An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

Shia and the others in the back tried to call out to Hajime and Yue.

But it was difficult for Hajime to care about them right now.

Therefore, Hajime ignored their cries and responded with a loud bang. Hajime's footsteps shook the square and created holes in the tree branch path.

When Shizuku and Ling cried out "Ah~!" in a lovely way, Hajime had already turned into a cannonball and flew out.

The 'small' tsunami stirred up waves, like a bloody mouth, trying to swallow Hajime.

Hajime's body was enveloped in red light and electricity, the "Vajra" and "Thunderbolt." Furthermore, Hajime deployed seven cross-shaped floating cannons around him, circling in a circle around Hajime, firing at full power.

The explosive shrapnel was fired with astonishing force, spreading the ripples of the "Magic Wave" attached to the bullet as it struck, creating a large hole in the bloody mouth of the black tsunami.

Even so, relying on sheer numbers, some of the "smaller" ones still managed to get close to Hajime. However, even if the ordinary cockroaches managed to get close, they would be burned by the red electricity on Hajime's body, or blocked by the "King Kong" barrier, and then be knocked away by Hajime's attack.

I couldn't even stop it for a moment.

As evidence of the activation of "Aero Force", red ripples appeared continuously in the air like stepping stones.

The humanoid seemed startled and tried to twist its body to dodge.

"Every movement is so adorable—but go to hell."

Hajime shot through the air at lightning speed, unleashing a merciless knee kick.

Then there was a loud noise like steel colliding with each other.

As if to replace someone, Hajime landed at the spot where the humanoid had been a moment before, and the humanoid was sent flying at a speed barely discernible to the naked eye.

The humanoid couldn't even slow down and crashed heavily into the trunk of a large tree, and the sound of steel clashing could be heard.

The strength of a big tree cannot be compared to that of an oak tree, and its hardness is probably comparable to that of steel.

However, despite both possessing the strength of steel, the "humanoid" was deeply buried in the tree trunk. Its chest, struck by Hajime's flying knee kick, shattered radially, and white liquid oozed from the holes throughout its body.

Hajime pulled out Alcorn out of nowhere and attacked without mercy. Although he praised the cockroaches for being cute and said that doing so made him sad, his attacks were always filled with murderous intent.

However, even if the opponent is a cockroach, no matter how weak it is, it is still the final test of the maze.

It wasn't that easy to defeat it, but just as Hajime was about to pull the trigger on Alcorn—

“Ji-Ji-Ji-Ji-Ji!!”

The cacophony of discord filled the air.

A huge shadow loomed over Hajime. Looking up, he saw a large number of "small ones" forming a gigantic magic circle...

Then, black mist erupted. It wasn't just the magic circle above that was emitting black mist, but also the 'small' ones flying around Hajime.

Shi, with his well-honed sense of crisis, sounded the alarm with all his might, telling him not to touch the black fog!

“Pfft!”

I wanted to immediately open the barrier with the cross-shaped cannon, but...

Time is very tight and it is hard to say whether we can defend against the attack.

At that moment.

——Roar～～～～!!

The dragon, enveloped in emerald wind, devoured the "small ones" surrounding Hajime along with him.

——The highest-level magic that combines wind and gravity: Storm Dragon.

This is the magic of the vampire princess. The dragon's mouth is a gravity field that can swallow everything, and the dragon's body contains thousands and tens of thousands of wind blades.

At the same time, the dragon burning with blue flames and the golden dragon wrapped in lightning attacked the "small" magic circle formed above, annihilating it in an instant.

——The highest-level magic combining fire and gravity: Blue Dragon.

——The highest-level magic that combines thunder and gravity: Thunder Dragon.

The scene before my eyes was like a whale swallowing a school of fish.

Besides--

“Ji-Ji-Ji-Ji-Ji!!”

A crystal-clear dragon, emitting a chilling aura, charged towards the humanoid, gnawing at the tree trunk without hesitation.

At the critical moment, the "humanoid" jumped out of the tree trunk. As the tree froze, the aftermath of the cold air also attacked half of the "humanoid"'s body.

——The highest-level magic combining ice and gravity: Ice Dragon.

At this time, a dragon made of white smoke descended from the sky.

“Ji-Ji-Ji-Ji-Ji!!”

The "small ones" gathered around the "humanoid" to form a sphere, acting as a meat shield to cover the "humanoid".

The pure white dragon exhaled white smoke.

The "small" tanks hit by the breath instantly turned into pure white stone. As they died, they also lost their ability to float and turned into white rain.

—Stone Dragon, the highest-level magic combining earth and gravity.

This magic is collectively called the Five Heavenly Dragons.

Only an emotionless voice was heard on the battlefield.

“…Dead?”

Yue floated lightly in the air, above the curled-up "Mist Dragon", and gracefully tilted her head to express her question.

At this time, a voice with great anger replied.

"Are you checking to see if anyone's dead? Are you talking about me?"

With a thud, Hajime, spreading the ripples of his aerodynamics, landed beside Yue.

His clothes had some... no, it should be said that they were all worn or torn.

It seemed that the barrier's expansion was somewhat behind the attack of the wind blades from the Storm Dragon, so Hajime's clothes were torn apart by them.

Seeing Hajime's miserable look, Yue sneered.

"You, you! Are you planning to kill me too?"

"...You're such a joke. If you were to die from an attack of that magnitude, no one would feel the pain."

"Don't act like a bunch of people are going to great lengths to kill me. Be careful or I'll shoot you."

"...Don't act like no one wants to kill you. Watch out, I'm about to release the Thunder Dragon, okay?"

Hajime and Yue threatened each other.

In fact, Hajime was not hit by the unknown attack, and Yue's actions seemed to be based on the belief that Hajime would not die.

"...Those of you who almost died while charging alone, please retreat."

"Ha, you're overconfident. Your dragon is completely powerless against that guy. You should retreat."

The two stared at each other with their noses almost touching.

During this period, the "small ones" burned by the "Blue Dragon" and the "Thunder Dragon" fell like rain, and the wind of the "Mist Dragon" formed a small dome to clear away the falling "small ones".

To others, the composition of the two people looks like a man and a woman snuggling together to shelter from the rain.

Perhaps the humanoids felt the same way. From behind the mostly petrified "small" tanks, angry roars could be heard. At the same time, a "beep" sound, a different, high-pitched flapping of wings than before, echoed all around.

The next moment, the humanoid figure flapped its six wings at high speed and flew out, so fast that its figure was invisible. By flying at high speed, it minimized the impact of the petrifying breath and barely escaped.

The "Ice Dragon" and "Stone Dragon", whose prey had escaped, soared through the air, pursuing the "Humanoid".

“…Hmm, that was fast.”

Just as Yue said, the humanoid was too fast and the two dragons were unable to catch up.

The "humanoid" ordered the "small" to gather near the ceiling, then rushed into the group of "small".

Just a few seconds later——

The 'small' that had originally gathered into a sphere suddenly dispersed, and what emerged was an unharmed 'humanoid'. Whether it was the damage caused by Shurajan's first blow, the shattered chest from the knee kick, or even the traces of freezing and petrification, they had completely disappeared.

"Does this mean it can absorb small cockroaches and regenerate itself?"

"...Since it was formed from the gathering of those children, it's only natural that it can absorb them and regenerate."

Generally speaking, as long as there are "small" in this space, "humanoid" can regenerate infinitely. And considering that "small" are still pouring out of all the walls of the underground space, the situation can be said to be extremely desperate.

Of course, because of the emotional reversal, even the sense of crisis turned into admiration and praise.

The [humanoid] roared, as if signaling the start of the second round, or rather the counterattack.

“Ji-Ji-Ji-Ji-Ji!!”

Black smoke billowed out, not only from the 'humanoid' itself, but also from each of the 'small' guarding figures.

Hajime raised Alcorn nonchalantly, and Yue unleashed the "Tianlong" without hesitation—but before that, the black smoke in front of the "humanoid" had already drawn a spiral trajectory and spewed out.

The tornado of black smoke transformed into an artillery barrage, closing in on the two men.

“Pfft!”

"……Um."

Hajime and Yue instinctively raised their guard. Instead of defending, they chose to evade. In an instant, they leaped to the left and right.

Black smoke, accompanied by strong winds, passed between them and directly hit the branch channel of the big tree behind them.

“Hey, hey…”

Hajime couldn't help but shout. Hajime narrowed his eyes, and where his gaze was fixed, the branch tunnel had melted.

The way it was peeling and crumbling from the melted area was just like...

"…Corruption?"

From a distance away from Hajime, Yue took a deep breath and said.

Yue's speculation was correct, the effect of black smoke could corrode objects it touched.

The extremely ferocious bombardment was just a greeting.

The "humanoid" flew out while yelling. While the "small" flew in an arc to surround the enemy, the "humanoid" flew in a straight line.

Because Yue can often launch the highly destructive attack "Tianlong", the "humanoid" probably thinks Yue is more threatening and thus targets her.

Yue was alert and prepared to fight back with the Blue Dragon, but something even more unexpected happened.

“——!?”

When he came to his senses, the "human figure" was already right in front of him. Yue instantly "fell" sideways, and at the critical moment, he avoided the sharp fingers extended by the "human figure".

But after the "humanoid" passed through, Yue's shoulders and sides spurted out blood, and he even coughed up blood.

"...Wind blades and shock waves?"

That's right. A closer look revealed a white film surrounding the flying "humanoid," as it broke through the air wall and entered the realm of supersonic speed.

It seemed the high-speed vibrations of those wings weren't just for flight, but also formed wind blades to slice through enemies as they passed by. Furthermore, it seemed to utilize its super-speed and the unevenness of its body to generate shock waves.

The moment he realized this, the "humanoid" approached Yue again.

At the same time—the missiles were approaching.

"--Uh-huh!?"

"grumble!?"

After the loud noise, there was an explosion of flames, then a shocking impact that shook the space and a heat wave that spread in all directions.

The "humanoid" was seen spinning out of the explosion flames, or rather, it seemed to be blown away, and the body that had finally regenerated was already cracked in various places.

Then--

"Huh! He wasn't killed."

“…Who are you talking about? You’re not talking about me, are you?”

Miss Yue poked her head out from behind Shi. Her body was covered in soot and she stared at Shi with cold eyes.

Yue possesses the inherent magic of "Regeneration", which allows her to regenerate even if her head is cut off, as long as she has magic power. However, if her head is cut off, it will take some time to regenerate, and it will inevitably reveal its flaws.

The attack by the "humanoid" just now could have chopped off Yue's head, so the impact of the missile actually saved Yue, because if the injury was just a fracture or burn, Yue could regenerate quickly.

Even so, Yue couldn't help but want to complain. She opened the "portal" and moved behind Shi, flicking Shi's back with her fingers burning with blue flames.