An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

Mei'er sat on the archway of the small stream, and Natsu stood beside her.

He shifted his focus from avoiding to attacking, swinging his hyperbola sword with all his might, trying to regain his martial arts that had become dull due to his excessive focus on practicing space magic.

Not long after, a sound like breaking glass came from behind.

Ra's barrier was finally broken.

"His Majesty!"

Elgar and Angor tried to rush over, but Chancellor Kalm and the guards used magic to force their way towards Natsu and Mel.

"Let's deal with these first."

"I really want to do what Xiao Mi did and just beat them up head-on."

Seeing Meredith making a victory sign, the two nodded and took action to eliminate the obstruction.

As the barrier was broken, violent magic power erupted from Rasl's body. The amount of magic power was so huge that it was probably impossible for a human body to contain it.

So that's how it is. He is indeed a living god. It's as if the heavens have poured their power into him.

Lasar's figure began to blur, but in the next second, he appeared in front of Miledi.

"Why don't you just get some sleep?"

Rasl smiled brightly and placed his palm against Meredith's face. The gesture looked like a caress, but a glowing ring could be seen above it. This was proof of the magical blast.

"Ew, I feel so sick!"

Facing a smile that would captivate any woman, Meredith responded with a harsh thought while also causing her own ring to shine, the Treasure House Ring on her right hand.

"Um?"

"What a shame~ It's no longer effective~ Pfft~!"

The blood-red shockwave seemed to be flowing to both sides, as if to avoid Meredith. The cause of this phenomenon was a piece of cloth. No, the thing that seemed to be draped over Meredith's shoulders, swaying and floating in the air, was—

──Miletti's special artifact, the Heavenly Feather Cloth

It absorbed Rasser's impact and diverted the impact from both ends like a lightning rod.

The feathered garment is woven from metal wire, forming a soft barrier that absorbs and deflects all kinds of impact and magic. Simply touching any part of it allows for direct manipulation of magical power to freely manipulate it. Its large surface area allows even Meredith, who is not adept at close combat, to at least raise it before an attack.

The proof was that Meredith had beautifully blocked the incoming blow with her feathered robe. The feathered robe bent sharply, weakening the sword's power. While the world's strongest metal wire sustained some damage, it showed no sign of breaking. She had perfectly withstood the impact of the sword's blow.

Furthermore, the hagoromo also incorporates regeneration magic, which allows it to repair damage on its own, although it can only do so bit by bit.

The impact and the slash—both attacks were blocked at extremely close range, and Rasl's eyes widened in surprise. Then—

"Fly!"

"oh oh?"

Yuyi wrapped around Laser's neck with a whoosh and threw him away.

Ra'sl controlled the shadow to gain balance and landed safely.

"I'm going to physically beat you to a pulp!"

Countless metal balls appeared around Meredi.

The metal balls he'd taken from the treasure vault were made by compressing a total of one hundred kilograms of metal into fist-sized, super-heavy projectiles. With a devilish grin, Meredith shot them out.

As for the gravity magic that would be ineffective near Rasl, she was at a distance from him, and since it only activated when fired, there was no problem. Over a hundred hundred-kilogram metal balls fell like a heavy rain.

"You're so brave!"

The shadow cannot defend against the kind of large-mass physical attack accelerated by gravity, and it is not something that the magic sword can cut through, and even if it uses a shock wave, it will probably be penetrated.

Rasl had no choice but to evade, and he freely deployed the barrier of his earrings, rushing through the heavy rain that would surely turn anyone who was hit into minced meat.

"Oh right, what are you feeling right now? How does it feel to be toyed with by a divine weapon? Haha."

"Tsk."

Ra'l narrowed his eyes and tried to retort, but a cannonball struck the barrier. The impact stopped him in his tracks, making him a perfect target. Facing the thunderous rain of destruction, the earrings, already strained by the previous attack, finally cracked.

"But this shouldn't be your power."

Confined to his spot, Rasl said this as if wanting to at least laugh, but—

"Yes, this is Ao's power. It's Ao who is protecting me."

Meredy retorted with a broad smile that was unsuitable for a battlefield.

“Puff, puff, puff—how’s that?! This is the stark difference between a Divine Artifact User and a Divine Artifact Creator! You lowly fellow—Puhahaha!”

The way he boasted about Oscar's affairs as if they were his own, and also belittled him on a large scale, annoyed Lasser so much that his facial muscles were stiff.

But even as she grumbled, her attack remained fierce. After the final shell struck, the barrier finally reached its limit. Unable to withstand the load, the earrings cracked and shattered.

At the same time, Meredith's voice rang out, and because she was so focused, her voice sounded very flat.

"Okay, then, it's about time we get serious."

Lasar couldn't help but stop and was about to take a step forward. After he felt goosebumps all over his body, Milady began to move.

"—"Great Thunder Flame Spear"."

The lightning spear, emitting flashes and drawing spiral lines, approached Rasl.

"The time for struggle has come—Ignis!"

Should we say it was expected? Rasil swung the blood-red magic sword that could cut through magic and cut the giant spear as if it was a joke. But Meredi looked unconcerned.

"—[Meteor Scarlet Spear]."

One hundred crimson lances were instantly born. Like their master's declaration, they became meteors, shooting towards Rasl.

"If one strike doesn't work, then we're going to win by sheer numbers? That's really lacking in interest."

Ra'ser sneered and called out a hundred shadow spears to fight back.

"—[Starry Sky: Ice Mist Blade]."

Icicles and wind blades as numerous as stars fell from the broken ceiling.

"it's useless."

The demonic sword Ignis radiated light, and a blood-red slash capable of severing magic flew out. He met the hundred blades with a single blow.

"—『Thunderbolt: Stone Storm』."

The rubble shattered, becoming stone cannonballs that bombarded Rasl from all directions. Rasl, using the same stone magic to counter the attack, opened his mouth in amazement...

"It's useless to say so—"

"— 'Crazy Sky: Freezing Rain', 'Thunder Lance', 'Light Fang', 'Rock Collapse', 'Piercing Flame', 'Water Blade', 'Wind Strike'."

"Princess!"

The calmness fell from Rasl's face.

Meredi floated in mid-air, the space behind her shaking with the surge of magical power. Numerous spells were being cast there, to the point where the word "fire net" could not even describe it.

This is a complete wall of magic bullets.

Relying on the Shadow Whip, the Demon Sword Ignis, and his own extraordinary magical skills, Ra'l began to fall behind little by little in the battle.

On the other hand, Meredith's gears had reached a new level. The speed of her magic creation had increased infinitely, and not only that, but her level of detail had also increased.

"—'Accumulated Chaos Lightning', 'Catastrophe Fire Wave', 'Floating Block Wave', 'Sky-Soaring Flash', 'White Prison'."

"You're using advanced magic at that speed!"

Ra'l used the barrier to deflect the bombardment of lightning, used Ignis to cut through the tsunami of fire that covered him, used a magic shock wave to blow away the falling massive ice blocks, used his own magic to counter the slash of light, and used the shadow fan to blow away the petrified smoke.

He had no room to counterattack, and could not lead the battle into a close combat that Meredi was not good at.

The surging attack trapped Rasser!

Could it be that "this generation of Lacen" is so powerful! He can actually fight against the Demon King!?

That's right, the two can be compared.

To be able to rival the Demon King, the most skilled of all races in magic, even one called a living god, was no joke. No, Rasl had to use multiple national treasure-level artifacts to finally rival her. That meant she had surpassed him in pure magical skill.

(This has already exceeded the limits of what a human being can tolerate!)

She possesses countless talents, but how much experience has she accumulated? She's only about fifteen years old, so how strong a will must she have to reach such heights?

However, this power, enough to make the Demon King tremble, is not limited to this.

“—‘All day.’”

Astonishing magical fluctuations. The entire throne room was dyed with the color of Meredith's sun-shining sky.

"Is that possible!"

Still improving... This sentence was swallowed up by the anxiety that Laser showed for the first time.

What caught his eye were the countless planets orbiting the sun, Meredi.

“—Falling Star.”

In other words, this move was a compression of the three most destructive, highest-level magic spells: 'Blue Sky', 'Sky Burn', and 'God's Power', creating a swarm of one hundred meteors. This three-color lethal attack continued for a hundred times, raining down directly on the Demon King.

And the result is──

“Guaaaaaaaaa!”

The first cry of pain from the demon king showed that even though Ra'l used all his strength to fight back, he was still unable to resist and flew out of the city while crashing through the wall.

From the Demon City, one could probably see a section of the wall explode from the inside, and a figure flying out from there. No one would have guessed it was the Demon King.

"Just like the declaration, we'll shoot him down!"

Even as she breathed rapidly and her face turned pale, Meredith still wore a smile and struck a triumphant pose. Her power to float in the air had run out, and she swayed a bit, about to fall.

"Okay, okay, you tried your best. You're awesome, Xiao Mi."

"...I just hope you won't treat me like a child."

Mel caught Meredith as she was about to fall. She collected a large amount of water into the treasure house to restore her exhausted sister.

"We've pretty much settled this side of things. But the soldiers kept coming, so I just held them off."

A closer look revealed General Elgar and his men, along with the Royal Guards, lying prostrate on the ground. At the entrance to the throne room, now invisible and revealing a beautiful blue sky, a large number of soldiers were gesticulating.

Apparently, they couldn't get in because of Natsu's spatial barrier. Seeing the Demon King being sent flying, they all fell into a semi-mad state, glaring at Meredith with red eyes as if they wanted to shoot her dead.

“S-So scary…”

"What are you saying, you terrorist who beat the devil away?"

"That's right. Rather than that, let's get to the Demon King as soon as possible."

The reply ended. Meredith grasped Natsu's outstretched hand, and the surrounding scenery immediately changed.

Rasl seemed to be facing the wall, trapped in the wall of the spire next door.

Meredi and his group landed on the roof.

"Ugh, oh my, I was trying to enjoy myself, but ended up looking so ugly."

Rasl broke free from the spire wall and stood on the rooftop. His clothes were soaked with blood, part of his face was burned, and he was breathing rapidly.

"Larsel Alba Igudol, tell me your truth."

Meredith's clear eyes fixed on Rasl. Her gaze was fixed, as if to expose his deception and to reveal the truth.

"Hehehe, Ban and you really are toys with great entertainment value."

"……Toy?"

Hearing this, Mireddy had a strong sense of déjà vu for some reason.

"I actually love Ben. I don't really want to do experiments. I'm actually a person of noble character. In the end, everyone will definitely find happiness—is that what you believe?"

This is hilarious. Ahhh, this is hilarious. Why are you so lovable and entertaining?

Even unspoken, those ugly values ​​were conveyed to everyone. Lasser's sneer was devoid of any warmth. No, it didn't look like a human expression at all.

Natsu and Mel frowned in displeasure, but what surged in Meredith's heart wasn't displeasure or anger, but a strong, disturbing feeling of strangeness.

Doubts emerged in her mind one by one, and she always felt like she was standing in front of a closed door.

"Milledie Raison. Ah, the outstanding girl who killed her own family for justice! Sun of the lovely people who disturb the world!"