The Soot-Covered Hero-Saving the World with Dark Heretical Skills～

The Soot-Covered Hero-Saving the World with Dark Heretical Skills～

A fissure splits open in the heavens without warning, and from it pour forth twisted “Evil Souls” (Magatama), corrupting all they touch into monstrous “Demons” (Magai). To fight back, mysterious “Orbs” manifest, granting chosen humans the powers of “Slayers,” guardians of the last hope for mankind.

Among them is Arata, an ordinary boy of eleven—until fate grants him a jet-black “Soot Orb.” Unlike the five elemental attributes every Slayer wields, his belongs to none. Rejected as an anomaly and shunned as useless, Arata refuses to accept his fate. In secret, he learns to bend soot itself into a deadly force. What begins as the world’s weakest gift soon reveals itself as a power that could turn the tide of the war… and reshape destiny itself.