The meteor fell from the sky.
Its shadow swept across the square, swallowing the tens of thousands of upturned faces into darkness.
Rudeus looked up at the meteor, which grew larger and larger, filling his entire field of vision.
Rudeus was already the strongest among this group. Under normal circumstances, he might have tried to resist.
But after his dirty secrets were exposed by Makoto, his mentality completely collapsed.
Watching the meteor draw closer and closer, he even felt a sense of 'let it end, just do it already'.
In the square, the citizens were scared out of their wits.
Some collapsed to the ground, some backed away holding their children, and some even knelt down and began to pray.
"Is this... the power of a god?"
Unlike the Allied Ninja Forces in the original Naruto, where at least people like Onoki, stubborn as he was, flew up to try to stop it, where at least someone tried to resist,
The people of the Kingdom of Melromarc had completely lost any will to resist.
They just watched blankly as the meteor got closer and closer.
On the throne, Makoto looked at the meteor he had summoned and suddenly said to himself, "Oh dear, really, I lost control of my emotions and ended up acting without thinking."
Yu understood immediately.
Makoto didn't intend to harm innocent people. Moreover, if this meteor actually fell, Malty and Aultcray would definitely be smashed into nothing but dregs.
They had gone through so much trouble to keep them alive, to turn them into human vases. If they died like this, wouldn't it all be for nothing?
Yu raised his right arm, the barrel that had transformed into a heavy cannon aimed at the meteor about to fall.
A blinding white light condensed at the muzzle. Energy rapidly compressed within the barrel. The air twisted and deformed around the energy.
Boom—!!
An ultimate destructive laser shot from the muzzle. The white light pierced through the center of the meteor.
The meteor exploded from within, shattering into countless rocks of various sizes, like a blooming flower blossoming in the high sky.
But even so, those rock fragments still carried enormous kinetic energy, crashing down toward the ground like missiles, landing on the houses of the royal capital.
Roofs were smashed through. Large craters were blown into the streets. Rock fragments and dust shot up into the sky. The entire royal capital shook.
But not many people should have died.
After all, most of the citizens had come to watch the excitement.
Makoto stood up from the throne and said to Yu with a smile, "Sorry about that, Ishigami. I lost control of my emotions for a moment."
"You're too kind, Senpai." Yu put away his gun barrel and responded with a light laugh.
The survivors of the Kingdom of Melromarc watched the exchange between these two, feeling as if their worldview was being reshaped, 'That kind of world-shattering attack, and they were calling it just 'losing control of emotions'? Were they even human?'
Makoto rose from the throne and lifted Yunyun from his lap.
"Alright, we've played enough. Let's go."
Makoto carried Yunyun and walked toward the exit of the hall.
Yu nodded and followed behind him.
Beam carried Samehada on his shoulder, bits of flesh still hanging from the barbs, swaying back and forth.
The Teddy Devil reverted to his small teddy bear form, his four paws stepping through the pool of blood, leaving behind a trail of tiny plum blossom prints.
Makoto took a few steps, then suddenly stopped. He turned his head to look at the figure huddled in the corner, trembling.
Kazuma.
"Still want to come?"
Kazuma's head jerked up.
He clearly hadn't expected Makoto to ask for his opinion.
Kazuma hesitated for a long time, then finally gritted his teeth, scrambled up from the ground, and quickly followed.
The Teddy Devil looked back at him, wrinkled his nose in disdain, and said, "Boss, what use is this guy?"
Makoto smiled and said, "To liven up the mood."
To be honest, Kazuma was one of the few anime protagonists that Makoto actually had a favorable impression of.
His main selling point was being realistic. There were too many outrageous characters among Japanese anime protagonists. Kazuma was just too normal.
Plus, this kid had an A-rank luck stat. Keeping him around might lead to other good things happening.
When Makoto walked past Rudeus, he didn't stop. He just looked at him with a smile.
He had no interest in killing this person.
Although Rudeus's various antics in his previous life were incredibly outrageous,
Having gone through so many worlds, Makoto no longer felt the righteous indignation he had when watching anime in his previous life.
The victims were his own family. What business was that of his?
Besides, Makoto was quite looking forward to seeing what new stunts this guy could pull off in the future.
He took a few steps, then suddenly stopped, his gaze landing on a figure behind Rudeus.
It was a red-haired girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a riding outfit suitable for movement, with a thin longsword hanging at her waist.
"Are you his companion?" Makoto asked with interest.
Eris looked up, somewhat afraid to meet his gaze.
Given her usual personality, this proud aristocratic young lady wouldn't answer questions from a stranger.
But at this moment, she didn't dare to be negligent.
"We were, but just now…"
Her voice trembled, but her enunciation was clear. "Not anymore."
She and Rudeus had grown up together since childhood. They had already experienced life and death together.
Their relationship had long surpassed that of ordinary childhood sweethearts. It could be said they were more than friends but not yet lovers, just one step away from breaking through that paper-thin barrier.
But Makoto's words just now had completely shattered her rose-colored filter for her childhood friend.
Rudeus stood a few steps away, watching Eris's profile. His mouth opened slightly, but his throat couldn't produce any sound.
Far from home, with both parents missing, and the future uncertain, Eris was his spiritual pillar, the only warm support he could hold onto in this strange other world.
And now, was she about to leave him too?
Makoto looked Eris over. His gaze stopped on her face for two seconds, then paused for a moment on the sword at her waist.
He couldn't help but think of Saeko, Hiyori, and others.
"How heartless."
Makoto's tone carried a hint of teasing. "If you love someone, shouldn't you accept everything about them?"
Hearing this, even though she knew the person in front of her was a terrifying existence who could summon meteors with a wave of his hand, Eris couldn't help but give him a fierce roll of her eyes.
"Would you marry a woman who took upskirt photos of her own nephew and masturbated to his pictures?"
Makoto let out a hearty laugh.
This red-haired little girl was quite humorous.
"Sorry, I'm a non-maritalist. But I can enter the body without entering the life."
Eris's eye-roll nearly reached the back of her head.
'This powerful person's personality didn't seem very serious.'
"Bye bye~"
Finally, Makoto waved to Eris, turned, and left carrying Yunyun.
Only after the figures of that group had completely disappeared at the end of the street did anyone in the square dare to breathe heavily.