Run Away

I don't need to fight this thing, so I don't. My armor shifts and I turn around, dashing away in my light armor, nimbly weaving through the trees...

Wait...what just happened? I moved on instinct, as I do in my flight but...I just won that fight. How did it get back up...? How did it reset me back to my starting position? There's no way this thing just changed reality right? As weak as it is...so then it must be...time travel? That would explain its weird flicker dash... Skipping forward in time. And then when it loses a fight, skipping backwards...

Through eyes on the back of my head, I see it chasing me. It's more adapted for this jungle, and with its time skips, it's keeping pace, but there's no way it can match my speed, even with these trees slowing me down. I see a flicker of frustration and confusing on its face, it's gold eyes narrowing, before flashing open in a burst of...