Time

I felt the girl's breathing in my arms break and then return to normal, giving me an indication that she was awake.

'I can't believe she's making me carry her'

I let a smile appear on the corner of my mouth before showing her that I knew she was awake.

"I think I'll throw it into a hot fire to get rid of the evidence"

I felt her body stiffen in my arms and shrink away.

"You have to improve your acting"

he said as he started laughing at how she reacted

She looked at me resentfully as she tried to get out of my arms but I didn't let her.

"A woman like me can protect herself and walk alone"

smiles scornfully

"Brand new like that?"

I said as I put her on her feet, but her legs gave out and she started to fall forward, I picked her up again and looked at her amused.

"How do you say?"

She started to blush before looking away in embarrassment.

"Thanks..."

I felt strangely satisfied with that word before we continued on our way in silence.

'How can she help me? I have to know better about common knowledge and also she would never be a threat to me, and by the way'

I decided to break the silence while walking, the dark forest making me 100% alert.

"How do your powers work?"

She looked at me with fear, probably thinking if I was going to force her to talk.

"It's just so we can work together, but if you don't want to talk, I won't force you."

She remained silent for a while

"Thanks again"

We continued walking for a while in comfortable silence.

'Strange, I feel like... somehow I've known her for a long time'

We walked for a while, the forest getting darker and darker due to the size of the trees

when I stopped abruptly, and a deep voice sounded in my ear

"If you move you die, come back and don't look back man"

I felt the warm liquid of my blood coming down from the blade in contact with my neck when

"Take two deep breaths to show you understand"

I obeyed the commands and went back the way I came

After a while I started running to see if I wasn't being followed,

I took a deep breath of relief and continued on my way

"We were lucky, thank you for not fighting"

I looked at the girl in my arms and waved

when I heard some growls around

I saw several eyes behind the bushes

'did they hide their presence?'

I remembered the wolves surrounding my village and I furrowed my eyebrows

I started running to break the wolves' formation

when one of them went flying like a bullet, its legs strengthened with mana making me dodge

'Damn with her here I won't be able to fight'

"Can you use your ability to protect yourself?"

I asked while looking at her with doubt.

she shook her head at my question

"Yes."

"So, good luck"

I grabbed her by the torso and threw her as high as I could and took my eyes off her as I saw them approaching

I let out an innocent smile as I released my aura, the first wolf in the row took a step back unconsciously

"Apparently there will be meat today hehe"

I put my hand on the tree next to me and released it from the ground with my bare hands.

Noticing the opening, the wolves started running towards me, but not in time to stop me from taking out my unnecessarily large stick.

I hit the first line of wolves and several cries echoed

Memories started to float in my head, the image of the blood on the walls, the flame made me lose control

I entered a state of flow while I only acted reflexively

"TAKE IT OFF ON THE WOLVES SINCE YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO KILL THAT GROUP, RIGHT YOU BOY?"

I heard the voice of the child I let die making me feel even more furious

I kept attacking attacking attacking attacking attacking

I felt a touch on my back when I instinctively turned around with a punch, I saw the face of the person I was supposed to protect being hit by my punch and flying

I felt my heart sink as I ran towards her, I caught her in my arms as I tried my best to infuse her with my mana.

"I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry"

I heard a noise behind me and quickly summoned khan's cloudy sword

a guy with big white hair dressed in a strange outfit and a strange watch on his arm

He looked at me and then frowned and pointed at me.

I put her behind me and I put myself in front of her

"How the fuck did it take you so long to come?"

I raised an eyebrow as I pointed the sword at him

"I do not know you"

He started laughing like it was a joke

"No more jokes herran, this is very unfair"

he said as he took a step forward I raised my sword and pointed it towards him letting my bloodlust come out

"One more step and you're dead"

I swung my blade towards his neck after another step but he simply stood still and my blade hit the air

"Wasn't your village somewhere else?"

I got into a fighting stance, prepared to take this seriously when he studied me and stopped abruptly

"You really don't know me?"

I shook my head in denial, feeling the rebound effect of my skills

"Shit herran, you promised man,"

He kicked a tree and I could see it crumpling and then regenerating as if it had never been hit.

"I'm going crazy, holy shit"

he said as he kicked the tree again before seeming to realize something

He looked at the girl on the floor curiously and then at me with a strange smile.

"Never seen that one before huh, how did you find it?"

I remained silent, not wanting to clap for a crazy person

he started to smile and punched his own hand as if he had killed the idea

"Okay, I'll help you find the dungeons you want, in exchange you'll continue working on what you were working on?"

I furrowed my eyebrows tightly

'How does he know all this? Is he a survivor? but that's not possible, I would have found him'

"Come on, we don't have all day, and you know that petty girls don't like visitors"

he said as he walked back the way we came and then pointed to the darkness where there were a few pairs of eyes watching us.

I picked her up and started following this crazy person, but ready to attack him if he showed hostility,

when I followed him into a cave

'and here we go to another closed place, I feel like that superhero without powers'

Did he sit on a couch?

and looked at me waiting for me to start the conversation

"Well, what am I supposed to help you with?"

I decided to get straight to the point to try to understand what I was getting into

"Well, it will be strange for you to hear it for the first time like all the others but I am blessed with a curse"

I started to frown angrily and opened my mouth to speak but he interrupted me by raising his hand.

"I was chosen by chronos to have time, which means every time I die, time rewinds

'Holy shit what a broken skill'

"And why would that be a curse, you ingrate?"

For the first time he furrowed his eyebrows and pointed his finger at me

"You son of a bitch, AM I UNGRATEFUL?, TELL ME HOW, I'VE BEEN ALIVE FOR A LONG TIME, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OUT BECAUSE THIS ALREADY HAPPENED LAST YEAR, LAST MONTH, PAST LIFE, TODAY OR TOMORROW?"

He started to scream while releasing his aura as well

"We men are not made to live that long, don't you understand that what this pervert wants is just to see how much I can last?"

he started laughing madly

"Hehe but I have a plan"

I got chills when I heard him say that...