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.

“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]

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This notification is the last thing I see before I falling asleep.