Just as I expected, I found myself back to where my safe point was, a few moments before I got to the door.
My eyes were widened since I could still somewhat sense the weird feeling of my neck twisting and the bones cracking.
But that isn't something I have to worry about later.
I kept my eyes on my house, my body arched as I fought the urge to charge in there and pull my parents before those bastards and the man in the black hat showed himself.
"Krista has already begun counting… 1:46 secs in." Said my little familiar as she hovered above my shoulder.
"Good…"
"Uhhm… Master? Why aren't you going in?" Asked Rose as she looked at me from the right.
I'm sorry, but right now I can't afford to pay attention to anything else… My family's life is on the line, and I'm saving them no matter what.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!"
My eyes widened even more the moment I heard my mother's screams coming from inside the building, which was immediately followed by complete silence.
"Mom!!!" I screamed out, my body arched and ready to lift up and then, Krista spoke,
"2:35 mins!!!"
That was all I needed to hear, 2:35 mins. I have only 2:35 minutes to save my family. If that's the case then I accept!!!.
I refuse to lose them like this!!!.
I turned my gaze to Rose and yelled,
"A sword!!! Give me a sword!!!".
I had expected her to act a bit surprised but for some reason, she was quick to concede.
She pulled out a red looking blade from her palm and handed it over to me.
"Hey, Master, I know you heard your mom scream too, right? Do you want me to?"
"No need!" I screamed, cutting Tess's words short, at this point the blade was already aimed at my neck.
I gulped down my saliva.
"Master! What are you doing?!" Rose yelled, the fear on her face for that brief second was hard to miss, even though I was paying zero attention to her.
"Stay back!!!"
So I yelled,
Taking so much time to kill myself was both frustrating and annoying, but for some reason I couldn't, and observing the way Tess and Rose are moving, it seems that want to take the knife from me.
No choice then…
"I don't care how many times I die!!!"
I yelled at the top of my voice before plunging the blade into my neck, leaving no room for mistakes, I sliced the blade to the side to chop off my neck.
And after that… it was completely black out.
×××××
I was back at the safe point, but not a single second was wasted.
"Rose!!!"
I screamed as I ran, her body turning into a blade and hitched in my grasps as I continued to count down in my head.
2:36 mins!
I bursted into the house, and found my mom in the kitchen while my sis was at the passage, holding a book in her hand.
"We need to move… now!!!"
I grabbed my mom by the hand, while I carried my sis on my back and began running outside the house.
"What are you doing Leon?!" Screamed my mother.
Tess could already see me coming from afar and had already started racing towards me.
If I can atleast get my parents away from here first, then I can use the redo skill again. I'd start a new safe point and continue from there… I don't care how many times I have to die.
They are strong, so I need to get my family far away from here or I'll risk making the same….
Different thoughts ran through my head, I couldn't lose them…no them!.
Eh?
What is this feeling?!
I can see Tess's expression go from natural to terrified. Her lips were moving but I couldn't make sense of it.
Run!
I need to run!
Something is behind me, I need to …
"Runnnnn!!!" Tess's voice echoed inside my ear drums.
It's him!!! The man in black!!!
I don't care about fighting him, I don't care if I die the moment I die ..
But please… Please give me enough time.
I just have to toss my parents to the side and use Redo, that should start a new safe point and I'll just continue from there!
Just a bit more time…
The moment I tossed both my mom and sis to the side, I watched their body roll to the side before I also turned.
My legs sliding against the ground as I gripped my blade even tighter,
Behind me were numerous dressed individuals in black outfits, like ninjas, charging towards me from both the sky and ground.
"Redo!" I screamed.
I had expected to get the same sensation I got when I activated the skill the first time, but instead, all I got was a painful sharp feeling in my chest.
Like something was grabbing my heart and trying to yank it out with everything it had.
The moment this feeling set in, my knees went weak just like that… I was surrounded by blades from all sides.
Slaaaaaash!.
I was dead, and this time, both Tess and my parents were the last thing I saw, watching as they raced towards me.
I didn't stop there.
I regressed again.
And again.
And again.
Time after time after time, I died over and over, and went back in time more times than my brain could count.
And yet, every single relapse I got into, I failed. No matter how I do it, or what I do, they always kill me, or kill my family.
'Am I dead?'
I kept asking myself,
'Am I dead?'
I wasn't sure…
'Am I dead?'
I felt numb but…
'Oh… I died.'
I guess I really did… die.
As if my body had gone numb, I fell to my knees, staring at my house as tears suddenly began rolling down my tears.
That was when I had accepted the fact I wouldn't be able to save them.
345.
I had regressed a total of 345 and yet, it had always been the same outcome. Each time was more brutal than the last.
Is there … really no way to change this fate?