I don't want to be an elf!

With their help, Tohka Yatogami finally got a chance to catch her breath.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, she immediately used the Fourth Bullet, which reverses the body's time, to rewind the time of herself and her clone to a time before they were cursed.

As the Golden Fairies appeared, the Pioneer Legion's airships also began to appear over the capital.

Their massive shadows, the overwhelming presence of the fleet that blotted out the sky, were no less intimidating than the rampage of ten thousand beasts.

"Airborne troops deployed!"

With preparations complete, the commanders on the warships issued the order to commence the operation.

"Glory will accompany you!"

The hatch opened, and two hundred and fifty fully armed tin cans, wielding knives, axes, guns, and swords, stepped off the deck without hesitation and plummeted at an extremely high speed.

A hard landing!

With a series of muffled thuds like comets falling to earth, these super soldiers fused with soul crystals plunged into the beast horde, crushing the beasts at the point of impact and stirring up large clouds of dust.

Without any intention of resting, they charged straight out of the blinding dust and rampaged through the beast tide, beginning a brutal hand-to-hand combat.

"Alright, this area is now in your hands."

Seeing that the battle situation nearby had stabilized, Yatogami Tohka looked toward the special individuals among the Seventeen Beasts.

Orcs fused with spirit crystals are warriors capable of taking on ten opponents, but that only applies to orcs of average size.

Individuals exceeding the specifications still require her intervention.

"Seven special individuals, you go and hold them off, I'll take care of them one by one!"

Yatogami Tohka gripped the hilt of her sword tightly, exchanged a glance with her six clones, and immediately dispersed.

Beneath their feet, a crimson domain moved with them throughout the capital.

That is the city of food.

Feeling the time being plundered from the beast, Tohka Yatogami held the Slayer Sword in her right hand and raised her left hand, whereupon the short flintlock pistol appeared in her hand.

"Zflr, the Seventh Bullet!"

Holding a sword in one hand and a gun in the other, Yatogami Tohka fired a bullet with the ability to stop time, freezing the massive beast in place.

A dark gold throne appeared out of thin air beside her, and Yatogami Tohka slashed at the throne with her sword, turning it into countless fragments.

As the fragments were drawn to the Killing King by some force, its aura increased exponentially in an instant.

"The final sword strikes, the ultimate kill!"

Chapter Seventy-Three: The Battle to Retake the Capital

The pitch-black sword energy, capable of splitting mountains and overturning seas, swept across the land, taking away all life.

Before the final sword, no matter how formidable the beast's defense, it cannot withstand it in the slightest.

Whether living or inanimate, all are as vulnerable as clay chickens and earthenware dogs when they come into contact with this power that brings about the end.

Once the time-stopping effect of the Seventh Bullet wore off, the mountain-sized beast, unaware of what had happened, only felt a chill run through its body.

Looking down, he realized that most of his body had disappeared.

The distorted flesh was still pulsating, but it could no longer move its body and could only let out a weak yet mournful wail.

Blood stained the earth red, and the dark ground was corroded into pits.

The once invincible Beast King awoke less than three minutes later, only to perish under overwhelming power.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding beasts immediately stopped their attack.

Although they are ignorant and unaware, the emotion called fear is still engraved in their instincts.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods—when faced with natural disasters, even the Seventeen Beasts can only flee for their lives.

Pairs of eyes, each with a different shape, stared at the petite figure in mid-air, none daring to launch an attack.

Fear was evident in their eyes.

It was as if what was in front of us was not a living creature, but a living natural disaster.

Even though Yatogami Tohka's aura had weakened considerably after unleashing her final sword and consuming all her spiritual power, her icy gaze combined with her crimson armor deterred any beast from advancing.

"Fourth Bullet."

Yatogami Tohka used the Fourth Bullet on herself once again.

The body rewinds time, and abundant spiritual energy flows through its limbs and bones once more.

The Last Sword is her trump card. Generally speaking, she will not use it unless she encounters an extremely urgent situation or can decide the outcome of the battle in one move.

Having been in this world for so long, she has only used it twice.

However, after fusing with Kurumi Tokisaki's spirit crystal, she gained the power to unleash the final sword at will.

Even if the final sword absorbs more than 90% of the spiritual power, it doesn't matter. As long as you use the fourth bullet once, the spiritual power will be reset.

All she spent was a little bit of time.

And this little bit of time can be retrieved from the Seventeen Beasts using the City of Food.

Watching the Seventeen Beasts fall one after another within the city of the City of Food, unable to resist the spiritual erosion, the golden clock in Tohka Yatogami's right eye spun rapidly.

She's like a perpetual motion machine now.

Before all seventeen beasts die, her ultimate skill can be used as a basic attack.

As the powerful spiritual energy returned to her body, Tohka Yatogami smiled and looked at the six special individuals who were being restrained by her clones.

Next comes the enjoyable hunt.

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Eight hours later.

With the last of the Sixth Beasts shedding its final skin and dying by Tohka Yatogami's sword, the Pioneer Legion's first ground recapture operation was a complete success.

As far as the eye could see, there wasn't a single intact building.

This city, which still stands here even after the extinction of humankind, symbolizing its former glory, is now completely reduced to ruins.

Corpses, blood, and ruins were scattered across the land.

Some belong to the orc warriors, but most belong to the Seventeen Beasts.

This was supposed to be extremely dangerous; the officers even made a conservative estimate of a 50% mortality rate, but the final mortality rate was less than 30%.

The surviving warriors, whether super soldiers fused with soul crystals or ordinary orc warriors, looked at Yatogami Tohka with awe.

Not to mention the members of the 2nd Wing Army Division, they fought alongside Yatogami Tohka many times.

However, for many people from other divisions, this was the first time they had fought alongside her.

On the battlefield, those sword lights that brought end and death left an indelible mark on their hearts.

If she hadn't single-handedly dealt with the seven most dangerous beasts in the capital, the Pioneer Legion's mortality rate would never have been only 30%.

Moreover, the ability of the City of Time also played an outstanding role in this battle.

Of the nearly ten thousand beasts of the Seventeenth Rank in the capital, at least three have fallen into a coma due to the influence of the City of Food.

In other words, Tohka Yatogami alone shouldered half the pressure of this battle.

Looking at the figure in mid-air facing the setting sun, many orcs felt a deep sense of admiration.

"It looks like that one was the last one."

Once she confirmed that there were no more living Beasts of the Seventeen around, Tohka Yatogami's expression relaxed, and her Kamui Spirit Armor and Angel disappeared.

Although her body did not feel tired and her spiritual energy remained abundant, the eight-hour battle inevitably caused her mental fatigue.

After falling from mid-air, she finally stood on solid ground eight hours later.

Apart from the wounded and field medics, the other soldiers who fought to the very end in the battle spontaneously gathered around this figure.

Seeing the various gazes around her filled with different emotions, Tohka Yatogami clenched her fist and swung it towards her head.

Announce the end of the battle to everyone.

"We won!"

"oh------!"

Five simple words, yet they speak louder than any lengthy discourse.

The faces of these even more exhausted soldiers once again radiated with excitement.

Yes, they won.

After a full five hundred years, the floating continent islands finally took the first step in reclaiming the ground.

And this first step was so successful.

This is absolutely a day that will go down in history.

"Tohka, are you alright?"

Soon after, Nephren came over.

She did not participate directly in this battle, but instead stayed in the rear to replenish the magic power of the soul crystals that had exhausted their magic power.

However, even aboard the airship, she still managed to see Yatogami Tohka's lively antics.

After eight hours of fighting, many soldiers could not withstand such a long battle and had to take turns resting in the hastily constructed camp.

However, Tohka Yatogami kept fighting and never stopped.

"Lian, don't worry about me, I'm fine."

Yatogami Tohka revealed a big smile.

Although it was tiring, the results were very fruitful.

Not only did they slay the Seventeen Beasts, which they had never seen before, thus advancing the progress of Side Quest Two, but they also reclaimed the capital of the human kingdom, thus initiating the progress of Side Quest Three.

Next, all you need to do is systematically reclaim the land that once belonged to civilization, and in the process, find the other seventeen beasts to perfectly complete these two side quests.