Monster Taming Broadcast

If it were any other day, I would have sent my monsters out instead of fighting directly.

But this time, I intended to let the monsters take a break.

After all, I wanted to test my strength at least once.

If I determined that my life was in danger, I could always request support then.

Of course,

I would fight while keeping safety in mind as much as possible.

Even if the opponent was currently a rank lower than me,

the concepts of weakening power and sealing power are clearly different, and he could have a secret weapon just like the Curse Devil Gentleman.

Something like a finishing move to annihilate someone stronger than himself.

“[You don’t seem to want to reveal your name. I understand your intention, nameless one. Now, regret stepping into this sacred world and die.]”

“Gauntlet.”

“[Hm?]”

“Gauntlet, that’s my name.”

With those words,

I quickly approached him while stepping on the air.

“[Looks like you’re ready to fight.]”

The Chrono Knight raised his enormous sword and sliced through the air.

In the wake of the blade, a tear in space-time opened up, and out jumped replicas of the Chrono Knight.

Doppelgangers? Illusions?

No.

All of those beings had an SS-Class danger level.

“[You have the ability to summon yourself from different timelines. It’s similar to the power once wielded by the god of time, huh?]”

Niarah Nepensys appeared next to me in an instant.

And the other monsters quickly joined in, skillfully tying up the feet of the creatures summoned by Chrono.

“Thanks.”

“[Be careful, my son.]”

I dashed toward Chrono again.

Chrono swung the sword in a circular motion.

Then the surrounding space twisted.

He quickly retreated.

When I reached the spot where Chrono had originally stood, I felt a noticeable sluggishness in my movements.

It seemed like the flow of time in the space approaching him had changed.

It felt like it was flowing about five times slower.

‘…As expected, his abilities work on me.’

If Chrono were pure A-Class,

my current pure S-Class self would have either resisted his abilities or felt minimal effects.

But his abilities were being fully transferred to me.

This was the difference between someone whose power was weakened and someone whose power was sealed.

“[How incompetent. As long as the concept of time exists, you can never defeat me.]”

Chrono said this while

blindly swinging his sword around the air.

Boglebogle – What’s he doing?
Yumi – He’s cutting through the air, isn’t he?
Mirstin – He’s a weird monster.

An incomprehensible behavior.

It was only natural it seemed strange from the perspective of bystanders.

Yet, I could roughly guess what kind of ability that was.

He was a monster that manipulated time.

So it was certain he was slicing the future.

In simple terms,

if I entered the space he just cut, the past strike would hit my body.

In other words, it was a time-delay attack.

After that, he began to toy with me by mixing time slowdown and time acceleration.

The space around me slowed down,

while the space around him accelerated.

Utilizing that actively, he unleashed countless deadly strikes toward me.

Of course, none of the attacks landed.

I was primarily a physical type.

I raised my danger level solely through physical strength.

Most attacks wouldn’t hit me, and the physical strikes from someone of a lower rank felt merely like a tickle.

Magical attacks occasionally came flying in, but they were manageable as well.

While he continued to toy with me,

I managed to unleash a shockwave using the Technique: First Level during the skirmish.

Chrono, hit by the shockwave, lost half of his body but

immediately manipulated time, perfectly restoring himself to his past state.

It was a time recovery ability.

“Rize Nova” – What a troublesome opponent…
Mirstin – Isn’t that a bit of a cheat? His abilities are fraudulently strong!
Mysticism –
Luna-chan – So the essence is still at the SS-Class level…
Pururu – The Technique: First Level didn’t work on him.
Pururu – Thank goodness his attacks didn’t work on Gun.
Yumi – I feel like even though Gun is of a higher rank, he’s being overpowered…
Boglebogle – It’s not that he’s being overpowered. It’s just that the compatibility is poor, so there are no chances to attack.
Boglebogle – The moment he lays a hand on Chrono’s body, he can end it in one blow.

There were plenty of opportunities.

Realizing that long-range attacks weren’t effective,
Chrono was gradually approaching to deliver a powerful blow.

That would be the chance.

When we are in the same space,

to be exact, the moment his body or the large sword touches me, the flow of time would momentarily synchronize.

With those thoughts, the opportunity came.

“[You’re surprisingly resilient.]”

The Chrono Knight rushed right in front of me in an instant.

Even though he was right in front of me, the flow of time was still different.

He must be finely controlling the space he has manipulated.

But.

“[I’ve lost interest in you, so I’ll end the amusement here. Now die.]”
Boglebogle – Did he come in here to commit suicide?
Luna-chan – Without knowing their place, how dare he approach the Gauntlet? The battle is over now. +_+

The moment his large sword barely touched my neck,

the flow of my time synchronized with his, and I released my palm against Chrono’s abdomen while offering my neck.

Ah. Of course, my neck didn’t get sliced.

I tensed up, so not even a small injury occurred.

Regardless, now that I finally had a hand on him, it was practically game over.

Boglebogle – The Gauntlet Technique: Second Level is out!
Luna-chan – Oh wow!!
Pururu – This time it’s not like a snap or anything, right?
Mysticism –

Technique: Second Level.

Internal Collapse.

A technique that can be activated based on contact with the opponent.

If hit by this technique, the body’s interior collapses,

and even the soul undergoes structural collapse.

This technique injects my power into the opponent’s body, disrupting their internal structure.

Before, I could hardly use it even after practice, but I should be able to use it smoothly in my current state.

After all, my S-Class power had been unleashed.

“[Why is your neck so tough—]”

“Farewell.”

I concentrated all the power accumulated in my body into my palm.

Then I focused energy on every finger joint and released the power, sending it into Chrono’s body.

In that instant.

“[W-What…]”

Chrono’s armor started to dent and distort in various places,

“[Ugh, ohhhh…]”

In less than a second, his whole body crumbled into a bizarre shape.

And his body and soul scattered like dust.

This time, he wouldn’t be able to utilize his time recovery ability.

Since even his soul had collapsed.

Pururu – D-Ԡ
Mysticism –
Yumi – Wow… this technique is terrifying…
Rize Nova – If you get caught by the Gauntlet, you just die, huh?
Mirstin – The Gauntlet’s abilities seem to surpass that Chrono Knight. Isn’t that what some kind of magic or psychic ability?
Boglebogle – It’s just a type of technique. The Gauntlet can’t handle psychic abilities or magic.
Luna-chan – It’s pure physical ability! The strength and techniques of those who have reached a level of mastery are often so mystifying they can’t be distinguished from magic or psychic powers!

Once he died, all the Chrono Knights my monsters were fighting also disintegrated.

*

When Kang Geon and the monsters finished their exploration and left the Celestial Realm,

at the edge of the Celestial Realm,

the Chrono Knight, whose soul had collapsed, gradually began to recover and showed his true form.

And then,

his body grotesquely twisted again, causing his level of existence to rise abnormally steeply.

It wasn’t something that happened suddenly.

Originally, Chrono was meant to be born as an SSS-Class monster.

However, the reason he was born as SS-Class was simple.

It was because not long after the ancient labyrinth in which he was born was created, his body and soul weren’t yet ready to be infused with power.

For that reason.

Chrono was temporarily born as an SS-Class monster,

and he had been slowly evolving in existence.

And originally, it was supposed to take him several years to evolve, but…

The Celestial Realm sensed Chrono’s death and concentrated all its power to revive him, binding the souls of creatures that were supposed to be born in the Celestial Realm to Chrono’s soul.

Moreover, thanks to analyzing Chrono’s power and utilizing time acceleration, his evolution occurred in just a few hours.

In other words, he had evolved and completed his existence due to death.

“[Gauntlet…]”

Chrono, now awake in his new form,

thought of the Gauntlet that had killed him.

An ability that weakens the opponent’s power.

The owner of a body with attacks that wouldn’t connect.

Though he was reluctant to admit it, he was a being of a higher rank than himself.

Burning with the desire for revenge, but having realized the disparity between us after dying once, Chrono calmed his mind and made rational judgments.

“[I can’t easily defeat that guy now. Then…]”

Right after being reborn, Chrono instinctively understood a part of his new abilities.

By killing past existences,

he could obliterate present existences.

He was certain that with this power, he could easily kill the Gauntlet.

“[The maximum past I can summon with my current strength is about five years… that should be enough. Analyzing the flow of time, that Gauntlet has been here less than a year in this supreme world. That bizarre power must surely have been gained after crossing into this world.]”

In a space where time does not exist.

In a space where time is unified.

Chrono expanded his own unique domain widely.

Without any hesitation, he released his power with all his might to summon Kang Geon from five years ago into his space.

“[Gauntlet. I’ll erase you by deleting your past.]”

Chrono Knight.

No.

After having completed his evolution in existence,

his danger level rose to SSS-Class, and he now bore a new name instead of Chrono Knight.

Having discarded his past name and granting himself a new title,

he was now known as the devourer of time, “Time Eater.”

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