Chapter 422: They Are Both Imperial Weapons, but Why Is There Such a Big Difference?
Chapter 422: The same imperial device, why is there such a big difference...
Because his body was suspended in the air, facing this wave of attacks from Esdeath, Wood had no good way to deal with it.
Although he had the "Moon Step" to move in the air, the angles of these ice spears had surrounded Wood without blind spots, and there was no possibility for him to dodge.
So there was no other way to evade except to block it.
"I know that your imperial device seems to restrain my imperial device, and it can be immune to cold and frostbite to a great extent.
But if it is penetrating damage, you should not be able to be immune and resist to a large extent."
The reason why Wood escaped from the first fight was largely because Esdeath underestimated Wood's imperial device and underestimated Wood's own strength.
But she, Esdeath, will not make the same mistake a second time, and will not let the prey escape from her hands a second time!
"Ding——————!"
"Ding——————!"
Facing the ice spears that burst out from different angles, Wood could only use the long sword in his hand to cut off the two that flew towards him, and then used the Armament Haki to block and smash the remaining ice spears.
However, just when Wood thought he had solved the dilemma, his Observation Haki suddenly sensed the danger from behind.
When Wood looked again, he was shocked to find that Esdeath, who was originally standing in the same place, had disappeared.
"Ding——————!"
Another extremely crisp sound of weapons clashing echoed in the air, but this time the two people who collided had switched positions.
Because he had just resisted a wave of ice spear attacks, Wood's body was still in a semi-rigid state, so facing Esdeath's attack, he could only defend hastily.
Because he did not completely defend against Esdeath's slash, his sharp saber easily pierced Wood's imperial armor and left a faint knife mark on his face.
At the same time, the huge impact force also caused Wood's body to fall to the ground at a high speed.
Originally, this was nothing. With the imperial armor as a buffer, even if he was hit to the same degree, Wood would suffer less damage than Esdeath.
But is Esdeath an ordinary person? The other party is a female general who has experienced hundreds of battles, and has reached the level of perfection in the use of her own imperial equipment.
During the battle, Esdeath knew how to maximize the advantages of her own imperial equipment.
Not only does she have extremely strong strength, but she also has first-class combat skills and combat experience, which is the huge difference between her and ordinary imperial equipment users.
Originally, Wood's body fell to the ground, and at most his back hit the ground, receiving a certain amount of impact damage.
At the moment of knocking Wood away, Esdeath had already calculated Wood's landing position, and stretched out her hand to create a giant ice cone directly on the ground.
The cone-shaped ice cone instantly rose from the ground, flashing with a cold tip, which could undoubtedly easily penetrate the flesh of any prey.
Needless to say, the purpose of Esdeath creating this ice cone was to give Wood a second trauma.
With the imperial armor and the strange ability to harden the skin, Esdeath knew that it was unrealistic to kill Wood directly, but it was certain that he could cause serious damage to him.
Because of the "Observation Haki", Wood, who flew backwards, could feel the danger from behind even if he didn't look back.
In order to avoid being strung together like a candied haws, Wood actually took the inertial force acting on his body, twisted his body in the air, and used the "Moon Step" in the Six Styles.
If it were someone else, even if he just withstood the inertial force and twisted his body, because of the influence of gravity, the body in a weightless state would still be pierced by the ice cone.
But Esdeath should never have thought that Wood also had the skill to move in the air.
"Is this also his Teigu ability? This is too outrageous. Obviously, everyone has armor-type Teigu, but my "Noble Chariot" has no other outstanding abilities except greatly improving physical abilities.
Why does his Teigu have so many additional abilities?"
Will and others have been watching the battle between Wood and Esdeath since the beginning. Compared with Esdeath who uses the "Ice Teigu", the power used by Wood is bizarre.
Not to mention the powerful sword energy, he actually has the ability to harden the skin to strengthen defense and attack, as well as the ability to resist cold, and can use small-scale ice power.
Now he has even come up with the ability to "walk in the air", how can other Teigu users survive?
Obviously, walking or flying in the air is not something that human power can do, so the "Moon Step" that Wood is using now is naturally considered by Will and others as one of the Teigu abilities.
And Tatsumi and Ran on the side also empathized with Will's complaints.
Tatsumi understands Will's feelings because he is also a user of armor-type Teigu, and his Teigu, "Devil's Haunting", is the same as Will's, in addition to increasing physical abilities, it only has an invisibility ability...
If the abilities that Wood used really came from Teigu, then whether it was "Noble Chariot" or "Devil's Haunting", it was obviously a complete copycat version of "Winter Knight".
In fact, Tatsumi really wanted to tell the "Hunter" member in front of him who was from the countryside like him and was good at complaining that if he knew what kind of person Wood was, he would probably be more autistic.
Because Wood himself is just like his imperial weapon, a comprehensive talent, no matter what, the other party seems to know a little bit.
From the complicated etiquette of the nobles, some hobbies of the nobles, to assassination techniques, some professional qualities of the killers, and even being an undercover agent, Wood seems to know everything.
The other person who felt uncomfortable was Ran. The imperial weapon of the blond handsome guy was the boots imperial weapon of "Mostima".
The effect is that the shoes grow wings, giving people the ability to fly, and at a very fast speed!
Originally, although such an ability is not strong among the imperial weapons, it can be regarded as mediocre, and Ran also likes this ability of his own.
But now seeing Wood using "Shave" and "Moon Step" to move at high speed in the air on the field, Ran suddenly felt that the imperial weapon on his feet was not so good.
His Teigu only has the ability to fly, but other people's Teigu, flying ability is just one of them...
If Will and Tatsumi's Teigu are just inferior products compared to Wood, then his Teigu can only be regarded as an accessory at most, um..., the kind of small gifts that come with buying high-end products.
——————Dividing line
On the other side, carrying the struggling Maine, after leaving the imperial capital, he deliberately circled outside for a few more times, and finally returned to the base of the night attack.
When Lubbock and Akahima who stayed behind saw the lonely expressions of the two, and the missing Wood and Tatsumi, they knew that something must have happened.
"What happened! Where did Wood and Tatsumi go?"
If things went well, Leone and Maine would not have such expressions, so Lubbock and Akahima were both anxious at this moment.
Soon, Leone also told the general situation, and this also caused Lubbock to pull Leone's collar with an angry face and yelled: "So I told you to listen to the knowledge of the boss, but you just didn't listen and insisted on going to the imperial capital to take risks!
If anything happens to Wood, I will settle accounts with you, Leone!"
Lubbock doesn't have many friends. In addition to Najeshitan, who has always been on his mind, Wood is one of his few real friends.
After all, the two grew up together, and even from joining the imperial army to the rebellion, Wood followed him all the way.
Although the two usually look like bad friends, it is undeniable that Lubbock really regards Wood as his true friend!
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..."
Leone also blamed herself at this moment. If it was what Wood said before, and because she had the responsibility to protect Marin's departure, she would definitely not choose to leave, but accompany Wood to fight to the end.
"Okay, Lubbock, it's not just Leone who decided to do this. Didn't Wood agree to it?
And they discussed with us about letting Tatsumi go undercover. Didn't you have any objections at the time?"
Seeing Lubbock scolding Leone in agitated anger and even taking out the imperial tool to attack, Akame quickly stood between the two of them to calm them down.
"Since Wood asked you two to go first and he has a way to get out, there shouldn't be any problem.
After all, didn't he fight with that Esdeath before and escaped unscathed?"
Lubbock knew that Akame was talking about the time when they were chased by Esdeath after they rebelled against the empire. At that time, Wood took the initiative to stay behind to deal with Esdeath, allowing Lubbock and Najeshitan to leave first.
"You don't understand anything at all. When Wood escaped from Esdeath, he was almost exhausted, and he said it was because Esdeath was careless and got lucky.
And this time it was not in the wilderness, but in the imperial capital! If a battle broke out there, do you think the so-called "hunter" and the imperial army would remain indifferent?
I know Wood best. Although he looks very unserious, in some cases, he is the most trustworthy guy.
The reason I said that is just that I don't want you to die with him!"
Hearing what Lubbock said, Maine and Leone also woke up instantly. Maine almost collapsed on the spot instantly, while Leone clenched his fists and walked out of the house without saying a word, obviously intending to go back to the imperial capital to save Wood.
Before Akato and Lubbock could stop Leone, three figures, two women and one man, suddenly appeared in front of the door, and the silver-haired woman among them directly reached out to stop Leone who was about to leave.
"I have just heard the general situation outside the door. What are you going to do in the imperial capital now? Are you going back to die?
Wood took such a big risk to let you two leave. Are you going to let him go and die in vain?"
The person who stopped Leone from leaving was naturally Najeshitan, who had just returned from the Revolutionary Army headquarters. As for the man and woman following her, they were the reinforcements from the Revolutionary Army this time.
The woman was a beautiful girl who looked only 17 or 18 years old, with long crimson hair, headphones on her head, and wearing a British-style uniform.
The other party's name is Chelsea, and as for the imperial weapon, it is "Transformation Free Gaia Foundation", which can perfectly imitate a person's appearance and even body shape.
Of course, temperament and personality cannot become exactly the same, so the user of this imperial weapon also needs a necessary condition, that is, excellent acting skills.
As for the man, he is a very tall and burly man. The other party is wearing a white wide-sleeved outfit, has short blue hair, a pair of horns on his head, and a red magatama the size of a plate on his chest. No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a normal human.
And in fact, this is indeed the case. This serious-looking man, named "Susanoo", is an imperial weapon, but it is an extremely rare biological imperial weapon, which has the ability to think and fight independently.
Originally, "Susanoo" had been sleeping for hundreds of years. This time, Najeshitan returned to the Revolutionary Army, but woke up because of meeting her, so she recognized him as her master.
"When I was in the Revolutionary Army, I heard about how great the night raids were, and how they had successfully assassinated important imperial officials in the Imperial Capital.
But now it seems that it's nothing special. If the leader is not around, the members will act recklessly. Does such an organization really have any discipline?"
Although Chelsea looks young and beautiful, she is surprisingly sarcastic. At this moment, looking at Leone who was impulsively preparing to go to the Imperial Capital, she spoke mercilessly.
"What are you talking about..."
Hearing what Chelsea said, Leone, whose anger value was already off the charts, pulled the other person's collar with an angry look on his face.
Looking at Leone, who was angry and glaring at her, Chelsea still kept a calm face and said, "Did I say anything wrong? Because of my unauthorized actions, my companions are in trouble, and now I only want to use my fists to solve the problem and atone for my sins.
Anger and impulse are the stupidest emotions of human beings, because they will make you lose your reason and the ability to think, just like you are now."
Looking at Chelsea, who was easily mentioned by him but still kept her mouth, Leone couldn't bear it anymore and punched, but was easily blocked by Susanoo on the side.
"Enough! Do you still take me, the leader, seriously!
Leone, if you act impulsively like this again, get out of the night raid, because your behavior will only kill more companions.
And Chelsea, I know what you have experienced before, but now we have to solve the problem, not provoke internal conflicts!"
Seeing that the situation was a little out of control, Najeshitan went crazy on the spot and stabilized the situation directly with her own aura.