In fact, Takumi could have used the magic spear Gungnir from the very beginning and killed the Evil God with a single shot. But out of caution, it was not yet known whether this Evil God had any hidden cards. In addition, Arcueid and the others were fighting the Evil God, so the scene was chaotic, and the space in the cave was limited, creating a possibility of accidental injury.
After all, the tyrannical penetrating ability of the Divine Spear Gungnir does not distinguish between friend and foe. Once thrown, everything in its path will be mercilessly penetrated before it is recalled by Takumi. Therefore, to avoid accidental injury and to test the waters, Takumi chose to fight the Evil God personally.
In the end, Takumi did not expect the Evil God's methods to be so limited! An inexplicable transfer of harm—or rather, it could only be transferred to other places on his own body and not to others.
It was just a bunch of useless tricks. Then, there was nothing else... Could you believe that a god could only do so much?! Moreover, the Evil God forcibly broke through the seal, triggering the forced return and giving Takumi the opportunity to use the magic spear.
Once shrouded in the return beam, the Evil God could not move and became a sitting duck. After the return was activated, he rose at an angle, creating an elevation difference between the two sides. This completely eliminated Takumi's worry about accidentally injuring friendly forces.
The Evil God regarded the forced return as a last resort to save his life, but in Takumi's view, it was the Evil God's death knell. If the Evil God had continued to use other methods to resist, he might have lived for a few more minutes.
...
"What?!"
When the monster woman on the other side saw the situation on Takumi's end, she was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out. How could a majestic god be killed instantly with such understatement?!
"Good chance!"
Taking advantage of the monster woman's daze, Kanae Kocho approached her instantly.
"Oops!"
The monster woman reacted, but unfortunately, it was already too late. Two flower-like sword auras flashed past, and the monster woman's hands were chopped off.
"Damn it!"
The monster woman gritted her teeth, endured the pain, and stepped back, trying to distance herself from Kanae.
At this time, other attacks followed. While you are down, I will take your life!
"One step beyond sound! Two steps infinite! Three steps, absolute sword! Mumyo-Sandanzuki!!!"
Okita Souji directly activated her Noble Phantasm, and the miraculous swordsmanship instantly sent a chill through the monster woman.
"Strike Air!"
Invisible strong wind, like a cannonball, knocked the monster woman into the air. Others also rushed forward, one after another.
After a while, the monster woman's limbs were severed, and various scars covered her body. She was locked in a personal cage found nearby to prevent her limbs from regenerating. Well, this monster woman was incredibly tenacious; she was not dead even after being injured to this extent. If it were a normal person, withstanding just one wave of attacks would have been enough to kill them dozens of times over. But this monster woman still had one breath left.
"You did a good job, and you were very obedient in capturing her alive."
Seeing that it was over, Takumi came over with a smile and praised the girls.
When the monster woman heard Takumi's words, she almost couldn't help but curse. Is this how you capture people alive?! But now, she had no strength to speak, let alone curse.
What she didn't know was that if Takumi hadn't ordered them to capture the Dark Faction leaders alive whenever possible, this battle would have ended long ago. There would have been no need to fight for so long. If Kanae and the others had let loose and attacked with all their strength, the enemy would have been completely wiped out.
The reason for this was not only the limitations of the terrain but also because the Dark Faction executives were still useful to Takumi.
"We didn't do very well; you still had to take action in the end."
Kanae did not take credit but felt that she and the others had underperformed.
"There is no need to be modest. The Evil God should have been dealt with by me. Your targets were only the other members of the Dark Faction. This is good enough for now."
Takumi smiled and said no more. He approached the cage where the monster woman was locked and reached out to hold her head.
"Soul Search!"
The soul-searching magic was activated, and the monster woman's memories were unreservedly displayed before Takumi. This was why Takumi wanted to capture these Dark Faction cadres alive.
To prevent any fish from slipping through the net, Takumi made two preparations. The first was Riveria's ongoing city-wide investigation in the rear. The second was to look through the memories of the Dark Faction cadres and directly search for the list of all Dark Faction members. He strove to lock onto all members of the Dark Faction and catch them all.
After all, there is more to this world than just Orario. There are many places outside the city. Takumi could not guarantee whether the Dark Faction had branches and lurking personnel elsewhere. Only in this way could Takumi truly and completely eliminate the Dark Faction.
While scanning the memories of this monster woman, he recorded the discovered members of the Dark Faction one by one. Takumi also said to Kanae and the others:
"You continue to move forward. It is the perfect time to attack Esdeath's side from the front and back to deal with the remaining enemies."
"I'll catch up with you after I've finished handling things here. Keep in touch."
"Understood."
Kanae nodded, then waved her hand. "Let's go."
Everyone continued to move forward along the cave and soon caught up with the Dark Faction leaders who had escaped earlier. Without a word, they took brazen action. The battle started again!
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There isn't much to say about what happened after that.
Esdeath led the team to occupy the passage leading to the Man-made Dungeon first. The Dark Faction's retreat was cut off, so they had no choice but to fight desperately. However, how could they be opponents for the girls of Dimensional City? They were taken down one by one without much trouble.
After dealing with the Dark Faction's lair, Takumi also obtained the list of all Dark Faction members from the minds of the cadres. When he led his team back to the surface, the end had come for the remaining Dark Faction members lurking in Orario. Even those who had merely colluded with the Dark Faction were named by Takumi.
And this time, it was no longer an arrest. The list had been obtained, and it was no longer useful to keep these Dark Faction members alive. The previously captured Dark Faction leader was also executed after his identity was confirmed. Now that the Dark Faction members had been discovered, only death awaited them.
The girls of Dimensional City, as well as the top combat forces of the Loki Familia, Freya Familia, and other major Familias, all unleashed their full power, treating Orario as a hunting ground as they searched everywhere. And the prey was the Dark Faction members.
Takumi himself was not idle either. Many gods who had joined the Dark Faction or were colluding with them were found by him one by one and killed without alerting others.
Finally, four hours after the operation began, the Dark Faction that had been wreaking havoc in Orario for so long was completely wiped out.