"Wait..."
Seeing Rita actually pick it up and start drinking, the minister could not help but try to stop her, but it seemed he was already too late.
Rita had already drunk it.
However, she had not drunk as much as Esdeath had—only about a cupful. She felt... one cup was enough for her.
Any more would be useless.
She might as well leave the rest for Esdeath. Without the Imperial Arm: Essence of the Demon, Esdeath would not be nearly as interesting.
"Really..."
Watching Rita set down the container of Essence of the Demon after drinking from it, the minister took a few steps back.
He felt that the person before him was about to go insane.
She wielded two Imperial Arms, and one of them was now the most dangerous Imperial Arm of all.
"Hm?"
Rita did not notice the minister backing away at all.
After drinking the Essence of the Demon, Rita suddenly frowned, and her pupils instantly contracted!
A mad killing intent and urge for destruction seeped into her consciousness!
"Slaughter! Plunder! Violate! Erase! Destroy! Torture! Ruin! Tear apart! Exterminate!"
Her mind was continuously flooded with these frenzied thoughts!
"Nngh!"
Rita could not help letting out a pained groan. It felt as though her head were about to explode, but she forcibly endured it and did not even cry out.
Then, Rita suddenly remembered the Sword Heart Art!
She quickly began reciting the Sword Heart Art in her mind, completely relaxing her body and entering a state of "nothingness."
In truth, after entering modern Honkai society, Valkyrie training itself was a form of Sword Heart cultivation, so Rita already had a foundation.
Besides, Rita was one of the rare S-rank Valkyries.
Without anyone noticing, including Rita herself, Essence of the Demon began stimulating the Stigmata genes