Sacrifice: Time of Mine

"So here's the plan. You're going to tell me everything you know or I will not open the door, agreed?" Avion waved the keychains, ringing them in the corridors.

"Everything I know... how can you even tell if I have told you everything?"

"I don't know but if it satisfies me?"

Before Marin could reply, Avion continued, "I am still a mortal, however, don't think that you will get a chance that I will fall asleep since I'm already wide awake after a good sleep."

"What a dumb lie. How could you even have a good sleep in such a short time?" Marin smirked.

"Oh, time is not a problem."

"What?"

"Don't want to explain."

Although Avion doesn't hide about his abilities as long as there's no risk behind it, he wouldn't just unnecessarily tell it to anyone he meets.

"Because it's a lie. You may trick me once but never twice." Marin rolled her eyes.

Avion nodded, "Sure, let's see."

"What do you mean?"

"I'll stay here. Once you fell asleep, I will go out and eat. If that happens, you will starve while I'm full. But if I sleep first, you can break through the door and escape."

Hearing Avion's words, Marin confidently laughed, "Escape? Once I get out of here, I'm going to beat you up!"

"Sure, then, Goodluck."

"..."

"..."

'Is he really going to wait there until I fall asleep?' Marin thought, 'If he does that, it is unfortunate for me since the moment I have heard of a mortal that dominated the Rank Eeh Stadium, I went here yesterday. I didn't have a wink of sleep. Although I have far more endurance due to the compound essence that I drank, I hate to admit it but I am still a mortal and have yet to surpass Rank Dih.'

After breathing deeply, Marin calmed down, 'It's fine, I can do it. I can still stay up to two nights. Let's see who will sleep for.'

Meanwhile, outside, Avion placed both hands on the door.

'Will it work? Since I died many times when Darea left, my general skills improved a lot. I unlocked new abilities and maybe its range of effects improved too? If I can control an object's time, how big is too big? What if I can affect what the object touches too?'

Avion opened his eyes and after a pause, he was done hesitating and tried it.

'But how do I even do it in the first place? Hmm.. imagine it?'

Overclock

Overclock

Overclock

Overclock

Overclock...

'Did it work?' Avion sweated after Overclocking it twelve times. He was not tired, he was sweating because he was curious and a bit guilty, However, he can't just open the door.

'Wait!'

Underclock

Underclock...

Avion cast more Underclocks at the door. If what he did works, it would mean that Marin is many times faster inside.

'Will I feel guilty? If she's too fast, she may not control her speed and collide with a wall and explode into pieces. She will certainly die... what a waste... wait, no, I am not swayed because she's a beauty. Furthermore, she's rotten on the inside. I want to know what the Dark-Bladed Shadows so it's a waste if she died.'

Avion calmed himself when he suddenly heard a high-pitched voice.

"Hm?" he placed one of his ears to the door, however, it was useless. no sound was produced.

'Wait, its time is too slow for sound to travel.' he then placed his ear on the gap between the doorway and the door.

Beep-* Beep-*

From time to time, there was some kind of beeping noises.

"Wait, I Overclocked it twelve times. So if it worked, a second for me is a..." Avion calculated in his mind before his eyes widened, "A second for me is an hour to her! A minute to me is already two days for her!"

Avion immediately removed the Overclock by placing the opposite, Underclock twelve times.

The beeping became longer and audible as he Underclocks more. It became more and more audible before Avion finished and he could finally understand it. It was Marin's voice.

"Please! Sob-! I'm sorry! It's going to gush out you know! Do you want me to wet myself!? If I die, do you want it to smell!? Let me use the toilet!"

'S-she's crying?' Avion was dumbfounded, he didn't think this kind of woman would cry, 'But days must've already passed for her so maybe that broke her?' he was suddenly filled with guilt.

Only when he realized, 'So those beeping last I heard was her pleading?' Avion wasn't cold-hearted and his hesitation vanished the moment he thought of that.

'So she's been pleading for hours now!?' he felt like a bad guy so he removed the Underclocks on the door and opened it to see a woman that he had not seen before.

Her black hair was messy, her black short kimono-like was filled with sweat and snot, tears gushing out of her eyes while her hands were pushing towards her crotch. She seemed to be on the verge of having an accident.

"Finally!" Marin didn't pause and came out to run, leaving Avion behind. However, she can't go as she could since it would shake her bladder.

"Why didn't she just pee inside the room!?" Avion followed her. When he saw Marin's super relieved face when he opened the door, he felt a mountain of guilt.

'I thought I should be fine with it since seeing people die didn't make me feel anything!'

Avion didn't know that it was because of Marin's innocent and sad face that got him soft. After all, the others that died in the battle that day were all bad people in the first place since they were imprisoned.

In less than a minute of running, he found that Marin was quick!

'Her form of running is destroyed since she's trying to hold it in but she's still faster than I am, maybe even twice!' Avion could only follow after using Overclock to himself once.

'Amazing, even it corners, she smoothly curves at an angle that didn't decrease her speed nor let her hit the narrow corridor, what technique is that!?'

Marin wanted to tell Avion off since it hurts her pride to be seen like that, however, she was in the most desperate situation that she didn't care anymore.

Afterward, she finally caught sight of the door of the toilet. Marin's face was the happiest in her whole life yet.

After some time, Marin came out of the toilet and looked at Avion with a tired face but hatred could be seen behind her eyes.

"A-are you okay?" Avion awkwardly smiled.

Grrrr-!*

Marin's stomach trembled heavily.

"Want me to treat you dinner?"

Marin nodded before losing consciousness. But before she fell, Avion caught her.

"Hayss..." he sighed with a troubled face, "If she only continued to act arrogant and obnoxious, I would've laughed at her. However, she somehow reminded me of Jamina that I... hayss... hope you don't die, let's go eat!"

Avion then carried her in his back and went out while evading the guards' attention. After all, since he got back, not even an hour had passed so it was still the same night!