Chapter 116: More Torture and Training Regimes

"I'll give you one more chance but under one condition… not like you can refuse though,"

Ava's eyes lit up once again as she lifted her hanging head.

"R-really…" Ava squeezes out.

I smile slightly before hopping over to a wooden table in the corner of the room. On the table were 9 thick metal collars which were the same as the one on Yin. Grabbing one of the collars, I cut my finger with my nail and then let the blood drip down onto it.

The collar glows a faint red color that quickly disperses, leaving me with the same familiar connection that I have with Yin's collar. I brought the collar close to Ava's neck and it soon jumped at her, wrapping around her neck, causing Ava to make choking noises. 

She tried to claw at it with her hands but it was useless since they were chained to the wall.

"Don't attack me or gather anybody to attack me. You are forbidden from hurting anybody I deem my ally… And finally, don't try to escape or sabotage my kingdom," I order, using the influence of the collar. 

Ava started to choke and the gems that I sensed ages ago, now disappeared into nothing. I smiled slightly and hooked the last chain to her collar. She couldn't jerk her head anymore so she continued to hang her head. 

For the final touch, I wrapped a blindfold around her eyes, making her panic. The torture wouldn't be the same if she could feel the slightly chilling breeze that enters through the window, so I swiped my hand, using [Double Earthquake Slash]. 

My control over this skill had improved drastically with the skirmish against the bandits. This let me remove all of her clothes besides her bra and underwear while doing the minimum damage to Ava. That minimum damage though was a giant bruise across her stomach and the wind got knocked out of her.

She started to cry once again and go through all the visible emotions, just like Yin. Since Ava didn't look like she was afraid of the dark, I decided to leave her here for maybe a day or two. 

Closing the metal door behind me, I heard Ava shout, wanting me to come back and stay with her… 

But I left. 

I rode my wolf down the hallway with cold eyes.

"I'll question her when she's broken since only then will she not lie or leave out anything," I mutter.

… 

"Let's see… the training was similar to this…" 

I was currently writing down the first training regime of the aquatic team since it was the only one that I knew some training of. I was torn between using the Danish Frogmen or the United States Navy Seals… but in the end, I picked the Danish Frogmen. 

I know the navy seals have some really hard training techniques but I'm completely oblivious to them. I don't know why the frogmen stuck in my head but I was now forced to use part of their training regime. 

It included things such as tying both ankles together and wrists together. Then you would throw them off a high dive of some sorts. They are then forced to swim up like that, of course, we need them to adjust to water first and learn how to swim so this will be one of the last training methods. 

[Grand Water Magic] is gonna come in useful now, since I can make water from just the snap of a finger. I can even change the density of it, making the training even harder than normal. 

"Maid, I need another piece of leather," I say, to the fire harpy standing beside me. 

"As you wish," she says, before bowing and leaving the room. 

About 5 minutes later and the maid arrives back in the room, with another sheet of paper. I wasn't idle while she was away, I was thinking of training regimes for the air corps and came up with the idea of making Ava the leader.

She may not be a natural-born leader, but if she gains the same type of trust/loyalty that Yin gives me, it will be easy to make her train until she can't move.

The maid handed me the sheet of leather which I then proceeded to write another training regime when included falling from great heights and practicing flying with parts of their limbs tied together. 

The air corps in my past life was made of humans who couldn't fly without the help of technology, but now I have monsters with the capability to fly to great heights with only their wings. 

… 

Night soon fell and my wives brought our children in. Both Luna and Freya were trying to walk by copying their brother who ran towards me and hugged me tightly. I was surprised by how Luna and Freya were growing much faster in terms of mental capabilities. Hades was only able to walk until his second day. 

They also weren't crying but instead were laughing as they kept stumbling into each other. As Hades crawled into the bed next to me, I saw that he was reaching the 5-foot mark so I decided on sending him to school soon. 

My wives all kissed me before leaving the room, with Luna and Freya still laughing and stumbling onto each other. They didn't even get that close to the bed when Luna accidentally knocked down Freya, causing her to burst into tears. 

I sighed before sitting up and hopping towards both of my children. I placed Luna on the back of my neck, which she gripped tightly, and picked up the crying Freya with my arm. 

I then hopped back over to the bed and laid down with them. I held Freya gently, causing her to fall asleep instantly when I pulled the blanket over her body. Luna and Hades were trying to snuggle next to me so I was forced to give them an arm pillow which they gripped tightly. 

It was hard, but eventually, I fell into the land of dreams… 

[Day 43] 

My entire arm was numb and Luna was crawling all over the bed. All 3 of my children had grown once again with Hades looking like an early teenager while Luna and Freya reached 2 feet in height. 

"Mom, I'm going to get breakfast now," Hades says while jumping out of bed. 

I was surprised by his sudden change in speech but quickly accepted it since I've been forced to do that for the past couple of days. 

A maid brought him to the changing room while Freya and Luna started crying. It seems they were hungry so I immediately knew what to do and let them have their breakfast in bed today. 

"*sigh* I'll check on Ava and then leave her there for another day before taking her out," 

Once my kids had their fill, they tried to climb out of bed but before Freya could fall flat on her face, I summoned my deer to catch her. It seems Luna liked the deer as well, so she climbed onto its back. 

I ordered the deer to take them to the throne room which is quickly complied before leaving the room with both of my kids riding it, massive smiles plastered on their faces.

"I can't even move to the throne room by myself… I need a way to regain my limbs but the only way I can think of is… getting Ichimei back or evolving which is out of the question," I mutter. 

I need a lot of XP to just get one level and if I can't even walk properly, how am I supposed to kill enough monsters, with enough XP, which normally means they are strong and include a lot of movement to beat… so that's an obvious no-go. 

I could get my subordinates or wives to bring me monsters to kill, but that process would take ages and Yggdrasil would've grown by then. 

『Status』

[Name: Arpious]

[Race: Lamassu of Ancient Fires]

[Status: Tired]

[Servants: 6]

[Subordinates: 7]

[Pets: 1]

[Level: 40/100]

[HP: 700/700  MP: 500/500  SP: 500/500]

[Strength: 170 (+5) (+25) (+25) (+25) (+60)]

[Defense: 170 (+5)]

[Magic: 170 (+25) (+25) (+25) (+40)]

[Speed: 170 (+5) (+25) (+25) (+25) (+40)]

[Luck: 2]

[Charisma: 50]

[Skills: [******] [Forbidden Magic: Zeus's Nimbus] [Poison Immunity] [Disease Immunity] [Virus] [Forbidden Magic: Medusa] [Fire Immunity] [Lightning Resistance] [Inspect] [Gluttons Stomach] [Concentration] [Evolution Switch] [Gold Manipulation] [Assimilation] [Lavas Will] [Heightened 5 Senses and More] [Summon: Blood Minion] [Forbidden Magic: Hermes] [Blood Devouring Army Enhancement] [Tangible Bloodthirsty Aura] [Pain Immunity] [Invisible Grand Flying Sense] [Ancient Reproduction Art] [Summon: Slime Weapon] [Mystic Arm and Leg] [Summon: Phoenix] [Domain of the Dark Garden] [Summon: Walking Jungle Hydra] [Night and Day Enhancement] [Summon: Overlord Deer] [Summon: Overlord Wolf] [Grand Mind Magic] [Forbidden Magic: Midas] [Summon: Golden Mountain Bear] [Grand Water Magic] [Throne World: Ice Palace] [Weather Manipulation: Wind, Rain, Sun, and Snow] [True Queen Overlords Dominating Presence] [Forbidden Magic: Skadi] [Twilight Dragons Vampiric Breath] [Double Earthquake Slash]

… 

My mana sickness has been gone so that's good… wait can I try telekinesis with [Grand Mind Magic]... on me? Could that possibly work? Well, no point in not trying… 

[Grand Mind Magic] 

Nothing happened but that's what it normally does. I just have to think hard enough about what I want, such as telepathy, and only then can I connect with the many minds of my kingdom. 

I squeeze my eyes shut and try to think of me floating. My body soon felt weightless and when I open my eyes, I was floating about 2 inches off my bed. I got excited but that was soon crushed when I fell back down. 

"Seems I need to concentrate all the time, if I want to move around with this," I mutter.