The seventeen members of Revival along with Plene, Lotte, and Licorice got on Hwaya’s private plane. As the succubi battle units were already in the Philippines, we were the only ones who needed to go. For the record, Walker was the pilot. Unexpectedly, he was quite skilled in many areas.

Not everyone got on well together in the group. I hadn’t been paying much attention to this before, but, in particular, the monster members didn’t get along.

Lotte arrogantly drawled, “You vulgar bat, get off of Hero’s lap.”

Licorice retorted, “Are you stupid because you’re bird-brained? This is where I belong, Dear Husband’s lap. Stop squawking noisily and go away, wyvern. Your scales are getting in the way.”

“I want to be next to Shin too…” Plene whined.

As Plene was weaker in both magical and physical abilities, she had the least clout among the three, so Lotte and Licorice fought fierce psychological battles with each other. Strictly speaking, Lotte was weaker than Licorice. However, Lotte was still above Licorice in physical abilities.

Of course, I wasn’t too happy with this arrangement. The fact that they were fighting over me was even more troublesome. The other girls already gave me a headache, but now even the monsters were joining in!

When I was just about to say something, a thin layer of ice spread over Licorice who was sitting on my lap.

“Kyaaak! What’s this!?” she shrieked.

Ina stated firmly, “Daddy’s lap is mine.”

Ina pushed the slightly frozen Licorice off and popped down on my lap. I widened my eyes and shouted, “Ina! You can control your ice magic now!”

“A little bit. Did I do well, Daddy?” She looked pleased with herself.

I nodded.“Yep, yep. Good job.”

Licorice wailed, “Wah, Dear Husband abandoned me…”

Lotte smirked. “Serves you right, bat.”

“You go away. And you too, sparkly eyes,” Ina huffed.

My daughter…My daughter was establishing order! Touched by Ina’s power to shoo the monsters away, I hugged her as she made cute noises.

Ah, of course, Yua was sitting in the window seat next to me.

“I wonder if my kids will be safe in the Philippines…” Yua murmured in worry and looked out the window, though there were only clouds in sight.

“Are you talking about your mantises?” I asked.

She nodded absentmindedly. “Yes, they’re still young…so I’m a bit worried.”

A few of them had died as they climbed the dungeon, but most of the mantises had survived and grew stronger with Yua. With the buffs Yua could cast as a Tamer, each mantis had power on par with an S rank monster. I couldn’t help but shiver thinking about how strong they would be when they fully grew up. Even now, they certainly weren’t weak.

I smiled wryly. “Don’t worry. They look all grown up to me.”

“They only got bigger in size. They’re still kids at heart,” Yua fretted.

I patted her head. “It’ll be fine. Guys grow up by being apart from their mothers.”

She glared at me. “But there are more girls…”

“Really?”

I didn’t know. Sorry, mantis girls.

In any case, they were live monsters and couldn’t be stored in an explorer’s inventory like Daisy’s undead monsters. When we needed to travel, we temporarily put them in the guild’s resort, Resting Place of the Angels. Yua would then go back to the dungeon and bring them out when she needed them. Looking back, I had some godly luck to obtain the Resting Place of the Angels.

Hwaya announced, “We’ll be there in thirty minutes. The succubi units cleared space for us to land, but with so many monsters popping up from the ocean, they’re apparently having trouble holding on. Get ready. Yua, make sure you bring out your mantises when you see an opportunity.”

“Yes, Unni,” Yua replied.

Hwaya asked, “Shin, are you ready?”

I winked. “Leave it to me.”

Seeing the effect of my Evil Eyes strengthened by charm, I was sure everyone would be stunned. With a grin, I initiated Peruta Circuit. The time to release the power I had been hiding was getting closer.

Twenty minutes afterwards, while the plane was still soaring through the sky, Hwaya shouted sharply, “Attack incoming!”

The outside suddenly got noisier. At the same time, Hwaya did something, making the plane’s walls transparent as if we were floating in air. Technology sure advances fast… However, now wasn’t the time for me to think about inconsequential things. There were already monsters all around the plane.

Of the flying monsters in the Philippines, there were harpies, giant eagles and hawks, dinosaur-like monsters, flying insects, and even wyverns. I immediately thought of capturing a strong male to introduce him to Lotte, but I rejected the idea when I turned around and saw Lotte’s cold and terrifying gaze. Damn, could my tamed beasts read my mind!?

“An ambush by flying monsters. Daisy, can you take care of it?” I asked.

“Kana…already on it,” Daisy answered confidently. Immediately afterwards, a ginormous tuna…like monster appeared in the air. I was wondering what monster Kana was. It was none other than Aikan, one of Daisy’s strongest undead monsters!

“Kana, learned transparency. Grew up well.”

Daisy puffed out her chest and looked proud. I thought undead monsters couldn’t grow…? Regardless, it was amazing that it had learned a new skill. Apparently I was wrong for assuming that undead monsters couldn’t grow.

[Ooooooong!] Aikan cried out. Some of the weaker monsters exploded right after that. What a monster…Daisy obtaining it from the Panan continent really worked out for us.

“Kana, send them flying. Beam!”

The moment Daisy shouted, Aikan…no, Kana, opened its giant mouth and sucked in the surrounding air. Naturally, the nearby monsters couldn’t overcome the suction force and were pulled into Kana’s mouth. Most of the attacks towards Kana dissipated when they hit the light shooting out from it and even the attacks that managed to get through the light screen couldn’t penetrate its skin. Apparently, Kana alone could deal with all of these flying monsters.

[Guoooooooooo!]

Finally, Kana shot out a giant pillar of light, and everything in its path was wiped clean. As the surrounding monsters moved to fill up the now empty space, their numbers were clearly thinning.

I exclaimed, “I’ve heard about its abilities, but that thing is too overpowered!”

Daisy muttered, “Kang Shin, almost won against Kana.”

“What do you mean ‘almost’? I did win!” I shouted indignantly.

Daisy replied slowly, “Kang Shin fought…El Patiz. Can’t win against Kana.”

I sputtered, “You…”

While we quarreled, Kana leisurely took care of the rest of the monsters. With Kana guarding us, we safely landed on the coast.

“Dear Husband!” a succubus cried out.

Another soon followed, “Dear Husband is here!”

When we got off the plane, the succubi fighting the monsters all turned to face me. I could feel the other girls glaring at me with narrowed eyes. I’m telling you, it’s not my fault!

Hwaya asked, “Is everyone off? Walker?”

Walker grunted, “I’m here.”

After confirming that everyone had gotten off the plane, Hwaya stored the plane in her inventory. The monsters hurtling towards the plane changed their direction towards us, but were immediately shot down by the succubi’s magic.

Licorice exclaimed, “Dear Husband, we’re extremely sorry to say this, but can you participate in the battle? Many kids are lacking in mana, so they can’t handle the monsters properly!”

I grinned. “Yeah, I’m going now!”

I immediately summoned Sharana and infused her into my body. I had also summoned Ruyue and Peika, but I didn’t infuse them in my weapons. Spirit Aura was only needed against monsters I needed to work harder to defeat. Against a large number of enemies, I only needed Sharana. The other elementals were better off in their materialized forms.

I soared into the air and shouted, “Fight me!”

[You have used Provoke! All enemies in the area will charge in to kill you!]

I had felt this feeling before. It was probably in the Panan continent. It was the feeling when all beings in the world were staring at me and attacking me. It was the moment when my heart tightened the most.

“Die!” I yelled out.

In one go, I fully released all the charm I had been holding back. At that moment, even I could smell an electrifying scent. While I was rather annoyed, my Evil Eyes were strengthened to the extreme by my charm and radiated a powerful golden light, shining down on everything in my sight. In this regard, I couldn’t be happier with my high charm. Furthermore…

Everything in the world became stone.

“My god…” Hwaya murmured stiffly. Everyone else also only stared at me, speechless.

I waved my hand and said, “Sorry, I fully released my charm, so you shouldn’t look at me for too long.”

“Uh, right…but well, it’s too late to try to ignore your charm, so don’t worry.”

“Ahem.”

Hwaya, did you have to strike like that at this moment… I blushed and looked away.

“Amazing! All monsters in this area were…Aaah, as expected of Dear Husband!” Licorice squealed loudly.

Other than me, Revival’s members, tamed monsters and the succubi battle units, everything else had been petrified. Nothing living was spared.

Rocks rained down on the ocean, making fountains spout up everywhere. Likewise on the earth, loud noises rang out as rocks hailed down.

“Peika, can you destroy all the rocks that just fell down?” I asked.

Peika grumbled, [I don’t want to go in the ocean…but okay, I got it.]

I looked at my ice elemental. “Ruyue, you know what to do, right?”

She happily replied, [Leave it to me! Ice Rain!]

The two elementals each charged to their designated area and started to break the petrified monsters. Then, the others finally snapped out of their daze and started to work on breaking the monsters. They didn’t forget to comment on what just happened.

“At this rate, can’t we be done with the Philippines in just a day?”

“I won’t be surprised if I get a Stone Breaker title. I’ve never experienced such boring monster hunting.”

Licorice ordered, “Hey you! Make sure you get everything on camera! We have to record Dear Husband’s magnificent glory!”

“Yes, Queen!” a succubus replied.

First, I stole the camera from the succubus taking Licorice’s orders. Then, feeling the presence of monsters in the distance, I calculated the amount of time we had until they came to a threatening range and confined my charm again. The scent that was emanating from me had died down noticeably. Wait, didn’t that mean this scent could even be seen visually…!?

“You’re not even human anymore, Son. Did you eat an air freshener?” my father quipped.

“Shut it, Dad,” I retorted curtly at my snickering father as I held my spear back up.

At that moment, Daisy murmured in regret, “Petrified monsters…can’t make undead.”

“Oh…” She had a point.

That wasn’t it. Yua smiled vaguely and commented, “Oppa, I can’t tame monsters when they’re petrified…”

“Oh, mm…right…” I replied, a bit deflated.

I worked my brain helplessly. Then, I finally came up with an answer to solve this crisis.

“Let’s find a monster that’s strong enough to withstand my petrification!”

“Will there be one…?” Yua asked.

I smiled weakly. “I don’t know…”

Almost as if I had used my Evil Eyes again, a somewhat unwelcome silence descended once more. Wanting to shake it off, I shouted energetically, “Now, let’s do this! I’m sure there will be a monster willing to be Yua’s friend!”

Yua rolled her eyes. “How irresponsible.”

“Undead… my undead,” Daisy murmured despondently.

“Friend…will I find one…?”

What, you’re unhappy with my performance!? You’re not being honest!