Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! (無職の英雄 別にスキルなんか要らなかったんだが)

Are you awake, Boss?

Yeah.

I dreamt about everything I've experienced at school.

Oh.

It's about time now.

The headmaster of the black institute isn't here, though.

It's hard to tell if any of the people at his school are actually students, anyway.

No wonder it's on the verge of shutting down.

The students each of us picked to participate in the rookie battle

of the Six Institute Magic Contest should arrive soon.

As you know, the rookie battle is held on the first day of the contest,

and involves a freshman representative from each school competing against each other.

We have to start things off with a bang,

so I picked a real crackerjack from my students.

Well, I guarantee it will be my choice from the blue school who brings home the gold.

I have a great deal of confidence that my school will stand on top.

It's hard to say anything when our chosen students

haven't even arrived to introduce themselves.

Ah, speak of the devil!

I'm here for the meeting.

He's here!

This is him!

He's here!

There's my guy!

Here he is.

It's Arel,

This is Arel,

from the white institute!

from the yellow institute!

Here's Arel,

from the blue institute!

This is Arel,

from the green institute!

This here's Arel,

from the red institute!

Eh?

Huh?

Hm?

Say what?

What's going on?

Are those screams?!

Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?!

Classless Hero

Hey, what's that?

Eh?

Is it a slime?

Is it catching the monsters?

Eek!

It's a slime! Everybody run!

I'm heading over there!

We should get a move on, too!

Fire Lance!

It didn't do anything?!

Then I'll use a more powerful Eruption spell!

What are you doing?!

Do you want to die?!

I'm sorry, thanks for saving me.

Collette!

Take this! Ice Wall!

Oh no!

Eat this! I learned it from my Master: Modified Eruption!

Oh man!

We're toast!

Yikes!

Nobody's life gets ruined over a single screw up.

This time I WILL die if I screw up!

That's all the more reason I can't give up!

Tornado!

That figures.

But I'm glad I fought until the end and didn't worry about messing up.

Huh?

You did very well.

Mr. Arel!

Master!

Thank goodness!

All the headmasters are here!

You need to get out of here, kids.

Evacuate to city hall.

You don't need me to fight?

We've got this, we headmasters are supreme class.

Sit back and watch what happens when teachers get serious!

It's our duty to protect the lives of our students after all.

Oh, okay.

Never seen a slime quite like this before.

It came from the black institute, so I'd like to hear from Blag about this.

Blazes, what could he be doing?

I'm guessing it has magic resistance based on what happened in that earlier fight.

Perhaps. But those were only spells cast by students.

Permafrost!

Holy Cross!

That's the best we had!

Tch, that damn slime! Hey!

Yes, let's do it.

Prominence!

Tempest!

That should do it!

Uh oh, this is bad.

What the hell?!

It's not resistant to our magic, it's feeding off it!

Look out!

Grand Wall!

Whew, that was a close one!

But it won't hold for long.

This monster doesn't resist magic.

It absorbs it and uses it to grow larger.

Maybe if we attack all at once, we can overwhelm it and do some damage?

That's not a good idea.

We don't know how much it can absorb.

If it has no limit and just keeps growing, then...

How are we supposed to fight it?!

They only used spells that I've heard about from Dad or read about in books.

Doesn't seem like there's much else for me to learn in the City of Magic now.

So, you're just spectating?

They told me they could handle it.

But it's also partly because I wanted to see what magic they used.

Well, Gluttony Slimes can be nasty.

Never thought I'd see one outside the demon realm.

Ow!

Sounds like you know something. You better start talking, fast.

You don't have to threaten me! I'll talk!

That slime has the ability to absorb all things and then grow bigger.

It especially likes mana.

Oh.

So that means every time it eats magic, it grows?

But those guys are using magic on it like a bunch o' dopes!

Dumb, right?

What about magic so powerful that it can't absorb it all,

or physical attacks delivered faster than it can process?

I don't think any spells could be that powerful.

And I imagine it will just eat any weapon you try to hit it with,

whether sword or spear.

Well, it's worth testing out.

Done.

Huh? What are you making a sword for?

Did you forget, Matty?

I know how to handle a sword.

But weren't you using a wand to fight me last time?!

I thought it'd be best to use a proper sword when I fight that slime.

Hey! Are you saying I wasn't even worth using a sword on?!

I'm Demon Royalty, you know!

Okay, let's do this.

Eh? Do you mean I'm comin' with?

Of course, you're my familiar.

This is looking bad; we're out of options.

Could that slime be heading for the city center?

Damn it!

Is giving up the City of Magic our only choice?

If we act now, there's time to evacuate.

What's that?

Holy crap!

Dragon Fang Slice!

Master's fighting!

You actually cut through the Gluttony Slime?!

Seems it didn't do any damage.

Wh-wh-why can you use a sword?

Have you always been a Swordsman?

Thinking about it, you never mentioned your class, did you?

So, you're a Magic Swordsman, then?

I'm classless.

Nonsense!

Get out of here.

That slime loves eating mana, so it attacks spellcasters.

Don't be stupid!

You think we'd run off and leave a student behind?!

It eats mana?

Ah, I understand!

Then the slime is heading for the city hall

in pursuit of the student's mana?!

Not on our watch! We're stoppin' it!

But magic doesn't work on it!

Infinite Break!

Let me handle this. I'll slow it down.

Are you sure about this?

Yeah.

But-!

Fine. Just don't overdo it.

Zactly what I'd expect from a demon realm Slime, your attacks ain't doing crap!

You're such a rude familiar.

I'll feed you to the Slime as punishment.

Whoa! That punishment's way harsher than the crime!