Arifureta (Main Series)/Light Novel/Volume 11

Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest ⑪ (ありふれた職業で世界最強 ⑪) is the 11th volume of the light novel series, written by "Ryo Shirakome" and illustrated by "Takaya-Ki", and was released on July 25, 2020 in Japan.

Synopsis
At last, Hajime has conquered all seven labyrinths and found a way home. But a massive army of apostles awaits him outside the Frost Caverns–led by Fried, supreme commander of the demon army. Fried has an invitation for Hajime, one he can’t refuse: come to the Demon Lord’s castle, or lose his old classmates…and Myu. Left with no choice, Hajime surrenders. Little does he know, terrible secrets await him in the heart of the demon empire, and the revelation of Ehit’s true plan may destroy him once and for all.
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At long last, Hajime has conquered all seven labyrinths and crafted a way home for himself. But as he and his friends leave the Frost Caverns, they find a massive army of apostles waiting for them. Leading the pack is Freid, and he's come to invite them to the Demon Lord's castle. Though Hajime is reluctant, Freid has taken his old classmates, as well as Myu, hostage. Left with no choice, he follows Freid to the seat of the demon empire's power. What new secrets will be waiting for him there, and will he able to survive the final game Ehit has prepared for him?
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Chapters

 * Chapter I: The Demon Lord's Invitation
 * Chapter II: The Tiny Hero
 * Chapter III: An Instigator Worse Than God
 * Chapter IV: Before the Decisive Battle
 * Chapter V: An Unparalleled Declaration of War
 * Extra Chapter: The Day All Dragonmen Cried

Bonus Short Stories

 * Kaori's Yuri(?) Diary
 * Assemble for the Final Battle!
 * Myu's Demonic Army (Prologue)
 * Venri's DOM Checklist
 * Arifureta Fairy Tales: The Ugly Bunny
 * Arifureta Academy X: The Apostle's Days of Despair

Web Novel

 * Chapters 154-164

Trivia

 * Several characters' names are spelled differently than in previous volumes they appeared in:
 * Balse as "Barus"
 * Aroyce as "Arios"
 * Kartos as "Cartos"
 * Yoshiki and Shinji's Jobs as "Aeromancer" and "Pyromancer" respectively were swapped.
 * In the Web Novel, Hearst's role of accompanying Freid to meet with Hajime at the Schnee Snow Fields had originally been given to Ahat. This was changed in the light novel due to Ahat having been killed by Miledi Reisen in Volume 4 of the "Arifureta Zero" light novel.
 * Hajime's classmates have a less significant role in the battle against Alva's forces in the Web Novel.
 * Ehit being responsible for turning the western region of Tortus into the Gruen Desert was first revealed in the Blu-ray Short Story "Eternal Artifact".
 * In the Web Novel, Alva has an apostle separate Myu from Remia before use magic to levitate her towards him and preparing to kill her. Remia tries to save Myu, but the apostle hits her hard enough that she is slammed against the wall.
 * Hajime revealing to Kaori in the Great Orcus Labyrinth that he had acquired the skills "Image Composition" and "Transcendence" does not occur in the Web Novel.
 * Hajime's "Skyboard" artifact is based off of the Liftboards from Eureka Seven.
 * Hajime originally wanted to name his "Hour Crystal" artifact "The Hyperbolic Time Chamber". This name is based on a location from the popular series Dragon Ball, that has a similar function.
 * In the Web Novel, when Hajime is creating the weapons to fight Ehit in Oscar Orcus' workshop, he has Myu and Remia control the golems he made for Myu remotely so that they can teleport them to his allies.
 * In the bonus short story "Assemble for the Final Battle!", Hajime learns that Helina is a combat maid or the first time. However, this would later be reconned in he 2nd Season Blu-ray Short Story "Remnants of Myth and the Maiden of the Lake", in which he discovers Helina's combat abilities while fighting a golem that had stolen a part of her soul.
 * Myu befriending both Devourer and Lehman is first revealed in the Japanese-exclusive "Afterword of Afterword" short stories of Volumes 5 & 6 respectively. Furthermore, in the Web Novel, Hajime originally does not learn about Myu and Remia's relationship with Lehman until much later, when they and the rest of his family visit Tortus during the winter holidays on Earth.