So, seeing no other way out I took the potion inside my mouth and kissed her. I was feeding her the potion mouth to mouth.
"GASP…"
I heard collective gasp from my surroundings. I almost forgot that we were still in the middle of a fight.
Lena's revelation of her true-self caught attention of everyone fighting. Devil's were feared by the masses so seeing a real devil is quite a shock for everyone. I don't know why everyone is so afraid of devil. But I don't fear Lena's true form at all.
Everyone was shocked as I fed Lena the potion mouth to mouth. I pushed my lips inside Lena's mouth so that I can pour the potion directly in her throat. Her mouths inside felt kind of cold. After pouring the potion, I pulled back my tongue because this was not a place to make out and we still had enemies around us. But I gave a gentle smile at her and whispered in her ears, "we can continue this when you tell me everything that you've been hiding from me after you recover."
"mmm.. I understand. ",Lena blushed slightly but she agreed to my words.
After I fed the potion to Lena, I waited to see if her wound was healing. But to my astonishment she started screaming in an even more painful voice. I panicked again and held her tightly against my chest.
"Lena, what happened? Is the potion not working?"
"noo, it's work-inng buuut I am feeling so muuch pain."
"why is healing causing you pain?"
"I don't have time to explain but you don't have to worry about me anymore. Just end this fight quickly and let's get out of here."
I was scared and worried but I trusted Lena's word and laid her down against a tree. She was suppressing her painful screams not to worry me. But I still felt worried about her. Her pained face struck my heart very much.
But when I faced the bandit groups my concern for Lena immediately turned into hatreds. It was because of this guy's that Lena is in this condition. But there was another person that I hated the most. That was me. Yes, I hated myself. I hated myself for not being strong enough. I hated myself for being a coward. if I had killed the bandits when Lena burned them at the beginning, now Lena wouldn't have to suffer. Lena is suffering now because I was not strong enough to kill someone. This is all my fault. I forgot that this is a world where strong eats the weak. Its either eat or be eaten. I was naïve to think that now that I had a cheat system I could do as I please. But I was wrong. Even with a system I am still the pathetic cowardly Arthur. I haven't changed at all.
But I don't want to stay that way all the time. My life in this timeline will be different from the previous one. I must make sure that it's different this time. For that, I have to become strong, stronger than anyone else in this world. I have to be feared, so fearsome that people will shudder hearing my name.
Today, Arthur learned a valuable lesson. 'one must not show any mercy towards his enemies because showing mercy to your enemy is the same as sending your allies to their death'
He will never show any undue mercy to anyone anymore. All those who stand in his way and try to harm his loved one must pay the price with their lives. Just like how these bandits are now going to pay.
Everyone was watching Arthur and Lena. They were surprised to see a person from devil-race here in the human empire. The BLUE MOON EMPIRE didn't share any border with the devil-race. The devil-race stayed in the direct opposite direction of the empire in the far corner of this land. They lived in the DARK MOON EMPIRE which is isolated from the rest of the world. That's why, everyone knows so little about devil-race except that they are strong and bloodthirsty.
Lena quickly became the focus of everyone's animosity. Be it the bandit group or the other fighter group, they all begin to show their hostility openly. I was again reminded of my stupidity. Here I tried to save them from the bandit group and now both groups joined together to take care of me first.
"devil spawns…they are both devil spawns"
"how did they get here? What is the soldier's doing in border letting devil spawns inside our land?"
"we must get rid of them here. Otherwise, they will get control of our mind and body."
"kill them…kill them…."
"kill the devil's..."
Everyone pointed their sword at us. I was dumbfounded at this scene. From their action, it looked like we are the villains here. I was speechless by how quickly people change sides. Just a few minutes ago, they were fighting the bandit's tooth's and nails. Now, they united against us, we, who tried to save them.
I brandished my sword to engage them. I was still confident in my ability to take care of them. I still have my unused skill up my sleeve so it isn't too late for me to take Lena and run. But I was angry at this ungrateful bunch and wanted to teach them a lesson. So, I didn't run and kept fighting.
Now I am fighting all the people here. Good thing is nobody from mid-tier and peak-tier were attacking. I only had to take care of low-tier warrior. But that will eventually change too so I had to hurry up.
time to practice that technique so I am not sure if I can do it right or it'll be enough to take care of this many bandits and warrior at once. But I don't have any other way so I decided to give it a try. I hope it works out in my direction in the end.