Later, with the minister's help, he drank the Ice Imperial Arms, Essence of the Demon, which originally belonged to Esdeath.
After that, he gradually came to be known as the strongest on land.
As for Esdeath, she had been his adjutant ever since the day she enlisted.
"No matter how you look at it, you're just a male version of Esdeath, aren't you?" Celestial Dragon Shirou made a feeble retort before asking, "By the way, now that you've shared our strengths, how many times a day can you use time freeze now?"
"Hard to say, about a hundred times should be no problem."
"Oh oh... Now you really are the strongest on land. What do you plan to do next? Overthrow the Empire and take its place?"
"Not interested. Corrupt though the Empire may be, it's my favorite stage."
Edris Shirou paused, then laughed heartily and said:
"I love war, very, very much. Wherever there's war, you'll find me."
That's right, Edris, who was known in the Empire as the strongest on land, was a battle maniac who rejoiced at the sound of war and spent year in and year out on the road to battle.
"If there were no war, I'd definitely die of boredom in a peaceful, quiet world."
"Isn't that too selfish? Have you ever thought about the people who have been suffering all this time?"
"What the hell do I care? As long as I have battles to fight, it matters not a whit to me how pitiful everyone else is; they can all drop dead for all I care."
Celestial Dragon Shirou remained silent in response. Here was yet another person whose worldview didn't align at all.
A madman who loved war and longed for the world to be thrown into chaos had actually acquired