Sora sat down on the sofa representing the main seat, with Persephone sitting beside him. He reached out and naturally wrapped his arm around her slender waist.
Sora raised his hand and said: "All of you, please sit down."
The women took their seats one after another.
Sora leaned back on the sofa, his left arm around Persephone, his right hand lighting a pitch-black cigarette.
Whether he smoked or not...
Actually, it didn't matter.
This pitch-black cigarette was completely condensed from dark divine power. Even if it burned naturally, the divine power would still be absorbed by Sora.
However...
In Sora's words, wasn't this about having a sense of ceremony? In other words, it was fun! He loved to play! Play more!
This thing was just like lipstick cigarettes - printing them out in advance was meaningless. Only printing them on the spot had face, had that sense of ceremony, right?
Sora's gaze swept over each of the women one by one.
Esdeath, Najenda, Akame, Kurome, Mine, Chelsea, Leone.
Eight women.
All of them were retainers brought back from the first world, each one a qualified talent, all blessed daughters of fortune beloved by the world.
Among them.
Esdeath was the most special existence, someone who could truly be called a genius that transcended the world.
"Najenda, have all the Imperial Arms been collected?"
Sora turned his gaze to Najenda and asked.
Don't misunderstand.
Sora wasn't just making idle conversation, but truly didn't know. He really hadn't paid much attention to the Imperial Arms.
Had they been completely collected?
He really didn't know.
Najenda nodded and said: "Your Majesty, following your instructions, all 48 Imperial Arms have been completely secured. Except for the Imperial Arms held by us eight, the remaining 40 Imperial Arms have been handed over to Lord Hades."
"Among them."
"Six Imperial Arms have been damaged."
"They are..."
Najenda proceeded with a detailed report and summary.
Najenda gave a detailed report.
Sora nodded with understanding.
Then.
After thinking for a moment, Sora said: "Persephone, do you have any clear thoughts about the Imperial Arms?"
"Inside the Imperial Arms."
"With Danger Beasts as the core, combined with alchemy."
"Essentially speaking."
"Imperial Arms should more appropriately be called living weapons."
"Theoretically speaking."
"Imperial Arms have the potential for infinite evolution. As long as the Imperial Arms user is strong enough, they will trigger the Imperial Arms' evolution time and time again."
"With each successive change of Imperial Arms users, the Imperial Arms will evolve to an extremely terrifying degree."
Sora said this, then changed his tone and continued: "However, your original world experienced a great catastrophe. The darkness of humanity infected the entire world, and the Imperial Arms were similarly corroded by darkness."
"Have you ever recorded this?"
"Just by using Imperial Arms."
"As time passes, the life of the Imperial Arms user will become weaker and weaker."
"Eventually."
"They will completely die."
Sora looked at the eight women and suddenly raised this question.
"This..."
Najenda wasn't very clear about this. She hesitated slightly, not knowing how to answer.
Esdeath sat in a single chair, crossed her long, slender legs, and nodded: "Your Majesty, this happens frequently in the military. Among the Imperial Arms users in the army, those with weaker bodies won't survive more than three years of using Imperial Arms before dying naturally."
Akame, also a former Imperial assassin, said: "The Empire conducted some tests internally."
"Ordinary Imperial Arms users live at most three years."
"Those with greater strength will have their lifespan extended according to their own power."
"But."
"The power of Imperial Arms always makes Imperial Arms users live shorter lives than ordinary people, even for the strong."
The successive words from Esdeath and Akame left everyone completely unexpected.
They had thought Imperial Arms only possessed incredible power.
They never imagined.
There would be such side effects.
"Normally speaking."
Sora said at this time: "The essence of Imperial Arms represents infinite evolution, so calling them living weapons is quite appropriate."
"However."
"Because they were corroded by darkness, they formed the characteristic of evolving by absorbing life."
"But..."
"Precisely because of this."
"Persephone and I took interest in the Imperial Arms."
"This kind of living weapon with infinite evolution characteristics was born under the world's rules."
"It's not something you can just create whenever you want."
Sora paused here and continued: "Normally speaking, as my retainers, your most suitable destination should have been to become Underworld Warriors."
"But because of the Imperial Arms' special nature."
"Once the Imperial Arms modification is complete, you as Imperial Arms users will become the second force under my command, besides the Underworld Warriors."
"All things considered."
"Underworld Warriors actually also have infinite evolution characteristics."
Magic Stars, Imperial Arms.
These were all special divine objects and weapons born under world rules with infinite evolution characteristics.
This was also why.
Sora and Persephone didn't look down on the weak Imperial Arms, but instead seriously contemplated how to modify them.
This was infinite evolution brought by world rules.
This was what mattered most.
"The modification aspect isn't difficult."
Persephone said softly: "For Imperial Arms modification, we just need to preserve the original infinite evolution, and then perfectly control the contained darkness, combining darkness with infinite evolution."
"This is the best, most convenient method."
"However."
"For ordinary gods, even for me, it's impossible to truly control darkness."
"But."
"For you, Dust, this is effortless."
Persephone turned to look at Sora.
Sora indicated it was very simple. As the God of Darkness, with his divine status established, this kind of operation was really too easy.
"So then."
Persephone smiled and said: "Regarding Imperial Arms modification, after these few days of research, it's not difficult. Next, then..."
Persephone raised her delicate hand, divine power spread out, and a human figure appeared.
The Speed of Lightning: Susanoo.
This was Najenda's Imperial Arms from the original story.
Now.
Persephone began injecting divine power into it. Dark purple flames started burning, consuming the Imperial Arms completely while preserving only the most core essence.
Next.
It was time for modification.
"Darkness."
"Infinite evolution."
"These must all be preserved. Besides this, laws must also be injected internally to raise the upper limit."
Persephone explained things that were incomprehensible while rapidly burning and modifying at extreme speed.
Sora's thoughts passed through, and a stream of pitch-black divine power also merged into the blazing dark purple flames.
The women all watched with curiosity.
Pandora was also very curious.
After all.
Pandora hadn't participated at all in the conquest of the first world.
There was no choice.
Pandora had completely fainted and slept for three or four days before waking up.
After waking up, Pandora simply decided not to go, instead organizing the Pure Land of Bliss and managing the corrupt nobles sent over from the underworld.
She controlled undead skeletons to throw them into the Eight Great Hells.
In a perfect way, making them endure eternal suffering while optimally transforming them into dark divine power production machines.
Soon.
As the dark purple flames dissipated, Persephone explained: "Imperial Arms essentially belong to products of world rules. However, the absence of laws meant that although they had infinite evolution, their upper limits were also constrained."
"With laws injected into them."
"This upper limit has been broken."
"Theoretically speaking."
"Imperial Arms, just like Magic Stars, now possess endless upper limits."
"However..."
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