part - 5(1)

"hey there sensei, how is the training going?"

the one who came into the forest and approached katsuro and asked like that was Solomon. the strongest demon king of the present generation

"oh, hey there Solomon. good to see you. the training is going well. he caught up to my expectations faster than I thought"

as Solomon called out to katsuro. katsuro replied to Solomon while smiling. as he said that Solomon replied

"good to hear that. it has been almost 20 days from that day after all. I expected him to make progress but I have not expected that he would make progress that even you would be impressed with. anyway, where is he now?"

when Solomon asked that katsuro pointed towards the deep forest that is in front of him and said

"he is in that forest"

when he said that Solomon became surprised and asked katsuro

"wait, by the forest don't tell me.."

"It is just as you expected, he is on the run from the demonic monkeys"

as soon as he said that Solomon started to scream out of shock

"you gave him that kind of training in just 20 days!!!?"

"no, I started to train him with this method for the past 10 days actually"

"Are you planning on killing him!!!? even we started that method after one year of your basic training, how can you be so reckless!!!?"

"This is the right thing to do. the surface where he lived for the past 17 years. there was no need for him to fight or kill the enemy or there were no enemies that would threaten his life. but in the underworld and especially when you are fighting with the celestial creatures you need to kill and should be prepared to be killed and should also learn how to escape from life-threatening situations and all of that, he should all be learned that by himself. and the best way possible for him is to throw him into a life-threatening situation such as this."

"But, isn't that reckless!!!?"

as Solomon said that to katsuro, he replied with a gleaming smile

"don't worry, he will be alright and I am here to watch on him."

"even if you say that—"

as Solomon said that katsuro intervened in his sentence and said

"I told you didn't I? this kid will surpass even maria"

as he said that to Solomon, Solomon sighed as if he has given up and smiled while looking at the forest. seeing that katsuro turned back to the forest and smiled while watching

Solomon who saw that gleaming smile from his sensei he thought to himself while smiling

(even though he is making you train for you to get strong even I can say that he is going way too far now even though you may have potential…. so bear with it and don't die, katsu)

he thought that while looking towards the forest.

in the forest—

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"ahh, damn it"

*dodge*

I dodged the attack of a rampaging black monkey. as I dodged that I saw the same black monkeys in all directions in all the trees as they are all screaming

{wu….. wuuuuuuu}

right now I am being chased by a group of monkeys known as demonic monkeys. they always travel in groups and each group consists of a large number of monkeys and they are highly territorial. they are also one of the reasons that this forest is one of the safe spots when a celestial attack. these creatures attack even the celestial creatures. their confidence comes from the group they stay and if they are killed they are all absorbed back into the forest and are reborn again the forest. these creatures are made from the creator's magic left in the forest.

these demonic monkeys just attack in a group. they only attack the enemy where there is a blind spot. that is their natural instinct. and how did I end up in this situation?

after my first day of training, my master increased the run time to 4 hrs and speed to that of 3 times of bullet train speed. he reduced my time for wandering into the town and kept focusing on the training. the first 10 days he only trained me. he even increased my swordsmanship training and martial arts training.

after 10 days, he changed my training schedule back to a normal one but he changed my swordsmanship and martial arts to varying weapons training. I would train each day with a different weapon so that my fighting style could become diverse. he trained in fighting so much that even me who came from the surface where there is no need to fight is getting used to the fighting as if it were my second nature. he even trained with the red dragon power that it reached from 50 fold to 70 fold in just 10 days and I lose control after 70 fold. I spar with the master at least once a day and sometimes twice a day and rarely if my bad luck more than thrice a day and most of my training was mostly filled with thrice a day until now. but, now I can keep up with my master's speed when I spar with him. he even took me to the town that is in the borders.

the town in the underworld is not at all different from the surface. the only difference is that it is more of like a world of fantasy in the modern era. the people are all dressed in the same way on the surface. they use modern technology and electricity all of them are run by magic. the vehicles that travel on the roads can talk. they all have feelings as well as if they are another living creature. they used magic to make them living creatures. they don't even need fuel all you need to do is to charge them with your magic power.

until now all the things were never brutal to me except for the day I face my master thrice in a sparring match. at least that was I thought until this conversation happened.

10 days before—

— "today your running exercise will be canceled"

— "really, awesomeeeeeee!!!!, I am so happyyyyyyy!!!!!"

As soon as he said that I jumped with joy. I mean, it was so painful for me, I was running like crazy and it practically felt like hell for me. I ran until I couldn't feel my legs anymore. As I was happy and crying with joy master who is a monster dropped the bombshell on me by introducing me to an entirely new hell.

— "instead you would be doing even tougher than that for an hour"

— *crack*

As soon as I heard that I literally froze thick in that joyous face as if i were an ice sculpture.

— "you would be running inside the forest for that one hour in the same speed you ran outside"

— "What is the difference?"

— "this time you should dodge trees and also you can climb the trees"

— "trees huh, certainly it is harder than before"

— "no that is not the hard part"

— "eh?"

— "The hard part is that including trees there is a specific type of monster which lives in this part of the forest known as the demonic monkey. It is an extremely territorial monster that will kill any intruder. The monkey itself is not strong individually but they travel in so many groups that you cannot even count them. They only attack a person's blind. That is their natural instinct. So you need to be vigilant about them at times and need to observe them in all directions which makes a perfect exercise for you who grew up on the surface where there is no life-threatening situations "

As I hear his description a chill ran through my spine. He is really a monster to throw in their den like that.

— "..... I don't wanna do it"

— "do it or I will kill you"

— "y-yes"

He said that with a huge amount of pressure which made me shriek and I had no choice but to give in. as I gave up and looked down master looked towards me and continued

— "In the next 10 days you will do this with this speed"

— "w-wait a minute master, then…. After the 10 days?"

I asked him while shaking because I have seen this pattern somewhere before. As I asked him while praying that should not be the case. He answered me

— "isn't it obvious, the speed will increase as well as the toughness and if you reduce the speed in addition to this exercise you will also do the running 10 times the amount of time that you reduced your speed for."

— "MASTER…. YOU MONSTER!!!!!!"

And thus the present situation

[friiiiiiii...]

As I was thinking that there was a whistling sound outside of the forest. Meaning that the time is up. As soon as I heard that sound I ran in that direction to run away from the forest while dodging and avoiding all the monkeys. Damn it even the end of the training is life-threatening. And when I reach there my master awaits there while not concerning anything that happened. Certainly, he suits the title 'demonic teacher of hell'. He sure is demonic when it comes to training damn it.

As I went off the forest there should always be one shadow waiting for me and as soon as I reach the shadow then the exercise is said to be over. But there was not one shadow but two however I did not care about that and ran as fast as I could to the place where the master is so that I can rest as soon as possible.

I reached master and stopped in front of him. I stood before him while breathing heavily and crouching while holding my knees. My heart was pounding so much out of exhaustion that even I can hear its beating. I got better when compared to the first of this training though. If it were that time I would've fallen to the ground due to exhaustion.

"Yo katsu"

As I was breathing heavily the other person greeted me. And it was Solomon. He continued

"Doing well in the training I see"

"Does it look like that!? I kiss the death door every single time and come back whenever I train, damnit!!!"

When I said Solomon smiled wryly and said to me

"Well, you are holding on to it better when compared to us"

"Wait you guys did this same type of training!!!?"

"Yes"

"So he throws me into a type of training that only demon lords could do huh. merciless*sob*"

As I was depressed from that thought Solomon said to me

"Well, we were just a little stronger compared to you back that time. We were pretty weak compared to now."

"Really?"

".....really"

"What the hell is that gap for!!!!"

As were conversing, master intervened in our talk

"Enough chit-chat, bow let us go for the sword training after that we shall have a hand to hand to combat training."

"Oh, the same training as yesterday huh."

As I was talking to the master, Solomon looked at me with a dubious expression and asked

"Wait a minute. You don't even get a break!?"

"...no"

As he asked that I turned my face to the other side and replied to him. He was bewildered by that and continued

"What do you mean by no!!!? Even we got breaks from time to time how come you don't get? He really is a demonic teacher"

"Well, I am used to it"

As I said that with a gloomy face he replied with the same gloomy expression

"Actually the training you did was given us after we trained for one year. But you were given it right after 10 days "

As he said that I looked towards the master and replied to Solomon with an even more depressing look

".....he really is a demonic teacher"

As we were talking like that there was a sudden chill beside us as we looked in that direction there was a master who was listening to our conversation and releasing a huge amount of pressure. He talked with a huge base tone while holding onto a wooden sword

"Looks like You guys have more energy to talk. Why not change our training session to a sparring session so that we can use that energy efficiently."

""Eeeeek""

What the heck. What the heck is that black pressure he is releasing and did I just see an asura behind him. What the heck scaryyyyyyy

As we both were being scared from his look Solomon who was as scared as me suddenly fixed his posture and said while sweating after a cough.

"Ahem, alright looks like I am in the way of your training. So I will be watching and cheering for you. Good luck katsu"

He said that while showing me a thumbs up and started to walk away. What the heck!!!? This guy brought up the conversation regarding master and after seeing master's pressure he is running away as if he has nothing to do with it!!!

"Solomon, you bastard. Don't run away leaving me in this situationnnn"

"Well then katsu, shall we begin?"

As I was about to follow Solomon master held me onto my nape and started to pull me into the forest

"Wait, master, nooooo save meeeeeeeee"

As I was screaming in the fear of the future pain Solomon joined his hands and started to pray as if I am dead. That bastardddddd