At the bridge connecting the Giant and Troll Kingdoms.
Whoosh!
A group of Giant children suddenly appeared.
"Huh? Where is this?"
"We're out?"
The children were all a bit dazed, wondering how the location had changed in an instant.
"Buli!"
Ayla immediately recognized her child.
Buli also saw his mother, and a smile instantly appeared on his face as he ran towards Ayla. "Mommy!"
At this moment, many other children also saw their parents and happily ran over.
The Giant Legion members were a bit stunned. They hadn't expected the abducted children to suddenly appear here.
Ayla asked curiously, "Buli, how did you all suddenly appear here?"
Upon hearing this, Buli immediately became excited. "It was Takeshi-nii. I'm telling you, Takeshi-nii is super amazing."
The other children also started talking all at once.
The children had a very limited vocabulary, so their descriptions were just "whoosh", "swish", "clang".
But everyone generally understood that Takeshi must have used some kind of spatial magic similar to instantaneous movement to teleport the children back.
Mahiro now understood why Takeshi had them wait here.
"Where is Takeshi? Did he not come back with you?"
Many children shook their heads.
Buli said, "Takeshi-nii said he wants to deal with the bad guy who abducted us before he comes back."
Everyone was slightly moved upon hearing this. Not only did he bring the children back safely, but he also intended to eliminate future worries. Such a spirit was rare and commendable.
"Women and children, quickly return to the Capital! Men, follow me to storm the Troll Capital and bring our hero back!" Mahiro drew his battle-axe and shouted loudly.
"Ohhhhhhh!!!"
All the Giants raised their weapons and cheered.
For the past few months, they had been suppressed due to their children, but now that the children were back, it was time to let those foolish Trolls know the consequences of angering Giants.
All the Giants ascended the bridge, then charged towards the Troll Kingdom.
The Troll Kingdom's guard legions stationed there immediately met them in battle upon seeing the Giants charging.
"Kill them!"
"Kill!"
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Troll Capital.
"Impossible! Spatial magic requires precise control over space-time accuracy, it's impossible for anyone to directly teleport people, especially such large Giant brats. You must have taken them into your magic space."
The Giant Capital and the Troll Capital were quite far apart. Katoru didn't believe anyone could teleport people that far.
"Believe it or not, I don't care."
Takeshi had actually just taken a sharp intake of breath. In that one instant, a tenth of his magic power was drained.
He originally thought his magic power was high enough, but now it seemed far from sufficient. The Flying Thunder God Technique consumed too much magic power.
"Seize him!"
The Troll King immediately issued an order to his subordinates.
Numerous Trolls rushed towards Takeshi, holding wooden clubs.
"Hmm... it's more suitable to let that old man take the stage to deal with these big guys."
Full Body Take Over: Edward Newgate!
As the Take Over Magic activated, Takeshi's body slowly began to grow larger. His ninja clothes transformed into a white coat, his young face became that of an old man, and a crescent-shaped white mustache appeared below his nose, curving upwards.
In his hand appeared Whitebeard's exclusive weapon, Murakumogiri, one of the 12 Supreme Grade Swords.
Although Takeshi's height was still several times smaller than the Trolls, at least he didn't have to look up too much at these guys.
"Transformation?!"
Takeshi's transformation greatly astonished these muggles who hadn't seen much magic. They hadn't expected him to be able to transform.
At this moment, a Troll rushed in front of Takeshi, raising a huge wooden club with both hands and smashing it down towards Takeshi's head. In response, Takeshi raised one palm.
Bang!
Takeshi steadily caught the huge wooden club.
"Ahhhh!"
The Troll's greenish-black face turned red with effort, trying hard to press down, but Takeshi didn't budge.
Then, Takeshi exerted force.
Crack!
The huge wooden club was crushed in Takeshi's hand like tofu.
This was Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world. Even Kaido, the strongest creature in the world, called Whitebeard a 'monster.' Big Mom also held great reverence for Whitebeard's power.
During the Marineford War, Whitebeard easily blocked attacks from giant ships and Giants with one hand. In terms of strength, almost no one was his match.
"What?!"
Takeshi crushing the wooden club with one hand startled many Trolls. This club was made of rock-iron wood, as hard as iron, yet it was crushed just like that.
Buzz!
Then, Takeshi clenched his fist, and a white transparent light enveloped his fist.
He stomped his feet, leaped lightly, and struck the Troll with a powerful punch.
Crack!
The air in front of Takeshi shattered and a terrifying shockwave erupted from his fist.
"Cough!"
Blood overflowed from the Troll's mouth and nose, his eyes rolled back, and he fell to the ground.
Rumble!
Crack!
The terrifying shockwave did not stop there, shaking everything in front of Takeshi's fist.
The ground shattered, and the violent vibrations even cracked the Troll King's palace, causing large chunks of debris to collapse.
"Waaahhhhh!"
Everyone in the Troll King's palace screamed and scattered, fleeing.
"What?!"
Katoru was startled by the sight before him.
Was this guy a monster?
He immediately wanted to escape. However, he had already been targeted by Takeshi, and Takeshi would not let him get away.
Takeshi gripped Murakumogiri with both hands, adopting a swinging stance.
Buzz!
A white transparent light enveloped the blade of Murakumogiri.
As Takeshi swung, a fierce slash accompanied by a terrifying shockwave emanated from the blade.
Boom... Boom...
The slash was unstoppable, and the shockwave shattered everything. Under the dual effect of the slash and vibration, everything in front of him was destroyed.
"Waaahhhhh!"
Katoru had no time to dodge and was hit by the slash, his body split in two by Takeshi's single strike.
"Hmm? Dead?"
Takeshi came before Katoru's corpse, confirming that the guy was indeed as dead as could be.
"What's going on? Is this guy really the leader of the Black Magic Cult? Why is he so weak?" Takeshi frowned.
He hadn't expected Katoru, the mastermind behind the abduction of the Giant children, to be such a weakling who could be killed with one blow. It was disappointing.