After a year of constant battles and continuous improvement, the women's powers grew at a terrifying rate. Among them, Busujima Saeko and Miyamoto Rei had even reached a level comparable to Sora's little parrots!
As for the other sword maidens and Thunder Maidens, although they were slightly weaker, they were not far behind. In any case, the world's original energy had been almost completely absorbed by them!
After this catastrophe, the Earth's population of over 6 billion had been reduced to less than 5%. The entire world was almost covered with the corpses of monsters, resembling a true hell on Earth, a scene of utter misery!
The losses were incalculable; one could only ask how much remained. In this disaster, apart from the surviving 5% of the population, humanity had lost almost everything!
But they still had to live on, in a world that had nothing left.
Since the energy orbs had all been plundered by Sora's women, the so-called superhumans gradually faded from the stage of history. Once they exhausted the energy accumulated in their bodies and could not replenish it, they would revert to being no different from ordinary people.
Of course, there were also some with exceptional talent who awakened internal energy. Even without energy orbs, they could recover their strength through the circulation of internal energy, but these were extremely rare exceptions.
It had been almost a month since the women returned from sweeping the world. As a reward, Sora, that scoundrel, tormented these poor women day and night, making them moan incessantly, as if they were dying and coming back to life.
Although their strength and physique greatly improved, they still couldn't withstand the brute force of this scoundrel!
Originally, Tokonosu City had a population of millions, but now only a few thousand survivors remained. After the disaster, they began to rebuild their homes on the ruins.
The Takagi family also had some survivors who came to Sora to demand their ancestral home, the castle that Sora had seized as his private kingdom. However, at that time, he was busy vigorously plowing on the belly of their former mistress, Takagi Yuriko, and had no mind to deal with them, so he had Miss Saya chase them all away.
Although seizing someone else's house was somewhat immoral, until he and his women left, they would continue to occupy it.
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On this day, Sora finally stopped "rewarding" his women and had them pack their belongings, ready to leave with him at any time.
Because the person he had been waiting for had finally appeared!
On the castle of the Takagi family, Sora sat on a large, comfortable chair. Busujima Saeko and Miyamoto Rei were nestled on either side of him, while the proud Miss Saya sat directly on his lap. Behind him, the enchanting Takagi Yuriko gently massaged him.
At this moment, all the women Sora had subdued in this world were here, chattering away, full of interest as they watched the figure approaching from below.
They knew their bad master had been waiting to see a good show, and they were also looking forward to it. Despite being continuously bullied for so long, they still felt exhausted and weak all over, but it didn't diminish their enthusiasm for gossip in the slightest.
"Is that guy really Komuro Takashi? Could it be that he's been begging all this time?!"
Miss Saya, sitting on Sora's lap, kicked her little feet as she looked at the figure below, her tone filled with deep disdain and disgust.
"Wow, sisters, look, is that guy really a beggar?"
"That guy is so dirty, it's disgusting!"
"Is this the person our master has been waiting for? Did he fall into a sewer on his way here?"
"Is that really Komuro Takashi? He looks like an old man!"
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Chirp chirp, chirp chirp, the Thunder Maidens and sword maidens chattered, leaning on the railing, their eyes wide as they looked at the person below, their voices filled with surprise and disbelief.
Of course, there was also a lot of disgust. They were a group of delicate girls with severe cleanliness issues, and their first reaction to seeing such a dirty person was extreme nausea and rejection.
Listening to the women's chatter, Sora also felt curious. Could it be that Komuro Takashi had really fallen so far in the past year?!
"Dead girl, move your head a bit, I can't see!"
His view was completely blocked by Miss Saya's pink head and the two swaying ponytails, Sora shouted in frustration.
"Hmph, I won't move, just to annoy you!"
The proud Miss Saya naturally sensed the urgency in Sora's tone, wanting to see the greatly changed Komuro Takashi. But this girl was stubborn, always liking to oppose Sora. She thought, since you bullied me so much before, now I'll annoy you, just won't let you see!
His mouth twitched, Sora suddenly had the impulse to kick this girl away, while the surrounding women giggled at their bad master's frustration.
"Dead girl, if you don't move, I'll deal with you right now!"
His face darkening, looking at this Miss Saya who never changed no matter how much he trained her, Sora could only shamelessly use his trump card.
Sure enough, the next moment, even the proud Miss Saya's face showed a trace of panic. She knew that if this scoundrel was pushed too far, he was capable of anything!
Having been the focus of his attention before, Miss Saya couldn't withstand his torment anymore. And although she had been forced to do things in front of her sisters before, and although she was shy, it wasn't something she hadn't done. But now there was someone else below the castle, and that was absolutely unacceptable to Miss Saya's sense of shame!
"Stupid scoundrel, big scoundrel, you only know how to bully me!"
Pouting, with teary eyes and a look of grievance, Miss Saya still didn't throw her tantrum. Since she was sitting on Sora's lap, she couldn't move away, so she just leaned back a bit, resting her head on Sora's chest.
"Hehe, little proud girl, others want me to bully them and don't have the chance! Don't be angry, next time I'll reward you properly."
"Mm, this time it's a real reward!"
Although he knew the proud Miss Saya wouldn't really be angry, seeing her pitiful look, Sora couldn't help but speak up.
"Really? You said it!"
Her eyes flashing with cunning, there was no trace of the earlier grievance. Miss Saya immediately looked at Sora with a sly expression.
Well, his mouth twitched, Sora suddenly realized he was a fool!
Stiffly nodding, although he felt some regret, Sora always kept his word.
"Hmph! If you don't satisfy me this time, I'll never forgive you!"
With a proud hum, Miss Saya's lips curled into a smug smile. Having been bullied by this big scoundrel time and time again, finally, she had won a round!
Hmph, this time she would make this big scoundrel pay dearly, or she wouldn't be called Takagi Saya!
Feeling a chill in his heart, Sora knew he would have to pay a heavy price this time, but there was no turning back. He thought to himself, next time he would just have to work harder to get it back from this proud miss!
Unable to suppress his curiosity, Sora also turned his gaze downward. At this moment, the figure had already approached and stood beneath the castle.
His hair was disheveled, his face covered in dirt, and his beard was long and unkempt. What he wore could no longer be called clothes; instead, they were tattered, oily black rags.
He stood there, with a few mosquitoes buzzing around him. Although he was still far from the top of the castle, Sora could already smell a nauseating stench of decay.
Well, if it weren't for sensing that this was indeed the person named Komuro Takashi, Sora would have definitely mistaken him for a beggar who had crawled out of a filthy ditch!
Feeling somewhat annoyed, Sora thought, "Damn it! Although I don't know how much suffering you've endured this past year, there's no need to make yourself look so pitiful, is there?!"
"Brother, you're here to reclaim everything that's yours. Even if it's just to boost your own morale, you should at least pay attention to your image! After all, you're the chosen one of this world, the protagonist with a halo of destiny!"
Feeling a bit of sympathy, Sora thought, "This poor child, without parents, doesn't even know how to take care of himself. In just one year, he's managed to ruin himself to this extent!"
However, it was impossible for Sora to return Komuro Aoi to him. Sympathy aside, there were principles that couldn't be compromised!
A smirk formed on Sora's lips. No matter what, he had finally come. Sora had been looking forward to this final spectacle for a long time!