An ordinary profession creates the world's strongest

After being struck, Aedra stopped emitting dragon breath, and blood gushed out of her eyes and nose, but she still turned around with extraordinary agility and confronted Uruluk head-on. Then, from her suspended state, she instantly increased her speed to the maximum.

Perhaps infected by its master's anger, or perhaps driven to its limit by the constant obstruction, its entire body shone with a brilliant light, and it charged forward like a blazing giant, its maw gaping, intending to bite off Uruluk's head.

—Roar!

—Gah!?

Unexpectedly, Uruluk performed a beautiful forward somersault at top speed, avoiding the attack.

Its aerial maneuverability is incredibly agile. But that's not all.

As he passed Adra, he didn't forget to strike her with his spiked tail. This strike, combined with speed and centrifugal force, combined with his third inherent magic, "Magic Power Conversion Arm," multiplied its destructive power several times over.

Thus, Adra's head was shattered along with the dragon scales by this single blow.

Adra's eyes rolled back, and his entire body collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut. He wandered helplessly in the air, teetering on the verge of collapse. It was unknown whether he was barely holding on to consciousness, or whether it was acting on instinct, or whether his dignity as a dragon king wouldn't allow him to do so. In any case, he managed to hold on, not falling to the ground.

But no matter what, Adra had been badly defeated.

—Roaroo ...

It seems the personality of a follower really takes on the person of their master. Facing the dying Aedela, Uruluk showed no mercy.

At this time, a large amount of magic power surged out of the magic storage gems installed in various parts of Uruluk's dragon armor, and condensed towards the dragon jaw along the lines engraved on the dragon armor.

"Adra! Get out of the way..."

Mulu shouted a warning, but it was drowned out by a loud bang, the sound of the translucent dragon's breath being released.

The dragon's breath, so hot that it seemed to distort even space, bombarded Adra's abdomen.

Aedra was violently ejected, like a pebble flung by a warhammer with all its might, before crashing heavily into the Sacred Mountain, causing a violent tremor. The slope directly above the palace shrank radially, but the rubble was vaporized and vanished before it could even reach the ground.

The dragon's breath was translucent because it was too hot. After it vanished as if melting into the air, the last thing we saw was...

The surface of the mountain was burned into glass by the high temperature, and a large hole was opened in the abdomen of Adra's corpse, which sank into the mountain wall like a huge statue.

“How, is this possible…”

Mulu opened his eyes wide and murmured blankly.

He was like this, with flaws all over his body, and he was completely unaware that Bandu had moved to a distant place in the sky, or that something strange was happening around him.

The Holy Dragon King, the source of his confidence, was defeated, leaving him unable to think about anything else. Until—

“Ouch!”

Only when he saw Beixiu, whose hand was cut off, flying to his side did he return to reality.

"I win!" Todalit said triumphantly, raising her fist, even though her shoulders and thighs were nicked and her body covered in wounds. She'd really been reckless—Bandu thought with a wry smile as he spoke.

"Okay, it's almost over. If my intuition is correct, it's almost time to come."

“You…! Huh? What is this?”

Hearing Bandu say this, Mulu raised his head and only then noticed something was wrong.

Unconsciously, a formation was formed with the Demon Dragon on the outside and the Beast Light Knights surrounded on the inside.

The Holy Dragons were shot down by about 200, the Demon Dragons by about 40. As for the Schnee warriors, no one was lost.

However, the difference in numbers was still more than three times. Therefore, at this point, it wasn't really an encirclement at all, but rather just an even distribution of the spheres in the air.

As for Bandu, he was high up in the sky, overlooking everything. And then...

"Goodbye."

He said this with a carefree air, releasing the greatsword in his hand. Watching it whizz down in the wind, Mulu and the other Beast Light Knights were left bewildered. Finally, the greatsword stood upright in the air, at the center of the Beast Light Knights.

At this time, Margaret and others scattered around simultaneously took out and lifted up a light black icosahedral crystal.

The situation didn't seem good - Mulu felt a chill running through his body and shouted, "Everyone disperse!" But before the knights could carry out the order, the cage was already completed.

The greatsword, held upright in the air, emitted a beam of light, reaching towards the twelve icosahedral crystals held by Margaret and the others. The beams formed a magic circle within the crystals, simultaneously radiating light towards the other crystals, connecting them one to another.

Finally, the rays of light formed a huge regular icosahedron in the air, surrounding the entire Holy Dragon Army of five hundred people.

"Captain! We can't get out!"

"Is it a barrier? Concentrate your firepower and attack one area at a time with dragon breath!"

The trapped Mulu and the others tried to escape, but before they could do anything, "that" was activated.

The space inside began to distort. Light rays escaped from the crystal, and the giant icosahedron formed by the light rays began to shrink.

"Are you trying to crush us to death!?"

"You won't be wiped out like this, will you?"

As he'd said, this wasn't a barrier designed to trap the enemy. A single point of concentrated decomposition magic could break through it. However, it was too late. The icosahedron formed by the light rapidly shrank, and the knights were gradually swallowed by the swirling spatial distortion at the center.

──The domain creates a monster lair.

It was a "treasure house" formed from the greatsword. After being swallowed into the created subspace, the knights had to fight against ten thousand monsters in the narrow space.

"I just said quality over quantity, but I'm sorry, I lied."

The key to war is still numbers. Facing Bandu's provocation, Mulu shouted something.

Then, disappeared without a trace.

Since the number of enemies that could be trapped in the Warp was limited, it was necessary to first reduce the enemy's numbers to a certain level. Unexpectedly, they were able to completely capture the Holy Dragon Army. It's no exaggeration to say that the Beastlight Knights were completely annihilated.

For the church, this was definitely an unexpected result. Given this, they would surely try to send a considerable force to fill the gap.

In fact, Bandhu had predicted it perfectly.

“…Hmm, it’s here after all!”

Silver artillery rained down from the sky. Insidiously, the enemy's target was Margaret and the others. Bandu rushed forward to block the beam. He seemed to hear the apostle's disdainful sneer from above. Could it be an illusion?

"Humans can improve, but puppets probably can't imagine that."

Bartram stretched out his mouth like a wide-open mouth, and a film of light came out of his mouth, swallowing the decomposition bombardment.

At the same time, a second large mouth opened to the side, from which it spat out the decomposition bombardment it had just swallowed and returned it to the apostle intact.

Bartram had unfolded a chain-shaped space-time gate hidden within the fluid. This gate could be activated simply by forming it into a circular shape, so if Bartram, who could change his size freely, used it, it could be used as a flexible attack and banishment shield.

The apostle waved his hand casually, eliminating the reflected artillery fire.

She remained expressionless as she looked down at Bandu, her neck tilting and making a clicking sound. Her movements were completely like those of a puppet, extremely eerie.

"My Lord does not like this kind of game."

"So, let's destroy one hope now."

The previous action seemed to be a call to another apostle. Then, another apostle appeared beside the first apostle.

The god Esid wanted to see a series of deadly battles. He did not welcome a one-shot victory.

As a punishment, it was decided to destroy one of the hopes at this time, that is, the existence of Bandhu.

After he finished speaking, the two apostles' bodies burst into silver light, releasing a great sense of oppression.

"Master Ben!"

"Margaret, don't come over here!"

Bandhu stopped the Xuni warriors in a stern tone and asked them not to come to help.

Was it because he didn't want them to be implicated? No, Bandu's actions were not motivated by such negative thoughts. The rebellious smile on his face proved this.

"Go support the outer areas! The enemy is losing air control of the west gate. Go and help the people evacuate!"

Hearing Bandu's words, the Schnee warriors looked towards the west gate. The situation there was just as he had described. To prevent the fighting in the city from escalating, a stronger air force was needed to provide cover.

The Apostles were monstrous beings, like the embodiment of death. Leaving their master to face two such terrifying monsters alone, the warriors' hearts were knotted with worry.

Yet, I decided to believe. I believed in the broad figure that had led the crowd since childhood, and I believed in the power of Bandhu Shoni.

"Good luck!"

Bandu said nothing, only giving them a thumbs-up. Margaret and the other warriors turned their backs on Bandu and left the scene with the dragon army led by Uruluk.

One of the apostles raised a hand towards their departing figures. But—

"So? How many of you did Meredith and the others take down?"

The apostle paused at these sarcastic words.

The empty eyes turned slowly and stared at Bandu.

"Will the battle become less interesting if we join up with Meredith and the others?"

Bandu raised the corner of his mouth and asked with a smile.

"That's enough of the extra talk."

The apostle responded, and a large amount of silver feathers rained down like a torrential rain.

"Kuou, get out of the way! Find a chance to meet up with Bart and the others! Beware of the aftermath!"

Kuo was moving back and forth between the sky corridors, the large balcony, and the rooftop, fighting against the Holy Wolf troops. Hearing Bandu's order, he barked loudly.

The Holy Wolf Army was already half-destroyed. Therefore, it was not difficult for Kuo to avoid the attacks of Silver Feather and reach the Great Cathedral.

Bandu used Bartram to resist the apostle's attack. Even though he couldn't see it with his naked eyes, he could feel that Kuo led the demon wolves to successfully carry out his orders. So he began to concentrate.

Next, there is no need to hold back.

He wanted to prove with all his strength that Bandu Xuni was also a person who had the ability to destroy "God's Absoluteness"!

"Fall, Bandu Shoni."

While Bartram was fending off the attack from above, another apostle descended rapidly, appeared behind Bandu, and fired a disintegration bombardment at his defenseless back.

A flash of silver flashed. Bartram's transformation into a rooftop to block the attack from above took all his strength, leaving him no time to defend against the bombardment from behind. Bandu was unable to react, and at best could only turn and look behind him. As a result, he was hit directly by the bombardment.

But──

"It is you who should fall."

“──!?”

The cold voice seemed to echo throughout the entire space.

The apostle's attack was blocked by Bandu's dragon wings, which spread out from behind him. Bandu's metal dragon wings were covered with beautiful moonstone dragon scales. Then...

—Roar!

The terrifying roar turned into a shock wave, dispersing the decomposition bombardment.

“You look like…!”

The second apostle was pushed back more than ten meters by the shock wave, and at the same time, his eyes narrowed and his gaze became sharp.

Through the information sharing ability, the apostles in the sky could not help but stop their movements.

Bartram then removed his defenses and transformed into armor, covering Bandu's upper body.

The one who appeared before the apostles was—

"Is this... Dragon Transformation?"

Bandu's appearance was very strange, no wonder the apostles were extremely puzzled when they saw him.

Just like when it transformed into an ice dragon, it was covered with beautiful moonlight-colored dragon scales, sharp dragon claws and sturdy limbs, as well as a long and pointed tail and terrifying dragon jaws.

However, its size was different. While larger, it remained within human proportions, only slightly taller than two meters. Even more unusual was its upright posture, completely unlike the forward-leaning stance typical of wild beasts, and its proportions appeared perfectly proportioned.

──The final form of ice dragon transformation is human dragon transformation.

This is like maintaining a humanoid form while simultaneously transforming into a dragon, fully balancing the strengths of both as a warrior and an ice dragon, with neither being limited in their abilities. This is Bandu's highest combat form, achieved through his contact with the essence of magic, "Interference with Organic Matter."

Moreover, everything from the scales to the dragon wings is made of metal, indicating that his body is completely integrated with the artifact armor made by Oscar.

Therefore, the current Bandu may be the most tenacious existence in the world, able to directly withstand decomposition bombardment.

"I'll make you understand—"

As he finished speaking, a dragon scale on Bandu's chest shone faintly, and a pair of greatswords suddenly appeared in the air. These swords were shaped like those used by the apostles, but were completely black, as if deliberately contradicting them. They were, perhaps, the Twin Demonic Greatswords.

Bandu grabbed the sword in mid-air and slashed it left and right, as if imitating the apostle's stance.

"Miledy isn't the only one who can display her power in the air!"

A sound like air cracking was heard. It was the sound of someone kicking against the air barrier, and because the force was so strong, the air barrier shattered, causing the cracking sound.