Oscar Dressel

**Oscar Dressel** or known by his nickname **The Ripper** or **Demon Slasher** is a demon hidden within the police force and the older brother of Fugo Dressel. After he was defeated by Noel and Caron, he defected to their side to take revenge on Burrows. His official demon title is **Demon of Justice**.

He first appeared in season 4 as the main antagonist, later at the end of the same season, he became an ally the Noel and Caron. From season 6 onwards, he became one of the playable characters.

## Personality

Despite his thug-like appearance, Oscar is a formal and civilized individual. He is a man with great honour and righteousness, who values his comrades and those who he respects. Oscar cares a lot for his brother Fugo to the point of being protective, training his body and gaining more power to beat him and drag him back to the right path.

In addition, Oscar is extremely idealistic and often puts his ideal over reason, insists on charging ahead and "destroying evil" no matter what the odds are against him. Even after defecting to Noel's group, he stays true to his ideals. He is similar to his brother in terms of being hot-headed, emotional and being individual who values actions over words. Oscar has a strong sense of gratitude, constantly protecting and aiding Noel and Caron after receiving their help and this is further to Jino, who has been raising him as a child despite later using Oscar as a pawn and then throwing him away.

Nonetheless, Oscar is caring towards others and he has a strong sense of compassion. He cares not only for his brother but extended to others, even if they were his enemies. A loyal and devoted ally, Oscar willingly sacrifices himself to save his friends, his selflessness is demonstrated when he refused to say a word to Ribelio despite being tortured for a month. He is considerate towards Noel and Caron, comforting and understanding the latter.

## Powers and Abilities

### Demon Abilities

As a demon, Oscar attains some demonic abilities that are extraordinary compared to normal humans.

#### Weaponized Body

Oscar is capable of hardening his body to protect himself and can be used in combat. According to Oscar, his power allows him to become a living sword himself.

#### Enhanced Strength

As a demon and a trained police officer, Oscar is extremely strong, capable of defeating Caron and Jino, and later takes on Ribelio and Spica.

#### Enhanced physical endurance

As a demon, Oscar has great endurance, he is able to survive after a fatal injury that could kill a human.

#### Enhanced Speed

Oscar is extremely fast, he can move and attack at a high speed and is capable of injuring Caron before he could even react in season 4.

#### Enhanced Senses

Oscar has keen senses, capable of detecting demons and devils and he is a skilled tracker, being able to track down Caron and Noel despite their escape from the slum.

#### Fast Recovery

As a demon who has enabled Fallen Down, Oscar healed faster compare to a normal human, he can survive and recover from a fatal injury after a while and rise back to health.

#### Fallen Down

Oscar has demonstrated his ability to a great extent by enabling Fallen Down. Unlike many other demons, Oscar can enter this state just by his will and he can Fall at any time he wanted. This surprises Caron as he is the first demon who is capable to Fall as this is an extremely rare phenomenon.

### Other Abilities

#### General combat skill

As a police officer, Oscar has been trained in combat to facing criminals. Especially, he is trained single-handedly by Jino himself.

#### Swordsmanship

This is something Jino teaches Oscar only and this is Oscar's speciality throughout the series. Upon mastering the "Thurst", passed down to him by Jino, making Oscar is capable of defeating his foes with his sabres.

## Weakness

### Pyrophobia

Due to the trauma of losing his family in a fire, Oscar will go through a mental shock whenever he sees a fire and will become distraught by his target in a second.

However, upon his defeat at the hands of Noel and Caron, and later making peace with his brother, Oscar finds a new light and surpasses his fear and trauma and no longer becomes distraught by the scene of flames anymore. In which proven by his battle with Fugo against Jino and later escaping the burning casino.

### Price

Despite being powerful, Oscar still suffers from the price he received from the devil he summoned, and whenever he cuts a demon or a devil, he receives the same wounds as them.

## Plot

### History

Oscar was born and lived in Lhaplus with his parents and younger brother, Fugo. When he was a child, he has a sickly body, spending most of his time bedridden in the hospital. Despite his condition, he was still happy with his life thanks to his family's encouraging presence. His younger brother, in particular, visited him at the hospital every day.

Oscar eventually got better and was allowed to leave the hospital. Tragically, not long afterwards his house was burned down after it got into a crossfire caused by Burrows and Jino, which was reported as the aftermath of a fight against a demon or devil. Oscar survived the fire, but his parents were killed and his younger brother went missing. Orphaned, Oscar was neglected by his relatives who all refused to take him in until Jino came and took him into his custody.

Traumatized by the incident, Oscar decided to attend the police academy to become a police officer in hope of finding his missing brother and saving as many people from terrors caused by demons and devils in Lhaplus.

During an operation to catch a demon known as Bomber who terrorized Lhaplus with his bombing activities, Oscar was appointed to take the lead in the capture, cornering the Bomber. To his shock and horror, Oscar found that the Bomber was none other than his missing younger brother who became fascinated by the power of demons after the fire that burned down their home. With Fugo refusing to let go of his demonic power and surrender, Oscar is determined to defeat Fugo so he can take him back to the right path. Unfortunately, Oscar and his forces were not strong enough against Fugo's power as a demon, resulting in their defeat.

Oscar's determination to take back Fugo at any cost led him to request Jino to introduce him to a devil so he can make a contract and become a demon, believing that he can defeat his younger brother if he has the same demon power as him. Oscar trained his new demon power while keeping it a secret from the police force since making a contract with a devil is against the law. Oscar became strong enough that he was capable of entering the state of Fallen Down at any time by his own will. His records in stopping and capturing demons and devils earned him the title of Demon Slasher or the Ripper.

### Season 4

Oscar was tasked by Jino to apprehend Fugo at the Abandoned Steelworks, finally arresting his younger brother. However, Oscar then asked Jino in private what happened because Fugo was already defeated by the time the police arrived. Hearing that Noel and Caron were the ones responsible for defeating Fugo along with stealing Oscar's chance to take back his brother, Oscar decided to investigate Noel and Caron to defeat them.

Pinpointing Noel and Caron's hiding place, Oscar led a force to ambush their hideout, but the two of them successfully escaped. Oscar followed their trails alone so he could fight them using his demon power without being seen by anyone else, injuring Caron. Oscar blamed Noel and Caron for his younger brother's fall, refusing to listen that Burrows was the one who was truly responsible. He questioned Noel if she has the resolve to throw everything else away for the sake of her revenge just like he did for the sake of his justice so he can take back his younger brother, but to his disappointment, Noel was unable to answer, belittling the fact that Fugo was defeated by someone with little resolve compared to him.

Oscar enters the state of Fallen Down, cornering Noel and Caron who was forced to escape. Oscar immediately sent out another team to search for them, finding them at the station. After defeating his subordinates, Oscar again faces Noel and Caron on the train. Noel and Caron's teamwork managed to corner Oscar, and he became severely wounded after his head got hit by the tunnel when he failed to notice it as he was too preoccupied with fighting Caron. Refusing to admit defeat, Oscar decided to blow up the whole train together with them, but Noel used her Mortal Linker to stop Oscar's movement until they reached the last stop.

By this time, Oscar didn't have any power left to fight and finally gave up, accepting to be killed. To his surprise, Noel and Caron instead offered him a chance to work together with them to get revenge against Burrows, whom Oscar already has suspicion of, but was too blinded by his anger at Noel and Caron and turns a blind eye at the Mayor. Oscar seemed ready to take Noel's offer, but he was struck down by Caesar, worsening his injuries. After Caron was captured by Caesar and Jillian, Oscar gave Noel a map and key to Fugo's prison cell, suggesting that she ask for his help to rescue Caron. Afterwards, he was taken to the hospital and stayed there until his injuries healed.