An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

It seems that after Oscar talked to Maureen, Mireille arrived not long after, and she caught up with Oscar when he was getting ready at home.

"Why didn't you call me?"

Even if she grasped the situation on the way and prioritized investigating the facility, she should have been able to say hello to Oscar on the way. Especially considering Meredith's personality, it wouldn't be surprising if she called Oscar immediately.

When asked this, Meredith's eyes wandered as she said:

"No~...I think Aou probably doesn't want to see me."

"..."

In other words, this girl who was oblivious to others, did her own thing, and had an unprecedented personality, had been pestering him endlessly before, but became timid at the critical moment.

But Oscar changed his mind.

It was she who completely rejected her. No matter how innocent she looked, she couldn't help but feel hurt. Wasn't the lonely expression she showed at the end the proof?

Although Mireidi was afraid of being rejected again, she still wanted to do her part despite the danger.

Just as Oscar was contemplating what to say, someone suddenly tugged at the front of his shirt. Upon closer inspection, Colleen looked up at Oscar with a slightly annoyed expression.

"Did my brother bully me?"

"Eh? No, that's not the case..."

Maybe bullying is bullying? Oscar felt guilty and stuttered. Colleen looked at Oscar and saw that Meredith was smiling bitterly, and she seemed to be convinced.

"Brother, what do you say when you do something bad?"

"what?"

"elder brother!"

"Ah, yes, I'm sorry?"

"You're not telling Colleen, are you?"

"Ah, yes."

The scene of an eighteen-year-old youth being scolded by a seven-year-old girl played out before his eyes.

Then there was a chuckle, and Meredith couldn't help laughing, and it was a big belly laugh.

"Haha, haha, my stomach hurts! Ao got scolded by a little girl! Ahahahaha!"

“S-Stop talking so much! It’s all your fault—”

"elder brother!"

“Mmm…”

Oscar was speechless, while Meredith laughed so hard that tears came out of her eyes.

Oscar repeatedly pushed up his glasses and stood up, it seemed that the treatment was over. He closed the black umbrella whose light had faded and walked to the still laughing Meredith.

"Miledy."

"Ahahahaha! Haha, little sister Ke, Kelin is the strongest! Oops, this hit my funny bone, I can't breathe~~"

"Miledy."

Meredith laughed out loud, but after hearing the unexpectedly serious call, she met Oscar's gaze with tears in her eyes.

"Miledi, I don't think my judgment back then was wrong. Since you were serious, I answered seriously too."

"Aoh?"

"So I won't apologize, but I do want to say something to you."

Oscar paused for a moment and said to the surprised Meredith:

"Thank you."

Meredith opened her eyes slightly.

"Thank you for saving me and helping me. You are my benefactor—thank you."

"Oh, oh, no, you're welcome."

Meredith seemed a little surprised, perhaps because Oscar thanked her so frankly in person, which made her a little embarrassed, and her ears turned slightly red.

Colleen looked alternately at Oscar and Meredith, her eyes sparkling with the curiosity that is unique to girls.

And her actions made the atmosphere very strange.

"Yeah, yeah! Anyway, since the injuries have healed, let's get out of here quickly. We also need to analyze that artifact called the 'Eye of God' and try to heal Dilan and the others!"

"Y-yes, you're right."

They both turned their heads away, not daring to meet Ke Lin's gaze.

Just at this time.

“Ugh, ah…”

A painful groan was heard.

Oscar and Meredith looked at each other and thought: No way?

Meredy waved his hand and moved a few rocks away, but suddenly found Bishop Fornes.

"You, you guys... disaster... is coming! Taste... God's... wrath!"

This was a sentence mixed with groans, spitting blood and cursing.

But what is even more terrifying is——

"Why? Why are you still alive in that state..."

Oscar couldn't help but blurt out.

Meredith was so shocked that she was speechless, and Colleen let out a small cry of grief.

Bishop Fornes was completely crushed from the neck down.

His head wasn't unscathed either; the side of his head was deeply sunken, and his eyeballs were nearly popping out. Yet, he was still alive, glaring at Oscar and the others with eyes filled with hatred and madness.

"Why don't you understand? To serve God... to live for God... to die for God! This is the greatest reason for human existence!"

Bishop Fornes's magical power surged, perhaps it was his mad faith that kept him alive through his magic. Regardless, it was a terrifying sight.

"Divine enemy! Divine enemy! Divine enemy! Heretics will face death... Destroy them all!"

Bishop Fornes spoke crazy words, covered in blood, calling for death, and then laughed in a trance.

Is that thing really still human?

"Lord Esid, ahhhhhhhh! Lord Esid! Our great God! Please look! This is the end of your faithful follower, Fornes Abyssion!"

"This doesn't look good, Meredith!"

"hateful!"

Oscar felt a strong sense of foreboding. In an impulse close to fear, Oscar shot an arrow from the black umbrella, and Miledy also launched gravity magic.

With a "pop", Oscar's arrow pierced Bishop Fornes' forehead, and the super gravity then pushed the arrow into his forehead.

Bishop Fornes's injuries were far more serious than fatal. Under normal circumstances, their attack would probably be considered a posthumous flogging and be regarded with disgust. However, now there was an even more disgusting target...

"Eshi, Lord De! Long live!!"

The bishop's head was completely smashed, but his mouth was still moving.

Oscar and Meredith opened their eyes wide in surprise as the bishop's magic gradually disappeared.

Then, a powerful explosion erupted from the ceiling—no, to be more precise, from even higher up. Dull explosions echoed continuously, shaking the entire tunnel violently.

In addition, a series of explosions occurred in the direction of the facility. Although the power was not as high as the explosion on the ceiling, it also destroyed the walls and the roof of the facility.

"! Ten Styles of 'Holy Absolute', fully deployed!"

Large and small rocks fell from the ceiling. Oscar opened the black umbrella in time and opened the barrier to protect Colleen and others.

Seeing the cracks gradually appearing in the ceiling, Miredy's cheeks twitched slightly.

"Oh, oh no! It's collapsing!"

Meredi flew into the air, unleashing the magical power of the sky and casting a gravity-reversing spell towards the ceiling.

"Ugh, the range is too wide!"

It seems that the purpose of the explosion just now was to cause the entire ceiling of this space to collapse.

Meredy single-handedly held up the 500-meter square ceiling, and her magic power was rapidly depleted.

"Oh! I can't hold out much longer! Hurry up and take Dilan and the others and escape to the direct staircase!"

"But what about the 'Eye of God'?!"

"I'll buy you some time! We don't have the energy to get it out! Protect it and don't let it get damaged!"

Although Meredi knew that the ceiling was going to collapse, she did not flee immediately. Instead, she supported the entire ceiling to allow Oscar to protect the artifact "Eye of God".

Considering the size of the Eye of God, even if Meredi could make it float, it would be difficult to move it through the passage Oscar had come from, let alone the makeshift staircase leading up to it. Of course, they didn't have time to use alchemy or gravity magic to widen the passage.

The passage to the sixty-sixth floor created by Miledi cannot be used either, because it is very likely that not only this space will collapse, but the chain collapse will even extend to the next floor.

As a result, in order to protect the "Eye of God", the best way is for Oscar to use alchemy to make a sturdy box, put it in the box for protection, and then dig it out from the site after the collapse.

"I, I understand. Give me twenty seconds!"

"Yeah! I'll do my best!"

Meredi landed the Eye of God near Oscar.

Oscar reached out and refined the "Eye of God" in front of him.

Thinking of Dylan and Katie, Oscar felt a little hesitant about not being able to take the "Eye of God" away immediately, but he quickly dispelled his hesitation.

"I will make it the strongest thing in the world."

The Black Umbrella is constructed from a combination of various minerals (including the Sealing Stone) and alloys, known as the world's hardest, the Azantium Ore. Oscar disassembled the Black Umbrella and transformed the alloy into a rock box surrounding the Eye of God. As long as the Holy Destruction is constantly activated, the box will surely survive collapse.

Oscar actually did this trick at the end. He cursed Bishop Fornes in his heart. When he was about to disassemble the black umbrella——

“““Roar!!”””

A unique roar sounded.

"what happened?"

Boom boom boom boom! The sound of something hitting the wall shook the entire space.

The next moment, a corner of the facility was blown open.

The figure that appeared was a three-headed earth dragon monster, about three or four meters long, and it exuded an unusual sense of oppression.

"Hey, why is there a monster like this here!?"

Hearing Meredith's voice, the three-headed dragon's eyes caught sight of Meredith floating in the air, and Meredith made a sound that was not appropriate for a woman, "Uhuh!?"

“Hooaaaaaaaaaa!!”

One of the heads, with glowing red eyes, breathed fire at Meredith, the heat of the flames being astonishing.

"Wait a minute, that's going to be bad! —『Absolute Disaster』!"

The gravity ball gradually swallowed the flame jet, but because the force was dispersed, the force supporting the ceiling weakened, and the cracks widened rapidly.

"Meridi! Damn it! Get out of her way!"

Oscar thrust out his black umbrella, unleashing a blast of lightning. The blast flew straight out, striking the three-headed dragon squarely, but the dragon merely stumbled, unharmed. Lightning was Oscar's most powerful attack at his disposal...

"……Oops."

The three-headed dragon's attention shifted to Oscar. Although he successfully diverted the three-headed dragon's attention from Meredith, Oscar's cheeks twitched when the dragon glared at him.

However, strangely enough, the three-headed dragon did not breathe out for some reason.

The three-headed dragon didn't launch a long-range attack, but stared at Oscar... and then looked away.

"?"

Oscar followed the three-headed dragon's gaze, and what came into his sight was the "Eye of God".

(Is it afraid of destroying the Eye of God? What's going on?)

Oscar, though puzzled, took advantage of the three dragons' lack of immediate attack and crouched down. He whispered to Colleen to ride on his back, while he strapped the black umbrella in place and held Dilan and Katie to either side of his body.