ENTRY 46
All "lessons" were canceled until further notice. S1 is gone. N2 is gone. A1 is the only instructor remaining, and for obvious reasons, she will no longer make a good teacher. All of the subjects despise her for the death she's caused. It's a miracle she's found herself a partner – I doubted any subject would feel "safe" with her close by.
I do not know why I bothered teaching any of them how to fight. They will not be participating in the war. The true soldiers will be grown from my six remaining teeth. None of these subjects ever needed to practice their attacks. None of them ever needed to die.
Ever since the sparring accident, the common hours have been much quieter. Not only are a third of the subjects gone, but those remaining seem less inclined to talk. It's as if a shadow has fallen over them. This has been their first encounter with the concept of death, and it has left a scar on all of them.
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It's…wrong to keep them all trapped down here. It has to be. My studies are essential to the safety and well-being of the populous, but that is my only justification. It does not permit me to keep these monsters here any longer than is absolutely necessary.
But was it wrong of me to delay their freedom by teaching them how to read, how to communicate, how to defend themselves? Was it wrong to try to bring some measure of joy into their lives? Look at where my efforts have gotten me: eight dead skeletons and not a spark of joy to be found.
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I've abandoned all of my previous distractions: the teaching, the training, the side-tests to satisfy my own curiosity. This has allowed me to finally complete the biological surveys. I no longer need to put the subjects through spectergraph scans or take magic samples. We can move onto the extensive, arduous stat tests.
I narrowed my efforts down to four critical stats: HP, ATK, DEF, and SPEED. Since any monster can determine any other monster's HP with a simple CHECK, I only need to run tests on the three remaining stats. However, I must run enough trials to ensure accurate data. Each phase of testing could take months.
I will begin without delay. It is fitting that I will start with the SPEED tests.