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)

The registration deadline for the assembly has already long past.

But I have to get a good grade at the assembly to skip a grade.

Can you make an exception for me?

You can't just jump in at the last minute.

The schedule is packed due to a high number of participants.

Please wait for the next assembly.

When will that be?

The official date hasn't been decided yet,

but it will be a few months down the road.

That's too late for me.

Please, can you do something to help me?

I've created a brand-new type of Golem.

Hey, did you just say "Golem"?

Hm?

Yeah.

I created a new type of Golem, but I forgot to register for the assembly.

I see...

Seems like you have a good head on your shoulders.

How about this?

I'll register you as my research assistant!

If I become your assistant, can I present my Golem?

Of course you can.

Great! Then I'm in.

Can't wait for the assembly!

I can't believe you'd become Instructor Rogwell's assistant, of all people.

Is there something wrong?

That instructor is the absolute best at controlling Golems,

and he makes it a point to perform battles at every assembly.

That doesn't sound problematic to me.

Well, he always chooses students as his opponents

and then he crushes them mercilessly.

How childish.

I heard he was still looking for someone to be his opponent for this year...

So that's why he showed up at the perfect time, huh?

It's not too late to back out of it.

No, please register me as his assistant.

It doesn't seem like there's any other way I can get into the assembly.

Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?!

The Demon's Contract

Today we have presentations from the teaching staff.

Let's watch some amazing earth magic!

The next presentation is from Instructor Rogwell.

For this presentation, I'd like to show you my spectacular battle Golems!

There he goes again. Torturing another poor student.

I don't recognize his newest victim.

Maybe he's a freshman?

Well, that doesn't sound good at all...

Those're totally different from the Golems in the village.

Because those are battle Golem.

Our Golems will now have a battle!

Okay. Get yours ready.

All right.

Come, Alpha!

Huh? That's a Golem?

Doesn't it look like it's made of metal?

I mean, there's no rule that says a Golem has to be made from dirt...

Wh-what is that?!

This is my Golem.

It's made of parts I created through alchemy magic,

but I use earth magic to control it.

He made that with alchemy?!

I've never seen red metal like that!

Is that a new type of mineral?

I swear, he does the craziest things as easily as he breathes air.

No kidding.

That's my Master for ya!

Stop joking around!

That metal is too heavy to move with earth magic!

The only reason this armor can move so smoothly

is because you have a human hiding inside it, don't you?

Eh?

No one's inside it.

It's parts are as light as paper.

I get it.

You sacrificed sturdiness to make it as lightweight as possible, huh?

What a shame.

Seems you put a lot of work into it,

but it's bound to fall apart with one blow from my Golem.

However...

Learning a hard lesson is still learning!

Attack, my Golems! Show them the might of the strongest ever created!

How about that?!

The Instructor's Golem's crumbled!

Preposterous.

It's made of super frail metal, isn't it?

It seems I'll have to get serious.

Repair damage!

All units, maximum toughness!

Go, my Golems!

My colossal reserve of mana is my greatest weapon!

With that, I can easily control several Golems at once!

You can't handle attacks coming from every direction with just two arms, can you?!

Feast your eyes on the true power of the world's strongest Golem user!

Multiple targets, huh?

Then we'll have to use these instead of your bare hands.

Swords came out!

Whoa! That's awesome!

Swords for a Golem, eh?

They look strong at first glance, but what a bad move!

My apologies, but I'm going to end you now!

That won't happen.

What was that?!

Wh-what did he just do?

I just cut them down like normal.

Impossible!

A Golem can't do the complicated movements of a swordsman!

You'd be right if this were a normal Golem.

However, my Golem has a thin, light armor that was made with alchemy magic.

I also gave it flexible joints that I control with earth magic,

which improves mobility and reduces mana consumption.

With the combination of materials and control,

this Golem surpasses the abilities of older ones.

This is the outcome of my research.

It makes sense in theory, but it should be impossible to pull off...

Hmm...

Is this enough to make me eligible for the promotion exam?

Hm?

No, assistants are not eligible for that.

Wait, what?

But if you join my Golem laboratory,

then I will approach the headmaster about you skipping a grade.

Fine, if that's what it takes to move up.

I'm Arel. Thanks for having me.

Nice to meet you. My name is Kaede.

I will be your examiner for the practical skills test.

Now then, let's get right to it and head to the site.

Are you okay?

Are you referring to my eyes?

As you have guessed, I can't see, but no need to worry.

I can sense the magic that dwells in things.

If I look at your magic, I can also know your personality.

I can't see an end to his mana reserve.

And also... there are several types of magic mixed inside of him?!

It should be impossible to live like that...

However, they're all maintaining equilibrium somehow...

Are you okay?

I'd like to ask you the exact same thing.

The site for the test will be a tomb from a long-fallen empire.

It's where the royal family supposedly lays buried.

Magic has been accumulating here for many years,

and it is now an underground dungeon haunted by the undead.

Light.

Please be careful.

The undead will come to eliminate any light source.

Look, here they come.

Holy Ray.

Holy Ray.

Holy Ray.

Holy Ray.

Holy Ray. Holy Ray.

P-please wait!

Is the exam site further in?

No. The task was to defeat the undead that appeared here,

so you've already passed.

Therefore, let's head back.

If you keep using your magic over and over like that,

you'll run out on our way out.

I've only used about one percent of what I have, though.

You don't need to prove anything else to me!

Holy Ray.

Such a sinister aura!

Well done spotting me.

If you can hide your presence, you must be advanced class undead!

I am none other than-

Holy Ray.

Hey! How dare you attack me before I introduce myself?!

It's common courtesy to wait until after I finish, right?!

Well, whatever.

You can't beat me with that level of magic.

Holy Cross.

Let's head back and get my promotion paperwork submitted.

U-um, Mr. Arel?!

Based on the mana I sensed from it,

I believe that monster was an advanced class Undead Wight.

Oh, was it?

I guess it was a little different than the others,

since it could actually speak.

And your Holy Cross spell...

it's high-level light magic only seasoned exorcists blessed with true talent can pull off.

Huh? Isn't it basically the same as Holy Ray?

If that's how you want to look at it, I guess...

So, now I've got one more left.

Working hard, huh?

How mean! Why would you suddenly chop my head off like that?!

Because you're interrupting my reading.

But it's hard to believe that the school of black magic has no promotion exam.

There was one in the past, but the system itself has fallen apart.

We hardly have any students, either.

Yeah. I don't see many other students around.

Oh right. Latalia?

What is it?