Kaito ultimately decided to take five objects from this world: the Fountain of Youth from the Fairy Forest; Chastiefol, the Fairy King's spear; Gideon, Diane's hammer; Herritt, Gowther's twin bow; and Morning Star Aldan, Merlin's sacred orb.
Of course, despite having said before that they were quite useless, in the current situation he really did not have the freedom to worry about which object was useful and which was only somewhat useful.
He urgently needed artifacts capable of making people strong on Earth, he would even want to take them all, and the only reason he did not was that the system's backpack had very few slots.
After a few minutes and, embarrassingly, asking Bartra for directions again, Kaito arrived at the Fairy Forest.
And the mere fact that it still existed already confirmed that Ban had not yet arrived there.
After all, it was during a demon attack on the forest that ended with the destruction of the entire forest that Ban drank from the Fountain of Youth.
Reaching the location of the Fountain of Youth was not difficult, since it was literally the center of the forest and a massive tree that stood out.
Flying, Kaito reached the top of the tree in seconds, the highest place in the entire forest, where he saw a small golden cup filled with water.
Next to it, sitting on the treetop with an extremely bored expression while swinging her legs, was what looked like a girl with golden hair, but the transparent wings on her back revealed her identity as a fairy.
"Hello"
"Waaa! Who are you?" At the sudden call, the guardian of the Fountain of Youth, Elaine, turned around in surprise.
It should be said that Elaine was the guardian of that treasure because the Fairy King, King, had left, leaving her, his sister, in charge. This not only guaranteed her strength and abilities, but centuries of guarding the fountain had also trained her observation to an unmatched level.
That was why, when someone appeared right behind her without her noticing, she knew he was not an ordinary person, although the fact that he was standing in the air with two pairs of black wings on his back also helped her realize it.
"I am Lucifer, nice to meet you. I came for that" Kaito introduced himself while pointing at the golden cup.
"I cannot let you do that." Despite knowing her opponent was not ordinary, upon hearing what he wanted Elaine became serious and took a fighting stance.
"Well, it was not a question" Kaito shrugged casually. "I just do not know when the others will finish their trials, if it turns out I stay here for a week and you spend that entire week without understanding anything, that would be cruel, right? You would probably go crazy without understanding how what you protected for decades disappeared"
"What? I... have no idea what you are talking about. Are you crazy?"
"Well, I just wanted you to know that I took this"
The moment Kaito took a single step, Elaine advanced, placing her hand in a palm strike to push Kaito off the treetop, halfway through she realized that would not work against someone who could fly.
But it did not matter, because when she reached where Kaito was, he was no longer there.
"What?" Elaine muttered in disbelief as she could not see Kaito, she immediately turned around in fear.
"No way!" But her fears were confirmed when she saw, or rather did not see, the cup there.
The only thing she could see was a black and red shadow moving away in the distance.
Elaine fell to her knees, feeling her world collapse as she lost the only purpose she had in life.
What she did not know was that, at that very moment, someone was climbing that same tree.
Someone who would not obtain the fountain but would become important to her.
However, just because she did not know it did not mean Kaito did not.
"Was that Ban?" Kaito muttered as he spotted the silver haired man in the distance. "Good, now I know where we are in the timeline"
"About twenty years before the story begins. That helps me locate Diane and Merlin at least"
Although Merlin was not that difficult, since she would almost certainly be in Camelot for most of her life, but now he was sure.
Leaving that aside, Kaito headed toward the giants' territory, something much easier to locate than the Fairy Forest with just a few questions here and there.
...
"Stop, halt!"
As soon as Kaito approached the massive wall, several women so enormous that they were clearly visible even from a distance rose above it and pointed spears at him.
"They look like some kind of amazons" Kaito thought.
Of course, Kaito did not stop at the giants' warnings, unlike Elaine, whom Kaito feared might suffer such a shock that she would commit suicide due to her story, Diane did not have such a background, at most some complexes due to being shorter than her peers.
In the air, he continued forward at a speed almost invisible to all the giants present.
Immediately, all the giants saw what looked like a blur moving through the entire village.
They all began moving at once, trying to catch the intruder without success.
From another perspective, the scene was quite funny, as they looked like a bunch of people trying to catch a very fast mosquito.
In minutes, Kaito had finished checking the entire village and could say, without any shame or possibility of error, that he knew every house and yard in the place.
But to Kaito's disappointment, there was absolutely no giant hammer anywhere.
Finally, surrounded by dozens of giants trying to catch him, Kaito stopped.
"You bastard, you dare invade our territory?" one said as she crouched and began striking the ground with all her strength.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Of course, none of them hit Kaito.
However, this made Kaito realize something.
At first, he thought about stopping her punch like a shonen protagonist, but then he realized it was impossible with his strength, he even tried simply dodging, but the shockwave alone hurt him, making him realize they were much stronger than he had thought.
On a nearby rooftop, Kaito looked at the destroyed ground caused by just a few blows from the giant in surprise.
"Damn, those must be at least 500 tons" he said in shock, even as the strongest Lord, his strength was only 66 tons.
To put it into perspective, to measure the force of a strike you need to multiply both force and acceleration.
That is why, even though the giants' 500 ton strength already sounds powerful, a strike from them amounts to at least 50000 tons.
Of course, as mentioned before, you have to multiply force by acceleration, which means that, thanks to his incredible speed, Kaito is ultimately much stronger.
Doing some basic calculations, we get the incredible number of 2,200,000,000 tons of force on Kaito's side.
Even so, the giants' strength is still incredible, Kaito is sure that no Lord in Gaia has such power.
"Having even one of them on my side would be an advantage," Kaito thought as he looked at the giants before him like treasures.
But soon, another idea surfaced in his mind.
"No, was not Diane supposed to be much stronger than a normal giant, and also have the hammer that multiplies her strength several times?
Taking a hammer and giving it to someone else would be a complete waste" he muttered.
"There he is!"
"He escaped!"
"Kill him!"
Seeing he had been found, Kaito moved forward confidently.
"I am sorry for entering without permission, I admit that was inconsiderate of me" Kaito apologized. "But while searching I noticed Diane is not here. Would any of you tell me where she is?"
The giants around him, who had been confused by the apology, immediately reacted to the last part.
"You want to know where little Diane is?"
"We would never tell a stranger"
"I figured it would not be that easy" Kaito sighed.
"You... Kugh!" The woman in front, who had been speaking a second ago, could not even react to Kaito's disappearance before she was thrown several meters back, coughing up a mouthful of blood.
Her fall shook the ground and the nearby houses as she dragged along the surface from the force of the impact.
"So, is anyone willing to talk now?" Kaito asked with his best smile.
It did not work.
"Attack!"
"Kill him!"
"Bastard!"
"Damn it" Kaito muttered, realizing that convincing them would be harder than it seemed at first.
So Kaito simply dodged the attacks thrown by the giants, responding accordingly to each one, making sure not to injure them too much.
When one tried to strike him with a spear, Kaito destroyed the spear and broke her arm.
When one charged at him with all her strength, Kaito responded with even greater force, pushing her through several houses.
When one tried to crush him between her hands, Kaito broke both of them.
This continued for a while until a group of dozens of giants, the initial ones and others who had joined along the way, were all on the ground groaning in pain with several broken limbs.
"Well, I know it was my fault for entering without permission. But I am just looking for someone, there is no need to fight" Kaito said, feeling like he was wasting time.
"Kughhh... you think we will tell you?... Before we die... grrr..."
One spoke, groaning in pain in the middle of her words, and the others around her nodded, giving him a headache.
"Damn it, they may have a battle obsession that made Diane leave, but at least they are loyal" although it sounded like praise, it was a complaint, Kaito was extremely frustrated with the current situation.
"Fine, let's continue a bit longer" Kaito saw more giants approaching and sighed in helplessness.
However, this time, one of the giants did not advance, instead she decided to speak to him.
"Wait, I did not come to fight" she said before Kaito could attack.
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