As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere began to tremble. Dazzling starlight shone from the center of the herd, illuminating the entire night sky. "Ding--!" Amid the sound of swords ringing, layer after layer of ice formed on Esdeath's hands. Under the sunlight, they turned into an extremely dazzling light. An extremely violent airflow burst out from Esdeath's position. "Oh!" Amidst the sound of an explosion, a chill swept across the entire place. A flash of golden light wrapped in ice-blue light flashed before Emiya's eyes. This was an even more powerful attack than Esdeath's previous one. "Breath of Thunder!?" Shirou Emiya only had time to be shocked before he was instantly thrown into the air, flipped over like garbage, and hit the withered tree behind him. He felt his entire abdomen losing feeling.

Looking down, he saw a blue-green light spreading from his abdomen to the surroundings. freeze! This was Shirou's first judgment. This time, Esdeath seemed unwilling to let Emiya go. She rushed towards Emiya with a rapier in her hand, aiming directly at his neck. "Lord Esdeath, can you please let this young man go?" Seeing Esdeath about to chop off Emiya's head with the rapier in her hand, Riva rushed forward and knelt in front of her to stop her from taking any further action. Liva's plea was also part of Esdeath's plan. It's a pity that Esdeath doesn't have any beautiful and strong women around him. Otherwise, if a young woman pleaded with him, she would be more grateful to him than Riva. One plays the good guy and the other plays the bad guy. For a young man like Emiya who has a heart full of justice, Esdeath had already arranged a series of things to make Emiya submit to her. "Oh? He is a serious criminal who attacked important officials of the Empire, and he also killed many soldiers of the Empire on the battlefield. If you save him, can you bear to see those soldiers die in vain? Save him? Shouldn't you help those dead soldiers to avenge their deaths?" Esdeath stabbed the rapier in her hand into Riva's neck, and drops of blood dripped down the rapier. Her face was extremely cold and she looked extremely angry. Chapter 62: Esdeath is about to return to the Empire Esdeath sat on the chair, resting one hand on her cheek, and tilted her head to scan the urgent information coming from the empire at a very fast speed. "Night raid? Killer organization?" "Everyone inside has an impressive imperial tool!" Esdeath licked her lips which were as soft as jelly. Interesting things happened one after another, how could Esdeath not be excited. You know, even when she was on her career path to becoming a great general of the empire, she had never been so overwhelmed by such interesting things.

A red-haired boy with unlimited potential who fights against the northern alien races, and a night raid organization that keeps killing important officials of the empire. All of this was telling Esdeath that she would not feel bored for some time to come. She quickly stood up from her chair and gave orders to the guards around her. "Everyone, get ready! Prepare to return to the imperial capital!" "it is good--!" When the guards passed the information to the troops outside, a deafening sound rang out from outside. Those imperial soldiers no longer wanted to stay in this snowy place. If Esdeath had not been looking for some information about dangerous species in the north in the palace, they might have already prepared to return to the imperial capital. Hunting dangerous species is also Esdeath's hobby. After this war, she knew that she would most likely not come to this place again, so she decided to kill a few dangerous species as a souvenir. That's why I came to the palace to watch their records of the dangerous species here. Dangerous species with weak strength are not capable of becoming her collection. Esdeath did not continue to meet Emiya Shirou. She has now handed Shirou Emiya over to Riva's management. If Esdeath meets Emiya again now, not only Emiya, but even Esdeath might not be able to control her desire to fight him. After all, the previous battle was not very satisfying, and now Esdeath is itching to find someone to fight with. She couldn't just find a reason to beat up her subordinates. And such a disproportionate battle would not make Esdeath happy. But the appearance of the empire's urgent intelligence was like a pillow thrown to her when she was sleepy. The battlefield in the north had already been pacified by Esdeath, and the entire northern alien city had been turned into ice sculptures under Esdeath's attack. Countless civilians were slaughtered in the attack of the imperial army. The capital of this northern foreign race turned into a deserted city overnight. Those who were lucky enough not to be killed by Esdeath could not escape the fate of being beheaded. Her subordinates had already surrounded the entire city and were constantly cleaning up the battlefield. Even those who hid in the cellar were killed by the soldiers without any surprise. It was on this day that a race disappeared from the world. No army would ever again threaten the empire's northern borders. The military camp where Emiya is located is the palace of the northern barbarians that was attacked and conquered by Esdeath. And in such a short time, there is no way to make Emiya become her subordinate except by using violence. This is not something that can be accomplished overnight, so Esdeath is not in a hurry for Shirou Emiya.

She handed Shirou Emiya over to Riva in order to proceed step by step, like a spider entangling its prey, constantly making him lose the will to struggle, and eventually fall into the spider's fangs. The first step is to use Riva's life-saving grace to tie Shirou Emiya to his own troops. Otherwise, Emiya Shirou would find a chance to escape, and Esdeath would not have put her duties aside to find him. It was even more impossible for her to monitor Shirou Emiya all day long. He was just a person with potential to become her subordinate, and it was not worth her spending so much energy on him. If Emiya wanted to run, no one could stop him except himself. Although he has no Teigu, he is better than a Teigu user. This is how Esdeath evaluates Shirou Emiya. As long as Emiya remains in the army, Esdeath will have various ways to train Emiya into what she wants him to be. And relying on the relationship between Riva and her, Emiya has to think about any conflict with Esdeath because of Riva's life-saving grace. Esdeath is Riva's boss, and she is the kind of murderer who kills people without blinking an eye and likes to torture people. No matter what, Emiya must consider what kind of punishment she will give to Riva if he and Esdeath confront each other. Maybe he would kill his savior. This must be a result that Shirou does not want to see. Let’s talk about two different things. Emiya is recovering from his injuries again. Emiya found himself trapped in an endless cycle called recuperation. Although most of the time it was his own fault, he did not regret it. He sat up from the hospital bed again. In fact, Shirou was not seriously injured, but his organs had varying degrees of frostbite. After just a short rest, Shirou felt much better and his breathing became smoother. But Emiya thought that Riva, who was lying next to him, was feeling very uncomfortable. The blood had seeped through the bandage, and just by looking at it, Emiya felt a great sense of guilt. If Mr. Liva had not acted on impulse, he would not have suffered such serious injuries. "Don't worry, Emiya-kun! Cough! Cough!" Riva sat on the hospital bed next to Shirou Emiya, patted his shoulder, and couldn't help coughing, but he still signaled him not to feel guilty about it. To act, you have to do the whole thing. The strategy of inflicting pain on oneself is of course also a very good method. Esdeath slashed at Riva's chest extremely fiercely, and blood spurted out from Riva's chest like a fountain. Even with half of his body almost completely frozen, Shirou Emiya rushed forward a few steps and fell to the ground. He had absolutely no way of countering Esdeath's freezing. All they could do was watch Liva fall in a pool of blood. Shirou Emiya stared at Esdeath, his eyes becoming even angrier.

But now it's just impotent rage. His entire lower body had been frozen into an ice sculpture. If he hit it hard, Shirou Emiya's lower body would shatter along with the shattering of the ice. "Take them to the medical tent." Esdeath stared at Shirou Emiya with an extremely cold-blooded look, then returned to her tent. Of course, although the injuries seem so serious, in fact, for the people here, they can basically recover to their peak within three days. That's why they can only bully country boys like Emiya who don't understand the concept of strong recovery ability. Although Emiya has the most powerful recovery item. "Master Liva! Master Esdeath has a mission for you." A soldier stood in front of Liva and reported to him in a low voice. After all, this is a ward and many injured patients need to rest. Although only Riva and Shirou Emiya are resting here now, most of the soldiers have already recovered and left. Otherwise, Esdeath would not have ordered to return to the imperial capital immediately. She still paid attention to the wounded soldiers under her command. Riva apologized to Emiya and walked out with the soldier. "Assassinate those ministers?" Riva nodded outside the tent, indicating that he understood, and began to think carefully. If Esdeath wants to find a way to capture Emiya, she basically cannot appear in front of Emiya anymore, and this mission just gives Emiya a chance to stay away from Esdeath. This is also an opportunity for Riva to constantly hint at Emiya to accept Esdeath. If they meet each other all the time, even if Riva is Emiya's savior, there is no way to force Emiya to accept Esdeath. This kind of thing needs to be done step by step, slowly. Thinking of this, Riva asked Emiya who was still in the ward. "Would you like to leave the army with me for a while?" Chapter 63: A fatal blow The sky was clear and blue, and the brilliant sunshine illuminated the entire town, making it extremely bright. The soldiers stationed in the city also lined up in an orderly manner, then dispersed in all directions and moved out some things placed in the tents. It seemed that these soldiers were preparing to return to the empire and were sorting out some of the things they had gained from the war. And Emiya also followed behind Riva and watched these soldiers who looked very excited and organized very quickly. But he always felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't tell why. The faint smell of blood that lingered in the air made Emiya feel a little uncomfortable.

After the massacre in the city, the army cleaned up the area in order to be able to station there. They couldn't just sleep with corpses as their pillows every day. So during the time that Emiya was awake, he never saw anyone from other countries except the people from the Empire. But this is a military camp, so it is normal that there are only people from the empire here. As for the smell of blood, Emiya simply thought it was the result of a battle between two armies. After all, war is always accompanied by blood.