I love time travel the most!

And then, by some incredible coincidence, he discovered it.

——【The Vengeful Princess】

It greatly enhances attacks against all monster-type enemies, and provides an even greater enhancement against dragon-type monsters. The enhancement effect varies depending on the level of hatred. It can be activated at will, but the target must be an entity that the user considers a monster.

That's right, this is Ais's skill.

The phrase "super-enhanced against dragon-type monsters" is very similar to "Demon King's Special Attack".

Therefore, Kobayashi began to ponder.

Is there something in common between the two?

Since Ais can activate it according to her own will, can't I do the same?

After a deep conversation with the half-fairy girl, Kobayashi finally understood that to fully unleash the power of the "Demon King Special Attack," all he needed to do was imagine his opponent as the Demon King! In other words, complete and utter subjective consciousness!

and so--

Tremble, body!

Beat your heart!

Echo, soul!

Recalling that deep sense of powerlessness, I felt an urgent need for strength, and then I faced my fear head-on to turn the tide!

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"Oh no, Lord Wilhelm—"

Rem's urgent voice rang out from inside the carriage.

Although it was forcibly suppressed at the end, it still attracted the attention of Subaru Natsuki and Phyllis.

The three hurriedly turned their gaze toward the battlefield.

There, the old swordsman was running on the back of a beluga whale, thrusting his sword into the giant whale's spine, then running toward its tail fin to slice the massive body lengthwise.

Running from back to tail, he looked as if he were being chased by a fountain of bright red blood that was a step too late.

His godlike and heroic appearance perfectly describes Wilhelm at present.

He lived up to his name as a sword demon.

Seeing the old swordsman's extraordinary swordsmanship, the morale of the expeditionary force members who were looking up at him rose steadily, and the firing speed of the magic stone cannon suddenly increased by a level.

The mercenary groups and dragon-riding teams on the other side also seemed to have developed a competitive mentality, and their attack frequency also increased significantly.

Shining brightly on the battlefield is the best encouragement for the army.

The beluga whale, enduring the pain, writhed in the air, completely unable to cope with the attack from the punitive expedition.

Its pitiful appearance made it impossible to tell that it was the White Whale, the Mist Beast that had been plunging the world into misery.

Wilhelm ran back and forth on the massive back of the beluga whale, while Ricardo, not to be outdone, swung his machete at opportune moments.

The two worked together to wreak havoc on the back of the mountain-sized monster.

Even though the beluga whale was still screaming in pain, it did not descend in altitude, clearly indicating that it had not yet reached the point of causing the other whale pain.

Give it a big one!

Wilhelm and Ricardo exchanged a glance and instantly understood that the other thought the same way they did.

The old swordsman leaped, his lithe body flying towards the kobold, only to be caught by the side of the kobold's greatsword, which was then forcefully swung outwards!

Using his opponent's incredible arm strength and his own jumping ability, he flew up like a bullet.

Launched into the air, Wilhelm wielded his twin swords, slashing wildly at the beluga whale's face.

He slashed mercilessly from the tip of his nose to his cheek, leaving no stone unturned, and then thrust his sword at the enormous eye.

puff-

The sound of flesh being torn apart rang out as the sword demon's twin swords, all the way up to the gauntlets, pierced the white whale's left eye, from which crystal-like liquid flowed.

Then Wilhelm immediately discarded the completely buried sword and pulled out two new swords.

A flash of the blade—

The slashes that came from the left and right cut across the eyeball from above and below, and then the flying blades further aggravated the two vertical wounds on the left and right.

As a result, the beluga whale's left eye was cut off.

"It worked! The eye fell off!"

Someone shouted out.

The eyeball, overflowing with blood and fluid, fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Wilhelm then used his sword to pick up the deformed eyeball and held it up as if showing it to the right eye of the beluga whale directly above him, a miserable smile on his lips as he boasted of his victory.

"It's really a mess."

Faced with the Sword Demon's magnificent fighting style, the toying White Whale was helpless.

This difference in fighting ability was clearly not affected by the overwhelming difference in physique. It wasn't until it lost an eye that the beluga whale finally accepted this fact.

What followed was the wrath of the Mist Beast, known as the Calamity!

"Oh no, it's coming!"

"Subaru, lower your head!"

At the edge of the battlefield, Phyllis shouted, and Rem quickly shielded Subaru Natsuki with her body.

When a strong wind blows, even the windproof protection is of no use, since it is only the most basic protection with only a little bit of protection.

Natsuki Subaru struggled to lift his head from inside the dragon carriage, finally able to look up at the white whale above.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

With a roar that sounded like both crying and rage, the beast, enraged by the gouging out of its left eye, turned its other eye crimson.

The crimson moonlight pierced the retreating, distancing-the-feudal troops.

Above the sky, the giant whale's appearance underwent a dramatic transformation driven by hatred and rage.

The moment the change began, Subaru Natsuki felt an unbearable, indescribable sense of disgust.

The beluga whale spoke.

To be precise, all the craters and pits on the beluga whale's body opened up at once and began to make a certain sound.

Waaaaaah!

From the countless openings growing all over the monster's body, a sound like a scream emanated, a discordant melody that should not exist in the world, directly attacking the listener's nerves, even making their brains tremble.

Humans were not the only ones affected; even mounts like earth dragons, lions, and tigers hesitated to move forward due to their instinctive fear.

At that moment, the most severe state of unpreparedness since the start of the White Whale Expedition overwhelmed the expeditionary force.

Then, from the countless tiny, panting openings, a vast amount of mist was released and instantly descended upon the plains. The world, illuminated by the night-repelling effect, was completely blanketed in white.

My field of vision was completely restricted!

Subaru Natsuki shrank back, realizing that the white whale had finally come to see them as enemies.

The Mist Beast soared through the air with its enormous body, its open mouths releasing discordant sounds that were jagged and distorted as if they were being rubbed against the wind.

It wasn't an impact on the eardrum, but rather felt like a needle pricking a nerve, which was very unpleasant.

However, the effects of the white fog have only just begun to emerge.

The beluga whale, emitting continuous screams, spewed out large amounts of mist from its countless mouths, which spread widely throughout the entire street.

Visibility began to deteriorate, and on the mist-shrouded plains, the expeditionary force's coordination began to falter and fall apart. Most importantly, the very existence of the white whale was slowly dissolving into the sea of ​​mist.

"is that a lie……"

The crowd wavered.

All those complicated methods they used were just to try and bring the beluga whale to the ground, weren't they?

But now, not only on the ground, but even in the sky, there is no trace of beluga whales.

Without pausing, Phyllis immediately swung the reins and rode the earth dragon toward Kurshu's location.

However, his actions were quickly stopped.

"Everyone, retreat—!"

Kurshu's roar came from the depths of the fog, stopping the group from rushing into the white ocean.

Just as everyone was wondering what was going on, an overwhelming and terrifying scene unfolded before their eyes.

"Hey, hey, hey, this is no joke."

Ricardo involuntarily took a few steps back.

Nothing much happened; it simply meant avoiding the fog that swept in like a huge wave.

It's just fog, what's there to be afraid of?

—If you didn’t know the truth, you would definitely say that with a smile, but after seeing the plain that was swept by the mist melt away and disappear without a trace, would you still say that in a light tone?

If flowers are completely swallowed by fog, even the existence of people will disappear without a trace.

"This is real fog..."

Natsuki Subaru murmured.

He thought he had heard enough about the threat posed by the fog produced by the beluga whales in the prior operational meetings, but the reality far exceeded his expectations.

Fog has two properties.

One type is diffuse fog that covers the entire street, in order to expand its territory.

Another type is the annihilation-type fog that just now wiped the earth out completely right before our eyes.

The attack method that had not been shown up until now was the latter's destructive, annihilating fog.

Its destructive power goes without saying; you can tell just by looking at it.

However, it is not limited to this.

Swah——

The powerful voice dispelled the fog, and the white expanse before our eyes suddenly split in two.