Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - Volume 5 Chapter 4, “Without the Hero, the Demon King’s hands are tied”

Shi An is the last Abyss Dragon in the world. Since he was bored, he decided to go into a deep sleep while hugging his treasures. After fifty thousand years of satisfying slumber, Shi An opened his eyes only to discover that he had become a weak human with short hands and legs.

He glanced down at his mysteriously downsized body and then lifted his head to look around his empty cave. “……” Where is my powerful and majestic body? My big tail? Most importantly, where are my treasures?!

After thousands of years of hard work, sleeping just once has sent me to square one.

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In the year 2202, the conflicts between humans and monsters are becoming more and more intense. Although the monsters are strong, the fantastical species that used to rule the continent have all but disappeared.

Shi An, the Shi family’s youngest son, is Mage Academy’s infamous mage who has no magic power. Each student’s magic power is measured at the beginning of the school year. Shi An looked at the three destroyed magic detection equipment and innocently asked, “Eh? Are these equipment’s quality not very good?”

During actual combat training, low-ranked monsters fled before Shi An could get close. Shi An looked at their fleeing figures and innocently exclaimed, “Yay, lucky!”

Everyone else was speechless. “……?” I believe I am dreaming.

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Mu Heng——human species’ strongest mage——is the only remaining human who bears the noble dragon slayer bloodline.

He coldly and arrogantly said, “Dragons? Extinction is their best outcome.”

A long time later, Mu Heng turned his head back to look at the dragon cub reclining on the piles of treasure. Mu Heng withdrew his gaze and leisurely asked, “Are there any other jobs? I want a well-paid one.”

Extinction is out of the question now. As a matter of fact, I can only earn more money so that I won’t get kicked out of bed at night.

Elias “Grim” Kingsley, a nine-year-old orphan with a hardened heart and sharp tongue, dies alone from pneumonia in an overcrowded orphanage. Known for his perpetual scowl and biting remarks, he's labeled a “problem child” by caretakers and “damaged goods” by potential adopters. Years of rejection have built thick armor around his young heart.In death, he encounters the God of Balance who offers him a second chance at life in a different world—this time as Grim Van Ambrose, son of a noble house. Balance explains that every soul deserves to know love and connection, something Elias was cruelly denied in his first life.Promised the family and belonging he never experienced, Grim begins his new life only to suffer an immediate tragedy: his mother dies moments after his birth. This cruel twist of fate reinforces his belief that loss is inevitable, leaving him with a distant father and the mysterious voice of a “Guidance Assistant” in his head.As Grim grows into his new identity, he struggles with his dual nature—the emotional scars of his past life bleeding into his present one. His difficult personality and sharp tongue remain, now paired with noble privilege and expectations. Despite his outward brashness, he carries the deep wounds of his first life and the fresh loss that welcomed him into his second.What begins as one orphan's second chance evolves into an epic journey through a world of ancient beasts, elemental magic, and deadly political intrigue. As Grim uncovers the truth about the Ambrose Clan's fall from grace and the conspiracy that framed them for treason, he faces increasingly dangerous adversaries—both human and monstrous. His quest for revenge against those who destroyed his family's legacy will challenge him to master forbidden techniques, forge unexpected alliances, and ultimately decide whether to rebuild the Ambrose Clan as it was, or transform it into something entirely new.In a realm where power determines survival and ancient secrets lurk beneath noble facades, Grim must learn that sometimes the greatest battles aren't fought with swords, but with the choices that define who we truly are.

She was a cute and tomboyish girl attending a prestigious national university in the 21st century. However, little did anyone know that she was actually a secret agent groomed by a certain organization since childhood.

She was about to face her graduation exams when she returned from a mission. But during a break, she dozed off on her desk and unexpectedly discovered that she had transmigrated to an ancient era.

Not only did she lose her delicate appearance and the modern high-tech advancements, but she also became a discarded woman of low status!

Surprisingly, she embraced this new life and said it suited her perfectly. From then on, the so-called demure girl cultivated the land and occasionally dealt with annoying troublemakers.

She proclaimed, “Life is boring, but encountering troublemakers is great.”

The male lead said, “We have our fair share of troublemakers in my household. Coincidentally, my son lacks a mother. Would the young lady be willing to join my family and live together?”

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The story follows a young man named , and his journey to become one in every of the strongest mages within the world. he’s perpetually fighting in dangerous things, with foes sometimes surpassing him in strength. These battles permit Mo Fan to breakthrough his inner barriers to awaken higher levels of magic, sometimes serving to him to beat his challenges.

The focuses heavily on the event of Mo Fan’s skills. every story arc concludes with Mo Fan profiting either wizardly instrumentality or cash, that permits him to strengthen his wizardly skills. The story is incredibly descriptive concerning the assorted components and also the state of the planet.

He woke up in a familiar world that had vastly changed.

His familiar school had become a mystical school that teaches magic, encouraging everyone to become a mighty magician.

Outside the city, many wandering magical beasts and monsters attacked and preyed on humans.

His world of advanced science changed into one that praised magic. Despite this, his ambition in life, and his social status remained the same; one of the dregs of the society with a struggling father and a disabled step sister that couldn’t walk.

However, Mo Fan found that when most people could only practice a single major element of magic, he was a Versatile Mage!

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Here are some of the Versatile Mage’s main characters in this novel.

Mo Fan wont to be a really naughty and vindictive kid once he was very little. He loves his father and sister however was aforementioned to own two-handed in empty test papers by choice simply to spite his academics. he’s terribly intelligent nevertheless and will do okay if he really tries. sadly on the day wherever he determined to require his exams seriously, he was transported to the magic world and failing his tests once more.

This results in Mo Fan experiencing associate degree extended amount of your time being scorned and burdened by the wealthy and powerful letter of the alphabet Family junction rectifier by letter of the alphabet Zhuo Yun in Bo town. because of Mo Fan’s decide to fly with letter of the alphabet Ning Xue that was seen by everybody as him capture the innocent adult female, letter of the alphabet Zhuo Yun was implicit to own dropped very laborious on folks operating beneath him. Mu Bai, Zhao Shen San (Fat adult male continually with letter of the alphabet Bai) and plenty of people goddam Mo Fan for the tough times that lasted for years.

In his Star Appraisal Stone assessment is C due to schemes of Mu Bai and Mu He; however, the radiance becomes brighter to that of B in . However, Tang Yue objects this mark in the same chapter. In takes test with another Star Appraisal Stone and receives S in . In magic release test, he receives two A and one B.

In he understands that Tang Yue also possesses Shadow element.

As lightning mage Fan Mo, in applies to city hunters whose captain is Xu Dahuang (fire), vice-captain is Cai Tang (ice) and members are Xiaoke (water), Li Wenjie (wind), Feishi (earth).

In starts duel with Yu Ang. In uses Fire Burst: Rupture, Novice tier level 3 spell. In uses Lightning Strike: Wrath Shock, Novice tier level 3 spell and wins the duel.

While he is very flirtatious and will take advantage of beautiful women if given a chance (even now), but Mo Fan has clearly stated that he only view Mu Ning Xue and Ye Xin Xia as his love interests. They are only the two girls that he calls “Wives” and they are the only two he blatantly states he wants to marry. Other females that received the nicknames from Yan Ji were never and will never be his actual love interest.

Every other females, especially Azaela and Sakya‘s possibilities of being love interest has been completely eliminated with them swearing oath as sworn brother and sisters as per Chinese traditions and customs: Absolute Zero. Even if every women in existence goes extinct leaving these two behind, there is still absolutely no chance as per the oath.

All other girls are remain as friends/allies/everything in between, know that any ship that isn’t Mu Ning Xue and Ye Xin Xia has sunk to the bottom of the ocean along with the Titanic, I’m really sure.

As the owner of the Natural Talent: Dual Element Awakening which allows Mo Fan to awaken 2 Elements each Mage “Tiers” he is nothing short of a Magic powerhouse. Mo Fan’s fighting style is full out aggressive as noted by many people that while most mages hurl spells while keeping as far away as possible from monsters, Mo Fan was seen on almost every occasion to charge headfirst at the most powerful monsters on sight. He has awakened just about every Element that is consider most “violent” or destructive so far.

Although Mo Fan tend to seemingly charge brainlessly into the middle of battle, the most deadly aspect of him is not his immense firepower but his deceptively fast ability to think on his feet and showing no qualms in display of ruthlessness when required. Coupled with the wide array of options Mo Fan has at his disposal, he was called “One Mage Army” on several occasions as a result.

Mo Fan’s classmate and one of his best friends since their youth. He majored in wind magic in High School. He is an outstanding person who is also humble and kind.

After the events of Bo city, he joins the military directly under Zhang Kong and quickly rises in power and through the ranks, gaining power on par with the national representatives and being able to stand beside Mo Fan on the battlefield.

Later on in life he was shown to become a little bit more like Mo Fan, diving head first into trouble, make people sorely regret wronging him and he devised a strategy to feign amnesia in order to lure out a Black Vatican spy and then killed him without restraint, stating that sparing members of the Black Vatican is the one thing he will not do.

Zhang Xiaohou is very kind and gentle, he also suffers from being greatly underestimated often as he was implied to have a baby face.

His skills as a mage is in fact very high and is only second to Mu Bai in class initially. Even after Mo Fan’s strength was revealed and despite being ranked lower… Zhang Xiaohou was in fact a better mage than Xu Zhaoting who is the only other Lightning Mage in their school.

Later on in life, he quickly becomes a superb wind mage. Being able to use his defensive wind wings as offensive swords, something that no other wind mage could accomplish and being able to stand on equal grounds with some of the best high tier mages in the world of his generation.

FYI, Zhang Xiao Hou shares a Dragon he purchased with Mo Fan and Mu Bai.

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