Satou Kazuma found a place to sit and looked up at the sky.
In theory, the White Whale would appear soon.
It has to appear!!!
Please don't let some chain reaction or butterfly effect prevent the White Whale from showing up!
Everyone is so prepared; if the White Whale doesn't appear...
I'm afraid he and Aqua won't be able to get out of here in one piece.
But…
If they can really defeat the White Whale, a bright future is definitely waiting for them!
All five candidates participated in this battle of conquest, and the credit will definitely be divided, but Satou Kazuma and Aqua must be the ones with the most credit.
Satou Kazuma gathered them together, and Aqua even 'predicted' information about the White Whale.
This is information that the world has been unable to obtain for the past four hundred years.
At that time, they will have everything, money and fame!
And definitely be surrounded by beautiful women!
What should I do next?
Such happy troubles~
Just as Satou Kazuma was thinking, the sound of footsteps came from behind him.
"Kazuma-sama, thank you very much for this opportunity to get revenge."
Satou Kazuma turned around and saw Wilhelm standing in front of him.
"Oh, it's you, old man Wilhelm."
"I've been waiting for this chance for too long."
A trace of sadness flashed in Wilhelm's eyes.
Satou Kazuma remembered that Russell had told him that Wilhelm seemed to be the husband of the former Sword Saint.
And the former Sword Saint sacrificed herself in the White Whale subjugation battle.
"Don't worry, old man Wilhelm, this time I will definitely give you the chance to get revenge with your own hands! I'll treat you to a good drink afterwards!"
Satou Kazuma reached out and patted Wilhelm's back.
"Thank you, Kazuma-sama. If I can really kill the White Whale with my own hands, my lovely wife will be able to rest in peace in the afterlife."
"By the way, old man Wilhelm, I have a question I want to ask."
"Speak, Kazuma-same."
"When the previous Sword Saint went to fight the White Whale, how many people did she take with her?"
Satou Kazuma asked.
Although Satou Kazuma felt that he had made enough preparations, he didn't know much about the White Whale, having only seen it twice.
He wanted to know exactly what level of combat power the other side had.
If the former Sword Saint couldn't beat the White Whale even with thousands of troops, then Satou Kazuma was ready to run away at any time.
"If I remember correctly, she took about a hundred people, all well-trained members of the Knights."
Wilhelm thought for a while and then answered.
"Did no one make it back?"
Satou Kazuma pursed his lips.
"No, the entire expedition team disappeared without a trace. Afterwards, the kingdom sent people to investigate and only saw a mess... a living hell... and my wife didn't even... didn't even... have a body left..."
Wilhelm's voice gradually choked up.
"I'm sorry."
"No, no, no need to apologize, Kazuma-sama, this is a thing of the past."
"Then I have another question. You should have kept a list of the dead, right? Did anything unusual happen at that time?"
Satou Kazuma said.
He guessed that because he was from another world, he wouldn't be affected by the White Whale's ability, and neither would Aqua nor Natsuki Subaru.
In the previous loop, Rem was devoured by the White Whale's ability, and everyone else lost their memories of her.
The lost memories seemed to be automatically filled in. When Satou Kazuma asked how many maids there were at Emilia's mansion, the answer was only Ram, and they didn't think anything was wrong.
But some memories, even if lost, cannot be fixed.
For example, Rem was originally driving the dragon carriage, but after everyone forgot about Rem's existence, they couldn't answer the question of 'who was driving' the dragon carriage, because this was a memory that couldn't be fixed, and they seemed to feel dizzy to some extent.
If the expedition team had fought against the White Whale before, there would definitely be cases of memories that couldn't be fixed.
And the only thing that was erased was other people's memories of the victims; the traces they left in this world would not be affected.
"Unusual circumstances? No, I don't think so."
Wilhelm frowned and thought for a while, but still shook his head.
"Nothing? Like the difference in the number of people before and after the expedition? Even if they were erased from existence, it should only be other people's memories of them."
"There shouldn't be any such issues. If there were, someone would have noticed it at the time."
"That's strange."
Satou Kazuma realized the problem.
If they had sacrificed in battle with the White Whale, someone would have died in the White Whale's mist of erasure.
But judging from Wilhelm's words, that wasn't the case.
Were those people really killed by the White Whale?
Or does the White Whale have some unknown ability?
Just as Satou Kazuma was thinking, he heard a sound.
A very familiar sound.
It was the roar of the White Whale.
A huge shadow loomed over the dark night sky.
This giant monster has appeared in this place again.
"It's finally here, this guy!"
Satou Kazuma immediately turned around and shouted loudly to Crusch, rushing to her side.
"Aqua-sama is really amazing."
Crusch couldn't help but sigh.
In her eyes, Aqua really did successfully predict the appearance of the White Whale.
However, Crusch's hand holding the sword trembled slightly.
The thing that appeared in front of her was, after all, a monster that had been wreaking havoc in the world for over four hundred years.
Countless people in Lugunica's history had tried to conquer the White Whale, but none had succeeded.
Everyone died.
This made Crusch unable to not feel nervous; if the conquest failed, she would probably die.
Even a strong person like Crusch felt a bit shaken at this moment.
Just then, Crusch turned her head and looked at Satou Kazuma, who had come to her side.
Satou Kazuma's body seemed to be trembling too?
In reality, Satou Kazuma was extremely nervous.
"Kazuma-sama."
Seeing Satou Kazuma's appearance, a smile appeared on Crusch's face instead, and her mood calmed down a lot.
"What's wrong?"
"Thank you for your kindness."
"Huh?"
Satou Kazuma had no idea what Crusch was talking about.
"Kazuma-sama, you must have noticed the shaking in my heart."
Crusch's gaze was focused on Satou Kazuma,
"I am ashamed to say that even though I had already made up my mind to conquer the White Whale, I felt fear at the crucial moment. Kazuma-sama, you deliberately showed that you were afraid to calm my mood. I can feel your heart."
"?"
Satou Kazuma's eyes were full of confusion.
Because he was really a little scared in his heart.
Satou Kazuma had originally made sufficient preparations for this operation, but after hearing Wilhelm's words, he was worried that the White Whale might have some hidden abilities, and he wasn't very confident.
And he had also seen some monster movies before; some monsters would become stronger as they fought, gradually adapting to the enemy's attacks.
If it was a monster of that level, then everything would be over.
But Crusch seemed to have completely misunderstood what he meant?
He definitely couldn't say that he was trembling because he was really nervous.
The atmosphere had already reached this point, so he could only bite the bullet and admit it.
"Um..."
Satou Kazuma nodded a little sheepishly.
"After the battle is over, when we return in triumph, I will definitely prepare the grandest celebration banquet for Kazuma-sama."
"Hey, hey, hey, don't say things like that; it's setting a FLAG, isn't it?"
Before Satou Kazuma could finish speaking, Crusch had already drawn her sword and shouted loudly:
"Everyone, prepare to attack!"
In the team, several mages immediately began to chant spells, and a light flashed from them, illuminating the entire night sky. This was the first step of the plan, to brighten the environment so they could fight better.
Aqua was pouting next to them, sitting on the ground with some dissatisfaction.
Because she was originally planning to do this step, using light magic to provide light for everyone.
But this idea was immediately rejected by Satou Kazuma.
On the one hand, she needed to constantly keep casting her light magic, which would inevitably affect her ability to cast healing magic.
This was the only thing the useless goddess was good at.
On the other hand, if Aqua cast light magic, if this guy lost control, then the entire team would probably lose its combat power before the battle even started.
It was to the point where it would hurt even if you closed your eyes!
And her fake identity might get exposed.
At this moment, as the light covered the plain, the magic cannons in Crusch's camp started bombarding the White Whale.
Boom boom boom!
A series of magic missiles directly hit the White Whale! Causing an extremely violent explosion! Thick dust instantly filled the air.
The White Whale seemed to let out a shrill wail.
"Did it succeed?"
Natsuki Subaru looked at the sky with a smile on his face, his face full of anticipation.
But the expression on Satou Kazuma's face became more and more serious.
He knew the principle of 'smoke with no damage'.
Satou Kazuma looked around and saw several earth dragons without riders next to him – those were the earth dragons of several dragon carriages.
He knew that if something unexpected happened, he wouldn't be able to escape on his own two legs.
Riding an earth dragon might make it easier to escape - no, it was to avoid the White Whale's possible attacks.
Earth dragons are very fast, much faster than horses in the modern world.
Satou Kazuma detached the earth dragon from the carriage and directly rode on it.
"BaKazuma, can you even ride an earth dragon?"
Beatrice followed Satou Kazuma and rode on the earth dragon, sitting in front of Satou Kazuma.
"No."
"You can't and you still just rode on it?!"
"It doesn't seem too difficult! And I might be a once-in-a-lifetime genius."
Satou Kazuma said with a smile.
In the previous loop, Satou Kazuma had briefly controlled the dragon carriage at a critical moment.
Although the dragon carriage almost flipped under his control, it barely maintained its balance thanks to Geuse's unseen hands.
However, Satou Kazuma couldn't see the unseen hands, he thought that he had controlled the dragon carriage with his wonderful skills, so he was now somewhat inexplicably confident in himself.
"Really—Ah ah ah ah!"
Before Beatrice could finish speaking, the earth dragon under Satou Kazuma directly rushed out like a cannonball,
"BaKazuma, what are you doing!"
"I I I, I don't know! The earth dragon just rushed out on its own!!! How do I make it stop!"
At the same time, at the forefront of the line, Ricardo and others looked at the sky with serious expressions.
The smoke gradually dissipated, but the White Whale's altitude did not decrease.
Their best attacks had not caused any real damage to the White Whale.
Julius, who was next to him, had a very serious expression, he knew very well that the most important thing in any battle was the first wave of attack.
If the first wave of attack didn't have a significant effect, it could affect the morale of the entire team.
"As expected of the legendary monster, it's not so easy to kill..."
"Julius, you should prioritize protecting Anastasia-sama's safety. This conquest will probably not be so simple."
Just as Julius and Ricardo were talking, a figure whizzed past them.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!"
It was Satou Kazuma and Beatrice with the out-of-control earth dragon.
But in the eyes of others, it completely changed.
"Just now, was that Kazuma-sama?"
"He looks like a weak young man, but he's braver on the battlefield than we are!"
Ricardo and Julius looked at him with respect and admiration.
"Kazuma-sama is risking his life so much for us."
Wilhelm clenched his right fist tightly, turned his head to look at Crusch,
"Crusch-sama, please give the order!"
"Yes."
Crusch looked at Satou Kazuma in the distance rushing towards the White Whale, and a smile bloomed on her face.
"Indeed, he was just pretending to be afraid to comfort me. He didn't say it directly to protect my feelings. Kazuma-sama is really a brave and gentle person - everyone, get ready, follow Kazuma-sama! Charge together!"
With Crusch's order, everyone rushed forward together.
Satou Kazuma's heroic charge ignited their morale.
But they didn't hear Satou Kazuma's screams that disappeared in the wind.
"Stop! Please, somebody, help me!!!"
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