121 DxD 0121: Building Willpower

By the time the first hour passed, Koneko wasn't anywhere close to Abaddon, having been repeatedly thrown outside after being tortured to breathlessness and tears.

This time, just as she freed herself, the branch, instead of throwing her outside, threw her toward Abaddon. Before she realized it, she found her face colliding with Abaddon's chest as he hugged her while she heaved and took heavy breaths.

After the horrible hour that she'd had to endure, Koneko was shivering as she basked in the warmth of Abaddon's loving hug. He caressed the top of her head and gently kneaded her ears every once in a while, making her purr comfortably as she hugged him back.

When she somewhat recovered she asked, "Why can't I break through the branches with my Touki initially but they break when I try after a while?" She couldn't help but ask. When she entered the second time, she was ready for what was about to come and unleashed her full strength when the branch wrapped around her wrist, but it was useless. She couldn't break through even after trying multiple times and found herself immobilized once again as two brushes started tickling her relentlessly once again.

"The branches are designed to get weaker with time." Abaddon said, "I don't just want to tickle torture you. I want you to keep trying, so I made the spell work in a way that the branches slowly get weaker with time."

"Oh," Koneko had hints of disappointment when she heard that, "I thought I was getting that much stronger in that time…" She almost pouted, making Abaddon laugh a little.

"Honey…" He pinched her chin and gently made her look up at his face, "You are getting stronger," He kissed her nose as hints of a smile crept up on her lips, "A lot stronger," He kissed her cheek this time, making her giggle a little, "But it's not the time when you are restrained that you boost your spirit." He kissed her chin this time as she smiled with a peaceful look in her eyes, "It's when you try again that your Touki receives the greatest boost." He finally pecked her lips and Koneko happily reciprocated by sucking his lips.

A few seconds later, when Abaddon separated from Koneko's delectable lips, he said, "When you overcome your resistance to the difficult experience that awaits you and persevere and keep going, that's when your Touki receives the best boost." He told her with another peck on her lips. When he separated from her lips, Koneko's head moved toward him, wanting to enjoy the kiss for longer. She got embarrassed when she realized what she'd just done and looked down with a blush.

"All right, you've had enough of a break. Time to get back to training." He told her while patting her shoulder and slightly pushing her away.

She put her hand over his and looked up at him with big golden eyes, "Motivation…"

"Yes yes. I'll make you cum while making out with you if you can get to me." Abaddon chuckled, "Now get going."

Just as Koneko nodded with determination she found herself being grasped by multiple branches and was flung away from Abaddon's warm embrace to the starting point.

As she readied herself, Abaddon looked at her and examined her aura, 'She's already increased her prowess by 50%… We'll hit the ten-times mark in no time at this pace.' Abaddon nodded with a proud smile, happy with Koneko's progress.

He continued working on his spells as Koneko jumped back into the hell that kept grinding her willpower.

…

By the time the day ended, Koneko was nowhere close to Abaddon and kept getting ensnared by the vines and branches that grew out of the Destruction trees. Without fail, she always ended up in a similar situation with her libs restrained and two brushes assaulting her with merciless tickling.

By the end, when she was thrown out of the maze of destruction pillars, instead of falling on the ground, she found herself in Abaddon's arms as he caught her, "We're done for today…" He told her as she nuzzled her face into his chest while shivering weakly.

Abaddon brought her back to bed and lay down beside her. Koneko turned to the side in his direction, "I couldn't reach you…" She said with a sad tone as she saw him turning to face her while lying on his side.

"Of course, you couldn't," Abaddon smiled and pulled her in his arms, hugging her tightly as her legs tangled with his and her face got buried under his head in the crook of his neck, "It's made such that it should take you some days to clear the first stage."

Koneko found it a little hard to breathe, but she was feeling his warmth too comfortable to move her head away from the spot under his head, "Mm…" She responded to his words with a quiet hum.

"But you still did very well. It's just the first day and you've already increased your prowess by around three times what we started with," Abaddon praised her with a smile before slipping his hand under her tank top. He started caressing her back as Koneko purred cutely, encouraging him to continue. He brought his other hand to her head and started caressing her ears, making her wiggle a little.

After a few light caresses that warmed Koneko up, Abaddon grasped Koneko's hair and gently pulled her face away from his neck before pressing his lips against hers, kissing her passionately. She was too tired to reciprocate with the same energy, but her passion was unmistakable as she returned the kiss as best as she could.

It didn't take long before Abaddon's hand crept down to her leggings and slipped under them to reach her core. He started caressing her there, making her moan as his tongue invaded her mouth. She continued releasing light moans as he dominated her tongue, teasing her relentlessly.

It didn't take long for Koneko to lose herself in the pleasure as her eyes rolled back into her head and she came with a squirt, drenching her leggings as she fainted to sleep. Abaddon whispered in her ear, "This is what's waiting for you when you reach the end, so hurry up, okay?" He kissed her forehead as he saw her eyes droop.

"Mm…" She let out a faint hum and fell asleep.

…

The next few days passed by with Koneko and Abaddon following the same pattern. Koneko would unsuccessfully try to get through the maze to reach Abaddon while he would quietly meditate in the center. He allowed her to rest with him for a few minutes after every hour to make sure that she wouldn't get too mentally taxed by the training. He also reinforced her drive during this process and made sure that she would keep doing her best and get her Touki to increase as much as she could.

Sadly though, after the first day, her progress inevitably slowed down. Since she hadn't ever done any focused training for her Touki, the initial benefits were tremendous allowing her to increase her prowess by a factor of three times on the first day. But in the subsequent days, her progress inevitably got slower. By the fourth day, she was only able to get to five times her original Touki prowess.

It was this threshold that Abaddon had set for her to be able to break through the branches and vines instantly. Usually, she would only be able to break through them after being forced to endure a round of tickle torture before they weakened. But now, she was able to break through the branch in the instant that it grasped her wrist. Though surprised for a moment, she reacted quickly and kept moving, dodging as many of the branches as she could and breaking through the rest.

Finally, she jumped high up and broke through two branches, colliding with Abaddon, and making him lose his breath. Her head directly rammed into his stomach, startling him and making him cough a few times as he recovered from the assault. He instinctively wrapped his arms around Koneko when she reached him and looked at her with a wry yet proud expression, "You did well…" He praised her with a pat on her head.

"Nyaa…" She purred happily as her ears twitched and her tail kept swishing around from side to side to show her happiness, "I did it…" She panted and took a few deep breaths after having to run through the intense obstacle course. A few seconds later, she looked up at him with starry eyes filled with glee and a bright smile on her face.

"You look so cute that I just want to smother you…" Abaddon hugged her tight enough for her to yelp as she found her face buried in the crook of his neck, "Let's take a break and continue training tomorrow." Abaddon said and he teleported from his seat to the bed with Koneko in his arms.

Before she realized it, his hands were slipped under her top and caressing her breasts, teasing her relentlessly.

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