" But are you finally going to die? "

Hitting the death knight with his combat spear, Bulat managed to cut the armor he was wearing in the chest area. Then he gave him a powerful kick that forced him to take a step back, knocking him off balance. Taking advantage of this, Sheele ran over to him. Preparing to slice him in half with her giant scissors, Sheele found herself, however, forced to jump back, seeing the undead attempting to flatten her under his shield.

Missing his mark, Death Knight then felt Leone's body jump behind his back before starting to plow him and tore his rotting flesh. Seeming more angry than hurt, the death knight whirled around, forcing Leone to let go. Still, not even having time to fall to the ground, Leone felt the monster's sword hit her shoulder, severing her arm.

" AAHHHHHHHHH ! " She cried, collapsing to the ground.

Wanting to finish her off, the Death Knight aimed his sword at her face. However, positioning himself in front of her friend, Akame blocked the weapon with her teigu. Gritting her teeth, Akame felt the impact of the two weapons push her feet back, as the monster's power was greater than her.

Finding himself behind his back, Lubbock created new threads that wrapped around the neck of the corpse. Trying to immobilize him, he ordered.

" Finish it. "

Immediately Bulat and Sheele rushed towards their opponent and attacked him with their teigus. However, jumping at the last moment, Death Night managed to dodge their attacks, and forced them to strike into the void. Finding himself above them, the death knight spun around and used his shield to slam Bulat hard.

Standing still, Tatsumi saw Bulat's body fly backwards to crash into a dwelling. Seeing this, Tatsumi couldn't help but shake in fear. There were five of his comrades against this corpse. Since the start of the fight, they had managed to hit and injure him many times. Yet this monster seemed to be unresponsive to their attacks.

Hearing a sound of explosions, the boy raised his face and saw a second battle on the roofs of the houses in the neighborhood. Seeing a laser beam coming towards her, Shalltear swept her away with a wave of her hand. Immediately, Aura tried to punch her in the back, while Mare summoned plants to tie her up.

Simply stretching out his fingernails, Shalltear dodged Aura's attack, before slashing Mare's plants. Then falling on a roof, she grabbed a slate and broke it in her hands. Then, staring at mine, she positioned her arm back, before finally throwing the terracotta debris at the sniper.

With the sheer force of her arm, Shalltear transformed the small debris into projectiles as strong as a rifle shell. Noticing this, Mine immediately hid behind a fireplace. Getting hit by Shalltear's projectiles, Mine's hideout could only last for a few seconds.

Quickly running away from the roof, Mine was not quick enough and one of the debris slipped through her abdomen. Spitting blood immediately, the girl collapsed to the ground. Then running towards her, Shalltear pretended to finish her off. Nevertheless, Mare and Aura positioned themselves immediately in front of her to block her. Starting to punch her, Aura brought her face closer to her, before screaming.

" Galadriel-sama asked you not to kill anyone. "

" Who do you take me for, idiot? I purposely held back my strength so as not to kill her. "

Seeing the second fight, Tatsumi began to shake more.

"Who are these monsters? Are they the ones Galadriel-san is fighting against? I… We… We don't stand a chance."

" TATSUMI ! " Suddenly screamed Lubbock.

Looking ahead, the boy was surprised to see the Death Knight's sword swoop down at him.

"What? "

Immediately, he felt a hand grip his clothes, before pulling out of the path of the corpse's sword. Hitting the ground, the monster growled, before using its shield to shield itself from attacks from Sheele and Akame.

Then feeling himself fall to the ground, Tatsumi noticed that Leone was the person who had just saved him. Breathing with difficulty, the young woman had ink blood flowing from her stump. But despite the loss of her arm, she hadn't hesitated for a single moment to save Tatsumi.

" But that … ? "

Leone punched him.

" You idiot ! What are you doing? Die ? "

" But ... But I ... "

" I could never continue to fight while having to protect you. " Leone asserted, getting up. " So I give you two choices! Either you decide to fight with us! Either you run away like a coward! But I'm warning you! If you run away, don't even think about going back to base! Night Raid has no coward in its ranks. "

With that, she rushed to the death knight, who was fighting Akame. Blocking his sword, the young woman then jumped to his face and managed to slice his left cheek as well as his eye socket. Roaring, the monster seemed to show its pain and rage. Turning back to Akame, he was surprised to feel a powerful punch hit his face, forcing him to back up several feet.

Still protected by his armor, Bulat still felt like his skull bone was in pieces. Yet, like Leone, he refused to give up. Letting such a monster roam the capital could mean the destruction of the city.

" No matter the necessary sacrifice, I will stop you. "

Running towards the monster, Akame took advantage of Bulat's diversion to attack him again. Nonetheless, dodging her sword, the monster then grabbed her leg, before using her body to strike Bulat. Immediately, the duo found themselves on the ground, giving the knight the option of killing them.

Nonetheless, he turned around, hearing footsteps. Having drawn his sword, Tatsumi felt his legs shake as he faced the monster. Yet, knowing full well that they were the only ones who could kill this monster, he tried to muster his courage.

"I… I… I'm scared."

Roaring, the Death Knight ran towards him before aiming his sword at his throat. Standing still, Tatsumi was frozen with fear. In fact, he felt like he was in front of Sebas again, and the terrifying aura he had managed to create around him. People like that, Tatsumi was unable to beat them.

" I will die ! I will die ! I will die ! "

"Galadriel-sama told me about you, Tatsumi-san! She even taught me that she considers you a potential recruit! Sorry, but your performance disappoints me greatly! Your simple victory against Ogre made you arrogant and overconfident! Do you think you can really win by behaving like a coward ? "

Thinking back to Sebas's words, Tatsumi felt an electric shock. Then at the last second he moved his head to the side enough to avoid the blade. Striking his right cheek, the sword cut deeply into his cheek, while destroying his ear. Yet, seeming to ignore the pain, Tatsumi aimed his own sword at the death knight's face while uttering a cry of rage.

"Sayo and Ieyasu died because I was unable to protect them ! I'm just a vain coward who thinks he's stronger than everyone else! Galadriel-sama, Sebas-san… and all the people in Night Raid… they are all real warriors! And it is to become like them that I decided to meet them."

Hitting the Death Knight's face, Tatsumi crashed into him with such force that he shattered his sword. The attack of the blow made the monster recoil, while it slashed the flesh of his face. Yet, being far from dead, the creature aimed its sword at Tatsumi.

Unfortunately, he suddenly felt himself losing his balance. Having managed to attack him in the back, Sheele had cut his legs using her huge scissors. Immediately, Lubbock wrapped his threads around the monster's chest, to immobilize his arms against his chest.

Trying to struggle, the monster suddenly spat black blood, while Leone leapt on it. Having hit his back with all her strength, she managed to stab him through his abdomen with the help of her good arm.

Unable to defend himself, the Death Knight slumped onto his back.

" KILL IT ! " Screamed Lubbock.

Immediately Bulat and Akame jumped over the creature before falling back on its corpse. Immediately, Bulat's combat spear pulverized his chest, while Akame's sword pierced his skull.

Having both weapons stuck in its body, the monster roared again. Before starting to struggle to free himself from Lubbock's threads.

" It's impossible. " The boy scared. " He is immortal. "

Yet refusing to give up, Akame and Bulat clung to their weapons to drive them deeper into the monster's body. Continuing to struggle, the monster began to spit black blood out of its mouth. Then, little by little his screaming ceased, while his opposition grew weak.

Finally, uttering a last cry, he finally froze, before letting his head roll to the side. Standing still for a few moments, the members of Night Raid noticed that he remained on the ground. They had just killed him.

Yet instead of rejoicing in this victory, they could only experience fear, being afraid to guess the power of the monster that could control such a warrior.

For her part, watching the monster die, Shalltear began to growl.

" Damn it! How dare they destroy one of Galadriel-sama's creations ? "

" Each of the humans in Night Raid has a strength far superior to the humans of the old world. " Aura remarked. " Finally, I can perhaps understand the interest that Galadriel-sama has in them. "

" Tsss ! " Cried Shalltear. " They are just insignificant larvae that… "

Suddenly, she stopped, seeing a figure move on the roof. Standing up, Mine rested her hand on her injured abdomen, as blood flowed out of her mouth.

" Oh, are you still alive? " Shalltear asked innocently. " A little advice: a trout like you should stay ashore! You are no better than the dust under my soles. "

Moaning, Mine aimed the tip of her teigu at her. Immediately, a huge source of pure energy made itself felt in the attack she began to create.

" Hum? " Shalltear wondered.

" 40… 42… Level 45 ? " Aura wondered.

" DIEEEEEEEE! " Mine shouted, firing the most powerful laser beam she could create.

Seeing Mine's attack rush at her, Shalltear couldn't help but be surprised. A moment later, her body disappeared inside a phenomenal explosion whose shock wave was felt for several hundred meters.

From where they were, Tatsumi and the others felt themselves recoil. Seeing the roofs crumble, Aura and Mare left their perch and landed near the rest of Night Raid.

"Can someone explain to me how Mine managed to create such a powerful attack?" Wanted to know Tatsumi.

" Pumpkin is a teigu capable of increasing his shooting power according to the intensity of danger in which Mine is. " Lubbock asserted. " More she is in danger, and more powerful her weapon becomes. "

"Unthinkable! " Thought Aura. " This girl has managed to surpass the shooting power of CZ. "

Dropping her gun, feeling exhausted, Mine fell to her knees before vomiting blood. After such a shot, and because of her injury, she was no longer fit to fight for today. Nonetheless, she had managed to hit her opponent.

Looking at the large cloud of smoke in the sky, she cried out.

" So, what do you say about the power of Night Raid? "

At that moment, a gust of wind blew away the cloud of smoke. Then, one by one, the members of Night Raid froze, while not being able to hide their surprise. For her part, feeling her heart stop, Mine saw the silhouette of Shalltear, still visible in the sky. Arm outstretched, Shalltear had managed to stop the laser beam with the help of one hand.

However, feeling tingling, she stared at the palm of her hand, only to see traces of burns. Feeling veins appear on her forehead, she was enraged. Even though the burns were insignificant, she couldn't believe she had been injured by a pathetic human. It was a real humiliation.

" YOU … " She roared, in how to transform her body. " I'M GOING TO KILL YOU. "

Nonetheless, immediately, a voice in her head cried out.

" SHALLTEAR ! Stop ! "

Freezing, the vampire could hear Galadriel's voice telepathically contacting her.

"My lady ? "

Having been able to watch the end of the fight with the help of his magic mirror, Galadriel had been able to witness the death of the Death Knight as well as the counterattack of Mine. Truth be told, she was surprised that Night Raid had been able to pull through without losing a single warrior. As for Mine's teigu, he had managed to get her attention.

"Why are we unable to control these teigus? Who created them? And how did he manage to make them only work with humans? "

"Shalltear ! I ordered you not to kill anyone. ''

"I… I… Excuse me my lady. ''

"The death knight is dead! So your work is finished! Get back to base immediately. ''

"Huh… yes, my lady. ''

Feeling the telepathy stop, Shalltear stared at Mine angrily, through her mask. Nonetheless, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she cried out.

" I see that I underestimated you! Good for you, I feel Jaldabaoth-sama will be happy to know that people will want to fight him when he comes here to destroy this place. "

" Destroy ? " Lubbock repeated.

At that moment, a strange dimensional door appeared in Shalltear's back.

" Poor fools! You should have let yourself be laughed at! Your death will have been sweeter! When he does come here, I swear to you that Jaldabaoth will take great pleasure in slowly destroying Night Raid. "

On her words, she floated back through the dimensional door, and thus vanished. Seeing her disappear, Lubbock couldn't help but fall to his knees, before putting his hands on her head.

" It's a nightmare ! It's a fucking nightmare! Jaldabaoth is stronger than this woman? And he has hundreds of warriors as strong as the one we just killed? We have no chance! Any. "

Removing his armor, Bulat ran his hand over his head, and found he was bleeding all over the place, while two of his ribs appeared to be broken. Picking up her severed arm, Leone ended up sitting cross-legged to think.

Looking at them silently, the twins noticed that they were not celebrating the fact that they were still alive. They knew perfectly well that it was only a postponement. If Shalltear had wanted to be serious, they knew they would be dead already.

Yet, while he was the most frightened at first, Tatsumi stared at his shattered sword, before heading towards the knight's corpse. Not afraid to search him, he grabbed his sword. In spite of having parried the attacks of several teigus, the weapon was almost intact, proof of its extreme solidity. He also grabbed the shield.

Nevertheless, he quickly noticed their weight. The shield alone seemed to weigh over a hundred kilograms. And the sword, at least twenty kilos. Dropping the shield, he grabbed the sword with both hands, before yelling.

" We always have a chance. "

" Hum? " Bulat wondered. " What do you mean ? "

" If Night Raid allies with Galadriel-sama, we might be able to win. "

" What? "

Holding Zank's teigu in his hands, Pandora Actor's could only moan in frustration. Using all kinds of magic, he struggled to be able to use teigu. Nonetheless, no matter what he did, the weapon refused to function, even in its Gazef form. A magic surpassing his seemed to seal the weapon.

" It's impossible. "

" Pandora? "

Turning around, Pandora Actor's instantly bent over.

" Mother ! Glad to see you in the treasure room. "

" I came to the news. " Galadriel told him. " Did you manage to use the teigu that I just gave you? "

" I am sorry to have to dishonor you! However, even with my magic, I am unable to use this weapon. "

" What did you discover that the magic that seals it? "

" I have the impression that the magic that seals it is the same as that used by Amanomahitotsu-sama. "

" The same ? You mean whoever created this weapon was a master of crafting? "

" Yes, at least! This weapon is in no way a weapon that the humans of this world could have built on their own! No, I'm sure they've been helped. "

" Do you think they were created by someone of the same rank as me? "

" I can not say! In any case, no one in Nazarick seems to me to have a magic that would allow him to use this weapon. "

Thinking about it, Galadriel tried to think about everything that had happened during those forty-eight hours.

"Regina has been attacked by a creature that seems to have the power to seal our powers ! In addition, he said he had a master who knew me! If he knew me, it's because we met… and surely while playing Yggdrasil! So would this people be a player? In this case, he could well be the creator of teigus. "

Thinking over and over again, Galdriel heard the Pandora Actor's ask her.

" My lady! If I may, why are you putting so much effort into trying to control these teigus? Honestly, from what I've seen, we have a lot of much more powerful and devastating weapons! You have even managed to incorporate a little magic into those you have entrusted to the two leaders of your mercenaries, in order to increase their power! It is not necessarily useful for Nazarick that high rank demons know how to control them. "

" I saw Night Raid fight against a Death Knight and Shaltear. " Galadriel told him. " Thanks to their teigu, they managed to kill the knight and slightly repel Shalltear! Their weapons were able to withstand magic sword blows and even increase their skills depending on the power of their user. "

Staring at Pandora Actor's, she declared.

" If they are still training, I am convinced that each of them could finally achieve a power allowing them to compete with the Pleiades! And this, thanks to their teigus! So imagine how powerful these teigus could be if people like Albedo and Demiurge could use them. "

" The problem is, we don't know if these weapons could withstand being controlled by such powerful demons. " Pandora Actor's remarked. " If so, they could very well destroy them, attempting to launch an attack. "

Simply shrugging her shoulders, Galadriel asserted.

" I only want the best! If these weapons are incapable of being worthy of the residents of Nazarick, then, in the end, my quest to collect the Tigus of this World will be of much less value to me. "

Grabbing Zank's teigu, she asserted.

" Until I can find a way to use it, I'll have to give it to a human. "

" Mother, if I can still afford ... What are you going to do about the "master" of the person who attacked Lupusregina-chan? She said he appeared to be level 48! In addition, his ability to seal our powers may be due to a legendary item! I do not want to demean you, but it seems to me that it is a serious mistake to underestimate the power of this enemy who lurks in the shadows. "

" I know it very well. " Assured Galadriel. " Everyone already knows about Lupusregina's defeat! Therefore, in the kingdom where he is, I ordered Demiurge to send his demons to investigate everywhere in order to find the being that Regina fought! I also entrusted our group from Hanzo to Albedo! For his part, Aura will use his animals to try to find a potential lead! However, if he finds him, I gave them the ban on attacking him! They must contact me before attacking him. "

" Mother, please! If we have to fight this guy and his master, let us take care of it! It would be unacceptable for us to put you in danger. "

" Out of the question. " Galadriel retorted, looking incredibly calm. " Pandora, you said it yourself, we cannot underestimate this new adversary! Plus, I'm furious about what happened! I intend to make myself pay for the affront they committed by beating Regina. "

Level power :

Esdeath : 51

Bulat : 39 ( + 1 )

Mine ( with teigu ) : 37 ( 45 max )

Akame : 35

Leone : 35

Sheele : 34

Lubbock : 30

Ieyasu : 28 ( + 3 )

Tatsumi : 28 ( + 2 )

Sayo : 27 ( + 3 )