Episode 34: Then let's begin the corporal punishment
Episode 34: Then let's begin the corporal punishment
"One more."
"Nngh......."
"Once more."
"Hng......!"
"One more time!"
"Hnnngghhh!!!"
If you only heard the sounds, it would sound like something kinky was going on, but that wasn't the case at all.
Lee Hye-ri gritted her teeth while carrying a specially made barbell on her shoulders.
What is commonly called a squat.
However, the weight she was lifting was an absurd amount by normal standards.
The pure weight of the barbell bar alone was 150kg.
It might seem absurd that those slender arms could lift such weight, but that's just how Hunters are.
You can't define them by human standards.
To survive against monsters in a gate, you have to be far from ordinary.
Of course, even so, it was true that it was a bit heavy for her, as her Strength was only B-rank.
I made her lift a heavy weight on purpose.
This was already the 20th set.
Just squats, 20 sets.
While holding that heavy barbell.
It was a number that far exceeded the standards of an ordinary human.
This was to increase her stamina.
[Lee Hye-ri]
-Strength: B [Strength Growth(S)]
-Mana: B [Mana Overflow(D)]
-Intelligence: D [Sharpness(B)]
-Stamina: C [Super Recovery(A)]
-Agility: S
What was attached next to Lee Hye-ri's stats was her adaptability to my Growth Assist skill.
The adaptability for 'Strength Growth', which helps with Strength growth, and 'Super Recovery', which helps with Stamina growth, were S-rank and A-rank, respectively.
That means she grows that quickly.
Unfortunately, it was a shame that 'Mana Overflow', which helps with Mana growth, and 'Sharpness', which grows Intelligence, were D and B grade, respectively.
'The goal is to raise her as a tanker, anyway.'
It's a shame, but it doesn't matter.
Even if Mana and Intelligence are a little lacking, there will be no shortage in taking on the tanker role.
[Adaptability: The grade varies depending on the target's aptitude; the higher the grade, the faster the acceptance rate.]
[S-Rank Perk: When the ability of a target with S-rank Adaptability increases, the caster's corresponding ability also increases.]
The more disappointing part was that Lee Hye-ri only had one S-rank perk.
Still, should I be grateful they didn't overlap?
If Lee Hye-ri's Strength grows, my stats will rise to S-rank too.
"5 more sets. If you give up halfway, it's punishment."
"Punishment....... I will never give up."
Just as she promised to unconditionally follow my words, Lee Hye-ri followed my curriculum without a word.
What she is doing now is a training test to build perseverance.
Doing this would naturally raise her Strength and Stamina.
"Now, one!"
"Hnnng......."
I looked around the room for a moment.
This place where I'm tutoring is Lee Hye-ri's house.
The house, which was quite large for a woman living alone, was filled with all sorts of training equipment.
I originally intended to train at the Training Center.
Since you can rent individual rooms and they have almost all the training equipment.
But at that, Lee Hye-ri freaked out and shouted.
"How could I show that kind of training to other people! Come to my house!"
"But you need to lift heavy weights, and you need a lot of space to run?"
"I have enough for that. I'm not rich, but I have enough space and equipment. My house has protection magic and soundproofing magic cast on it."
The fact that her house had magic cast on it was already far from ordinary, but I didn't bother to nitpick.
I roughly knew how much an S-rank Hunter earns.
I knew that just casting one B-rank protection spell cost well over 100 million won.
'It's covered in A-rank magic.'
It seemed like the touch of her older brother, Lee Gang-san, who wanted to protect his sister, was involved.
A-rank facility protection magic, A-rank security magic, A-rank soundproofing and vibration-dampening magic, A-rank insulation magic, etc.
A house with this kind of magic on prime real estate in Seoul.
It must have cost billions.
That's why I visited Lee Hye-ri's house for the lesson.
"Hnnng......."
Lee Hye-ri's body trembled.
I took the barbell she was holding.
"That's it."
As soon as I grabbed the barbell and racked it, Lee Hye-ri collapsed.
She was drenched in sweat.
Her white skin glistened with sweat.
The workout clothes she wore as a tank top were soaked in sweat and stuck to her body.
It was so explicit that the lines of her nude bra were all visible.
"Haa, haa."
"You failed, unfortunately."
"I, I can do it."
"Forget it. This is a failure."
"But......."
"Look at your hands."
I pointed to Lee Hye-ri's hands.
Her fingers were spasming uncontrollably.
"If you lift more with these hands, you'll have an accident."
"......."
When I first met Lee Hye-ri, I thought about how to teach her.
I shouldn't just teach her.
She had to truly follow me.
It would be better if the Conquest Rate reached 100%.
Because I'd be able to use her skills, even if limited.
'It's an S-rank skill.'
S-rank isn't an ordinary skill.
In the Hunter world, you're treated well just by being A-rank.
If I could use an S-rank skill, even if limited.......
'I can use it for various purposes.'
For example, I could bluff against Daeseong.
Since I've become an S-rank Hunter, I could ask the Association to lift the restrictions placed on me.
If not that, it would also help in recruiting competent Hunters.
So, I shouldn't just focus on teaching Lee Hye-ri.
'I have to make her completely conquered by me and dependent on me.'
At the same time, it's necessary to lower her dependence on Lee Gang-san.
If I just change the target of her admiration for her older brother.
'It's possible.'
Making the S-rank skill mine, that is.
And the beginning of that is.
"Then, let's begin the punishment."
This was education disguised as punishment.
"Choose one of these."
Punishment list:
Punishment combined with impact resistance training.
Punishment combined with burn resistance training.
Punishment combined with laceration resistance training.
Punishment combined with weak point resistance training.
I showed her the punishment list I had shown her yesterday.
"A-are you really doing it?"
"Then did you think I showed it to you as a fake?"
"Ugh....... Barbarian."
"Say whatever you want. I'm doing this so you can become a real tanker."
"I-it's a verified method, right?"
"Of course."
It was a method I had proven several times.
How do I know?
I once raised a tanker who was in my party.
They were a coward with weak perseverance.
At the time, I had already published several dungeon conquest theories and student growth theory books under the name Shadow Mask.
In the process, I realized that taking hits and damage quickly increases Stamina and Strength while raising that weak tanker.
The problem was that the data was sparse and the method was barbaric, so it didn't pass the planning stage to be published as a theory book or paper, but.......
'Lee Hye-ri is different.'
She is desperate.
She even showed the resolve that she would do anything just to become a tanker.
If it's a woman like that, I should also clash with her with all my might.
"It's a method I've experimented with several times. It actually succeeded."
"Who is it?"
"I can't tell you. They asked me to keep it a secret."
"......Ugh."
Lee Hye-ri glared at me as if she couldn't believe it.
So what.
What is she going to do about it?
She's the one who came to me after putting down all her stubbornness and pride.
Even if she has a high grade and a lot of money, she was overwhelmingly the subordinate in this class.
"Choose quickly. Time is ticking."
"......I'll go with weak point."
"Weak point? That's the hardest one."
"T-then! Something else!"
Lee Hye-ri changed her words in a hurry.
"L-laceration?"
"Understood."
I took a leather whip out of the bag I had prepared in advance.
It was a leather whip, commonly used in SM play.
"......?"
Lee Hye-ri's eyes were filled with disgust when she saw the whip.
"W-what is this?"
"What do you mean, what? It's a whip."
"Who doesn't know that? Why this......."
"It's a tool for punishment combined with laceration resistance training."
Her already cold eyes became even colder.
"Are you crazy? A whip. Then, don't tell me the burn punishment is, c-candle wax?"
"You know well. You seem to have a lot of knowledge in this area?"
"Y-you're crazy!"
"For reference, impact is this palm."
Since she seemed to have roughly guessed it, I told her.
"Then what is the weak point punishment?"
"That's a secret. There should be fun in finding out for yourself."
"You're serious...... right?"
Cracks appeared on her face.
The wrinkles on her brow expressed her current emotions.
"Yes. I'll say it again, it was effective in all cases. I told you that person became a successful tanker."
Not Lee Gang-san level, but considering that a person with no talent became a real person, it was a great improvement.
I nodded, recalling that day.
"C-can I trust you? You really don't have any ulterior motives......."
"None. I think I already showed you last time. That I'm not doing this because I have ulterior motives for you."
Lee Hye-ri, who was biting her lip, looked at me and squeezed her eyes shut.
"P-please make it as painless as possible."
Tears welled up in her tightly closed eyes.
"You have a lot of demands for someone who hasn't even achieved their goal."
"......."
I put a gag in her mouth.
When I put a round gag with a hole in it into her mouth, Lee Hye-ri looked at me with surprised eyes.
"Mmmph?"
"Because it's a nuisance to the neighbors if they hear the sound."
"Mmm! Mmmph! Mmmphh!"
I suppose she's claiming that soundproofing magic is cast.
"I can't really hear what you're saying."
I'm hard of hearing, you see.
And I tied her two arms with handcuffs.
"It can't be helped for smooth punishment."
After finishing my words, I picked up the whip.
I hit her sweat-drenched chest with the whip in my hand.
Snap!
"Mmmph!!"
Her chest, wearing a sweat-drenched blue tank top, heaved.
Once more.
Snap!
"Hngph!"
Every time my whip hit her chest, Hye-ri's body jolted.
"Don't overreact. It shouldn't even hurt that much. The punishment is just beginning. Follow along slowly."
The leather whip swept across various parts of Lee Hye-ri's body.
It won't hurt.
Swish!
"Hng!"
I adjusted the snap of my wrist so that the pain was minimal.
She must have been quite flustered.
Because she was a crude person as much as her appearance suggested.
She must have been even more surprised that she didn't feel any pain, unlike her appearance.
That was the purpose of this punishment.
If I hit her too hard from the beginning, she wouldn't be able to endure it properly because of the pain.
She had to endure it for a long time for it to become training.
Start softly.
But she has to properly feel that it is a punishment.
Now that she is relieved because there is less pain than she thought.
Snap!
"Nghhh!!"
As the whip hit her buttocks, Lee Hye-ri's waist straightened.
"Be tense and keep your guard up. That is the goal of this punishment."
I said, looking down at Lee Hye-ri, having swung the whip.
She glared at me, tears welling up from the hot pain.
"Nothing will change just by glaring like that. So endure it. That is the basic attitude of a tanker."
I swung the whip again.
Swish!
"Hngghh!"