Thunderclap Schneider (【迅雷】のシュナイダー) was a S-class adventurer[2] and leader of the Storm of Tyranny.[?] He has been an adventurer for over forty years by the time begins his travel to the Demon Continent. He is also a warrior follower of Vida.[2]
Appearance[]
Despite already being a human in his fifties, Schneider appeared to be someone in his early-to-mid twenties.[2][9] This was because he stopped aging physically after obtaining the unaging skill.[4]
He had a well-featured handsome face, which could appear as slightly feminine if excluding his muscles.[2] All in all, Schneider possessed an unrefined kind of beauty,[9] reminiscent of a ferocious wild beast.[2] it is mainly because he eats healthy, but does not care about his beauty.
Schneider once had blonde hair, but 10 years ago it turned platinum blonde, though he would claim it was white and use it as proof of his advanced age. However, because his hair was otherwise so glossy and abundant, nobody other than him thought it actually was white hair.[2]
Schneider's body was sturdy[9] and packed with lean muscles.[2] Schneider had a youthful physique of muscles. His toned skin and muscles covered his entire body like a suit of armor. After his twenties, his muscles tightened over time to produce a functional body for a warrior.[?] Due to eating monster or dragon meat and exercising from a young age, Schneider's physique is that of a gachimuchi macho that became refined with approach to middle age.[10][11]
He was almost 2 meters tall.[9] However, while using his refined Self-proclaimed Old Man technique, he could contract his muscles so much that he could reduce his height to around 170 cm.[?]
Schenider had a straightforward and rough way of speaking.[?]
Personality[]
For his fame and strength, Schneider enjoyed the privilege of the strong.[2] This allowed him to follow his own sense of justice,[4] without groveling to those of superior social standing.[2] He had a habit of grabbing people he found unlikable with an iron-claw grip[12] and throw them out like garbage.[13] For this habit he gained the title Person Launcher.[2] He also had a habit of forcing bad guys to pay for his bar tabs.[?] Nobles perceived Schneider as a troublesome superhuman,[2] garnering him title King of Tyranny.[4] They would even avoid offending him, since he had a history of punching arrogant nobles to death in public.[2] His perception on revenge was similar to Vandalieu's: Schneider believed that one should hate the crime, not the criminal.[14]
Because of a developmental barrier, he believed that he had grown too old to improve further.[9] In fact, he believed his body was already on the decline, and that he only appeared young on the surface.[2] Because of this, Schneider began slowing down and became a health maniac,[9] who enjoyed "simple" daily exercises and sought to eat and drink healthily.[?] He would often use his concern for his health in his advanced age as an excuse at every opportune moment.[2] However, contrary to his self-proclaimed old age, he would still enjoy an active night life with his lovers and a good fight from time to time. His speech style also did not contain words nor dictation fitting his so called "old man" age.[?]
“ | I’ll never forget this debt, and I won’t spare any effort to help. I’ll risk my life to fight the Amid Empire and the Church of Alda… even Alda himself. But I’m not suited to politics. I feel bad for leaving the troublesome parts to you, but my back’s been hurting lately so I’ll count on you, he thought. | ” |
— Schneider to Vandalieu[4] |
He was by nature an adventure-loving person,[4] who often performed great feats that would not be simple for ordinary people,[?] working on both the surface and behind the scenes.[4] Throughout his career, Schneider fought on the frontline to protect Vida's races in the Amid Empire, while maintaining a public image as a beloved follower of Alda, often using light-attribute magic to this end. His disguise was so successful, that he gained the One who is loved by Alda title through everyone's acknowledgement,[4] despite Alda himself trying to warn the pope of his falsehood.[2] Members of Vida's races who noticed the irony, began to spread the title False Saint. To prevent this title from being detected, Schneider had to wear a title-concealing magic item whenever he worked in the Amid Empire.[4]
“ | I’m blessed with good women in my life, Schneider thought as he waited for Vandalieu’s information session to finish. “I’ll be in your care like an old person too, young one,” he murmured. | ” |
— Schneider to Vandalieu[4] |
When he was young, he was a virile[9] womanizer with an unrivaled lust for women.[15] For his philandering ways, who in Lideria's words spread his seed wherever he liked like a breeding horse without bothering to care for the offspring, he obtained the Seed Provider title.[?] He unknowingly fathered several children with several members of Vida's races,[2] and thus gained the title Son-in-law of the Goddess.[4] Schneider disliked rape and sought consent when making lovers.[?]
Because of his love lifestyle, he is more friendly with Vigaro and Borkus.[16]
Background[]
Schneider, who is a health enthusiast and a senior in martial arts and women's relationships, has good muscles.
Schneider became famous for his countless achievements, such as slaying an evil god and an elder dragon, however the truth was that he had only subjugated them in a lady-killer sense and was a drinking buddy to several elder dragons. Almost half of his achievements were forged. Although he paraded as a follower of Alda, he was in secret a believer of Vida. Though he would be sent to exterminate Vida's races, he instead helped them either go further into hiding or escape. In the shadows, he fought against the vampires following the evil gods, as well as slave traders and adventurers.[9]
Schneider was born as a commoner in the Amid Empire, though he always doubted Alda's teachings, especially his treatment of Vida's progeny, since he was a child. After becoming an adventurer, he encountered some lamia and later other members of Vida's races, which confirmed his beliefs and he converted to Vida's religion.[2]
Instead of crossing over to the more liberal Orbaume Kingdom, he stayed in the empire to help the persecuted Vida's races,[2] with his ultimate goal being to overturn the empire's policy of persecuting Vida's races.[9] While journeying, he encountered Lissana and other members, with whom he would form the Storm of Tyranny.[2]
When he received a divine message from Vida, he endeavored to accomplish the task bestowed upon him, saving plenty of mothers and children. In one particular case, he ended up undoing the seal on the pure-breed vampire Zorcodrio. Believing he had finally fulfilled the mission given to him by the goddess, he calmed down and settled in Kalahad with his party. However, after he heard of Vandalieu from Duke Marme's messengers, he realized he had failed in his first task. However, he was determined to fulfil the second part of the divine message.[2]
Abilities[]
- Main article: Status of Schneider
Schneider possessed an affinity for light, life, wind, fire and no-attribute magic.[?] Although Heinz was also a S-class adventurers, Schneider possessed higher attribute values, because of his unique skill Accelerated Growth: Attribute Values, and because of his long years fighting on the frontline.[4]
Schneider also possessed a high talent for martial skills, especially unarmed combat such as Unarmed Fighting Technique, for which he obtained many jobs. He acquired many superior skills such as God Fist Technique, weaponless combat skills like No-Sword Technique and No-Spear Technique.[4] Thanks to his hand-to-hand combat talent, and decades of weaponless combat experience, Schneider usually fights with his body alone.[?]
Using Muscle Technique in combination with a magic item, he could disguise himself as an old man, though with unbelievably pronounced and hard muscles. This ability has been dubbed the Self-proclaimed Old Man act. Learning Zod's Muscle Technique, Schneider increased his complete body control abilities, and refined his old man act. This allowed him to contract his muscles into an extremely compact package of 170 cm tall old man with defined but slim muscles. The contraction even made it challenging to move, allowing him to move in a struggled manner like other elders.[?]
As a result of having bathed repeatedly in the blood of a dying elder dragon, Schneider gained the Rapid Healing, Physical Resistance and Unaging skills.[4]
Schneider's many great feats and accomplishments allowed him to rapidly climb through the ranks of the Adventurers' Guild, going from G-class to A-class in only a few years.[?] However, Schneider struggled to progress any further, because of a thick developmental barrier, which he only overcame after receiving several divine protections all at once while in the Demon Continent.[4]
After awakening Vandalieu's divine protection, he later mutated from his human race into a hell human. This evolution granted him the passive skills Rapid Regeneration, Mana Enlargement, Enhanced Vitality and Night Vision. As a Hell Human, Schneider's Familiar Spirit Descent can be optional Familiar Spirit Demonfall to have Vandalieu support him.[?]
Since he was living like a double agent, only appearing as a follower of Alda in public, Schneider never preached anything nor managed others. Because of this, he never gained a guider job, despite having accomplished great things, both as a S-class adventurer in public and as a Vida believer in secret, and despite his merits and overwhelming power.[4]
Divine messages[]
“ | Become a shield, help the mothers and rescue the children from the blood, but without crossing the peak or the sea. | ” |
— Vida[2] |
Equipment and Items[]
Unknown title-concealing magic item: Used to hide the False Saint Title while in the Amid Empire.[4]
Unknown alcohol digesting (mouth) magic item: Used to absorb and dissolve alcohol drank by the user, required to be under the tongue during usage. Part of Schneider's healthy lifestyle for alcohol consumption occasions.[?]
Goblin communication device: Used to verbally communicate with other holders of the device across vast distances with its stored death attribute mana. It is given by Vandalieu.[?]
Orichalicum fabric items: Used for sealing or binding Demon King's fragments or the Enroached ones.[?]
Battles[]
Trivia[]
- Schneider is based on the renowned main character Dark Schneider (wiki) from the manga BASTARD!! -暗黒の破壊神-.[10][17]
- His refined self-proclaimed old man act required a pump up to release the temporary state, similar to Master Roshi in Dragon Ball, but reversed in Chapter 369-370.[?]
- The quantity of illegitimate children Schneider fathered is so large, a village of a certain size (hundreds of people) can be formed with only children, therefore, a few decades of copulation with women allowed the awakening of the Endless Sexual Stamina superior skill, Extreme Endless Sexual Stamina.[18]
- Schneider's True Warrior unique skill contributed to his 'Thunderclap' Title for his fast completion of subjugation requests.[?]
- Because of his womanizing lifestyle, Schneider thought about his bad back during the immigration process in Chapter 190.
- Because Schneider appeared in Vandalieu's soul reconstruction space in Chapter 204, it is likely he awakened the unique skill: Vandalieu's Divine Protection, but by societal circumstances, voluntarily did not become a Hell Human until after he abandoned the Amid Empire.[?]
- Schneider's '~Slayer' Titles allow him to be more intuitively sensitive and higher in dealt damage to the specific race target.[?]
- Schneider and his party taught official adventurer disciples who were secret Vida religious people in the Amid Empire.[?]
- Schneider obtained the Kick God job and other 'Kick' jobs through his previous thoughtful personality, treating the target as a 'ball'. A 'ball' is written as a "strong enemy" and read as a "friend", so you are a 'ball'![19]
Appearances[]
References
- ↑ Volume 1: Mirg shield-nation (Web Novel)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 Side Chapter 4: Meanwhile, an S-class adventurer… (Web Novel)
- ↑ Chapter V5 (Light Novel)
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 Chapter 190: Storm and eclipse (Web Novel)
- ↑ Volume 12: The Demon King's Continent (Web Novel)
- ↑ Volume 14: TBA (Web Novel)
- ↑ Chapter 410: TBA (Web Novel)
- ↑ Chapter 414: TBA (Web Novel)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 Volume 3 Character Summary (Web Novel)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Author Densuke's Comments: Muscle & Health History (2017年 05月28日 15時15分 Comment)
- ↑ Author Densuke's Comments: ガチムチマッチョ (2017年 08月01日 Response to 2017年 07月31日 14時57分 Comment)
- ↑ Chapter 161: A chance meeting with a goddess (Web Novel)
- ↑ Author Densuke's Comments: Person Launcher (2017年 06月04日 00時25分 Comment)
- ↑ Chapter 167: The two small remaining tasks (Web Novel)
- ↑ Chapter 59: The Eclipse King is cursed by the marshal (LightnovelBastion)
- ↑ Author Densuke's Comments: Post-Immigration (2017年 05月28日 08時29分 Comment)
- ↑ Densuke's Comments
- ↑ Author Densuke's Comments: Lovers & Illegitimate Children (2017年 05月28日 06時13分 Comment)
- ↑ Author Densuke's Comments: Kick God and 'Kick' Jobs (WN Ch. 397 2020年 11月13日 00時13分 Comment)