Orsted

Orsted bears the title of the hundredth Dragon God and the fearsome reputation of “world’s strongest.”

He is a central figure in the world of Mushoku Tensei, acting from the shadows to reach and kill Hitogami in the void world.

Although he appears terrifying and exudes an overwhelming killing intent due to his curse, his true personality is calm, earnest, and surprisingly considerate.

He travels together with Shizuka Nanahoshi, whom he rescued after the Fittoa Region Displacement Incident.

He is mysteriously familiar with people he should not logically know, such as Eris Boreas Greyrat, Ruijerd Superdia, and the detailed family structure of Paul Greyrat.

In a character popularity poll by Netorabo’s “Mushoku Tensei” ranking, Orsted placed third.

Orsted has silver hair and sharp golden sanpaku eyes that give him an inherently dangerous look.

To others, he appears as a constantly enraged “embodiment of terror,” with an aura like a crazed mass murderer.

This impression is amplified by his curse, which makes all beings who sense his magic feel extreme fear or disgust.

Even when he is doing absolutely nothing, those affected perceive him as radiating lethal intent and imminent brutality.

He typically wears a white coat made from the hide of an ancient white dragon, further enhancing his imposing presence.

Despite his intimidating exterior, his body language is often restrained and controlled rather than flamboyant.

In stark contrast to his appearance and curse, Orsted is gentle, steady, and deeply responsible.

He is polite to his allies, notices their needs, and goes out of his way to care for them.

He has the magnanimity to forgive even someone who betrayed him, such as Shizuka Nanahoshi.

At the same time, when it comes to Hitogami’s apostles, he shows a merciless side, because leaving them alone directly benefits Hitogami.

However, his ruthlessness toward apostles is practical rather than emotional.

He does not harbor personal hatred for them and will spare them or even try to recruit them if the situation allows.

Due to his curse, Orsted can hardly interact with most humans, which has left him socially awkward and tongue‑tied.

He often changes topics with no preamble, omits crucial explanations, and fails to fully convey important information.

Later in the story, when he gathers subordinates who are immune to his curse, one of them starts calling him “President,” a nickname that spread among fans.

As a boss, he is meticulous in providing funds, equipment, time off for family matters, and even personal guidance, making him an almost ideal superior—aside from his habit of forgetting to share vital details.

Orsted is feared as a true monster, even among the upper ranks of the Seven Major World Powers.

According to Hitogami, he is officially ranked second, but if he fights seriously, he could defeat not only the first-ranked Technique God but even the Magic Dragon King, who possesses the combined powers of rank one and four.

He can use all known techniques and spells in the world—including the Dragon God’s unique magic—to a God-tier or higher level.

Legends describe his power as “blowing away mountains and forests with a single strike” and “reading the opponent’s movements as if through future sight.”

Even the ferocious red dragon hordes, the absolute apex predators of the Central Continent, stand no chance against him.

Likewise, God-tier warriors and magicians like Water God Reida Ryia and the Armored Dragon King Perugius Dola openly admit they have no hope of victory.

It is said that if Orsted truly goes all out, he could destroy the world.

However, because of a secret technique placed on him by the First Dragon God, his mana recovery is extremely slow, so he rarely fights at full power.

Even when not serious, his strength remains overwhelming; for example, he can casually annihilate someone on the level of Water God Reida.

In actual battles he usually aims to neutralize rather than kill, so the true ceiling of his power is hard to measure from what is shown.

He also has a habit of observing new opponents thoroughly before acting, watching their movements and techniques.

Sword God Gal Farion points out that this observational habit could be considered Orsted’s only real weakness.

Main Techniques

Because dragonfolk bodies are tougher than most weapons, Orsted can perform the majority of sword techniques barehanded.

He commonly combines martial arts, sword styles, and magic for brutally efficient combat.

Dragon Sacred Battle Aura

This is the ultimate technique of the Dragon God line, created by “Demon God Slayer of the Three Heroes” Dragon God Urupen.

In this world, fighting aura is the practice of using mana to coat the body and explosively boost physical abilities, and Dragon Sacred Battle Aura has defensive power far beyond standard aura.

Sword God Gal Farion calls this defense “practically cheating,” as ordinary attacks cause no damage at all.

Even Water God Reida’s ultimate technique is deflected barehanded, and only Emperor‑tier magic can manage the slightest scratch.

Orsted is at or beyond God-tier with both swordsmanship and magic, yet to conserve mana he often fights using only Dragon Sacred Battle Aura and unarmed strikes.

This allows him to decimate God‑tier opponents without needing to draw his weapon.

Sword of Light

This is the ultimate technique of the Sword God Style, normally performed with both hands on a weapon.

It involves focusing all one’s fighting aura into a single, perfectly straight slash.

Orsted is capable of executing Sword of Light with one hand, or even as a hand‑blade strike.

In his hands, it becomes a near-instant, unavoidable killing line.

Flow

Flow is the fundamental counter technique of the Water God Style.

The user redirects and neutralizes the opponent’s attack, forming the base principle behind all Water God techniques.

Although basic, Flow is considered an ultimate move within the style due to its importance.

Orsted uses it with such precision that even high‑level attacks are effortlessly turned aside.

Disturb Magic

Disturb Magic is a unique spell created by Dragon God Urupen.

It scatters an opponent’s mana before their magic fully forms, disrupting and canceling spells in their casting phase.

By releasing mana at the exact moment the opponent is shaping their spell, Orsted prevents the magic from taking proper form.

This allows him to dominate even legendary magicians by denying them their primary means of attack.

Dragon Gate Summon

This technique summons a magic tool called the Dragon Gate.

In the story, Orsted is seen using it without incantation to summon a pre‑charged Dragon Gate that absorbs mana.

He uses Dragon Gate tactically to drain magical power from enemies or control the battlefield.

Summoning such a device without visible effort highlights his mastery of Dragon God-type magic.

Equipment

Divine Blade

The Divine Blade is Orsted’s only personal weapon.

To draw it, he places his right and left hands together and pulls the blade out of his left hand, as if unsheathing it from his own body.

Even someone without a discerning eye for swords, like Eris Boreas Greyrat, can immediately tell it far surpasses the secret magic swords of the Sword God in power.

The blade holds immense strength and is one of the few weapons capable of bearing the power of the Dragon God without breaking.

Simply drawing the Divine Blade consumes a huge amount of mana.

Since Orsted can use sword techniques barehanded, he only unsheathes it when he is truly serious.

Coat of the Ancient White Dragon

Orsted wears a white coat made from the hide of an ancient white dragon.

It is imbued with strong magic, granting very high physical defense and strong resistance to magic.

The coat does not deteriorate with age and can repair itself if torn.

Because ancient white dragons no longer exist, this coat is a unique, irreplaceable item.

Orsted carries a powerful curse that makes all living beings in this world feel hatred or terror toward him.

When someone senses his mana, they immediately perceive him as if he were constantly radiating murderous intent.

Under the curse’s influence, people’s ability to reason is severely compromised.

Even when Rudeus Greyrat carefully explains that Orsted’s terrifying aura is just a curse, his companions cannot accept it and continue to fear and distrust Orsted.

The curse makes others believe, without evidence, that he is a random, indiscriminate killer who will commit unspeakable atrocities at any moment.

They become so wary that they suspect him of crimes he would never actually commit.

The curse affects nearly all living beings in the Six-Faced World.

However, it does not trigger on dragonfolk or those with dragonfolk blood, nor on people from other worlds who were reincarnated or summoned.

Furthermore, the descendants of reincarnated people—those whose souls originated outside the Six-Faced World—are also immune to the curse.

In contrast, beings native to the Six-Faced World are almost universally vulnerable and react with overwhelming fear and revulsion.

Because of this curse, Orsted is isolated from most of the world’s population.

It is one of the main reasons for his poor communication skills and detached social behavior.

Orsted is bound by a secret time-loop technique created by the First Dragon God.

This technique exists to give him repeated chances to defeat Hitogami.

Loop Structure

If time reaches the year Dragon Calendar 530 and Hitogami is still alive, the secret technique automatically triggers.

Regardless of whether Orsted is alive or dead at that moment, his memories are preserved and time rewinds to Dragon Calendar 330, the year the technique was activated.

When time rewinds, everything that happened in that 200-year span is undone.

Only Orsted and a single girl retain their memories of the erased timeline.

The rewind is completely automatic and cannot be stopped or adjusted by Orsted.

He cannot choose when a loop begins or ends; it always runs from year 330 to 530.

Consequences and Limitations

Because the technique is constantly active, it continuously consumes Orsted’s mana.

As a result, his mana recovery rate is about one-thousandth of normal, which severely limits how often he can fight at full power.

The only thing that carries over between loops is Orsted’s memory.

His body resets with each timeline, forcing him to retrain his physical abilities and skills from scratch every time.

This also places him outside the normal laws of the world.

Hitogami cannot see any future or present in which Orsted is involved, making Orsted a blind spot in Hitogami’s otherwise overwhelming foresight.

At first, Orsted did not even know why he was looping.

He had been reincarnated as a baby with no knowledge of Hitogami or the secret technique, and he only slowly pieced together his purpose over many cycles.

Over countless loops, Orsted has been trying different strategies to reach the void world where Hitogami resides.

In the current loop, his main objective is to obtain the Five Dragon Generals’ treasures, which are required to reach Hitogami’s realm.

Orsted is the only son of the First Dragon God, the ruler of the Dragon World, and the grandson of the original, true Human God.

He is thus both dragonfolk and partially divine, possessing power beyond normal dragonkind.

He was born more than twenty thousand years before the era of Mushoku Tensei, in the age when the Dragon World still existed.

When Hitogami destroyed the Dragon World, the First Dragon God used a reincarnation method to send Orsted far into the future.

Before the Dragon World was completely annihilated, the First Dragon God placed the time-loop secret technique on his infant son.

He then launched Orsted ahead to the era where Hitogami would be vulnerable, using him as the ultimate weapon to eventually kill the Human God.

Orsted initially grew up in the future without understanding his own nature.

He did not know about Hitogami, the loop, or his true lineage until much later, learning the truth through painful experience and hints from others.

Because of the loop, Orsted has lived these 200-year spans again and again, each time with only his memories intact.

This long, lonely struggle has shaped him into a cautious, deeply patient strategist.

Investigation of the Fittoa Incident

In the current loop, something occurs that never happened in previous cycles: the Fittoa Region Displacement Incident.

Surprised by this anomaly, Orsted travels to the region personally to investigate.

There he discovers Shizuka Nanahoshi, a girl summoned from another world into the human realm by the displacement.

Because she is from outside the Six-Faced World, she is immune to his curse, allowing him to approach and protect her.

Orsted brings Nanahoshi to the Asura Kingdom and spends about two years teaching her language and local customs.

After that, the two of them travel the world together to search for information and methods to return her to her original world.

During these travels, Orsted and Nanahoshi encounter Rudeus Greyrat under the jaw of a red dragon, a person who did not exist in previous loops.

Suspicious of this anomaly, Orsted starts investigating Rudeus and eventually discovers that he has become an apostle of Hitogami.

Because leaving an apostle alive would greatly favor Hitogami, Orsted confronts Rudeus in battle.

He strikes Rudeus with a fatal blow, but after Nanahoshi argues for Rudeus’s potential value, Orsted decides to heal him and bring him back to life.

Conflict with Hitogami’s Apostles

Throughout his long war, Orsted has repeatedly encountered people unknowingly working as Hitogami’s apostles.

Most apostles believe they are simply following helpful “dream advice” and are unaware of their role as pawns.

Orsted understands that leaving them alive strengthens Hitogami’s control over the future.

Therefore, he normally kills them without hesitation when they pose a serious risk.

However, if an apostle is innocent in motive or could become useful, Orsted is not completely inflexible.

He may spare them, attempt to recruit them, or alter his methods to minimize unnecessary deaths.

He has no personal vendetta against the apostles themselves.

His true hatred is reserved solely for Hitogami, whom he calls a “worthless bastard” and swears to destroy.

When he kills someone, he sometimes says, “Die and tell Hitogami this: Dragon God Orsted will kill you, without fail.”

Because souls in the Six-Faced World break down in the void world where Hitogami resides, this is not empty bravado—he genuinely expects the message to be delivered.

Hitogami

Hitogami is Orsted’s absolute nemesis and the core target of his entire existence.

Orsted’s every long-term action—collecting the Five Dragon Generals’ treasures, manipulating history, building an organization—is ultimately aimed at reaching and killing Hitogami.

The dragonfolk as a whole share a deep grudge against Hitogami for the destruction of the Dragon World.

Orsted expresses this succinctly: “Is there anyone who does not hold a grudge against that bastard?”

Hitogami, in turn, hates Orsted and sees him as the single greatest threat to his plans.

However, because of the time-loop secret technique, Hitogami cannot see any future in which Orsted is directly involved, forcing Hitogami to act indirectly.

Shizuka Nanahoshi

Shizuka Nanahoshi is one of Orsted’s closest allies and one of the few people who can interact with him without fear.

She is an otherworlder summoned by the Fittoa Incident and is immune to his curse.

Orsted finds her at the site of the displacement and rescues her.

He then teaches her the language, social norms, and practical knowledge needed to survive in this world.

The two travel together for several years in search of a method to return her home.

Orsted values her perspective and abilities, and she, in turn, comes to understand his mission and vouches for him, as she did when convincing him to spare Rudeus Greyrat.

Perugius Dola

Perugius Dola is the Armored Dragon King and one of the legendary figures of the world.

As dragonfolk, he is not affected by Orsted’s curse.

Perugius recognizes Orsted’s overwhelming strength and fears what he could do if opposed.

However, their relationship is complicated and distant, and Orsted intentionally avoids getting too involved with Perugius for specific strategic reasons.

They are more “distant colleagues with mutual respect and wariness” than friends or allies.

Perugius acknowledges Orsted as a superior force but does not fully understand his goals.

First Dragon God (Father)

The First Dragon God is Orsted’s father and the former administrator of the Dragon World, one of the Six Gods who oversaw the Six-Faced World.

Among the Six Gods, the First Dragon God was considered the strongest.

When Hitogami destroyed the Dragon World, the First Dragon God made a desperate final decision.

He placed the looping secret technique on infant Orsted and used reincarnation magic to send him to the far future.

His hope was that Orsted, armed with countless cycles of experience, would eventually find a way to kill Hitogami.

The loop is thus both a gift and a curse from father to son, chaining Orsted to an endless war.

Lunaria (Mother)

Lunaria is Orsted’s mother and the daughter of the true Human God.

She is human in form but a demigod, capable of living for more than a thousand years.

She is described as having a heart full of compassion.

Anyone who spoke with her would feel their own feelings softened and become kinder.

Although she does not directly appear in Orsted’s present era, her bloodline explains Orsted’s hybrid nature.

He carries both dragonfolk power and divine heritage through her.

Magic Dragon King Laplace

The Magic Dragon King Laplace was originally an orphaned child taken in and adopted by the First Dragon God.

He became Orsted’s elder foster brother and helped research methods to defeat Hitogami after the fall of the Dragon World.

Later, during the Second Human-Demon War, Laplace fought the Armored God Armor.

In that battle, his soul split into two and the reincarnation technique malfunctioned.

As a result, Laplace reincarnated as two separate individuals: the Demon God and the Technique God.

In at least one past loop, Laplace regained his memories and told Orsted about his heritage and Hitogami’s true nature.

However, due to the necessity of obtaining the Five Dragon Generals’ treasures, Orsted eventually has to defeat Laplace.

In later loops, Orsted no longer attempts to recruit him as an ally, despite their shared history.

Subordinates and the “President” Nickname

In the latter part of the story, Orsted builds an organization and recruits people immune to his curse as his subordinates.

One of these subordinates starts calling him “President,” and the nickname sticks among fans.

As a leader, Orsted is extremely supportive and generous.

He provides ample funds, powerful equipment, and even fulfills requests beyond normal wages, like extra materials or personal projects.

He also respects his subordinates’ personal lives.

If they have family problems, he allows them time off; if a subordinate’s wife is close to giving birth, he lets them leave early; he even teaches magic to his subordinates’ children.

In terms of workplace culture, Orsted is nearly the perfect boss.

The main flaw is his communication style: he sometimes forgets to share crucial information, which can cause serious complications.

“Die and tell Hitogami this.

Dragon God Orsted will kill you, without fail.”

This line is not mere dramatics; in this world, souls of the dead are broken down in the void realm where Hitogami resides.

Orsted genuinely expects his message to be carried to his enemy by the dead.

In a non-canon side story that does not connect to the main plot, Orsted takes on the role of Santa Claus.

After hearing about Christmas from a subordinate, he decides to dress up as Santa and deliver presents to his subordinate and the subordinate’s child.

The presents are clearly not store-bought and seem to be handcrafted by Orsted himself.

At first, he misunderstands the tradition and thinks he is supposed to give socks, so he knits handmade socks as gifts.

Later, he upgrades his gifts to items similar to his own equipment, such as gloves made from the same material as his dragon coat.

These glimpses show a surprisingly playful and caring side beneath his terrifying reputation.

According to an interview in “This Web Novel Is Amazing,” the author originally conceived a story centered on a character like Dragon God Orsted fighting to defeat Hitogami.

The worldbuilding of that earlier concept was then rolled back about eighty years in terms of magic and items to create the setting of Mushoku Tensei.

In other works set in the same overarching universe, the original Five Dragon Generals are shown in battle.

Their fights make it clear that beings on Orsted’s level exist on a completely different plane from the people of the Mushoku Tensei era.