65 65. Inevitable Fate - 3
As the fat guy heard Orion's question, his face also became solemn.
"I can use that five times, but if you exclude the one I did just now, then there are still four uses left," he said as he explained. "My talent is called Time Reversal. But for that to work, I will have to first set an anchor at a point in time. Previously, you have seen me going through that process; that was me setting an anchor at that time. I usually set an anchor before doing anything major, and this time was no exception. However, I never thought that it would turn into our only life-saving straw."
Orion understood a little how his talent worked, but he was devastated at the thought that they only had four more chances.
The boss monster was just too strong, to the point that even thinking about it made Orion sweat in despair.
Moreover, he believed that even if he were to max out all his attributes, the result would still be the same. He wouldn't stand a chance against the boss at all. The boss was on a whole different level than the iron rank and bronze rank power levels.
On the other hand, they were just a group of people of bronze rank who could only wait to be butchered by the boss, like they already did last time.
He didn't know what to do at this point. He felt powerless and completely defeated in the face of such overwhelming power.
Turning to face the fat guy, Orion had one more question for him.
"So, what will happen if you use your talent more than five times?" He asked, thinking the more time they had, the better.
"If I use my talent more than five times, then there are severe side effects," he said gloomily. "First, my curse will become active, and if I use my talent in that state, then the cost will be my blood. At a later stage, my very life would be used as fuel if I continued to use my talent in my curse state."
"Damn it," Orion cursed as he slammed his right fist onto the side wall, hearing the limitations of his curse.
He had hoped that if they could have more time in their hands, there might be something they could do, but now it appears he overestimated the fat guy's talent or underestimated his curse.
"We stand no chance against the boss," the fat guy said despairingly. "Last time we were all killed in less than a second, and if we go to fight him now, the result will be the same; we will only be wasting our four remaining chances."
"I know," Orion said, his voice trembling. He clenched his fists tightly as he thought about the divination Isis had about him.
She had told him that his fate showed her death—his death—and it appeared he couldn't change that fate at all.
Although he already died once and still lived, he didn't believe that Isis's divination was about this death. She must have meant the death he would be facing in the last use of the fat guy's talent.
'Maybe my death is inevitable, and whatever I do will only lead me to that…. But there has to be a way to change that; there has to be a way we could survive the boss monster.'
As he pondered that, he tried to calm down and thought of some other things when he came to know that he didn't know the name of the fat guy.
"So, what's your name?" He then asked directly for his name.
"I am Sam," the fat guy replied.
Orion nodded and wondered if Runo knew about Sam's talent.
"Does anyone know about your talent other than me?" He asked. "Like your teammates?"
"No, no one other than you," Sam said without much thought. "It was Runo's father who assigned me to this dungeon task, thinking if Runo were to face any problems, then I would help him if needed."
Orion nodded and pondered for a moment as he came to a decision.
"Then that means nobody else knows about the boss monster and all, right?" He said, narrowing his eyes. "Then let's keep it that way. Don't breathe a word of this to anyone."
Sam also felt that this was the right thing to do; otherwise, if the people in the boat were to know that they were going to die soon, chaos would ensue for sure.
"What are we going to do now?" Sam asked.
"I don't know," Orion said helplessly.
"Knock!"
At that moment, they heard a knock on the door.
"It seems they are ready for battle," Orion frowned as he looked at Sam. "I'll delay for as long as possible while we think of how to cross this hurdle."
Sam nodded. He also understood that they could do nothing in the face of such overwhelming strength and could only wait.
After that, Orion opened the door and saw that the person who appeared was Runo.
"Orion, everyone is ready for the battle," Runo said enthusiastically. "Let's go and kill this boss quickly."
Orion shook his head in response to Runo's words.
"Actually, I am not feeling well right now," he said, making an excuse. "Maybe all the battle in the temple and then the escape in the pond really took a toll on me. I will rest tonight, and we will look for the boss tomorrow."
Runo frowned a bit at Orion's words, but he didn't say anything and nodded before he went back towards the exit of the cabin.
"Also tell Ralf to take the boat as far from the boss as possible," Orion said when he saw Runo leaving. "We wouldn't want the boss to find us in the middle of the night and attack us."
Runo nodded as he left the cabin.
"I will also go," Orion said to Sam. "Be sure to not tell anyone."
Sam nodded.
Orion didn't say anything else as he opened the door to the exit and left the cabin, leaving Sam alone in his contemplations.
A moment later, Orion reached the railing of the boat and gazed out at the forest as the boat flew swiftly past it.
'What should I do? I am lost.'
He truly felt lost at this point, knowing whatever he would do would only lead to one ending—his death and the death of everyone in the boat.
'Why does this have to be so difficult? Why?'
He felt frustrated that the dungeon he happened to be stuck in had hell-level difficulty clearing it when the dungeon itself was a bronze-rank one.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
At that moment, someone interrupted Orion in the middle of his thoughts. Turning around, he saw that it was Miira.
"Thanks for saving my life," she said when she saw Orion turn around. "Without you, I probably would have died there."
Orion nodded and didn't say anything. He didn't feel like talking to anyone in the mood he was in right now.
"What's wrong?" Miira asked, seeing Orion so down.
"Nothing," he replied in a low voice.
But then he thought of something as he turned to face her.
"Hey," he said. "What would you do if you realized you would die one day and you could do nothing to change it?"
Bonus Chapters Goals:-
100 ps/30 gt - 1 bonus chapter 200 ps/60 gt - 2 bonus chapter 300 ps/ 100 gt - 3 bonus chapter
A/N: My friend said it works but I don't believe it.
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