"But what benefit is it to them to destroy the world? They wouldn't survive the world's destruction either." Hearing Takeru's words, a leader frowned and spoke.
"You're wrong. Just because you can't survive the world's destruction doesn't mean others can't. And there is more than one world. The mastermind, on the other hand, gains vast experience points and other special rewards." Looking at the naive national leader, Takeru said calmly.
"..." Hearing Takeru's words, everyone fell into deep silence.
"Alright, enough time has been spent. Next, you can come and witness the Spirit Tortoise's death, or wait here for news of its demise. I won't accompany you." As he spoke, Takeru stood up and left without pause.
"Wait..." Seeing Takeru leave, the Tortoise Kingdom's general wanted to call him back, but Takeru didn't give him a chance. Naofumi, seeing Takeru leave, directly followed. Ost, seeing this, chose to follow Takeru.
"Hmph, since he's so arrogant and wants to subjugate it alone, let him act alone." Watching Takeru's departing figure, one of the country's leaders spoke directly. He really disliked Takeru's arrogant attitude.
The others fell silent. There was nothing to say about this matter, and even if they did, it might not be useful.
"I plan to go and take a look. Maybe he really is capable."
...
Back outside, Takeru directly gathered the already poised knight order. After letting everyone rest for an hour, he led them directly towards the Spirit Tortoise's location.
Ost naturally followed Takeru. Knowing Takeru wanted to duel the Spirit Tortoise alone, she tried to dissuade him. But Takeru's decisions weren't easily swayed by her.
Takeru's actions naturally drew the attention of the other kingdoms' soldiers and the Tortoise Kingdom's ordinary citizens.
Seeing only the Dawn Empire's army heading to subjugate the Spirit Tortoise, they showed surprised expressions.
But behind Takeru and the others, the leaders of the various countries, each with a squad of their elite troops, followed Takeru, preparing to watch the battle. However, if they found Takeru couldn't win, they would retreat.
Of course, they also thought that if things got truly desperate, they could save Takeru and Naofumi.
After all, Takeru and Naofumi were still their world's Heroes and the hope against the waves.
Takeru didn't care about their thoughts. It was just a mere Spirit Tortoise. If it could withstand one of his slightly serious blows, that would be impressive.
Advancing forward, because Takeru didn't have all the soldiers burst forth at their fastest speed, they walked for over four hours just to get within a certain distance of the Spirit Tortoise.
Then, after a brief rest, they continued walking towards it.
At around three in the afternoon, Takeru was less than a kilometer from the Spirit Tortoise. Perhaps sensing the large number of humans approaching, the Spirit Tortoise woke up and let out a piercing roar.
Feeling the piercing roar, accompanied by terrifying pressure, Takeru and the others seemed unaffected, calmly advancing.
Seeing Takeru and the others maintaining a steady speed, the generals and elite troops of the other countries behind them showed shocked expressions.
They could barely even maintain normal walking under this terrifying pressure.
"Everyone, hurry up. We're getting close to the Spirit Tortoise." Although shocked, the generals of the various countries quickly shouted to their elite troops, then followed behind the Dawn Empire's knight order.
"Takeru-sama, we're very close to the Spirit Tortoise now. Don't we need to formulate a tactic first?" Sensing they were getting closer to the Spirit Tortoise, Ost was conflicted.
Hearing her words, Takeru still shook his head slightly. Seeing this, Ost could only sigh helplessly.
"Filo, Koyuki, stop!" When they could see the Spirit Tortoise, Takeru shouted loudly to Filo and Koyuki, who were pulling the carriage.
"Yes, Master!" Hearing Takeru's words, the two quickly called out and transformed back into human form.
The knights behind Takeru, seeing them stop, also stopped in neat fashion.
They naturally saw the giant Spirit Tortoise. Besides that, there were dense familiars, looking very spectacular.
And the Spirit Tortoise was charging towards them at great speed. Takeru and the others were flanked by huge mountains, momentarily looking quite dangerous.
"Takeru-sama, what should we do? I can't control such a large number of familiars either." Seeing the large number of approaching bat and yeti familiars, Ost was nervous.
"No need for such trouble." Hearing her words, Takeru shook his head gently. To everyone's surprise, he flew high into the air. Watching Takeru's actions, everyone stared blankly at him.
"Great Tornado!" Seeing the approaching familiars, Takeru raised a hand. A giant tornado quickly formed.
Under Takeru's precise control, the giant tornado skillfully swept up the many bats without affecting the knight order behind him.
The many knights looked at the over one hundred meter tall, several tens of meters wide giant tornado, their expressions dazed.
Takeru ignored the stunned crowd. He simply controlled the great tornado to slowly advance.
Wherever the tornado passed, it caused massive destruction. And because it sucked up a large number of monsters, it rained blood along the way.
Sensing the damage the great tornado inflicted on the familiars, Takeru shook his head slightly.
Because he had to consider many things, Takeru had greatly reduced the tornado's power. After all, Takeru didn't use the great tornado itself for damage.
"Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!" Quickly forming hand seals, three over one hundred meter tall fire dragons appeared above Takeru again.
The many knights behind Takeru felt the temperature instantly become scorching hot with the dragons' appearance.
Then, the giant fire dragons quickly acted. One directly merged into the great tornado, instantly becoming a fire tornado, easily incinerating the sucked-in familiars.
The other two fire dragons charged directly at the familiars behind.
Whether directly hit or slightly approaching the Great Fire Dragon, the familiars were burned to ashes by the ultra-high temperature. Even those within ten meters were directly ignited, dying extremely painfully.
Although the explanation is long, all this happened in less than ten seconds.
By the time the tornado and fire dragons disappeared, everyone saw the previously dense familiars in the sky had vanished, leaving only the dust in the air to tell of the tragic scene.
The enormous experience points directly caused Takeru's level to increase again, to 151.
"Master is so amazing. Filo wants to be this amazing in the future too." Watching the great tornado Takeru released, Filo said expectantly.
"Phew, we thought we'd become quite strong. Looks like we're still far behind Takeru-sama." Watching the terrifying attack Takeru casually created, Raphtalia and Rifana sighed with emotion.
"Ram-nee, could you do this too?" At this moment, Koyuki looked curiously at the calm Ram beside her and asked. As she grew stronger, Koyuki had also come to feel the terror of Ram, Rem, and the others.
"This isn't difficult." Hearing Koyuki's words, Ram spoke softly.
Relying on magic, Ram could easily recreate Takeru's great tornado. As for the Great Fire Dragon, she could also use fire magic to achieve a similar effect.
Hearing Ram's words, Mirellia and Melty beside her stared blankly at Ram. It was somewhat hard to imagine that the gentle-looking Ram would say she could also do these things.
Thinking this, they looked at the calm Beatrice, Esdeath, and the others. It was clear that Takeru's current attacks might not be considered too remarkable to these people.
As everyone expressed surprise and emotion, they also saw the mountain-like giant Spirit Tortoise still rapidly approaching. That meant the crisis wasn't completely over.
"Takeru-sama, cutting off the Spirit Tortoise's head will make it stop!" Seeing the approaching Spirit Tortoise, Ost shouted loudly to Takeru above.
"Sun Breathing: First Form, Dance!" Looking at the rapidly approaching Spirit Tortoise, Takeru's expression was cold.
He moved to the very front, raised his Holy Weapon, spoke softly, and quickly swung.
Almost instantly, everyone felt a wave of scorching heat hit their faces. A terrifying, dazzling red light appeared from nowhere and flew towards the Spirit Tortoise with unstoppable momentum.
Boom, boom!
The sound of the flame sword energy colliding with the Spirit Tortoise's legs continuously sounded. The powerful sword energy, like cutting tofu, passed through the moment it touched the tortoise's thick thigh.