The Boundless Journey, Starting From Bofuri

Looking at the numerous Witch Cultist's corpses and the scarred earth around, Takeru thought for a moment, then used telekinesis. The many Witch Cultist's bodies were gathered together. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Then, with a snap of his fingers, flames appeared out of thin air, quickly incinerating all the corpses.

Subsequently, with another thought from Takeru, the ground trembled. Soon, the surrounding area returned to its original state. If not for the remaining bloodstains, one might think what just happened was an illusion.

"Alright, the enemies have all been eliminated. You can return home now." Addressing the many villagers behind the barrier, Takeru dispelled the earth walls and the barrier.

"Takeru-sama, Ram-san, Rem-san, thank you!" The emerging village chief and others, though unsure who the enemies were, had no doubt about Takeru and the others protecting them and quickly expressed their gratitude.

"It's nothing. This matter is concluded here. We must return to the mansion now." Hearing the villagers' thanks, Takeru lightly shook his head.

"Let's go, Ram, Rem." Then, Takeru turned and spoke to Ram and Rem.

"Yes!" Hearing Takeru, they naturally came to his side.

"Shambhala!" As they drew near, Takeru took out Shambhala. Soon, a purple light enveloped Takeru and the others.

"Takeru-nii, Ram-nii and Rem-nii, thank you!" As they were leaving, Petra and the other children waved excitedly.

"Bye-bye!" Hearing their words, at the moment of transmission, Takeru said with a light laugh.

As the light intensified and then dissipated, Takeru and the others had already returned to the mansion's courtyard.

Seeing the many Witch Cultists' corpses around, Beatrice, Emilia, Roswaal, and the others were still clearing out the remaining cultists.

"Takeru!" Seeing Takeru and the others return, Beatrice and Emilia showed excited expressions.

Hearing their calls, Takeru gave a light nod, then closed his eyes. He sensed the remaining enemies and their numbers. Then, lightning power surged within him. Soon, the sky above the Roswaal Mansion was covered by dark clouds, with thunder and lightning flashing.

While everyone was still somewhat stunned, Takeru suddenly opened his eyes.

"Heavenly Punishment." He spoke softly. Thirty-seven bolts of lightning descended from the clouds, accurately striking the thirty-seven surviving Witch Cultists.

Under the powerful lightning, the cultists completely perished, not even leaving remains...

After finishing this, Takeru glanced at the corpses on the ground. A hurricane swept through, followed by flames that completely consumed the bodies.

"Truly an incredible ability, Takeru-kun." Seeing this, Roswaal gave a light laugh and then left the spot.

"Takeru-nii!" At that moment, Felt ran toward Takeru and threw herself into his arms.

"Are you alright, Felt?" Looking at the excited Felt, Takeru gently ruffled her hair.

"I'm fine. Everyone protected me." Hearing Takeru, Felt said somewhat bashfully. Due to Takeru's secret instructions to Beatrice and Roswaal, no intact Witch Cultist could get near Felt.

Felt herself had used her newly learned wind blades to kill several injured cultists.

After repelling the Witch Cult's attack, Takeru released a light laugh. However, the matter wasn't over yet.

Takeru knew things weren't concluded. The White Whale's death would attract the attention of the Archbishops of Gluttony and Greed. So, by returning to the Great Flugel Tree's area, Takeru could still hunt these Archbishops.

"Ram, the battle isn't over yet. Let's go." Seeing the joyful smiles on everyone's faces, Takeru spoke calmly.

"Huh? Nii-san, what do you mean?" Hearing Takeru, everyone looked at him blankly.

"Exactly what it sounds like. This time, just Ram and I will go. I'll explain the details when I return." Speaking softly, Takeru motioned for Ram to come over.

Ram quickly understood and came to Takeru's side. Then, under the glow of a purple array, Takeru and Ram vanished.

"Takeru-sama, this is the Great Flugel Tree?" Seeing the landmark tree, Ram was stunned.

"Yes, and the place where we defeated the White Whale." Hearing her words, Takeru nodded lightly.

"Who are the enemies this time?" Upon hearing this, Ram asked curiously.

"The Archbishops of Greed and Gluttony of the Witch Cult." Hearing her question, Takeru directly replied.

Hearing Takeru, Ram was stunned. She hadn't expected to face Witch Cult's Archbishops again. However, Ram showed no fear. With her horn restored, her power was not inferior to either of them.

After arriving, unsure when the two would appear, and to avoid them losing track of the White Whale's location because he had stored it, Takeru took the White Whale out again.

"Is this the White Whale? It looks quite strong." Looking at the massive creature, Ram showed surprise.

"It's okay. A big fellow, but just a clumsy, heavily defended thing." Takeru waved his hand dismissively.

"Haha, being targeted by Takeru-sama, it was doomed." Hearing Takeru say this, Ram chuckled lightly.

Seeing her smile, Takeru also let out a light laugh. Under Ram's curious gaze, Takeru used Multiple Shadow Clones. Over a hundred shadow clones appeared around them.

Then, under Ram's puzzled look, the shadow clones dispersed in all directions.

Takeru sat quietly on the White Whale's body, calmly awaiting the arrival of the two.

"Takeru-sama, what is all that?" Watching everything, Ram was confused.

"Just a little preparation. The enemies this time aren't simple." Hearing her words, Takeru shook his head helplessly.

"Even Takeru-sama finds them troublesome?" Hearing Takeru, Ram became cautious.

"Well, it's not that they themselves are particularly fearsome, but their Authorities are very troublesome." Hearing her question, Takeru said seriously.

"Their Authorities?" Hearing this, Ram grew curious.

Seeing Ram's curiosity, Takeru carefully recalled the abilities of the two from his memory and slowly explained their Authorities to Ram.

The Authorities of these two made Takeru feel the situation somewhat tricky, mainly the ability of the Archbishop of Greed, Regulus Corneas!

He possessed two Authorities! First: [The Lion's Heart]! Its effect is to stop time for the target object.

Since time is a measure of an object's state of motion, the essence of this effect is to keep the target object's state unchanged from a certain moment onward. In other words, it makes the target 'forbidden from changing'.

Its applications were also very powerful: timeless youth, eternal freedom from hunger, thirst, and fatigue.

In terms of space, it provided all-around invulnerability. Whether physical attacks, magical attacks, drowning, burning, freezing, or burial, all were not only ineffective, causing no harm, but even his hair and clothes remained neat and tidy as before, intact and undamaged. It was truly invincible on a defensive level.

Additionally, it could make any thrown object maintain its initial velocity and continue moving indefinitely, becoming an absolutely certain lethal weapon.

Of course, normally, activating [The Lion's Heart] could stop time for his own physical body, but the heart itself had to keep beating. If he tried to forcibly stop his heart, due to the extreme pain, Regulus could only endure for five seconds at most.

But this flaw was compensated for by his second Authority. Authority 2: [Little King]! It's effect is to deposits his own heart into a target object, merging with the object's heart, thereby fulfilling the requirement that [The Lion's Heart] itself must keep beating.

Of course, [Little King] also had conditions: the target object must be within the [Little Kingdom].

The concept of 'Kingdom' was just a figurative expression. In reality, it was the list of women whom Regulus, as the little king, unilaterally recognized as his wives.

Another point is that the target object must be alive, and strictly speaking, must have obvious vital signs of being alive!

Also, the wives couldn't be too far from Regulus. That meant to deal with Regulus, one first had to eliminate the wives around him.

Thinking of this, Takeru could only hope the wives weren't too far away, otherwise, he couldn't guarantee breaking through his Authority.

As for the Archbishop of Gluttony, he wasn't much of a concern. His Authority was to devour a target's [Memories] and [Name]!

Those whose memories and names were devoured would be forgotten by everyone in the world, except Subaru, and fall into a deep sleep.

In this sleep state, they would still breathe but wouldn't need to eat, sweat, or excrete… literally becoming mere empty shells.