"Whew" I sighed with relief after I've finally managed to get away from the giant spider.

Thanks to that experience I managed to learn a new thing about myself. It turns out that I have a severe case of arachnophobia, well at least when it comes to giant spiders. With my current power I could've easily crushed it with my mind alone, but despite that, I still kept running until I wasn't able to sense its presence.

"Next time, I won't be the one who's running away" I promised myself.

I checked the map to see how far is the "town." it turns out that I ran in such a way that the distance didn't shrink, in fact, it even grew a little. At least now I know that I can outrun a car.

Ok, no more running. I'm going to take it slow and walk to my destination, even if it's going to take me half a day.

The first few hours of my journey went unbelievably smooth, even the swamp was replaced by forest in no time and most of all there were no giant spiders or other disgusting monsters on my way. There was one time when a pack of wolf like creatures approached me. The only difference between them and wolves was a large horn on their forehead. I should've tried the same method when I was being chased by that spider. I didn't even have exercise to scare them away. It turns out that my real form makes them run for their life.

"Aaah" I heard a faint feminine scream far in the distance. It sounded like a human, so I guess it's worth checking out.

After following the overall direction from where the scream has come for few minutes, I managed to pickup some fighting noises. From there it didn't take me even a minute to reach the source of these sounds.

A man desperately fought back against the pack of these pseudo wolves I've met earlier. What caught my attention was his weapon. He was holding a spear. Yes, a regular spear with an iron tip and a wooden shaft. With a tree behind his back, he was almost like an unmoving mountain.

I didn't notice her at first, but there was also a young girl behind the man. She was curled up on the ground shaking from fear. She must be the one who screamed earlier.

Is this why he's still fighting? Should I help them? But before I could do anything, the man looked at my direction. His eyes meeting with mine.

"█████████" He shouted something unintelligible.

Unfortunately, I've unintentionally distracted the man. One wolf noticing his opportunity jumped at the man and bit his hand. The man didn't scream, he just grits his teeth and stabbed the wolf with a dagger.

"████████" He again shouted something. He's probably pissed off at me because I've distracted him.

Also, I don't think that in his current condition he'd be able to fend off those beasts. What's strange is that even though the man and the girl were clearly in mortal danger, I still don't care about what will happen to them. Nevertheless, I will still save them. They may have some useful information about this strange place.

Last time the wolves were scared off by my appearance, it's also an excellent opportunity to see how the locals would react to my original form.

When I undid my disguise the wolf pack quickly scattered and fled. It was clear that they were terrified by my original appearance. Poor wolves...

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My name is Arwen, at least that's what people were calling me since I can remember. Currently, I'm working as a hunter sadly nowadays I hunt mostly boars. Although they're more dangerous than your typical prey, it's more profitable to hunt them since the traders guild stated that they will pay extra for every extra boar carcass sold. Usually, such thing would not happen, but in the recent years, boar numbers multiplied that they've become a real threat to the local populace and most of all nobody knows the cause of the anomaly.

A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.

I've always overworked myself, but after I got married, I started working even harder. After all, I have to provide for my family. Unfortunately, today's god of luck is not on my side. I've been already walking around the forest for 3 hours already and haven't even managed to find any hoofprint.

I'm slowly beginning to regret that In addition to the bow and dagger I usually carry with me I also brought a spear. I did it only because the spear is the best weapon to defend yourself against something that's charging at you. Although my spear is shorter than a pike, it's still a perfect weapon against boars, especially when they trying to skewer you with their tusks.

"Aaah" I heard someone scream in a familiar voice. It was my daughter Rosa, she was in danger.

What was she doing here? Did she follow me? No, I'd notice here way earlier. She must've had went into a forest on her own. - These and other similar thoughts were swirling in my head as I madly ran in her direction. Fortunately, she wasn't that far away, I've managed to get to her in less than two minutes.

She was standing in the middle of a clearing surrounded by a pack of horned wolfs. They were slowly circling around her, and with each step, the distance between them and my daughter was getting smaller.

I quickly grabbed a bow and fired few arrows at the wolves in hopes that they change their focus to me. I've managed to hit 2 out of 3 wolves. Although it didn't kill them, they've still paused for a bit confused about what's happened. But this was all I needed. I tossed the bow onto a ground and jumped between wolves and my daughter.

We didn't have time to talk to each other, so I only told my daughter to stay behind me, and slowly moved my back towards the closest tree. It may sound easy, but fighting a pack of wolves while also protecting someone is really hard.

These beasts weren't making it easy for me either. They were still slowly circling around probing me from time to time, steadily draining my stamina. The wolves were just waiting for me to slip up.

The battle of attrition would probably drag for hours if not for a woman I saw. She was one of the most beautiful women I saw in my entire life, second only to my wife. Her clothes were certainly not from this part of the world. Which country she's from I wonder? But there is no time to think about this stuff. She was watching me fight, and when our eyes met, I felt a strange chill running down my spine. Nevertheless, I decided to warn her

"I won't be able to fight much longer, please take my daughter to the village!" I shouted.

I felt a sharp pain in my wrist before I dropped my spear. A wolf was grabbed my hand with its fangs.

Fuck I got distracted!

I pulled out my the dagger with my free hand and stabbed the wolf through its head killing it instantly.

"I'll only hold them for a little longer, take my daughter and run!" I said.

I was about to make an opening for my daughter to go through, but then something unbelievable happened. The woman's hair started glowing before she had completely transformed into a... Goddess. I could feel her divine aura scaring the wolves away. With only her presence she had managed to send horned wolves running while whining.

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Why is this guy prostrating before me? What's going on?

A loud sound of a facepalm went through the forest as I realized my stupidity. They've probably never seen someone from my race before, and now the guy thinks I'm some kind of God. At least the girl didn't act too weird. Probably because she's still shocked after everything that has happened.

I really have not thought that I'd blow my cover so soon. Well, it's not something that my Psionics can't fix, but still memory editing might have a completely different effect than in a game. I also wanted to learn the local language, and the quickest way is to read the required part of the mind.

The man was still kowtowing, annoyed by his constant pleading I've finally "broke" and read their minds. It turns out that the girl came to the forest looking for her father, who happened to be the crazed worshipper now. I decided to respect their privacy and didn't read more than last two hour.

Finally, before breaking the connection, I erased everything connected to me from their minds and quietly left the crime scene. It would be better if I could edit memories, but hey not everything is overpowered about my character.