In the Hidden Palace, first of all, the leaders of the Gold Pengi {In MTL this name was gold top} reported the business status to Jin.
Now, cosmetics at the Gold Pengi are becoming almost ‘irreplaceable’ items.
Thanks to the development of not only color cosmetics, but all kinds of products and clothes for the skin, the whole world, regardless of gender and age, is using the Gold Pengi. It has become a representative product of the times.
“Who knew that the snow blossom flowers from the hidden palace could be so good for human skin? If it was a world where you could just make money, your partner is already close to the peak as an individual. Let this honor be given to the great and beautiful Almighty Talaris!”
Jin nodded at the Pengi’s words.
“How is the development of magic items going?”
“We are still pouring water into the bottomless pit. But we have a lot of money, don't we? If we keep pouring like this, something will come out. Money doesn't lie.”
The money earned from the Pengi business also fattened the finances of Jin and his comrades, but the most of it invested in the development of magic items.
One day, it will change the market monopolized by Zipfel.
Time goes by, and the world develops. The more so, the influence of Zipfel became more solid, while Runcandel became smaller. To stop that dominance and decline, Runcandel also has to have something other than strength.
“However, it is not easy to recruit researchers or magic engineers. Except for the best, we only manage people who are big enough to secretly work with us, so it can't be helped that they are slow.”
For the defense of Tikan, for analyzing the machine of the 2nd magic Tower, and for developing magic items. There is a desperate need for a real genius engineer.
Of course, it’s highly unlikely that all of these problems could be handled by a single engineer's ability. However, things couldn't go well without recruiting anyone.
“I will be more active look for engineers in the future, so please continue hard work.”
“Then, don’t worry, partner. Oh, and the guy who bought clothes from us, Nordav Sargent. I heard its real name was Sandra Zipfel?”
"Yes. If she said she didn’t like your clothes, she would going to annihilate all of you.”
“She’s a bloody customer, but we will have to be careful when taking orders from now on. Oh, and I didn't write it in the report. I put the water-tailed together as a test on the partner billboard. They liked it because it’s cute. Look at this.”
When Pengi showed the advertisement design, Jin burst into laughter as he moved toward the training ground. Talaris was waiting.
“Huh, it seems that Chiron really care for Mary. Seeing that the secret book is so sincere. Well, she's one of the lumberjacks who can become the strongest in Runcandel in your generation if she follow the right direction and train well. Except for Luna.”
Talaris was examining the secret book written by Chiron. Jin’s eyes changed as soon as he entered the training room.
“I tried to help lightly, but it's a little burdensome if you have such a serious face. Uh-huh, this mission must have been shocking to my son-in-law in many ways.”
“I always have a strong desire to be stronger, but it was especially shocking in the Sota Desert.”
“Because of that Hedo? I've been thinking about that person for a while, but there's no one that comes to mind. Like I said before, he is most likely the martial artist that your father saved in the Black Sea in the past.”
“Not only because of the tower keeper, but in general I felt helpless.”
“I heard that my son-in-law's judgment was great to think that way. Handsome gentleman said the mission would never have been successful if it wasn't for you. Well…… I think Runcandel must have had a fail-safe in case you guys failed.”
“If my battle prowess had been superior, Lady Jane, the Black Knight would not have been killed in action.”
“On the contrary, if it wasn’t for you, even the black knight named Mon would have died. You definitely did a good job. And now that you're only twenty, how much stronger do you have to be?”
“I think I should be as good as my father at his age.”
“I think you are stronger now than Chiron when he was 20?”
“It can’t be.”
“Useless impatience will only eat you up in the end.”
“I’ve heard this many times before. I am well aware of it. So, I plan to relieve this impatient mind. First of all, I will learn the secret technique, and after I have to sorted out the situation in general, and I will start practicing in the close-door training.”
“Close-door training?”
“Laprarosa, I will go to the world of the Plutonian tribe. I'm not going to come out until I reach 10 stars.”
“You will be out soon. Ugh, You have to figure out how to get the Plutonian tribe out of the dead world..… My son-in-law is busy. My head will explode. In that case, there is nothing better than training. Especially for cooling your head, there's no better skill to hone than Runcandel's 5th secret move, Light-speed Thrust.”
Runcandel’s decisive killing move, secret techniques, and ultimate techniques cannot be used unless you have the body of pure-blood Runcandel. Therefore, it cannot be taught unless it is pure blood.
However, Talaris knew the 5th secret technique, Light-speed Thrust better than most purebloods. It was because she is the person in the world who had mixed swords with Chiron Runcandel the most.
“Even I can't tell you the tricky things in Runcandel Secret technique. It's impossible to know something like the gathering and release of aura that only pure-blood Runcandel can use, because their body structures are different. But the 5th secret technique is not. This is very simple, my son-in-law.”
“Simple?”
“It's just an insanely fast stab. Excluding the complex ones like the 3rd Secret technique annular eclipse(金環蝕), most of the Runcandel’s swordsmanship is like that.”
“Just an insanely fast stab……”
“It's no different that other martial artists can't copy Runcandel's swordsmanship. It is because they don’t have a body to support that tremendous acceleration and explosive power.”
A pure white energy gathered in Talaris' right hand, forming a single sword. It was Myriad ice.
“But if you're a martial artist as good as I am, you can do something similar in this way. Take a good look.”
Flash-!
The blade of Myriad ice cut through the air in the hidden palace training ground. A dazzling aura spread, and the space was distorted and cracked in the shape of the tip of the sword.
There was no preliminary move, but Talaris' stab was surpassing Mary’s thrust. The hitting range is obviously smaller, but it was rather a higher level. The force is minimally distributed and completely concentrated on one point.
'That's great. If Madame Talaris is to unleash a full blow like this on me, maybe…… I will not be able to react.’
Talaris didn't even go all out. But Jin was sure she could pull off a bigger stab than this.
“How about it, isn’t it similar?”
"It's not about the same, but it’s far superior to elder sister Mary."
"Of course, I've developed exactly the same technique. It's nothing compared to the original unleashed by your father. Uh, my back. It looks like my shoulder will be torn as well.”
“Are you okay?”
“As expected, imitating Runcandel’s swordsmanship is something I can't do. This is why it impossible to use it in practical. I will take more damage than the enemy.”
Of course, the vast majority of martial artists couldn't handle the thrust that Talaris had just unleashed. However, if Talaris has to fight a similar level of martial artist, this thrust would only work as a handshake.
Naturally, there is a huge gap between superhumans among superhumans like Talaris and Jin. There is a certain a wall that cannot be expressed simply with numbers like 1 star and 2 stars.
‘Even knowing that, I get goosebumps. If Madame Talaris decides to kill me...….’
It will end within 10 minutes. When Jin felt that certainty, he had no choice but to admit it, but he also felt strangely bitter.
Talaris smiled as she read Jin’s thoughts.
“If I try to kill my son-in-law with all my might, without anyone interfering, the result will come in five minutes.”
"I thought it would be 10 minutes, but it's less than that."
“The realm where I am standing in will seem far away. It’s really far away. But to compare it to the stairs...… there are only a few differences. And I don't know about Chiron, but the 20-year-old me stood in a lower position than you.”
Jin didn't believe it, but it was true.
“And my son-in-law’s growth rate is still climbing steeply. Is it really short to last 5 minutes against me? Considering the experience you and I have, it is rather unfair for me, son-in-law.”
It’s not wrong. Jin slightly bowed his head.
“I think I was arrogant enough to disrespect you, Madame Talaris.”
"It's legitimate arrogance, so I'm not offended. Alright then. Now my son-in-law unfolds the Light-speed thrust. I will teach you very simply theory that Chiron deliberately wrote down in a difficult way.”
The secret book that Chiron give to Mary was elaborate, but rather difficult to understand. He planted traps in each paragraph in hopes that Mary would further enlighten the theory of swordsmanship.
Squeak-!
Bradamante emitted a radiance. The condensed aura left a sparkling afterimage, and a sharp band of aura was drawn along the oblique line where the blade extended.
It was a lightspeed thrust similar to the one Talaris had just unleashed. In terms of speed and power, the speed of light thrust surpassed Mary's.
Jin looked at the secret book whenever he had free time, but he rarely practiced it himself. Even so, the reason Jin was able to unleash a single light-speed thrust was because of Talaris' help.
‘The moment I drew my sword, the power of Madame Talaris...… she supported me.'
Of course the key to light-speed thrust is acceleration. There were a total of seven accelerations using the aura for one sword thrusting motion.
Talaris assisted Jin with her own power all seven times, allowing him to feel the exact moment.
'Is it possible...…? Follow my steps exactly at my speed?'
Even if Jin has questions, there is no need to doubt. He has already experienced it himself. As if Talaris was surprised, she grinned.
“Now you can see exactly the acceleration points that were difficult to understand with complex theories, right?”
"Huh…… Yes, Madame Talaris.”
“It means that you should not fire the aura at once, but divided it into seven at the exact moment. Ordinary martial artists cannot do that because of their low Aura sensitivity, but even if they are lucky, their shoulders and back will break.”
Jin immediately prepared for the next practice.
“After receiving my assistance for the day or two, you will feel it more clearly. If you make your body remember the sensation as it is...….”
Hwaaak-!
As Talaris explained, Jin thrust out his sword once more.
This time, there was no assistance from Talaris. She didn't expect Jin to make a second thrust before she had finished.
But Jin was possessed. Completely intoxicated by the senses that Talaris had awakened, he unwittingly performed second thrust. The pleasure from that simple answer was so ecstatic that he hadn't even heard Talaris' explanation.
And the light-speed thrust he fired the second time has the 90% of the first one, which was unleashed with the assistance.
Jin widened his eyes in surprise the moment after second light-speed thrust scratched the ice walls of the training room because he had acted unconsciously, and ignored Talaris' words. Talaris' eyes widened as she was shocked by results after the ‘just one’ assistant.
In the Hidden Palace, first of all, the leaders of the Gold Pengi {In MTL this name was gold top} reported the business status to Jin.
Now, cosmetics at the Gold Pengi are becoming almost ‘irreplaceable’ items.
Thanks to the development of not only color cosmetics, but all kinds of products and clothes for the skin, the whole world, regardless of gender and age, is using the Gold Pengi. It has become a representative product of the times.
“Who knew that the snow blossom flowers from the hidden palace could be so good for human skin? If it was a world where you could just make money, your partner is already close to the peak as an individual. Let this honor be given to the great and beautiful Almighty Talaris!”
Jin nodded at the Pengi’s words.
“How is the development of magic items going?”
“We are still pouring water into the bottomless pit. But we have a lot of money, don't we? If we keep pouring like this, something will come out. Money doesn't lie.”
The money earned from the Pengi business also fattened the finances of Jin and his comrades, but the most of it invested in the development of magic items.
One day, it will change the market monopolized by Zipfel.
Time goes by, and the world develops. The more so, the influence of Zipfel became more solid, while Runcandel became smaller. To stop that dominance and decline, Runcandel also has to have something other than strength.
“However, it is not easy to recruit researchers or magic engineers. Except for the best, we only manage people who are big enough to secretly work with us, so it can't be helped that they are slow.”
For the defense of Tikan, for analyzing the machine of the 2nd magic Tower, and for developing magic items. There is a desperate need for a real genius engineer.
Of course, it’s highly unlikely that all of these problems could be handled by a single engineer's ability. However, things couldn't go well without recruiting anyone.
“I will be more active look for engineers in the future, so please continue hard work.”
“Then, don’t worry, partner. Oh, and the guy who bought clothes from us, Nordav Sargent. I heard its real name was Sandra Zipfel?”
"Yes. If she said she didn’t like your clothes, she would going to annihilate all of you.”
“She’s a bloody customer, but we will have to be careful when taking orders from now on. Oh, and I didn't write it in the report. I put the water-tailed together as a test on the partner billboard. They liked it because it’s cute. Look at this.”
When Pengi showed the advertisement design, Jin burst into laughter as he moved toward the training ground. Talaris was waiting.
“Huh, it seems that Chiron really care for Mary. Seeing that the secret book is so sincere. Well, she's one of the lumberjacks who can become the strongest in Runcandel in your generation if she follow the right direction and train well. Except for Luna.”
Talaris was examining the secret book written by Chiron. Jin’s eyes changed as soon as he entered the training room.
“I tried to help lightly, but it's a little burdensome if you have such a serious face. Uh-huh, this mission must have been shocking to my son-in-law in many ways.”
“I always have a strong desire to be stronger, but it was especially shocking in the Sota Desert.”
“Because of that Hedo? I've been thinking about that person for a while, but there's no one that comes to mind. Like I said before, he is most likely the martial artist that your father saved in the Black Sea in the past.”
“Not only because of the tower keeper, but in general I felt helpless.”
“I heard that my son-in-law's judgment was great to think that way. Handsome gentleman said the mission would never have been successful if it wasn't for you. Well…… I think Runcandel must have had a fail-safe in case you guys failed.”
“If my battle prowess had been superior, Lady Jane, the Black Knight would not have been killed in action.”
“On the contrary, if it wasn’t for you, even the black knight named Mon would have died. You definitely did a good job. And now that you're only twenty, how much stronger do you have to be?”
“I think I should be as good as my father at his age.”
“I think you are stronger now than Chiron when he was 20?”
“It can’t be.”
“Useless impatience will only eat you up in the end.”
“I’ve heard this many times before. I am well aware of it. So, I plan to relieve this impatient mind. First of all, I will learn the secret technique, and after I have to sorted out the situation in general, and I will start practicing in the close-door training.”
“Close-door training?”
“Laprarosa, I will go to the world of the Plutonian tribe. I'm not going to come out until I reach 10 stars.”
“You will be out soon. Ugh, You have to figure out how to get the Plutonian tribe out of the dead world..… My son-in-law is busy. My head will explode. In that case, there is nothing better than training. Especially for cooling your head, there's no better skill to hone than Runcandel's 5th secret move, Light-speed Thrust.”
Runcandel’s decisive killing move, secret techniques, and ultimate techniques cannot be used unless you have the body of pure-blood Runcandel. Therefore, it cannot be taught unless it is pure blood.
However, Talaris knew the 5th secret technique, Light-speed Thrust better than most purebloods. It was because she is the person in the world who had mixed swords with Chiron Runcandel the most.
“Even I can't tell you the tricky things in Runcandel Secret technique. It's impossible to know something like the gathering and release of aura that only pure-blood Runcandel can use, because their body structures are different. But the 5th secret technique is not. This is very simple, my son-in-law.”
“Simple?”
“It's just an insanely fast stab. Excluding the complex ones like the 3rd Secret technique annular eclipse(金環蝕), most of the Runcandel’s swordsmanship is like that.”
“Just an insanely fast stab……”
“It's no different that other martial artists can't copy Runcandel's swordsmanship. It is because they don’t have a body to support that tremendous acceleration and explosive power.”
A pure white energy gathered in Talaris' right hand, forming a single sword. It was Myriad ice.
“But if you're a martial artist as good as I am, you can do something similar in this way. Take a good look.”
Flash-!
The blade of Myriad ice cut through the air in the hidden palace training ground. A dazzling aura spread, and the space was distorted and cracked in the shape of the tip of the sword.
There was no preliminary move, but Talaris' stab was surpassing Mary’s thrust. The hitting range is obviously smaller, but it was rather a higher level. The force is minimally distributed and completely concentrated on one point.
'That's great. If Madame Talaris is to unleash a full blow like this on me, maybe…… I will not be able to react.’
Talaris didn't even go all out. But Jin was sure she could pull off a bigger stab than this.
“How about it, isn’t it similar?”
"It's not about the same, but it’s far superior to elder sister Mary."
"Of course, I've developed exactly the same technique. It's nothing compared to the original unleashed by your father. Uh, my back. It looks like my shoulder will be torn as well.”
“Are you okay?”
“As expected, imitating Runcandel’s swordsmanship is something I can't do. This is why it impossible to use it in practical. I will take more damage than the enemy.”
Of course, the vast majority of martial artists couldn't handle the thrust that Talaris had just unleashed. However, if Talaris has to fight a similar level of martial artist, this thrust would only work as a handshake.
Naturally, there is a huge gap between superhumans among superhumans like Talaris and Jin. There is a certain a wall that cannot be expressed simply with numbers like 1 star and 2 stars.
‘Even knowing that, I get goosebumps. If Madame Talaris decides to kill me...….’
It will end within 10 minutes. When Jin felt that certainty, he had no choice but to admit it, but he also felt strangely bitter.
Talaris smiled as she read Jin’s thoughts.
“If I try to kill my son-in-law with all my might, without anyone interfering, the result will come in five minutes.”
"I thought it would be 10 minutes, but it's less than that."
“The realm where I am standing in will seem far away. It’s really far away. But to compare it to the stairs...… there are only a few differences. And I don't know about Chiron, but the 20-year-old me stood in a lower position than you.”
Jin didn't believe it, but it was true.
“And my son-in-law’s growth rate is still climbing steeply. Is it really short to last 5 minutes against me? Considering the experience you and I have, it is rather unfair for me, son-in-law.”
It’s not wrong. Jin slightly bowed his head.
“I think I was arrogant enough to disrespect you, Madame Talaris.”
"It's legitimate arrogance, so I'm not offended. Alright then. Now my son-in-law unfolds the Light-speed thrust. I will teach you very simply theory that Chiron deliberately wrote down in a difficult way.”
The secret book that Chiron give to Mary was elaborate, but rather difficult to understand. He planted traps in each paragraph in hopes that Mary would further enlighten the theory of swordsmanship.
Squeak-!
Bradamante emitted a radiance. The condensed aura left a sparkling afterimage, and a sharp band of aura was drawn along the oblique line where the blade extended.
It was a lightspeed thrust similar to the one Talaris had just unleashed. In terms of speed and power, the speed of light thrust surpassed Mary's.
Jin looked at the secret book whenever he had free time, but he rarely practiced it himself. Even so, the reason Jin was able to unleash a single light-speed thrust was because of Talaris' help.
‘The moment I drew my sword, the power of Madame Talaris...… she supported me.'
Of course the key to light-speed thrust is acceleration. There were a total of seven accelerations using the aura for one sword thrusting motion.
Talaris assisted Jin with her own power all seven times, allowing him to feel the exact moment.
'Is it possible...…? Follow my steps exactly at my speed?'
Even if Jin has questions, there is no need to doubt. He has already experienced it himself. As if Talaris was surprised, she grinned.
“Now you can see exactly the acceleration points that were difficult to understand with complex theories, right?”
"Huh…… Yes, Madame Talaris.”
“It means that you should not fire the aura at once, but divided it into seven at the exact moment. Ordinary martial artists cannot do that because of their low Aura sensitivity, but even if they are lucky, their shoulders and back will break.”
Jin immediately prepared for the next practice.
“After receiving my assistance for the day or two, you will feel it more clearly. If you make your body remember the sensation as it is...….”
Hwaaak-!
As Talaris explained, Jin thrust out his sword once more.
This time, there was no assistance from Talaris. She didn't expect Jin to make a second thrust before she had finished.
But Jin was possessed. Completely intoxicated by the senses that Talaris had awakened, he unwittingly performed second thrust. The pleasure from that simple answer was so ecstatic that he hadn't even heard Talaris' explanation.
And the light-speed thrust he fired the second time has the 90% of the first one, which was unleashed with the assistance.
Jin widened his eyes in surprise the moment after second light-speed thrust scratched the ice walls of the training room because he had acted unconsciously, and ignored Talaris' words. Talaris' eyes widened as she was shocked by results after the ‘just one’ assistant.
