"Close your eyes first!" Before activating his magic, Takeru reminded everyone.

Hearing Takeru, everyone paused, then quickly complied.

"Illumination!" Sensing everyone's eyes were closed, Takeru gave a light snap of his fingers. Extremely intense white light erupted in front of Takeru, its intensity causing the White Whale to wail, temporarily blinded.

Under the illumination, the White Whale's form was fully revealed: horned head, eyes capable of emitting terrifying red light, a massive pink halo atop its head, a body over 50 meters long, covered in dense exhaust pores and white fur...

Seeing such a creature for the first time, Felt couldn't help but swallow hard. She could sense the White Whale wasn't just huge… its power was also not to be underestimated.

"Wait here obediently." Facing the White Whale, having previously seen Orochimaru's giant snake, Takeru wasn't overly impressed. It was just like that.

Thinking this, Takeru directly flew high into the air, reaching a position directly above the White Whale.

Currently, the White Whale was still reeling from the intense Illumination spell Takeru had just cast. Takeru didn't intend to drag things out with it.

"Hail Crack!" As Takeru spoke, a massive ice sphere rapidly materialized, then expanded at an incredibly fast rate.

Soon, the giant ice sphere surpassed the White Whale's size. Standing atop it, Takeru used gravity magic and gale winds to accelerate the ice sphere.

Then, the colossal ice sphere smashed into the White Whale at extreme speed.

Boom... Crash!

First, the impact of the ice sphere against the White Whale created a tremendous noise. Then, the White Whale, pushed by the ice sphere, collided violently with the ground...

In just the initial clash, the White Whale was easily and severely wounded by Takeru.

Although the dust hadn't settled, for Takeru, obstructed vision was not a concern.

Looking at the White Whale's continuous wails, Takeru let out a light laugh. Its formidable defense was practically like paper before him.

Subsequently, Takeru didn't bother with flashy moves. He aimed at the White Whale's still-wailing head and jumped down, fist raised, towards that spot.

Crash!

Soon, as Takeru's fist made contact with the White Whale's head, Beatrice and the others could only hear a massive sound.

Accompanied by violent tremors and dust, by the time they regained their senses, they saw a huge crater on the White Whale's head, with Takeru now standing on its large horn.

As for the White Whale, aside from the instinctive twitching of its nervous system, it had perished completely.

"Truly weak." Shaking his head lightly, Takeru looked at the massive White Whale, lost in thought.

If Takeru remembered correctly, over 400 years ago, the Witch of Gluttony created the White Whale with the premise that it was 'large and had a lot of meat to feed many people'.

However, the Witch of Gluttony followed the principle of survival of the fittest, so for her, the White Whale was both prey and hunter.

This meant the White Whale was edible. A monster of this level, with the immense magical power contained within its body, Takeru felt it should be highly nutritious.

Its fur also seemed excellent, particularly offering good resistance to magic, making it a top choice for equipment.

Its horn and sharp teeth were also valuable. In terms of worth, the White Whale was a treasure trove from head to toe.

Of course, another important point was that within its body existed some special fog that could cause things it touched to disappear from the world and erase the memory of the object from others.

Through sensing, Takeru located the fog's storage point. He then released a wind blade, slicing open its body.

As the flesh parted, the special fog slowly drifted out. Seeing this, Takeru materialized a large gourd-shaped container and used a whirlwind to collect the fog.

Unfortunately, the gourd couldn't withstand the fog's erosion and soon vanished without a trace, the fog dissipating again.

Seeing this, Takeru could only sigh and use a whirlwind to control the fog, letting it slowly dissipate into the air.

After handling this, Takeru directly stored the White Whale in his item slots.

Although the White Whale was enormous, the item slots ignored size, and as long as items were of the same type, they could be stored. Additionally, since the White Whale was a single entity, it could be stored easily.

After finishing this, Takeru flew back to Beatrice and the other three.

"Nii-san, where's the White Whale?" Seeing the White Whale's disappearance, Felt curiously asked.

"I've already stored it away." Hearing her words, Takeru replied with a light laugh.

Beatrice also understood. Since contracting with Takeru, Beatrice had gained five special item slots. She realized she might have underestimated the item slots, as even stones of different specifications couldn't be stored in the same slot...

But Beatrice hadn't expected the item slots could directly store something as large as the White Whale.

"Alright, the White Whale matter is settled. Now we return to deal with the Witch Cult." Speaking softly, Takeru directly took the others and flew towards the mansion.

En route, Takeru activated his Observation Haki over an extremely wide range.

"Takeru-sama, will Nee-san and the others be alright?" While flying, Rem asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, they'll definitely be fine." Seeing her concerned eyes, Takeru gently comforted her.

Indeed, Ram had now regained her horn. Her combat power was at the pinnacle of this world.

Even without Takeru and the others' assistance, if serious, a mere Archbishop of Sloth would not be her match, despite his numerous special abilities.

The only somewhat troublesome aspect was one of Sloth's special abilities: [The Fingers of Sloth].

Petelgeuse could, through a one-sided, forced contract, possess suitable hosts. He called his beloved Witch Cultists [Fingers]. Within their bodies were Sloth factors. and they were all vessels for the Archbishop of Sloth. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Additionally, there might be considerable casualties among the villagers.

When passing over the forest, Takeru's Observation Haki detected many Witch Cultists hiding below.

"So thick with the Witch's scent!" Rem frowned, and Beatrice also smelled the unique scent of the Witch Cultists.

Sensing several cultists hiding in the forest or the earth below, Takeru quickly formed hand seals.

"Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!" As the hand seals completed, three giant fire dragons rapidly appeared, directly incinerating the Witch Cultists hidden in the forest, quickly burning them to ash.

Without pause, Takeru continued. "Sage Art: Earth Release: Earth Flow River!"

The enemies hidden in the earth were buried by the suddenly shifting earth, thoroughly shredded in the powerful mudflow, becoming fertilizer for the forest.

After casually dealing with this, Takeru and the others flew onward without delay.

Takeru knew the Witch Cultists in the forest were only a small part, likely a squad, with the leader being a [Finger] bestowed with Sloth factors by Petelgeuse!

Soon, Takeru first returned to the mansion. Compared to the village, dealing with intruders here was simpler. With Roswaal, Emilia, and Puck present, there shouldn't be any issues. However, out of caution, Takeru left Beatrice here.

After all, here Beatrice could unleash higher combat power, as both the Forbidden Library and the mansion had arrays she had previously set up, providing significant boosts.

Additionally, Takeru left Felt and one of his shadow clones.

"Takeru, the villagers..." Seeing Takeru's actions, Emilia worriedly looked at him.

"Don't worry. I'll take Rem there. With Ram there now, there's no need to worry." Seeing Emilia's worried eyes, Takeru gently comforted her.

"I understand. Thank you so much!" Hearing Takeru, Emilia thanked him again.

"Ah, here we go again. I've said we're good friends, and helping each other is natural. Enough of that. I'll head over now. Let's go, Rem." Shaking his head lightly, Takeru said helplessly.

"I understand. Please be careful!" Watching Takeru's departing back, Emilia could only call out loudly.

Takeru went outside, picked up Rem, and flew away from the spot.

Being held by Takeru, a smile appeared Rem's lips. She closed her eyes and leaned against Takeru, enjoying this rare moment of time alone with him.