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At this point, Minister Ernest's eyes cleared again from their conflicted confusion.

Then, he walked over, grabbed a handful of the pile of metal powder, and swallowed it.

"The secret technique has been lost, making it impossible to forge?"

Minister Ernest smiled.

His limit is there, and so is the limit of humanity!

The next moment, Minister Ernest's body began to swell violently, and his enormous shadow rapidly filled the room...

"Life Adjustment, Tier 3 Record Unlocked!"

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On the streets of the Imperial Capital, Esdeath led a group of troops toward the Imperial Palace.

No soldiers went to drive her away, and everyone who saw Esdeath looked at her with awe.

And so, Esdeath, with her powerful aura, arrived at the palace gates.

"The capital city, I'm back!"

Esdeath looked up at the sky, her eyes burning with a fierce fighting spirit.

Before encountering Li Wei, she would have displayed a domineering and conquering gaze, but now... she has a completely new target.

She had a premonition that the man would also be waiting for her here in the capital.

"I, Esdeath, will surpass you!"

At this moment, an elderly man with gray hair, dressed as a steward, walked over and said, "Sir, shall we go to see His Majesty now?"

"Yes, let's go."

Esdeath said.

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Inside the palace, the young emperor sat on the throne on a high platform, holding a scepter. Esdeath knelt on one knee and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Oh, it's been a long time, General Esdeath."

"You've had a tough time in this campaign against the northern barbarians. Now, tell me, what do you want?"

"I will reward you handsomely!"

“These are all things I should do, Your Majesty does not need to reward me.”

The young emperor replied, "That won't do. General, your merits are so great, I must reward you."

Esdeath laughed and said, "In that case, Your Majesty, please grant me some gold to distribute to all the soldiers."

"They all worked very hard in this competition."

The young emperor asked reluctantly, "Eh? Is that all? Doesn't General Esdeath want anything else?"

"Well……"

In the original story, when the young emperor pressed Esdeath about it, her answer was that she wanted to be in love.

If the plot remains unchanged, Esdeath will be the strongest Teigu user, and no one can defeat her; in other words, she is invincible.

There's a saying that's true: being invincible is so lonely. Many times, standing at the highest point, you can certainly taste the glory of being undefeated, but you can't help but feel empty and will have new pursuits.

Therefore, it's not surprising that Esdeath, the powerful woman known as the Queen, would have thoughts of falling in love.

However... she was defeated by that man, overwhelmingly.

Esdeath's gaze darkened: "If possible, I hope Your Majesty can make me... stronger!"

"what?"

The young emperor was taken aback and asked in confusion, "General Esdeath is already very powerful, isn't she?"

Esdeath shook her head and said, "No, Your Majesty, the world is far larger than I imagined. Before, I might have thought I was already a strong person, but in fact I am not strong enough."

"Yeah……"

The young emperor smiled slightly and said, "I truly admire General Esdeath's mindset. She is so strict with herself, and even though she is already so powerful, she is still not satisfied."

"But if you said it would make you stronger..."

The young emperor fell into deep thought. He was neither a soldier nor an experienced martial artist, and he had no idea how to become stronger.

If the minister were still by his side, he would definitely turn to ask for the minister's opinion, but now that the minister is not here, he can't think of any solution on his own.

After a while, the little emperor's eyes lit up. "I've got it, Esdeath. There's a killer organization that's been committing all sorts of evil deeds lately."

“What’s even more outrageous,” the young emperor said angrily, “is that they dared to lay a hand on a minister not long ago. Do they think they don’t respect me or the entire empire?”

"A minister? Assassinated?" Esdeath was taken aback.

"Ah, no."

Seeing that Esdeath seemed to have misunderstood something, the young emperor quickly explained, "General Esdeath, don't worry, the minister is fine. He's been by my side the whole time and has taught me a lot of useful things."

"He just told me yesterday that he wasn't feeling well and wanted to rest at home for a while."

"I see."

Esdeath nodded thoughtfully, "An assassin organization that can even assassinate ministers..."

"interesting."

Esdeath smiled wickedly, "Then let it become a stepping stone on my path to becoming stronger!"

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Chapter 168 Your Blood Is Poisoned...

"General Esdeath's words are quite reassuring."

The young emperor said happily, "I believe that if the general takes action, those rebels will not be able to run rampant for long, and the minister's revenge will soon be achieved."

The minister was someone the young emperor trusted and relied on greatly. After the minister's incident, the young emperor harbored a deep grudge against the person who assassinated the minister, Ernest.

Although previous night raids had often caused chaos in the capital in the young emperor's eyes, nothing could compare to his anger after a minister was implicated.

Now that Esdeath has made her move, the young emperor is naturally looking forward to the end of those thieves.

"General Esdeath, I grant you the highest authority over those thieves. Whatever your needs, I will fulfill them first!"

Esdeath smiled and nodded upon hearing this, "Then, thank you, Your Majesty."

The audience ended quickly, and after bidding farewell to the young emperor, Esdeath walked down the corridor with the three beast warriors.

"General Esdeath, what are your plans?"

"Intend?"

Esdeath smiled forcefully: "It seems that one of those assassin organizations is called Night Raid?"

"Yes, General."

"Then I'll establish a special unit to hunt them down... I'll call it the Hunters!"

With his grey-white hair and dressed as a butler, one of the three beastmen, Riva, said, "Then I'll take care of it now."

He was originally Brand's superior, a member of Night Raid. He was a wise and brave former Imperial general who was arrested after being framed. He was later rescued by Esdeath and became loyal to her from then on.

“No, Liva, you don’t need to worry about this. I have more important things for the three of you to do.”

"Please give me your orders, General."

The three beast warriors spoke together.

Besides Rival, the other two members of the Three Beast Warriors are Niu, a petite cross-dressing boy with a cold and ruthless personality. She possesses the Teigu Military Music Dream [Screaming], a flute Teigu that can freely manipulate the emotions of listeners and is known for its use on the battlefield to boost morale.

However, in the anime, the most memorable use of this flute is its hypnotic effect, as well as the enhancement that Neu herself uses on herself.

The last of the Three Beasts is Daidas, a muscle-bound battle maniac who wields two large axe-wielding Imperial Arms and enjoys fighting strong opponents to increase his experience points.

Esdeath said coldly, "Aren't they supposed to be a professional assassin group that claims to act on behalf of heaven and uphold justice?"

“What does the general mean…” Liva asked tentatively.

"That's right, imitate the night raid, and then frame them."

Upon hearing this, the three beast warriors' eyes flashed with a sharp light.

Then, Niu laughed amusedly: "I like this job!"

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As night fell, the three beastmen exchanged glances, then split up and disappeared in three different directions.

Liva, the man the old general was to assassinate, was a popular civil official who belonged to the anti-minister faction.

The civil official's residence happened to be right next to the river. Liva smiled slightly: "This is truly a perfect place for me to assassinate someone."

Then, as he slowly approached the gate, preparing to break in, he heard a discordant sound coming from inside. Judging from the sound, it was a man and several women.

Liva gave a sneer: "To die a life of pleasure and debauchery, I have no regrets."

"But I never expected that someone as serious as him could be so confused."

With that thought in mind, he pushed open the door.

then……

He saw a man lying nonchalantly on a mat, with a flock of chickens and ducks around him quacking and squawking. The discordant sounds were coming from the mouths of the chickens and ducks.

"Huh? You're a bit dangerous, aren't you? You barged in just because you heard chickens and ducks were in heat. Looks like you have some unique sexual interests, buddy."

The young man lying on the mat looked at Liva with an expression of utter disbelief; he was none other than Li Wei.

Liva's face immediately darkened. "You waited for me here specifically?"

"Pretty much. After all, it's not easy for pimps to make a living these days. If you don't have a bit of forward-thinking business acumen, you'll be suppressed by your peers."

Li Wei stood up, rubbed his hands together, and said, "So, which chicken have you taken a fancy to, sir? Or which duck would you like to order?"

"If you call a chicken, I can charge you 10,000 gold coins per time; if you call a duck, it'll be 20,000. If we call both chicken and duck, I can give you a 20% discount, so it'll only cost 40,000!"

Liva stared at Li Wei's face and angrily said, "Are you insulting me?"

Li Wei asked in surprise, "You scoundrel, don't try to smear my reputation. You call yourself a prostitute, so what are you doing here?"

"I've seen plenty of people like you. You're clearly horny inside, but when you actually take your pants off and find yourself erect, you can't even see yourself, so you get angry and embarrassed!"

"..."

Liva snorted coldly, "You're a member of Night Raid, aren't you? I didn't expect our operation to be seen through by you."

Meanwhile, Riva's eyes flickered as he quickly considered whether the plan had been leaked, but he soon shook his head. Only General Esdeath and the three beast warriors knew about this operation.

"You're very confident."

Liva looked around and, finding that Li Wei was indeed alone, laughed and said, "It seems you acted on your own, or rather, Night Raid and the others look down on us Three Beast Warriors so much that they sent a greenhorn like you?"

Before Li Wei could reply, Liwa shouted, "Prepare to die!"

The river, with four waterspouts rushing towards the house.