"What is happening?" At this moment, he realized he could not activate [Little King] anymore. This meant his wives were either dead, or the distance between them had become too great, exceeding the range for activating the Authority...

He dismissed the second possibility as soon as it crossed his mind. Even if one or two wives betrayed him, it was impossible for all fifty-something to do so simultaneously. More importantly, even if they wanted to betray him, they couldn't possibly escape his perception range in such a short time.

Looking at Takeru's cold smile, he finally understood.

"You did this!" Regulus's face twisted with disbelief.

"What do you think? Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!" As they spoke, Takeru's hand seals were already complete. Three super-massive fire dragons spewed from Takeru's mouth, then charged menacingly toward Regulus.

"I won't be defeated by you like this!" Seeing the fire dragons, he forcefully used [The Lion's Heart]. As the fire dragons made contact with him, they dissipated on their own.

"Interesting. How long can you hold on? White Beak!" As Takeru's words fell, the air filled with dense ice spikes.

Seeing the massive number of ice spikes, Regulus finally panicked. Under normal circumstances, he would fear nothing like this. But now, his second Authority had failed, preventing him from maintaining the first.

Thinking this, he quickly blew a breath toward Takeru. The air, empowered by his Authority, became more terrifying than Ram's wind blades.

However, facing the rapidly approaching air current, Takeru simply extended his palm. Gluttony activated, directly devouring the air current and adding over a thousand units to his stored mana.

Then, as Takeru's ice spikes shot endlessly toward him, Regulus dared not stay and chose to flee. But his speed was far too slow compared to Takeru's ice spikes.

In less than five seconds, the ice spikes easily pierced his body. After three consecutive ice spikes penetrated his torso, he gasped again, and [The Lion's Heart] activated once more. The ice spikes approaching him dissipated again.

But this only prolonged his life by another five seconds. The instant his Authority ended, a dozen ice spikes thoroughly riddled his body like a sieve.

"Why... why..." Before death, he still couldn't comprehend how Takeru knew the weakness of his ability, and how, in such a short time, he managed to find all his wives.

It was simple. Takeru had already hypnotized all suspicious women within a radius of dozens of kilometers, identified which ones were Regulus's wives, and then froze them.

As Regulus died, Takeru noticed two peculiar existences emerge from his body, then at incredible speed, merge into Takeru's own.

Seeing this change, since it had happened before after defeating Sloth, Takeru wasn't particularly nervous this time.

Subsequently, Takeru casually dispelled the Absolute Defense Magic on Ram. Ram landed beside Takeru, looking at the dead Witch Cult's Archbishops, and let out a sigh of relief.

Takeru then gathered their corpses, and fierce flames appeared out of thin air, reducing them to ashes.

After completing this, Takeru created clones again, sending them to the frozen areas to release the women, informing them that Regulus was dead and they were free.

The reason for this was that all the clones had dispersed after completing the freezing, transmitting their memories back to Takeru's main body.

In truth, if his skill's range were larger, Takeru wasn't absolutely without a method. He could have used Shambhala to teleport Regulus to a neighboring country he had prepared beforehand. However, there was a risk Regulus might dodge it, and Takeru would need to get close, which carried some danger.

The current outcome was acceptable. Without his Authority, Regulus was nothing.

"Alright, Ram, let's go home." After successively dealing with the White Whale and three Witch Cult's Archbishops, Takeru wasn't planning any further action today.

"Okay." Hearing Takeru, Ram quickly came to his side and directly hugged his arm.

Seeing Ram's action, Takeru shook his head with amusement. He removed the teleportation point left here, stored the massive White Whale in his item slots, and then activated Shambhala. The two were enveloped by a purple magic array and soon vanished from the spot.

…

In the blink of an eye, five days passed.

During this time, Takeru didn't take any major actions, merely staying at the mansion with everyone.

Although this world didn't have many forms of entertainment, Takeru taught them many games from his main world, creating various items using magic.

Apart from training, everyone would gather to play cards, and chess. While these entertainments couldn't compare to the amusements of the main world, everyone found them very interesting since it was their first contact with such things.

Especially after adding penalty games, Takeru was treated to quite a sight, and everyone's relationships grew closer rapidly.

As for the existences that merged into his body after the deaths of the Archbishops of Sloth and Greed, Takeru still hadn't discovered anything unusual, nor could he perceive or use them. Seeing this, Takeru let it be.

Today, the group was setting out again. This time, the goal was to hunt one of the Three Great Witchbeasts, the Great Rabbit. Therefore, their destination was the Sanctuary.

Incidentally, Takeru also planned for Emilia to enter the Sanctuary. Regarding the trials there, he hoped she would complete them. Only by passing the trials would she undergo a transformation.

Considering this, Takeru, Beatrice, Felt, Emilia, Ram, and Rem set out grandly toward the Sanctuary. Before leaving, Frederica gave a pendant to Emilia, hoping Emilia could help her, or rather, help her younger brother.

Hearing her request, although not fully understanding, Emilia seriously accepted the pendant.

It's worth mentioning that under Takeru's intimidation, guidance, and interaction with everyone during this period, Meili had changed quite a bit.

At the very least, she no longer seemed to be instinctively imitating Elsa's actions.

After seeing off Takeru and the others, Frederica watched the departing dragon carriage with mixed feelings.

"Emilia-sama, I hope you can successfully pass the trials of the Sanctuary." Muttering softly, Frederica led the other two servants back into the mansion.

As for Takeru and the others, inside the spacious carriage cabin, everyone seemed quite at ease. Whether regarding the upcoming Sanctuary trials or hunting the Great Rabbit, no one showed a trace of worry.

Only Emilia seemed somewhat gloomy. She had found she could no longer contact Puck. Although she could still feel the bond of their contract, Puck simply wouldn't appear.

Seeing her expression, Takeru sighed lightly. Takeru knew this was because Puck had recalled some things. Yesterday, Puck had sought him out, entrusting him to take care of Emilia.

Soon, as they continued traveling, Takeru and the others finally entered the Kremaldy Sanctuary. This place was protected by a special barrier that repelled outsiders and misled direction, hence also called the Forest of Lost Ways.

Watching the scenery outside, Emilia couldn't help but feel tense, unconsciously gripping the carriage seat.

"Feeling nervous?" Looking at Emilia, Takeru gently came to her side and patted her head.

"How did you know?" Hearing Takeru, Emilia asked in surprise.

"All your expressions are written on your face. Don't worry, no matter what, everyone will be with you." Hearing her words, Takeru replied helplessly.

Hearing Takeru, Emilia then looked blankly at Beatrice, Felt, and the others. Seeing them give her reassuring smiles, she slowly relaxed.

"Sorry for making everyone worry. The thought of arriving at the Sanctuary soon... a village inhabited only by demi-humans... made me feel tense unconsciously." Looking at everyone, Emilia apologized.

"Lia, don't worry. No matter what happens, everyone will help you." Hearing her words, Takeru gently patted her head.

"Thank you, everyone." Hearing Takeru say this, Lia completely let go of the worries in her heart.

Seeing her thanks, everyone chuckled lightly. However, they soon noticed the magic crystal Frederica had given was glowing brightly.

Then, as the light intensified, Emilia actually fainted. Takeru gently reached out and caught her.

At the moment she lost consciousness, Takeru sensed passing through a special barrier. Subsequently, he noticed himself being teleported by space magic.

Sensing this, Takeru hesitated for a moment but did not resist, allowing himself to be teleported away.