An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

"Eyes! My eyes!?"

The momentary loss of vision threw the Templar into confusion, and Oscar threw a new magic sword at him. However, this time the magic sword did not explode, but it was clear at the moment of throwing that it was a different magic sword. This was because the throwing knife had already burned red in the air.

——Artifact Small Magic Sword Scorching Style

The ultra-high temperature knife was like using a scorching knife to cut butter. It easily pierced through the proud armor of the Knights Templar and melted the armor along with the human body.

The armor turned into a melting furnace, and when the magic sword itself could no longer withstand its own heat and gradually melted, the temple knight let out a scream before his death.

Just as the Knights Templar were trembling, Oscar, without even looking at them, caught sight of the Knights Templar chanting at the back.

"Damn it! Go to hell!"

The Temple Knight, who had just fallen flat on his face, was furious. He knelt on the ground and swung his sword across.

Oscar stretched out his left hand towards the chanting Knight Temple, and at the same time turned his black umbrella over to block the attack of the Knight's sword.

There was a sharp clang, a sound that didn't sound like the sound of an umbrella and a sword colliding.

"What kind of umbrella is that!?"

This umbrella has body-strengthening functions and is a divine artifact made of composite metal.

Oscar would not reveal this information to the Knight. The Knight probably never dreamed that even the umbrella, which was supposed to be made of waterproof cloth, was actually woven from metal wire, weighing a total of eight kilograms, making it suitable for use as a striking weapon.

Even if the user feels light due to strengthening magic, it appears as a solid block of metal to the opponent.

Oscar did not respond to the Temple Knight's roar. He turned his wrist again and spun the black umbrella. This time, he hooked the handle around the Knight's neck and threw him sideways.

"Uwaa, what are you doing!?"

“Guh!?”

A knight's sword struck from the side, piercing the Temple Knight who was using it as a shield. Unfortunately, the sword was enhanced with light-attribute auxiliary magic to kill the enemy in one blow, so the armor could not block it.

At the same time, wailing came from the back.

The other Temple Knights couldn't help but look back and saw that their companions had been stripped naked and tied up with thin chains.

There were metal bars falling to the ground under his feet, and white smoke was coming out of his body.

If you look closely, you can see that the thin chain has a slight electric glow.

Of course, the chain came from Oscar, extending from the sleeve of his left hand that he had just extended.

——Artifact Chain

Originally, the alchemist had to touch the object to perform the alchemy, and the effect was limited to a certain area, starting from the point of contact. However, this artifact removed that limitation, allowing a certain degree of remote control through the sensor stone, and transmitting through the chain, allowing alchemy to be performed at a distant point.

One must have the talent of an alchemist as high as Oscar, and use divine tools as auxiliary props to achieve such a magical skill.

That's right, the temple knight who was originally chanting had his armor peeled off by the forging process, and was hit by the electric shock ability attached to the chains.

"Kill him with magic!"

Seeing that the other side possessed many inexplicable props and that four of their companions had been knocked down, the Temple Knights finally dared not be arrogant and careless anymore.

They adopted a solid tactic, with the vanguard holding off the enemy while the rearguard took the opportunity to defeat them with powerful magic.

Taking advantage of the slight gap left when the Knights Templar formed their formation, Oscar picked up three throwing knives with his fingers and threw them at the guards.

"Don't think the same moves will work!"

The three vanguards each used their knight swords to knock down the flying knives. Seeing that the knives didn't turn red the moment they were thrown, and knowing that they could withstand the impact, they decided it wouldn't be a problem to knock them down immediately.

Their tactical concepts and judgment are truly admirable.

However, that would only work if it were the same tactics as the Temple Knights said.

"Today there will be some heavy rain and occasional icy ground. Please be careful."

Oscar opened the black umbrella upwards as he spoke. The opened black umbrella was instantly covered by sunlight, and then a large amount of water sprayed out radially from the umbrella cloth.

The umbrella that was supposed to protect me from the rain was actually spraying rain...

It was such a wonderful sight, but the Knights Templar ignored it and tried to chop at Oscar.

"My feet!"

"Ice attribute magic?! When?!"

"It's a knife! It's the same knife from before!"

That's right, the knife Oscar threw just now was "Small Magic Sword: Freeze Style," which freezes the area around the point where the knife was inserted. The large amount of water sprayed from the black umbrella can greatly supplement the freezing ability of the artifact.

As expected, the three forwards were frozen under their feet, temporarily preventing them from moving.

"But that's the end of it!"

The chant of the three defenders seemed to have ended.

The three of them raised their knight swords above their heads, and the knight swords emitted a brilliant light. Their eyes were fixed on Ruth. This was a way to prevent Oscar from avoiding.

"Behold the secret of our chosen Templar Knights! Destroy them, heretics!"

Oscar jumped in front of Ruth, knelt on one knee, and opened the black umbrella.

The three temple knights cast magic at the metal umbrella shield.

“““——『Sky-Soaring Flash』!!”””

This move was synonymous with the Templar Knights, its strike imbued with a radiance worthy of divine majesty. The ability to perform this move was the greatest and most basic qualification for being recognized as a Templar Knight.

This magic is a high-level light magic, specially designed to enhance slashing attacks. Even barriers of the same level can be split open by this magic.

Now that the three of them are attacking at the same time, it can be said to be a sure-kill move.

"Brother!"

"no problem."

Ruth couldn't help but scream as the light slashed towards her, but Oscar's tone was very calm...

There was a loud bang.

Three traces were left on the ground, and all the light slashes hit Oscar's black umbrella.

"This is a slash that can even split high-level barriers. No matter if it's made of Azantium Ore or uses a Sealing Stone, if three strikes hit it simultaneously, no matter how strong it is, it won't be able to withstand... right?"

A knight pointed his sword and spoke, his voice trembling.

"Although this was my first time taking on the Temple Knight's Sky-Soaring Flash, it's truly worthy of being called a 'Holy Slash'. It's worth the three full days it took me to create."

Oscar was still alive, and the black umbrella shield was intact. Not only that, the black umbrella was emitting a brilliant light, as if the "Sky Flash" was left on it.

That brilliant light was the highest-level light-attribute defensive magic—"Holy Severance."

Oscar had neither light attribute aptitude nor defensive magic aptitude, so it took him three days to attach the highest level of defensive magic to the world's hardest Azantium ore.

The black umbrella itself contains various metal alloys including the seal stone. With the black umbrella's strength and the defensive magic "Holy Absolute", it can be said to be like an iron wall.

“Impossible… Impossible! Who the hell are you?!”

The freed Templars and their guards, seemingly in a panic, all took up attacking stances. However, they were only able to make a show of it, perhaps because their most trusted secret technique, "Sky Flash," had been blocked without damage, leaving them feeling deeply devastated.

Oscar folded his black umbrella and stood leisurely in front of them.

He gripped the handle of the black umbrella with both hands and pointed the tip downwards.

"I'm just an ordinary alchemist."

With a thud, the black umbrella stuck into the ground.

In an instant, starting from the spot where the black umbrella had lightly pierced, the ground began to crack violently.

“What! Back off! Back off—”

Cracks instantly passed by his feet, and a temple knight suddenly had a bad premonition. He shouted loudly, but it was too late.

Even as Oscar moved around during the battle, he continued to refine the ground beneath. Through a thin plate, the sand beneath had been broken down into smaller particles, forming a trap that could capture all enemies in one fell swoop.

After the knight took the last step, the ground could not bear the knight's weight and collapsed instantly.

The thin, slab-like ground crumbled, and the knights fell into the sand pit below. Although the pit was deep enough to stand in, they were so frightened that they lay in the fine sand like drowning victims in the sea.

"Ahem! You bastard! Doing something like this! Ahem! Aren't you afraid? Ahem!"

“—‘Refine’.”

Oscar was merciless. As the sand was covered by the sunlight, it returned to its original hardness in an instant.

Realizing what their fate would be, the Knights Templar anxiously reached out to Oscar.

"Stop, stop, forgive—"

"So, are you willing to value human life over God's will?"

I wonder if this is revenge for them forcing him to make a cruel choice before, or is it Oscar's own wish?

The final answer was -

"Of course God's will is supreme! Ahem! Why don't you understand? Stop now, ahem! God might even forgive you—"

It seemed that he didn't want to beg for mercy just now, but wanted to say that Oscar's behavior could still be forgiven.

"It's really helpless."

Oscar watched the Knights Templar struggling, whispering softly, and continued to refine, finally burying them under the ground.

He sighed. This was his first time fighting multiple people, especially Knights Templar, so he had been nervous. Now he finally felt relieved.

Therefore, he did not notice that a figure turned and left at the corner of the passage.

As the text says, her brother buried the Temple Knight underground, and Ruth stared at his back in a daze.

But it was not because his mind was too confused, but because his heart was shocked. An indescribable feeling surged in his heart, making him speechless.

The brother I admired in the past was not a "loser". He was a brave man who dared to come alone to save his family, and the moves he used were extremely powerful and had never been seen before.

My brother is strong enough to easily defeat ten Temple Knights!

Ruth also possessed the vocation of an Alchemist and was determined to become one, so he could easily understand that Oscar's alchemy magic had reached an extraordinary level.

No, that's not enough to describe it.

Oscar had managed to create a sealing stone that ordinary magic wouldn't work. Furthermore, Ruth was now certain that the staircase leading directly to the first floor was also Oscar's creation. He had dug a path directly from the first floor to this one. Just how powerful was this magical power and skill to achieve this?

The most surprising thing was the various items Oscar used to defeat the Templars. They were clearly legendary magical items (artifacts). The fact that my brother could create them himself was truly incredible.

Ruth didn't understand why her brother hid his strength.

but--

(Big Brother is still the Big Brother I know, no, even stronger!)

That's enough to know for now.

"Ruth, you're not hurt, are you?"

"No, no, big brother, I have always misunderstood you..."

Ruth tried desperately to speak, and Oscar stroked his hair.

"It's all right, Ruth. It's my fault. But what's more important now is—"

Oscar said as he reforged the collapsed entrance to the staircase.

"The children who left earlier are probably feeling uneasy. I'll leave them in your care."

"Brother, but I... Dilan and the others... and I want to help you..."

From Ruth's eyes, he could see that he couldn't just leave his brothers and sisters alone, not to mention that he wanted to help his eldest brother, who had always misunderstood him. He wanted to follow his eldest brother like before.

At this moment, the sound of armor rubbing against each other came from the inside of the passage.

The Temple Knights, due to their arrogance, had relied on a single unit to fight the enemy without contacting their comrades. This was a blessing in disguise. However, the battle just now seemed too noisy.

"Ruth, all right, go ahead."

"But……"

Ruth kept glancing towards the passage, looking very hesitant. Oscar smiled a confident smile he didn't usually show and said:

"Leave Dilan and the others to me, and you'll take care of the other kids. Ruth is my brother, and I won't let you say you can't do it, okay?"

Knowing that Oscar's words were an excuse for her to escape, Ruth still couldn't help but respond to his trust.

Ruth shook off her confusion and nodded vigorously in agreement.