A young man runs through the trees, pushing his body faster than he's ever run in his life.
The screams and cries of terror and agony ahead...
He had no idea what hell lay beyond the curtain of dense flora.
Suddenly, a burst of automatic weapon fire and he heard one less scream.
Drawing his revolver, a message appeared to float in mid air.
"Would you like to use divine reticle?
Yes. No."
He thought yes and suddenly understood that he could somehow pinpoint the exact location of the assailants, despite the inability to see them.
He stops running and points his revolver in the air.
Pulling the trigger while targeting each enemy, a message appears again.
"Title acquisition: Ballistic Bombardier
Level increased to: 2."
He had no idea what was happening, nor did he care.
"Sextuple Headshot on malicious assailants!
Level increased to: 8
Temp skill acquisition: 6 week 6× point multiplier."
.....
Women and children running for their lives.
Screaming and crying as six men stormed their village.
One lowered a heavy black powder weapon, from his shoulder, and put a chambered bar in the top.
Gripping it tightly, he grinned wickedly.
"Kéèân! Léí shí bü hâí!!" He shouts and pulls the trigger.
A child is hit but, miraculously, is only knocked out as the projectile merely grazed her head.
Amid the din, no one aside from the denizens of the village, could hear the six gunshots from the forest.
The man with the heavy weapon is hit first, nearly a minute and a half later, quickly followed by the other five.
People stop panicking as they try to understand just what exactly had happened.
.......
After killing the attackers, I make my way toward the source that prompted my action.
Stepping out of the forest, people start backing away in fear.
They're not human but, I don't mind.
It's just proof, among other things, that I am nowhere near the planet of my birth.
"Can someone explain what happened here?"
Instead of fear, their expressions were of confusion.
"Jü vâü kâó dédâ víírr?"
.....
"Would you like to acquire the skill: Linguist?
Yes. No."
.....
"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?"
"Oh! You can understand our language...
Are you here for us or them?"
"Oh, I killed them.
I'm here to help you?"
"Help us?
Since when does a human ever help our kind?"
"Since my arrival.
Show me any who are injured."
