At this moment, time stopped moving.

Perhaps because of the threat of death, Jasmine felt that her mind had never been so clear before. Everything in front of her stopped. The goblins maintained their movements, as if they had stopped moving like sculptures. Even the dust and dirt they raised solidified in the air. There was silence all around, without any sound.

What followed was a dazzling sword light that cut through the darkness.

Then, time began to flow again.

"puff--!!"

Blood splattered.

Those goblins still maintained their previous appearance, and the disgusting smiles on their faces had not changed at all, but their bodies had been completely cut into pieces, turning into a pile of minced meat, which flew everywhere with splattered blood and fell to the ground with a clatter.

Saved...?

Just as this thought passed through Jasmine's mind, she saw a black figure appear in front of her.

"Oh my god!"

Although Fang Zheng had been mentally prepared after Nymph's reminder, he was still shocked when he actually saw this scene.

"What the hell is this X-rated game I've ended up in?"

I have to admit that the scene before me was also a huge shock to Fang Zheng.

He had traveled through many worlds, but maybe because those worlds were "all ages", Fang Zheng had never really seen such "restricted" scenes. If you wanted to talk about bloody monsters, the living dead, or the half-dead Cinder King, he would just pick up his sword and chop them up.

However, he had only seen CGs of scenes like this one when he was playing games before his rebirth, but that was just a game after all, and when that scene became reality, the feeling it gave people was completely different.

“…This is really…”

Looking at those naked elves hanging in the air like hanging pork, Fang Zheng's face was gloomy. He always felt that he had been through many battles and had seen a lot. After all, he had experienced the world of destruction like Dark Souls and the world full of death and demons like Diablo. He even dealt with aliens. In Fang Zheng's opinion, he had experienced something as serious as "destroying the world", so what else was there to worry about?

But now, he had to change his mind.

Indeed, if we simply talk about it from the perspective of "quality", the scene before our eyes can only be regarded as a "small evil". Compared with things like "the embers are extinguished and the world falls into eternal darkness", "killing living people as sacrifices to summon the devil's army" or "the alien army invades the earth", it can only be regarded as a low-level evil in the sewer and is not worth mentioning at all.

"Compared to you guys, Big Pineapple is considered a noble and classy boss..."

Looking at the scars left by the goblins on the elves' originally delicate bodies, Fang Zheng's face was gloomy. These goblins were indeed very weak. They couldn't crush their enemies into a pulp like the powerful demon kings in the legends. But because they were so weak, the cruelty they displayed was even more shocking.

I have to admit that the outside world's description of elves is indeed very apt. At least from Fang Zheng's perspective, the fair and delicate skin and slender but mature limbs of these elves are quite attractive. No wonder the outside world always likes to talk about finding an "elf girlfriend"... Of course, the premise is that you don't mind that she is older than you and lives longer than you.

But now, these beautiful bodies are covered with traces of the goblins' malice.

They didn't cause fatal injuries to the elves, but they brutally destroyed their bodies. Some elves' breasts were cut in half, while some elves had scars all over their bodies as if they had been torn by sharp claws. As for their lower bodies... it was too painful to look at.

"Forget it, let's not worry about that for now. There seems to be someone alive here."

Fang Zheng retracted his gaze in time, then he squatted down and looked at the dagger that pierced the elf girl's lower abdomen. Fang Zheng also frowned.

"Hey, are you still alive?"

"Wow...you are..."

"Just be alive."

Seeing the reaction of the elf girl in front of him, Fang Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then he reached out and grasped the dagger.

"Wait a moment, I'm going to pull this dagger out of your body. It might hurt, so you have to bear it."

"I, I know!"

Perhaps because she was rescued, Jasmine, who had originally felt weak, now felt as if she was full of strength again and nodded vigorously.

"Before that, I want to ask you a question. When were you attacked?"

"...big, probably in the morning..."

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Jasmine was a little surprised. She originally thought that he would immediately draw out the dagger to heal her wounds, but she didn't expect that he would ask her a completely unimaginable question. But even so, Jasmine still answered honestly.

"What's the exact time?"

"When the star of prayer rises..."

"That means seven o'clock?"

After hearing Jasmine's answer, Fang Zheng muttered to himself, then he took out his pocket watch and glanced at the time on it.

"One more question, are all your companions here?"

"Yes, they are all here..."

"Very good, you have to hold it in!"

"laugh!"

Before he finished speaking, Fang Zheng reached out and pulled out the dagger that had pierced the elf girl's abdomen. Then...

“Wa ...

Although she was mentally prepared, Jasmine still screamed the moment the dagger was pulled out. Fang Zheng just glanced at her and immediately spoke.

"Wendy! Start time rewinding. Target: all elves within range. Time: seven hours ago!"

"ah--!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's order, the little fire dragon lying on Fang Zheng's shoulder also cried out immediately, then spread its wings. Along with the movement of the little fire dragon, a golden, huge magic circle like a clock face suddenly appeared in the prison, covering everything here.

“Click, click, click—”

Soon, the hands on the clock face began to rotate counterclockwise, and as the process progressed, the injuries on Jasmine and the other elves' bodies healed at a speed visible to the naked eye - no, this was not healing, it was just returning their bodies to the time before they were injured.

And this is the power of time.

That is the power of [Rewind Time] that Wendy possesses.

Although there are three [Time] skills, each can only be used once a day, and a total of three times, but if used properly, it can be very useful.

Just like now.

“Swish!”

Fang Zheng swung his sword, and the ropes binding the elves' bodies broke instantly, and then the elves fell to the ground. But even so, their eyes were still lifeless, and they fell to the ground like puppets without self-awareness. Even though their bodies were seen naked by a human male they had never seen before, they did not react at all.

"Why……"

Looking at this scene, Fang Zheng also shook his head. Although he often saw such CGs when playing restricted games before his rebirth, and he was quite excited at that time, but that was a game after all, and now it was reality. These were not paper figures in CG that could be tossed around in any way, but real living beings.

With a helpless sigh, Fang Zheng took out a cloak from the space and threw it over the elves. At this time, Jasmine had already opened the prison and walked out with the remaining two elf survivors.

"Thank you very much for your help, Mr. Human."

Walking in front of Fang Zheng, Jasmine stretched out her hands, placed them on her chest, and performed the most solemn etiquette of the elves to their savior. This was not only because Fang Zheng saved her life, but also because he saved her from the blasphemy of those evil monsters. She couldn't imagine what would happen to her if she was really attacked by those monsters.

"You're welcome. I have something to ask you... You are the elves living here, right? How did a group of goblins mess you up like this?"

This was also a question that Fang Zheng couldn't figure out. Just now, with the help of Nymph's guidance, he had already wiped out all the goblins in the entire cave. These things that were simply used to deliver food to adventurers were naturally even more worthless in Fang Zheng's hands. So Fang Zheng couldn't figure out how this group of elves were made like this by the goblins?

Judging from their number, there were more than a dozen of them. Even if they were ambushed by a trap set by the goblins, at least someone should have been able to escape and report the news. But why does it look like... they were all killed?

"No, it's not just these goblins!"

Hearing this, Jasmine seemed to remember something and her face suddenly turned extremely pale.

"There is another, very powerful, very scary being! I don't know what he is, but he is very powerful!"

According to Jasmine, their patrol team set out early in the morning and originally planned to patrol the entire Elf Forest according to the predetermined route. However, on the outskirts of the forest, they discovered an army of nearly a hundred goblins, who seemed to be preparing to enter the Forest of Life.

Of course, the elves would not tolerate these evil creatures to desecrate the forest, so they launched an attack on the goblins. But what surprised the elves was that these little monsters, who were always extremely timid and would collapse immediately when attacked, showed courage far beyond their own tribe this time and launched a crazy attack on the elves. The elves also found that something was unusual from the fierce attack of the goblins, and just when they were about to retreat back to their village to inform others, suddenly, a mysterious shadow appeared.

Jasmine couldn't even accurately describe what the black shadow was. She only said that she saw a shadow out of the corner of her eye, but before she could see clearly what it was, a strong sense of fear suddenly erupted from the depths of Jasmine's heart, and then she fainted.

When these elves woke up again, they had been captured by the goblins and brought here.

"Is there such a thing?"

After hearing Jasmine's description, Fang Zheng frowned. He really didn't think these goblins could pose any threat to the elves, but a black shadow...

"By the way, Miss Elf, I have one more thing to ask you."

Retracting his thoughts, Fang Zheng looked at the elf in front of him again.

"In fact, we are from the Order Alliance and are here to take the graduation test. We once received a commission claiming that there has been a strong flash of light appearing every night at the top of the Ice and Snow Peak recently. Do you know about this?"

This is another reason why Fang Zheng wants to save these elves. After all, as local natives, if something happens on the top of Ice and Snow, the elves and dwarves will be the most likely to know about it.

"flash?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Jasmine was stunned for a moment, then shook her head.

"We haven't seen any flashes."

“…”

It seems that this commission is becoming more and more interesting.