After the Revolutionary Army was defeated, the Empire also completely occupied all the surrounding territories, effectively unifying the entire Continent.
Then there was the Path of Peace church. Lin Che didn't suppress and destroy it but chose to accept it.
He made the Path of Peace the state religion, and its leader was appointed as the National Preceptor.
However, the Path of Peace needed internal cleansing. For example, Deputy Leader Borick was a spy the Minister had planted in the Path of Peace with the goal of controlling it.
There was also the Teigu user Holey Marker, Borick's ultimate enforcer.
After cleaning up these Minister remnants, the Path of Peace officially became the state religion.
As for the original Imperial Fist Temple, Lin Che ordered it to be eradicated.
Among the Rakshasa Four Demons, except for Suzuka and Mez, who committed fewer evils, the remaining Thorn and Ibarra were also executed.
The Three Beasts under Esdeath were also all executed.
The Minister of Works, Dr. Stylish, was also executed.
Because there happened to be someone in the Revolutionary Army who could use the Teigu Perfector · Divine Hand, he was no longer useful.
In addition, the former Captain of the Imperial Guard, Ogre, and the Executioner Zank, had their deeds exposed and were then executed.
As for the dog girl Seryu, Lin Che spared her.
This person just had a twisted understanding of justice, but she was very good to ordinary people.
After Ogre's evil deeds were exposed, Seryu, as his disciple, no longer believed in him like in the original work, or even sought revenge for him, but rather wished she could personally execute that beast.
Finally, Lin Che reassigned the dog girl Seryu, along with the remaining Rakshasa Four Demons, Suzuka and Mez, to Esdeath's command, making the three of them the new Three Beasts.
From then on, except for the Minister's son Syura, who was far overseas, all unstable factors in the Empire and all the villains from the original work were executed!
The entire country welcomed a new era, began rapid development, became increasingly prosperous, and moved towards a golden age.
The Little Emperor also immediately issued an order to search for other Teigu that had been scattered outside the Empire.
Anyone who provides information will be heavily rewarded!
Currently, out of forty-eight Teigu, thirty-nine have been collected, leaving nine more to complete the set.
The Minister's son Syura, and his five enforcers each have a Teigu, making a total of six Teigu.
In other words, the whereabouts of three more Teigu are unknown.
In order to replicate all the Teigu, Lin Che also paid a heavy price, mobilizing all the Empire's troops to start searching in various Cities.
This search lasted for half a month.
The last three Teigu were finally found.
So next, they just had to wait for that kid Syura to deliver the remaining six Teigu to their doorstep.
Lin Che was not in a hurry and began to govern the country peacefully.
He wrote out new policies one by one and handed them over to the Little Emperor to implement.
Although these policies were numerous, they had only two main objectives.
The first was to consolidate imperial power, even going so far as to use the state religion, the Path of Peace, to promote the supremacy of imperial power!
The second was to favor the poor, suppress the nobles, and balance the contradictions between the two major classes.
Under these circumstances, the Empire's strength also became increasingly powerful.
Just like that, another week passed.
Just as Lin Che was starting to get a little impatient waiting, the Minister's son Syura finally returned from the Western Continent.
Because the Empire had already ruled the entire Eastern Continent, including the overseas islands, as soon as this guy set foot on this Continent, his whereabouts were discovered and reported.
After Lin Che learned the news, he immediately sent Esdeath with her new Three Beasts, as well as Night Raid members and the Jaegers members from the original work, and so on.
Almost all the Teigu users went together to annihilate Syura!
That kid could be said to be the most disgusting existence to him in the original work; he had to be killed.
After Syura entered the Empire, he received news that his Father, the Minister, was dead!
This made him very angry, and he swore to kill his enemy, Lin Che.
However, before he could take any action, he was surrounded by dozens of Teigu users led by Esdeath and Najeta.
The battle was a one-sided slaughter, with no chance of resistance.
Finally, everyone except the alchemist Dorothea was killed.
Sparing Dorothea's life was also Lin Che's instruction, because he wanted to obtain alchemy from her!
The alchemy of this world is also a rare and precious knowledge.
Finally, the six Teigu were sent back to the Imperial Capital, and the Empire finally gathered all the Teigu once again.
Lin Che was also impatient and replicated all forty-eight Teigu.
Of course, biological type Teigu cannot be directly replicated, but Lin Che did not directly replicate their bodies; instead, he replicated their weapons.
For example, Speed of Light · Susanoo, Lin Che directly had him go berserk, and then replicated his weapons after going berserk: Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, Yata no Kagami, and Yasakani no Magatama!
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi has the strongest attack power, Yata no Kagami can defend against all attacks and even reflect them back, and Yasakani no Magatama provides high-speed movement!
Any one of these three weapons taken alone could rival a Teigu.
As a result, they were all concentrated on a humanoid biological Teigu, which was simply terrifying.
In the original work, only an existence like Esdeath could kill Susanoo.
Otherwise, no one could truly defeat him, not even General Bude.
After Lin Che finished replicating all the Teigu, he distributed the Teigu that didn't have masters yet based on merit.
Since the protagonist Tatsumi didn't inherit Brand's Teigu because Brand didn't die, Lin Che gave him another Teigu.
Including his two companions, they were also assigned Teigu.
After the Teigu were distributed, Lin Che had Dorthea brought before him and made her write down all of her alchemy from memory.
At first, Dorthea was unwilling; she knew that if she wrote it down, she would surely be executed.
As long as she didn't write, the other party wouldn't do anything to her.
However, she underestimated Lin Che's methods. Lin Che simply used a charm Type-Moon Magic he had learned from Merlin, combined with illusions. Dorthea, like the Little Emperor, was completely controlled by him and became a puppet.
Then, under Lin Che's command, Dorthea wrote down all the alchemy and even offered him a Philosopher's Stone she had on her.
Lin Che was very satisfied. After getting what he wanted, he executed Dorthea.
Over the next few days, he began to study alchemy and integrate these alchemy techniques into his Forging skills.
...
Five days later, the Little Emperor announced he would abdicate the throne to Lin Che.
Lin Che agreed!
Thus, the non-royal Prince Lin Che ascended the throne and became Emperor, calling himself Emperor Wu!
The change of ruler also meant that the former Empire was indirectly overthrown by him.
Now, the Empire's surname was Lin!
What was unexpected was that on the day Lin Che ascended the throne, General Bude returned.
That's right, he came to stop Lin Che from becoming Emperor.
In fact, Bude was well aware of Lin Che killing the Minister and controlling the Little Emperor, but he didn't interfere.
He was stubborn and believed that military generals should not meddle in court politics.
As long as the throne belonged to the Little Emperor, he didn't care how Lin Che wielded absolute power.
Didn't the former Minister control the Little Emperor in the same way?
Lin Che was clearly much better than the Minister.
At the very least, he knew how to govern, how to crack down on corrupt officials, save the corrupt Empire, and even unify the entire Eastern Continent!
So, in Bude's opinion, as long as Lin Che didn't have ambitions for the throne, he could turn a blind eye to him controlling the Little Emperor.
But now that Lin Che wanted to become Emperor, he couldn't sit still.
His loyalty was always to the royal bloodline, not to Lin Che.
When Esdeath saw Bude make a move, an excited expression appeared on her face.
"Do you want to fight him?" Lin Che asked Esdeath beside him.
"Of course, I really dislike the title 'Empire's Twin Strongest'. In my opinion, there can only be one strongest general in the Empire!" Esdeath said, drawing her sword.
Lin Che smiled slightly, simply snapped his fingers, and activated barrier magic, trapping Bude's army, leaving only Bude himself.
In his opinion, those soldiers were also the Empire's army, and there was no need for them to be sacrificed here.
Next, he would let Esdeath and Bude have a one-on-one fight.
All the Teigu users present were filled with excitement.
The two strongest generals of the Empire would decide the victor today.
Black Eyes, standing beside Lin Che, asked her sister Akame, "Sister, who do you think will win?"
Akame said almost without hesitation, "Esdeath!"
"Why?" Black Eyes asked with a puzzled look.
"Because Esdeath is His Majesty's woman!" Akame's gaze turned towards Lin Che.
Both she and Black Eyes had been enhanced by Lin Che with the Divine Flame. Akame knew very well about the explosive increase in strength and the changes in physical functions after that enhancement.
As Lin Che's woman, Esdeath must have also been cleansed by the Divine Flame.
Lin Che smiled slightly, acknowledging her words.
After using the Divine Flame to help Black Eyes and Akame enhance last time, he had privately enhanced Esdeath and Najeta as well.
Now, Esdeath not only mastered Type-Moon Magic and No Occupation Magic but also cultivated Fighting Spirit, and her strength had reached the peak of Sword King.
Even if she didn't use her ice Teigu, Bude was not her opponent.
Bude was also shocked to see his army controlled by Lin Che with just a snap of his fingers.
However, as a great general, he quickly calmed down.
Even if he was alone, so what? As the strongest in the Empire, he would defeat everyone present!
Even Esdeath, who was also considered the strongest in the Empire, he didn't put in his eyes.
She was just a little girl. No matter how strong she was, could she be stronger than him?
Bude had absolute confidence!
Esdeath looked at the confidence in Bude's eyes, and a hint of an excited smile appeared on her lips.
It was the excitement of seeing a powerful prey!
The stronger the prey, the more interesting the hunt.
Almost in an instant, Esdeath swung her sword.
She used the Sword God Style, a fighting style based on speed.
Bude's eyes widened. He hadn't expected Esdeath to be so strong and so fast.
He saw faint currents appearing on the mechanical arms on his two arms, using weak currents to strengthen the cells in his body and increase his speed.
This technique was the same principle as the 'Chidori' from the Naruto world.
In an instant, Bude's speed greatly increased.
The two instantly clashed, and the collision of sword and fist produced roars.
All the Teigu users present, except for Akame, Black Eyes, Brand, and Najeta, couldn't even clearly see the figures of Esdeath and Bude, only streaks of afterimages colliding with each other.
Suddenly, Black Eyes said, "Bude is falling behind, Esdeath is amazing!"
Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Black Eyes.
Because they couldn't even see the fight clearly!
A few seconds after Black Eyes' words fell, there was a loud bang, and Bude was sent flying by Esdeath.
"Pfft!"
Bude, who landed on the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood and looked at Esdeath with disbelief.
Why was this little girl so strong?
The other party didn't even use a Teigu, she simply suppressed him with brute force.
How was this possible?
Esdeath looked at Bude's disheveled state and said happily, "General Bude, who was praised to the heavens, is nothing more than this!"
"You..." Bude was so angry that he spat out another mouthful of blood.
"In that case, I can't care about causing innocent harm." Bude took a deep breath and flew directly into the sky.
He saw him raise his hands to the sky, and terrifying currents erupted from his entire body.
This posture was like Sun Wukong gathering a Spirit Bomb.
The originally clear sky instantly became covered with dark clouds, and the lightning in the dark clouds seemed to be guided by something, striking towards Bude one after another.
Finally, a huge ball of lightning gathered on his hands.
Seeing this, Esdeath's expression didn't change at all.
She pointed the Western longsword in her hand towards Bude in the sky, as if to provoke him.
Bude's face became even uglier, and he quickly gathered more lightning.
The lightning ball quickly grew to a diameter of about three meters.
"Junior, take this attack, and I'll admit you're stronger than me!" Bude said, smashing the lightning ball towards Esdeath.
Clearly, he was worried that Esdeath would avoid this attack, so he deliberately provoked her with words.
"Is this your strongest attack? It's nothing more than this!" Esdeath sneered.
The next moment, she circulated the Fighting Spirit throughout her body and then swung her sword.
The terrifying sword energy cut the lightning ball in half. Not only that, but even the dark clouds in the sky were torn apart by the sword energy, revealing the blue sky and the sun again.