Seeing the wave zone appear in an instant, many of the Imperial Guard and knights marveled at Takeru's terrifying ability.
"Alright, as we practiced before, groups of five, cover each other. First, get the villagers to take shelter. Begin!" Looking at the Imperial Guard and knights behind him, Takeru spoke loudly.
"Yes!" Hearing Takeru's words, everyone split into twenty groups. Half headed towards the village, the other half ran towards the center.
"Alright, let's set off too." Seeing the knights already engaging the monsters, Takeru spoke directly.
This time, the basic monsters that descended were goblins. The elite monsters were lizardmen and dog-headed kobolds.
Inside the village, the people who saw the wave's location forming directly above their village were nervous and desperate.
But before they could think much, they noticed the monsters descending into the village were quickly killed. They were stunned.
"They're knights!" Soon, many villagers saw the neatly dressed knights appearing beside them.
"That's great!" Seeing this, the villagers breathed a sigh of relief.
"Everyone, follow us to take shelter!" Keel and his four teammates spoke to the villagers.
"Yes, Sir Knight!" Hearing Keel's words, the villagers didn't hesitate and quickly agreed.
"Look out, Sir Knight!" Suddenly, a large lizardman appeared behind Keel. The nearby villagers showed nervous expressions.
Only Keel and his teammates showed no tension. He had already sensed the monster's arrival.
Although he wasn't yet very skilled with mana perception, he could still detect within a three-meter radius.
In other words, within three meters of Keel, there were no blind spots.
Then, to the amazement of the villagers, Keel simply turned around and executed a drawing slash.
Everyone saw a faint silver flash. The lizardman, which had been brandishing its claws, froze. Its head flew high into the air, and blood spurted out.
After casually killing the lizardman, Keel calmly turned back and continued organizing the evacuation.
Seeing powerful monsters unable to last even one exchange against Keel, the villagers cheered.
One elderly woman, who had been about to attack, paused.
Watching the Imperial Guard's seemingly relaxed yet vigilant demeanor, she inwardly sighed. She hadn't expected the empire to train such powerful knights in such a short time.
Besides Keel's group, monsters descending into the village were basically killed in a single encounter.
"Too weak. Is this really a wave?" A knight, having killed a goblin instantly, marveled.
"No, it's not that they're too weak, but that we're too strong. But remember, don't get careless. If anyone dies, they'll be laughed at, understand?" Watching the quickly swelling confidence of the soldiers, the squad leader reminded them seriously.
"Right. After all that hard work, I don't want to die in such a weak wave." Hearing the squad leader, a knight said seriously.
This scene played out in many squads. As some knights found that even relatively elite lizardmen could be easily killed with simple coordination, their pride grew. But someone in each squad would issue a reminder.
Takeru naturally perceived what was happening. Not only Takeru, but also in the royal capital, large screens were recording everyone's battles in real time.
Many citizens gathered around the screens, cheering and shouting encouragement for the knights, Imperial Guard, and Heroes.
On Takeru's side, at the center, watching the large number of crow-like flying monsters and a dilapidated, large ghost ship flying in the air. The ship's bow had many snake-head statues, and these statues were alive.
Itsuki and his companions were currently shooting at the statues from below.
Based on his experience playing games, he thought attacking the ship's bow statue, the Soul Eater, was key. The Soul Eater was this wave's boss. Defeating the boss would make the wave disperse.
However, Motoyasu's game experience was different. He believed one needed to defeat the sea monster on the ship first for the Soul Eater to appear.
Thus, people with different views fought in their own ways.
Naofumi, on the other hand, ignored this. Takeru had told him that the wave was an excellent place to gain experience. There was no need to rush to repel the wave... prioritizing leveling up was best. So, he just hunted monsters nearby.
Takeru also noticed two girls at the top of the ghost ship's sail. He was very familiar with them.
One of the Vassal Weapon Heroes, the [Fan] Hero, Glass. Due to her birth, she was discriminated against by her fellow disciples.
She was chosen by the Fan Vassal Weapon, becoming the Fan Hero. After becoming the Fan Hero, she was expelled from her school by her jealous fellow disciples.
Her purpose in coming here was based on records in ancient documents: to invade another world and kill the Four Saint Heroes, believing this would save her own world.
Her strength was decent. In the original work, when she first came, if Naofumi hadn't activated his Wrath Shield, he couldn't have blocked her attacks.
Raphtalia and Filo were defeated instantly by her. Finally, if the wave's time hadn't run out, forcing her to return to her world, Naofumi and the others would have been killed.
But by the second time, after Naofumi and the others had grown, they could on the contrary suppress her.
As for now, in a one-on-one duel, Takeru didn't think she could suppress Naofumi.
Takeru guessed that Raphtalia, Rifana, and Filo, individually, were about as strong as Naofumi. So, any one of them would likely have a greater chance of winning against Glass. If they cooperated, she wouldn't even have a chance to escape.
As for the other girl, it was Yui. Seeing the Shinigami Scythe in her hand, Takeru realized she had chosen the scythe, become a Vassal Weapon Hero, and ended up in another world.
"Takeru-sama, that's Yui-san." Just as Takeru noticed Yui, Esdeath also saw her and said with surprise.
"Yes, it's Yui." Hearing Esdeath's words, Takeru confirmed.
"Yui? Who is that?" Hearing Takeru and Esdeath's conversation, Raphtalia and Filo asked curiously.
"A good friend. You all stay here for now. I'll go say hello." As he spoke, Takeru quickly disappeared from his spot, reappearing directly behind Yui and Glass.
"Yui." Arriving behind the two, Takeru called out.
However, Glass, who had been watching the battle, was startled to suddenly hear a voice behind her. She instinctively turned and released several golden wind blades at Takeru, "Reverse Style: Snow Moon Flower."
Facing the powerful wind blades, Takeru casually raised his hand and devoured them all, turning them into his own nourishment.
"My, my, attacking before we've even met. That's not very nice." After devouring the attack, Takeru said calmly.
Glass, seeing her attack casually nullified by Takeru, was startled. Coupled with Takeru's mysterious appearance behind them, she became even more vigilant.
"Takeru!" Before Glass could prepare another attack, Yui beside her exclaimed with delight.
"Long time no see, Yui." Hearing Yui's exclamation, Takeru waved.
"Yui, you know him?" Hearing Yui's call, Glass was stunned.
"Yes, Takeru is from the same world as me." Hearing Glass's words, Yui spoke without any guard, her tone filled with joy.
"Yui, you should be very clear about our mission." Watching Yui's delighted expression, Glass had a bad feeling. But thinking of her important mission, Glass spoke seriously.
"Mission? It's useless. If it's Takeru, there's absolutely no way to defeat him. Besides, I won't fight my companions." Hearing Glass's words, Yui was startled, then directly waved her hand casually.
Seeing Yui's demeanor, Glass became even more hesitant. She was very clear about Yui's strength.
She was definitely no match for Yui. That was also why she had brought Yui into this world, to kill its Heroes and completely end the waves.
"There's still some time. How about coming over for a drink? I also understand your purpose." Looking at the two, Takeru pointed to a high cliff top not far away.
He then quickly flew to the top of the cliff. A stone table and stone chairs quickly appeared. Takeru sat on one and took out some delicacies, waiting for the two.