Three days.
That was the time it took to establish the Thunder Dragon Sword Technique.
The Thunder Dragon Sword Technique consisted of a total of 5 stances.
Among them, the last one, the Five Swords, was a secret technique that had to be used by risking one’s life.
This was the outline of the Thunder Dragon Sword Technique that I had established.
Of course, it was just a shallow trick. But since it had to be used by risking one’s life, I couldn’t show a demonstration, right?
Moreover, Helia had already realized the First Sword, Thunder Dragon Strike. So, I only needed to create 3 more now.
It was definitely a shallow trick.
But at this point, even that shallow trick was desperate.
‘Have you been training all this time?’
‘Yes! Are you going to praise me by any chance?’
I never imagined that during the 3 days I was establishing the Thunder Dragon Sword Technique, she had been continuously practicing the Thunder Dragon Strike without even sleeping.
I was so surprised by the unimaginable madness that I hurriedly stopped her.
‘…Too much is as bad as too little.’
‘As expected of Teacher! I’ve learned something new!’
‘???’
Then, I ended up losing her respect again.
No, don’t do that. I’m just the Time Stop Breeding Uncle, you know?
Please just ignore me!
I screamed inwardly.
But of course, my scream never reached her.
Anyway, I took a special measure.
Under the pretext of personally training her, I started keeping an eye on Helia by keeping her next to me.
“Teacher! I’ve finished chopping all the firewood!”
“Good work. Now eat.”
“Yes! I’ll gratefully enjoy the meal!”
Of course, the so-called training was just chores like dishwashing, cooking, and chopping firewood!
But this was actually a common training method in martial arts novels.
Of course, I didn’t know if it was effective either.
But if I kept making her do these boring training exercises, wouldn’t she naturally lose interest in the Thunder Dragon Sword Technique?
That was my hope.
But Helia didn’t even care.
Rather, whenever I called her, she always came running with a smile.
It had only been about half a month since she started working.
But her body already had quite a bit of slim muscles.
I clicked my tongue.
It wasn’t a body that could be built in just half a month.
Like the monstrous stamina I saw before, could it be that even physical growth fell under the realm of talent?
Then it was truly unfair.
[It’s Helia. I have no interest in the weak.]
[You’re weak. Just like an insect.]
[I no longer have any interest. Die.]
Indeed, even in the original work, Helia was considered a very powerful force.
In fact, she properly joined the party in the game when it reached the middle.
Even compared to any character that had been diligently raised until then, the performance of Helia, who had just joined, was far superior.
So, there were even rumors that the production company was outright favoring Helia.
[Huff, huff! Helia-chan! You’ve grown so much! Huff, huff!]
“Damn it.”
“Teacher?”
“It’s nothing.”
I unknowingly muttered “damn it.”
It was because the memory I had sealed in my mind surfaced.
Like other heroines, Helia’s route was a very difficult route.
[Disappointing.]
[Don’t touch my body. You piece of trash!!]
[It’s a shame it turned out like this. But I need power.]
Putting aside the fact that if you made a wrong choice, Helia would immediately leave the protagonist.
In severe cases, she even directly killed him or became an enemy after being brainwashed by the enemies.
But if you somehow managed to raise flags with Helia after overcoming all those hardships and adversities.
Her attitude noticeably changed.
This was called [dere] in technical terms.
[You’re strong. Definitely much stronger than me.]
[To think I would desire someone else’s shoulder. But why? I don’t feel resentful at all. Rather…]
[Yes, I can trust and entrust everything to you.]
Dere meant that the heroine had started to show affection towards the protagonist. But it was so cute that I understood why people were so obsessed with this disgusting character.
[You’re the one who made me this excited…]
[Don’t resist. I have the upper hand in physical strength.]
[Ugh! W-wait…!! This feeling is my first…!!!]
[…You were too rough. It was my first time…!!]
Especially the scene where she tried to rape him but ended up being the one getting raped and sulking, it was a scene that truly set a man’s heart on fire.
Anyway, I barely managed to see the ending like that, but…
[Helia-chan, even secondhand is fine! Get pregnant with my baby seed!]
“Die! You trash!!!!”
“T-Teacher?!”
Unable to hold back my boiling anger, I ended up swinging my fist at the innocent wall.
Bang!!
However, my fist didn’t hit the wooden wall of the hut.
What was this again?
Rather, I felt a soft sensation and was surprised.
My fist was now suspended in midair as if it had stopped.
Soon, the thing wedged between the wooden wall and my fist revealed its appearance.
It was about the size of a cat. But it definitely wasn’t a cat.
No matter how skilled a cat was, it didn’t have the ability to make itself transparent.
Instead, its eyes were red. It had sharp horns on its forehead. Also, its face was closer to a rat than a cat.
However, its fur was a rare reddish-brown color.
I knew what this was.
“Imp…!”
“Teacher, by imp, you mean…?!”
“It’s a monster that serves as a scout.”
Although imps themselves were weak enough to be beaten to death with bare fists even by ordinary villagers.
The truly frightening thing about imps was their ability to conceal their presence.
Imps could turn invisible.
And their presence was so faint that even the Royal Knights couldn’t feel it. Because they were almost as weak as insects.
Unless one was extremely specialized in detecting presences or used magic, it was very difficult to discover them.
I looked at the imp that had died a tragic death after being hit by my fist.
The biggest problem was that imps were, after all, scouts whose role was to infiltrate enemy camps and bring back information.
“In other words, it means that monsters will soon invade this place.”
“As expected of you, Teacher.”
“Huh?”
“Because you directly caught that imp!”
“?”
I closed my mouth at the sight of Helia looking at me with sparkling eyes.
Was that how it turned out again?
No, let’s calm down first. I just needed to correct it right away.
I answered while clearing my throat.
“I was lucky. I just caught it by chance.”
“I see, this is the lesson you mentioned, Teacher.”
“???”
“Maintain humility. I’ve seen and learned directly.”
“?????”
How on earth could she interpret it that way?
I felt a headache coming on.
No, let’s think about this problem now.
The imp did come.
And the role of the imp was scouting.
Scouting the enemy camp and extracting information was the imp’s job. But the problem was why this imp came to this hut instead of the security forces.
No, no. Putting everything else aside for now.
The fact that the imp came meant that soon, monsters would attack this village.
It was then that I remembered.
The setting that Helia had.
[A girl who lost everything to monsters and became a vengeful ghost.]
Helia had the setting of losing her parents and neighboring villagers to monsters at a young age and yearning for power for the sake of revenge.
In fact, she always prioritized strength.
At least until she met the protagonist.
If the protagonist made a mistake, she would immediately deviate from the route, leave, or even become an enemy for the sake of obtaining power.
However, the Helia I had seen so far was not a girl who yearned for power, but an innocent child that could be seen anywhere.
In other words, to put it another way.
The village that would be attacked was this place.
“…Is that bastard coming?”
A monster that rose to the position of a demon solely based on strength. And Helia’s mortal enemy.
If it progressed according to the original work, it would be correct for the entire village to be massacred.
Because that was how Helia could grow according to the original work.
But was it right to just stand by and watch that happen?
My concerns were deepening even further.
* * *
“The imp was defeated? As expected of the warrior who took care of that Gourmet.”
In a deep cave where sunlight didn’t reach, the being sitting on a throne carved out of stone heard the report and smiled.
It had tried to gauge his level before fighting.
But wasn’t this another warrior who appeared beyond expectations?
That Gourmet had a nasty personality. But even she was a demon with a strength that couldn’t be ignored.
But he took care of that Gourmet.
And he did it without using much strength.
With just a single strike.
Thanks to that, its heart couldn’t contain its yearning and kept pounding.
It wanted to fight.
A life-or-death battle with a stronger being.
“Battle is my value. Battle is my everything.”
From the moment it was born, it only desired battle.
It fought with its life on the line and violated everything of the losers.
And it tore the flesh of the strong and became even stronger.
“The previous place was full of disappointing ones.”
It tore down those huge city walls. It crushed the steel held in their hands and the armor protecting their bodies. And it took the flesh inside.
Even so, it couldn’t feel a single sense of satisfaction there.
They were all weak trash.
Not fun at all.
So it killed them.
They weren’t even worth eating.
So, please.
Be a warrior who can satisfy me.
It finally raised its massive body.
It was a being called a Togui.
A monster that pursued fighting more than anyone else.
And what the Togui desired was only battle with the strong.
Let the battle begin.
Three days.
That was the time it took to establish the Thunder Dragon Sword Technique.
The Thunder Dragon Sword Technique consisted of a total of 5 stances.
Among them, the last one, the Five Swords, was a secret technique that had to be used by risking one’s life.
This was the outline of the Thunder Dragon Sword Technique that I had established.
Of course, it was just a shallow trick. But since it had to be used by risking one’s life, I couldn’t show a demonstration, right?
Moreover, Helia had already realized the First Sword, Thunder Dragon Strike. So, I only needed to create 3 more now.
It was definitely a shallow trick.
But at this point, even that shallow trick was desperate.
‘Have you been training all this time?’
‘Yes! Are you going to praise me by any chance?’
I never imagined that during the 3 days I was establishing the Thunder Dragon Sword Technique, she had been continuously practicing the Thunder Dragon Strike without even sleeping.
I was so surprised by the unimaginable madness that I hurriedly stopped her.
‘…Too much is as bad as too little.’
‘As expected of Teacher! I’ve learned something new!’
‘???’
Then, I ended up losing her respect again.
No, don’t do that. I’m just the Time Stop Breeding Uncle, you know?
Please just ignore me!
I screamed inwardly.
But of course, my scream never reached her.
Anyway, I took a special measure.
Under the pretext of personally training her, I started keeping an eye on Helia by keeping her next to me.
“Teacher! I’ve finished chopping all the firewood!”
“Good work. Now eat.”
“Yes! I’ll gratefully enjoy the meal!”
Of course, the so-called training was just chores like dishwashing, cooking, and chopping firewood!
But this was actually a common training method in martial arts novels.
Of course, I didn’t know if it was effective either.
But if I kept making her do these boring training exercises, wouldn’t she naturally lose interest in the Thunder Dragon Sword Technique?
That was my hope.
But Helia didn’t even care.
Rather, whenever I called her, she always came running with a smile.
It had only been about half a month since she started working.
But her body already had quite a bit of slim muscles.
I clicked my tongue.
It wasn’t a body that could be built in just half a month.
Like the monstrous stamina I saw before, could it be that even physical growth fell under the realm of talent?
Then it was truly unfair.
[It’s Helia. I have no interest in the weak.]
[You’re weak. Just like an insect.]
[I no longer have any interest. Die.]
Indeed, even in the original work, Helia was considered a very powerful force.
In fact, she properly joined the party in the game when it reached the middle.
Even compared to any character that had been diligently raised until then, the performance of Helia, who had just joined, was far superior.
So, there were even rumors that the production company was outright favoring Helia.
[Huff, huff! Helia-chan! You’ve grown so much! Huff, huff!]
“Damn it.”
“Teacher?”
“It’s nothing.”
I unknowingly muttered “damn it.”
It was because the memory I had sealed in my mind surfaced.
Like other heroines, Helia’s route was a very difficult route.
[Disappointing.]
[Don’t touch my body. You piece of trash!!]
[It’s a shame it turned out like this. But I need power.]
Putting aside the fact that if you made a wrong choice, Helia would immediately leave the protagonist.
In severe cases, she even directly killed him or became an enemy after being brainwashed by the enemies.
But if you somehow managed to raise flags with Helia after overcoming all those hardships and adversities.
Her attitude noticeably changed.
This was called [dere] in technical terms.
[You’re strong. Definitely much stronger than me.]
[To think I would desire someone else’s shoulder. But why? I don’t feel resentful at all. Rather…]
[Yes, I can trust and entrust everything to you.]
Dere meant that the heroine had started to show affection towards the protagonist. But it was so cute that I understood why people were so obsessed with this disgusting character.
[You’re the one who made me this excited…]
[Don’t resist. I have the upper hand in physical strength.]
[Ugh! W-wait…!! This feeling is my first…!!!]
[…You were too rough. It was my first time…!!]
Especially the scene where she tried to rape him but ended up being the one getting raped and sulking, it was a scene that truly set a man’s heart on fire.
Anyway, I barely managed to see the ending like that, but…
[Helia-chan, even secondhand is fine! Get pregnant with my baby seed!]
“Die! You trash!!!!”
“T-Teacher?!”
Unable to hold back my boiling anger, I ended up swinging my fist at the innocent wall.
Bang!!
However, my fist didn’t hit the wooden wall of the hut.
What was this again?
Rather, I felt a soft sensation and was surprised.
My fist was now suspended in midair as if it had stopped.
Soon, the thing wedged between the wooden wall and my fist revealed its appearance.
It was about the size of a cat. But it definitely wasn’t a cat.
No matter how skilled a cat was, it didn’t have the ability to make itself transparent.
Instead, its eyes were red. It had sharp horns on its forehead. Also, its face was closer to a rat than a cat.
However, its fur was a rare reddish-brown color.
I knew what this was.
“Imp…!”
“Teacher, by imp, you mean…?!”
“It’s a monster that serves as a scout.”
Although imps themselves were weak enough to be beaten to death with bare fists even by ordinary villagers.
The truly frightening thing about imps was their ability to conceal their presence.
Imps could turn invisible.
And their presence was so faint that even the Royal Knights couldn’t feel it. Because they were almost as weak as insects.
Unless one was extremely specialized in detecting presences or used magic, it was very difficult to discover them.
I looked at the imp that had died a tragic death after being hit by my fist.
The biggest problem was that imps were, after all, scouts whose role was to infiltrate enemy camps and bring back information.
“In other words, it means that monsters will soon invade this place.”
“As expected of you, Teacher.”
“Huh?”
“Because you directly caught that imp!”
“?”
I closed my mouth at the sight of Helia looking at me with sparkling eyes.
Was that how it turned out again?
No, let’s calm down first. I just needed to correct it right away.
I answered while clearing my throat.
“I was lucky. I just caught it by chance.”
“I see, this is the lesson you mentioned, Teacher.”
“???”
“Maintain humility. I’ve seen and learned directly.”
“?????”
How on earth could she interpret it that way?
I felt a headache coming on.
No, let’s think about this problem now.
The imp did come.
And the role of the imp was scouting.
Scouting the enemy camp and extracting information was the imp’s job. But the problem was why this imp came to this hut instead of the security forces.
No, no. Putting everything else aside for now.
The fact that the imp came meant that soon, monsters would attack this village.
It was then that I remembered.
The setting that Helia had.
[A girl who lost everything to monsters and became a vengeful ghost.]
Helia had the setting of losing her parents and neighboring villagers to monsters at a young age and yearning for power for the sake of revenge.
In fact, she always prioritized strength.
At least until she met the protagonist.
If the protagonist made a mistake, she would immediately deviate from the route, leave, or even become an enemy for the sake of obtaining power.
However, the Helia I had seen so far was not a girl who yearned for power, but an innocent child that could be seen anywhere.
In other words, to put it another way.
The village that would be attacked was this place.
“…Is that bastard coming?”
A monster that rose to the position of a demon solely based on strength. And Helia’s mortal enemy.
If it progressed according to the original work, it would be correct for the entire village to be massacred.
Because that was how Helia could grow according to the original work.
But was it right to just stand by and watch that happen?
My concerns were deepening even further.
* * *
“The imp was defeated? As expected of the warrior who took care of that Gourmet.”
In a deep cave where sunlight didn’t reach, the being sitting on a throne carved out of stone heard the report and smiled.
It had tried to gauge his level before fighting.
But wasn’t this another warrior who appeared beyond expectations?
That Gourmet had a nasty personality. But even she was a demon with a strength that couldn’t be ignored.
But he took care of that Gourmet.
And he did it without using much strength.
With just a single strike.
Thanks to that, its heart couldn’t contain its yearning and kept pounding.
It wanted to fight.
A life-or-death battle with a stronger being.
“Battle is my value. Battle is my everything.”
From the moment it was born, it only desired battle.
It fought with its life on the line and violated everything of the losers.
And it tore the flesh of the strong and became even stronger.
“The previous place was full of disappointing ones.”
It tore down those huge city walls. It crushed the steel held in their hands and the armor protecting their bodies. And it took the flesh inside.
Even so, it couldn’t feel a single sense of satisfaction there.
They were all weak trash.
Not fun at all.
So it killed them.
They weren’t even worth eating.
So, please.
Be a warrior who can satisfy me.
It finally raised its massive body.
It was a being called a Togui.
A monster that pursued fighting more than anyone else.
And what the Togui desired was only battle with the strong.
Let the battle begin.
