A week passed.
The combined forces of the Belzerg Kingdom and the Kingdom of Melromarc had completed their rendezvous outside Axel City.
Twenty thousand plus thirty thousand. Fifty thousand troops.
Makoto's group stood on the city wall, looking into the distance.
Those with better eyesight could vaguely see, at the front of the Melromarc army, a beautiful woman riding a white horse.
Her armor was not ordinary soldier's armor. It was custom-made commander's armor with gold patterns inlaid.
Her breastplate was stretched high, her waist was very narrow. Her long dark brown hair shimmered with a dark red luster in the sunlight.
Beside her was a small maroon pony. On it sat an eleven or twelve-year-old girl with blue hair. Her facial features were somewhat similar to Malty's, but there was none of that uncomfortable calculation between her brows. Her gaze was much cleaner.
Darkness opened her mouth to introduce her.
"The current monarch of the Kingdom of Melromarc, Queen Mirellia Q. Melromarc, and her second daughter, Melty Q. Melromarc!"
Shiho spoke first.
Through her studies during this period, her understanding of the other world was no longer inferior to that of natives like Darkness and Megumin.
Darkness, who had just completed her transformation from girl to woman a few days ago, looked at Shiho in confusion.
'Hey, what's there to snatch, Sis?'
Shiho wasn't looking at Darkness.
The main reason was that she was currently asking a favor of Makoto. She needed to show her usefulness.
Kazuma looked at Queen Mirellia in the distance... her charm still remaining, her voluptuous figure stretching her armor taut... then looked at Melty beside her... although young, she was already showing the outline of a beauty.
Kazuma couldn't help pressing his lips together. "As expected of that Princess Malty's mother and sister, they're both beauties."
Although he didn't want to admit it, when he had first transmigrated, he had genuinely been captivated by Malty.
The Teddy Devil grinned. "Back then, if it weren't for the Boss, that woman would have killed you."
Kazuma's smile froze.
He looked away. The image of Malty's smug face when she had framed them resurfaced in his mind.
No matter how beautiful a woman was, if her heart was black, it meant nothing.
Don't let Kazuma's perverted nature fool you. If he faced a beautiful woman with an ugly heart, he wouldn't show any mercy either.
That was already something many Isekai male protagonists couldn't do.
Yu also sneered, "She's from the same family as that woman. She can't be anything good."
As he spoke, his right arm began to deform.
Skin rolled back. A pitch-black machine gun grew from his elbow. The barrel gave off a cold metallic luster in the sunlight.
Yu raised his gun barrel, aiming at Queen Mirellia in the distance.
"Wait!"
Darkness rushed over from the side and pressed down on Yu's gun barrel with both hands. "I've heard that Queen Mirellia is a very wise and virtuous monarch, always putting the country's interests first. If possible, it's better not to kill her."
"Just because you haven't seen her daughter's behavior."
Yu turned his head, his gaze sweeping over Darkness's face. He sneered, "That doesn't mean she's any better."
If Darkness hadn't just recently been promoted to Mrs. Nishikawa, Yu would have wanted to shoot her.
Darkness panicked. She ran to Makoto's side, took his arm, and rubbed her face against his shoulder. "Makoto..."
Makoto looked down at her. "Let's see first. If she's the same type as her husband and daughter..."
Makoto paused, seeming to think of something interesting. He smiled. "Then we'll turn her into a human vase too."
Yu, Beam, and the others all broke into smiles.
The Four Gay Bros poked their heads out from below the city wall. "This time, we can't let them die too easily. At the very least, we should put them on a cart and do a world tour."
The Rabbit Devil nodded and added, "Now that we have Aqua, the healing expert, we don't have to worry about these people dying."
Aqua was crouching on the city wall, doing nothing. Hearing her name, she asked Hana curiously, "What healing? What's a human vase?"
Hana turned her head away. "You don't want to know."
…
Outside the city, at the coalition camp.
The king of Belzerg sat on his horse. Before setting out, he said earnestly to his youngest daughter:
"Follow the plan."
Iris, who had been left behind to guard the army's rear, swallowed hard and nodded. Her right hand touched the scabbard at her waist.
From the outside, there was nothing wrong. But the sword inside had been broken in two.
From the night she came back until now, she hadn't dared to tell anyone.
Claire and Rin, on either side of Iris, saw the princess lowering her head in silence and thought she was just nervous.
Claire turned sideways, knelt on one knee, and swore her loyalty:
"Princess, please be at ease. We will create an opportunity for you even if it costs us our lives. Then you just need to wait until that villain is weak and kill him with the holy sword."
Iris wanted to just activate a teleportation spell and run away.
'You say it so easily, but the problem is, the holy sword is gone!'
And she didn't want to fight Makoto.
The king of Belzerg and Queen Mirellia rode side by side in the very center of the military formation. Queen Mirellia turned her head and gave the king of Belzerg a signal with her eyes.
The king of Belzerg drew the long sword at his waist and swung it forward. The sword tip sliced through the air, producing a sharp, piercing sound.
Charge—!
The battle cries of fifty thousand soldiers exploded at the same moment, shaking the rock fragments on Axel's city wall.
The mages at the front were the first to act... fireballs, ice arrows, wind blades, lightning strikes. Colorful magic flew from the army formation, raining down on the city wall like a flock of migrating birds.
Makoto waved his hand.
Directly in front of the city wall, a huge black portal in the shape of a mosaic square appeared out of nowhere. The space inside the portal twisted and spun, like a vertical whirlpool.
All the magic attacks were swallowed up the moment they touched the portal.
The king of Belzerg and Queen Mirellia's pupils contracted sharply.
"Is that... space teleportation magic?"
The king of Belzerg's voice carried a hint of uncertainty.
Space teleportation magic wasn't rare in this other world full of gimmicky powers, but being able to perform such an exaggerated teleportation without incantation was truly a first.
Queen Mirellia didn't respond. She pulled on the reins, her gaze passing through the black portal and landing on the man on the city wall.
Makoto turned his head and looked at the Uzaki sisters beside him. "Want to try your hand?"
In the past, during the Summit War in the One Piece World and the Fourth and Fifth Great Ninja Wars in the Naruto World, he wouldn't personally act at the beginning. Instead, he would let his women go up and level up.
Hana looked at the fifty thousand figures charging toward the city wall below, swallowed her saliva, and shook her head.
Tsuki, Mrs. Shizuka, and Kazuha all shook their heads.
They had been in this world for less than two months at most. They were all amateurs in magic. There was no need to level up.
Seeing that none of the girls were interested in making a move, Makoto took action himself.
His gaze swept over the fifty thousand faces below the city wall.
The next instant, an invisible pressure exploded from within him, like an invisible bomb detonating above the city wall.
The shockwave spread in all directions from his center, sweeping over the charging formation below the city wall, the reserve troops who hadn't yet gone into battle, and the logistics soldiers waiting on standby in the camp.
At least 49,000 of the 50,000 troops rolled their eyes back at the same moment.
Foaming at the mouth, their bodies twitching twice before collapsing straight to the ground, like a toppling domino chain. They collapsed wave after wave. It was spectacular to behold!
Silence fell inside and outside the city.
Only about a dozen people were still standing—
The king of Belzerg, Princess Iris, Claire, Rin, Kyouya's team, Queen Mirellia, Princess Melty, and a few unnamed extras.
But even those who remained conscious, many didn't look well. Pale and swaying, on the verge of collapse.
"This is the Boss's Conqueror's Haki! Incredible!"
The Dolphin Devil poked his head out from behind the city wall.
Makoto glanced at the soldiers lying in heaps below the city wall. "It's useful for clearing out small fry. But without Conqueror's Haki Infusion, this thing is useless."
At this moment,
The king of Belzerg finally realized one thing. They were not on the same level as Makoto.
The old king turned his head to look at Iris, his voice carrying a hint of urgency. "Iris, run!"
But instead of running, Iris was surprisingly calm.
Queen Mirellia dismounted from her horse.
Stepping past the soldiers who had passed out, she placed her hands on top of each other in front of her and gave a slight bow to Makoto on the city wall.
"Makoto-sama, this power is truly beyond imagination."
In an instant, everyone's gaze turned to this woman.
Especially Iris, Claire, Kyouya, and the others, with the king of Belzerg at the forefront. Their eyes grew wider and wider.
'Hey, why are you praising the enemy?!'