An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

“Guruga ...

Behemoth wailed and retreated against the ground. There was a clear diagonal sword mark on Behemoth's chest, and dark red blood was flowing out.

"No problem! We've definitely gotten stronger! Nagayama's team from the left, Hiyama's team from the back, and Mr. Meld and the others from the right! Rear guard, prepare your magic! Use advanced magic!"

The Tejas issued instructions quickly, thanks to the commander training personally supervised by Captain Meld.

"Oh, the instructions are clear, no hesitation. You hear me, don't you? Everyone, follow the Kiss's command!"

Captain Meld shouted, and led the knights in a dash to circumvent Behemoth's right side. At the same time, they all moved in unison, surrounding Behemoth.

The forward team desperately set up a defensive line to prevent the violent Behemoth from attacking the rear guard team.

“Gahhhh!!”

Behemoth took a step, crushing the ground as it charged forward.

"You wish!"

"Don't even think about going over there!"

The two giants in the class, Sakagami Ryutaro and Nagayama Shigeo, blocked Behemoth like they were scrimmaging for the ball in American football.

“The power to split the earth with all its might lies here! ‘Giant Power’!”

The two of them used magic that enhanced their physical abilities, especially their arm strength, to slide on the ground while catching Behemoth's charge.

“Gahhhh!!”

“Drink aa ...

“Oooooohhhh!!”

Each of the three let out a different cry, exerting all their strength. Even though the tiny humans couldn't completely stop Behemoth, its momentum was hindered, and it stomped the ground anxiously.

The other members did not miss this opportunity.

"Split everything, the supreme flash, 'Severance'!"

Zero's sword-drawing technique struck Behemoth's horn directly. The divine sword, shrouded in its own glazed magical energy and enhanced by magic, could only cut halfway through, failing to sever it completely.

"Ooooh, still as hard!"

"Leave it to me! Crush it, shatter it, explode it, [Strike]!"

Captain Meld leaped forward, striking Shizuku's half-pierced sword with his own knight's sword. Using magic to increase his sword's speed and strengthen his wrist, the sharp, heavy blow seemed to push Shizuku's sword inward. And just like that, one of Behemoth's horns was severed in half.

“Gahhhhhh!?”

The impact of having its horn severed caused Behemoth to struggle with all its might, and Nagayama, Ryuutarou, Shizuku, and Captain Meld were thrown away.

"Gentle light embraces everything, 'Nimbus'!"

The four of them were breathing hard from the impact, and were about to hit the ground. At this moment, they saw countless halos gathered to form a net, gently enveloping them. It was Kaori's light defense magic that softened the impact by changing its shape.

Kaori lit up the violet magic light on her white staff, her divine artifact, and chanted the recovery spell without delay.

"Heaven's grace, grant healing to all your people, 'Return to Heaven'."

As Kaori finished her chant, the four of them were healed simultaneously, despite not having been touched. It was a mid-level light-based healing magic capable of healing multiple people simultaneously at a distance, a superior version of the previously used "Tianhui."

Guanghui assumed a thrusting stance and charged straight at the still-aggressive Behemoth. He plunged the blade into the wound, then finished chanting as he advanced, initiating the final steps of his magic.

"'Light Explosion'!"

The immense magical power stored in the holy sword flowed into Behemoth's body through the wound caused by the sword, causing a massive explosion.

“Gahhhh!!”

Despite the wound being opened and bleeding profusely, Behemoth did not miss the slightest opportunity after unleashing the attack and swung its sharp claws at Guanghui.

“Wuwu~~!!”

Guanghui groaned and flew out. Although his claws were deflected by the Holy Divine Artifact's Holy Thorn, the impact went straight into his body, causing him to cough violently. However, the pain only lasted for a moment, and Kaori's recovery magic was immediately applied to him.

"Tianhui, please give him strength once again, 'Jiaotian'."

If the recovery magic just now could heal multiple people at once, its effectiveness would be relatively reduced. This is a magic that increases the recovery effect on an individual. After the radiance is enveloped in light, it will be fully restored in an instant.

While the Glory was being knocked back, the other members continued to fight, and Behemoth used the shockwaves generated by its roar and leap to knock them back. It ignored the fact that its horn was broken and let it gradually heat up.

“…Even with a broken horn, you can still use this move. That move is coming!”

As Shizuku warned, Behemoth also jumped up.

Since everyone had experienced Behemoth's unique magic, they all took a defensive stance. However, this time, Behemoth's leap was unexpected. Leaving behind the vanguard group, including Kouki, it easily flew over their heads, closing in on the rearguard. During the battle on the bridge, it had only leaped short distances. Furthermore, they had never dreamed that such a massive body could leap so far, and the vanguard group's faces showed anxiety.

However, one of the rear guards stopped chanting the spell and took a step forward. That person was Taniguchi Suzu.

"This is a holy place. No divine enemy shall pass through. 'Holy Severance'!!"

She chanted an incantation, creating a light shield. At the same moment, Behemoth crashed in like a meteorite, its massive impact and shockwaves spreading outward, shattering the surrounding stone slabs into a spiderweb-like pattern.

However, Ling's Absolute Defense Wall did indeed block Behemoth's special move, but it was not the original four-stanza chant, but rather a two-stanza chant that was barely expanded and omitted, "Holy Slash", unable to exert its full power.

In fact, the barrier had already begun to crack. If it weren't for Suzu's vocation as a "barrier master", she wouldn't even be able to activate it, let alone maintain it until this moment.

Ling gritted her teeth. Even though she had only injected two portions of magic power, she still raised her hands high, imagining that there was an absolute barrier there, and the cracked tent wall did not exist at all, and her protection would never be broken.

"Wuwuwu! I won't lose!"

Behemoth's murderous gaze pierced through the barrier, sending fear and anxiety surging through her body, causing her raised hands to tremble. The orange magic light attached to the bracelet, Ling's sacred artifact, flickered for a moment, then immediately returned to its intense brilliance. Ling desperately cried out to drive away her weakness.

But she was already nearing her limit, Behemoth's attacks were still continuing, and she couldn't hold out for more than ten seconds.

“It’s going to be broken!” Qian cried out in his heart, and at that moment—

"Heavenly grace, bring the mystery here, 'Let Heaven'."

Ling's body was enveloped in light, and the magic power injected into "Holy Spell" suddenly increased. It was Kaori's recovery magic.

Originally, that spell was used to restore another's mana. But now, it's activated in conjunction with the mana flowing into the magic circle, amplifying the incoming mana back to its original amount. This is an application of the "Rangtian" technique. Kaori's vocation as a "healer" allows her to perform such magic.

"That's all right! Xiangxiang, I love you!"

Infusing ample magical energy, Ling re-established her "Holy Spell." With a crisp, thud, the cracks in the barrier healed instantly. Furious at being unable to breach the barrier, Behemoth glared angrily at the despicable sorcerer, but Ling returned the glare with unwavering determination, not retreating a single step.

Finally, the fiery effect of Behemoth's horn began to fade, and Behemoth suddenly lost its propulsion and fell to the ground. At the same time, Ling's "Holy Suppression" was also destroyed.

Although Behemoth locked onto the panting Ling, the vanguard team was already fighting with Behemoth.

"Backguard, retreat!"

Following Kouki's instructions, the rearguard retreated in one breath, while the vanguard surrounded Behemoth once again, continuing to torment it with a one-hit-and-run strategy. The rearguard's long-awaited chant finally came to an end.

"Back off!"

That was the command from Eri, the representative of the rearguard. After Kouki and the others unleashed a full-strength attack on Behemoth, they used the reaction force to quickly distance themselves from it.

Then, the trigger of the fire-type advanced attack magic was pulled.

“““““‘Summer’!””””””

This was a high-level spell cast by the combined power of five casters. Ultra-high-temperature flames swelled into a sphere, like the sun, incinerating the surrounding area. The "Fire Sky" created directly above Behemoth instantly expanded to a diameter of eight meters before descending towards it.

A huge amount of heat energy attacked Behemoth. Because the power was so strong, even the students were in danger of being harmed. So everyone quickly set up a barrier, and "Yantian" did not give Behemoth time to escape, and gradually melted its solid shell.

“Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

Behemoth's dying scream resounded throughout the hall. It was a scream that had been heard before. The sound, which seemed to be about to burst the eardrums, gradually became smaller and smaller, and soon disappeared as if the scream was burned up.

In the end, only the blackened walls of the hall and the tiny remains of what looked like a Behemoth remained.

"Did you win?"

"I won, didn't I..."

"I won..."

"Really?"

"real or fake?"

Everyone stared blankly at the spot where Behemoth had been, muttering to themselves as if confirming victory. Meanwhile, the equally stunned Kouki came to his senses, raised his head high, and raised his holy sword high above his head.

"That's right! We won!"

Kouki raised his gleaming holy sword high and roared in triumph. Perhaps it was his voice that finally gave them a true sense of victory, as everyone cheered in unison. The boys clapped their shoulders in encouragement, while the girls hugged one another, rejoicing in their victory. Captain Meld was also filled with emotion.

Among the crowd, only Kaori was still staring blankly at the place where Behemoth had been, so Shizuku called out to her.

"Kaori? What's wrong?"

"Huh? Ah, it's Shizuku-chan... No, nothing, I was just thinking that we're finally here."

Kaori answered Shizuku with a wry smile, and she seemed full of emotion that she had grown up enough to defeat the nightmares of the past.

"Yes, we have indeed become stronger."

“Hmm… Shizuku-chan, if we just keep going a little further, Nagumo-san will also…”

"We're going to confirm this, right? Isn't that what you're working for?"

"Haha, that's true."

"Moving forward" meant a chance to confirm Hajime's safety. The fear of getting an answer made a timid expression appear on her face. Sensing this, Shizuku squeezed Kaori's hand tightly. Feeling the strong hand, Kaori seemed to shake off her fear and smiled at her.

At this time, Guanghui and others also gathered around the two of them.

"Are you two okay? Kaori's healing magic just now was amazing. As long as Kaori is here, we don't have to be afraid of anything."

Kouki smiled brightly and comforted Kaori and Zero.

"Yes, I'm fine, Kouki...Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, Kouki-san. I'm glad I could help you all."

The two of them responded with a smile, but what Guanghui said next brought a hint of melancholy to their hearts.

"Now, Nagumo can finally rest in peace. The classmate he protected defeated the monster that pushed him into the abyss."

“…”

Kouki gazed off into the distance with a look of deep emotion, oblivious to Shizuku and Kaori's expressions. It seemed Kouki had determined that Behemoth was the only culprit behind Hajime's fall. Indeed, the direct cause was the impact of Behemoth's unique magic, which had caused the bridge to collapse. But more accurately, it was the magical sniper attack that had struck Hajime during his retreat.

Although everyone tacitly agreed not to talk about that time, the fact remained unchanged. However, Kouki either forgot or was unaware of that fact, and seemed to believe that as long as Behemoth was defeated, Hajime would finally rest in peace.

Basically, for someone who unconditionally believes in the good intentions of others, he shouldn't always condemn others' mistakes, not to mention that he would never dream that it was intentional.

However, even though Kaori managed to act indifferent, she couldn't forget. She was only able to endure it because she didn't know who the murderer was. If she knew, she would definitely blame that person. Because of this, hearing Kouki act as if nothing had happened was a bit of a shock to Kaori.

Shizuku sighed, wanting to retort, but Kouki, as usual, held no malice in his heart. On the contrary, he spoke out of sheer concern for Kaori. In a sense, this was even more sinister.

Besides, the classmates around were all excited, but Shizuku was not a woman who could not read people's expressions, so she would not choose this moment to bring up what happened back then.

In the slightly delicate atmosphere, the most energetic girl in the class rushed over.

"Xiang Xiang~!"

Following that strange call, Ling hugged Kaori.

“Huwa!?”

"Hehehe, Xiang Xiang, I love you so much~! If it weren't for Xiang Xiang's support, I might have been crushed~"

"Okay, okay, Xiaoling, hey, where are you touching?!"

"Hey, is this the place? It's so comfortable here, haha!?"

Hearing Ling's praise, Kaori was feeling shy, but Ling got carried away and started touching Kaori's body like a perverted uncle. Shizuku responded to the sudden appearance of the old pervert with a knife-like hand, and a slightly fierce rant exploded above Ling's head.

"Just calm down, who's Ling's... Kaori belongs to me, okay?"

"Shizuku-chan!?"

"Hmph, I won't let you succeed~ Shizuku-shizuku, the one who wants to beep~ and beep~ with Xiangxiang-chan is Suzu!"

"Suzu-chan!? What the hell are you planning on doing!?"

Shizuku and Suzu playfully fought over Kaori, while Kaori busily complained to them. Before they knew it, the delicate atmosphere had vanished.

What follows is a completely unknown territory. Guanghui and others bid farewell to the nightmares of the past and move forward.

“Ah~ Damn it!”

“…Hajime, come on…”

"You seem to be taking it easy!"