New Power

Lilith's mansion in the Imperial Capital.

Lilith had been in the Imperial Capital for several days now.

During these days, she had not left her residence, focusing on developing her Imperial Arms.

The Water Dragon Possession: Black Marlin was currently worn on the middle finger of Lilith's left hand.

The Black Marlin was shaped like a creature's head, about the size of a knuckle.

She wondered if it was originally designed this way, or if its material's head shape was incorporated during its creation.

The reason Lilith chose the Water Dragon Possession: Black Marlin was that, among all Imperial Arms, it was a rare one capable of controlling natural elements.

Among all Imperial Arms, this type ranked highest in Lilith's interest.

Lilith knew of four such Imperial Arms in total.

The Demon's Extract, already used by Esdeath; the Water Dragon Possession: Black Marlin currently in her hand; Purgatory Summon: Rubicante held by Boros of the Empire's Burning Legion; and General Budou's Thunder God's Wrath: Admeleer.

These Imperial Arms respectively controlled ice, water, fire, and lightning.

Each of these natural powers was incredibly potent.

Currently, Lilith had only acquired the abilities to control ice and water; fire and lightning were still out of reach.

However, Lilith didn't hold out much hope; they were merely two additional attack methods, after all.

Next was the Maniac Soldier: Demon's Possession, which had shone brilliantly in the original story.

In Lilith's opinion, the Demon's Possession held a higher status than One Cut Killer: Murasame.

The ability of Murasame was nothing more than an inescapable curse poison, which wasn't particularly important to Lilith.

The material used to craft Demon's Possession was a dragon-like Dangerous Species called "Tyrant."

Tyrant, being a Super Dangerous Species, possessed immense vitality even after death. A thousand years ago, artisans utilized this characteristic of strong vitality in such Dangerous Species to create the first armor-type Imperial Arm.

The Maniac Soldier: Demon's Possession!

Tyrant had the ability to continuously evolve, and after being made into an Imperial Arm, Demon's Possession inherited this trait, even evolving different abilities based on different enemies.

This was precisely what Lilith valued in Demon's Possession.

Regardless of the world or the object, anything possessing the ability to "evolve" was not simple.

Lilith was drawn to this aspect; as a weapon, Demon's Possession would undoubtedly accompany Lilith for a very long time.

After all, as time passed, some weapons would fail to keep pace with Lilith's growing strength, requiring her to invest effort in new weapons.

Following that were a series of biological-type Imperial Arms.

While these Imperial Arms had their own unique functions, they shared a common trait: they would continue to fight until their core was destroyed, or until their Imperial Arms user died.

Besides these, there were also many with other abilities. Although they appeared unsuitable for combat, they possessed unimaginable utility in other fields.

The status of these Imperial Arms was comparable to that of biological-type Imperial Arms.

Although Lilith desired all these Imperial Arms, she was not in a hurry.

Or rather, as a member of the Bloodline with an extremely long lifespan, she shouldn't be rushed.

"As long as I continue to live, I'll encounter all sorts of opportunities to collect all those Imperial Arms."

Time was on my side.

Lilith manipulated a mass of water in front of her, which was constantly changing shape, forming a vague plan for her future life.

In any case, as long as she remained in this Empire, which was already experiencing unrest and escalating rebellion, she would have plenty of opportunities.

With a thought, Lilith divided the water mass, approximately half a meter in diameter, into hundreds of small water droplets, which then shot towards the ground.

Pfft, pfft, pfft~~~

After a series of sounds of the ground being pierced, the weeds that had been broken by the water droplets, along with the soil buried underground, slowly floated upwards.

Pat, pat, pat~

The sound of applause echoed.

"Beautiful. With the power of those water droplets, even soldiers clad in heavy armor would likely be unable to defend themselves."

Esdeath had appeared beside her at some point, witnessing the scene.

"Unfortunately, even so, those water droplets would be frozen by you before they could reach you."

"Well, ice can freeze water, isn't that obvious?"

"You've been developing Imperial Arms at home these past few days, why did you come looking for me?"

Esdeath spread her hands. "I've also been developing Imperial Arms for several days and felt like something was missing, so I wanted to come chat with you. Seeing that just now, I understand."

"What is it?"

Esdeath displayed a bloodthirsty expression. "It's blood."

Despite her fierce expression, it did not detract from Esdeath's beauty.

This made Lilith sigh, realizing how much of a difference a beautiful face made to the impression of the same expression.

"If you're in the prison, there should be death row inmates. You can use them to practice."

Esdeath frowned. "What's the point of death row inmates who are on the verge of death from torture?"

Hearing this, Lilith understood. Esdeath must be planning to leave the city to find prey.

Lilith knew Esdeath would definitely ask her to go along, so she refused her in advance. "Then go and come back quickly. I won't be going with you."

"Alright, I was going to ask you to come along." Esdeath raised an eyebrow as she heard this.

Esdeath knew that pressuring someone too much would have the opposite effect, so she left the city alone, without any guards.

With Esdeath's strength, she didn't need any guards.

After Esdeath left, Lilith began to continue developing her Imperial Arms.

Although the move she just used was very powerful against ordinary people, it could still be easily dodged by warriors who were far away or had high agility.

"Speed and stealth, I think they can still be improved."

As for speed, it could be achieved by launching them with greater force. As for stealth...

Water, in itself, is translucent.

As long as the volume of the water droplets is reduced, their stealth will be greatly increased.

However, this also brought new trouble. This water was just ordinary water, without any magical elements. If the distance was too far, it would easily evaporate before hitting the enemy.

Imagine this: you spot an enemy two hundred meters away and fire a water droplet directly at them, but before it can hit the enemy, the water droplet evaporates!