An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

"It's okay. The rescue team has already gone to the experiment subjects."

Oscar's slowness makes Bandu anxious.

"That's not what I meant! Even if I'm saved, it's meaningless! Run away!"

But Oscar is worthy of being a man with glasses, he is not dull.

Oscar easily untied the stone shackles that sealed Bandu, and then patted his chest. With this pat, Bartram suddenly poked his face out from Bandu's arms.

Under Bandu's wide-eyed surprised gaze, Bartram immediately disguised himself as a scarf, wrapped it around the limp Bandu, and supported his body.

"It's been a while since we last met, and you've become quite timid. It doesn't matter, otherwise you should just shut up, close your eyes, and plug your ears."

"Oscar!"

Oscar turned his back to the immobilized Bandu, left the cell, and confronted the encirclement face to face.

"Oh~ You're not going to run away?"

Leskina said with a sneer, and turned her gaze towards the wall where Oscar came in.

"Is the Demon King okay?"

Facing Oscar's question, Resichina snorted in disdain.

"The facts have long proven that Lord Rasser was victorious."

"Really? That's great! After all, it would be troublesome if the Demon King's caregivers ignored this place."

"You... you're clearly helpless against Rasser-sama..."

Oscar just shrugged, swirled his black umbrella, and adjusted his glasses.

And with a very bright smile.

"Since you think I'm nothing, you can give it a try. Come on, come on. I'll defeat you all and make sure you can't play pranks anymore."

Oscar raised his middle finger vigorously. Veins popped out on the foreheads of Resichina and the demon soldiers.

"I'll turn you into charcoal!"

At Resichina's signal, the demon soldiers unleashed their magic together. As expected of a race skilled in magic, they unleashed their flaming spears with almost unrehearsed speed.

Fifty in total. Furthermore, Resichina's flame spear was incredibly bad. No matter how you looked at it, it was a spear version of the highest-level magic, "Celestial." No, it was more like it surpassed even that heat energy, practically becoming transparent.

The destructive power is as the name suggests, with the ability to turn anyone into charcoal if struck. Even the "Holy Slash" might not be able to withstand it.

However, Oscar's face showed no sign of anxiety. As the destructive heat energy approached, seemingly filling the entire space, Oscar's ring slowly began to glow.

Immediately afterwards, a massive black shield appeared out of nowhere in mid-air—six in number.

"Idiot! Just let the heat wave consume you and kill you!"

In the gaps between the flames, one could see the smug expression on Resichina's face, convinced of her victory...

But then, the demon soldiers screamed.

"What, it's a reversal!? No, that's not right, it's just returned directly!?"

The magic they cast did hit the three floating shields protecting Oscar, but in the next moment, the flame spears that were supposed to hit him shot out from the remaining three shields set above and attacked the demon soldiers.

──New Artifact Black Shield

While its inherent strength goes without saying, it also features a portal function on its surface, allowing it to release incoming attacks through its paired shields. This floating shield possesses, in some ways, the strongest defensive power. Developed in Schnee's secret village, it was designed to simultaneously defend and counterattack against multiple opponents.

"That's right. Wouldn't it be better if you were just swallowed up by the heat wave and died?"

Oscar's leisurely voice reached their ears.

Probably to avoid being affected by the aftermath, Oscar held up a black umbrella and used the light of "Holy Absolute" to protect himself.

The attitude that even revealed a bit of elegance, and the fact that 40% of the elite subordinates were defeated in an instant, made Lesiqina very unhappy.

As if to express her passion, Lesuchina herself gradually became stained with a crimson glow.

"...Inherent magic?"

"—'Red Heat'. Oscar Orcus, I will destroy you to the very bones!"

With her two swords drawn, Resichina rushed over at an alarming speed.

Her body, like her own declaration, burned so red hot that even her clothes vanished, leaving her looking like magma in human form. I wondered if her twin swords were divine artifacts, capable of transforming into inexhaustible, high-heat longswords even in their red-hot state.

As Resichina advanced, the gray-clad figures, whose bodies were abnormally strengthened, dispersed at a speed so fast that it was hard to see. They intended to kill Oscar from all sides, so—

──Black Gloves Omnidirectional Ultra-Fine Metal Wire Barrier

The gray-clad men who immediately circled behind and attacked Oscar from the sides spurted out blood.

The reason is the modified metal wire, which is so thin that it is invisible unless you look closely.

Because Oscar also used ordinary metal wires that can be seen with the naked eye, the gray-clothed people who were lured in the direction of their advance directly lost their feet.

Even if they were insensitive to pain and possessed exceptional resilience, without their legs, they were physically immobilized. Then, simply stabbing them with "Small Magic Sword: Thunder Wrap" would bind them with an electric current. Their resilience would then automatically stop the bleeding. Since it was planned that Mei's regeneration magic would heal them once everything was over, Oscar had no hesitation.

Oscar easily made the superhuman soldiers unable to resist, which made the demon soldiers waver.

"It's just a little gadget!"

However, for the incandescent Resichina, these metal threads were no obstacle at all. She melted the metal threads with her body while swinging her twin swords, which could melt everything, at Oscar...

"What!"

The two long hems of the black coat beautifully entangled the two swords. Far from melting, the hems didn't even burn; instead, they emitted a faint glow, acting as a defensive shield.

──Black Coat New Function King Kong

This was a new ability he had acquired with the help of Marshall while staying in the secret village of Schnee.

"How warm. But I'm a little reluctant to accept this kind of direct hug."

Oscar raised his black-gloved hand in front of Resichina, whose eyes widened in astonishment. Oscar couldn't touch her from the distance, but Resichina immediately realized her vision had gone black.

「!?」

No, she lost consciousness at that moment—she realized this while flying in the air.

Leschina fell heavily to the ground and glared at Oscar who was in a swaying field of vision.

"Damn it, that power is!"

──Black Gloves' new function: Magic Blast

"We have someone here who can convert magic power into impact. Since it's convenient, I followed suit."

I just wanted to use the same name, but was rejected. Oscar said with a wry smile. At this moment, the demon soldiers regrouped and cast magic at him. The scene of cannonballs and gunfire of various attributes rained down like a torrential rain.

"This is so annoying, could you please be quiet?"

Oscar used the black shield to defend himself while lighting up the treasure house again.

Anyone who saw the thing that appeared there with a bang and caused the rumbling would tremble all over.

It was a golem, a black knight golem, armed with a sword, about four meters long. That was how it should have been. But after witnessing its unusual appearance, charging at an alarming speed, the demon soldiers had only one thought:

"Monster!"

They aimed at a single point and hurled a frenzied barrage of fire, wind, blaze, and ice bombs, but all attacks were crushed by the swords grasped by the twenty outstretched hands. Immediately afterwards, the demon soldiers flew up in a parabolic arc. The golems, charging into the formation, spun, extending their hundred hands and striking them back with swords.

──Black Knight: Hundred-armed War Ghost

The full-face helmet is the demon's appearance, and the circular wheel on his back, along with the hundred arms that can be freely extended and retracted, is from that source. This extremely unusual and bizarre appearance stems from Oscar's flexible thinking that "golems don't need to be limited by existing forms." He is a complete black knight transformed into a war demon, and each of those hundred arms holds a demonic sword.

"Well, I will also try my best to avoid killing soldiers other than Chimera. After all, if the Church takes advantage of your weakened military strength to launch a war, many people will be sacrificed."

“S-Stop joking────!”

Oscar didn't care at all about Resichina's excitement.

As if he had seen it with his own eyes, he easily dodged the gray-clothed master who circled behind him and activated the second style "Wall Charge" and swung it with all his strength.

After a distinct sound, the gray-clothed man with his lower body shattered flew away like a toy.

With her vision finally no longer shaking, Lesichina tried to move closer again, but was blocked by two other black knights.

"Your inherent magic is very powerful, but how long can it last?"

In terms of mana, it's impossible to maintain the inherent magic that makes the whole body glow red hot for a long time. So, it will be enough to just use the black knights to hinder them.

"Damn it, fight me!"

"I refuse. I'm not good with overly enthusiastic women."

Since Oscar was devoting most of his energy to controlling the Hundred-Handed War Ghost, the Black Knight's movements lacked a sense of vividness. That being said, the Hundred-Handed War Ghost was only facing an anxious opponent, and if it simply withstood and endured the attacks, it would not be unable to cope.

Oscar no longer looked at Resichina, but was carefully dealing with the attacking gray-clothed men and the demon soldiers who escaped from the Hundred-Handed War Ghost.

Oscar didn't possess the explosive power of Meredith and Natsu, but one of the reasons he was considered "ferocious" by his companions was because of this—his ability to cope. There was no area he wasn't good at; once he saw someone's ability, he would come up with a countermeasure.

"Bandu."

"O-Oscar."

Is he so strong... Bandu was so shocked that he couldn't speak, but he finally came to his senses after hearing Oscar's call.

"I won't make excuses for my previous failures. We, too, are responsible for not being able to respond to your despair."

Oscar used the fire net of his "Little Magic Sword" to contain some of the gray-clothed men, while dodging the simultaneous attacks from the two men who had passed through the fire net. His movements were minimal, as if a pair of eyes were looking down from above.

He launched a "Great Demon Sword Explosion" strike directly below, sending the two flying. Then, chains and ultra-fine metal wires mixed into the blast's airwaves shot out in all directions, severing the captured gray-clad figure's legs. He then immediately electrocuted the man with the chains, knocking him unconscious, before throwing him at other enemies.

As Oscar landed, he unleashed the fabric of his black umbrella. As the unraveling metal threads spread out in all directions like spider silk, he activated the ninth form of "Sky Burn," releasing the limited-damage "Lightning Lightning." The gray-clad figures who stepped into the lightning barrier fell unconscious, and the magic of the approaching demon soldiers was dispelled.

In that flash of lightning, Oscar shouted:

"If you feel you're tired and can't fight anymore, that's fine!"

A man in gray clothes, wrapped in lightning, rushed over. It seemed that he could negate lightning strikes.

The clawed hand swung down at lightning speed. Oscar ducked down to avoid the blow while retracting the umbrella cover. At the same time, he aimed his black glove at the opponent's feet and smashed them into pieces with the "Magic Wave".

He hooked the falling head with the handle of his black umbrella and threw it out.

"But, the only thing you can't throw away is your own life!"

A massive blue mass of flame illuminated the entire dungeon. It was Lesuchina's own strike. Using her incandescence, she withstood the impact of "Heaven" and eliminated the Black Knight.

The blast caused Oscar to stumble, and the gray-clad figure seized the opportunity and stabbed his foot with his dagger. At the same time, the expert punched Oscar in the side.

"Wu, Bandu! In this world, there is no such thing as a life that belongs only to oneself! Don't throw away a life that exists for someone else without permission!"

"I wish I hadn't been born"—that's the saddest thing in the world. Even though Oscar knew it was taboo to distract himself during battle, he couldn't help it.

Oscar used the "Magic Blast Wave" of his black gloves to knock away the two people who were close to him, and then held up the black umbrella to block the red-hot double swords swung by Lesichina.

Looking at Oscar who was burned, even though I wanted him to concentrate on fighting──

──Live for someone.

Bandu didn't know why he remembered his mother's words. When he came to his senses, he had already retorted:

"W-What do you know!?"

"Who would understand! You don't talk about your own affairs! So, you absolutely—"

"Asshole, stop ignoring me!"

Black Umbrella's third move, "Creation Water," erupted like a flood, striking Resichina directly, sending a thick cloud of steam billowing out. Resichina took a step back in fear, and Oscar flung his six floating shields at her. Oscar didn't look at Resichina, who was sent flying by a simple physical attack, but instead shouted:

"You can't die! Live! If you don't live, I'll never be able to understand you again!"

The gray-clad men surrounded Oscar. He used "Holy Absolute: Full Deployment" to enter a defensive posture, using himself as bait, and ordered the Black Knight, Hundred-armed War Ghost, who had successfully rendered the demon soldiers unable to resist, to throw all his magic swords at the gray-clad men around him.

A total of one hundred magic swords turned into a net of fire and flew past like a nightmare.

"Don't forget! You saved many people! Among them were my companions and important family members! They were indeed saved by you!"

The magic swords exerted their respective effects. Explosive air waves, heat waves, lightning strikes, and storms of freezing and petrification surrounded Oscar and the man in gray.

Flames and flashes filled the space, obliterating Oscar and the others.

But it only takes a few seconds.

When the tyrannical obstruction dissipated, only Oscar was left standing there.

No matter how powerful he was, he seemed unable to block all the attacks. There were wounds all over his body and his breathing was a little rapid.

It seemed he had perfect control over the hundred swords he had thrown. All the men in gray fell to the ground, and none of them escaped death, but no one lost their lives.