The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3

After turning back the most recent Wave of Catastrophe, Naofumi Iwatani—the Shield Hero—finds any chance at peace cut short. Queen Mirelia Q Melromarc brings urgent news: the other three Cardinal Heroes have vanished without a trace, and Naofumi is asked to track them down.

With no leads to follow, Naofumi shifts attention to an immediate crisis—the escalating slave trade targeting demi-humans. His search takes him and his companions to Zeltoble, a mercenary nation where the illicit trade has become highly profitable. To raise the funds needed to buy freedom for the captives, they go undercover and enter underground coliseum fights, deliberately throwing bouts to sway the odds and build toward a massive payout. Yet with another Wave drawing near, Naofumi must balance that dangerous detour with the pressing task of locating the missing heroes to keep those closest to him safe.