The Mammoth King is known for its immense strength, especially its trunk, which can easily shatter steel.
Takeshi actually withstood it with his bare body. Is his body made of steel?
The Mammoth King's eyes widened, and its right foot rose high before stomping heavily on the ground.
Boom!!!
A terrifying tremor rapidly spread from under the Mammoth King's foot and the ground cracked open.
Everyone felt a little unsteady on their feet.
Takeshi flapped his wings and flew into the air. He pointed his index finger at the Mammoth King, and black energy rapidly gathered in front of his index finger, forming a small black sphere that continuously compressed.
Cero Oscuras!
Buzz—Whoosh!
A beam of black light shot towards the Mammoth King. The Mammoth King's massive, ten-meter-tall body was unable to dodge and could only endure the attack.
"Roar!!!"
Boom!!!
The Cero Oscuras enveloped the Mammoth King's body, forming a hemispherical light that spread outwards. Everything in its path was destroyed.
After the light disappeared, a giant crater appeared, where the Mammoth King lied unconscious.
"That's great!"
"Takeshi-san is amazing!"
"He actually defeated five Nine-Star Magical Creatures by himself! He's too strong!"
...
All the soldiers and swordsmen cheered when they saw Takeshi defeat five Nine-Star Magical Creatures in such a short time. Without these five Nine-Star Magical Creatures, the pressure on the human side would greatly decrease.
"So strong!"
Allen was very shocked. He was at a disadvantage when fighting only one Nine-Star Magical Creature, but the other party had taken down five Nine-Star Magical Creatures in about a minute.
He originally thought he was a genius, but today he realized he was a frog in a well. Both Takeshi and Yoriichi were the true geniuses.
"What's going on today? There are too many monsters!" Clay was a bit frustrated.
Normally, his only rival was Arthur, but today two monsters had appeared.
Arthur was equally shocked. Takeshi's strength was already comparable to the Ten Wizard Saints, and most importantly, he was incredibly young.
"Is this Takeshi's true strength?"
Erza finally understood why Takeshi was able to complete an S-Class Quest. With such strength, completing an S-Class Quest was only natural.
Takeshi, meanwhile, flapped his wings and quickly flew back onto the city wall.
Whoosh!
He dispelled his transformation, panting heavily.
"Takeshi-san, are you alright?" Reno quickly came over and asked with concern.
Takeshi waved his hand. "I'm fine, it's just that my magic power consumption was too great. I probably won't be able to help with the rest of the battle."
Reno said sincerely, "Don't say that, Takeshi-san. You have already made the greatest contribution to this battle. Leave the rest to us."
Thanks to Takeshi's slaying of all five Nine-Star Magical Creatures, the morale of the human side had been greatly boosted. Under the suppression of artillery fire, the human swordsmen fought with increasing courage.
The morale of the magical creature side, however, had greatly decreased.
Judgment of Light!
Arthur used his ultimate move, severely wounding the Nine-Star Magical Creature, Chimera Lion, with a single sword strike.
Thunderclap: Instant Flash!
Clay also found an opportunity to unleash his ultimate technique.
His body transformed into lightning, weaving between the remaining heads of the Hydra, severing all of them in an instant.
Erza's battle with the Silver Moon Wolf also reached its end.
Purgatory Shatter!
Erza changed into the Purgatory Armor, wielding a serrated greatsword.
The greatsword struck the Silver Moon Wolf's body fiercely.
"Awoo!!"
The Silver Moon Wolf let out a painful shriek, finally unable to sustain itself and collapsing to the ground.
Only the Unicorn Blood Ape, fighting Allen, remained.
Seeing that all the Nine-Star Magical Creatures had been defeated, the Unicorn Blood Ape lost its will to fight. After swatting Allen away with one paw, it turned and rushed into the forest without looking back.
Seeing that it had fled, the other magical creatures dared not continue and scattered in all directions.
"OHHHHHHH!!!!"
Everyone, seeing that all the magical creatures had fled, raised their weapons and shouted excitedly.
"We won!!!"
One hundred thousand magical creatures were terrifying, and those Nine-Star Magical Creatures were more than enough to destroy a whole nation.
If Takeshi hadn't suddenly appeared and dealt with five Nine-Star Magical Creatures, this country might have been destroyed. Takeshi was the hero who had saved this country.
Takeshi breathed a sigh of relief at this sight. His bonus seemed to be secured.
Suddenly—
A spherical object flew out of the forest.
Bang!
The object crashed into the crowd.
Everyone was startled when they saw what it was.
"Unicorn Blood Ape!"
This object was the head of the Nine-Star Magical Creature, Unicorn Blood Ape, which had just fled.
"W-what's going on?!"
"Didn't it run away? Who killed it?!"
"This is a Nine-Star Magical Creature!"
Just as everyone was wondering what was happening, applause rang out.
Clap... Clap...
"Not bad. You've given me a good show."
Along with this voice, a somewhat demonic-looking young man walked out of the Forest of Magical Creatures. This man had long purple hair, wore purple clothes, and his skin was slightly dark. He appeared to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.
"A human? Who are you? Did you kill the Unicorn Blood Ape?" Arthur stepped forward and questioned him.
Although the other party had killed a Nine-Star Magical Creature, what he said and his tone made him very uncomfortable.
The young man sneered, "Human? I am not a low-level creature like a human. Don't compare humans to me. As for that little monkey, it disobeyed my orders, so it naturally had to be executed."
Erza noticed what he said. "Orders? Do you mean these magical creatures attacking the city were all at your command?"
The young man raised a finger. "Bingo! Congratulations! You got it right."
"Why are you doing this?"
"Why? That's a simple question. Of course, it's for revenge."
"Revenge?"
"Yes. To repay a certain fellow who sealed me for 400 years."
Reno was initially a bit puzzled. It was normal for him, as a king, to have grudges with others, but he didn't remember having a grudge with this person.
Upon hearing the young man say "sealed for 400 years," he immediately knew the other party's identity.
His expression suddenly changed, and he shouted, "Be careful! He is the Dragon, Alazam!"