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In the instant Bud realized it—
"Ahhh!"
Panic and riot broke out among the hundreds of thousands of Imperials gathered at the scene, and a massacre targeting their own comrades began!
Chapter 222 The Star God Game Begins! Hundreds of Thousands of People in the Empire Slaughter Each Other!
On the vast plains, Imperial soldiers, high-ranking officers, and elite troops, who had been transported there by the distorted power, gathered.
At first, nobody knew what was going on.
The only thing they understood was that the sky above them looked like the end of the world, with stars reversed, the night sky shattered, and chaotic viscous liquid flowing from the cracks that swallowed hundreds of thousands of people.
The panicked nobles began to seek the protection of nearby soldiers;
The calm and collected captain of the guard team immediately gathered his men;
The bewildered soldiers looked around, seeking answers.
A group of people noticed the presence of Esdeath, one of the Empire's strongest generals.
Therefore, they began to gather near Esdeath, intentionally or unintentionally, in an attempt to gain her protection.
After assessing her surroundings, Esdeath, unperturbed, gazed into the distance.
Because she wasn't tall enough, she looked to her side and said coldly.
"Step aside."
Upon hearing this, the soldiers and nobles gathered there immediately retreated to the rear.
Once she had cleared her surroundings, Esdeath took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and focused her mind to mobilize the energy within her body.
The mark on his chest began to glow faintly; it was the symbol of the Imperial Arms [Demon God Manifestation: Essence of the Demon].
She slowly raised her right hand, palm up, as if welcoming some invisible force.
"To better observe the surroundings...侕)~铃弍児彡笼VIII二..."
The next moment, Esdeath's will altered the space before her.
A chilling aura erupted from her palm, quickly condensing into a massive ice pillar.
The icicle grew upwards at an astonishing speed, making a crisp cracking sound, as if the ice crystals were cheering and jumping for joy.
The surrounding soldiers were drawn to the scene and looked up.
Their eyes were filled with fear and curiosity, wondering what Esdeath was up to.
Ignoring them, Esdeath stood atop a thirty-meter-high ice pillar, overlooking the entire plain.
Looking down from here, everything seems so small...
Esdeath at the top looked around, trying to glean any useful information.
She saw the distant horizon, where it was still desolate, with nowhere to seek refuge.
The ground beneath their feet was flat and empty, with almost no other movement except for the incessant shouts of princes and nobles and the assembled groups of soldiers.
Just then, Esdeath's gaze fell to her right.
Among the crowd, there were two figures moving rapidly toward her location.
The two were hunters under Esdeath's command, named Kurome and Seryu.
Esdeath jumped off the ice pillar and reunited with the two.
"Lord Esdeath!"
"Seryu, it seems this teleportation includes the entire capital."
Esdeath confirmed this.
Before the incident, both Kurohime and Seryu had received missions to go to training grounds outside the capital for combat training.
“Not just the Imperial Capital… Lady Esdeath, before we came here, we encountered a group of soldiers wearing thick clothing. The captain among them told us that they had just arrived at the northern border not long ago.”
Kurohime joined the conversation, recounting what she had seen and heard along the way.
Upon hearing this, Esdeath frowned slightly.
"interesting……"
Esdeath never imagined that this teleportation event would not only involve the Imperial Capital, but the entire Empire!
Just how powerful must someone be to accomplish something like this?!
Esdeath cannot imagine it at the moment.
Even she couldn't possibly extend her power to the entire empire!
"Lady Esdeath, what should we do now? Should we just leave?"
Seryu asked Esdeath for her permission to act on her orders.
Before Esdeath could answer, a soldier ran to their location, and one of them knelt down on one knee.
"General Esdeath, we have just surveyed this plain. We tried to send out our outer soldiers to investigate, but... not a single one of them was able to get out of the plain!"
"Oh? What's the specific reason?"
"I don't know... They only said that after walking a certain distance, they found themselves back in the plains, but to outsiders, it seemed like they disappeared for a while and then reappeared, which is very strange!"
"It seems this plain is not just a simple terrain."
Esdeath deduced that this plain also belonged to a kind of supernatural ability.
Just like teleporting the entire empire here, it has the effect of preventing everyone from leaving.
He popped the candy into his mouth and looked around.
"Lady Esdeath, have you noticed... that everyone here is an Imperial soldier and special forces member, plus those foolish nobles? Even if there are civilians, their numbers are very, very small, probably less than one percent..."
"That's true. It proves from another angle that this teleportation was selective, but most people can't do that."
Esdeath was well aware that behind this unusual event, a powerful being was observing the people of the Empire.
Faced with such a strange situation, Seryu couldn't sit still.
She waved her fist and looked toward the northwest side of the plain.
"Should we try to destroy this plain and then escape? Maybe the plain is the Imperial Arm!"
Seryu made a bold guess.
Disagreeing with this, Kurohime glanced at the ground beneath her feet.
"It's impossible for an Imperial Arm to create a plain that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, and before that, it would also be necessary to transport powerful figures such as Lady Esdeath.
"Then what do you suggest we do? We can't just sit here and wait to die! Justice can't stop!"
Seryu didn't stop swinging her fists while saying this.
"Right, little guy?"
"Wang Wang Wang!"
The biological dog-type Imperial Arm – Demonic Beast Transformation Hundred-Armed Giant barked a few times at Seryu's feet, showing its support for its master.
At this moment, Seryu stopped, picked up Little Bi, and began to rub its cheeks against it.
Ignoring the immediate interactions, Esdeath believed that the priority should be to gather the Empire's fighting strength.
"Besides us, I believe General Bude and that foolish minister are also on this plain. Let's go find them first."
Esdeath also planned to ask General Bude and Minister Ones-Yingyi-Te, perhaps they were the ones who caused this strange event.
Kurohime and Seryu nodded, and then a voice suddenly entered their ears.
[The game begins now. Once the countdown above your heads ends, you will be swallowed by chaos.]
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However, eliminating one person will extend the time by five seconds.
Countdown?
"what!"
Raising his right hand, he pointed at Seryu above Kurohime's head, his eyes widening.
"There really is a countdown! It's twenty seconds!"
"The same to you……"
"Can it be aborted?"
Seryu patted the water, but the floating numbers didn't disappear; instead, they continued counting down.
The little dog in her arms also wanted to solve the problem for its owner, but when it opened its mouth to bite, it had no effect...
As Esdeath faced the countdown to 17, she couldn't help but look around.
The countdown is different for everyone.
Some people lasted 20 seconds, some 15 seconds, some 10 seconds, and the shortest was only five seconds...
Before those people could even react in five seconds, the numbers above their heads quickly dropped to zero.
The next instant, these people were dragged into the dimensional rift by the chaos that tore through the void. Apart from the mournful cries they had just left behind, they were as if they had never existed.
“This is real!!”
"The countdown is about to end!!"
"You damned lowlifes! You are nothing but tools of the empire! Now offer up your lives!"
"Protect me! I'll pay him well!"
The numbers returned to zero and were swallowed by darkness.
Upon learning this, those who knew immediately began a frenzied killing spree!
Especially the princes and nobles.
Because they were willing to pay, some soldiers chose to cooperate, capturing weaker people in the surrounding area, bringing them before the nobles, and then having the nobles kill them themselves.
In an instant, the vast plains were transformed into a killing field!