Standing on the clock tower in the center of the plaza, Takatsuki fully extended his Observation Haki.
Unlike the Observation Haki, the aura sense could distinguish the state of the aura's owner, precise location, and type. When he targeted the man-eating plants, he gained control of the positions of all the man-eating plants rampaging throughout Orario.
So the next question was…
How far can the Kings Treasure shoot?
Although standing on the clock tower, Takatsuki could try to make it the center, have the Kings Treasure's exit fill the sky, and then conduct a city-wide sniper attack.
But that would be a bit too ostentatious.
Taking out a longbow, Takatsuki set up a longsword, drew the bow with the sword as an arrow, and aimed at a densely populated monster location in the distance.
Using a longsword as an arrow was indeed difficult to use. Even now, without the aid of a Stand, Takatsuki couldn't shoot it well.
Whoosh!
The people in the square only heard a whooshing sound, and then a loud blast from a distant low place.
On the unseen top of the tower, Takatsuki had already disappeared.
Near the landing point of the longsword, a one-meter-diameter circle suddenly appeared in mid-air, and a figure fell from it, none other than Takatsuki, who had just been on the tower top.
"Hmm, using this method for teleportation is quite convenient."
After the Nen upgrade, Takatsuki's [Close at Hand Yet Worlds Apart] ability naturally became stronger. Now that the diameter could reach one meter, he opened the passage directly beneath his feet, with the other end of the passage opening downwards in mid-air, allowing him to directly fall from his original position to the target location.
Although not as elusive as the Flying Thunder God, it was foreseeable that with practice, more convenient uses could be developed.
However, there was no time to study the usage of his abilities at the moment.
Looking at the chaotic monsters in front of him, although Takatsuki instantly burned them to ashes with a mere wave of his hand and raging flames, there were many such attack incidents happening around Orario.
"I wonder what the other Familias are doing."
Orario was under attack, but not all Familias would spontaneously take action. Generally speaking, the Ganesha Familia would definitely help. Their main god had the title of "God of the Masses," viewing all the citizens of Orario as his children, and the Ganesha Familia was also responsible for maintaining Orario's public order.
They could be called the police of another world, so if something threatened the populace, they would definitely take action.
But other Familias might not.
So-called adventurers, compared to those with a strong sense of responsibility and justice, were generally more self-serving.
So, when the Ganesha Familia couldn't resolve such incidents, the Guild would step in, entrusting Familias to resolve certain incidents in the Guild's name and offering rewards.
Perhaps those Familias held such thoughts, which was why they didn't interfere when there was no request.
However, Takatsuki didn't care about these things. It was the same principle as now, even if he resolved the Honkai in the Honkai world, no one would reward him, but he would still take action.
Since it was happening right before his eyes, there was no reason to ignore it. If it were his companions, they would also choose the same.
He summoned the Kings Treasure's exit in mid-air and fired weapons, already projected and stored within the Kings Treasure, at the enemies he sensed with his Observation Haki.
These weapons had long been imbued with Takatsuki's Nen aura, allowing them to be retrieved by expanding the Kings Treasure even when thrown very far.
He used [Close at Hand Yet Worlds Apart] to travel to distant enemies, and for enemies only one or two streets away, he directly expanded the Kings Treasure to bombard them with weapons. Takatsuki alone cleared nearly half of Orario's man-eating plant monsters, and along the way, he even heard Bell's voice from across a street. However, the enemies near Bell had already been dealt with, so he didn't linger and rushed to other locations.
"Ais?"
After moving himself to a battlefield by throwing weapons, Takatsuki saw a few unexpected people.
Along the way, Takatsuki had seen people fighting man-eating plants more than once, including low-level adventurers who tried to escape but failed while protecting themselves, and members of the Ganesha Familia who acted to protect the citizens.
But this was the first time he encountered members of the Loki Familia.
After all, their levels were not low; if they wanted to escape, these monsters couldn't stop them at all.
There were four people on the battlefield: Ais, Lefiya, and the Hiryute sisters.
However, except for Lefiya, who had a magic staff, and Tione, who had two daggers, the other two had no weapons.
Takatsuki keenly noticed some shimmering silver fragments and a sword hilt on the ground.
It seemed her weapon was broken, but this broken weapon didn't seem to be Ais's Desperate Sword. He didn't know what happened to her own weapon.
The four did not notice Takatsuki's arrival. Lefiya stood in the back row, attempting to chant a spell to attack the man-eating plants that the three had failed to break through for most of the day.
Sensing the magic power fluctuation, the man-eating plant charged towards Lefiya.
Ais also activated magic to accelerate herself, instantly blocking in front of Lefiya.
But at this moment, the Sword Princess was unarmed and could only rely on her own body to block the man-eating plant's attack.
Bang!
Just as the two were about to endure the blow, the man-eating plants attacking them were all kicked away, and a figure landed in front of them after kicking the man-eating plants away.
"I say, Ais, with your ability, you could totally take Lefiya and run out of the attack range, right? Why insist on taking the hit?"
After throwing weapons from the Kings Treasure to pin the man-eating plants to the ground, Takatsuki asked the two.
"Sorry, Teacher."
"..."
What else could Takatsuki say when Ais had already apologized directly? Although Takatsuki knew Ais was sincere in her apologies but still did as she pleased, he found it difficult to pursue the matter further. Instead, he turned to the two Amazonian sisters who were still entangled with the man-eating plants and shouted,
"I'm going to cast magic, so get out of the way!"
As Takatsuki's words fell, Tiona immediately responded, kicking an attacking man-eating plant back with one foot and using the momentum to leap onto a nearby rooftop. Tione was even more savage; after landing, she directly punched a pursuing man-eating plant to the ground. Although her bare hands couldn't break its defense, it seemed temporarily immobilized.
Amidst the flames of the Fire Demonic Energy, the man-eating plant transformed into a Magic Stone and fell to the ground.
"Why are you all here?"
After dealing with the man-eating plant, Takatsuki asked the group.