Translator: Tsukii
Editor: Lilia
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Chapter 59 – The Past Battles of the Descendant of the Hero
We proceed to make the doujinshi according to the set schedule.
My role was to record and reorganize the knowledge I wanted to include.
Not surprisingly, this was quite difficult.
Of course, as a teacher, I still kept watch over my students.
Kuyumi handled the task management, but the mental care was my job.
Well, it seemed Kuyumi intended to do that part as well, but that didn’t mean I should slack in that regard.
If a player tried to publish doujinshi in the game version, well, they basically played a mini-game or rather, a doujinshi creation side story began.
It was totally Comic Pa… well, anyway it was a composition based on an existing game, but that was fun in its own way. 1
But reality didn’t work that way.
It was necessary to do things by hand.
This would be a battle in which knowledge of the game scenario was the least applicable ever since I reincarnated to this world.
“There are so many different types of monsters, even in just the plains.”
“Aah. Things are completely different depending on the nation. Obviously, the way to combat them also changes.”
Erin summarized the information conveyed on paper in an easy-to-understand manner.
There were times the end product was almost exactly as I wrote it, and there were also times that 90% of it got revised by Erin.
Every time that happened, she kept her eyes peeled and filled her head with knowledge.
If it was just small to medium class monsters, even their current selves (unless they went to a particularly dangerous region) would be able to handle it without problem.
The point was to look at patterns that appeared from my knowledge.
It might be amazing to be able to react to things they saw for the first time, but to increase survival rate, what was necessary wasn’t the ability to suddenly respond, but the amount of knowledge that could be applied to guide them through new situations.
“……This has a similar appearance to dragon species, but why is it not considered one?”
“Red Wing species have large wings, but they don’t fly. No seriously, they really don’t fly.”
“Then what are their wings for…?”
“I wonder about that too…?”
Sharon created illustrations for the various monsters based on the information that Erin passed, despite her confusion.
As confusing as it was, that was clearly the correct picture.
Personally, that was the part I was most worried about, but Sharon was able to draw it beautifully based on my verbal explanations and written information.
I couldn’t help but regret that photography didn’t exist and that I couldn’t transmit images in my mind directly into pictures.
That being said, Sharon seemed to be having fun drawing, so I guess this was a good thing.
“Hm~ Teach’, does this monster really have a B danger level~?”
“Shouldn’t it be considered A instead? But, I think that because the strategy of surrounding it and ganging up on it is effective, it would be less dangerous, though.”
“But it feels like it would be difficult to fight one on one, right～♡”
“Since Kuyumi thinks she will have a hard time dealing with it, then A it is.”
“Then let’s revise it that way ♡”
Kuyumi looked here and there and made adjustments as needed.
The fact she was aware of the overall balance of danger was particularly helpful.
Since I conveyed information based on my experience, it was mostly subjective, but she adjusted it and compared them to more objective standards.
The fact she could do this proved that she objectively understood her own strength.
It was still too difficult for Erin and Sharon to do so, and honestly, I was also unable to make detailed adjustments on this part.
That was really helpful. If not for Kuyumi, the overall accuracy of the information would have dropped several levels.
“Ah sensei, we’re going onto information of large monsters soon, but I think it would be fine to depict them in a two-page spread ♡”
“I think it’s better that way. There’s more information needed to be depicted after all.”
The small, medium, and large monsters were classified based on the original game classifications, but I thought that classification rating should be introduced to this world, so I was going to use it.
For large monsters, it generally meant a map-based boss.
Of course, there were also large monsters as scenario bosses, but they were considered exceptions.
“I’ve never seen this one before… Painful Giant?”
The name that Erin mentioned was a large monster that appeared in a nation in the west, and it was subdued by the Magician and me.
It was a little unique to be considered a monster, though.
“That’s a monster that spawned in an area where demon miasma was thick a few years ago.”
“Heeh, can Kuyumi-chan and others win against it~?”
“I think it’s possible to win but… it depends on the individual, I guess.”
“What kind of individuals are there?”
In response to Sharon’s question, I stopped what I was doing and folded my arms.
“There are individuals of each attribute, like fire, water, wind, earth… and there are also special individuals that spread poisonous gas. At that time, it came close to the city area, so I forcefully pushed through and slayed it.”
“Forcefully pushed through?”
“I charged through the poisonous gas and killed it before the poison could kill me, although the poison nearly killed me.”
Back then, the Magician scolded me and told me to not do something like that again.
And now, I could feel the same gaze coming from these three.
“Rather, it was something so difficult that Teach’ had no choice but to resort to something like a suicide attack, just what kind of a monster was that…?”
“It wasn’t a suicide attack. I decided to race with my damage since I knew I could win that way.”
“Stop with your nonsense.”
Sharon told me so coldly, so I cringed on the chair while hugging my knees.
I couldn’t help but feel that my status was declining with each passing day.
“Just for reference, I’d like to hear how you won～♡”
Kuyumi put her hand on my shoulder and brought her face close enough that our cheeks were nearly touching.
Her breath brushed against my skin. Wai-, it was close, too close!
“A-aah, okay, I’ll tell you. It was back when there were only two people in the party.”
I pulled away from her small back and thought back to those days.
It was back in the west… in a nation that no longer existed.
As the special Painful Giant appeared, the two person party of the Magician and I fought it.
At that time, I thought if hell existed, it would be there.
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“‘Pull.’”
The magician’s single word chant twisted the space and blocked the breath unleashed from the giant’s palm.
However, it couldn’t completely nullify it.
The dazzling flame capable of rotting the world burned away even the “void” space created when the space was twisted.
“15 seconds left.”
There was no need for me to ask how long it would last.
The Magician had predicted my question.
“Roger that.”
It was more than enough.
Over the course of 15 seconds, the holy sword was filled with the extreme light of mysticism.
“‘Protect.’”
In addition to blocking the enemy’s attack, the Magician also created a barrier guarding against the recoil of the attack I would unleash.
At the same time, 15 seconds passed, and I wielded the sword imbued with as much mysticism as possible.
The wave of light that was emitted penetrated the Magician’s phase shift barrier and rushed into Painful Giant’s arm.
It unilaterally pushed back the giant’s breath and reached the shoulder, causing one of its arms to disappear from the base.
But in a blink of an eye, that arm was back to normal.
“I guess the citizens won’t be able to endure the poison anymore?”
The Magician nodded in response to my question.
The royal capital was engulfed in flames. It was a blessing in disguise that we happened to meet a soldier who was barely breathing.
We rushed immediately to help, but the damage had already reached the level where the nation was doomed.
Even so.
There were still people struggling, grieving, despairing, and crying out that they wanted to live despite all that.
“Sorry.”
I destroyed the protective barrier that the Magician had deployed on me before the battle began that was supposed to protect me from poison.
Although my body wouldn’t be affected by ordinary poison, the thing emitted from that monster was something that could erode the world itself.
I could feel my internal organs creaking and my bones melting.
I decided to go faster, swifter, and quicker than it could finish me off.
I felt the Magician was at a loss for words behind me, but I started sprinting.
Amidst the flame of destruction, ruin, and slaughter that illuminated the night sky-
All that I, still unable to dream of tomorrow, could do was swing my sword to defeat the enemy in front of me and protect the people.
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