Chapter 360 - C-Rank Advancement Examination (12)

“M-Magic occupation, you say?”

“Yeah. I’m a Mage Warrior.”

“Ha? You, isn’t that — “

Gad was dumbfounded at Ryuushin’s words. That’s because Ryuushin’s was only a [Second Tier Combat Occupation].

“Yup, I haven’t changed my occupation yet, so I’m still 2nd Tier.”

Ryuushin’s level already far exceeded 200. That means he can jump not only to a Third Tier Apprentice, but to Third Tier Occupation.

In this world, one can unlock powerful skills that were previously unavailable by raising an occupation's level to a certain point. By changing to a higher-level combat occupation, one can become significantly stronger than their original occupation.

Like Ryuushin, Merdie, who has also been leveling up at a similar pace, has already changed her occupation to a "Mage Warrior", which is a third occupation. However, Ryuushin has not attempted to change occupations yet.

“If I raise my level, I’ll be able to switch occupations, and that’ll make me stronger than the other ordinary guys, even without acquiring any real skills. But, that’s far from enough, I absolutely won’t be able to defeat that Bakemono if I do that!”

By being with Halt, both Merdie and Ryuushin have been able to level up at an extraordinary speed. Merdie, who became Halt's wife, has lost her obsession with becoming stronger, influenced by the beastkin's nature to accept the protection of the strong.

On the other hand, Ryuushin has a reason to acquire the strength to face his opponents, even if it is a Bakemono that could even knock a deity unconscious.

In the past, when Halt was under the control of a slave bracelet in the Alheim Elf Kingdom, Ryuushin was the only one who did not know that Halt was not brainwashed. He was the only one who thought that the demon king Halt, who led a force twenty times stronger than the demon army, was truly his enemy at that time.

Ryuushin was the only one among their comrades who truly felt despair when Halt became an enemy. It was then that he realized what true despair was when faced with the possibility of having Halt as his foe. That’s precisely why he cannot easily give up or assume that he won’t be able to beat Halt the Bakemono.

What if Halt, the strongest sage, were to become an enemy for some reason?

Ryuushin was the only one to assume the worst possible scenario among all the close friends of the Ernol family who has a deep relationship with them. Ryuushin continues to stretch his abilities to the limit. If he were still single, he might have given up and laughed it off as he did in Alheim. In fact, he may not have even considered the possibility of Halt becoming an enemy.

However, Ryuushin now has a reason to keep pushing himself, and that is because he has someone to protect — Hinata.

"To be honest, I don't think I can stop him when he's in serious mode. But... if he tries to destroy this world, I want to have enough power to escape with Hinata until the end. That's why I've been training desperately until now."

Ryuushin turned into a half dragon as he pulled his fist back.

“This is a part of that strength.”

“W-What the heck are you talking about?”

Gad was confused, unable to grasp the meaning of the other guy’s words.

Ryuushin ignored him and poured all he got into the secret technique that he polished over the years against Halt, the strongest sage.

“Dragon Slayer Fist!”

A mass of highly compressed magical power was released from Ryuushin's fist, instantly erasing Gad's body, and it broke through the walls of the arena.

This place is now Halt's dungeon. Breaking through the walls means that Ryuushin has the power to destroy that very dungeon. By the way, the other side of the wall was connected to another world by Halt's teleportation magic, so Ryuushin's attack shouldn’t be able to destroy anything beyond the barrier.

"Whoa, seriously? I set it up to be quite sturdy...Well done, Ryuushin,"

Even Halt, the guy who transformed this place into a dungeon, was taken aback after witnessing Ryuushin's power.

"That’s an amazingly powerful attack, Ryuushin-sama!"

"Ryuushin, as expected of you, meow."

"Sitri, can you do that too?"

Akari asked Sitri while staring at the huge gaping hole on the wall.

"I can, but...it's going to be tough without releasing about 60% of my power,"

Sitri, who became the strongest Demon Lord in history thanks to Halt's protection, gingerly replied. That meant Ryuushin had gained close to 60% of the power of the strongest Demon Lord Sitri, who had easily dealt with the simultaneous attacks of the Nine-tailed Fox Youko and White Dragon Hauka.

Furthermore, Ryuushin still had a "job change" to go through.

Depending on the skills he gains from his job change, Ryuushin can still become much stronger from here.

Everyone present was impressed by Ryuushin's growth. At the same time, they were all thinking the same thing.

((Hey, Dragon Slayer Fist is illegal.))