The Time-Stop Breeding Uncle Wants To Retire – Chapter 91

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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An absolute counterattack.

A secret sword technique that could bridge the gap in experience and skill.

A technique realized through talent that surpassed even the heavens.

Helia had instinctively sensed it—the power of her teacher.

Admiration.

The desire to follow.

The yearning to become as strong as her teacher.

A burning passion that made the impossible possible.

The terrifying aspect of time acceleration was its absolute offensive power.

No one could outrun time and no one could withstand accelerated time.

However, it was a power originally reserved for those chosen by time itself.

Yet, Helia had succeeded in partially replicating it.

Naturally, it was a maddening experience for the one facing it.

Her power and skill were clearly far inferior, yet…

Suddenly, she had surpassed her and even severed her arm with a speed that sent her crashing to the bottom.

An ordinary being would have been caught off guard and allowed the next blow, but…

Rebecca’s years of experience allowed her to react in such a situation.

Her body was severely strained.

There wouldn’t be another counterattack like that, but the same applied to her.

Having quickly made her judgment, Rebecca chose to retreat first but even that wasn’t easy.

The two elves were clinging to her like glue.

“You think we’ll miss the chance Helia created?!”

“Tsk…!!”

That young elf, she was nothing special when she wielded a sword, but with a bow in hand, she was a completely different elf.

It seemed like she was predicting every single movement.

Every arrow she shot struck Rebecca’s body.

‘She’s one of the best archers I’ve ever met… among all elves, no, all beings.’

To Rebecca, archers were nothing more than insignificant pawns.

There had never been an archer who could hit her at her overwhelming speed.

At least not until today.

Of course, her experience and skill were still lacking.

She was so focused on hitting her target that she had given away this much distance.

Just as Rebecca, having successfully lured her in, was about to swing her spear…

A chilling killing intent struck her from behind.

She almost lost her remaining arm.

Rebecca spun her body in the air, dodging the attack that came from below.

“You’re surprisingly agile for trash.”

“It’s been a while, Guardian of the Forest.”

“I gave up that title long ago.”

“Well, it wasn’t a fitting title for you anyway.”

Their voices were friendly enough to make it seem like they were exchanging pleasantries, but behind those words lay a killing intent aimed at each other’s throats.

The clash of weapons echoed.

However, Rebecca was gradually being pushed back.

They were evenly matched even when she had all her limbs.

Now, she was at a disadvantage, outnumbered by her enemies, and with one arm severed.

If Cluna had aggressively attacked with the intention of abandoning her comrade instead of fighting defensively to protect her, Rebecca would have lost her head long ago.

Crack!!

A total of dozens of arrows pierced her body.

Even while fighting in close quarters, Cluna had continued to land her arrows.

As a result, her knees buckled, and she couldn’t dodge the attack.

It was too late to dodge.

Then, she could only offset it with a similar attack!

The spear thrust she unleashed from her unstable stance clashed with Cluna’s sword.

Naturally, Rebecca was overpowered, but…

At least she was able to protect her neck.

Rebecca let out a deep sigh.

She thought she had won the battle against the monsters, but other monsters had been growing stronger in the shadows.

“I made a mistake. I should have brought more forces, even if it meant mutual destruction.”

“It seems you suffered heavy losses from the battle with the Royal Knights.”

“Yes, that’s right. There’s no need to hide it.”

Rebecca readily admitted it.

They had succeeded in annihilating the Royal Knights, but the demons, especially the true demons, had also suffered tremendous losses.

Even Blood Demon himself had been severely injured…

He had no choice but to create a clone and send it.

Some true demons had even died in the battle against the Royal Knights.

It was because they had been arrogant, believing they could easily win outside the barrier.

But a cornered rat will bite the cat.

Thanks to their desperate resistance beyond imagination and their unyielding fighting spirit… even the true demons had suffered near-annihilating losses.

Originally, they had planned to focus on recovering while slowly executing the strategies they had prepared, but… for some reason, everything had been thwarted by the new Royal Knights.

[If this continues, we’ll lose our influence.]

[We have no choice. We must eliminate them, even if it means taking losses.]

[They’re only remnants… but we can’t be careless.]

So, after much deliberation, the true demons made a decision.

They decided to use the trump card they had been saving for the Holy Kingdom to completely annihilate the Royal Knights.

That was the current situation.

The veil of shadows.

It was a power that weakened presence, a power that demons had applied to creating monsters.

Thanks to this, monsters, unlike demons, especially true demons, could ignore the barrier of the Holy Kingdom and operate freely.

However, it was impossible to apply the veil of shadows to other demons.

The amount of power consumed depended on the strength of the demon.

To apply the veil to a single true demon…

At least 3 other true demons had to risk their lives.

Naturally, the stronger the true demon, the more sacrifices were required.

That was why the pointless war of attrition had continued.

But demons weren’t fools.
After countless efforts and trials and errors, they had finally succeeded in applying the veil of shadows to the land itself.

Of course, they could only maintain it for an hour…

But they thought that was enough.

The new Royal Knights had only dealt with monsters, lower-ranking demons, and those who barely qualified as Blood Demons.

So, they believed that true demons could easily handle them.

But that was a miscalculation.

Rebecca raised her head.

Time was almost up.

The trump card hidden by Blood Demon’s clone had been successfully blocked by that commander.

What kind of person was he?

“I have no choice but to retreat.”

“Who said you could just leave…?!”

“Wait, Clara. Let her go for now.”

“Mom?!”

“…A cornered rat will bite the cat.”

“You know it well. As expected.”

Cluna bit her lip.

She understood that they had somehow erased the true demon’s presence from this place.

It wasn’t a normal method.

There must have been a significant limitation to that method.

Cluna had fought against countless true demons, including Rebecca.

Thanks to that, she could immediately tell.

Rebecca had been fighting them with the intention of returning alive.

But what if she fought with the determination to die?

Someone would definitely die here.

Unfortunately, that wasn’t what Cluna wanted and it wasn’t what the commander would want either.

“It’s good that you’re retreating on your own.”

“Excellent. The Royal Knights have gained a new asset.”

“Damn it, we have to let that bastard go…!!”

“Don’t be so upset, young elf. Your time will come.”

“Would you please just shut up and leave?”

Rebecca laughed and turned her head.

At the same time, her body burned with black flames and disappeared.

Cluna let out a sigh of relief.

This was over for now.

“Mom! What are you doing?! We have to help them!”

“Ah, you don’t have to worry about Yuren.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Because she can’t lose in a battle of pure strength.”

Not to mention Commander Yuren, even Ruby and Bayard had become strong enough to fight evenly against most true demons.

It was thanks to the commander’s influence.

No, it was true for all of them.

[Are you guys hanging out at the Royal Knights? Training, training, and more training.]

[There’s no rest. Are we in any position to rest?]

[War is not a game! Swing your swords with all your might!]

The commander had firmly held onto their discipline, which could have easily crumbled.

Of course, it was a bit too harsh… if it hadn’t been a wartime situation.

It was a wartime situation.

Moreover, hadn’t the Royal Knights already been defeated once by the demons?

The morale of the defeated soldiers would have naturally plummeted even if they did nothing.

Perhaps because the commander knew that, he had kept them training almost non-stop, rarely giving them breaks.

The few breaks they did get were given as rewards.

That was how they had trained…

And after going through countless incidents, they had reached this point.

But now, the commander was saying he had fulfilled his role and was trying to step down.

How could…

“Cluna.”

“Helia? Your wound…”

“It’s fine. The plan comes first.”

“You’re right.”

Cluna nodded.

The plan she had initially opposed but eventually had to accept… Helia was now trying to put it into action, risking everything.

I will never let you go, Teacher.

Helia’s eyes burned bright red.

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