Break (3)

Slowly, people started to wake up, and I saw Park Junsu preparing with the other adults.

They were planning to explore the forest again, just like in my previous regressions.

Looking at the field, I noticed that Park Jihye was also gone. She always disappears on the first night.

I don't know where she went, but she's always missing after the first night.

'That is a problem for later to solve'.

As I stood up to stretch, Park Junsu approached me.

"Do you want to explore the forest with us today?"

The strange energy that I would usually feel was not here anymore. Which meant that he was not using his skill on me.

He was genuinely asking if I wanted to join their group. I wasn't sure why his attitude changed like this, but it was better than him using his skill on me.

"No, thank you. I will stay here and protect the people in the field in case monsters appear".

Well, obviously, monsters have never appeared here, but he doesn't know that.

"It's probably better that way".

He left, and soon he and his group went into the forest again.

I did the exact same thing as yesterday and used my time by playing with Yon and chatting with the elderly people.

But after a while, a small group of five people entered the field.

These five people did not look like they came with peace; they looked like typical delinquents.

'Ah, it's that group'.

I remembered that group, as they had some strong skills, but I really wasn't that familiar with them.

But as they went to the field, they started taking the food from the boxes. It would be fine if they took a small amount, but when they started taking all the boxes, that was too unfair.

"Why are you taking all our food?" An old person shouted in dissatisfaction.

The old person was a policeman in his younger days; that's probably why he couldn't let this be.

"It's better that the food goes to people that actually kill monsters instead of people here that leech off other people without doing anything".

A guy with tattoos on his face responded as he took two boxes.

'I guess there are always people like that'.

But I could also see it from their point of view. The people here were essentially leeching off, but still, most of the people here were elderly people who couldn't fight. Taking all the food was essentially giving them a death sentence.

Nevertheless, if we just waited for the night, Park Junsu and his group would come back with more boxes of food.

But the old man didn't want to allow it as he tried to take the box back.

The guy with tattoos dropped the box and charged a punch towards the old man.

'Yeah, this is too much'.

I used my skill and appeared in front of the guy with tattoos just as he was punching. 

I stopped the punch with one hand.

"I think it's a little overboard to suddenly punch a person".

He instantly tried to punch with the other hand, but I also stopped that. I shoved him, and he lost his balance as he fell to the ground.

Fighting these people was like fighting children, as I didn't really have to exert any effort at all.

"Guys, take a small amount of food and leave the rest here".

One of them looked like the leader of that group, and he started talking with his members. And after a while, they came to an agreement.

"We will take a few boxes and leave; then there is no problem". The guy, looking like the leader, said it with a smile.

"That's fine".

I saw them take a few boxes, and I was satisfied with that amount. So I walked back to the group of elderly people.

But as I was walking back, I felt an intense energy from behind.

Crackling!

I had no time to react as I quickly turned, trying to block what was coming.

I punched, and immediately I felt a shock of electricity run through my body. It wasn't lethal or anything; it was just a very uncomfortable feeling.

Looking back, I saw that the leader had a shocked face, and if I didn't know any better, it was like he got hit by the electricity and not me.

I sensed faint mana coming from his hands, which indicated that he was the one that attacked me.

"How did you block that?" The guy said with a shocked expression.

I sighed in disappointment.

"Now you are putting me in a bad spot. I just promised that I would peacefully take my break.

But now that you attacked me, what am I supposed to do now?".

The reason I was taking a break was to relax, so I don't get pent-up anger and snap like the last time.

Just when I figured we could solve this peacefully, they really had to attack me.

'Man, these people were really annoying me'

Killing intent accidentally came out, and at the same time, their faces were petrified.

'Oops' I thought, and I retracted my killing intent. Their faces relaxed the moment I did, but now they had a fearful look.

What was I supposed to do now? One of them really tried to attack me with the intent to kill.

The electricity really didn't injure me, but that was because of my high stats. If this was a normal person, he would have died on the spot.

If he tried to kill me just because I didn't let them take all the boxes, he would definitely not hesitate to kill another person.

I couldn't just let him be and let him go his way. But at the same time, I couldn't kill him. There are two reasons for that right now.

First, I have never killed a person before, and I didn't know the consequences. Killing humans is not the same as killing monsters.

Second, what if, after I killed him, I got used to killing humans? That's when I remembered the dream I had. Would I end up like the 'me' in the dream?

That's why killing humans should be forbidden for me. But at the same time, I couldn't just let them go. They could kill another person.

"Shit," I said with a troubled expression as I put my hand to my forehead to calm down.

They must have seen my gesture as a sign of weakness, as they probably thought I was injured by the electricity.

Because right after I put my hand on my forehead, they attacked me again.