In Zongman, he transformed into Fu Hua at the beginning

When Will came with her before, she thought that Will was not as straightforward as he seemed and that he knew how to adapt, but now it seems that he only understood half of it.

"Don't worry, the minister won't say anything."

Esdeath casually said something and walked towards the Earl's Mansion.

Even if she really did disobey orders, what could the minister do? Besides, she wasn't disobeying orders now, she was just acting on her own. At most, she could go through the formalities later. Could the minister really turn against her over such a thing?

Will didn't know what Esdeath was thinking, but seeing that the two women around him started to act on their own, he had no choice but to sacrifice his life to accompany the women.

If the Empire wants to cause trouble, I'll find a way to take more responsibility...

Fields, who was packing up his family's belongings, was stunned when he heard that Esdeath wanted to see him. Not only him, but even the guards and housekeepers in the mansion were stunned.

It turns out that Earl Fields was not speaking without purpose. General Esdeath is really here?

Although I was confused, I was immediately filled with ecstasy.

There is not a single Emperor Equipment User on his side, let alone such a strong one. Even the number of soldiers is only about a thousand, and even if all the troops are mobilized, it is impossible for them to exceed three thousand. In this case, if they come into contact with that dragon girl, they will be shattered.

But now that Esdeath is in charge, things are different.

He flattered and eagerly treated Esdeath as a guest of honor, and couldn't wait to take out the treasure he was about to take away to show his favor.

Esdeath was not interested in these things and originally wanted to give them to Will and Hei Tong, but Will and Hei Tong were not interested either.

So she simply asked Fields to send these to the imperial capital and let Lan take care of them, and then went to where the soldiers were stationed.

How should I put it...Even though she didn't have high expectations, the quality of this army still made Esdeath extremely unhappy.

Fortunately, she didn't have to keep this place.

Time quickly came to three days later.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the blue-purple flames that were thousands of meters away and could already smell the warmth, the joy and fighting spirit in Esdeath's eyes could hardly be concealed.

Abrana also noticed Esdeath on the city wall. The two looked at each other from a distance. The aura of the strong men almost made the people around them drenched in cold sweat and unable to move. Frost spread from the city wall, and dead fire burned on the ground.

Before the battle even started, many soldiers had already fainted.

“Far exceeded expectations…”

Esdeath couldn't suppress the smile at all.

Chapter 14 If you can survive.

On one side is ice, on the other is fire, one side has a passionate and abundant fighting spirit, while the other side seems to have no fighting passion at all.

To be honest, judging by the current state of the two, perhaps they should exchange their imperial weapons.

"That's..."

Unlike Esdeath who was full of fighting spirit, Will was almost unable to move at this time.

Just being glanced at by those cold green eyes made him feel numb all over. He had never seen such a sense of oppression and momentum before.

Hei Tong's condition was better than Will's, but his complexion was obviously not looking very good either.

Esdeath was not surprised by the two's situation, because she knew very well that the other party was definitely not inferior to herself in strength. It was already very good that they could still maintain their fighting spirit in the face of such an enemy.

Didn’t you see that two of the three beast warriors could hardly even move in front of Abrana?

Looking at the three familiar figures following Abrana, Esdeath's eyes flickered, but there was no more emotion. After all, they could no longer be called human beings, and naturally they were not her subordinates.

In this increasingly stagnant atmosphere, the Shenchi troops finally arrived not far from the city gate.

"I didn't expect General Esdeath to have time to come here."

Abrana wore a fake smile that Esdeath disliked: "I thought you would be waiting for me in the imperial capital."

This is a bit harsh, but it doesn't mean that Esdeath is afraid. Both of them know that Esdeath will never be afraid of fighting. Even if there is a high possibility that she will lose or die in the battle, she will resolutely launch a charge.

But from a rational point of view, it is indeed the best approach for Esdeath to stay in the imperial capital and wait, and it is also the approach that the ministers will definitely choose.

What Abrana meant was that Esdeath was completely treated as a guard dog with a collar and braces, and no matter how ferocious it was, it would obey its master's orders.

"You've already become a traitor, yet you're still so short-sighted."

Esdeath laughed.

Again, she really doesn't like politics, but that doesn't mean she's not smart, nor does it mean she's not good at talking.

However, even if it wasn't bad, she wasn't the type to talk too much and was too lazy to say any more nonsense. She couldn't wait for the next battle.

With a crisp snap of fingers, a huge ice cone hundreds of meters long and two to three hundred meters wide instantly formed above the heads of the Deep Pool troops. The soldiers, who had been somewhat shaken by the appearance of Esdeath, swallowed hard, but did not show any panic.

However, Abrana couldn't just let the icicles fall like that, otherwise even if the soldiers didn't panic, the horses would.

There was no need to even look up at the ice cone. A sky-high blue-purple flame ignited out of thin air in front of the ice cone. The astonishing temperature made Esdeath's pupils shrink suddenly, and then a hundred-meter-long ice wall unfolded in front of the city wall.

There was not even time for it to melt into water. The moment it came into contact with the blue-purple flame, the ice cone was vaporized. While the greeting gift that Esdeath had prepared was easily dissolved, the city wall that was not protected by the ice wall actually showed signs of melting.

"What kind of high temperature is this!?"

Will came back to his senses and his expression became completely solemn.

"It seems that our compatibility is extremely poor."

Abrana's smile remained unchanged. It was impossible for her to show any signs of fatigue at this level. "The highest temperature fire can reach and the lowest temperature ice can reach are completely unequal."

Although physically speaking the temperatures of the two cannot be compared in this way, it does not stop her from talking nonsense.

Esdeath's smile remained unchanged. "Battles aren't decided solely by ability."

In fact, she also knew that her imperial weapon was not powerful.

If Najeshitan, who believed that the Devil's Essence was the strongest imperial weapon, heard this, she would definitely exclaim that it was impossible, but the fact is that the Devil's Essence is not a powerful imperial weapon. No one before her has ever been able to remain sane, not to mention that even when using its power while losing their minds, there has never been any amazing performance.

One of the reasons why the Essence of Demon is so powerful now is that unlike those who drank a few sips before, Esdeath drank it completely.

And the second one of them... is that Esdeath is powerful enough.

Using an imperial weapon would be a burden. For anyone else, the Devil's Essence would just be an imperial weapon with a 100% mortality rate. Even if they could hold on and throw a few icicles, they would still feel tired after that.

Although it cannot be said to be weak or useless, it is indeed not that outstanding compared to those imperial instruments that can increase their power several times.

Therefore, she never thought that it was the imperial weapon that made her successful, but rather that she made this imperial weapon the strongest imperial weapon.

Besides...

In terms of the strength of the imperial weapon, Esdeath felt that Abrana was about the same as herself. Based on her understanding of the dragon blood imperial weapon, it was something that could not bring much improvement to its owner.

Dividing one's power among soldiers will weaken the more one distributes it. What can a weak person do if he gets it? Looking at the history of the Empire, the decline of the Draco family is obvious.

Yes, the same situation applies to this dragon girl.

It's not the Teigu that makes them successful, but they are born strong, which allows them to control the Teigu, ignore all its negative effects, and maximize its advantages.

"I won't give you time."

Without waiting for Abrana's response, Esdeath, with her body wrapped in cold air, drew the rapier from her waist and shot from the city wall in front of Abrana at explosive speed.

If it was against another opponent, then in order to let them exert their full strength and arouse her interest, Esdeath would wait for them to retract their strength before starting the fight, but...

The opponent in front of her was one that made her adrenaline surge like never before. Facing such the strongest person in the world, she had no reason to be arrogant.

The next moment, the sound of spears and rapiers clashing rang out. Unable to hold on for even a moment, the horse under Abrana's crotch had all its internal organs shattered by the huge force, and its limp body fell to the ground.

"I quite like this horse."

Abrana's voice was still gentle, and this ease made Esdeath's smile even more beautiful. "Don't be sad. Once you become my pet, I will find you any kind of steed. Of course, the premise is that you can survive."

This statement was not meant to be an underestimation, but rather that Esdeath was not confident that she could hold back and capture the enemy alive in a contest of this level.

"Ah, you believe in the supremacy of the strong."

Abbrana's tone was filled with interest as she responded to Esdeath's concern: "Then as a courtesy, I will also take good care of you."

"Of course, the premise is that you can survive."

Chapter 15: The weak defeats the strong?

The iceberg melts in the flames, and the flames burn on the ice.

The constantly alternating hot and cold air made the troops on and below the city walls endure inhuman torture. Fortunately, neither Esdeath nor Abrana liked to let mortals suffer, and they both gradually shifted the battlefield to other places.

Will and Hei Tong naturally wanted to follow, but the three beast warriors were not pushovers either.

Let me reiterate that Esdeath has been keeping him by her side for such a long time without ever considering changing him. The strength of the Three Beast Warriors is not weak even among the imperial weapon users. Neo was killed instantly because he was really not good at frontal combat, and Daidas was even simpler. Before Susanoo arrived, Brand was the strongest combat force in the night raid.

One is a powerful imperial weapon user, and the other is the strongest among the elite imperial weapon users.

If Brand had not been exhausted from remaining invisible and stabbed his thigh to resist hypnosis, the outcome of the battle would have been much different.

Watching the waterspout rising into the sky not far away, Esdeath was both surprised and delighted. She looked at Abrana, who was unharmed not far away, and smiled, "I see. The reason they didn't completely vaporize my ice like before was because of this trick."

"Liva is an excellent and powerful Teigu user. Under your training, he has become an unrivaled master in both the use of Teigu and Taijutsu."

Abrana nodded decisively, then pointed the tip of her spear at Esdeath, who had several minor wounds on her body. "It seems that whether it's physical fitness, combat skills, or the compatibility of imperial weapons, you are at a disadvantage."

"Ah, you're right."

Esdeath naturally would not be stubborn. Although both of them had blood imperial weapons that enhanced their physical fitness and possessed elemental abilities, Abrana's physical fitness was stronger than hers, and her fire could greatly restrict her ice.

but……

"If victory or defeat could be determined solely by this, then there would be no need for wars and battles."

Esdeath still did not think that she had no chance of winning. In fact, her desire to survive and her fighting spirit had reached the peak at this moment. With her blood boiling, in order to find the way to win that she longed for so much, she put all her energy and inspiration into the development of the imperial weapon.

"Our Teigu are very similar. We both have blood and the power to create elements out of thin air, but there's something strange about them."

In response to Esdeath's speech, Abrana did not respond immediately, but listened attentively.

"You can use that flame to resurrect the dead, turning them into servants fighting for you. This seems to be an additional ability that the Devil's Essence does not possess. That's what I originally thought."

Esdeath's smile grew crazier. "But that's not the case! Compared to your Imperial Gear, which has had users for hundreds of years and has developed its abilities to a greater degree, the Devil's Essence has never had a master. This also means it still has potential!"

"It seems you already have your answer."

Abbrana wasn't surprised.

However, facing Abrana's serious expression, Esdeath suppressed her smile and regained her composure and rationality. "Yes, in order to defeat you, to have the power to compete with your army, I have developed my imperial equipment to a whole new level. But... even these still cannot defeat you, at least not yet."

Esdeath's use of imperial weapons is not without progress. In the original work, she developed Mokopotmo, the Ice Cavalry, and the Ice Storm General.

The three capabilities are:

Freeze time and space.

Created out of thin air, ice cavalry can fight independently, automatically recover after being destroyed, and have combat power far exceeding that of ordinary soldiers.

The energy stored by all the ice cavalrymen was gathered together and then released in one breath. Its impact range was enough to cover the entire empire. Yes, not the imperial capital, but the entire empire.

In fact, these are the three abilities that Esdeath has developed so far. At this moment, she has the feeling of being a supermodel of the Devil's Essence. However, this supermodel is still not the credit of the Devil's Essence, and the supermodel can only adapt to such a powerful master like herself in the Devil's Essence.

but……

With the dragon girl's flames, even with the Mokopotmo, she couldn't be frozen, and the ice cavalry would only consume the opponent's servants and would not play any role in the battle between the two.

As for General Binglan, he did not have enough ice cavalry at the moment, so this move would not be very effective.

In this case, there is no effective change in your current situation.

Thinking of this, Esdeath suppressed the desire to continue fighting. It was not like she had never faced dangerous species stronger than herself. Her experience as a hunter taught her how to defeat the strong with the weak when facing powerful prey.

"Then join my team."

Abbrana held out her hand.

"Unfortunately, our battle is not over yet. It is just a temporary break."

Esdeath refused.

"I didn't expect General Esdeath to go back on her word."

"Haha, I certainly can't defeat you right now, but unless you can keep me, the battle between us will only continue until our next meeting."

Esdeath knew that her words were a bit harsh, but...

She was so excited. A weak opponent defeating a strong one? This feeling of anticipation, which she hadn't experienced in years, and the exhilaration of success, had made her almost uncontrollable in her desire to quickly accumulate strength.

"Alright."

Abbrana lowered her arms. "Next time we meet in the imperial capital, you will have no way to retreat. Unlike the minister, when I raise a beast, I tend to sharpen its teeth and claws, so that it learns to obey, rather than letting its savagery run wild."