《Time Travel System》


 1. Oneshot

    On a cold morning, I cycled to deliver newspapers to the residential area, accompanied by the sound of birds and crickets that had already awoken.


    "Hi, uncle. Hi, aunty,"


    "Oh, hi Nathan, still full of spirit as usual when delivering the newspaper,"


    Although still early, many people are waking up in this residential area. The elderly have walked and jogging alongside the road and the children are getting ready for school.


    Every morning I greet familiar people when I was delivering thenewspaper, well I familiar with most people here and was known by others as being quite friendly.


    Although I was never short of money I still tried to work odd jobs. Besides getting extra money, I also try to maintain my stamina and strength.


    After I finished delivering the newspaper I went back and took cold water bath to get rid of my sweat and eat to replenish my energy.


    "Huff, full time, it''s time to take a break after cleaning this cutlery,"


    I finally cleaning the place to eat and washing dishes, it has become a habit for me not to leave something messy.


    After finished cleaning everything I surf the internet. Even though my house is in the suburbs of the city I installing both internet networks and cable tv, but I prefer to find information on internet forums rather than watching television.


    While surfing I had a lot of arguments with anonymous people, mostly about the little things that if we quarreled about it in the real world people would stare at us like some crazy person.


    [Devilman: Oh yeah have you seen a crazy forum about someone finds gold sheets with weird writing in the ruins?]


    ¡­


    [Groots: Isn''t that just a lie? even the letter alone is very cryptic]


    [Devilman: I''m also skeptical about that thing, but the founder of that ruin is the famous archeologist, Ford. After they examine the book with carbon decay or something, it is said that book is over 3000 years old]


    [Stargirl: Is that mean the book is definitely authentic?]


    [CuteGorilla: Well, if that''s true this is the oldest book I''ve ever known]


    [Devilman: Yeah, but there''s a chance it''s just a joke of an ancient creature]


    [StarGirl: We are too fast 6000 years to find the book]


    [Devilman: What do you mean?]


    [StarGirl: Well, I just want to try to say "It''s over 9000!!!"]


    [Devilman: ... (¨p? Òæ ?)]


    [CuteGorilla: ... ?_?]


    [NeverLetYouGo: What book do you mean Devilman?]


    [Devilman: Okay, I''ll try to send you the link]


    I open the link sent by Devilman and look at the photo of the gold sheets. strange letters filled the sheets, which I had never seen before.


    ''There are many strange things in this world''


    The researchers don''t know how to interpret the letters, especially with the many letters has lost that make research stopped. They can only deduce the origin of the sheet and how old it is.


    I was curious about the sheets and I opened one by one the photos on the link. Once I read the last sheet, I felt a stinging pain in my head made me want to fall asleep.


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    ''Looks like I''ve been surfing the internet for too long''


    I also took the headache medicine and tried to sleep, I did not feel my eyelids getting heavy and soon I fell asleep.


    [Initialize system]


    [0% ... 1%]


    ...


    [99% ... 100%]


    [Initialization finished]


    [Welcome to the system]


    [Skill Gained: Time Control]


    ===


    I opened my eyes slowly, it was late afternoon, I saw in front of my eyes there are two lines of sentence floating in the air. When I woke the two sentences remained in front of my eyes.


    ''Is this a system they often use as a story plot in novels?''


    I tried to get rid of the sentence with my hand, but the screen did not move. I tried other hand gestures, and the screen was still silent on the spot.


    Finally, I tried with my mind to get rid of the screen and it worked.


    ''Okay, now what''


    I closed my eyes and tried to think of bringing the window to my sight.


    * Ding *


    After the sound of the notification, I opened my eyes and saw the system window return.


    [Congratulations Nathan, you''ve been chosen to inherit the power of the system]


    [Do you want to see your status?]


    [Yes / No]


    I tried to tap Yes but nothing happened.


    ''I''m stupid, this system uses my thought as its input'',I closed my eyes one more time and tried to think about Yes.


    * Ding *


    After I heard the sound I tried to see the windows system in front of me.


    [Name: Nathan Gibson


    Age : 17 years


    Element: Time (Mythic)


    Level: Colorless


    Strength: 11


    Dexterity: 9


    Stamina: 10


    Intelligence: 18


    Wisdom: 20]


    I see the status stunned, especially when I see the element column there is one word that makes all gamers happy for weeks, Mythic. A level above everything, even above the legendary for most games. Moreover, the type of element is time, it is the most OP capabilities in every novel story and usually only used by the final boss.


    I tried to bring up the skill window he had without closing his eyes


    * Ding *


    [Skill: Time Control (0%)]


    ''It worked, so I did not have to close my eyes to show the windows system. I need to try to use this skill to make sure it¡¯s not my hallucination''


    ''Time Control'' He tried to focus his mind on using the skill.


    In the room is silent no change whatsoever.


    ''Hmm, wait a minute''


    I look toward the clocks that do not move at all. The clocks are new so implausible it''s broken. After all, if the clocks are broken it isn''t possible to happen to all the clocks at this time.


    After I finished observing the situation I tried to control other things, like dropping water and doing other experiments. I knew I could even slow down and speed up the time, whatmoreamazing is I could rewind time. What a very OP power indeed.


    * Ding *


    After a long experiment with my new power, there was a new notification from the system. I tried to see what new message there is.


    [Proficiency of Time Control has reached maximum]


    ''What, so fast''


    [Skill Gained: Time Travel]


    "Wait a minute, is time travel even possible?"


    [Yes]


    "Wait, you can answer my question?"


    [Yes]


    "Why did not you say that?"


    [You never ask]


    "...", I can only be silent to see the answer from the system.


    "Well, I do not want to be too deep about timey wimey stuff. Is there no danger when I do time travel, like Paradox or maybe if I go to the past or future, am I will be in outer space? considering the earth is in a different position,"


    [There will be no problem with time travel capability]


    [If anything is harmful to you in the destination, the system will create Warning sign]


    "Oh yeah, what about the destination I visited? Will there be any damage there?"


    [In your destination will only occur electronic interruption briefly and a small earthquake. So there won''t any major damage]


    "Very well then, time to experiment"


    ...


    [Warning: Your destination is the earth''s crust. Time travel skill canceled]


    "Huff, how many times I failed to use this skill"


    Without being felt, it''s already nighttime. His head was dizzy because of too often using his skill, he showered and refreshed his head. He sits in a chair sipping warm tea getting ready for bed.


    ''Ah, it seems starting tomorrow I will stop working''


    After he gained this power, he decided to stop working. Many adventures await him and with hispower,all of that will come true. Hunting dinosaurs, met knights and kings, future robots, aliens and also stared at the destruction of the sun if possible.


    With this power, he need not worry about money. If he needs somemoney, he can just buy a lottery ticket or maybe invest in a venture before becoming a giant company, like G**gle or *pple. With this power coupled with a little patience he even has the ability to control the entire world economy.


    ''With this power, I can even form history as I wishes. If I want to wreck the world, I can make repeated chernobyl incidents in many places or maybe make the Hitler win in World War 2, it''s all easy. But if I want world peace, I can kill the greatest dictators in history before they grow up, stop the stupid decision makers among the military top brass. Or maybe just conquer the entire world for myselfand If I fail, I can repeat it over and over until I get the results I want.''


    ''Wait a minute, if I can control the world economy with this power. There may be people with the same ability trying to control the world right now. Heck, maybe even now this world has already controlled without being noticed ''


    Realizing the dreadful possibilities of this power, he tried to organize his thoughts.


    ''But how do I know who the owner of that power is?''


    ''...''


    ''Ah, that''s easy. I just need to visit the future and see who is the most influential there. After determining who he is and whether he has the same power as mine, I will kill him when he has not comprehended his ability. Problem solved''


    Deep during the thought, not knowing the time passes and it''s already 11 o''clock. The dogs howled to make the atmosphere even more creepy.


    ''It''s time for me to sleep''


    When he wanted to get up from his chair suddenly all the lights of his house died and not long after the electricity house flowed again.


    A few seconds after the light''s on there was a small earthquake around his house, and the back door of his house squeaked.


    There was a cold wind blowing his neck and nape hair on his neck stood up. When he wanted to turn around the sound of footsteps behind him.


    * click *


    There was a gun behind him ready to shoot


    "Goodbye, Nathan the Tyrant"

 2. Threeshot

    *BANG*


    "F*ck"


    *Shiiing*


    The firing sound of the gun echoed loudly, but luckily I had time for evading the bullet to the right by rewinding my chair time.


    I turned around and facing him. Watch out if he suddenly shoots again.


    Whoever this person, he is not playing around. He already wants to kill me on sight, and I don¡¯t think there even any chance for negotiations.


    Just earlier, I wanted to check what happened at point zero, maybe ask for a lesson or two with another fellow time traveler. You know, like when is the most exciting time to go to, advice on what not to do when coming to a particular period or maybe there is any history that I should not touch, like ever.


    But suddenly he was already behind me even before I get up from my seat, ready to fire his weapon.


    The person in front of me unmistakably is not affected by my time stop. I''m not sure if this is because of his natural ability or because of his strange black metallic uniform, but one thing for sure, he is hostile.


    "I guess there''s no way you leave me alive?"


    * BANG *


    I dodged another bullet with speeding up wood decomposition on the floor, creating a hole for me to fall directly to the first floor, barely missing another dead touch.


    [Seriously? Why would he leave you alive? It is hard to time travel you know]


    "I do not know man, okay. A man must try, I assume it''s easy doing time travel, maybe he came because of our small dispute and want to give me a lesson while I still weak."


    Perhaps because of tension, I unconsciously gave the system my defense.


    "Ariel, I will bring Nathan''s head in your grave"


    Moments later the man jumped off from the second floor and murmured with an audible sound.


    [It seems not just a small dispute]


    "I know, I f*cked hard"


    Well, it looks like negotiation is off the table, so my choice is just beat him or bluff my way out.


    I doubt I can beat an armed man with a full armor all over his body, so I''ll try to bluff him.


    "I do not know who you are, but you push my button too far. If you continue this charade, I''ll search for your origin and hunt your family, friends and all you care about"


    I put on my most convincing face and stared into his eyes.


    [Why are you antagonizing him]


    ''It''s called bluffing''


    "Hou, I do not doubt that, but to think you already very cocky this young"


    ''I don''t believe its work''


    "Yeah, I''m cocky¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡®Damn, he looks angrier, what¡¯s next¡¯


    ¡°I''m the cockiest person I know. You know why? because I like to eat cock every day"


    "What?"


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    "Oh yeah, they''re the most delicious thing I ever eat. I fried them, made soup or something else. Whatever the kind, I''ll eat all of the cock every day. There is nothing I love more than cock"


    [Stop]


    "Stop, I think the word you want is chicken"


    "What, why? ...., Oooh, right, that does not come out as good as I think"


    [What even you were thinking]


    ¡°I don''t know. I''m panic, okay"


    [..., I''ll just search for help, if there even exist in the first place]


    "Good. Do that, wait who do you want to call?"


    * BANG *


    "Enough"


    Annoyed by my bullshit, he finally fired the bullet once again.


    * Clang *


    "Huff, I didn''t believe it worked"


    I successfully deflected the bullet he fired in the last moment. I''m sure he uses a unique weapon that is not affected by my time-based ability, so I try another approach and don''t use the skill directly to his body.


    I stop all atom molecular vibrations in the air and speed up decrease of air temperature in front of me into zero kelvins. The air becomes rock solid when it reaches the absolute zero, and I used it as my shield and redirected the bullet.


    * Ding *


    [Your Mastery of Time Control Skill Improved]


    [Sub-Skill Time Control Window Unlocked]


    [Time Decelerate - Lv 1 (Max)]


    [Time Accelerate - Lv 2 (0%)]


    [Time Stop - Lv 2 (0%)]


    [Time Rewind - Lv 1 (Max)]


    ''What, I recall my time control capability has reached its maximum, well, I''ll check it later''


    I immediately closed the new window and focused on the man in front of me, he looked quite stunned, and his expression becomes ugly.


    "You are very dangerous. I acknowledge that. Despite not even one day after you get this power, your mastery already this high. It seems the rumor that you have mythic talent from the beginning is true"


    *Bang Bang Bang*


    He fired the bullet three times to my left and right. After reaching beside me, suddenly the bullet turned and headed towards me.


    "Sh*t"


    * Clang *


    I had timely made a shield, but he ran towards me and taking out a black sword and trying to cut my head.


    * Clang *


    I had time to make a temporary protector around my neck, but without pause, he kicked me in my stomach while slashing my hand.


    "F*ck, am I going to die there?"


    I cursed seeing my right hand get cut off, I tried rewinding time to restore my hand, but there no results.


    ''Well, that''s as expected. If I am affected by my own power, when I stop the time before I won''t be able to move and die stupidly without even realizing his attacks''


    I saw him smirking when he saw my hand cut off, he rushed to me again and swung his sword.


    With great difficulty, I managed to follow his movement and make a shield in front of attacked body parts.


    ''Time for a counterattack''


    There is always a weakness that does not change in every armor made. It is the vital members of the body.


    He continued to attack me without ceasing and sometimes he back down when I freeze air in front of his eyes, not long after he finally stabbed my chest into my lungs, I immediately freeze the air around the sword and make him can''t withdrawing his sword.


    He let go of his sword when he saw his sword can''t be pulled from my chest, and then smirked knowing it is a fatal wound, but one thing he did not realize that from the start I am gradually stuck his joint armor with solid air.


    "Ugh, what happened"


    When he realized something immobilized him, he was stunned for a moment but then smiled.


    "HAAAAAAA"


    When he shouts, his armor turns reddish. It looks moments later he will be able to move again.


    "You think you can stop me just with this?, I''m different from you now, the element I have is not just the time"


    He starts talking about his superiority, but who''s stupid enough to wait for him to move. I instantly freeze the air into a sword and cut off his head.I saw him smirking when he saw my hand cut off, he rushed to me again and swung his sword.


    With great difficulty, I managed to follow his movement and make a shield in front of attacked body parts.


    ''Time for a counterattack''


    There is always a weakness that does not change in every armor made. It is the vital members of the body.


    He continued to attack me without ceasing and sometimes he back down when I freeze air in front of his eyes, not long after he finally stabbed my chest into my lungs, I immediately freeze the air around the sword and make him can''t withdrawing his sword.


    He let go of his sword when he saw his sword can''t be pulled from my chest, and then smirked knowing it is a fatal wound, but one thing he did not realize that from the start I am gradually stuck his joint armor with solid air.


    "Ugh, what happened"


    When he realized something immobilized him, he was stunned for a moment but then smiled.


    "HAAAAAAA"


    When he shouts, his armor turns reddish. It looks moments later he will be able to move again.


    "You think you can stop me just with this?, I''m different from you now, the element I have is not just the time"


    He starts talking about his superiority, but who''s stupid enough to wait for him to move. I instantly freeze the air into a sword and cut off his head.


    His head fell on the floor, with his eyes doubting what happened. Killed by someone he thinks weaker and can''t believe someone don''t have any dilemma in his first kill.


    * Ding *


    [Battle is over]


    [Calculating ...]


    [Strength +1.2]


    [Dexterity +2.5]


    [Stamina +3.1]


    [Intellegence +0.1]


    [Wisdom +0.2]


    [Congratulation! You managed to kill another person with same element]


    [Skill Gained : Time Aura]


    [Time Power Unlocked]


    [Max Time Power +110]


    [Time Power Replenished]


    "Whew, that''s tiring. There are so many windows that appear"


    ''Well, the priority is to treat my wound''


    I decided to go to the hospital because there were not enough tools to take care of this wound, not to mention my severed hand.


    I will check the system windows while walking.


    Maybe there will be a bit of a fuss, but with my ability, I can rewinding time easily after being treated.


    I took my cloak and prepared to go to the hospital without plucking the sword that still stuck in my chest.


    "You must f*cking kidding me"


    When I look from the front door, I see all residential area become flat turning into a vast field surrounding my house.


    I did not realize because of the fight, but all the voice is gone, the sound of frogs, crickets, even the dog howls had not been heard again. Make the atmosphere creepier from before.


    From afar I saw a lot of well-armed men standing with black metallic armor like the one who attacked me before.


    They all look at me with hatred and contempt, and their guns already pointed at me, ready to be fired anytime.


    ¡°READY¡±


    Someone with a silvery metallic armor stood between them yelling.


    "SHOOOOT"

 3. Series of shot

    I saw many firearms aimed at me, probably because of the adrenaline from the previous battle I immediately set up layers of protection in front of me.


    * Crack * * Crack *


    They were easily destroying my first layer of air shield, and so are the subsequent layers, within a few seconds almost half of the protection I made has been lost.


    "They really want to kill me swiftly."


    [Whoa, really? Are your middle name Sherlock by the way]


    "Shut your sarcasm down system. I''m just monologuing"


    [¡¥\_(¥Ä)_/¡¥]


    More and more of my shield shattered as time pass, I know that I must keep my composure and start thinking for my way of survival, but when seeing enemies movement, I can''t help being uneasy. They already block all possible road to run away, and there even some team ready with their sword in their hands.


    [I wonder if I choose the wrong host?]


    "What do you mean?"


    [You are quickly surprised by little things like this, it''s not a good quality to survive]


    "Oh, I''m sorry, I should not be surprised when little things like people from the future want to kill me, I''m sure a good man will do better in the face of death, that''s my bad, good advice system. Your ass"


    [t( -_- t )]


    I keep making new shields while arguing with the system. I notice that my shield shattered faster than I can make it.


    Okay, I know situations are quite dangerous right now, I have rather severe wounds, and one of my hands is cut off. I need to hide from these soldiers temporarily and arrange my thoughts.


    I don''t know why, although I''m a little panicky I can still think the right priorities to be done.


    ''But the real question is how to distract them''


    I do not have smoke bombs or flashbang at my house, and I doubt that can be useful against them.


    "Calm down, Nathan, don''t think like an ordinary person, think like a time-controller. What kind of power can you use to confuse them?"


    I was thinking about using my abilities as a time-controller. Maybe Time Aura somehow can be useful, but I don''t have a chance to try how it works right now, so I need to focus on skills that I already proficient.


    "..."


    [¨q (¡¤ ? ¡¤) ?]


    "..."


    ===


    *BANG* *BANG*


    Gunfire noises reverberating in the darkness of night, just illuminated by the moon, many of the firearms fired by my platoon to kill Nathan the Tyrant.


    Plain to see their hateful faces want to eliminate the target. Well, it''s natural considering that everybody here has a deep grudge toward Nathan. The slaughter of the universe where we live, the death of our loved one or the loss of all the reputation and wealth that we have built in our lifetime, all of the cruelties many tyrants, you name it, won''t even near Nathan cruelties.


    Everyone here has something in common, our hatred for Nathan and the time element that prevents us from losing our memory in any alterations of the timeline.


    One quick fact, the people killed by Nathan will be lost forever from the timeline, they can not be saved, and no one can remember them with a few exceptions, us. We cannot forget all Nathan atrocities, although he rewinds the time, again and again, we still remember it.


    Every shout of our family, every cry of our babies, every sacrifice from our subordinates, all of that won''t be forgotten as if it just happened yesterday. It all happens because of Nathan''s avarice that wants to conquer the whole multiverse.


    From all the existing multiverse, even owners of time element with common talent are something rare, imagine the scarcity of time element owners with Mythic talent from the start.


    In the history of the entire multiverse, it is common knowledge for us that only two people have Mythic talents in the element of time since the beginning, Nathan and Travis.If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    Unlike Nathan, Travis doesn''t use his power as he pleases. He gathers time elements users from all the multiverse whose lives were ruined by Nathan and formed a revolutionary army against his tyranny.


    But even Travis along with his elite troops lost and died when he wanted to kill Nathan. They are not so stupid to directly attack Nathan. They use many tactics, such as killing Nathan''s past, taking Nathan''s loved ones, and other tricks. However, Nathan''s ability makes all tactics and strategies futile.


    The people who are here now, are the remaining troops of the revolutionary army. Not considered by Nathan as a direct threat and not worth his time.


    And that''s true. We can not hurt Nathan in any form. Even if we killed the past Nathan it would change nothing, Nathan would still live with his protective abilities.


    It made us sink deeper into despair. We had no place called home and had to hide from Nathan''s men, moving from one universe to another regularly.


    One day, as we migrated into another universe, we met Senwyn. Travis''s right hand when he led the revolutionary troops, she escaped from Nathan and his men ambush at the last moment, but even as strong as she is, she still got critical injuries in the process.


    She continues to hide and travel to another time and place regularly. Until one day she discovered that there was a completely separate and newly created timeline of a parallel multiverse. Where the future is still not fixed, and we still can eliminating Nathan from that timeline forever.


    Senwyn chooses to give up her wars against Nathan on our timeline and gather the leftover revolutionary army to go to this newly created multiverse and kill Nathan before he becomes a tyrant. Even though we can''t change our multiverse destiny, we hope there is at least a multiverse where Nathan doesn''t exist.


    But travelling to this multiverse will take a considerably long time, the stronger the person, the longer the time it needs to arrive in this multiverse.


    So we planned to hide first and wait until all armies appeared before attack Nathan, but Jack, the one who crossed first could not resist his hatred and attacked Nathan, alone.


    I became increasingly angry at Jack, he underestimated Nathan and die just like that, making us lose the element of surprise and everyone not yet crossed into this multiverse, making army strength not maximized.


    But what happens is irrevocable, I as a leader must be dynamic when facing uncertainty, altering the initial plan and ordering my men to ambush Nathan even though not everyone has crossed.


    "Team B and D, shoot in turns, do not stop, remember our target has a talent Mythic at his time element"


    I am yelling giving reminders to my platoon. Although I don''t think it''s necessary to remind them, I still need them to be organized.


    Seeing the speed of the protective shatter faster than Nathan creating them, I believe it is nearing the end, but I still prepare some of my men to get ready with their swords to attack from close range if something went wrong, despite he still weak now, he remains Nathan, the Tyrant.


    "What the f*ck is Nathan do this time"


    I hear my subordinate cursing beside me, he is a person with better perception than me, I know from his tone that something very wrong is happening.


    *blup* *blup*


    From the ground, some water comes out, initially only a little but then more and more out from the ground. After a while, the water drops stopped moving, even though they were small in size, but they were enough to make our view obscure.


    "This is Impossible, no record says Nathan has the ability to control water when his power awaken"


    "This is not a water control ability, there is no water element in it"


    "Then what?"


    "I don''t know too"


    Remarks from my men are accurate, he should not have water element or anything to do with it right now, and there is no sign of the water element here. But one thing is for sure he has a time element.


    "He rewinds the weather to a few days earlier when it''s raining, do not stop your shots he wants to distract us", I yelled at them again, reminding them not to stop firing.


    This is the highest possibility of what he is doing now, there is no time to prove my assumption. Besides, how he does this is not important, what matters is why he does this, and it''s my responsibility to read this fast and right.


    I concentrated my sights on Nathan, trying to figure out what he was up to. From the severeness of his wound he can''t run away quickly, but even if he is not injured, there are still defense parameters of my men, surrounding this place tightly.


    Nathan still looks busy trying to make his protector. Regardless of this situation, this is our victory by the book, but what is this bad feeling?


    A few seconds later something unforeseen happened, If he fights back and revealing power outside all our expectation I can still accept, but now, without any sign Nathan disappearing in front all of us, poof, and just like that he vanished.


    No suspicious movement of any kind, if I do not know more, I would think Nathan succeeded time traveling to other times, but there is no time distortion I can recognize.


    "Team C, do the plan 3B"


    I immediately took a quick decision and told some close-range fighters to get close and ready to kill Nathan. Nathan had been severely wounded and his energy had been much wasted from making that shield. Close range is our best bet right now.


    But soon after I give them my command, besides Nathan''s house, many cars reshaping from nothingness, then all of them swiftly departs on its own, wanting to run away from us.


    It was natural that Nathan wanted to run away from us and restore his energy, but cars was a bad plan to run away because it''s easy to track and find. Did Nathan make a mistake? Maybe, if he thinks he doesn''t have another choice. But if it isn''t a mistake then that means the car is just a bait and he plans to escapes elsewhere.


    "Team C let those cars leave, leave it to the defense parameters to destroy it. All of you, search anything odd nearby Nathan''s house"


    Quick decisions are necessary, and I immediately instructed to destroy cars to the defense units.


    ''Where? Where?''


    My eyes move fast, scanning all areas. A few moments later I realized that many holes had not existed previously in the ambush area.


    It''s a rather good plan, I''m not sure how he made the hole, but with this many holes and previous diversion. I can''t be sure which hole he''s entering, we have to divide the troops, but that will reduce the stress he experiences.


    "Leader, all cars already destroyed. It is really a decoy"


    Reports from my men came quickly.


    "Defense unit, stay there and standby. Kill anything passes there"


    "One hole will be entered by two people, a long-range fighter and a close-range fighter in pairs, report every half minute. If there is no report after half a minute I will decide you still facing Nathan and will send reinforcement. Do you copy?"


    "YES SIR"


    The sound of simultaneous shouting from my men is loud enough, and then they do their task right away.


    The first half-minute, things went smoothly, all platoons reporting.


    The second half-minute, still running smoothly and all platoons reporting.


    Similarly, the third minutes, fourth minutes, and so on, but at the eighth minute there was a warning shout from one of my men, not from those who entered the hole but from those on guard, those who had a sharp view saw something dangerous.


    "ALL OF YOU, PROTECT YOURSELF WITH EVERY SKILL YOU HAD, THERE A NUCLEAR BOMB"


    "The heck, seriously"


    Cursing voice from my men is heard everywhere, all of them making their own toughest protection, I doubt everyone will survive if there is a nuclear bomb here and most of us will die here.


    But a few seconds after warning, suddenly appeared some white, glowing and smoky stone chunks, dropping from the sky and passing through shields of some of my men, killing them.


    When that white chunk passing a clump of water before, which still floating in the air, everything becomes smoky and our view becomes even more obscure than earlier.


    "Everyone. Persists a bit longer, it''s indication Nathan is still nearby"


    I yelled to calming my subordinate that looked anxious, and mostly to calm myself. But not long after I screamed, the mist which was initially white because illuminated by the moon, turned orange. Something happened, and I absolutely not felt good about this.


    I looked up.


    "Son of a¡­"


    ===


    "See system, even true warrior swearing in the face of death"

 4. Countershot

    I can feel a strong breeze at my entire body, the cold weather and the thin air made it hard to breathe. I''m looking upwards and seeing the moon illuminated the nights, it''s a beautiful night if there no invasion and destruction everywhere.


    Once again, I''m closing my eyes and attempting to concentrate on this chilly night.


    [Warning: Your destination is the deep sea. Time Travel Skill canceled]


    "Why the hell? How many times have I failed to do time travel"


    I¡¯m clenching hard my hand, looking at the warning window saying I failed again to do time travel.


    * Huff * * Huff *


    Fortunately, although time travel failed, at least I managed to escape temporarily from attacks of that crazy soldiers.


    [Unbelievable, that shitty plan works]


    "It''s not a shitty plan, I thought about it carefully. You know?"


    * Huff * * Huff *


    [Why is your breath so heavy]


    "You know I''m exhausted already, but even if I don''t feel tired, in this place any ordinary person will also have trouble breathing"


    [I guess you''re right]


    When I was attacked by those fighters, I immediately thought about how I could run away from them to another safe place. But after I think twice, will I be able to escape physically from those who may have planned this raid a long time ago?


    If I¡¯m in their position, I will make plans to prevent target run away in the first place, and if with some miracle target successfully run away, I must already have the method to find them.


    So I canceled my plan to escape to another place and tried to flee to another time. Well, that''s the idea, but time travel is much harder to do than controlling time.


    Because constant failure to do time travel, I felt my energy got drained, and my head increasingly pained on each continuous failure. So I decided to hide temporarily to save and recover my power.


    Even though I must hide quickly to save my power, I still couldn¡¯t do it sloppily. So I formulate a plan that I thought have an actual possibility to successfully hide from those fighters.


    First of all, in flee 101, disturb their view perception, I rewind local weather and stopping it during heavy rain, it''s too bad in this city there never hit by a storm. But even just this first step consume more than ten percent of my energy, I could feel my energy drained over. Well, no more rewinding at this significant scale next time.


    Now, as an artistic touch, I will be vanishing like a magician. Well, rather than want, I really need to disappear from their sight to make sure they don¡¯t know where I hide. So how to do it? Well, this step is a bit tricky, and I thought it is unlikely to succeed. But after I actually tried to do it, it is somewhat easy although this later drains more my energy.


    Basic biology here, human need light to see. So I''m moving to my hiding place while stopping all light directed to me before it touches me and rewinding light to state it yet to reach me.


    I¡¯m not a scientist, so I kinda doubt it will work. But hey, man must try, and it works somehow. The downside is I can¡¯t see anything in the process, but as long I know where to run, with my home field advantage, it still beneficial towards me.


    But if I just vanished like that, they will run and easily catch me who can''t see anything. So after that, I need to create some diversions by rewinding neighbor vehicles back to normal and let them go to their owners'' job. But that still not enough, I can safely assume they capable destroy all the cars, and if they do, they will know I¡¯m not inside any of them.


    They will tighten the parameter and start frantically hunting me. I¡¯m sure sooner or later those men will find me, but of course, I prefer the later. So I will need to create a place for them to ¡°search¡± me while I hide in another location.


    With that in mind, I prepared to create many holes around my house. Many years ago, this city hit by a prolonged drought. So the residents dig many holes, hoping that one of them connected with groundwater. Although they don¡¯t see any groundwater, fortunately for them the drought is finally over, and they closed the holes because the existence of miracle invention, tap water.


    However after a long drought over, when the city resident dug wells before, they found some gold in some hole, and they start digging again. Well, unfortunately for them, after a few months they found out that is just pyrite, not I say pyrite is worthless. But still it isn¡¯t as valuable as gold, and after two years it is closed for good because it is already exhausted.


    I tried to rewind time in the specific area, and opening all closed well and mines. This time, not so much energy drained from my body, I learn that it¡¯s better to just rewind specific place than wide area, well that actually common sense when I think about it, but in my defense, I can¡¯t concentrate very much in front of armed men.


    It''s long and tedious step, but I must do all of that to survive. I gambled, and I score it.


    *Huff* *Huff*


    My breath is getting difficult by minutes, at least I successfully hide from those assailants. The situation is relatively quiet than before, so I try to calm myself and think the next step.


    ''Status Open''


    Many of my energy wasted trying to flee to the past, but it recovers over time. So now I open my status window while waiting for my power to recover.


    [Name: Nathan Gibson


    Age : 17 years


    Element: Time (Mythic)


    Level: Colorless


    Time Power : 41/150


    Strength: 7/12


    Dexterity: 5/12


    Stamina: 3/13


    Intelligence: 10/18


    Wisdom: 19/20]


    I can see my overall status got a little improvement from the previous battle with the first person who wants to kill me and there a new column, Time Power. I don¡¯t know what exactly what is it, but I think it similar with mana in RPG game or Ki in Dr*gonb*ll.


    On the other hand, my current status looks like crap, most of them is got halved because of wounds and tiredness. I can sense my stamina rapidly decreased in previous defense, but still, I don¡¯t expect it is less than a quarter remaining.The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement.


    ¡®Skill Window Open¡¯


    [Skill:


    Time Control


    Time Travel


    Time Aura]


    Skill window shows me three skill I have right now. I got Time Aura as an additional skill from my battle with the previous soldier.


    ¡°I wonder what this Time Aura does. Well, skill name isn¡¯t self-explanatory like other skill¡±


    [Well, it isn¡¯t me who named it]


    ¡°System can you tell me what time aura do¡±


    [Searching ¡­]


    [Time Aura: Skill to manipulating time power as Offense or Defense]


    ¡°Wow, can you be vaguer than that?¡±


    [¡¥\_(¥Ä)_/¡¥]


    Well, I have a general idea what it does and want to examine it right now, but I don¡¯t think it¡¯s a wise idea when looking at my current time power. I need my time power to time travel too, so I guess the experiment is off the table.


    When my time power recovers a little, I closed my eyes tried to concentrate.


    [Warning: Your destination is Earth¡¯s mantle. Time Travel Skill canceled]


    ¡°F&^@%*!&&%#!*(@&(!#$@$%$%&¡±


    [Whoa, Calm down son]


    *Huff* *Huff*


    [Hey Nathan, I want to ask from the start but don''t have any chances. Why you try to flee to the past, aren''t they can still follow you there?]


    When I try to calm my breathing and recover my energy, the system asking me something.


    ¡°Well, what I say when I don¡¯t think so?. Oh, I don¡¯t think so¡±


    [Why? Wait did you just quoting something I don¡¯t know?]


    ¡°It¡¯s just your feeling, anyway answer this question with their perspective. You want to kill your long-life enemy, do you want to kill him in a most advantageous scenario?¡±


    [Of course, I am]


    ¡°Now can you think any possible scenario that more advantageous for them than this?¡±


    [Many, actually. Like killing you before you get any power or maybe killing your father and mother before you even born]


    ¡°True, but they don¡¯t do that. So, logic 101, it¡¯s either those lunatics don¡¯t want that favorable scenario or they simply can¡¯t do it, and that means the largest possibility they can kill me is here, in this particular time. Which one do you think the most possible here?¡±


    [Your logic is quite sound. You quite smart despite your look]


    ¡°Of course, as Kamina says, who the hell do you think I am? Wait, what do you mean despite my look?¡±


    *Huff* *Huff*


    [¡­ Seriously, I don¡¯t get your reference. And reduce your talk, your breath is very heavy right now]


    ¡°Okay, okay, are you my dad or something¡±


    I closed my eyes, and after calm enough, I try to travel to the past once again.


    [Warning: Your destination is Earth¡¯s crust. Time Travel Skill canceled]


    I don¡¯t even have the drive to curse when looking into warning in system window. My head more hurt than before and when I check the amount of my time power, it is just 34 point remained.


    I look at those fighters, they still searching me in those holes. Well, they can be wasting their time, but I can¡¯t. My wounds are deteriorating, my stamina decreased very quick, and my vision is a little blurry. It''s the worst situation for me.


    ¡°Calm down, Calm down, Calm down¡±


    I repeatedly chanting that word, attempting comforting myself. After a while, I take one step backward, thinking about how time travel work, and in what stage I failed.


    When I think again, it¡¯s quite simple actually, in the first step I need to mark myself as a thing that I want to send to other time, and in the second step, I need to set a place and time as the destination of that thing.


    The first step didn¡¯t spend many energy and concentration, because after I finished marked myself for the first time, I don¡¯t need to concentrate on myself again. But the problem is marking the destination, I need to entirely focus in the whole process, it¡¯s like sniping a rabbit with distance 1 km in a storm, and if I miss shooting that rabbit, I will get killed by a nearby lion.


    Well, fortunately there a warning window from the system, if there isn¡¯t I probably died on my first try.


    I''m looking at those fighters directions, noticing more and more of them come from another time. Not just that, the recent one come is always stronger than before. I don''t know how many of them will appear, but the longer I stay here, the more dangerous situation become. But, first of all, to start time travel I must calm my mind.


    As I calm down, my priority is still the same as before, recover my time power and go to the past. But my time is quite tight, it¡¯s ironic as a time controller I running out of time.


    My mind running fast started to think the way out from this predicament. A few moments later, I got some idea or maybe enlightenment. The tip of my lips curled upward like a thirsty traveler in Sahara desert meet an oasis.


    [I feel something terrible from your smirk]


    ¡°Don¡¯t say that. It¡¯s a good smile. For me at least¡±


    [Can you at least explain what you want to do]


    ¡°Well, there no harm I guess. As you know, there are two step to do time travel, marking thing I want to send through time, and set the destination¡±


    I starting my explanation while experimenting with my speculation.


    ¡°There is no limitation that thing must be me or must in the present. Right now I try marking a duck toy from the past. Next, I will try to send that duck to the present, so be quiet it needs concentration¡±


    I closed my eyes and after a while there a spark of light in my hand, from there appeared a duck toy, and I grabbed it slowly.


    ¡°Yes. It works mother flecker¡±


    It looks two things influence the stability of time travel, the mass and time distance between object and destination. So when this toy which has a little mass and not so far from the past, time travel works quite easily compared to send my body to the past. I didn¡¯t even use full concentration there.


    I saw a man looking in my direction, look like he is the one with keen perception. He can feel a shift in the fabric of space-time. Well, now isn''t time to hide, it is the time for me to go offensive.


    ¡°Well, I¡¯m sorry nameless soldiers. I need to kill you to fully recover my time power¡±


    I stand from my seat created from a solid air, feeling the wind hit my back. I can see every direction flat to the ground and many ruins of my neighbor buildings. I¡¯m sure those fighters just kill them anyway, I just can¡¯t imagine they evacuate them first. There is no sad feeling in my heart even though I quite close with many of them. Maybe it is true what people say, one death is a tragedy, but the death of many is just a statistic.


    ¡°Or, maybe I really have some psychopaths tendency¡±


    Looking upward I can see the moon clearly this night, it¡¯s like the moon is in my grasp, not just because there is no cloud, but also because I actually closer than usual, I look down meet eyes to eyes with a soldiers who have better perceptions. Like a god I seeing all of them from the sky.


    Closing my eyes, this time I entirely concentrating, not like when I marking the duck, now I marking something big. It¡¯s length 3 meter and weight 4.400 kilograms, the Little Boy.


    [Warning: Your destination is in the troposphere. Time Travel Skill canceled]


    ¡°Is it still near here?¡±


    [Yes]


    ¡°Will it fall on me?¡±


    [No]


    ¡°Override¡±


    [Time Travel Skill repeated]


    I look above and there something black fall. Just kidding, I can¡¯t see that far, but I can see that those fighters making shields and their shield looks strong. It seems some of them is strong enough to face a nuclear bomb directly.


    I need to make sure there no survivor, I can¡¯t fight again after this, at least I can¡¯t win in a fight in this state. I''m closing my eyes again and try repeat that over, this time I marking a little area of earth¡¯s inner core just one second in the past.


    [Warning: Lack of Concentration, earth¡¯s core won¡¯t be intact at the destination. Time Travel Skill canceled]


    ¡°Will one of it fall on me?¡±


    [No]


    ¡°Override¡±


    [Time Travel Skill repeated]


    Many pieces of Earth¡¯s inner core spread in the sky, with temperature 5.400 Celsius and massive pressures 330 gigapascals, I think it will damage their shield for a bit, if not straight out destroy them.


    Now for my last move, I close my eyes once again this time I marking earth¡¯s outer core and once again spreading it in the sky after the Little Boy passing through, it¡¯s quite easy to concentrate because it in liquid form, so I don¡¯t really need to maintain its shape. It isn¡¯t just to make them despair, even though I can¡¯t deny that I want to get revenge for them, but most of it because I can¡¯t win another fight with them.


    I activated Time Aura to cover my whole body, it like multilayer of protection. Right now, I can feel my time power decreasing rapidly. I have a general idea of what will happen, but I still don¡¯t know how it¡¯s work yet. If I don¡¯t cover myself with Time Aura, maybe I will die because of this temperature and suffocating.


    ¡°Hmm, I¡¯m curious with how this Time Aura even works¡±


    Well, that''s not really important right now, what important is the hot temperature before becomes manageable. I look below, and there are glowing fluids as far I can see, I felt the air is boiling even for me who is this far above from that hot liquid.


    The night is bright, not because of illuminated by the moon, but because of the glowing liquid covering the ground. It''s warm like the fireplace in grandma house. It''s beautiful, like tulip gardens in Amsterdam. It''s elegant, like authentic Chinese porcelain. It''s artistic, like a Van Gogh painting.


    It makes me thrilled like it never was.


    A few moments later, I hear a sound like a blessing from the heaven.


    *Ding*

 5. Bubbleshot

    *Ding*


    [Battle is over]


    [Calculating ...]


    [Strength +3.4]


    [Dexterity +4.1]


    [Stamina +9.1]


    [Intellegence +0.2]


    [Wisdom +1.1]


    [Congratulation! You managed to kill another person with the same element]


    [Congratulation! You managed to kill another person with the same element]


    ¡­


    [Congratulation! You managed to kill another person with the same element]


    [Max Time Power +430]


    [Time Power Replenished]


    [Excess Time Power detected]


    [Time Power +6800 for one hour]


    [Skill Gained: Temporal Awareness]


    [Skill Gained: Temporal Intuition]


    [Skill Temporal Intuition and Skill Temporal Awareness can be combined]


    [Checking¡­]


    [Combined Skill Will be Stronger]


    [Skill Combined: Temporal Cognition]


    [Skill Gained: Time Perception Manipulation]


    [Skill Gained: Time Ball Projection]


    System windows full with many notifications, mostly notification of successfully killing all of my opponents, but some of them is showing real reward of my killing, like increasing my time power capacity and gaining new skills. After a while, the notifications stop, and no sign there will be a new one.


    Now I''m stopping panting heavily. Well, I¡¯m still sweating bullet and tired, but at least it¡¯s now tolerable. If I measure correctly, I can even fight once again, not that mean I could win though and it''s not like I desire to meet with any of those soldiers again.


    I¡¯m closing all notifications for killed those soldiers, and start looking at the more notable announcements. I noticing that results after killing all of them is less than my expectation.


    ¡°Wait, is it all the skills I got? I¡¯m killing like one hundred of them, won¡¯t I get about one hundred new skill?¡±


    [What kind of broken system you think I am]


    ¡°Um, The best kind?¡±


    [¡­]


    ¡°Fine, System theme already overused, oversaturated and overrated anyway¡±


    [¡­ ͹( ??_?? )͹]


    I am starting my banter with the system. Of course, I still trying to travel to the past but it failed, again and again, fortunately there many excesses of time power after killing those men.


    Other than that, I''m opening description of each skill and start experimenting with them while still talking with the system. After a little experimenting, I realized that most of those skills are useless in battle.


    ¡°At least can you explain to me why the skills and status I got no as many as I expected?¡±


    [How much did you expect again?]


    ¡°Hmm, let me ponder for a moment¡±


    I am trying to remember my first fight in my home and killing him. After I''m successfully killing him, I got my status improved and gained a skill. So, I assume that to get stronger fast, I need to kill as many soldiers as I can.


    ¡°Other than that 100 skills. When I kill that first soldier, I got about 3 stamina, that time I just kill one person. This time I kill about one hundred and they even stronger the first man, so I expected at least about more than 300 increase in stamina¡±, I''m speaking non-stop while calculating in mind.


    [I think you misunderstood the reason for your increasing status in the first place]


    ¡°What? What do you mean?¡±


    [The status increases not based on how much status your opponents have or how many they are. But based on the battle situation and how much pressure in status you used in that battle]If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    ¡°¡­¡± I silently reading at system explanation.


    [In that battle, you pushing stamina near your limit. So, after the fight is over, your stamina got significant increase]


    Well, that makes sense. It¡¯s kinda weird that when I gave a second thought, there are many loopholes if my status increased based on enemy status. Why would I become smarter after killing an intelligent person, or become wiser after killing a monk?


    If that really the case, I will just go travel through history and slaughter all brilliant mind and become smarter oneself, after that, I can quickly think of an efficient way to become the strongest. I''m sure that killing Newton is easier than killing Julius Caesar.


    And if the improved status is based on how many enemies I kill, I just need to go to the future and steal nuke launcher or whatever good weapon there, and go to the past and do killing spree.


    Anyway, just blame it for the isekai and wuxia light novel with system theme that I usually read.


    ¡°Now I understand how my status got improved, but how about the skill I gained¡±


    I¡¯m asking another thing again while still failed when trying to go to the past.


    [You got them after kill your enemy if you have the same element with your enemy you have a small probability to get a random skill from your enemy which using that element]


    ¡°That¡¯s all?¡±


    [Yes]


    ¡°Wait, that status explanation before is quite understandable, but why out of the blue when you explain the process to get a skill, it sounds like an explanation from RPG game¡±


    Now, I¡¯m actually confused there is no sense of reality in that explanation at all. Why I got skill after killing an enemy? Why there just one? Can¡¯t I absorb them all? Why must same element? Can¡¯t I get another element later after I get those skill, there no sense of reality, it¡¯s more like game logic than rational explanation.


    [Dunno, that what I conclude from Akashic records]


    As usual, the system just shrugs under carpet my objection. But, on the second thought, who cares. If even system don''t know what I can do? What important is, I need to get used to this situation. From the first time I controlling time, I already broke the law of physics more than I can count. Oh, It¡¯s because there is so much of it, not because I can¡¯t count very high.


    From now on I can¡¯t play in this world with old rules, I need to adapt to new rules. It seems the keyword is that Akashic record, note for myself, find out about that later.


    ¡°Useless system¡±


    [©´(£þ¥Ø£þ)©°, ungrateful host]


    After that unintelligible explanation from the system, we start joshing around again.


    Sometimes I still looking downward, those liquids won''t become cold in near time. After I thought again about before, it¡¯s highly plausible that I¡¯m already got exposed by nuclear radiation. Well, still that problem for another time, because there yet an immediate issue that I must resolve, flee.


    One by one fighter appear again down there, if I can¡¯t flee to the past, all of my previous efforts becomes futile. Because the longer the time, the stronger soldier that appears. Look like they still guessing what happens and it seems there none of them can perceive that I¡¯m here, but it just a matter of time before the one who comes have sharper perception.


    A few minutes later, I don¡¯t know how, but those people are starting to realize that I¡¯m here, I can see they look at my direction. Without any time wasted, their surrounding aura are change, it resembles protections like before. It seems they become more careful after looking at their surrounding.


    ¡°How about same tactics as before¡±


    I''m closing my eyes, once again I send earth¡¯s inner and outer core to kill them. I override system warning, and I can see below me orange liquid, and big solid white rock scatters around those people. I don¡¯t know if this enough to kill them, but at least it can decrease many of their power. Anyway, there are many excess time power, it will become a waste if these aren¡¯t used.


    Well, that what I plan, but fate mostly usually is a jackass. I can see all of those orange liquids become many small bubbles in unison. Those little bubbles flying to my directions, I don¡¯t know what happens if I got touched by those, but I¡¯m sure it won''t be anything good, and it forced me to create my shield immediately. After those bubbles come in contact with my shield, I can see it exploding like a grenade, but even with my shield and time aura, I can still feel the shockwave blast from those bubble explosion.


    *Boom* *Boom*


    ¡°This is ridiculous crap, what type of power this is?¡±


    I¡¯m startled with the change of situation and without realizing, I let out curse from my mouth. It¡¯s like when I read a sci-fi story and the author throw fantasy element out of the blue. If this is a novel, no one will read this story. Well, but the reality is stranger than fiction, it has no genre and surprises are everywhere. Want or not, the choice I have is just to suck it up.


    ¡°Well, at least they can¡¯t fly,


    Just after I say that. I''m seeing those people aura changing and flying to me.


    [You and your big mouth]


    ¡°Who in the sane mind would think people can fly?¡±


    [Um, I don¡¯t know, maybe people who can control the time at will]


    ¡°Well, there is no time to listen to your blabber, we got some company¡±


    Looking ahead I see seven people in front of me, flying, five of them wearing shiny silver armor like that commander I see before. But, the level between them is very different, like heaven and earth. I can say for sure, if the one who ambushes me before is them, I will die even if they don¡¯t use any tactics.


    However, what attracts my attention is the two people on the front. There are a man and woman who feel out of place in between those soldiers. They don¡¯t have any weapon in their body, hell they don¡¯t even use any armor. They using casual clothing, the man also has something like a blue headphone with turtle logo hang onto his neck.


    After staring me for a few seconds, the man starting to talk.


    ¡°Well, well, what we got here. Nathan, You will die¡±


    ¡°Everyone will die¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°What?¡±


    [Seriously?]


    ¡°Your personality is very different with what I know, but it seems killing without hesitation is a quirk you have from the start. Look like Senwyn decision to erasing you from this timeline is really the correct one¡±


    He''s speaking as he looking down, looking at the death of his men. Not long after he sighing and talk again.


    ¡°Nathan, you think you strong with just this? Your strength now is meager, I will show you what destruction is¡±


    I can¡¯t help to shudder when he talks. When I see him speak, I know even in full health I can¡¯t win against this person. The night becomes clearer and brighter, it gives me chill in my neck while looking at two people in front of me. They are calm, but I can sense impending doom from their way looking at me. That man swings his hand a little and protection appear covering all of them.


    ¡®Why time travel repeatedly fail¡¯, even when he talks I still try to flee into the past, but still failed again and again.


    Something wrong, they don¡¯t attack me and the night become brighter by the seconds, it isn¡¯t because of those lavas. There no sign they will even strike me, they just looking at me like my death is for sure.


    ¡°If it isn¡¯t down then ¡­¡±


    I¡¯m looking upward


    ¡°In the name of smoking potato, this will kill all creature in earth¡±


    I¡¯m noticing the moon falling fast to earth, no, towards me.

 6. Deathshot

    [Look like your time¡¯s up, Nathan]


    ¡°Yes, I can¡¯t find any objection with you this time system.¡±


    Usually, I just refute any comment from the system, but this situation is different. Previously, there always place for me to hide, but this time there no safe place here when the moon is falling to earth, the speed of its falling is abnormally fast. And with no doubt, it will be devastating to the planet, and more importantly, it aims at me.


    The impact of moon crashing to earth will make earth temperature rise. Based on moon fall rate, after the collision, earth surfaces will be even hotter than sun surfaces. There also will be many tsunamis around the earth if the water doesn¡¯t immediately evaporate. One thing for sure, it will sterilize the planet from all living creature.


    As I said, everybody will die. But I hope I won¡¯t die this soon.


    However, even the threat of the moon descending towards me still less than that man with casual clothes. He is covering he and his teammates with something like protection without breaking a sweat, and from their look, it seems this situation won¡¯t affect any of them. Some of them even grinning when looking at my expression and earth impending doom.


    ¡°Is life just a game for them?¡± I can''t help saying this remark while seeing this apocalypse situation.


    [I think you don¡¯t have any right to talk like that]


    ¡°Aren¡¯t you even on my side?¡±


    [Meh]


    ¡°Hmph, even Magikarp is more helpful than you.¡±


    [Are you referencing something again?]


    ¡°Maybe¡±


    [I will search that in Akashic records, wait for it]


    Looking at notification, I can¡¯t even. Why would you''re using Akashic records for something useless like that?


    Well, whatever, I need to do something, but there is nothing that I can think that can destroy the moon with my ability help, even if I can bring the powerful nuclear weapon humanity ever created, Tsar Bomba and exploding it, it won''t cause even a dent in the moon.


    What I can do in this situation, can I even survive? Also if by some dog-shit luck I can survive, can I even winning against those men? As expected my hope to survive is just to flee into the past, but even now it still failed. I must think another way in the meantime, it is foolish to believe it will succeed in a critical situation when even in normal condition it always failed.


    And about those men, I will think about it when I can surviving this ordeal.


    ===


    My name is Kinana, I¡¯m one of the early Senwyn followers before she even becomes one of founder revolutionary army and become vice leader there. My position in the revolutionary army is as one of the elite troops, and mostly responsible for misdirection and information war tactics. However, it doesn¡¯t mean I weak like a regular strategist, on the contrary, I belonged to the stronger side here, but my talent to misdirecting enemy is indispensable, so I didn¡¯t get approval to go to front-line.


    But because of that too, I become one of the survivors in elite teams at Nathans ambush, I didn¡¯t go in the front-line when that happened. When everything is over, what I know is every elite in front-lines are death except for three people, one of survivor is Senwyn, but even her got severe injuries in their escape.


    It¡¯s like a joke, why that man has power like that. Don¡¯t heaven have eyes? Every hero I admire, every senior I respect, every friend I dear, everything I value destroyed by that man, Nathan the Tyrant. Is there no justice in this world, why evil who''s always won in the end, where are the promised happy ever after.


    Well, I just curse in my mind, the world isn¡¯t sunshine and rainbow, there is no justice in this world, there is no happily ever after, and the strong is the one who always wins.


    I know that from the start, but still, in front of Nathan, I want once, just once, a miracle happens and throw him from his throne. But a miracle is called miracle because it never happens, this revolution is no exception. In our last chance, we lost horribly.


    Everyone in elite teams is dead because of Nathan ambush, even Travis who fight valiantly with him alone to give them an opportunity to escape. But like us, Nathan isn''t alone, there also his minions who''re ambushing our teams. More and more of them perished in their retreat while protecting each other. In the end just a few of them who survive, but even that is with a hefty price.


    Now, there are just eight elite fighters left, and most of them survive because they have another mission on hand. We hide from universe to another universe, and from time to another time randomly while waiting for Senwyn to recover.


    Sometimes we meet another ordinary member of the revolutionary army who scattered in the multiverse, and we let them enter our group after confirming their identity.


    With Senwyn leadership, we move to another universe without obstruction, even if there any some local overlord we can kill them quite quickly. I didn¡¯t know what she wants to do. But I, no, we know there a pattern in every her movement, and she ensures there are no threats to us before moving to another universe. So, we trust our life to her.


    One day, she announces that she found the way to travel to a newly created timeline and we can erase Nathan from that timeline forever. She decides that she will go to that multiverse and remove Nathan from that timeline permanently, but that mean she will abandon her war here.


    At first, there many commotions between revolutionary army but at the end, they choose to follow her. Well, that¡¯s understandable, the war on this side is a lost cause, and even if they can win against Nathan, their loved one can¡¯t come back.


    But, in that multiverse is different, their loved one is still alive, and they have an actual chance to save them. It¡¯s a selfish reason, but who isn¡¯t.


    Finally, all of the revolutionary army members go to that timeline, fleeing from the tyranny of Nathan on this side.


    After I come and opening my eyes, I¡¯m seeing lava and there a trace of death everywhere. Well, this temperature is nothing for me, but for the weak member, this is very serious.


    ¡°What happens here?¡± I¡¯m asking one of the nearest fighters with silver armor.


    ¡°Lady Kinana, it¡¯s like Nathan kill them all with a nuclear bomb and earth¡¯s core,¡± he answers decisively.


    ¡°Hmm, he is already this strong when it¡¯s not even a day after his awakening?¡± I can¡¯t help but surprised by Nathan talent.


    It makes me ponder, to make destruction to this scale how long the time I used to train. It¡¯s a week after awakening I have this scale of destruction. Even if I called a prodigy, that feel paled in comparison to Nathan talent.


    ¡°What happens here?¡±, Hearing a familiar voice behind me, Tyrell voice, one of member elite troops in the revolutionary army. I turn around and explaining what happened to him.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    He''s silently hearing my explanation. He has blue eyes and blue hair like his grandfather, but what out of place is that blue headphone hanging on his neck.


    ¡°So it¡¯s like that. And where the other elites?¡±, he changes the topic while checking at their death


    ¡°They still don¡¯t arrive¡± I''m shortly answering while looking around


    ¡°What, seriously? I know I¡¯m stronger than you but aren¡¯t that mean I weaker than those bunch of musclehead, I will be teased to death by them after this is over¡± his face turn sour after saying that.


    ¡°Oh, don¡¯t forget that Senwyn suppresses a big portion of her power before she comes here to travel faster, and she still arrives later than you,¡± I put more salt in his wound while can, and that make his face turn greener than before.


    Not long after I can feel a peculiar change in the sky, I can¡¯t see anyone with my naked eyes, but after I''m using my sight ability, I can see Nathan standing in the air.


    ¡°He is in the sky,¡± I tell everyone here.


    ¡°I know and he trying do something¡± his eyes changing to black while seeing at Nathan direction.


    I see hot orange liquid scattered in the sky, it falling fast towards us.


    ¡°What a joke,¡± while saying that, I transmute those lavas become many bubbles and commanding those bubbles to attack Nathan.


    ¡°Good job, time to taunt that guy.¡±


    ¡°Um, isn¡¯t it better to kill Nathan right now?¡±


    ¡°Nah, it doesn¡¯t matter he will die anyway, why not make him taste his medicine and make him feeling despair.¡±


    ¡°That sounds like a bad idea,¡± well he still ignores my saying and casting his ability to all of us and make us fly to the sky and meet face to face with young Nathan.


    He''s quite tall for people at his age and looks like an average joe, his hair and eyes still black and there no suppressing aura emanating from his body. If I don''t know better, I will doubt this person will bring disaster to every world.


    There a happy feeling in my heart when seeing his condition right now. One of his hand is cut off, and a sword pierced his chest. But looking at that and he yet loses consciousness, It seems his endurance is quite good, well that doesn¡¯t matter he will die anyway.


    ¡°Well, well, what we got here. Nathan, You will die¡±, you seriously taunting him Tyrell?


    ¡°Everyone will die.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    I can¡¯t believe Nathan still have guts to speaking witty at this moment, well at least Tyrell become angry and want to end this fast. I can see he is pulling the moon as a weapon against Nathan and after that, he''s making protections to all of us. In less than three minutes the moon will hit the earth and kill all creature on this planet.


    But if Nathan never cares when he destroyed our world, why would we care when we destroying his?


    ===


    The moon is getting closer and closer, it will hit the earth in less than a minute.


    No matter how hard I think, I can¡¯t get any solid idea to survive this calamity or something that can destroy the moon, even if there is some weapon that strong enough to destroy the moon, I don¡¯t know where it is and I can¡¯t mark that weapon when it''s hard even to imagine it shape.


    From the beginning, while I think I still trying to fleeing to the past but it is for naught. So, my only choice is now bet. Gambling that my enemy doesn¡¯t realize until it too late and betting that I will get that dogshit luck.


    I remove my foothold, make me falling free while I prepare my other skill.


    ¡®Time Ball Projection¡¯


    It¡¯s a skill that projecting balls from my time power, there no effect I can observe in this first level but at least it can fly. That¡¯s what I need right now.


    I''m projecting many balls and covering my body, trying to fly at low altitude, and get behind that man and his soldiers. In this moments I''m observing their facial movement carefully, and I can see the man with blue hair smiling as if he says he can read my plan and that futile. On the other hand, the woman changing her facial expression and want to warn him but it''s too late, he''s already snapping his fingers and vanished from that place.


    ¡°Wait, he can teleport?¡±


    I perplexed, Why am I even making those people as my enemies in the future? But I can¡¯t think another thing right now, in a few seconds the moon will hit the earth.


    I need to go down faster and faster, why? I realized before that all of those soldiers appearing from the same spot.


    Earlier, I''m just thinking about how to destroy the moon with my ability, but that notion is a wrong from the start. The question I must ask is, who can destroy that moon? Not me, obviously. It''s them, the people who''re pulling it in the first place, but putting expectation to them is a foolish decision.


    The new question is, who can I depend to destroy the moon other than them? The answer is someone who stronger than them. Who? It''s a fighter who will appear after this.


    The problem is, it depends on great luck on my side. Hoping there will appear a stronger man in specific time, and reflexively destroy the moon. Usually, I wouldn''t choose this type of hopeless gamble, but there is no choice.


    So, I''m betting with my life, if I can go to behind that spot and in minuscule probability, appear one of those soldiers, it can destroy the moon who directed to him. If not, tough luck.


    I hope a miracle will befall me this time.


    I can see the moon getting nearer every second.


    ¡°Please appear, please appear.¡±


    I never pray this much in my whole life before, not like I ever pray, but I still chanting it over and over again.


    I already behind that spot but there no sign of someone will appear, the moon burning from friction with air, it even clearer than before.


    ¡°Well, tough luck,¡±


    I¡¯m saying that because there no way for me to survive this, I already put my maximum effort, and satisfied even dying right here. I already saw something that never seen by any human before in their entire life.


    But, just after I said that I can feel fluctuation in time, and here a big earthquake can be felt. The tip of my mouth curled upward, looking there someone appears.


    *Crack* *Crack* *Prang*


    In front of me appear a beauty out of this world, wearing a fitting black shirt with no sleeve matching her black ponytail hair and eyes color. In contrast, her skin is white like a pearl, she like a princess in the fairytale if there no green tribal tattoos on her left arm into her neck.


    But enough describing beauty like xianxia novel. This beauty in front of my eyes is just freezing a freaking moon and make it scatter become particles of light.


    ¡°Tyrell, what I say about killing Nathan,¡± After viewing her surrounding, she talking in a small voice but can reach the entire world.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I can¡¯t hold back my feeling to taunt him,¡± from nowhere there a voice from that man, like a subordinate who scared with this lady.


    ¡°Don¡¯t think that because you one of the elite troops you won¡¯t get any punishments¡±, her voice firm, like a commander reprimanded her subordinate.


    ¡°I won¡¯t dare, Senwyn¡±


    When I observe the situation and hearing that name, I know the beauty in front of me is the one who''s leading this attack.


    [Fuck] ¡®Fuck¡¯


    I don¡¯t care how minuscule the probability, my only hope to survive from her is fleeing into the past right here, right now.


    [Warning:¡­]


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    ¡­


    [Warning:¡­]


    In a few seconds, without even concentrating I just spamming time travel skill, my time power reducing rapidly and as expected it failed each time.


    I¡¯m seeing Senwyn lifting his hand, and chanting something. There nowhere to run, the blue hair and his friends already appear and surrounding me. Well, at least I bring many of their companions with me before.


    I become nervous, what type of ridiculous attack from the leader this time, supernovas? Blackholes? At least I can see something astonishing once again before I die.


    I can feel tremor everywhere, and the lava before vanishes without a trace. From the ground, many bones rise, muscles springs while knitting each other and red skin covering them. Finally, after those skin change to a natural color, identifying them become possible, they are those soldiers that I killed earlier.


    ¡®What the heck, she can even bring everyone alive? Isn¡¯t this cheating?¡±


    It¡¯s disheartening when watching at my kill count back to zero, and she starting to looking to me, I can¡¯t help to think this is my final moment in front of her.


    But


    *Ding*


    [Time Travel Succeed: Destination Amazon. The year 1677]


    [Do you want to go there?]


    [Yes/No]


    ¡®Fuck yes, anywhere but here.¡¯


    [You will be transferred in 10 seconds]


    [10]


    ¡°What? Shit¡±


    I can see her approaching me, I need to stall.


    [8]


    ¡°Why would you want to kill me? What injustice even I do to you, with your power you can reverse every wrongdoing I did¡±, I don¡¯t know what to say and just asking that.


    [5]


    ¡°You know nothing, you are the one who¡­¡±, it¡¯s the blue hair who is talking but stopping in the middle because Senwyn stare.


    [2]


    ¡°First of all,¡± Senwyn talking in smooth voice but firm while smiling.


    [1]


    [Warning: Skill Disturbed by Third Party. Time Travel Caceled]


    Looking at the notification, I can¡¯t help want to scream and curse.


    ¡°Now, now, I¡¯m here right¡± Senwyn talking again, I''m looking at her and after that, her aura changing.


    I can feel my blood freezing, and from every pore on my body like stabbed by a thousand needles. I see my body disintegrate from feet become light, even it¡¯s beautiful it actually hurts like hell.


    ¡®Damn it, why this Senwyn is so practical when killing people¡¯


    [Well, tough luck]


    Look like the last person I spoke is you, system. Well, that is exciting when it last.


    ¡°Right, it¡¯s just a short time, but I¡¯m blessed ever to know you.¡±


    [Pokedex entry 132, Ditto]


    ¡°Did you just referencing Pokemon?¡±


    [o(^¨Œ^)o]


    I¡¯m chuckling after reading that window, our chattering makes me remember my childhood adventure with my friend and encounter many things.


    However, as everyone said, an encounter will always be accompanied by separation.


    ¡°Goodbye¡±


    [Good Bye]


    ¡­


    [You Died], the last thing I see.

 7. Simple Greetings

    In this dark night, cheers heard everywhere after the last speck of light from Nathan dimmed and disappear. Joys and exhilaration can be felt by everyone here, they screaming name of their loved ones and wept in happiness. They never cry before, even when they lost their homeworld. They always think sad emotion is for the weak, it¡¯s stupid, but this pride is what makes them stand to live this long, this pride is what makes them strong.


    But this time, they don¡¯t care about their own pride or weakness. So what if this is a different Nathan? Seeing the death of Nathan with their own eyes is the greatest gift. If tears don¡¯t flowing now when it can flow?


    That last spot of light in the darkness, reminding them all the roads they go through, remind them when they are still the king of their world. When they are the best in their world. When they take the love of their people for granted.


    Sometimes, in their journey they always as looking at the abyss, they can¡¯t come back, like they do all the time and still take a step forward into that darkness without knowing what happens next like they do all the time. Always wonder if the next step is just another torture by the whisper of a curse from other side or blessing that release them from this world.


    However, this time everything is over, that last light is a sign of their new start, their new hope in this universe. They promise to fix their past mistake, to protect everyone in their home with their life. Some of them was a coward but not anymore, some of them were greedy but not anymore, some of them ungrateful but not anymore, in this second chance they will do everything right.


    Seeing all of this, Senwyn let out a smile as she can felt this emotion herself, but this isn¡¯t finished yet. She starts talking again with a stern voice, reminding her subordinate to work at the last thing, it is to make sure Nathan can¡¯t be resurrected or reborn again.


    ¡°Attention everyone, as you see. Nathan is dead, but we need to make sure he won¡¯t be resurrected by anyone else or reborn by a twist of fate. So, I command you to do your, no, our last work before we go to our own universe, is that clear?¡±


    ¡°Yes, Clear¡±, They answering Senwyn command in unison with vigor, they can¡¯t help to let out a smile even in this situation, but for this time Senwyn turning a blind eye.


    ===


    I¡¯m working together with everyone to finish our last job, it¡¯s quite easy when there no disturbance and with our power, it will be finished before Senwyn¡¯s task.


    In general, there is two last task that we need to do. First, make sure Nathan can¡¯t be reborn and second, make sure Nathan won¡¯t be resurrected.


    For the first objective, Senwyn will erase Nathan¡¯s future, past, and soul. At the same time, Vashar, one of the elite, will use her unique ability to delete Nathan¡¯s record in the Akashic record and cut all the loose string possible. They must do those task together, but Vashar yet to appear, so Senwyn still waiting while making their preparation.


    And for the second objective. Well, usually with what Senwyn and Vashar do it will be enough, but it¡¯s Nathan we talking about. To be safe, we need to close even the smallest hole. While Senwyn and Vashar do their job, we will build many bombs and put it in some key area with one purpose, erasing this universe from this timeline.


    ¡°Lady Kinana, where we put this one?¡±, sometimes they asking when they have doubts in the coordinate.


    I¡¯m opening many holographic maps and telling them where to put them, some in the great attractor, some in a blackhole, but most of it are in empty space because we just need to put these in all crack at space-time and most of them don¡¯t even have any landmark. So, most of them just teleported by Tyrell and putting them based on my instruction.


    When remembering Nathan usually destroy the universe on a daily basis, I looking upward and muttered, ¡°No wonder Nathan is called the strongest¡±.


    ¡°Well, at least he already dead¡±, Tyrell who just come back reply my muttering.


    ¡°That¡¯s true, and it¡¯s a new start for all of us,¡± Someone from behind joins our conversation.


    ¡°Juexi, you already come. Unfortunately, you didn¡¯t see Nathan¡¯s death¡±, Travis said while grinning


    ¡°It¡¯s unfortunate, but it also means you are the weakest in the battle division¡±


    ¡°And you are as the second weakest is quite arrogant like the strongest fighters¡±


    ¡°What do you mean, huh?¡±


    In just a few seconds after their meeting, they already start their banter. Well, it¡¯s a lighthearted one, I think in a joyous occasion, this is a normal thing.


    ¡®Well, they still need to work though¡¯


    After I reprimand them, they start working together building new bombs while grumbling, but at least now they productive with their little competition, they like cat and dog.


    While looking at the map, I continue commanding all of them to build new bombs and put all of those in their position efficiently. It¡¯s a fun job but after awhile I feel something moving fast towards this planet, looking at both Tyrell and Juexi, it seems not only me who realize that.


    ¡°Ah, I forgot about them,¡± looking heavenwards, I see part of my failsafe plan coming towards earth, ¡°Well, we won¡¯t need them anymore¡±


    ¡°Who is them?¡± as usual, Tyrell asking something that already explained in our meeting


    ¡°It¡¯s our backup plan if by some odd chance Nathan successfully escapes to the past. As I said usually Tyrell, never sleep in a meeting¡±, looking at Tyrell, I sighed and explain it to him


    This is the greatest chance we have to erase Nathan from this timeline, of course, we still can erase him in the future but who want to pick that choice when we have this golden opportunity after abandoning our timeline behind as a plaything in Nathan''s palm.


    I devised many Nathan¡¯s escape prevention plans in the case he feeling something wrong at our arrival, some is quite subtle like those armors. Each one of those armors emitted random frequencies of time-aura to reduce Nathan¡¯s chance to time travel. Of course, elites have that as a skill so they don¡¯t need that armor like the normal troop, and people in Senwyn class can even intervene with time travel process directly with their aura.


    At first, even I think it is overkill and already overestimate Nathan, but looking near the end he successfully establishing a link to escape to the past, even with this many aura to suppress his chance to escape to the past, I can¡¯t help to think I still underestimate Nathan¡¯s talent in time element.


    Of course, some of the plans aren¡¯t so subtle, like those swords and firearm we gave to the troops, it¡¯s created with Nathan¡¯s escape in mind. His wound from those weapons will be sending danger signal forever to every creature from every corner of this universe, so if he successfully escapes he will be hunted by every overlord of this universe and we can trace his hiding place from anomaly shifting in the timeline.


    Tyrell after hearing my reprimand and explanation, smiling sheepishly with red cheek while nodding, a sign of he already understand.


    Those people who already in their way coming here are overlords of this universe, all of them already wrote their feat and achievement in this universe history book. Heroes, saviors, dark lords, sages any of them have overbearings title but they all have strength backing their title. One movement from one of them can even make the king of this universe wary.


    In a normal situation there no chance they will go to this backward planet, but right now all of the world legends coming here because danger signal emitted from the wound inflicted by troops who come here first.


    ¡°Oh well, I will take care of those first. You lot, keep up your work¡±


    After giving that musclehead instruction, I immediately using my skill.A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.


    ===


    In the darkness of space, between the star, a straight white streak moving in unimaginable speed. It looks beautiful when looked from afar, like a road to heaven between the star. But this isn¡¯t natural phenomena, it¡¯s an aura emission left by a hero who saves this universe multiple times.


    Inside this streak of light, anyone who recognizes this man will be shocked when looking at his grave facial expression. The hero who always calm even in front of his greatest adversary, right now have a glum expression, but right now not just him, everyone who have abilities to overseer the universe has really sour expression.


    Initially they just want to check after he gets dangerous signal from a corner of universe, but a few minutes later he¡¯s sensing, one by one, creature who have strength far beyond him appear from that exact corner, it¡¯s like a nightmare, it makes every enemy he defeated before like an ant in front of these surge of aura. But even so, he needs to go there at least, to find out what those people want.


    On his way to earth, he felt someone beside him, silently, without flashy light like him.


    ¡°King of darkness, you felt that too?¡± Without stopping he talk telepathically to the person beside him.


    ¡°Of course, do you think I''m regressing in my hiding. This aura is even greater than a higher creature,¡± he said while gritting his teeth then he continues talking ¡°I know we have grudges in the past, but I hope we can cast that aside for now¡±


    After silent for a while, he retracts his murderous aura. ¡°Okay, fine. Just save your neck for later¡±


    This time, they continue their journey together without talking. Not long after, many bubbles appearing from god knows where covering both of them in the blink of eyes.


    After opening his eyes, he looks at a barren planet without a life. But with his perception, he knows in this place there many living being before, and it¡¯s just destroyed by these people. Looking around him, he sees many people appear from bubbles and above them, some battleship appears in the same way. Each of these people has power equal to or even greater than him, he recognizes some of them from his previous fight or hearing their feats from the legends.


    The king who conquer the universe, a sage who guide many heroes, the first dark empress who nearly bring the destruction of the universe, all of the legends who already considered dead stand together in this small planet.


    But right now, even those legends looking at a woman in front all of us while standing tensely, not because of her beauty, but purely because disbelief with her extraordinary strength, it¡¯s impossible to kill this woman even if they combined their power and attack together, like a mob. But even so, as people who forged by blood, their eyes don¡¯t show any fear


    ¡°Greetings, I know what you¡¯re thinking, but I will say this first. I¡¯m sorry, we will destroy this universe¡±, she apologizes calmly, the woman talking about destroying their universe like a dentist before he pulling a tooth.


    Without waiting for their response, that woman talking again, ¡°You just have one right choice in front of you¡±


    ===


    ¡°So what will happen to them?¡± Tyrell said while building a bomb.


    ¡°Nothing, I guess. I already give them their choice¡± I answering while overseeing their work.


    I advised them to left this universe before it¡¯s destroyed, of course, they can choose to resist and attack us to protect this universe, but there no stupid person can stand on the top for a long time. Not everything must be solved by violence, if problems can be solved by talking, I prefer to do that instead. After hearing my explanation and looking at our power there no way they choose to oppose us.


    After thinking for a moment, they immediately split up and leave from this planet. They probably go to their families or loved ones and prepare to leave this universe immediately. Well, that or they will bring some ancient weapon to attack us, it''s rarely happened but I still can take care of that, alone.


    ¡°Aren¡¯t some of them is early Nathan¡¯s follower, can¡¯t you just kill them all?¡± Juexi said still working


    ¡°Yeah, I know. But I¡¯m in a good mood, moreover, I already killed them many times in the previous timeline, so I want to give them a chance. Well, as long they don¡¯t do anything stupid¡± I said while shrugging my shoulder.


    ¡°Well, it¡¯s your shot¡±


    It¡¯s true some of them have some connections with Nathan in the previous multiverse, and some of them have evil tendencies. But even so, the history already changing, Vashar will sever their fate with Nathan, and for their evil tendency, it¡¯s not for me to judge as I am too before, same as them. But it is a different story if they still don¡¯t know their place.


    After talked with them, I¡¯m calling all the troops, they report that most of the bombs already put in the key areas and there just little left.


    In the working area, there three more elites come when I talking to those people, they talking together and while building new bombs, except Vashar who in the process helping Senwyn cutting Nathan¡¯s string of fate.


    ¡°Huff, so this is the end of our group?¡± Juexi said, sighing, stop his banter with Tyrell and looking upward.


    ¡°W- we all can always meet you know, e-even if after this we split to our home¡± Tyrell stutter when said something rare.


    All our eyes looking at Tyrell, he blushed realizing say something doesn¡¯t suit his image, ¡°Forget I said that¡± he said hastily.


    ¡°Bwahaha, I don¡¯t know you have a cute side like this too¡± Juexi laughing while touching his stomach.


    We laugh together after teasing him, how long I felt this light in my chest, just bantering without a burden in my shoulder. I¡¯m sure it¡¯s not just me, everyone felt the same. I believe the road we step from now on lighter than ever.


    After this over, we surely will split up and protect our respective universe from any harm. Well, even if we didn¡¯t say it out loud, I¡¯m sure all of us hope we can meet from time to time from now on.


    ¡°Anyway, Dahr really took a long time to come,¡± Tyrell said


    ¡°Well, he the one who must destroy link with the previous multiverse. So, of course, he would be the last¡± Juexi answering.


    ¡°Well, that¡¯s true,¡± Tyrell said and after that, he''s continuing his work.


    They sometimes talking random thing, like Dahr, he got the task to destroy the gate after we all arrive on the other side, with his unique skill he can destroy the way while traversing the gate. So, his lateness is still in my estimations, moreover, there is nothing outside my calculations until now. But I can¡¯t help to felt unease in my mind right now.


    ¡®I hope it¡¯s just my feeling, and come quickly Dahr¡¯


    Time passing with snail pace, but while engaging in our conversations it doesn¡¯t feel that long, while checking at Senwyn side, she already finish erasing Nathan¡¯s fate, make sure he won¡¯t be reincarnated in the future and Vashar still in the process to remove him from Akashic records, remove the possibility evil people who want to control Nathan as puppet while busy cutting his string of fate. After this, the final step is erasing his soul and make him disappear forever from this timeline.


    All my job is done and nothing I can do at the time beside waiting. So, I¡¯m sitting and looking at those muscleheads working and bantering, like a camel, don¡¯t know tired is a word in the dictionary.


    ===


    *Boo-om*


    Without warning a sound of explosion reverberated across the planet, made many normal troops surprised. It¡¯s coming from below battleship directions before.


    ¡°What the heck, are they seriously attacking us¡±


    ¡°Didn¡¯t they already perceive lady Kinana power¡±


    ¡°I know right, and when I just thinking people in this universe aware of their power limit¡±


    After the explosion sound, the troops don''t become afraid. Instead, they talking to each other like it other people problem, while still doing their work. It¡¯s not a baseless courage, because Kinana alone can kill them all in short time, and here gather some people who even stronger than her.


    Even if they using some ancient weapon from the higher realm and trying to attack them, it won¡¯t make any damage to this group.


    However, different from normal troops, the elites felt something amiss. They can watch thing from far away, and they see it¡¯s not a weapon made that sound, but a battleship falling from the space because they lost energy.


    Not just that, every star in the sky beating like heartbeats, dimmer and brighter alternately. A great energy disturbance spreading across the universe. Not long after, the earth shook with a greater scale than ever before.


    A crack formed in the space from the same spot Senwyn appear before, like a mirror get hit by a baseball, it shattered. Between that crack coming vivid sound, a calm but confident voice from a man.


    For the revolutionary army, there no familiar sound more than this voice, sound of a nightmare.


    ¡°To the Resistance who bring me here, I¡¯m grateful, with every of your cavorting¡±


    A man with short silver hair stepping out from that crack, slow but steady, like a lion, the pressure from his majestic aura can be felt even from far away. His volume of talking isn¡¯t loud, but it can be heard across all the multiverse, from hell to heaven, from ants to gods can hear his impassive speech.


    His hand strangles someone who wounded severely, the last elite. Blood gushing from the hole through his chest, but nobody dares to rashly try to help in this situation. After he throws that man to the ground he continues speaking.


    ¡°To creatures crawling on the ground, hear me, the one who will be your true king¡±


    All creature listening to his speech, they have big urge to bow, it¡¯s coming from their primal instincts to protect their life. Even brainless creature know from the voice they hear, this man is dangerous. Some of them even already bend their knees and prostrate on the spot.


    ¡°To monarchs sitting on their throne, it¡¯s come, the time for great reforming¡±


    Dreadful, it¡¯s what all rulers felt. This cold voice made them seeing an illusion of end of their dynasty.


    Looking at the heaven, he talks calmly.


    ¡°To Gods watching above the heaven, look at me, your greatest terror is aborning¡±


    Each word he said make Gods shudder in their place, but this man has the strength to back his word, this guy at least isn¡¯t even a bit weaker than them.


    Still looking upwards, with a menacing smile like talking with long life friends he keeps talking.


    ¡°To the king who sitting beyond all, your doom, my arrival will be a forewarning¡±


    This time he stops talking longer than earlier, like meeting eyes to eyes with someone, but this person isn¡¯t in this universe.


    In another place, the peak of all universe, not like other gods who glared warily. There sitting a dashing man in a giant majestic throne, smiling, as he hearing his proclamation.


    He stopped looking upwards and facing the revolutionary army, but what he¡¯s seeing not them but this world. With a wide smirk in his face, his eyes looking down to this entire multiverse, like a God looking at mortal with contempt, but a glint of happiness can still be seen, like a kid who found a new toy.


    ¡°My name is Nathan, and I¡¯d like to say ¡­¡±


    Streaks of light from the sun rising, slowly illuminate the world, a first dawn the sign of new era is coming. With a sinister half-grin, he said


    ¡°Good Morning¡±

 8. View shot?

    While listening to Nathan speech, different with other fighters who dumbfounded and trying to comprehend the situation, Kinana immediately gives series of instructions to the elites with hand sign, knowing that telepathy can be intercepted by him. As a brain of this group she has mental fortitude better than normal elites, even in this unplanned situation, it¡¯s already become her instinct to never hesitate to create a new plan in the worst condition.


    Everything could be done if they¡¯re still alive.


    Senwyn looking at Kinana direction, seeing if Kinana has any plan to salvage this situation. After looking at her sign, she¡¯s sighing with disappointment and talking to Vashar in front of her.


    ¡°Change of plan, get ready to make a shield to protect me and Von Dahr¡±


    Hearing her command, Vashar stunned for a second but after that, he nodding his head and creating a shield around them.


    Dhana and Xin, member of elite fighters already teleported, disappear from this planet after getting the command from Kinana to send all normal troops who in space to another universe and wait for a chance to attack.


    At the same time, Tyrell and Juexi get the task of stalling Nathan, not waiting for Nathan¡¯s speech they changing into battle mode.


    After Speaking some incantation, many red magic circles appear instantly around Juexi, he activating his unique skill. Tyrell on the other side, without speaking anything, his hair and skin color swapped, his skin like seas whilst his hair like snows. They know it¡¯s is impossible for them to defeat Nathan, but Kinana instructions are crystal, their job is to stall and not to defeat him. Even if they still doubtful that their power is enough, they don¡¯t have choice aside from doing it.


    *Huff*


    Kinana took a deep breath, looking at Nathan who already finishing his talk with a half-grin looking at them. Her eyes changing to gold color, focusing on Nathan and with a calm voice, she said


    ¡°Everyone, Let¡¯s do this¡±.


    ¡°Aye, aye, captain¡±, all of them said in unison.


    In that instant, Tyrell appears in front of Nathan with a red eye but Nathan smirking impassively. Without waiting, Tyrell swings his leg with a full force, a kick hook targeting Nathan¡¯s neck, however, Nathan don¡¯t even to try block this kick and let it land in his neck.


    The kick doesn¡¯t even scratch Nathan¡¯s skin and it looks like just a weak attack, but it actually doesn¡¯t. The power of that kick is quite formidable, everything in the trajectory of the kick either destroyed or knocked far away by the shockwave, if someone were watching from outside solar system, they could see half of the earth destroyed and Jupiter got thrown out of its orbit.


    Nathan tilting his head, look confused, and asking Tyrell, ¡°I never seen you before, are you rally member of resistance?¡±


    ¡°Of, course, I, am¡±, Tyrell said while pulling his kick, he continues his attack with side elbow strike followed by other series attacks, fast and concise, every punch and every kick generating great shockwaves that disperse everything in their trajectory, but even so, it¡¯s still not enough.


    ¡°Hmm, that¡¯s weird. I¡¯m sure already remembering all your member¡±, Nathan muttering while stroking his chin, ¡°Oh well, whatever¡±


    Kinana who still observing the situation know that Nathan ready to attack, ¡®Damn, we not ready for this¡¯, immediately she gives Tyrell new instruction, which in the normal situation she won¡¯t give.


    She commands Tyrell to unlock his seal which blocking his element and bring out his true power. Actually, even Tyrell existence is a big secret which can¡¯t be leaked to Nathan¡¯s side. However, this time, Nathan already seeing Tyrell and with his usual curiosity, he will try to find out who Tyrell was. Unfortunately for their group, Nathan subordinate has the ability to find out who he is.


    In this situation, it¡¯s better to bring their all and using it to stall time than hide it just to be discovered later by him.


    Tyrell who receive instruction stunned for a moment, previously she forbid him doing something that can reveal who he is, her argument is also reasonable, so he never used his true identity when he doing mission, careful to not discovered by Nathan subordinates, but this time he said to reveal his identity in the front Nathan himself, isn¡¯t that like seeking death.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    However, he knows that Kinana is rarely wrong, at the very least she smarter than him, and even if he never said it out loud, he always believes her judgment is always better than him. So, without much thought he follows her instruction, it¡¯s a trust between comrade who already walking on the road of blood together.


    He looks behind him and sees Juexi nodding. He''s jumping backward and teleport to a place far away from there, ready to unlocking his seal. After that, a giant bubble suddenly appears around Nathan who just get ready to attack. Looking at this giant bubble, he furrows his brow not understand, he knows whose power it is but wondering what purpose it has, however, he still try to be careful and instantly destroy that bubble.


    After he destroyed that bubble, a giant vermilion phoenix in his left ready to attack him, Nathan who looking all of it isn¡¯t surprised and relaxedly said.


    ¡°Well, well, this power, Juexi. Long time no see, I barely remember you¡±


    ¡°Yes, it is a long time. If only I could say the same thing as you¡±


    ¡°Well, whatever, my turn to attack then,¡± Nathan said, he aimed his index finger to Kinana and in the front of that slowly, an condensed energy formed. Not long after, it bolted towards her at lightning speed, but before that hit her a black giant tortoise shell covering her body, made that attack dissipated.


    ¡°Ah, I forgot you have this type ability Juexi,¡± Nathan said while looking failed attack.


    Juexi, who still in phoenix form immediately rushed to Nathan, ready to attack and engulfing him with a black primordial fire. Unlike before with Tyrell, this time Nathan actually dodging Juexi''s attack. He flying upwards to avoid those blazing black flames.


    ¡°Whoa, where your confidence to receive Tyrell previous attack directly¡±, acting like surprised, Juexi try to mocking Nathan.


    ¡°I may be an arrogant man, but it doesn¡¯t mean I¡¯m stupid, Juexi¡±, smile still doesn¡¯t leave his mouth, uncaring about Juexi taunting. He''s raising a middle finger to Juexi and said: ¡°Bring it on, do your worst¡±.


    In that instant, a new Juexi appeared in Nathan¡¯s left, raise both of his hand and creating something, a white tiger from lightning bigger than the sun. It¡¯s rushing to Nathan with fang getting bigger and bigger in its way.


    Looking that giant tiger coming from his left, Nathan calmly made a giant shield to protect himself, however, he created it at his right in the opposite of the tiger direction. Just before that tiger swallows him whole, it teleported to the right and can¡¯t go through the shield he made.


    ¡°As expected, the stupid bubble before is confusing my sense, it¡¯s a good skill¡± he unhesitant to praise when realizing that his opponent can mislead his senses, and just in the last moment, he realizes Juexi in the opposite direction from start.


    Even those skill can¡¯t kill him, but it sure will do harm if it struck him, so he always be careful when facing something that possibly harms him. He¡¯s prideful and confident with real power back it up, but he knows what he should and shouldn¡¯t do. Overconfidence is always the downfall to great people and he learned it with the hard way.


    But, even so, just careful is often not enough when your enemy views you as their archenemy.


    After he blocked the tiger, he''s looking around him, counting there just five people here, he can¡¯t see Tyrell nearby, Kinana still covered by black tortoiseshell, Juexi in front him, Senwyn, Vashar and injured Dahr gathered in the same place.


    Looking at Senwyn, he furrowed his eyebrow thinking, ¡®Aren¡¯t their plan is erasing ¡°me¡± from this timeline? Why the process right now looks different?¡¯


    He''s trying rushing to Senwyn directions but half of the way, from far away Juexi stopping him with a lightning spear, he tries to make a shield but the spear changing its shape, come around of that shield and become a cage, a sphere white cage, confined both of them together.


    The cage is quite hard but he can destroy it in a few seconds, however, Juexi can creating this cage with just a few seconds too. Usually, he just destroys it with his time-based skill, since nobody can reverse the damage, but his time power still unstable after passing through the gate. So his easiest choice now is to kill Juexi and get out.


    ¡°You don¡¯t think you can avoid your battle with me don¡¯t you¡± Juexi taunting with a smile on his face.


    ¡°Well, aren¡¯t you a persistent one. I bet you don¡¯t have any girlfriend¡±


    ¡°You know what about me?¡± After roaring, his body slowly covered by scales and changing into a yellow dragon. He¡¯s creating many yellow lightning spears and it immediately rushing to Nathan direction.


    ¡°I already read the report on every elite member of your group you know,¡± He said while dodging those yellow spear, ¡°Hmm, for example, is you¡±


    ¡°What do you even know about me¡±


    ¡°Juexi, awakening happened at 11 years old, Time with Rare talent, besides that he awoke four other element Fire, Lightning, Water, and Lightning with Mythic Talent, a real talent¡± Still dodging those spear but every time he avoids spear he getting nearer to Juexi.


    ¡°What exactly what you want to say?¡± Juexi asks and his attack getting faster each second.


    Hearing Juexi question, Nathan giggled and said ¡°Fufu, Nothing, you are really a favorite son of heaven, fated to become one of god and leading your world to prosperity. Unfortunately, your world meet my eyes, so its fate kinda got sealed¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°And right now, my eyes are in this multiverse. If you are obstructing my way, I will make sure you will get the same fate as your universe,¡± there¡¯s no smile in his face, just a glare with serious killing intent directed to the man in the front of him.

 9. Smile shots

    *Huff* *Huff*


    I''m looking at the headless dead body, a white man wearing black armor, in front of me, his neck covered by blood from my slash before. It¡¯s a clean cut and precise, leaving no possibility that he can be survived in this conditions.


    *Ding*


    A sound of system heard by me followed a series notification in my eyes. I will check those later, my wounds are quite severe and it¡¯s better to heal those fast. But before that, I¡¯m moving towards the dead body and searching everything I can use. The adult said you must respect the dead, but I think it¡¯s okay to not respect a man who wants to kill me before.


    I tried to take off this armor, but it¡¯s no avail. It stuck in this man body, so I give up to removing the clothes and take his gun. It¡¯s a plain black gun, symmetrical with some beauty aesthetic. I¡¯m checking the gun inch by inch but have no idea how this gun even work. There no hole to put bullets here except in its muzzle, and more importantly the gun doesn¡¯t have even a trigger.


    ¡°System, can you tell me what is this gun?¡±


    [Yes, I can]


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°So, tell me¡±


    [Oh sorry, you never asked me to explain that]


    ¡°¡­,¡± facepalmed, I then said, ¡°You never get punched before, didn¡¯t you¡±


    [Like you can do that]


    I want to smack him but I really don¡¯t have the way, ¡°Just, explain it to me¡±


    [Searching¡­]


    [Summarizing based on your level¡­]


    [Dragnipur¡¯s Gun: Gun forged by Draconas race. Every wound enemy got from the bullet will cloud enemy judgment and radiating danger energy to the whole universe]


    ¡°Wait, what the fuck is this. This will make me hunted by the whole universe. Lucky for me, all my wounds are from sword slash¡± I can¡¯t help but cursed looking at diabolical descriptions.


    ¡°How to use it anyway?¡± I ask


    [It used soul identification, so it useless for you Nathan except to throw around]


    I frowning and helplessly throw the gun aside, it still better use stone than this gun as a weapon.


    *Huff*


    ¡°How about this sword,¡± I¡¯m pointing to the sword which still stuck in my body and ask him again.


    [Searching¡­]


    [Summarizing based on your level¡­]


    [Dragnipur¡¯s Sword: Sword forged by Draconas race. Every wound enemy got from the sword will lower enemy concentration and radiating danger energy to the whole universe]


    ¡°*%&^*%, it has the same effect,¡±


    [Look like, it¡¯s your fate to get hunted by Aliens]


    ¡°With my power, it¡¯s impossible to fight aliens. Hell, I don¡¯t even have the confidence in fighting earth armies right now¡±


    [Well, that¡¯s true. With your level of power, it is a suicide]


    It¡¯s like a hopeless situation, but I still have one way out, my time travel skill. From the system explanation, time element users are very rare, and more than half universe don¡¯t even have time element user. So, the probability of another time element user exist in this universe is nearly none, and it looks like second-time element user just got killed by me. It will be a miracle if there a third-time element user come here, statistically wise.


    The only trouble left for me is those aliens who will try to kill me, I¡¯m sure some of them have more advanced civilization or have different biology that makes them stronger than human.


    But, it is fine, every time I got surrounded, I can always fleeing to the past leaving the present. I will try to strengthen my body and get a stronger weapon in each destination, sooner or later I can surpass them and try to conquer them one by one.


    ¡°Oh yeah, System, I forgot to check armor status,¡± even if I can¡¯t use it, it¡¯s always better to know what is this to prepare better if by any chance I fighting with the same thing.This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    [Searching¡­]


    [Summarizing based on your level¡­]


    [Duban Armor: Created based on Chulainn legend. Impenetrable by any skill or weapon below Epic. Passively emit an aura that lower enemy chance to escape using time-based abilities]


    [Isn¡¯t this specifically created to facing you, Nathan]


    Looking at the description, I can¡¯t help to agree with what system said but somehow I have an uneasiness in my mind, after silent for a moment I ask the system, ¡°Hey can you confirm something system, is this Duban Armor easy to mass created¡±


    [Searching¡­]


    [Yes, it is relatively easy, how did you know]


    ¡°Well, something doesn¡¯t make sense for me. I just think the effect lower my chance isn¡¯t useful if my chance to escape is very high in the first place, it just lowers my chance not prevent my escape. The reason someone using it, either because it¡¯s hard to make a better armor or using it as a group and stacking this debuff to lower my chance near zero¡±


    [Maybe you just overthinking, if he has group why would he attack you alone]


    ¡°Well, that¡¯s true. Look like I¡¯m just overthinking¡± I laugh my silliness, pick clean clothes and ready to go to the hospital.


    Little did I know, what people said ¡®you can¡¯t be too careful¡¯ is true.


    ===


    Inside a sphere cage, a yellow dragon bleeding profusely from at least ten holes on his body caused by one man attacks, all of them destroy his vital organs. His breaths are erratic, it is weird when you think how someone, no, a dragon can breathe in space but what happening here is a reality. A dragon in deep space has difficulty to breathe.


    Facing him, a man nimbly avoiding his attack without breaking a sweat, his moves are natural like a fish swimming in the sea. The dragon knows that man in front of him isn¡¯t serious yet, but it is as expected, he can¡¯t bring out his true power after passing through the gate earlier, his energy is yet stable and he won¡¯t risk it, patiently wait for chances.


    ¡°Juexi, won¡¯t you surrender already. I know that your perception now is already blurry.¡±


    ¡°Why, would I? I never fight you one by one before you know,¡± he said, determination fill his eyes to never yield.


    ¡°That¡¯s your problem Juexi, you very persistent man. A smart man will know when to fight and when to surrender, and from my point of view, there no way you can become a winner in this fight.¡±


    ¡°Win or not, it isn¡¯t for you decide. Sometimes a man must fight even if he will lose badly.¡±


    ¡°Hmm, can¡¯t argue with that,¡± he said, in between attacks he finds an opening and immediately attack and creating a new hole in Juexi body, ¡°But still, your decision to fight me alone is a stupid one¡±


    ¡°Who¡­¡± Juexi catching his breaths for a moment and says, ¡°said, I¡¯m alone¡±


    ¡°What did you ¡­¡± he¡¯s focusing his sense to look around and find many things out of the place, he didn¡¯t realize before not because he was careless. He always observing his surrounding in the battle, but someone still manages to sneak around him, this person stealth ability is better than himself.


    ¡°Sorry for waiting,¡± someone appearing next to Juexi he put his hand and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go¡±


    ¡°Not at all, Xin,¡± Juexi answer simply, try hiding his erratic breath. Less than a blink of an eye they disappeared from that spot, teleported to outside of the cage.


    ¡°Damn, it can¡¯t be good¡± he¡¯s preparing to teleport away too but,


    ¡°Too late,¡± with a smile, Kinana press a red button and in that moment series of a giant explosion happening.


    ===


    Looking down I can see those crazy people who want to kill me still don¡¯t know that I¡¯m here. I take a deep breath and start thinking about what happened. Why there many people with those same armors and where they come from.


    ¡°Dammit system, you said time element is very rare, why there are many of them here¡±


    [Seriously, I don¡¯t know why too]


    I¡¯m observing whatever can be used below, and I realized all of them come from the same spot. ¡°System can you observing what happened with that spot¡±


    [Searching¡­]


    {Too much random raw data, can¡¯t be processed at your current level, you must be more specific]


    I thought for a moment and say ¡°Can you search those people origin, Wait, that¡¯s still too wide isn¡¯t it¡±


    [Yes]


    ¡°Can you determine if they from the same timeline as us,¡± I rephrase my question


    [You mean, like parallel reality]


    ¡°Yeah something like that,¡± I give my affirmation


    [Wait for a moment]


    [Choosing target¡­]


    [Identifying targets soul and element¡­]


    [Crosschecking with current reality¡­]


    [Don¡¯t match]


    Looking at series of notifications on my eyes, my lips curled upwards.


    ===


    A consecutive explosion from all of the bomb built before happening inside the cage and it will continue until at least six hours. It won¡¯t kill Nathan, but give them enough time to do their plan. Looking at the marvelous blazing scene all of them let out a sigh of relief.


    ¡°Good job, Xin,¡± Kinana said with his smile.


    Hearing Kinana praises, he nodded. He doesn¡¯t really like to talk and have a thin presence, but his skill especially stealth is the real deal. His ability as an assassin feared by enemies and recognized as the true rival by Nathan¡¯s right hand.


    ¡°What now?¡± Juexi said while healing himself.


    ¡°We wait, but you still must in guard.¡±


    Juexi changing again become a humanoid and sit in lotus position, meditating to recover his lost energy. On the other hand, Kinana and the others standing on guard and put their eyes on the cage.


    A silent deep space illuminated by blazing fire of sphere cage, from afar it looks like another sun appears in the solar system.


    However, this tranquil situation didn¡¯t last long.


    Exactly twenty minutes after the first explosion, the cage is destroyed with brute force and the explosions are slowly stopping, the bombs capable to destroy the universe cease just like that.


    Inside of the cage, Nathan can be seen walking towards them, his skin has been melted and most ribcage penetrated his body. His appearance is unrecognizable. However, slowly, his body is reformed and regenerating, recovering most of his body.


    ¡°Shit, that¡¯s hurts,¡± Nathan curse while walking.


    ¡°Impossible,¡± Kinana in denial, unbelieving when looking at Nathan¡¯s power.


    ¡°I¡¯m stronger than the last time we met, Kinana,¡± he says with a smile after his appearance recovered.


    Kinana¡¯s face pale, knowing what this situation signified. She can see Nathan''s soul, he isn¡¯t much older from the last time they met, however, Nathan¡¯s strength increased outside rational limit. From this miscalculation of the situation she understands, his power at least three times stronger than the last time they met.


    Nathan¡¯s lips curled upwards. A cold, menacing smile visible on his face, making most of them shudder.

 10. Surpriseshot

    [Warning ¡­]


    Once again, a notification mocking my failed attempt.


    ¡°That armor really interfering with my skill,¡± I can¡¯t help mumbling when looking down.


    Each minute, new fighter coming from that exact same spot. Good news is they still not realize that I¡¯m upside here, and the bad news is each time they pop out, it lowers my chance to escape.


    ¡°System, how much my time powers right now?¡± I curiously ask the system.


    [It¡¯s a little less than a third left]


    I silent looking at the system window, after a while I ask again, ¡°How much my chance to escape with time travel skill?¡±


    [Calculating¡­]


    [It¡¯s about 2%]


    ¡°Damn, that small? That calculation already includes those armors ability right,¡± I said.


    [Yes]


    I¡¯m sighing, let out a relief, if my chance to escape even without armors effect is just 2%, then I¡¯m really fucked up. Observing at the people below me, I can¡¯t help but lament why they so eager to kill me who from the parallel universe.


    Well, there are many possibilities I can think about why they want to kill me. With my personalities, I bound to have many enemies. They probably the victim and want to have their revenge here.


    But, whatever their reason, my desire for survival always above their whatever misery. If it to preserve my life, I won¡¯t hesitate to sacrifice all of them.


    ¡°Let¡¯s be honest, I¡¯m not a saint. Not today.¡± I shut my eyes down and try to calm myself.


    ¡°It¡¯s time to counter attack like a blazing inferno.¡±


    ===


    An unusual sight happens in the space, a dragon and many bubbles flying around attacking one man. His movement is natural, evading the attacks like a bird in the sky.


    ¡°Fuck, this is hurt,¡± Nathan cursed.


    The situation in the cage repeated once again, but this time, his attacks aren¡¯t as ferocious as before. Not just because he attacked by more people, but also because his left hand cut off by Xin¡¯s ambush a few moments after he gets out from the cage.


    Xin movement is precise, he found an opening when Nathan boasted and he takes it, his previously thin presence become thinner and vanished from his spot. After that he emerges behind Nathan, trying to cut his neck with his two black swords and nearly succeed. Unfortunately, Nathan¡¯s survival instinct save him in the end, mitigating his loss to just one arm. When Nathan wanted to counterattack, he already disappears into the shadow, waiting for another chance.


    ¡°Dammit, me and my overconfidence,¡± he cursed again when looking at slow rate of his regeneration, he can¡¯t focus the power to regeneration when avoiding their attacks, and he doesn¡¯t want to risk using his unstable element, so he plays it safe, and let his passive skills do its job.


    Nathan¡¯s dancing between seas of attack. He never let his concentration down in this barrage of attack, this scale of the attack is manageable, however, Xin looking from his back creepily, waiting for another opening, so he can¡¯t slack.


    This farce continues nearly half an hour, Nathan¡¯s left hand already regenerated and its functionality is slowly coming back. He¡¯s gripping his hand, feeling his elemental power sometimes become stable for a moment, after a while, he could feel when it will happen.


    He¡¯s smirking and planning to use that brief stable moment for attacking with his element.


    ¡°It¡¯s time for a counter attack.¡±


    ===


    *Huff*


    The moon has frozen and shattered, those rubbles changing into light particles. I succeed to avoid immediate death but right now an immediate problem is in front of me.


    More and more people gathered around me, and from their conversation, the woman in front of me is their leader. I observe my surrounding, but still can¡¯t find the sign of ¡®it¡¯ between all of them.


    I don¡¯t care what will happen and spamming time travel skill hoping one of them can bring me to the past. But each one of them is always failed, I think those armors around me really lower my chance to rock bottom, until miracle finally happen, but I need to wait 10 seconds to establish a link.


    When I see her approaching me, I¡¯m standing up and tried to stall. I walk toward her and screaming like a crazy mouse, asking some random question. But outside my expectations, she actually can interfere with my time travel and cancel it.


    [Well, though luck]


    [By the way, why you still trying to flee into the past after seeing her capability? I¡¯m sure she still can hunt you down]


    ¡°It¡¯s the same reason with why I walking towards her in the end, my last gamble.¡±


    ===


    Red colors are everywhere, the blood of people and dragon spread in the space. The elites¡¯ breaths spasmodic because of the severity of their wound, many holes are in their supposed vital organ, making they can¡¯t think clearly.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.


    They already tried many things to stall Nathan.


    However, even after all of those attempts, it¡¯s just give them additional an hour total. Not even enough time to complete their plan and right now Nathan look relaxed after wounding many of them. He can attack more often with his arm back, and because his element got stable once a while, even if it just for a brief moment, he can make his strike threatening to his enemy.


    His first target is, of course, Xin to alleviate his pressure. With his elemental outburst, he succeeds to catch him out of guards and inflict fatal injuries to him, despite that, Xin still can retreat into the darkness without dying. It isn¡¯t strange considering he can survive until now, he bound to have one or two trump card.


    ¡°Where your previous confidence?¡± He taunting them repeatedly in their battle, but even so, he still won¡¯t let guard down like before, because Xin still hiding somewhere watching in the shadow, and even when he got fatally injured, he can threaten Nathan, if he attacks without regarding his life.


    However, if they can easily be taunted, they won¡¯t last this long. So they still thread this battle carefully with purpose stall as long as they can.


    Nathan observing their expression and conclude that taunting is useless, so he just shut up and focusing to attack. Each of his attacks is ferocious, and slowly the wounded he inflicted more fatal in each attack.


    In just matter of minutes, the battle will come to an end. Juexi already collapsed with blood gushing from the holes and become humanoid again, while Kinana can¡¯t use bubbles as many as before and her element becomes more and more unstable.


    ¡°Do any of you want to say any last word,¡± With a grin he walking towards them.


    ¡°Remember this¡­¡± Kinana said while looking at Nathan¡¯s eyes, she coughing blood and said again, ¡°Go to hell.¡±


    Immediately at that moment, someone teleported behind Nathan. He knows it isn¡¯t Xin because he will be more stealthy and always choose the perfect timing to inflict a serious blow. This person when he appeared behind him, immediately shouting his ability, obviously an amateur.


    ¡°Omnidirectional Time Waves,¡± a scream heard from behind Nathan.


    He avoids the attack quite easily, but when hearing the ability name, his heart shook. He knows just one person who can use this ability, Travis, his longlasting rival and most bothersome enemy. His breath and pulse become faster when looking at the man in front of him.


    When he looks at this man, he remembers this man is someone who can''t even inflict damage to him before, Tyrell. Nobody, who isn''t worth his attention, but when he facing face to face with him right now, he can''t help to see Tyrell face overlap with Travis image. His blue hair, his facial structure all of it resemble Travis.


    Travis obviously dead, killed by himself. He still remembers warm blood in his hand in Travis last moment, their last fight is the last thing which can make him excited from his heart, and after that moment every fights, every conquers he always felt hollow, nothing can spark his fighting spirit again.


    As years passed, there no one ever dares to stand up in front of him. He¡¯s already on top of the world, more than ninety percent of all universe swear their allegiance to him. But, even so, he doesn¡¯t feel anything again, nothing really matter to him anymore.


    When a whole universe bows down in his feet; when all legendary artifact in his possession or when many beauties competing for his affection, none of it can spark his emotions like his last fights with Travis.


    For the first time in his life, he felt regret killing all of his enemies, who always bring trouble for him.


    Looking at the young man in front of him, a man who reminded him of Travis. He realizes, why he never hunt the resistance after the last ambush, and the reason he¡¯s coming here far away from his majestic palace.


    He doesn¡¯t want to conquer this timeline and make his empire bigger. He¡¯s longing for battle, a heartfelt battle where his enemy brave enough to fight against all odds.


    He''s observing the man in front of him deeper and found out he just 20 years old and awaken his power one year ago. What makes he surprised is the element he awoke, time element with Mythical talent, he is the third person in the history who awakening Mythical talent in time element.


    ¡°So, what are your relationship with Travis, kiddo?¡± Nathan asks, can''t help to feel curious.


    ¡°Why would I want to tell you?¡± Tyrell scoffed when he heard Nathan¡¯s question.


    Nathan silent for a moment and says, ¡°How about this, I swear on my name, Nathan Gibson. I won¡¯t kill or hunt all of the resistance members as long as you don¡¯t attack me first, with three conditions. First, you tell me who you are. Second, the resistance never steps in this particular universe again, and third, stop whatever you do with ¡®me¡¯ from this reality. This conditions valid for 10 years of your aging¡±


    Tyrell stunned hearing his proposal, he¡¯s looking towards Kinana. When she hearing it, she stunned too but immediately regained her calmness.


    Nathan rarely swearing on his name but every time he did, he never broke it, even if it harms his interest.


    ¡°Okay, make it twenty and he can say his identity. However, for stopping what Senwyn do, I can¡¯t agree. Our side will still try to stop you,¡± She tempted already but still tried to bargain.


    Hearing Senwyn¡¯s counteroffer, Nathan silent for a moment, one word comes out from his mouth.


    ¡°Deal¡±


    Kinana who seeing Nathan¡¯s fast response can¡¯t help to suspicious, but she can¡¯t find anything weird, so she looks at Tyrell and nod. Tyrell looking at her sighed, knowing this is the best option for them.


    ¡°What do you want to know?¡± Tyrell says.


    ===


    I¡¯m betting these people is great enough to become a threat to myself in their timeline. Based on their action until now, the probability of me and another version of me have the same personality is very high. With my mentality, even if I can¡¯t destroy groups who can threaten myself, I will never leave them left unchecked.


    The simple conclusion is if their group are big enough to threaten another version of me,


    ===


    ¡°So, it¡¯s like that,¡± Nathan¡¯s mumbling, ¡°I don¡¯t expect Travis still left his bloodline in this world¡±


    Kinana already looking around and seeing all of the elites are already healed by Dhana who just came back after sending all of the ordinary troops to another universe. Juexi, Xin, and Dahr who severely injured from Nathan skill are already recovered.


    ¡°Okay then, it¡¯s time for me to stopping Senwyn for whatever she¡¯s doing right now.¡±


    ¡°Well, you must go through us first,¡± Kinana said with a smile. With Dhana ability, she confident can stall another half hours.


    ¡°Well, aren¡¯t you a confident one. That¡¯s good quality for a strategist, but you make a wrong move,¡± he said with a smile, he raises his hand forward with his middle finger pressing his thumb.


    ¡°What did you¡­¡± Kinana stopped talking in mid-sentence, felt an ominous feeling.


    All this time she always wondering how Nathan¡¯s got here, no, how did he know the existence of this timeline in the first place. She is a cautious person and won¡¯t make mistake in arrangement to make this operation as secret as possible. She made many prevention plans to make sure this information doesn''t leak to Nathan¡¯s ear.


    When she thought of what tactics they do wrong, she can¡¯t find it, she doesn¡¯t do any mistake. It¡¯s actually impossible for Nathan to knows the gate.


    But what if, the problem isn¡¯t at the tactics but on the fundamental level, what if the problem is that. Something that she will deny because of trust between comrade who already walking the blood path together. Then it will fit, all of it will fit, either the reason of why Nathan know why they here, and why he said I made mistake after Dhana healing them.


    When she thinks all of it in seconds, her face can¡¯t be any graver than this.


    She immediately turns around want to warn Senwyn who still don¡¯t know anything yet, but, ¡°Too late,¡± Nathan said.


    *Snap*


    The sound of Nathan snapping his finger reverberate in the universe.


    Far, far away from Nathan and the elites standing, Senwyn who just used her ability to Nathan¡¯s soul stopping her ability. Not because it¡¯s already completed, but because she was taken by surprise.


    She got stabbed from behind by ethereal swords.


    ¡°Dahr, you son of a bitch.¡±


    ===


    There will be a traitor among them

 11. Dreamshots

    Melodies from cicada and frogs creped into my ears followed by whispers of the wind, a sound that very familiar to me. It¡¯s always calm me when I run from my house and hide in the wood. When the weather is nice, I¡¯ll sleep there listening to sing of little animals, waiting for the sun to sink down. Smiling, this sound reminds me of my bittersweet memories.


    I opening my eyes, like a baby who just woke up. I try to stand up but fail, I can feel my body but can¡¯t move it. I can do nothing, not a finger can move.


    Bright green is all I can see, there no object can tell me where I am, like the sun or stars. I can feel ripples go through below my body, make me imagine that I am lying down in a pool of water, however, I¡¯m still dry is a proof that is false. I scared with what going on, but the impression of wandering with waves while listening to a soothing tone is a comfortable experience.


    I indulge myself with this comfortable feeling while trying to remember what happened. My memory is hazy, like someone who just wakes up after a coma, after don¡¯t know how long my memories slowly come back and I can remember everything.


    ¡°So, I already dead,¡± I said, there no surge emotions. What I¡¯m feeling is just acceptance.


    I tried to call the system, but there no answer.


    I tried to use my ability, but there nothing happens.


    I can''t move from this position. My mind wanders around while lying down, motionless.


    ¡®I wonder if everyone who died has the same experience,¡¯ my thought wander sometimes thinking unimportant thing.


    Minutes become an hour, hours become a day, days become a month, months become a year.


    Time passed for god knows how long, and I still wandering here, even the sound already dissipated, I tried to scream for help to god, devil, system and many name deity I said consecutively, but there no answer. Is it hell, heaven or neither of it. I tried to kill myself by bitting my tongue but failed. Heck, I¡¯m never got hungry here.


    I have a bad feeling that I will here forever, it¡¯s bad, I read a news said normal people can get crazy with less than one-year confinement. Right now I¡¯m in the same situation with them, alone, watching blinding green lights in this silent place, for eternity.


    I¡¯m afraid, I¡¯m terrified, I doubt I will get used to this feeling, the feeling of helplessness. I¡¯m thinking about my life on earth, why I don¡¯t go adventure in my life more? Why didn¡¯t I go outside of my comfort zone and met more people? What am I afraid back then? Without realizing a little tear crawling outside my eyes.


    The stagnant time continues, no sign any changes soon. I closing my eyes, fantasizing about what I will do if I can get out of this place, then trying to sleep like always, but I can¡¯t.


    One day, there a small shift in the green light, nearly unnoticeable because I never focusing my sight after a few days here. Five white chains appear from nothingness, one of them binding my neck and the other fours binding and pull all my limbs. My body right now is standing like the letter X, not the most comfortable position.


    I¡¯m observing my surrounding, the chains are the only objects around here. There nothing on the horizon except more green lights. Looking all of this, I felt despair, realize there no difference between can and can¡¯t move my body, there¡¯s no hope for escape in the first place.Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    This place is stable with periodical wave below my feet like always. But not long after, the green light pulsate synchronizing with wave motion. My boring time changing faster than I thought, but unfortunately, it''s not for the better.


    The white chains glowing and change to rose color, I can feel a series of lightning spark surging through my vein. For the first time since I got here, I felt a pain and its hurt more than my father beating. However, that spark doesn¡¯t last long and slowly dissipated.


    ¡°At least it already ends,¡± I said after a sigh feeling relieved.


    But, oh boy, I never so wrong.


    The chains'' glow becomes brighter, and the green lights around me slowly change color following the chains'' glow. Red spheres made of particle lights appear one by one in front of me, it approaching me and they dive into my chest, go inside my body.


    All my blood in my vein boiling, my heart hurts and I can¡¯t breathe in. Although all of that happens, I can¡¯t die and the more time passing more painful it becomes. Something like blood come out from all holes of my body, and my vision become red.


    I screamed, again and again, my throat isn¡¯t sore even after that long screaming. I hope it¡¯s just a nightmare, I hope it will end, I hope I can die. However, I know it won¡¯t end, this torture will going for eternity.


    A long time passed, even the wave below me already become red, I still screaming can¡¯t bear the pain inside my body. This place here is a strange place. I never dehydrated even when my blood always coming out. and I can scream without stopping even when I can''t breathe in. However, I never have time to think about that.


    One day it stops, the pain inside my body slowly disappear and I can breathe again. The chains become translucent and fading, after a while it disappears. I who can¡¯t move my body fall over on my back.


    I know it¡¯s over when looking at the green sky again.


    On that day my tears gushing like a fountain. I cry for the second time after I got here, like a bitch.


    After crying for a long time, I finally can sleep for the first time. Dreaming about an adventure that I never got.


    ===


    A faint melody crawled into my ears, a voice I never heard for a long time. Frogs croaking and cicadas chirping like a music, calming my mind.


    I¡¯m opening my eyes once again, waking up and looking at the green sky. Once again, the situation becomes tranquil and calming, but this time my memories aren¡¯t as hazy as before.


    My eyes filled with determinations and my mind become clearer than ever, this time I realize how alone I am, there no chance of getting any help.


    If there any help, I will take it. However, I won¡¯t scream again. I will exert all of my willpower to get out of this place. Even though right now the place is tranquil but there¡¯s no guarantee those chains won¡¯t come again.


    A week passed, and I can move my finger.


    A month passed, and I can move my right hand.


    And after god knows how long, the music already disappear and I can sit and look at the horizon again. I don¡¯t want to acknowledge it, but my willpower becomes stronger after those tortures.


    ¡®If it continues maybe I can get out from this damned place someday,¡¯ I realize it¡¯s impossible for me without any abilities, but that mindset always encouraging me in time of despair.


    One day, some slight change happen again in this green space. When I notice it, my hand trembling. terrified of what will happen to me. A question pop out, the question which always sticks in my mind, ''What torture will be next?''


    I¡¯m looking at the sky, afraid there any chains again, I will try to avoid it this time, but with my meager speed, I felt doubtful.


    I wait quite long, but there no sign of change in the sky again. However, when I look at my body, I realize it becomes translucent, and slowly disintegrated become particles of light. I see this condition before, the ability of someone who killed me before. At this time my mind just wondering where I will go next. Will it be a new hell, more painful than now. After that, my consciousness slowly fading away.


    Sounds of frogs and cicada reaching my ears, following by feel of the wind all over my body waking me up from my slumber.


    I open my eyes, seeing at orange blinding lights pass through green gaps. I tried to breathe and smell the unique forest aroma, it¡¯s always calming my mind.


    I wake up and sit, looking at the beautiful sunset. My tears flow, thinking about why I never appreciate the beauty of it before. Soon, a smell of roasted meat come into my nose making my stomach rumbling.


    Hunger, it¡¯s a sensation that I never feel for a long time.


    I standing up and go to the origin of the smell, there a middle-aged man roasting a deer meat. I swallow my saliva, crave that meat. So I approach him and try to ask some of it. Before I got near, he begins talking without turn his back.


    ¡°Oh, you already woke up. ¡®Me¡¯ of this universe.¡±

 12. Hungryshots

    ¡°Oh, you already woke up. ¡®Me¡¯ of this universe,¡± a white hair middle-aged man said while showing his back to me. He¡¯s roasting the deer meat, it¡¯s smell entice me to approach and sit beside him.


    ¡°Yes, I am,¡± I said calmly while swallowing my saliva and I ask, ¡°Can I have some of those meats.¡±


    He stunned for a moment and says, ¡°Yes, of course, but it still not tender enough.¡±


    ¡°Well, I can wait.¡±


    I look at my surroundings and realize, this place is exactly my spot when I hide from my father. The only place where I can calm down and not thinking about anything. Other than that, nobody around us except little animals like rabbits, frogs, and cicadas.


    ¡°¡­n, ¡­than,¡­ Nathan.¡±


    I didn¡¯t realize this middle-aged man calling me, because of my daydreaming.


    ¡°Yes?¡± I said while observing at the middle-aged man.


    He has white hair and beard, complementing his bluish eyes deep like an ocean and has wrinkle between his eyes, very contrasts with me right now. A question popping out of my mind, Is this how I look at the future?


    ¡°The meat is already cooked,¡± he said and give one full plate of deer meat.


    I immediately gobbled it down, like homeless who didn¡¯t eat for a week. Well, technically it is longer than that but whatever.


    In just two minutes the plate is already empty, but I still hungry. Even after licking the plate, my stomach rumbling again. Damn, this is the most embarrassing scene after I got in this world. Well, technically it is just about ten minutes ago but whatever.


    ¡°Well, there is still enough for we all,¡± he said, and offer another full plate of the meat.


    I received those meats and gobble it once again. These meats are the most delicious thing I ever ate after coming to this world. Well, technically, ah screw that, I gobble another meat again and then burping after my stomach can¡¯t be stuffed by another meat.


    ¡°Thank you,¡± I said, thanking the old man beside me. Well, he is the one who made me attacked by those crazy soldiers and got sent to nothingness, but an appreciative feeling still must be said.


    ¡°Well, don¡¯t mind that,¡± he said while rewinding time in cooking place. After that those deer meats become intact again.


    ¡°Why you don¡¯t try escape when seeing me here?¡± he asks.


    I think for a moment, sighed and says coolly, ¡°Maybe I already tired of running.¡±


    I tried to look like a wise man who already been through hell, looking at the beautiful sunset.


    He raises his left eyebrow and said, ¡°I have an ability to reading your mind, you know.¡±


    Dammit, I have some suspicions but didn¡¯t expect it really true. Well, whatever, I just answer as it is then.


    ¡°If you can read my mind you already know my experience in the green world right?¡± I asked.


    ¡°No, I don¡¯t. I''m just reading the surface of your mind. I never really like ransacking other people minds.¡± He says while shrugging his shoulder and continues saying, ¡°But, I know the experience in the green world from my minions.¡±


    ¡°After I come here, I can¡¯t call out the system. I didn¡¯t know if this place is reality or another limbo inside that green world. If this is another hell, I must get out of this place, but from my experience, there is no rush to escape.¡±If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    My belly rumbling again and I slice another piece of meat to gobbled again. After I ate those I continue explaining my thoughts.


    ¡°If this place is the reality, from the fact that I sitting here right now, it indicates you already kill or at least defeat those who attacked me. I can¡¯t think they just left me here to be resurrected again, they must have some way to get me to stay dead for eternity. However, that doesn¡¯t happen, look I resurrected.¡±


    I look at him but he still listening while eating his share of meats.


    ¡°That¡¯s mean you stopped them for whatever they want to do with me. Which imply you are stronger than all of them combined. Well, that fact is obvious when looking at their desperate attempt to kill me. Anyway, It¡¯s foolish to think can escape from you when I can¡¯t even run from one of them.¡±


    I stop for a moment and ask for water, this conversation is making me thirsty, I¡¯m sure it is because of this conversation not because of meats.


    ¡°So either way, I better ate some delicacy before I try to escape,¡± I said, ¡°Or die, whichever pleases you.¡±


    He looks dumbfounded after hearing my explanation. Nah, it¡¯s impossible, maybe just my feeling. I shook my head and continue to eat again.


    He looking at me and chuckled, ¡°You really remind me of my past self. Normal people usually have a mental breakdown after getting out from that damned place.¡±


    ¡°Well, maybe my mental strength is higher than normal people,¡± I mumble without thinking.


    ¡°Yeah, maybe you are,¡± he nodded, hearing my mumble.


    ¡°You know, something is bothering me for a long time, what is that green world actually?¡± I ask whilst chewing meat in my mouth.


    Hearing my question he explains some of Senwyn¡¯s abilities, one of them is creating separate space like the green world. It suppresses my willpower to escape and have extreme time dilations, one second outside is more than one year inside. She using it to accelerate her ability to erase me from this timeline and cut off the link between me and fate¡¯s string. However, their plan falls apart because ''me'' come to this universe too. His story quite unbelievable and look straight from a fairytale, but as the person involved, I can¡¯t help to listening carefully. Of course, I take his explanation with a grain of salt.


    He looks at me, knowing what I am thinking, ¡°Well, you still skeptical. But what I said is true.¡±


    Dammit, why he can read my mind, that¡¯s not fair. I can¡¯t bluffing my way out like this.


    ¡°Oh yeah, what happens with the people who attacked me?¡± a question popped on my head, ¡°Are you kill them?¡±


    ¡°What do you think,¡± he said.


    ¡°No.¡±


    He stunned for a moment and ask, ¡°How did you know that?¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t. I just hope, my chance to live is better if you can spare them,¡± I said honestly.


    He laughs after hearing my answer. I look at him, confused about what funny. Well, at least this is a good sign, right?


    After satisfied laughing, he says, ¡°This reminds me with my past personality.¡±


    ¡°So, what¡¯s gonna happen to me?¡± I ask carefully while looking at his face.


    ¡°Guess,¡± he says with a grin on his face.


    ¡°You will let me go back to earth and give me a legendary weapon to protect myself.¡±


    ¡°Take another guess.¡±


    ¡°Dammit, my instinct is right. You will kill me right.¡±


    ¡°Nope¡±


    ¡°I knew it. Wait, what, then what are you gonna do to me?¡±


    He chuckled looking at my reaction and says, ¡°Not so fast, we still waiting for another guest.¡±


    Just after he saying it, a crack appears in the sky and a man flying down from that place. Wait, scratch that, it¡¯s two people, a man, and a woman, the man is flying down and the woman tied up by something like a glowing rope.


    After a closer look, I can see both of them bruised all over their body but nothing fatal. There no spike of reaction in ¡®my¡¯ face, so I think they don¡¯t come to attack us, even if they are, ¡®me¡¯ can handle it alone.


    ¡°Finally you come, Dahr. The sun already set,¡± he reprimands the man.


    ¡°She¡¯s tougher than I thought.¡±


    ¡°Didn¡¯t I warn you before, to not underestimate her.¡±


    After hearing his reprimand, the man apologizing with red ears, is he angry? no, it¡¯s embarrassed expression. Well, nothing to do with me.


    I look at the woman in front of me, her face is beautiful yet unfamiliar. When I hear a guest coming, my first guess is a member of those crazy soldiers or even Senwyn, the leader. But, it seems I wrong.


    Is this person is his enemy so he decided to erase her now?


    ¡°A very beautiful woman, right?¡± I hear ¡®me¡¯ talking behind me.


    ¡°Who is this person?¡± I ask.


    ¡°She has many titles, but in my timeline. She is my best friend who always encourage me in my rock bottom and my teacher who always guide me in my darkest time.¡± He says reminiscing the past.


    Why you instruct your minions to beat her then.


    However, without answering my monologue he continues talking, Well, it¡¯s probably because he can¡¯t go himself. I look at the woman again carefully and convinced that I never met her.


    ¡°But my ambition to conquer put both of us in different side. She sees what I do as evil and tried to kill me,¡±


    Well, classic backstabbing story, and because he still standing here that means,


    ¡°I run from her for many years, and in the end I finally kill her, I never felt that hollow before.¡±


    Gotcha.


    ¡°Dammit, can¡¯t your monologue be more sensible.¡±


    ¡°Sorry,¡± I apologizing instantly then ask, ¡°So do I know this woman?¡±


    ¡°Yes, she is your system,¡± he said halfheartedly.


    Well, I didn¡¯t see that coming.

 13. Systemshots

    I stunned after heard his words and wonder if this a joke. I¡¯m looking at his face and can¡¯t find any sign of deception. If he lies, that¡¯s the most convincing one I ever saw.


    He¡¯s looking at me and scoffs with my skeptical thought. Dammit, mind reader, can¡¯t you let me think in peace.


    ¡°So, why are you bring her here?¡± I ask.


    ¡°To not let the history repeat once again,¡± he answers and walks approaching her, ¡°I need to waking her up first before we can talk.¡±


    ¡°Wait, let me,¡± I say after heard him talk.


    Remembering those annoying remark from the system, there is no choice for me except to deliver the punch I promised, yes no choice.


    He looking at me for a moment and says with a smile, ¡°be my guest.¡±


    ¡°Thank, You,¡± I say with a grin on my face, and then I approach her while stretching my hand.


    This system usually mocking me and laughing at my inability to touch him, wait it''s her now. Well, doesn''t matter, look who has the final laugh now. After I stand in front of her, without any courtesy, I deliver a straight punch to her face.


    The sound of the punch is echoing in this place.


    ¡°Is that enough?¡±


    ¡°Yes, it is enough,¡± I answer his question coolly. After that, I step back slowly with a tense body.


    ¡°It hurts isn¡¯t it,¡± he asks with a smirk.


    ¡°Yes, it is,¡± I say while enduring pains in my hand, and a little tear in my eyes. Her head is as hard as a stone. I even hear another person giggling beside us. Damn, now I become the laughingstock of his minions.


    ¡°Fortunately you didn¡¯t want to hit her hard and just give her a light punch without killing intent. If you punch her as hard as you can, you probably lost your arm,¡± he says, comforting me somewhat.


    ¡°What, why would I want to punch her for real? She just an annoying thing, um, woman. It¡¯s not like she is the reason I got attacked by those fighters. And even if that''s true, still not all problem can be solved with a hard hand.¡± I shook my head, can¡¯t understand how another me thinking.


    He looking at me as if reading my mind, wait he is, then he says, ¡°Those mindsets is just because of your ignorance, your lack adventure to other universes. Most of them not as peaceful as earth, death is always followed and caress your neck. The strong kill someone because of they slightly annoyed. Heck, I even see people like that on earth too.¡±


    When hearing his explanation, I can¡¯t say that ¡®I don¡¯t understand those mindsets¡¯ Willy-nilly. Because I also believe that. Even on earth those in power usually oppress the weak, it¡¯s a human nature to flaunt their wealth and authority, but still, I never like people like them.


    I read all of those stories recently, a relatively peaceful time. I can imagine how those in power behave in ancient times. Is this world really that rotten?


    ¡°Yes, it is,¡± he answers without being asked. Curse you mind reader.


    Not long later, she wakes up after infused by some weird white light from his hand.


    Her golden eyes observing the surrounding, then finally looking at us. God, after looking face to face her charm radiant even more. Her golden silk hairs and her pale white skin, not even dirty after got thrown in the ground before, she just like a goddess where all kind of filth afraid to get near her. People said beauty Is in the eyes of the beholder, but I¡¯m sure five over seven people will answer the same as me.If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    ¡°What are you planning to do with me, Nathan,¡± she said my name, her menacing gaze is quite scary but it¡¯s directed to another me.


    The person who hears the question just smiled and says, ¡°You really need to chill a little,¡± he creates some comfy chairs for us from nothing, then instructs his minion to release the rope binding her.


    His minion immediately releases her after hearing his command, it seems he has unconditional trust for another me. In the other side, the woman not even tried to escape after she got released, it looks she can assess the situation, after an uncomfortable silence she sits to another chair opposite side from another me.


    Looking at the situation it probably will become those of long talk. I sit in one of the chairs, it¡¯s better than waiting them talking while standing like this.


    ¡°So, where we are again?¡± he thinks for a moment and says, ¡°Oh right, what am I planning to do with you.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to do anything that can hurt you, you are my best friend. However, if I left you alone right now, one day we will in opposite side again.¡±


    He starts telling stories about the adventure they did together, how they become enemies later and how hollow his feeling after killing all his enemies. Well, no wonder he getting attached to her, he can go happy lucky adventure after awakening his power.


    Here I am, got attacked by crazy strong people after my power awakening and then got send to a green world without any friend. Of course, my attachment towards the system is quite low. But seriously dude, she is a different person with what you knew, she won¡¯t have any recollection about your story.


    He¡¯s gazing at me, and his eyes look scary, it seems he just read my mind. Well, I can¡¯t control what I thought.


    ¡°Anyway that¡¯s just my story and I don¡¯t want to force you, So I give you two choice. First, come to my side and I will help you get all your revenge. Second, you can go free and do whatever you want,¡± he says calmly.


    That¡¯s quite a generous offer, even I want to jump to his side now. At least I won¡¯t get hunted by those soldiers when siding with him. However, she stunned and ask for more time to think about it, why she even hesitate in the first place?


    ¡°She is a righteous one, she always singing justice. So, she hesitates when going to the ¡®evil¡¯ side,¡± He said as if answering my mind, wait he is.


    ¡°Now while she still sits there and thinking, this is for you,¡± he says and throws a translucent bluish crystal to me.


    I catch it, observe the crystal closely and ask, ¡°What is this?¡±


    ¡°The most precious crystal in all multiverse, if Gods know that true value, they won¡¯t hesitate to destroy all universe to obtain it,¡± he says with a mysterious smile.


    ¡°You really wanna kill me don¡¯t you, and why would you give it to me if this so precious.¡±


    ¡°Because that crystal is useless for me, I already used one.¡±


    I silent, try to comprehend what he meanwhile remembering what happened as a clue, ¡°So this is a one-time use item, right?¡±, I say and look at him, he nodding.


    If he really used it himself, then no way this thing is dangerous. Well, he doesn''t need to lie if he wants to kill me, he can do it anytime he wants. So, it probably beneficial for me or make me stronger. I look at his face and can see a slight change in his expression.


    ¡°So, this item somehow will make me stronger, but why you want me to do that?¡± I mumbling, but when combining all pieces of what happened, his story and some wild guess, I kinda get the gist of he wanted.


    The reason why he let those soldiers alive even there a high chance they will build a new group with a stronger member from this timeline. The reason why he left his universe even he has everything there. Combine that with all his stories, there just one answer that fits.


    ¡°You bored and want a good fight, right?¡± I say and he nodded. Dammit, what a demon lord like reason.


    Basically, he wants me to use this crystal and get stronger somehow, so I can fight him in the later date. I mean that reasonable when I see this from his shoes, the one who has the highest possibilities to fight myself is, well, myself. After all, We have the same talent. However, he got really far head start so he wants to give me some advantage here. Well, If that case I won¡¯t refuse, power is a power even if that comes from the devil.


    ¡°Am I right?¡± I ask him directly because I know he already read my thought.


    He looking at me and says with a smile, ¡°Correct. So you just need to channel your time power to the crystal and it will activate.¡±


    ¡°Wait didn¡¯t I lose my power when I lost my connection to the system?¡± I ask.


    ¡°Of course not, the power you awaken and trained is your real power, different with abilities you got from the system.¡±


    It¡¯s my first time hear that. So, I followed his instruction and channeling my time power to the crystal and it sucking all of it in the blink of eyes. It feels nauseating and I throw up a few times, but after a while, I hear a sound in my ears, a familiar sound.


    *Ding*


    [Initialize system]


    [Synchronizing with preceding system]


    [0% ... 1%]


    This notification is the last thing I see before I falling asleep.

 14. Choice Shots

    Birds are chirping inside this forest, melodies of nature alarms waking me up from my baby sleep. I open my eyelids slowly, still feeling a bit nauseous and after seeing around, I realize now already dawn.


    I''m just sleeping here in the wild all night defenseless. Well, scratch that, ''myself'' is still here looking at me and the woman. Other than that, there a man called Dahr still sitting in lotus position while flying in the sky. Either way, I got protected previous night from any wild animals.


    I try to remember what happened yesterday. I remember revived in this forest, and ate many slices of meat. Somehow my previous system is a beauty, and she still sitting with her eyes closed. What you even thinking, I will jump to that offer immediately.


    Well, what more important is, it seems I used a very precious crystal, and the system somewhat activated. Am I got a new system or what? Well, it faster to ask ''me'' in this case.


    I look at ''me'' and ask, "Can you explain what happened yesterday."


    He looks at me with and says, "Your assumption is already correct, you can try it first."


    After hearing him talk like this, I sighed and immediately close my eyes to concentrating open system window, then after a few seconds, a familiar sound resounded in my ears.


    *Ding*


    [100 %]


    [Synchronization finished]


    [Your status changes greatly after lost your previous system]


    [Do you wish to scan over your body?]


    [Yes / No]


    I don''t know if the change is a good thing, but knowing it won''t be hurt. I close my eyes again and choose yes.


    [Scanning ...]


    The process is very fast compared to the previous system, it complete in less than a minute.


    [You Died]


    You don''t say.


    [Do you want to see your penalties?]


    [Yes / No]


    Wait, there''s one? after looking at the notification, I think for a moment and choose yes. The system wants to tell my penalty, not give me one. Either way, I already got one, so it''s better knowing what the penalties than not.


    I close my eyes concentrating again to choose yes.


    [Skill Lost: Temporal Intuition]


    [Skill Temporal Cognition Revert to Temporal Awareness]


    What a skill loss, isn''t that a little harsh? well, it''s not that bad, I didn''t even know what it can do. I''m comforting myself, but, the notifications aren''t stopping yet.


    [Host didn''t have any points]


    [Host''s status got decreased]


    [Time Power -110]


    [Strength -4.9]


    [Dexterity -4.8]


    [Stamina -6.3]


    [Intelligence -2.1]


    [Wisdom -3.4]


    "&!*((!&^#@" I let out many profane words from my mouth and nearly cried after looking at harsh penalties. My status decreased nearly one third from this penalty.


    I''m looking at the notifications again and see it still same, "Dammit, why god" my brittle voice echoing in this forest.


    "Well, that''s the normal penalties for all system, don''t think it too much, there always a silver lining in life," ''me'' said after looking at my wailing.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    Easy for you to say that. It''s my status which got reduced here.


    "Wait, you say all system, is that mean there are many systems in this world?" I can''t help to ask after noticed what he says.


    "There are many systems in this world. Some of them created by dying universes to find it''s power inheritor. Some of them created by a higher being to get their revenge or even free them from their jail. Some of them just created for fun by wicked gods to make mortal fights each other, or in the rare case they born naturally," he says, explaining.


    "Well, what a fucked up Gods?"


    "Well, most of them are weird, but there are uprights one too like her," he says while pointing at the woman.


    Well, probably that is true but I will try to see that later myself.


    "So, is every system users got penalties like this too?" I ask again.


    "Hmm, as long as I remember every host will get very harsh penalties after dying, of course, this is penalties applied if the host can revive in the first place. Your penalty can be considered mild compared to other people."


    I still can''t be happy even if he said that. I mean it''s not like people get a harsher penalty will make my status any better.


    However, after hearing his explanation. A question immediately pop out in my head, "So, what makes my system different from them?"


    Hearing my question, he put out a little smirk and says "Your system right now isn''t something created by Gods or any higher beings, so even they can''t interfere with your system. This system directly created by the Akashic record, you probably already guess what Akashic records."


    "Something that records all that was happened, happening and will happen. So, is my advantage using this system like knowing everything in the world?"


    "Something like that, but the real value isn''t just that. As an Akashic system host, you can buy every ability, weapon, artifacts, cultivation technique, basically anything. You can even buy Original Gods cultivation techniques if you have enough points. However, those things are crazy expensive."


    Wow, isn''t that generous in my retrospect? Wait can''t it just give cultivation technique for free, it''s not like it will reduce it records. Well, whatever it''s dangerous for me if I get too greedy.


    "Is the other system can''t do that?" I ask again.


    "Well, some systems will unlock shop function after you reach certain conditions. However, what you can buy is something that it''s creator knew and have, even Gods have limited knowledge about certain things. The Akashic system is actually the same, but you know what, it knows everything and not bound by anything, it exists before everything and will last forever."


    He continued his lecture a few minutes after this, I listened to his explanation carefully, and understand why he said why Gods even be tempted by this system. If they can buy everything, they can become even the Emperor of the Gods after collect whatever point there.


    "Now you understand why," he said with a smirk after reading my thought.


    Oi, can''t I have some privacy here.


    After that, I check the notifications again and find out there no other penalties other than before. Besides that, the system shows me good news too after that long torture.


    [Soul Resistance Unlocked]


    [Soul Resistance +31.9]


    [Wisdom +2.5]


    [Time Power recovery greatly increased]


    [Skill Gained: Clear Mind (Passive)]


    [Skill Gained: Beast Roar]


    I feel slightly better after looking at those notifications, but still, those Beast Roar skill make me looks like an animal. Well, whatever, time to check my status after a long time.


    *Ding*


    [Name: Nathan Gibson


    Age: 17 years


    Element: Time (Mythic)


    Level: Colorless


    Time Power: 281/470


    Strength: 11


    Dexterity: 11


    Stamina: 16


    Intelligence: 16


    Wisdom: 20


    Soul Resistance: 35]


    My status already recovered after sleeping a night, except for my time power, but still looking at my reduced status won''t make me feel good. Welp, at least it slightly better than when I start, except for my intelligence.


    After a few moments, I realize there a new status unlocked, Soul Resistance, it seems I got them after tortured for a long time. I''m concentrating again to check its function.


    *Ding*


    [Soul Resistance: Affect the amount of damage taken by Soul types damage when all avoidances failed]


    I guess it''s the basic thing, like elemental resistance. However it still better than nothing.


    Is that all? I feel forgotten something important. I try to remember, but can''t wrap my head around it. Time to ask uncle system then, I''m concentrating again.


    *Ding*


    [A notification not opened yet]


    What, open it.


    [Host is not yet fulfilling level requirements]


    [Do you wish to fulfill it]


    [Yes / No]


    I think for a few minutes but can''t guess whether it will become a burden or an advantage. I finally asked ''me'' advice about the message, it still better than nothing. At least he knows more than me.


    After hearing my question, he let out a smirk and give me the advice to go for it, but I must think carefully after that. Is that really an advice? I feel he''s messing with me.


    Nevertheless, I decided to go for it right now.


    *Ding*


    [Host accepted]


    [Calculating host potential...]


    Wait, why is it calculating my potential? However, as always there no answer. I kinda miss my old annoying system, but well, hope you can rest in peace system.


    [Calculating completed]


    [This is Host''s path choice and Host''s success percentage walking the path]


    [It will determine host life from now on. Please think it carefully]


    [1. Path of Conquer (?? %)]


    [2. Path of Virtue (70 %)]


    [3. Path of Knowledge (50 %)]


    "..."