What should I do in this kind of situation... the next step, can anybody tell me? Sovereign? God? Inner me? No?

...

I fixed my gaze at the cave

...

It's obvious, I should just drop from here, land above the cave, that is covered in vines and bushes, crawl my way to the hole that will let me take a peek inside the cave, appraise wolves and according to their power either engage them or flee

The problem is how do I do that sneakily, without making a sound?

Easy

- Henna, listen...

And I explained to her what she should do, if she gets busted then I won't help her, being a villain is so cool... no, stop it, inner me is not feeling guilt, deal with it, look I know you don't like it oh my inner consciousness but how else do I act?

' Acting coward, just because you can... '

That voice, it's sovereign! I missed his annoying voice

Heya, I thought you were asleep

'Well, little Dylan, I used to sleep when I was a mortal, if you could call me that, once I grew stronger I could slumber for millennium and now, I can't sleep, I miss old times, I can forcefully shut myself down, but I don't want to miss how you take your first toddler steps and considering my voice I can't wait for you to call me papa, puahahahaha... oh hey, Don't change the subject, I heard what you thought earlier, my annoying voice? What's wrong with my voice? You don't like it? I can change it you know? '

Please leave your voice alone, just please...

' Do you want me to sound like a cute loli? Onii chan... '

STOOOOP, IF YOU DO THAT AGAIN I WILL SUICIDE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!!!

His voice really changed into a kid's voice in the end, it was done so perfectly but as he changed his voice from kind middle aged father like figure to little sister and knowing it was the same person... it sent chills down my spine

' Tch, no fun, fine then, let's leave it at that, I wonder how you'll handle the current situation, I won't meddle and take your time since the night is approaching and you don't want to fight wolves at night, just a friendly advice '

I already knew that, moron

I grumbled in my heart but there was no answer

I sighed in relief

Once again I stared at the cave and I thought

SHIT!

I forgot that I gave her a tough job

She was hanging on the vine miserably, she was trying to climb on it, she should not have a problem with her strength but her foot was stuck, I did not have time to imagine weird hentai and dismiss the idea as fast, because something has already noticed the intruder and it was the gray wolf, it left its cave and growled in low voice, he was not alone

Well, you've done a good job Henna, I will always remember you, goodbye!

I turned around and was about to sneakily flee but I heard the putt sound, she fell, I turned around, watching as she miserably and barely free her entangled foot and stood up, grabbing small dagger, god knows where she got that, oh wait they're dead, but still...

3 gray wolves approached and surrounded her

It won't hurt to watch the show right? Guilt can wait

Oh wait... I can help and play safe at the same time, the fact that only 3 wolves left the cave means that there's all of their ''army'', while I don't know their levels I can observe and interfere if Henna lasts for couple of seconds after engaging in fight, meaning that their levels should not be so high

There's also another possibility... that others are hunting and have not returned, knowing my poor luck they might return at bad time and I don't want my bones to be chewed by wild dogs

I won't directly enter the fight, but if their level is low enough I might as well act as an aerial support

I should get down from this branch first, I can't hit them with my throwing daggers from this far

I jumped down and rejoiced once I found a footing, I was not really scared of heights, at least not tree heights because I used to climb on trees in my early childhood, with higher physical abilities in this world which barely surpassed my past self it was easier to act and I felt more confident, while my poor height of 1 meter was a problem, it did not really get in my way, in contrast I found it comfortable, I was already getting used to my body, the most troubling trait was the round belly that I could not get rid of, I hope I evolve fast... which is impossible, well, dreams don't hurt unless they are nightmares like ones that I have

After getting comfty in my position I grinned, Henna has covered herself in thick vines and these old vines obstructed the sharp fangs of the wolves, she was barely holding on, her limbs were bleeding but they were not too serious, they can be healed

Now, I always wanted to try this

' Surprise motherfucker! '

Damn sovereign, reading my thoughts, well..

* Whoosh

The dagger hit an ass hole of the monster

My dagger miraculously dodged the tail and hit the right mark in right angle, I would have failed if that was my intention, it was an accident, that was welcome wholeheartedly

Holding in my laughter I went for appraisal

That was not intentional, but ok... ignoring sovereign's laughter that resounded in my head, I appraised the wolves, they were indeed low leveled, well not really, but at least I could rid of them, one was level 4 while another two was level 3

Once their comrade started whimpering pitifully they were distracted and looked around vigilantly for hidden enemy, losing your focus in midst of battle? Bad idea!

Henna did not disappoint me and wrapped one thick vine around the head of distracted wolf, it flailed and thrashed its neck but it was futile, another one regained its mind from stupor and after barking angrily lunged at her right hand, its sharp fangs plunged in Henna's hand... that should have hurt...

But it did not end here, the wolf forcefully threw its head around in attempt to tear off her arm while it was caught in between its teeth

With a loud yell Henna had to let go of the choking wolf and fiercely grabbed the dagger from her loincloth with her now free left hand, it hit wolf's eye but her flury of attacks did not stop there, she sliced wolf's ear then caught wolf with bloodied hand and sliced off its foot after several tries, the wolf was whimpering and barking in terror as it bled and lay down immobile, yet still thrashed, pain would not go away, it would get worse

My second flying dagger pierced suffocating wolf and lay down motionlessly

OOh, look at that, headshot! Since when did I become this over powered? I thought I would miss 9/10 in this kind of situation

I know the reason, it was because I was calm, not because I am badass, but because I was not really in danger

The one that got shot...below tail had run away, leaving the blood trail

Henna finished off the vulnerable wolf and slumped down exhausted, full of sweat and blood, lucky her we gathered some herbs on the way out of boredom, I kept some in my leather armor but it won't be enough, it will stop the bleeding though, somehow these herbs are not as simple as they seem, they are magical, is it because the environment is full of mana? Well, even if it is, I would not know, since I tried meditating yet never felt mana, like a lifeless stone... life sucks

- Are you alright?

I asked in fake concern, I seriously did not care whether she lived or not, my antagonistic attitude towards her could be explained by her race... and by the fact that I was an asshole in some occasions, I saved some girl, got all the confidence and calmed my soul, then I went off and I am doing some horrible things, to feel better I might as well save another human again, haha... I don't know whether to laugh or cry

She was unconscious, anther cliche scene, I want to look away but I can't just leave her bleeding when she risked her life for me, life that belongs to ME

What is happening to me? While I am an asshole I would not think things like that often times

' Your monster nature is taking over, this is your fate Dylan, you are a monster, the fact won't change and soon... you will lose your humanity '

I heard the voice and I felt thunderstruck

I... I am changing? No, no, no, NO, I AM MYSELF, I AM NOT A MONSTER, see, I am saving her, I am kind, I...

' Calm down Dylan, there's a way to control yourself and that is evolution, as you grow your monster nature will grow, but it will be impossible to completely overshadow your humanity, after evolution you will get a trait similar to your second parent, which was coincidentally a human, stop playing a hero, being evil does not make you inhumane, there are many rotten humans '

Wrong, wrong, WRONG, I don't want to be like them, ones that kill without blinking an eye, ones that do bad deeds and get away with it, I, I... help me, sovereign

I was at tearing point, I did not want to be a monster, at least not mentally

' You better treat her first, she's bleeding out, it'll be alright Dylan, I won't let you lose your human side, even if you get corrupted, even if your monster nature will try to take over, I won't let you, you get it? Now hurry up, the blood will attract other monsters, you are not safe '

I complied without a word, my mind calmed down a bit, I will keep myself in check, that's for sure, I won't let myself change too much

Thank you... sovereign

I murmured in my thoughts

' Hah, don't thank me, if you are useful you will hate me due to things that I might do to you '

Still... thanks, it helped me a lot

' ... You're welcome Dylan '