*crackle*
as I regain consciousness I hear a slight crackling sound of the fire I look around and I find myself in the forest and a few meters away I see the old man who saved me from the dragon who seems to be roasting a big piece of meat over the fire.
as I recalled the memories of what happened to my village and my family I rushed towards the old man blinded by my anger and sadness I tried to attack him to vent my rage and as I was just a few meters away from him a huge pressure befalls on me as I immediately fall to my knees in front of him.
"hahahahaha.." laughed the man as he for the first time took his eyes off the meat and looked at me with his pitch-black eyes.
my whole body shuddered as I felt that I was being looked down upon by some higher being.
it took me every ounce of my strength to resist the pressure and ask him "why?..why did you save me?. and if you had just arrived a bit sooner my village, mother and father could have been saved."
with a faint smile, he replies "you're still able to speak in my presence? I'm impressed. and as for ur question by the time I arrived everyone besides u was already dead, and I saved u because I didn't want to watch u die while I could help, but now I see something else in you, I see potential"
after saying that the pressure disappeared and my body slumped to the ground covered in sweat.
"what potential?" I ask after catching my breath and calming down
"potential to become the strongest in the world.."