“Abandoned "useless" mage finds god-language encyclopedia, outsmarts hero party, and pursues true Demon Lord route.”
The Strongest Wizard Making Full Use of the Strategy Guide: No Taking Orders, I'll Slay the Demon King My Own Way
「攻略本」を駆使する最強の魔法使い ~<命令させろ>とは言わせない俺流魔王討伐最善ルート~
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Synopsis
Abandoned "useless" mage finds god-language encyclopedia, outsmarts hero party, and pursues true Demon Lord route.
Magnus is a mage who always got yelled at by the Hero because he was deemed "useless." One day after getting fed up with his party he left, and upon leaving he met a merchant that sold him a mysterious book. It turned out that the book which was written in the god's language was actually an ultimate encyclopedia that had a lot of useful information on how to defeat the Demon Lord! Thanks to that book, he was able to know about boss monsters' weaknesses and raise his level more efficiently, data about important people, and it even had info on complete gourmet spots in any city! Moreover, by using his wits and scheming mind, he's even able to outclass the hero party! With the ultimate encyclopedia in his hands, he advances to the true route to defeat the Demon Lord! (Source: Mangasushi, edited)
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Running avg · Jun 2020 → Jan 2026
- 1 “Boring story writing, pathetic mc, useless side characters, world full of idiots... All of these banished from hero party mangas are like this. I wonder when someone will write a character that has...”
- 3 “Its bad. I like it at first, simple betrayed, prove hes useful, become op on his own. Now everyone just doesn't make sense Every leader of something doesnt want to help mc cause blah blah blah...”
- 5 “Plot: It's the usual MC that gets banished for stupid reasons because his party is stupid and then surprise surprise the MC is in fact overpowered and now gained an overpowered ability. Writing: A...”
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- Published Feb 2019 – ongoing
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- Ref. BS-M51276 catalog