[ Crusch looked up at the sky, and then an enormous fish appeared...
"The entire army..."
"…BEAT IT UP!!"
"…ALTHUMA!!"
Natsuki Subaru shouted.
Rem released ice magic to form a huge icicle that pierced the white whale. ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Every time I hear this 'Al' chant, my body trembles. It's like they're calling my name."
Al whispered.
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[ "Subaru-kun, please hold on tighter. Be careful not to get thrown off!"
Rem yelled.
"ALL TROOPS—FOLLOW THOSE TWO IDIOTS!!" Crusch instructed.
The next moment, the darkness was dispelled, and the sky was covered with white light.
"Drive away the night."
"Subaru-kun. Are you scared?"
"Well, I'm really scared—I'm afraid that after I defeat it, my future of being praised by others will be too dazzling!"
"You even have the time to look around. How disrespectful of me!"
On the other side, Crusch shouted, scratched her hand, and then blood gushed out from the white whale. ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Huh? Empty...empty hands? How did I do that?"
Crusch, who was outside the screen, was shocked.
She began to wonder if she should be more careful when waving next time.
"This is Master Crusch's famous sword technique, nya. It's called 'One Hundred and One Dachi'."
then...
"Ah, Mr. Wilhelm?!"
Otto stared at the scene on the screen with his mouth open.
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[ "It's within the sword's reach." A figure leaped up and slashed across the tip of the white whale's nose, leaving scars.
That figure, the sword demon Wilhelm van Astraea, thrust one sword into the tip of the white whale's nose and the other into its skin.
"...Fourteen years. I've been looking forward to this day every single day."
Wilhelm stomped his feet, slashing at high speed as he ran to the back of the white whale.
"You will crash here and be left to die in the wilderness—a mere monster."
Wilhelm slashed at the white whale with his sword frantically and effortlessly.
"You actually let me chop you down. That's really great of you to cooperate!"]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Sword Demon…!"
Yurius slipped away quietly, unable to bear the weight of that presence.
Though far weaker than in his prime, Wilhelm's movements still carried a faint echo of the legendary warrior he once was.
"Wilhelm-san… Such astonishing swordsmanship… But what if this were Wilhelm-san's youth…"
Emilia couldn't help but wonder what would happen if the young Sword Demon Wilhelm in his prime encountered the White Whale.
"If I could break the White Whale's 'clone' mechanism... with my relatively decent swordsmanship back in my youth, I could have killed it alone. Compared to my youth... I've really regressed quite a bit now."
Wilhelm said this modestly yet confidently.
"Mimi performed very well too... Oh no, she's the leader now!"
Mimi yelled.
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[ "Stop looking around, IDIOT! LET US DANCE WITH YOU TOO!!"
Just now, the white whale threw Wilhelm off, and Wilhelm was caught by the earth dragon.
As the white whale chased Wilhelm, Ricardo roared and cut off one of the white whale's teeth with a machete.
"Take it, take it, it's still a long way from over!"
Ricardo rode on a lion and tiger, brandishing a machete, and came to the white whale like Wilhelm just now, chopping the white whale hard.
"Get ready for this, it's about to start!"
"Don't rush too far, sis! Everyone, it's now!"
Mimi and Heitaro followed Ricardo closely with the mercenary group members.
The mercenaries also climbed onto the white whale and began to attack it. ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Wow, if this big knife cuts off my teeth with one blow. I'm 100% sure it would hurt so much!"
Otto clutched his teeth as if it were a phantom pain.
"It looks like a lot of damage has been done."
Emilia said.
"Ahh... my hands are itching! My hands are itching! It's such a pity I wasn't there at the time!"
Garfiel felt very sorry.
It feels so cool to play like this.
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[ "ALL TROOPS, STAY AWAY FROM THE WHITE WHALE!!" Crusch yelled.
This caused the white whale to do a big turn.
"The flank is exposed!"
It seemed that Crusch had achieved his goal, and he released his Hundred-Man Sword to strike the White Whale in the side.
Then...
"ALGOA!!"
The magic team shouted in unison.
Balls of flames followed by a hundred swords blasted towards the white whale's flank.
The sky was also dyed red, and it looked quite like dusk. ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"Knocked it out? Easier than I thought."
Otto said.
"Ah, man, haven't you heard the saying 'There's no harm in having smoke'?"
Al said.
His intuition told him how it could end so easily.
"No. White Whale didn't even take the battle seriously."
Wilhelm narrowed his eyes.
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[ "The altitude...has not decreased." Subaru had hoped that the previous blow would defeat the White Whale, but the White Whale didn't drop.
There was damage, but it wasn't even a serious injury, let alone a defeat.
"It's used up all its cards right from the start. If it can't fall, it's even more durable. Keep draining away its remaining stamina like before! Go tell Miss Crusch to hit her vitals with that same attack again."
Ricardo said to Subaru, shouldering his large sword, and then rushed towards the white whale again.
From Subaru's perspective, Wilhelm also rushed forward.
"I'm really unwilling, but for now I can only wait and see..."
"Actually, I hate it just as much."
Ferris came out and said.
"However, you, the special person in charge of treatment, are the lifeline of the expeditionary force. If you rush to the front lines, it will be difficult to deal with it. I beg you, please concentrate on fulfilling this responsibility."
"Hmm...it's only been a day, and you've really changed. What happened?"
"If I had to say it, I'd become a slightly more respectable man."
Then Ferris smiled evilly and poked her cheek:
"Could it be that little Rem turned Subaru into a man, Nyaa~?" ]
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〜Inside, the Theater〜
"It's more than just one day, Nyaa~. Ferris was so careless when she said that."
Ferris said from outside the screen.
"Felix-san...it's really natural for the gentleman to tell dirty jokes."
"It's Ferris-chan... Otto's thoughts are too dirty."
"Oh?~ This is true, this is true.~"
Roswaal said in a long tone while looking at the screen.
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[ "HAH—!" Wilhelm was attacking the white whale frantically.
Then, Wilhelm fell, and Ricardo...
"Go up!" Ricardo swung the machete, and Wilhelm jumped on the machete and landed on the white whale's body again.
"HAH—!"
Wilhelm stabbed the white whale's left eye with both swords, then pulled out two more swords and cut the eyeball with force.
And in the end, the white whale's left eye was dug out... ]
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