Zongman: Evolution Paradise

"I know some of the legends about Esdeath, but since she has become a follower, most of the legends can no longer be taken seriously."

Jolyne looked at the mark on Esdeath's chest, a power called Demon Manifestation: Essence of the Demon.

The power system of Akame ga Kill! mainly consists of special equipment called Imperial Arms, which are created by dangerous creatures native to this world and possess a variety of powers.

The Demon God Manifestation: Essence of the Demon is such an Imperial Arm. It was forged from the blood of a super dangerous species that supposedly lived in the far north. It was previously kept in a jar, and anyone who drank from it would inevitably be provoked to various negative emotions and go completely insane.

In the story, Esdeath drinks an entire pot of blood, completely mastering the power of the Demon Manifestation: Essence of the Demon, and is able to freely manipulate ice. She even develops the Makopotama, which freezes time and space.

Jolyne speculates that it was this legend that led Esdeath to appear in the world as a Berserker.

"According to the original story, the Demon God Manifestation: Essence of the Demon can drive a person completely insane with just a little bit of it. Esdeath drank the entire pot of blood, so her current level of berserk mode must be extremely high."

Jolyne put Lily down from her arms and shrugged helplessly.

A high level of berserk state means that it is very difficult to regain sanity.

In Jolyne's memory, in the Fate world, only Beowulf and Kiyohime are Servants who can get rid of the negative effects of Berserk; the others can basically only regain some sanity just before they die.

"Let me try using magic first."

As Medea spoke, her gaze remained fixed on Lily.

Yesterday, Medea said she hated Lily, but her actions betrayed her words as she protected Lily, constantly wary of Jolyne, and trying to prevent anything from happening between them.

Today, Medea still expresses her disgust for Lily and remains wary of Jolyne's contact with Lily, but the reasons behind it have completely changed.

Perhaps because Jolyne did not choose to betray her even in the face of a life-or-death crisis, Medea was somewhat caught in the fog of romantic infatuation. On one hand, she was caught up in her own concerns for various reasons, and on the other hand, she naturally did not want Lily to come into contact with her master...

Lily, now an adult, probably realized this, but she didn't have as many concerns as Medea. She neither intended to give Medea face nor to hide her affection, and whenever she had the chance, she would take advantage of her cuteness to stay in Jolyne's arms.

However, Lily's actions could only go as far as hugging, because due to the nature of the materialized split, her existence relied on Medea and she could not resist Medea's power at all, so she dared not go too far.

Using her gaze to intimidate Lily, Medea glanced around at Medusa, Saber, and Yukino Yukinoshita, believing that she was the one with the strongest aura present and the greatest importance to Jolyne.

"Will Jolyne praise me after I've dealt with Esdeath's berserk state?"

Medea thought to herself, blushing slightly, as she reached out her hand to Esdeath's forehead.

Faced with Medea's imminent approach, Esdeath was restless and quite agitated. However, with Medusa and Saber suppressing her, this was no longer something Esdeath could decide on her own.

When Medea's fingers touched it, her own magic activated.

Inherent skill - Circe's Teachings, level A, in the game its effect is to remove debuffs from a single ally and increase NP gain.

In reality, the effects of a level A inherent skill are naturally far more than that.

The witch Circe was Medea's senior, and she greatly helped Medea learn magic. However, her personality flaws also affected Medea's future.

In her legends, she essentially represents wisdom, independence, and self-discovery.

Medea's idea was roughly to use this wisdom and self-awareness to dispel Esdeath's berserk state and restore her sanity.

After waiting for a moment, Jolyne saw Medea frown. Her magic continued to surge, and she tried several more times, but eventually withdrew the magic.

"What's going on?" Jolyne asked.

“I used magic to roughly explore her consciousness. Her situation is a bit complicated. The berserk effect brought about by her class is only part of the reason. The real reason is that she herself is unwilling to regain her sanity.”

Medea briefly stated the results of her investigation, rubbing her forehead. Clearly, probing the consciousness of a Berserker was no easy task.

"He himself is unwilling to break free from his berserk state?" Jolyne pondered for a moment. Such a situation was naturally beyond the ability of outsiders to resolve.

Seeing that Medea looked unhappy, Jolyne went over and ruffled her hair to comfort her, "You've had a hard time, Medea."

Gently stroked by Jolyne, steam effects appeared on Medea's head. She sat motionless in the distance, and only after Jolyne withdrew her hand did she softly reply, "Thank you for your concern, Master..."

After they finished speaking, the air fell silent again, and the seven people sat together without saying a word.

Jolyne was pondering a solution, while Esdeath would occasionally bare her teeth at Saber.

Saber munched on potato chips, while Medusa shook her chain blades, sensing the degree of swaying.

Yukino Yukinoshita propped her chin on her hand, looking like she had been in a bad mood ever since she returned from Homurahara School.

Lily looked around, observing the situation. Although she didn't quite understand, she pretended to be deep in thought.

Chapter 193 The Spider Web of the Jorogumo

Everyone present seemed to have their own thoughts on their own, sitting quietly in their seats.

It's as if they were the losers in the previous battle, and now they are undergoing a profound reflection.

Lily, the only one who wasn't bothered by anything, waited for a while, but couldn't stand it any longer. She shifted her position and asked a question that she didn't quite understand.

“Um, Master, so why do we need to restore her sanity? Actually, her self-awareness doesn’t matter at all. As long as we can let her release her Noble Phantasm at the crucial moment through the connection with the Master, that’s fine.”

"This..." Jolyne looked up and realized that she hadn't explained the reason, and they had just trusted her decision.

"There are many reasons. Berserkers are very strong, and their demand for mana is the highest of all classes. In fact, many Masters have been drained to death because they cannot provide enough mana. Esdeath, who has no rationality, will naturally not care about my life or death. As long as a battle occurs, she will definitely drain mana to the maximum extent."

“An uncontrolled Berserker is difficult to micromanage from a tactical perspective, especially with you guys on my team. If Esdeath suddenly starts giving random orders on the battlefield, all sorts of plans might be directly ruined by this guy.”

Jolyne explained briefly to Lily, who nodded thoughtfully, glanced at Medea, quickly stepped onto the sofa, leaned closer, kissed Jolyne's cheek, and said energetically, "Then, Master can take your time to think about it, there's no need to rush."

"Lily!" Medea clenched her fists and warned her with considerable displeasure.

Lily shrank back, but Jolyne beside her gave her the courage to face Medea directly. Lily buried her face in her master's arms, only showing one eye as she looked at Medea, her smile forming a crescent shape.

As Jolyne watched their intimate and friendly interaction, she suddenly came up with an immature solution to Esdeath's berserk state.

"...I'm going to the workshop."

After thinking for a moment, Jolyne immediately put Lily down and reached out her hand to Esdeath again.

Upon hearing Jolyne mention going to the workshop, Saber's eyes immediately lit up. She coughed lightly and asked with feigned modesty, "Lord Jolyne, are you going to that place?"

Snacks are delicious, but when faced with dishes that can make you glow, they become a reluctant choice to eat.

Saber believed that her Jolyne companions could understand her hints and bring her culinary offerings.

Then Saber heard Jolyne's response, which sent a shockwave through her stomach.

"The glowing food... is probably all gone..."

"Why did you finish eating it all?" Saber's intuition was not good. In her mind, food could be cooked again after it was finished, just like Gawain always had potatoes to make mashed potatoes.

"Because those dishes are actually pre-made meals..."

Anyway, Jolyne didn't know when the things she took out of the fish pot were made, because her luck had dropped and she couldn't produce any high-quality items now. However, she did have some dishes that could cause clothes to burst out of their packaging hidden in the workshop.

Jolyne disappeared with Esdeath in her arms. Saber's ahoge (cowlick) drooped and she collapsed. Lily was smiling when she noticed Medea sitting next to her, which froze her expression.

"I was wrong, uh."

“I can’t tell at all.”

……

"Hi."

"Hi."

After greeting Ai Haibara in the workshop, Jolyne settled Esdeath in a corner of the workshop.

"Has something happened?" Ai Haibara didn't stop what she was doing, glancing at Esdeath out of the corner of her eye. Another unfamiliar face.

From her perspective, Jolyne had only been gone for less than an hour. When she first returned, she showed some concern, but now she showed none at all.

"I just acquired a Servant, but she's a Berserker without any rationality and isn't willing to break free from this situation. I've come to the workshop to see if I can resolve her psychological issues."

Jolyne explained it to Ai Haibara in a concise manner.

Ai Haibara raised an eyebrow and joked, "I remember the workshop doesn't have the function of a psychologist, but it is very good at making her completely lose her mind."

"Isn't Medea a magician? Why not just use the workshop to destroy her self-awareness and then use magic to recreate a new soul?"

Wearing liquid glue gloves, Ai Haibara calmly described a rather dark method.

Xu Lun couldn't believe that someone with a body temperature of 37°C could utter such cold words.

Fortunately, Esdeath was truly irrational and didn't understand their conversation, otherwise she would have had to give Ai Haibara a different treatment than the Night Raid team.

"It is indeed a good method, but heroic spirits are a bit special. Rather than a dark approach, I will try a more heartwarming one first."

"We'll talk about the special nature of Heroic Spirits another time," Jolyne said, agreeing with Ai Haibara's idea, while pulling out a special item from the workshop.

It looks like a thin spider web, with the spider silk tinged with pink, and feels like 20D white silk that has just been taken off and is still a little warm.

Prop - Jorogumo's Love Spider Web

Description: The spider web woven for you by the Jorogumo.

Effect: Anyone caught in a spider's web will fall in love with you...

Bonus: None

Conditions for use: For some beings, their ways of expressing love may be different...

This is a gift that Jolyne obtained from Jorogumo through the Non-Human Girl Training Manual. Its effect is simple: anyone covered by this item will develop feelings of love for the user.

According to Medea's investigation, Esdeath is unwilling to regain her sanity, most likely due to a craving for power or something similar...

Looking at Esdeath's life, the desire for power occupies most of it. She believes in the law of the jungle, that only the strong can survive, and Esdeath, who was undoubtedly killed, undoubtedly became the weak that she despised.

In order to escape this situation, the Berserker class, which naturally loses its rationality and enhances its combat power, has emerged.

After making a rough analysis, Jolyne began to think about how to resolve Esdeath's inner conflict.

Seeing Medea and Lily playfully fighting, Jolyne had an idea. For Esdeath, there was something that was just as important as power.

That thing was about dating...

Hmm... The strongest general of an empire, who has slaughtered countless alien races, has only one wish: to have a normal romantic relationship.

However, this is not surprising, since there are quite a few Servants in the Fate world who also want to have a real romance, such as Medea and Suzuka Gozen...

In the original story, Esdeath had five requirements for her love interest: he should be courageous, ambitious, strong, younger than her, have a pure smile, and come from the same border region as her.

Although Jolyne meets Esdeath's criteria in all aspects except for her birthplace, there is actually a big problem: Esdeath's personality. She is a sadist and has a strong desire to dominate her lover.

Aside from in bed, how could Jolyne possibly accept being dominated by someone else?

However, everything is still speculation. How much love this item will make Esdeath feel for Jolyne, and whether Esdeath, now in love, will be willing to break free from her Berserk state, are all unknowns.

Jolyne held the love spider web of Jorogumo and draped it over Esdeath's head.

"Hopefully this prop will work."

Chapter 194 Love Will Dispel the Fog

Because her armor was shattered by Jolyne, Esdeath is now wearing the military uniform that appeared in the original story. Her long, dark blue hair extends from under her military cap, and she wears a fitted long-sleeved general's uniform. The belt around her waist accentuates her figure, and the short skirt that just reaches her thighs is paired with white knee-high boots, highlighting the whiteness of her thighs. In particular, the deep cleavage at the neckline, with its pattern, looks very alluring.

When Jolyne covered Esdeath's head with the spider web, Esdeath let out a muffled groan, and then the spider web turned into some kind of special energy and disappeared from its original location.

The next moment, Jolyne saw Esdeath move in front of her, her hair swaying behind her, and a slightly cold aura approaching her.

Ai Haibara yawned from her seat, observed quietly for a while, and then asked, "Should I leave to make room for you?"

"...There's absolutely no need for that."

Jolyne couldn't withstand Esdeath's strength and it took her a while to break free. Her eyes were half-closed and her lowered face showed no expression.

"Why? Is it because Lady Jolyne prefers to be watched?" Haibara Ai didn't stop her sarcastic remarks after Jolyne's refusal, raising her hand and continuing to complain: "If you need that kind of service, I can go and call that guy, the human-faced dog, over."

"Do you need me to briefly describe the moment you embarrassed yourself in Anya's presence?"

Ai Haibara ran her finger across her lips, as if she had already zipped up her pants.

Having successfully silenced Ai Haibara and turned her gaze away, Jolyne looked at Esdeath, who was looking down, and asked, "How are you feeling?"

"It has a strange feel, but it's not bad."

Esdeath clutched her racing heart, her voice low and deep. She quickly raised her head and commanded in an unquestionable tone, "One more time!"

"No...no...wait a minute."

The sensation was certainly strange, because Esdeath's movements were far too clumsy and forceful. Even a McDonald's dog with a human face wouldn't like having its lips bitten and bleeding by someone's teeth.

“What I mean is, what is the state of your existence right now?” Jolyne asked again.