Chapter 139: Chaotic And Unseasonable.
As the cold water rained down on him, scenes played in Mark’s mind. They depicted the conversation he had with his maid only a few minutes ago and the bashfulness she showed. Such scenes should have brought warmth to his heart but instead, they only filled it with bitterness.
He wished he had remained oblivious to the pattern, but now that he was aware of it there was no going back. Every event in the future will be analyzed in relation to the event loop. That would force him to be more on guard than he already is, especially since he had yet to decide how to deal with the whole matter.
’Can I go against it?’
His limited understanding brought with it limited options. So far the loop had been a good thing. It always ended with him surviving very difficult situations and that made him hesitant to break it. Still, the urge to break out of it was hard to ignore.
’I mean, it’s not like things have stopped progressing...’
Thinking about it, Mark noted that he had no idea how to even break the cycle. After all, it wasn’t like the events were strictly organized, and he did a lot of things that should have gone against the rules of such machinations.
Another thing that bothered him was the consequences of breaking the cycle. Who knows if there is some penalty for successfully evading one of the events?
’I used two flash bangs in the last loop...’ he thought. ’What a headache...’
Chaotic and unseasonable, those were the words he chose to describe the predicament he was currently in. If it were a normal time loop what needed to be done would have been clear, but this? He had no idea how to deal with it.
’Weaker enemies...’
The next event in the cycle would be an attack by the weaker enemies, after which a stronger one would show up.