An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

The black-clad man's outstanding magic, astonishing magical power, super physical ability, extraordinary recovery ability and limit breakthrough are all just by-products.

Gravity magic, space magic, regeneration magic, soul magic—their abilities were precisely to neutralize or hinder those magics. They were the pinnacle of research, spawned from the fragments of the past.

The Gray Man seemed to be a failure. Unfortunately, only vampires could absorb even a small amount of the Age of Gods' magic. However, vampires who had left their homeland were extremely rare, making it difficult to replenish the supply. Therefore, they used demons as a base for their experiments. Despite mixing the blood of the Black Man and incorporating the characteristics of the Orcs, they only gained extraordinary recovery and physical abilities.

Laser proudly explained to Miledi and the others, his face full of joy.

"The research started by the previous king was able to overcome all obstacles in one go thanks to Ban. Do you understand what I mean?"

Rasil laughs at Miredhi’s decision to save Bandhu and the others.

"The one who created this anti-God Age magician unit, the Chimera, was none other than Ben."

Originally, that was impossible. However, there was a magical skill that made the impossible possible.

That is the magic of the Age of Gods, and it is transformation magic.

"Your important companions were ravaged by the monsters created by Ban."

As the truth came to light, Rasl smiled with a smile that seemed to be made of malice.

"Ban, I want to thank you for bringing so many defenseless Age of Gods magicians to me. You are such a foolish yet lovable child."

With this, the truth was revealed. Bandu likely had no idea that he was being ordered to conduct a human fusion experiment using Age of Gods magic. Perhaps even the intelligence Bartram had gathered was being used to trick Bandu into thinking he was merely experimenting with creating superhuman soldiers.

This is all for the day when Bandu asks for help from his "kind" and catches them who have no idea that they are being targeted and uses them as new subjects for the experiment.

From the dark despair that gradually spread in Bandu's eyes, it could be seen that Rasul was probably telling the truth.

"How could I be so... stupid..."

Bandu had been unable to speak of his relationship with the Demon King or the creation of the Chimera Army. He was afraid of being abandoned and couldn't fully trust Meredith and the others...

So Bandu hoped that they would at least regard him as a nuisance and treat him as a slave after the rescue operation was over. He believed that this was the punishment he deserved and also atonement for his sins.

However, instead of atonement, he even lured those who trusted him into a trap because of his own mistakes.

Bandu's despair was a despair for himself. A deep sense of guilt washed over him, and he lowered his head as if unable to bear it. He was not only shameless but also extremely foolish. Surely, Meredith and the others no longer trusted him...

"I already knew that."

Meredith's expression and voice sounded as if she had a high fever.

However, her will did not waver in the slightest, and still shone with a fierce brilliance like steel.

Bandu raised his head like a spring, and saw a smile on Meredith's face. Although still supported by Oscar, Meredith remained steadfast.

"Eh? What? You're not trying to break up our relationship? You think I'll lose heart? Sorry! I knew what you said from the beginning. Xiao Mi is completely unharmed! You're a Demon King, but your methods are so clumsy, it's ridiculous~"

Meredith put her hand to her mouth and chuckled, her expression truly irritating.

Veins appeared on the foreheads of both the old general and the female general, while Lasser narrowed his eyes, seeming to be very interested.

Meredith, though swaying, stood on her feet before them, her eyes fixed on Bandu, her eyes full of emotion, blazing with passion.

"Bandu Schoni, hold your head high and your chest out!"

"What did you say……"

Although he was confused and knew that now was not the time to think about such things, Bandu still thought: Ah, as expected, her smile is like the sun.

Meredhi pointed at Bandhu as if to say, "What I said is the truth."

"You worked tirelessly to protect those you were supposed to protect, to resist the tyranny of power. You have nothing to be ashamed of!"

“──!”

Bandu didn't know how to describe the feeling at that moment. He just felt that the deep part of his heart that was about to freeze seemed to be melted by a gentle and powerful warm current.

"He belongs to me, okay? Could you please stop tempting him?"

"I told you, wake up."

This sentence is the signal to start war.

“—‘Large Black Jade’!”

"The time for battle has begun—Devil Sword Ignis!"

Meredi fired a massive gravity bullet with a diameter of five meters.

Its power couldn't be matched by a mere battering ram; it was a localized disaster capable of shattering everything within its path. A single strike from the gravity bullet would penetrate directly from the ground to the surface, let alone the Demon King, who met the blow with a massive, blood-red magic blade.

The crimson slash arced, severing the Great Black Jade from the front, instantly inflicting a powerful impact.

At the same time, Oscar and Nitsch were also attacked by the enemy.

Oscar's face was reflected in the battle axe, and he swung his fist towards Nizu.

The former was the old general from earlier, and the latter was, needless to say, the man in black. Although they took defensive action, the impact was too strong, and both were thrown several meters away.

After separating the two from Meredith—

"I'll let you taste the power of the divine treasures that our nation has amassed with all its might since its founding!"

As he spoke, Rasil took a step toward Meredith. However, the compressed wind cannonball had already bypassed Rasil and flew away. It seemed the "Great Black Jade" was merely intended to contain Rasil; its true purpose was to strike back the black-clad figure wielding the assassin's sword, standing behind him.

The man in black tried to dodge, but the compressed storm bomb unleashed its power in front of him. The man in black was caught in the sudden storm circle at a very close distance and was swept into the air by the wind.

However, despite having lost the protection against gravity magic, Lasser rushed forward without a care in the world.

"Die! ― ...

"As I said, I took two countermeasures."

Just as the black swirling sphere was about to crush Ra'sl to death, his necklace suddenly glowed.

The effect is that it can manipulate gravity within one meter around it.

This was one of the trump cards he used against Lassen. Untold amounts of time and expense had been spent on finding this one artifact. However, it was all worth it; the trump card had indeed neutralized the "Calamity."

"What!"

Despite being shocked, Meredith still tried to dodge by free falling...but her consciousness suddenly left her, and the high fever was taking away Meredith's ability to think.

"Don't worry, I'll only beat you to the point of death."

Just as the slashing blow was about to cut through Meredith's skin—

Before that, the chain stretched out and wrapped around Meredith's waist, pulling her violently backwards, barely pulling Meredith out of the range of the slash.

Oscar caught the flying Meredith with one hand and held her to his chest.

“Ouch!”

"A-Aho?"

Oscar wore a pained expression. Apparently, while under the old general's fierce attack, he'd been distracted from rescuing Meredith, a wound to the side that cost him. His black shirt, drenched in blood, became even darker.

The old general immediately swung his battle axe at Oscar.

"Hmm, as expected of a user of Generative Magic."

Only words of regret and the sound of metal clashing were heard as the old general's attack was blocked.

It turned out to be a three-meter-long full-body armor equipped with a tower shield and a greatsword. Oscar Orcus's puppet knight—the Black Knight—blocked the attack with his shield.

The hand holding Meredith was wearing a black glove, and Oscar used the metal wires extending from the black glove to control the Black Knight.

He controlled the Black Knight to swing his sword and fight back.

The greatsword swept towards the old general, who raised his battle axe in defense. However, Golem's blow was extremely destructive, and the old general's body floated up and flew out like a ball.

Oscar manipulated the Black Knight to chase the old general while opening the black umbrella.

"—Tenth Style 'Holy Art: Partial Deployment'!"

I saw a flash of blood coming diagonally.

The highest-level barrier shone like sunlight, covering the umbrella part and expanding, but the blade of the demon sword Ignis easily broke through the barrier.

Laser directly split the barrier, and in an instant, the dazzling sunlight disappeared.

Even so, the black umbrella's canopy was originally woven from composite metal wires containing Azantium ore.

Even though the magic sword possessed the remarkable ability to pierce magic, it couldn't cut through composite metals that relied solely on their hardness. The black umbrella sustained only minor damage, effectively protecting its owner.

Oscar and Lasser's eyes met at a very close distance.

There was a gleam of approval in Lasser's eyes, and he stretched out his right hand and gently placed it on the black umbrella.

"What about defense against impact?"

“──!”

The moment the ring on his right index finger glowed, red magic power turned into a barrage and attacked Oscar. It was not just a simple release of magic power.

(Is this the same ability as Xiu Xiu!?)

That's right, it's the same as Xiu Xiu's inherent magic "Rejection", the ability to convert vibration magic power into shock waves.

However, the magic power released is at the level of a demon king, so the destructive power is naturally at a different level.

Oscar was thrown back by the impact and nearly lost consciousness. To protect Meredith, he held her tightly with both hands, trying hard to ignore the severe pain in his side.

Oscar gave himself a huge compliment for not letting the black umbrella slip away. Despite being knocked back, he still managed to activate the eleventh form of "Holy Light" in an instant, awakening his paralyzed right arm.

However, he had no time to breathe.

He then saw countless black tentacles... No, those were black guns that could change shapes at will.

(Can you even control shadows?!)

Relying on the function of black glasses and his concentration raised to the limit, Oscar confirmed the secret of the black gun in the sense of time delay.

The Demon King's shadow vanished, replaced by countless black spears thrusting out from where the shadow should have been. Judging by the light emanating from the ring on Rasil's left middle finger, that must also be the effect of a divine weapon.

The opponent summoned a shadow spear, and Oscar summoned a magic sword to respond.

Countless "small magic swords" appeared in the air and attacked according to Oscar's will.

Although most of the shadow spear array was destroyed by the rain of discarded magic swords, it was not completely destroyed and quickly regenerated. One of the shadow spears just caught Oscar's landing moment.

The shadow spear was located at the position that would pierce through Miledy's shoulder and Oscar's chest. If they were hit, even if it was not fatal, both of them would be seriously injured.

Oscar manipulated the hem of his black coat, barely deflecting the shadow spear so that it wouldn't hit Meredith. He dodged sideways, and although he wasn't hit directly, he still received a cut on his chest, and blood spurted out of his chest.

“Ugh, cough cough!”

The shadow spear array approached relentlessly again, and Oscar could only deploy all ten styles of "Holy Absolute".

The barrier of sunlight spread out in a spherical shape, and the shadow spear seemed to completely cover the barrier, wrapping it layer by layer, and then began to shrink and tighten.

The curved tip of the spear looked just like a snake from a nightmare.

Seeing this, Natsu wanted to rush to the rescue, but...

"Ugh! You're still entangled!"

He was also being pursued by men in black. Not only the men in black wearing gauntlets, but also the men in black equipped with assassin swords, seeing that Meredith was no longer a threat, attacked Niz.

The black-clad men seemed to have absorbed the blood of the fallen gray-clad men, unleashing their boundless fighting power. Their fighting style was less about defeating Natsu than focusing on following him closely and preventing him from using spatial magic. Natsu, unable to find a gap to rescue him, was consumed with anxiety.

And the other person on this battlefield, no, the other one...

"Disappear, lowly creature!"

The female general who was originally monitoring Bandu, with a cold tone that matched her intelligent appearance, cast the curse fire without delay.

Her goal was to sneak up behind him and try to remove the numerous shackles that bound Bandu. Although Bartram immediately transformed into steel, he was facing a general-level magic.

The unleashed flames gradually turned from red to blue, then became more transparent, reaching a high temperature that could even melt steel.

Bartram's mimicry gradually disappeared, and he rolled on the ground in pain.

"Bartram!"

"Shut up, you bastard!"

Bandu was dragged to the ground by the female general and trampled underfoot. He watched Bartram consumed by the flames, and though he cried out in agony,...

In the end, Bartram was burned to the point that not even the magic stone was left.

"hateful!"

Oscar saw Bartram being killed and cursed in anger. Seeing Bandu's dazed look, Oscar became even more furious.

However, at the moment, he was already using all his strength just to channel magic power to reinforce the unstable Ten Styles of "Holy Absolute".