Hitman with a Badass System

Michael continued his journey toward the demons grave with Vedora. At that moment, he was just two days' journey away from reaching the realm tear. On his way, he fought several monsters and reached five million experience points. Once he earned another three million experience points, he could reach the Immortal stage level 5. If he didn't have to save his energy, he could use this place to farm experience points. But exploring the demons grave without being gnawed by some monsters was more important than farming points.

The battles he went through were far from effortless. He had to use both his brawn and brains to defeat the monsters. Unfortunately, Vedora was no help in the battle as they helped him in the battle against the bat. After battling the bat, Michael realized the monsters around the demons grave were coming out from the realm tear. The closer Michael got to the realm tear, the more he felt a powerful yet strange radiation coming from the realm tear. Thanks to the APD and the system firewall, the radiation did not affect Michael. To Michael's surprise, the radiation did not affect Vedora. Except for Cain, the others slept on Michael's shoulder. Ayag and Sarba snuggled against Michael's neck and slept peacefully.

"Hey Ghost," Cain called Michael. His voice was quiet.

"I feel like this place, and we have some kind of connection," said Cain.  Michael was surprised. It was so rare to see Cain share his thoughts.

"What do you mean?" asked Michael.

Cain turned his head toward Sarba and Ayag. He stared at them as though he was making sure they were asleep. Then, he craned his head out, getting closer to Michael.

Michael slowed down. A second later, Cain slowly opened his mouth as Michael noticed a dim green ball of light in his mouth. The light resembled the realm tear. The ball of light crackled inside Cain's mouth. Michael's brows arched up. The energy radiation from the light inside Cain's mouth and the realm tear was exactly the same. Michael had so many questions in his mind.

"What is it? How long since  you could do this?" Michael asked Cain in a husky voice.

"Do you remember the accident in the castle?" asked Cain. His question made Michael ponder. A while later, Michael recalled an incident that took the lives of a couple of dwarves when they were building the castle on the floating mountain. He remembered Gaya talking about some explosions that went off because of some drunken dwarves. According to her, the dwarves tried to smoke some herbs to get high and accidentally dropped some sparks in the explosive crates. But judging by Cain's look in his eyes, Michael had a feeling the dwarves weren't the culprits.

"Yes, I do," Michael nodded without saying anything else.

"It was an accident, but the dwarves weren't responsible for the explosions. They did come drunk and tried to smoke near the explosives. But the crates exploded because of this," Cain opened his mouth as it lit up like a Christmas tree for a moment.

"I accidentally shot out an energy beam which hit the crates,"

"Did they know?" Michael looked at Sarba and Ayag.

"No," Cain shook his little head.

"How did you manage to shoot an energy beam out of your mouth without them knowing?"

"They are not the sharpest knives in the bunch, Ghost," Cain rolled his eyes. Michael couldn't argue with Cain.

"Does anyone else know about this?" asked Michael.

"No," Cain shook his head.

"We could ask Mugashuku about hydras, but it's too risky," Michael pondered. They resumed flying toward the realm tear while silently discussing the green glow.

"He is the only hydra in existence right?" Cain asked. Michael noticed a sadness hidden deep within Cain's eyes. If he was the last human in the world, he would feel sad too. Only Vedora would know their pain. But Michael really hoped there were more hydras somewhere in the universe.

"Life is full of surprises, Cain. Don't lose hope," Michael gently rubbed Cain's head.

Thinking about the connection between the realm tear and the green glow in Cain's mouth, Michael headed toward the demons grave. Luck was on his side as no monsters showed up to attack him. Eventually, the sky darkened. The howling wind was the only companion Michael had besides Vedora. Suddenly, the howling wind stopped. It was like someone had switched off the wind. Everything became deadly silent. Michael halted his pace.

Michael sensed nothing in his environmental scanning map. However, he noticed a strange blue orb of light in the sky above him. The light slowly descended toward him. To Michael's surprise, the orb of light slowly transformed into a woman. The woman before Michael had a square face with a rounded jaw, a flat nose, and narrow lips, and her crimson eyes were sparkling with patience and mystery. Her curly long black hair fluttered in the air as she descended from the sky like a goddess wearing red silk robes. The golden nose stud and the piercing in both her ears added a certain charm to the woman's grace. In addition, she wore rudraksha bead mala around her neck while a red bindi occupied the center of her forehead. If Diana was here, she would instantly remember the woman. She was the same mysterious oracle who visited Diana and lifted the curse on Diana's soul two years ago.

(Read Chapter 243 to refresh your memories)

To this moment, Michael couldn't sense the woman in his environmental scanning. Moreover, the woman radiated no energy. But she was the farthest thing from a commoner. Any oblivious man would drop to his knees and worship such a graceful woman. Just looking at her soothed Michael's mind and soul. For a few moments, Michael just stared at the woman without uttering a word.

"I've been waiting for you, Michael," The woman said. Her voice sounded like the perfect melody that mesmerized the soul itself. It took a moment for Michael to realize what he had just heard. He was speechless. How could a strange, mysterious woman call him by his real name? Except for Gaya, no one knew his name in this world. Yet somehow, this woman called him by his name.

"I know everything about you, Michael," The woman continued. Fortunately, Vedora was deep in their sleep.

"I couldn't say the same about you," said Michael.

"How did you know my name?"

The woman smiled,

"As I said, I know everything about you, Michael. Your past, your present, and your future. Not everyone could revisit the remnants of their past,"

Michael creased his brows as the woman continued.

"The armor pieces aren't the only things that survived your time array, Michael. There are things you cannot reset," said the woman. She kept surprising Michael. For some reason, Michael didn't feel threatened by the woman even after she revealed his darkest secrets. He wondered whether she knew about the system's existence or not.

"This place is one of the few things your past self left behind. Now it's your responsibility to fix your mistakes,"

"What do you mean by mistakes? Did I cause all this? The demons grave has existed longer than two decades," said Michael as the woman smiled.

"You really think your past self existed twenty-one years ago, don't you?" asked the woman. Michael agreed inside. When he came to this world, Abras was twenty-one years old. So Michael thought the dark lord reset the universe twenty-one years ago and, thus, became an infant. But he doubted his theory after hearing the woman's tone. Michael had a hard time doubting her when she was able to call him by his real name.

"Then when did my past self exist?" Michael questioned the woman.

"Five thousand years ago. Everything that happened in your life until now already happened five thousand years ago," said the woman so calmly. On the other hand, Michael's mind went blank. He was stunned to the core. The woman gave Michael a few minutes to get his thoughts together.

"But it doesn't matter how long ago your past self lived. Because of what you did, so many lives have been affected. Entire races have been wiped off because of you. Now you have the chance to fix everything. Well, most of it," said the woman.

"You have a second chance in life, Michael. Do not let hatred and anger consume you. Life is more than being a god and wiping out your enemies. Even enemies can become your friends if you show them compassion,"

Michael chuckled,

"Tell that to my enemies. They are the ones who want to kill me. Why don't you ask them to show some compassion?" asked Michael.

"Because they are not the danger, you are,"

Michael went silent. The woman gestured at Michael to follow her. Since he felt no threat from the woman and wanted to learn more about himself from her, Michael followed her behind.

"Who are you?" Finally, Michael asked the woman about her origin. Instead of an answer, she just smiled.

"One day in the future, you will know the answer to your question. The time right now is yours," said the woman.

"You said the demons grave was created by something I did. What did I do?" asked Michael.

"Why did you reset the time?" Instead of answering Michael, she asked him a question. Michael took a deep breath. He knew that to get more answers, he needed to answer the woman. Plus, he didn't think lying to her was the right move. Hence, he answered her truthfully.

"I think it has something to do with Gaya,"

"Would you say you did that for love?" asked the woman. Michael nodded his head after a while.

"You reset the entire universe for love, but there are many kinds of love, Michael," said the woman.

"I'd greatly appreciate it if you stop talking in riddles,"

Michael kept his tone as polite as possible. He did not want to piss off the only person who could give him some answers. Furthermore, she seemed like a being beyond the cultivation stages. Even the system couldn't grasp how powerful she was.

"I can only give you guidance, Michael. This is your book. So it's you who should write the chapters,"