Chapter 2: Armordillos

Victor wanted to sound cool when he said that, but honestly after thinking over the words in his head, it could easily be seen as creepy. Of course he didn't really have time to think of anything cooler then that as the other armored men with spears that he simply decided to call the "Armordillos" (Get it??) had gotten ready. The two he had knocked down previously had also decided to get up, rubbing their jaws with looks of pure rage on their faces.

"Is this girl really worth dying for?" The armordillo leader asked as he pulled the girl closer. "The person who kills him will have any slave of their choice tonight!!"

A cheer went up among the nine armordillos as they began to move forward. They now all had high moral and would kill him without a hint of mercy, their desires now leading the way.

"You guys are gross as hell," Victor said as he backed away. "Yall need some milk? Maybe you guys just need porn...as standard isekai anime points out constantly, you guys are always dirty minded due to lack of masturbation."

Victor picked up one of the spears that belonged to the guy he had previously elbowed in the cheek. Even though he was cracking jokes, he was already coming up with a plan of attack. Though he had dealt with multiple opponents at a time before as part of his training, this was different. These guys were trained men with armor and weapons not to mention pervy attitudes and strength in numbers. The only reason he had landed an attack before was because he had the element of speed and surprise on his side.

Twirling the spear in his hands, he took a fighting stance similar to the ones he had seen in anime. It felt a bit awkward as he had never held a spear before but he gave off a confident look as looking unsure would just strengthen their resolve. When fighting an enemy it always helped to exude confidence and not show any weakness.

Victor watched as the armordillos drew closer and closer, their eyes focused on their target which so happened to be him. He waited until they were at least ten feet away before turning around and bolting away. "Try and keep up you dumbass armordillos. You have to be quick if you want to get your freak on with a lovely slave."

He didn't run as fast as possible as that would defeat the purpose of luring them in. Instead he purposefully went slow, at a pace that kept them interested but also not close enough to stab him. It was clear that they had no idea what Victor was doing as they weren't even thinking rationally, just charging forth recklessly.

Weaving through the burning houses, Victor waited until they were a good distance away before enacting his plan.

Breaking into a run, the young man darted to ahead, leaving them in the dust. Once they were out of sight, he circled a house that wasn't on fire and waited until they came back into view, still charging forward with their spears at the ready. It didn't look as if they had given up hope even though he had given them the slip.

After they had passed, Victor began making his way back towards the lead armordillo who had stayed behind to hold the girl. If it came down to a one on one fight he figured he would have a reasonable chance at beating him. He had yet to come across someone as skilled in combat as he was.

Coming to a stop, Victor held his spear tightly as he looked at the man currently holding the blonde pointy eared girl hostage by her collar.

"How did you manage to shake off my men?" The leader asked with a mixed look of confusion and anger. "Did you defeat them? Thats impossible as their all top class knights."

"They may be trained in combat, but they clearly weren't trained in strategy," Victor replied with a slight smirk. "Those guys are utter morons. That aside, its about time you hand over the girl. You do that and I'll let you walk away. Also, you only get 30 seconds to decide as the other armordillos will catch on eventually. I don't need you stalling for time."

"If I hand over this girl then I'll be put to death by the queen herself," the leader replied as he took a step back. "I can't just hand her over to you just because you threaten me."

"So? Hows that my problem?" Victor began to walk forward, his blue eyes boring into the leaders muddy brown ones. "You come here and burn a village and allow your men to kill and enslave people and you expect me to pity you because youll get killled? Typical villain logic....thats so retarded!!"

Victor went from walking slowly to a sudden full on sprint. The leader, caught completely by surprise, let go of the girl and raised the spear he had in his left hand. However, he didn't recover himself in time as Victor swung the blunt end of the spear around, slamming it as hard as he could into his opponents ear. Surprisingly though, the man remained conscious as he fell to his knees, blood beginning to pool out of his ears.

"Oh, your still awake?" Victor asked as he kneeled down next to the rather large male. "Thats quite impressive as I put most of my strength into that hit that I was quite sure I even gave you a severe concussion. Glad to see your hanging in there, but try not to get back up for a while."

Patting the guy on the shoulder before standing up, Victor made his way over to the girl who, depsite everything that had happened, hadn't moved from her original spot. She just looked on with an expression of uninterest, as if she didn't really care what happened. Her attitude towards this whole situation sparked Victor's curiousity and raised many questions that he planned on asking her later.

"Now that that's taken care of, do you mind coming with me please?" Victor held lut his hand for her to take, deciding to give her the option to refuse if she wanted to. He rather hoped she didn't though as he would be stick on what to do next. He had left the fox girl back in the village....unconscious.

The girl looked from Victors hand back to his face, her uninterested expression changing into one of confusion which was followed by acceptance. The girl lifted up her own hand and placed it into his, her fingers resting against his palm.

"Okay, then I need you to follow me," Victor explained as he wrapped his fingers around her hand. "There are people I need you to save. I'm gonna assume that you can heal anyone back to normal as long as their not dead?"

The girl nodded, her eyes trained on her hand which was being held. "As long as the persons life hasn't been extinguished, I can restore the body and eliminate all abnormalities in the body. You can say that, in a way, I'm reversing time."

"Thats perfect," Victor gave her an ever so genlte tug. "Do you think you can run?"

The girl nodded and took her own hand away from his. The two of them then began a light jog forward, the clinking of the chains on her hands and feet were the only sounds that could be heard above the roar of the fire. Along the way, Victor asked her if she wanted to stop so he could remove them, but she refused and he decided not to bring it up again.

The two of them sprinted along, looking for people to rescue while at the same time avoiding any armored troops that happened to be roaming around. It was slow going at first as they hadn't ran into any people, at least until they arrived in the middle of the village where the fire hadn't really touched yet.

All scared and huddled together were dozens of what Victor assumed were demihumans. The group was pinned down by 3 armordillos with spears. In front of the guards lay the bodies of various men, most likely those who had tried to fight back. The group was blockaded from the back by the fire that was slowly drawing closer and prevented from leaving due to the armored men.

Victor skidded to a stop and hid behind a nearby house, pulling the girl along with him. He needed time to form a plan as rushing in without one would be next to stupid. If he did then he would be no better than those guys who were currently lying at the feet of those damned knights.

"Crap, they got those villagers on lock down," Victor muttered as he poked his head out to scope the scene. "This some moe bullsh*t right here. I'm getting really tired of looking at the color grey today. Wish I was back home finishing my anime!!! Don't even know who these guys really are but I already know that I hate them."

Pulling his head back, Victor began weighing possible options and their potential outcome. He needed a plan that not only knocked out the three armordillos but also helped him to free the villagers. Even though logically speaking he could always just leave and not look back, he wasn't that coldhearted nor was he into letting people suffer.

After about a minute of thinking, Victor snapped his fingers and looked at the girl. "Hey girly, how good are you at flirting?"

"Flir...ting?" The girl was obviously confused about what the word was and this simple fact made Victor feel doubtful about his plan.

"Yeah, you know, sweet talking, toy with, lead on, tease," Victor tried to make his meaning clear even though he basically sounded like a thesaurus. "I need you to distract two or more guards for at least 30 seconds. Do you think you can do that?"

"So let me get this straight," the girl said, her expression unreadable. "You want me to go up and kiss up to the guys who enslaved me and treated me like dirt?"

"Well, you only have to do it for around 30 seconds as I'll no doubt have knocked all three of them out before anytbing can happen to you," Victor calmly explained, a small smile on his face.

For the first time since meeting her, Victor watched as the girl smiled. "Fine, then lets do it."