An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

"Your words are incoherent and meaningless... So what is your Age of Gods magic? Is it a transfer type?"

"Hmm, haha~ well..." Meredith let out an annoying laugh, creating a very mysterious atmosphere and delaying her answer. Her expression reminded me of Mitsuta, who was about to reveal the correct answer to the guest who had already decided on the final answer.

Hajime's impatience had reached its peak, and he took out Alcorn, ready to start the battle on his side. However, Meredith took the initiative and shouted out her answer:

"I won't tell you!"

"Go to hell."

Hajime mercilessly fired his Alcorn rockets. A storm of destruction, trailing a trail of fire, hurtled towards Meredi Golem.

The terrifying explosion that resounded all around shook the entire space, and the smoke from the explosion flew all over the sky.

"Is it resolved?!"

"...Shia, that statement is just a flag-raising gesture."

Shia beamed, "As expected of Hajime-san! The preemptive strike guarantees victory!" Yue quipped. Turns out, Yue was right. Golem's fiery right hand emerged from the smoke with a booming sound, and he swung it sideways, blowing away the smoke.

Meredi Golem, whose forearms were partially shattered but appeared unharmed, emerged from the depths where the smoke had cleared. He pulled in a nearby block, crushed it, and used it directly as material to repair his hands, reconstructing them.

"Hehe, a preemptive attack isn't bad, huh? Come on, come on, maybe my Age of Gods magic is your target. I'm very strong, so don't die."

Meredi Golem smiled cheerfully and launched the linked bolas from her left arm at Hajime and the others. She didn't throw the bolas; instead, it launched with sudden, powerful force, without any preparatory action. She probably used the same principle as the golems, manipulating gravity to cause it to "fall."

Hajime and the others jumped onto a nearby floating block to dodge the meteor hammer. The meteor hammer shattered the block they were standing on into pieces, then circled around as if flying through the air and returned to Meredith Golem's hand.

"Let's go. Yue, Shia, destroy Meredith!"

"Um!"

"learn!"

Following Hajime's command, the final battle of one of the seven great labyrinths, the [Lesin Great Labyrinth], began.

The Golem Knights, who had been standing by with their swords raised, suddenly moved at once, as if following Hajime's command. Just like in the passage, they turned their heads towards Hajime and his companions and charged forward with all their might.

As Yue rolled over, he swung a canteen hanging from his body forward. The compressed water formed a water blade that flew out like a laser, slicing through the Golem Knights horizontally.

"Ahaha, that's impressive~ But there are fifty knights in total, including me, and they can regenerate infinitely. Can you really take them all out at once~?"

Meredy said this in a rather annoying tone, then launched another meteor hammer. Shia leaped up with great force, landing on the moving triangular pyramid block above. Hajime didn't move from where he was, but instead fired a continuous barrage of Donal at the meteor hammer.

There was only one shot, but six bullets were fired. The flash of light released by the high-speed firing struck the incoming meteor hammer squarely at breakneck speed. Though a massive metal sphere, it couldn't escape the effects of six simultaneous electromagnetic cannon impacts. The meteor hammer's trajectory shifted significantly, moving away from Hajime's direction.

At the same time, Shia jumped to the upper block, aimed at the top of Meredi's head, and swung Druken down as she jumped.

"I've seen through it~"

Following these words, Meredith Golem moved rapidly to the side, perhaps even "falling" to the side.

"Ugh, this guy!"

Shia, her expectations dashed, gritted her teeth and squeezed the trigger, detonating the Deluken's impact area. She watched the shell eject from her peripheral vision and used the recoil to correct her trajectory. Spinning three times, she launched a powerful centrifugal attack at Meredi Golem.

Meredith Golem instantly defended with her left arm. With a startling crash, her left arm caved in. However, Meredith Golem seemed completely unfazed, sweeping her arm across.

“Aaaaaaa!!”

"Shia!"

Shia screamed and flew out. She barely managed to pull the trigger on the Deluken mid-air, using the force of the explosion to adjust her stance, then using the recoil to force a forced landing on a nearby block.

"Ha, not bad. Hey, Yue. What kind of special training did you give that guy?"

"...I just kept chasing her."

"...I see. So the thing you hone the most is the skill of tenaciously surviving?"

Hajime looked at Shia, confirming she was hopping briskly between the floating blocks and returning here, and nodded in admiration. Meanwhile, the Golem Knights, whom Yue couldn't eliminate alone, finally swarmed into the block where Hajime and Yue were.

Hajime took out the Gatling Gun Cannon Mejerai from the "Treasure Vault" and, facing Yue back to back, unleashed this monster that could spread death at a rate of twelve thousand rounds per minute.

Hajime spun the six-barreled gun and began firing. With the distinctive sound of gunfire, a series of straight red flashes spread out in all directions, engulfing the air. Enemies in the air were reduced to scrap metal and plummeted to the ground. Knights who dodged, or who, facing blind spots, turned to the other side, were also cut horizontally by the torpedoes.

In an instant, more than forty Golem Knights, their miserable forms revealed, plummeted to the bottom of the space. Perhaps they would rebuild and return to the battle line after a while? But as long as they didn't interfere for the time being, it would be fine. That's right, before the destruction leader, Meredi Golem.

"Wait, what is that?! I've never seen or heard of anything like that!"

Hajime ignored Meredith Golem's shocked cry, put Mejerai into the "treasure vault", and pulled out Donal again, shouting loudly enough for Shia, who was a little further away, to hear:

"Miledi's core and heart are in the same place! Destroy it!"

"What! How do you know?!"

Meredy let out another cry of astonishment. She had never imagined that Hajime possessed the Mystic Eyes that could see through magic itself. He had determined the key to defeating the golems, the location of the core, and Yue and Shia's eyes sharpened.

There were now about ten Golem Knights flying around. Three of them unleashed a wave of attacks, striking Meredith's heart.

Hajime leaped up in one breath, using the surrounding floating blocks as a stepping stone, and attempted to approach Meredith Golem. With the current power of the railgun, it would be difficult to shatter Meredith Golem's massive body and penetrate her core. Therefore, he planned to destroy the armor with point-blank fire, then attack with grenades.

However, despite her unruly personality, Meredith was still one of the "Liberators" who wielded the magic of the Age of Gods, and she couldn't be defeated so easily. Meredith Golem's eyes gleamed for a moment, and the next moment, the floating block above her head approached with fierce momentum.

「!?」

"I never said I could only control knights~"

Ignoring Meredy's chuckled voice, Hajime activated the device on his prosthetic hand at the same time as a "click" sounded.

"Bang!" A detonation resounded, as if from the depths of his abdomen. Simultaneously, a powerful impact erupted from the prosthetic elbow. More accurately, a powerful shotgun blast had been launched. While electromagnetic acceleration wasn't possible, the compression rate of the incendiary powder was far greater than that of Donal's bullets, and the accompanying recoil was also intense. In mid-air, Hajime's body shifted its trajectory as if catapulted, narrowly avoiding the incoming floating block and barely landing on another floating block.

Of course, Meredith Golem also attempted to "drop" Hajime's foothold. However, Shia, who was approaching from behind, leaped up and tried to deliver a powerful blow to Meredith Golem's head. Shia tried to first destroy the eyes that had been emitting a strange light, and then the head.

Meredi Golem seemed to sense Shia's approach and ordered the Golem Knights to aim at the leaping Shia and launch an attack. Shia was caught off guard in mid-air, and was about to be cut in half by the greatsword.

“…I won’t let you succeed.”

Yue, who had moved at some point, used [Break] to cut the Golem Knights who were trying to attack Shia into pieces.

"As expected of Miss Yue!"

Shia shouted as she advanced through the air unhindered. Using her enhanced physical strength, she raised her weapon high and launched a powerful blow.

"Golems won't lose in terms of strength~"

As if to prove his words, Meredith Golem turned around and swung his blazing right hand straight towards Shia.

Shia's Druken and Meredi Golem's super-heated fist collided with a terrifying roar. The resulting shockwave sent several floating blocks flying in a radial pattern.

"hateful--!"

Shia screamed, pouring her strength into the impenetrable fist of Meredi Golem. However, she was no match for the Golem's arm strength, and her fist suddenly exploded, dispersing the impact force, and simultaneously swung out with great force, sending Shia flying.

“Aaaaaaa!!”

Shia screamed. Her body, paralyzed by the impact, couldn't move immediately, and there were no floating blocks in the direction she was sent flying. Just as she was about to fall—the next moment, Yue, as if anticipating this, flew out from the side, hugged Shia, and instantly corrected her trajectory with "Raise," landing on the floating block below.

"What a wonderful collaboration~"

Meredi Golem spoke in a leisurely voice, looking down at Yue and Shia, who were looking up at her. Then, a voice spoke to her from an unexpectedly close distance:

"Right?"

「!?」

Startled, Meredith Golem frantically turned his gaze toward the source of the sound. There it was, Hajime. He had slipped into Meredith's arms, using his anchor and his legs, thrust through the gaps in her armor, to stabilize himself. He then pressed his massive weapon—the electromagnetically accelerated anti-target rifle, the "Shuragen"—toward Meredith Golem's heart. Red flames erupted from the Shuragen's barrel.

“W-When—”

Meredi's astonished words were drowned out by the loud bang made by Shurajan.

The killing intent launched at close range sent Meredi Golem flying, shattering her chest armor. Because it couldn't unleash the full power of its "Thunderbolt," the Shurajan's power was now comparable to the maximum power of a Donar in normal space. Even so, it was more than enough to destroy metal armor. Even with the reduced power of the Donar, the Golem Knights' armor could easily be penetrated. Therefore, if Meredi Golem's armor, made of the same material, was simply thicker, Shurajan would likely be enough to destroy it.

White smoke billowed from the chest of the blasted Meredith Golem, and Hajime was thrown backward by the recoil. He let the anchor fly out, hooking it onto a nearby floating block. Using the momentum of the reeled anchor, he flipped in mid-air and leaped onto the block. He then observed Meredith Golem's condition.

Yue and Shia also jumped onto the floating block near Hajime.

“…Did it succeed?”

"It feels like a hit, though..."

"I hope this ends here~"

Yue used her ears to confirm the attack's effectiveness, while Shia relayed her expected observations. However, Hajime's expression was subtle. As expected, Meredi Golem, whose chest armor had been destroyed, calmly moved the nearby floating block to his side and said to Hajime and the others with admiration:

"Oh my! That's amazing! I broke out in a cold sweat. If the decomposition function wasn't there, and that artifact was left unleashing its true power, it could be dangerous! Hmm, Milady-chan is truly a genius for putting so much effort into creating a maze right here!!"

Miredy Golem boasted, but Hajime ignored her words, his expression heavy. Because, beneath the damaged chest armor, there was another layer of pitch-black armor, and it was completely undamaged. Hajime had an impression of the material of that armor.

"Hmm~ Do you care about this~?"

Miledi Golem noticed Hajime's gaze and pointed at the jet-black armor with a sly smile. She said, "This one~" in a pretentious tone, and was about to reveal its true form. At this moment, Hajime continued, muttering a curse:

"...Is it Azantium Ore? You bastard."

Azantium ore boasts the world's highest hardness and toughness, and several of Hajime's equipment utilizes it. Even a thin layer would withstand even the strongest firepower from Donard, so Shurajan's attack naturally wouldn't cause any damage. Destroying Azantium armor is incredibly difficult, hence Hajime's frown.

"Oh? You know about it~ That's true. After all, you're Oku's dungeon clearer, so there's no way you wouldn't know about it as a user of Generate Magic~ Come on, come on, while you're in despair, let's have a second round!"

Meredi grabbed materials from the shattered floating blocks and rebuilt the surface armor. Then, he launched a meteor hammer and launched a fierce one-sided attack.

“H-What should I do? Hajime-san!”

"There's still a way. Let's find a way to stop that guy from moving!"

“…Yeah, I understand.”

The unavoidable lack of firepower made Shia ask Hajime with hesitation. Hajime, seemingly holding back a trump card, instructed to stop Meredith Golem's movements. Yue and Shia, feeling somewhat relieved at the prospect of another solution, prepared to leap onto a nearby floating block that could dodge the meteor hammer.

but--

"I won't let you succeed~"

As Meredith Golem's leisurely voice echoed, the floating block they were using as a platform began to spin at high speed.

The platform suddenly spun, throwing Hajime and the others off balance. The meteor hammer slammed into their position with immense force, sending them careening through the pulverized platform. Hajime clutched tightly at the chain that passed before him with a metallic clang. Yue used the shattered fragments of the floating block as a stepping stone, performing a "Raise." Shia, using the violent recoil of the Drukken, managed to forcefully land on the floating block below.

As if aiming for that spot long ago, Miledi Golem thrust out his super-hot fist and attacked fiercely.

“Mmm!!”

"Um!!"

Although they avoided the direct hit, the intense explosion and shockwaves of the momentary impact caused Yue and Shia to groan in pain. Even so, Yue, as if to deflect the attack, launched a "Break" attack at Meredi Golem's arm. Shia, using one of Druken's devices, pushed the stake from the impact surface, driving it firmly into the armor.

Although [Break] sliced ​​through a portion of Meredi Golem's right arm, it failed to sever it. Yue landed on another floating block with a look of resignation.

Meanwhile, Shia, having jumped onto Meredith Golem's shoulders, used her left shoulder as a stepping stone and swung Druken down at her head with all her might. However, Meredith Golem suddenly "fell," causing Shia to lose her balance and be thrown into the air.

"Ah ah!"

Shia screamed. Hajime, holding onto the meteor hammer's chain, used the centrifugal force of the chain's swing to jump to Shia's side and catch her in mid-air.

"Mr. Hajime!"

Shia called out Hajime's name with a voice filled with joy. Although she knew that this wasn't the situation, she couldn't help but feel excited at being saved by the embrace she longed for. However, he was Hajime. Just like when he threw Shia into the group of monsters before, Hajime lifted her up high.

“Mr. Hajime!?”

"Let's go again!"

The shotgun bullets loaded into his prosthetic hand clicked as he reloaded and fired fiercely. The impact caused Hajime to spin due to the reaction force, and using centrifugal force, he flung Shia towards Meredi Golem.

“Damn it—!”

Just when she thought her dream had come true, she was forced to launch a special attack on the enemy. This embarrassing situation made Shia raise the Drukken and roar in despair.

Hajime's actions seemed to terrify even Meredith. Even so, she braced herself for the attack, clenching her fist and raising it behind her, ready to unleash a super-heat punch. At that moment, the chain attached to the meteor hammer, which had returned to her hand, suddenly exploded.

“Waaaaaa, what!?”

Meredith let out a terrified cry. The explosion was caused by the numerous grenades Hajime had set while grasping the chains. The incredible force of the explosion sent the chains flying, severely damaging her chained left arm. The impact knocked Meredith Golem off balance.

At this time, Shia, holding Drukken high, reached her opponent.

“Drink aa ...

With a spirited cry, she squeezed the trigger, unleashing the stored shotgun blast. The impact instantly accelerated Drukken, charging towards Meredith Golem with the determination to shatter even the air.

Meredi Golem instinctively raised her severely damaged left arm in defense. The next moment, Druken's blow struck directly at her left arm, shattering it, mercilessly crushing the part below the shoulder.

Shia swung down Druken with all her might, maintaining the momentum as she floated in the air. Miredy Golem, determined to at least strike her once and for all to redeem his lost left arm, prepared to unleash a super-heated punch on Shia, who had completely lost her balance.

However, just as Meredith focused his attention on Shia, a water laser exploded from below, hitting the wound that had just been split open with perfect accuracy. The water laser then cut deeper into the wound, finally severing Meredith Golem's right arm.

“…Hehe, you’re being careless.”

The one who said this with a snicker was, of course, Yue.