Volume 8 Chapter 2 (1/2)

I moved from the room where I made the new monster to a nearby living room.

Together with me in the room were Marcho, Aura, and Ruhe. I had given Kuina and Rorono a special, important task.

It has been an eventful day, to say the least.

I had just made a new monster: Tindalos, the hound that persistently hunted its prey across space and time.

Through the use of acute angles, she could come to and from the other dimension. Moreover, when exiting the other dimension, so long as there were acute angles within a 20-kilometers radius, it could instantly teleport to any of those acute angles.

It was a highly versatile and powerful ability, especially considering acute angles were everywhere. Even pebbles in the ground had them.

In other words, unless the enemy was aware of Tindalos' ability and was countering them by being in a perfectly circular room, a surprise attack could be launched.

To make that surprise attack even more effective, Tindalos had another ability which allowed it to track any target it had seen once with its sight, regardless of whether the target was using any concealment skills or was in the other dimension.

So, if I so wanted, I could have Tindalos assassinate a hostile Demon Lord it has seen just once during a negotiation many days before.

”Such power, I can't believe she's a dimension-controlling monster.”

In addition to her unbelievable skills, she had absurdly high stats.

Generally, a monster that had dimension-controlling abilities also had inferior stats compared to other monsters of the same rank. However, due to the fact that Tindalos was made using three A rank medals, she was on par with even Rorono and Aura in terms of stats.

This perfect combination of skills and stats made Tindalos a very worthy addition to my war potential. I could offer no complaints in that regard. In others though…

”Oto-san! We've finished putting on clothes on Tiro-chan!”

”It was a real struggle. Apparently, Tiro hates putting on clothes.”

Kuina and Rorono entered the room like so, with a somewhat pouting Tindalos in tow.

For better or worse, Tindalos was a dog at heart. For that reason, the concept of shame was foreign to her. And yet, she possessed the skill [Human Transformation] which allowed her to transform into a young girl with dog ears.

In fact, just earlier, she pinned me down and licked me in the face while in that form and naked. The sight of a young girl licking me was bad enough, but a naked girl doing such things was worse still. It was borderline criminal.

And so, due to that, Marcho misunderstood the situation and christened me Pedocell.

”Garururuuuuu”

Tindalos uttered so and then rushed up to me to snuggle. It seemed like whatever reason she had for pouting was gone the moment she saw me.

Tindalos was adorable, but it was her adorableness that was troubling me, unfortunately.

”Tiro, you don't have to always be using [Human Transformation], you know.”

Imitating Kuina, I referred to Tindalos as Tiro.

Calling a monster by a nickname wasn't the same as naming it. There were no risks but also no benefits. It was just a more convenient way of referring to the said monster.

Thankfully, Tiro seemed to like her nickname.

”Garuuu ♪”

This child should have been smart enough to understand what I just said, yet she hasn't reverted back to her dog form.

She must have some kind of aim or something to remain like this. Oh well, whatever for now. Before anything else, I have to talk with Marcho. If there's anyone that knows how Tiro can use [Human Transformation], it's gotta be her, the master of the [Beast] medal.

Speaking of, Marcho was busy drinking her black tea in front of me when she suddenly broke into a smile and said something.

”My, my. Aren't you quite popular with the little kids, Pedocell?”

The misunderstanding from before should have already been cleared, and yet here she's still teasing me with ridiculous nickname.

”For crying out loud, didn't I already explain that what happened earlier was beyond my control!?”

”Yeah, yeah. I'm just kidding, alright? So, anyway, I'm guessing you want to know how that kid can use [Human Transformation] despite the fact that the medals you've used to make her doesn't have anything to do with that skill, yeah? Well, the reason's simple, really: that kid is Tindalos.”

I know that she's Tindalos; what I want to know is how she has [Human Transformation]. But it's Marcho. I'm she has a good explanation.

”Would you please elaborate?”

”I've read about that kid in a certain book in the [Creator]'s library. According to it, a Hound of Tindalos is pretty much what you wanted, a hound that crosses over to subspaces and manipulates time.”

I nodded to that. It was exactly the possibility that I wanted out of the countless possibilities offered to me, so I grabbed hold of it.

”However, that kid isn't a Hound of Tindalos. It's a being that transcends even that. What I'm saying is, that girl is Tindalos itself.”

”I… I see.”