"Takeru-sama, this is?" While everyone was surprised, Diablo, shortly after Takeru's arrival, came to Takeru's side and looked puzzledly at Wendy.
"This is Wendy. She has evolved," Looking at Diablo, Takeru explained directly.
"Wendy, that undead dragon? I see, it is indeed her scent," Hearing Takeru's words, Diablo quickly showed an understanding expression.
After Diablo, Ram and Rem quickly came to Takeru's side. Looking at Wendy, the two also sensed her familiar aura and didn't ask further.
"Oh, Onii-chan, this is?" Seeing that Takeru had brought back another little girl during the time he was seeing off Hinata and the others, Miu was a bit confused.
"This is Wendy, the undead dragon at home. She has now evolved into the Nether Spirit Dragon King, and her form has also changed to human form," Looking at Miu's confused expression, Takeru explained directly.
"This is Wendy?!" Hearing Takeru's words, Miu was stunned. She had ridden Wendy to play before, so hearing this information now naturally surprised her greatly.
Aside from Miu, Esdeath and the others also came towards Takeru when they noticed his arrival.
"What's wrong, everyone? Aren't you training this afternoon?" looking at everyone, Takeru asked puzzledly.
"Because Yui-san proposed a sparring match to test the results of everyone's training over this period and to see what level others had reached. Everyone agreed, so this afternoon turned into everyone's competition," Hearing Takeru's words, Ram behind Takeru quickly explained.
"I see. That's pretty good. Compared to hard training alone, mutual sparring can also stimulate competitive awareness, turning it into greater enthusiasm for training. So how are things now?" Hearing her words, Takeru nodded understandingly.
"Umaru-san and Sylphin-san have already fought, and the result was Umaru-san winning. Also, Ritsu and Mio-san fought, Yui and Tsumugi-san fought, Ui and Taihei-san fought, and finally Yukino and Akame fought."
"Now, after seeing these fights, it seems no one else intends to continue fighting," Hearing Takeru's words, Rem explained simply.
"Is that so? Because of the strength of Ui, Taihei, Yukino, Akame, and the others? Knowing the gap is too great, they don't intend to step forward anymore," Hearing her words, Takeru quickly understood the reason.
"Takeru, you're back," At this time, Yui and the others also noticed Takeru's return and came to Takeru's side, smiling and greeting him.
"Are you going to continue your sparring?" Hearing her words, Takeru asked directly.
"Let's forget it," Hearing Takeru's words, Hachiman and the others looked at each other and smiled wryly, shaking their heads.
"Alright, there's not much time left today. Everyone can rest or train freely," Seeing everyone's reactions, Takeru said with a light smile.
Then, after saying a few words to everyone, Takeru came to Rem's side and directly took out the just-hunted Cheese Rabbits and Ruby Crabs and handed them to Rem.
"What are these?"
"Cheese Rabbits and Ruby Crabs. The protein inside Cheese Rabbits easily solidifies, making the meat as rich as cheese. As for Ruby Crabs, their meat is extremely delicious, and their shells are real gems. I'll leave dinner to you," After briefly introducing them, Takeru entrusted the cooking entirely to Rem.
"I understand. I will make good use of them," Hearing Takeru's words, Rem nodded directly.
"I'm counting on you," Seeing Rem's serious expression, Takeru patted her head.
"More new delicacies?" At this time, Akame and Kurome also came over and naturally saw the huge Cheese Rabbits and the sparkling Ruby Crabs, unconsciously licking their lips.
Seeing their reactions, Takeru smiled softly. Although they were strong fighters, they couldn't change their foodie hearts.
...
In the blink of an eye, another two days passed. On this day, Takeru and the others received a request from Rika Izumi.
It turned out that a new island had suddenly appeared in the waters near Okinawa Prefecture. Inside, a large number of mutated animals had gathered and were attacking nearby Okinawa.
Because there were many tourists nearby at the time, many tourists had perished in the mouths of the monsters. Although the military and some Ability Users had been deployed to suppress them, they could only barely hold back the monsters' attacks and couldn't hold out for much longer.
Izumi also told Takeru and the others that the island had appeared suddenly. Earlier, Izumi had already told them that Earth was slowly growing, the areas of sea and land were increasing, and some special islands were appearing.
The country was monitoring these islands.
However, in the past, most islands only had resources, and even if there were monsters, they were very rare or basically in their juvenile stage.
But this time, a large number of adult-stage monsters appeared, and coincidentally, the location where they appeared was not far from human cities.
So shortly after appearing, a large number of monsters swam across the sea and attacked humans.
"What does everyone think?" After receiving the request, Takeru immediately gathered everyone. Because without Takeru saying much, people like Yukino had also received notifications from Izumi.
"I plan to accept this mission," Hearing Takeru's question, Yukino took the lead to speak.
"I'll join too. I've trained for so long... I can test my strength," Ui raised her hand and said directly.
"Although it looks dangerous, there seems to be no reason to back down," Hachiman said directly.
"Is this really my lazy brother?" Hearing Hachiman's words, Komachi looked at him with surprise.
Hearing Komachi's words and seeing her surprised expression, Hachiman had a dark line on his forehead. Ritsu, Yui, and the others also laughed secretly.
"I, and Umaru, will join too," Taihei also showed a serious expression and said.
In the end, almost everyone was prepared to go. Although they weren't sure if they could help much, a little help was still something.
Even Miu and Ebina wanted to help. Although they weren't members of the Ability User Organization, they also had some combat power.
Moreover, Miu was more curious and also wanted to experience the atmosphere.
Because she knew that in the future, she would inevitably encounter such things. Although she had somewhat experienced the tense, dangerous, and bloody atmosphere during the last giant bat incident, this time she wanted to go to the very center of the battlefield.
Of course, she also knew clearly that with Takeru around, it was basically impossible for her to get into trouble.
"I see. Then all members prepare to depart," Looking at everyone, Takeru nodded understandingly.
"Rika Izumi said that the warship will take a considerable amount of time to get here, and the time from here to Okinawa is also quite long," Hearing Takeru's words, Taihei said hesitantly.
"Don't worry. Everyone will ride Hakuto this time. Although it might cause a stir, the situation can't be helped now," Looking at everyone's hesitant expressions, Takeru said directly.
"Hakuto?" Hearing Takeru's words, Yukino and the others showed confused expressions, as they had never seen Hakuto.
But Miu and the others knew it well. They had ridden Hakuto before, although they didn't know where it usually hid.
"Follow me," Taking everyone to a high platform in the castle, Takeru asked everyone to wait a moment, then flew high into the sky.
When he reached a position invisible to everyone, Takeru found Hakuto, who was hiding itself using optical camouflage.
"Hakuto, take us to a place," Arriving at Hakuto's head, Takeru gently patted its head and said.
"Woo~," Hearing Takeru's words, Hakuto let out a cry, its tone filled with happiness.
"Alright, Hakuto, go down to the castle first," Feeling its happiness, Takeru felt a bit embarrassed. He had materialized it but mostly left it here alone.
However, Hakuto didn't think that much... instead, it felt happy that Takeru needed it.
Hakuto was very fast. Following Takeru's instruction, it accurately came to everyone's front.
Looking at Hakuto's huge size and the pressure it emitted, everyone swallowed their saliva. It was truly too surprising that Takeru had tamed a monster of this caliber.
It was hard to say how strong it was, but just from its appearance, no one would underestimate it.