History Awesome / HopeOfTheShieldHero

* Lapis's home fleet, led by Hinoko (Corrin's wife), does a BigDamnHeroes entrance by attacking the Wave monsters and Luvar's army, turning the tables in favor of the heroes.

* After the fight, Naofumi and Itsuki's parties remain for an extra week because they have to deal with the aftermath of the fight, as well as stop the reincarnators that were tasked by "Them" with destroying the world. The plan they make is simple yet very, ''very'' satisfying: gather all of them in the same room, cover all exits with the heroes and their parties, and [[CurbStompBattle proceed to waste them all]], because the power and skill gap between the heroes and the reincarnators is too big to surpass even when they are outnumbered by more than ten-to-one. Even the strongest reincarnators, the ones with stolen Hero Weapons, are just barely able to hold on, and that's because there's too many targets.

** Just in case any of that wasn't enough, the Heroes just picked the {{pragmatic|Hero}} route and a book off Trash's page and [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink poisoned the food and wine served to the reincarnators]] to ensure their deaths.
** And Kizuna finishes it by making the false Harpoon Hero her message to "Them", telling the abominations that the Heroes will, sooner or later, go after them, and then putting the fear of all gods and demons in the world into the reincarnator so he will '''never''' forget the massacre and never find a moment of peace before they just finish him off forever.

** And Kizuna finishes it by making the false Harpoon Hero be the only one they let go and putting the fear of all gods and demons in the world into him so he will '''never''' forget the massacre and never find a moment of peace before they just finish him off forever.

** Naofumi realizes how they can finally win the fight, and leads everyone in crippling Kyo enough that he can trap him in [[SuperMove True Pandora's Box]], ending the fight.

** Naofumi and Raphtalia's determination to end Kyo's madness inspires Aksel and Rishia to keep moving in order to protect their loved ones - which leads to them being chosen to become the Vassal Heroes of the Axe and the Projectile. And, seeing this, Hoshi and Akane also join in the fight, using their skills to distract Kyo while the others continue attacking. Even Daitan manages to find a way to help... [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments by going completely]] {{naked|PeopleAreFunny}} and [[IShallTauntYou taunting]] [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Kyo]] to give openings to everyone else and help Naofumi with his counterattacks. [[CrazyEnoughToWork It works.]]

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* Itsuki, Naofumi, and Ren working together to kill the Tyrant Dragon Rex that Idol Rabier summons -- the same that required Fitoria to actually finish off in canon; a beast so powerful that a previous set of Cardinal Heroes saw no other option ''but'' to seal it away.

* Itsuki, Naofumi, and Ren working together to kill the dinosaur Idol Rabier summons -- the same that required Fitoria to actually finish off in canon.

* Raphtalia hits Trash with a skill and sheathes her sword, confident in victory. When Trash tries to move, it turns out that the skill has cut him in half vertically, so finely he didn't even realize until then, causing him to die a very painful (and messy) death.

* Itsuki, Naofumi, and Ren having a sit-down after arriving at Van Reichnotts' manor: where the three of them learn about the others' Power-Up Methods and start going through their Legendary Weapons' upgrade systems to become that much stronger together.

* When Raphtalia hits Trash with a skill that cut him in half vertically without him realizing it, until he tried to move and suffered a very painful death.

* Itsuki, Naofumi, and Ren working together to kill the dinosaur Idol Rabier summons - the same that required Fitoria to actually finish off in canon.
* Naofumi managing to find Bitch’s BerserkButton and relentlessly pressing it until she [[RantInducingSlight proceeds to explode in a furious tirade where she reveals how her desire for power would drive her to kill anyone in her way]]…[[EngineeredPublicConfession including Motoyasu, who hears every word of her confession.]] This directly plays a part in Motoyasu finally pulling a HeelFaceTurn and fighting alongside Naofumi against Pope Balamus.

* The GreatEscape from the prison by Raphtalia's group. Raphtalia uses her powers of illusion to sneak out of the jail without being noticed, steals the keys while spooking the guards and frees the others. And she's doing this even though she's been returned to level 1 and is a child again.

* The GreatEscape from the prison by Raphtalia's group. Raphtalia uses his powers of illusion to sneak out of the jail without being noticed, steals the keys while spooking the guards and frees the others. And she's doing this even though she's been returned to level 1 and is a child again.

* Ren saying "You lied to me." Right before cutting off the Book Hero's arm.

* The second fight against the Spirit Tortoise.

*** Just then, the Tortoise's ultimate attack hits - and Naofumi, using only the Shield of Hope II and with support of healing magic from the others, '''''tanks''''' the entire thing even as it makes him scream in blinding pain burns him up (to the point [[EyeScream one of his eyes bursts]]) before [[ChekhovsGun the thank you gift from the Cal Mira Accessory Merchant]] '''''deflects''''' the rest into a faraway mountain that instantly '''disintegrates'''. Naofumi immediately collapses, almost dead, but he saved the entire army from being killed by taking on an attack that is incredibly more powerful than Judgement.

** When the Tortoise begins to gather energy for its ultimate attack, Naofumi has another panic attack and locks up. His mental representation of Wrath, in the form of himself under the Wrath Shield's influence, appears to browbeat him into accepting it as part of himself - only for Naofumi to ''instantly'' accept that his anger is part of him, but that right now his fear of failing his friends supersedes it. Wrath!Naofumi leaves, but not before implying that Naofumi ''can unlock a second Blessed Series, '''Diligence'''''.

** When the Tortoise pulls off its Gravity magic, Ren uses a skill to absorb its magic, enough to allow him and Blue to approach its neck again - only for him to realize that this skill (which he normally uses to absorb his allies and gain temporary skills) can ''also'' be used on enemy skills, giving him the one-shot '''Gravity Bash'''... [[HoistByHisOwnPetard which forces the Tortoise into the ground, partially burying it, and with its head resting against the ground]].

** When the Tortoise begins to gather energy for its ultimate attack, Naofumi has another panic attack, where his mental doppelganger appears to browbeat him into accepting it (as the representation of his Wrath) as part of himself - only for Naofumi to ''instantly'' accept that his anger is part of him, but that right now his fear of failing his friends supersedes it. Wrath!Naofumi leaves, but not before implying that Naofumi ''can unlock a second Blessed Series, '''Diligence'''''.
*** Just then, the Tortoise's ultimate attack hits - and Naofumi, using only the Shield of Hope II and with support of healing magic from the others, '''''tanks''''' the entire thing even as it burns him up (to the point [[EyeScream one of his eyes bursts]]) before [[ChekhovsGun the thank you gift from the Cal Mira Accessory Merchant]] '''''deflects''''' the rest into a faraway mountain that instantly '''disintegrates'''.

** Then, when one of the Queen's Shadows manages to track where the traitors have been hiding away, Motoyasu takes a small army and successfully attacks the mansion, taking out the traitors' main hideaway. Motoyasu single-handedly beats the strongest Church Shadows, making good use of the training he's undergone with Granny. And when it turns out that Bitch has escaped and left a trap behind, he manages to survive that as well.

* Naofumi managing to find Bitch’s BerserkButton and relentlessly pressing it until she [[RantInducingSlight proceeds to explode in a furious tirade where she reveals how her desire for power would drive her to kill anyone in her way]]…[[EngineeredPublicConfession including Motoyasu who hears every word of her confession.]] This directly plays a part in Motoyasu finally pulling a HeelFaceTurn and fighting alongside Naofumi against Pope Balamus.

* Glass turns out to have an equivalent to the Cursed Series, similar to Naofumi's Shield of Wrath, but L'Arc and Therese manage to convince her to back down just by speaking to her.

* Naofumi, Ren and their parties stopping Itsuki while he's deep into the Cursed Series.

* Naofumi forcing Jaralis to back off when the demi-human attempts to call his bluff of taking control of Siltvelt's army and getting the entire Council executed.