An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

──The Ring of the Return of the Artifact

This ring is imbued with the regeneration magic "Eternal," restoring the body to its previous state every second. While the effect isn't as strong as the original, at best it can only adjust the body's condition every ten seconds... However, even if the weakening effect continues, this is more than enough to withstand it.

"Oh, you've got a plan already... Well, I'll defeat you head-on and make you submit to me."

"Can you do this?"

Ra'l drew his magic sword Ignis, and along with the two men in black and the two generals who were in a fighting stance, and the chancellor, Kalm, who had retreated to the rear and begun chanting magic, the guards also swarmed in from the entrance.

Meredi was surrounded between the vast thrones, but she did not look at those people, but only looked at Ra'l with clear eyes.

"I don't know the real you."

"?"

"But I believe that the you that I see before me right now is not real."

She didn't believe this was all. Mireddy Rasen didn't believe that the warm memories of Bandu, her companion, were all illusions. If she had to explain why...

"Because Xiaoban believes so."

"...That person has already admitted that everything he believed in was just fantasy."

"Then I'll come and confirm it."

When the companions waver, the leader must not waver.

Meredi pointed at Rasil.

"Wake up, Demon King. I will reveal the truth behind your deception and condemn you for your cruelty."

What was the reason for his change? What was his intention?

Millardy Lessin wanted to know this and didn't want to miss anything important.

Having said that, regardless of the reason, the fact remains that he hurt people he shouldn't have hurt.

"Miledi Lessen declares."

Elgar and Angor's shoulders stiffened with nervousness, for they knew this was the kind of statement the Lassen family would make when things got serious.

However, there is one thing that is different from before.

"I'm going to beat you to pieces!"

She suddenly revealed a fearless smile and made this declaration at the end.

The last princess of a family said to have personified the concept of execution, declared war with an annoying yet humane declaration, as if to erase that history.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Angol was the first to strike. He pulled out a spiked metal ball, roughly the size of a human head. The thing attached to the metal ball with a chain—a meteor hammer—flew towards him at the speed of a cannonball.

Meredi used gravity magic to knock it down. The moment the meteor hammer struck the floor, it shattered the ground, causing incredible damage. This was the effect of Angor's inherent magic, "Shatter," which shook and shattered everything it touched.

Two men in black raced through the scattered debris. They seemed to have used Limit Break from the very beginning, their speed blurring out. They entangled Meredith and Natsu, attempting to seal the Age of Gods magic once again.

But in the next second, a portal opened under the feet of Miledi and the other two.

The black-clad man's assassinating sword and wrist armor missed and passed over the heads of the three people falling.

The three people appeared in different locations at that moment.

The man in black with the wrist armor rushed towards Meredy, while the man in black with the assassin sword faced Nizu.

"As long as we don't get caught up, it'll be fine."

The assassin swordsman in black transformed into a shadow again and tried to approach, but Natsu used the teleportation technique. Then, it continued with teleportation, teleportation, teleportation, teleportation, teleportation, teleportation!

Nizu completely abandoned the idea of ​​moving on foot and simply continued to move at high speed at intervals of about ten meters, trying to prevent the man in black from catching up with the assassin sword.

"Enough, what are you doing!?"

Elgar roared and rushed forward, and at that moment—

“Ouch!”

"You have a very sharp intuition."

Nizu, having moved behind him, raised his curved sword and struck Elgar in a straight line, but Elgar suddenly raised his battle axe and barely blocked it. However, the confrontation was fleeting. Nizu immediately took the second curved sword from the treasure chest, grasped it in his left hand, and launched a sweeping blow, slicing through Elgar's back.

Even with a cry of pain, Elgar rolled to the ground, creating some distance. The black-clad assassin, who had caught up with him, lunged at him instead... but before he could get into range, Natsu managed to teleport elsewhere.

This time he moved to the center of the guards and dispersed them with space vibrations.

At some distance from them, the black-clad man with wrist armor approached Meredith.

"Sister, you don't like being ignored, right?"

Mei'er was right beside him. Facing her slashing pirate sword (scimitar), the man in black turned away without even a glance... and at that moment, water surged out with a splash. Without time to react, the man in black was engulfed and swept away by the current generated at such close range.

Although Chancellor Karlm immediately launched a massive lightning strike at Mei—

"how is this possible!"

"Oh, didn't you know? Pure water doesn't conduct electricity."

More water overflowed, forming an archway. Though she was indoors, she used the vast amount of water, like living organisms, to create an aerial corridor, and swimming through it was Mei'er's special combat method.

──Creating an aerial sea corridor in the Meiliu area

To avoid being called incompetent without the sea, Mei worked tirelessly! During her time in the secret village, she diligently created pure water to pour into her treasure vault, allowing her to fight as if she were at sea even on land. She wanted her younger sister to look at her with shining respect!

"Then I'll let you evaporate along with the water!"

A massive mass of fire appeared above Chancellor Kalm's head and flew towards Mei'er... but Mei'er instantly vanished through a portal that had opened in the water, reappearing in another stream. The mass of fire passed through the empty water, creating a massive cloud of superheated steam. However, steam was Mei'er's domain.

The hot steam was controlled by her in the blink of an eye, wrapping around the man in black with wrist armor who was approaching Meredith again.

Even if the pain doesn't cause you to panic, the burns all over your body will make your movements slow.

This commotion bought enough time for Meredith to fire gravity bombs at Chancellor Kalm, Elgar, Angor, and the guards. As they were launched into the air by the impact of a battering ram—

"Princess, please be my opponent."

Rasl, using his boots to move at high speed, closed in on Meredi. Then came a master-level sword strike.

"Didn't I say I couldn't accept you physically?"

Meredy fell backwards as she uttered this unpleasant statement. She watched the blood-red sword fly overhead, disappear into the portal that opened there, and then reappear behind Angor.

"Hey."

“Guuuuu!”

Crushed by the super-gravity, Angol sank into the hard stone floor. He quickly strengthened his body and stomped his feet to avoid becoming a stain on the ground. Is this truly worthy of a general?

"Ignoring me is too much!"

Ra'l returned, but before he could touch Meredith's body, she immediately jumped into the portal that opened next door and disappeared without a trace.

In contrast, a torrent of water rushed towards Rasl and Angol, who, despite being severely wounded and trembling all over, managed to stand. The two of them quickly dodged the attack, each to the left and right, and a black vortex of stars appeared between them.

Angor took a defensive stance, while Ra'sl displayed a calm demeanor... but it collapsed in the next second.

The torrent just now rushed into the gravity ball. And the next moment, immediately—

“Ouch!”

"!"

The extremely thin stream of water drew several tracks.

The water flow was incredibly powerful, naturally cutting through the walls and ceiling. Angol and the man in black armor who was now running towards them were instantly covered in blood.

Ra's artifact earrings deployed an automatic barrier, but the barrier was about to collapse in an instant.

──Milledie Meier's combined skill imitates the breath of a mythical beast

This technique uses the gravity magic "Absolute Disaster" to super-compress Mei's rapids, then unleashes it. The rapids also carefully contain a large number of blade fragments, giving them the effect of a "Water Blade Whip."

Although Ra'sl deployed his own barrier to replace the automatic barrier...

"—『Great Sky Thunder Spear』."

This was a magic created by Miledi. She compressed the highest-level lightning-attribute attack magic "Sky Burn" into three shots, transformed them into gun shapes to increase penetration, and the three guns exploded after hitting Rasl.

After a brief stalemate, cracks appeared in the Demon King's barrier.

"As expected of the Princess of Raisen—"

"—"Great Blue Spear"."

The highest-level fire-attribute attack magic, "Blue Sky," was compressed into three shots of annihilation blue spears, and then attacked with great force.

Ra'l narrowed his eyes, strengthened the barrier, and then used the artifact that controlled shadows - the "Shadowless Ring" to gather the shadows into a bundle and wrap them around the barrier to increase its defense.

This way, even if we were to receive a direct hit from an attack on the city, we should be able to withstand it. However, Meredith seemed to say, "So what?"

"—『Concentrated Divine Power』."

The ultimate light-attribute attack magic, "Divine Power." Despite a look of disgust, she effortlessly unleashed this move, bearing the name of a god and usable only by those chosen as Knight Commanders.

The flash of light that emitted sparks of the sky seemed to be trying to erase the shadows with its light, causing cracks in the shadow defense wall and Rasl's barrier.

"His Majesty!"

“You bastard!”

Toyed with by Mel's Sky Corridor, Chancellor Kalm, Elgar, and Angol stared with wide eyes, their emotions agitated. To stop Meredith, the black-clad figure with the restored wrist armor rushed forward. Furthermore, the assassin sword figure originally chasing Nizu, and the guards, also changed their target to Meredith...

The breath of the imitation beast attacked them from all directions.

"Ugh, is that the power of transfer?!"

"This is trouble!"

Indeed, countless portals opened around him after he cast Absolute Disaster, mimicking the breath of a divine beast. Pairs of portals floated like stars near the ceiling. No, it wasn't just the ceiling. Countless smaller portals were also intermingled with the vast torrent of water that still flowed freely through the hall.

The breath of the imitation mythical beast transferred from there burned the entire room.

This was a joint attack involving Natsu—a space-jumping, multi-angle attack.

"Deal with the woman! Focus on Merle Melkine first!"

Elgar roared. They were being toyed with because they were each chasing different opponents. So, compared to Meredy, who was protected by two people, and Nizu, who was elusive due to her continuous teleportation, it would be better to deal with Mei, who had created this tricky rapids. While it would be troublesome, her combat power, as she was responsible for recovery, was likely weaker than the other two.

This was a reasonable judgment; theoretically, the person responsible for the reply should be dealt with first. Unfortunately, they hadn't correctly anticipated that their opponent was a magician of the Age of Gods, and a Pirate Empress who was far from a weak saint.

The two men in black immediately followed the order and attacked Mei'er.

The assassination sword pierced Mei'er's heart, and the strong wrist crushed her internal organs.

"It hurts so much."

Mei'er is indeed not a warrior, unable to make excellent evasion or defense, and is also the easiest opponent to hit.

But, so what? She could use magic that could completely regenerate even missing parts, not to mention fatal injuries, as long as the victim survived. Her regeneration skills, when applied to herself, were of course even more advanced.

She is the easiest to attack but also the hardest to kill, the tenacious Pirate Queen Merle Melkine.

The two men in black moved a little further apart and wanted to launch a second attack.

"I won't let you get away, half-kin?"

Immediately afterwards, the pirate sword broke apart, becoming countless blades that stretched out in a clattering sound. From the treasure chest where the handle was located, the contents flowed out one after another.

──Mei'er's special artifact, the infinite accordion knife

The serpentine knife, with its tip curled up like a snake, tied up the two men in black and Mei'er who were in a very close distance.

"Give our sorrowful kin a moment of rest."

Whether he tried to tear it apart or struggled, the blade would only dig into his body, nearly tearing it into countless pieces. But the accordion knife remained intact. So he turned to sucking blood. The man in black approached Mei'er, but before he could suck blood, he was hit by a shocking lightning strike transmitted through the accordion knife.

Mei'er was naturally attacked as well, but she used regeneration magic to heal herself at the same time, so she didn't feel any pain.

After a beat, when the flashes subsided, the two men in black began to emit a lot of white smoke and convulse all over.

When Mei'er released them from the embrace, they collapsed to the floor, showing no signs of moving. Just in case, Mei'er also gave Oscar a gift of a "Sealing Stone Restraint Device" that he had lovingly crafted, so they wouldn't be able to fight again.

Prime Minister Karlm, Angol, Elgar and the soldiers who swarmed in launched an attack on Mei'er.

However, their attacks faded fragilely under the turbulence of space.

"Haha, now I can use it without any worries, right?"

"Well, thank you, Mei."