath's eyes as she smiled at them.

"Esdeath, what did you mean by what you just said? About arranging for us to train and cultivate our skills—explain yourself clearly!"

Tatsumi's voice was sharp. Being perceptive, he caught something unusual in Esdeath's casual words just now and asked her seriously.

"Did I say something like that just now? Hmm, I think I did!"

"But I'm under no obligation to tell you anything. If you really want to know, then defeat me by your own strength. At that time, you can ask me anything you want!"

With a wicked smile, Esdeath was already very familiar with this trick of making her prey angry, thereby awakening their potential and giving herself more enjoyment. And it never failed.

"Then we'll defeat you!!!"

As expected, burning with rage, Ieyasu and Tatsumi's fighting spirit flared up again. They exchanged a glance and charged at Esdeath once more.

"You really are two fine prey. So weak, yet you bring me such pleasure."

"Perfect. I'll use you to test a skill I've developed for a long time but never had the chance to use. Whatever you want to know, I'll tell you—if you survive!"

Watching Ieyasu and Tatsumi charge at her, Esdeath wickedly licked her lips and muttered to herself.

This time, Esdeath neither dodged nor attacked. Instead, with the two boys looking utterly surprised, she closed her eyes. Although they didn't understand why this woman suddenly stood still without any defense, Ieyasu and Tatsumi's eyes lit up, thinking, "What a good opportunity!"

Since they were enemies, the two naturally wouldn't hold back. Under the endless shock of Seryu, Kurome, and Aria, the three girls, they unleashed their respective finishing moves and attacked Esdeath.

At this moment, Seryu, Kurome, and Aria were completely confused. Having absolute confidence in Esdeath, they hadn't paid much attention to this seemingly one-sided battle. But when they suddenly saw Esdeath standing still and allowing herself to be attacked, the three girls were greatly shocked.

However, they were too far away to rescue Esdeath in time!

With Ieyasu and Tatsumi excited and eager, and Seryu, Kurome, and Aria shocked and horrified, suddenly Esdeath moved again!

"Mahapdama!"

She suddenly opened her eyes, and a strange gleam flashed in her ice-blue pupils. Then a blue aura radiated outward from Esdeath.

This blue aura didn't seem to have any special power, but everything it passed through stopped…