#1209 An Incident During Training 

This is an incident happening somewhere else while the Orkubo’s Castle staff is in training… 

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There are far too many who don’t deserve to live. 
Don’t you agree? 

My name is Rabos. 
I am the supreme ruler of the vast cosmos. 

By my hand, every mighty warrior on every star has fallen beneath my rule. 

Strength is glorious.  
And it’s obvious I alone have earned the right to rule. 

Strength is justice. 
Strength is the measure of a life’s worth.  
Strength is the beauty that colors the soul. 

In contrast, weakness is evil.  
I, Rabos, strongest in all creation, loathe nothing more than weakness.  
It stagnates everything, rots all things, erases meaning, and births calamity. 

My conquest of the universe was driven my goal to eradicate weakness.  
In every corner of the cosmos I command, I permit no trace of frailty. 

No, not even beyond this universe. 

Though I have completed my cosmic dominion, my vision remains unsatisfied.  

I must spread my law of strength outward, into other dimensions. 

At last, my scientist underlings have answered my call: they’ve perfected the Dimension Jump Device. 

Using this device, I can invade a wholly different universe—another world! 

My principle of strength will brook no limit!!!! 

Just to think that somewhere, weaklings live in ease makes my blood boil.  
Born sinners… the weak.  
Your idle, complacent lives are sin itself. 

I will have you atone for that sin with your blood and deaths.  
As life has meaning for the strong, death alone gives meaning to the weak! 

Now, my handpicked legion of elite warriors. 
Begin the slaughter!  
Prove the worth of the strong by trampling, crushing, and wiping out the weak! 

Warp!  
…Warp out! 

...Hmph, so this is my new conquest site.  
A blue sky over open grasslands.  
A tranquil scene… ugh, how disgusting. 

My mission is to engulf this spineless paradise in the fires of war. 

Hmm…?  
What’s that wriggling over there? 

Some living creatures, little children, perhaps.  
So, this world, too, has intelligent lifeforms.  
But mere children can’t show me their planet’s true combat power. 

“Master Rabos, leave this to us.” 
“There’s no need for the lord himself to dirty his hands on mere kids. We’ll clear the way!” 

Hmph, my loyal underlings.  
Very well. 

I show no mercy to children.  
If they may yet grow into powerful beings, they must first struggle against the crisis I bring. 

If their spirits aren’t weak, even if they lack my strength, they will never truly lose.  
Such warriors deserve my praise. 

“Come, you otherworldly brats! Show us your resistance! I am Brabbora, Master Rabos’ confidant!” 
“And I am Gangimou! Master Rabos’ right hand! I can’t wait to taste this world’s blood!” 

Pft, perhaps because I chose only the strongest, my army reeks of brutality.  
Yet before pure strength, every atrocity is forgiven. 

Children, even if you’re toyed with and torn apart, that punishment comes from your sin of weakness.  
Embrace your atonement with dignity. 

“Gyaaaaaahahaha! Die!” 
“Gruh-booagh!” 

…Is that it? They fell already?  
Though I haven’t gauged this world’s relative power level, they are, after all, ordinary children. 

They could not escape my supreme legion. 

“Gubaho-wooooooo!” 

A tremendous blow sends someone flying… what is this? That’s Gangimou!  
And Brabbora is thrown clear over there! 

Impossible! Their death cries were my underlings’!  

Then who felled them…?! 

“Who the hell are you guys?! Lay a hand on my sister, and I won’t forgive you!” 

That tiny boy has taken out my valiant warriors?! 

Unbelievable… Hey, boy.  
What strength do you command in this world?  
Are you from a clan of mighty fighters? Or the heir of some supreme conqueror? 

“What are you talking about, old man? I’m just a farmer’s kid, completely ordinary!” 

What…? You claim no special lineage…  
And yet you scattered my loyal soldiers? 

“You attacked us first! My sister got scared and started crying! Aren’t you ashamed for a grown-up?!” 

Oh? You protected your sister.  
Admirable spirit… no, that’s wrong. 

Using your strength to help weaklings is a mistake.  
Strength exists to make oneself stronger. Wasting it on foolish weaklings is the height of folly. 

Nothing is so foolish as “protection” in this world! 

If you truly have the strength to defeat my soldiers, you should claim your place among the powerful!  
Then I would have recruited you to a high post in my army... Ow, ow, ow!  
Don’t twist my arm! Ouch, ouch, ouch! 

“Shut up! What’s wrong with protecting my sister? Even my father, thirty years a farmer, says people are weak, so they help each other! How can you, an adult, not understand that?!” 

What nonsense! 
Enough! Any who cling to such weak-minded drivel, even if potentially great, have no place in my service!!! 

Now, witness the true might of a real warrior as you die!  
Rejoice in the honor of departing to Valhalla by my hand! 

Take this: Genocide Finger Snap! 

“Weakling Punch!” 

Gwooooooo! 
What?! My ultimate technique!  
My evil snap that can wipe out half the world’s population was undone by a child’s punch, and I myself crippled?! 

What is this?!  
Surely, this boy must be something special. 
Is he a hero reborn or a god’s avatar?! 

“Nope. As he said, he’s just your average firstborn.” 
“And he has the courage to face any trial, and the kindness to care for those weaker than himself.” 

G-GAAAAAAH!  
Wh-What is this?! A pressure so intense it crushes me and stops my breath. 

Who’s that female brat and withered mummy?! 

“Yay, it’s the Dragon and the Lifeless Kinggg!” 

That’s what the children call them. 

“Good job holding your ground against those creeps, child. Now, take your sister and go home; have some snacks.” 
“Here, a reward for your bravery: cookies from Master. Wash your hands first, though!” 

What are these creatures?!  
Who are they?! 

Even I, Rabos, the strongest in the universe, am frozen in fear!  
Like a frog under a snake’s gaze! 

“Good grief… I’m glad the kids are unharmed. Though I can’t quite forgive the mess you made with your… essence.” 
“What are you talking about? That stuff is my MVP! Gonkotsu broth will save the world!” 

Huh?  
What does that even mean? 

“Hmm, confused, are we? A greedy conqueror who invades across dimensions…” 
“Too bad for you! Thanks to the gonkotsu ramen I handed out, every person here has a greatly boosted strength baseline! Even commoners now rival final bosses!” 
“Because Veil didn’t consume the broth herself, it spread to all humanity. And by repeating it, the world’s overall strength has risen.” 
“In Master’s words: ‘Only 530,000 combat power? Pathetic.’” 

So…  
Does that mean in this world, being far stronger than me is just average? 

Then who are these two before me?  
It’s clearly overwhelming even here…! 

“Next up, dealing with the insects that slipped in through the screen door.” 
“Indeed. I sensed a dimensional rift, only to face such arrogant brats. I haven’t seen such prideful fools in this realm for ages.” 

This is hopeless… I must flee!  
Here… I am the absolute weakling! 

“There are always those above, and those below. Did you learn how fickle strength can be?” 
“Even if you understand, it’s too late. Now, rest in peace.” 

I… should never have come to this other world. 
I was nothing but a frog in a tiny pond. 

Here, I end—as a weakling.