Chapter 140: 137. Golden ticket & Suspicions
[Team bonus 100 seventh class Spirit points, 3200 heaven's tower points.]
[You have levelled up to level 24, you have gained 10 stat points to distribute freely.]
[You have levelled up to level 25, you have gained 10 stat points to distribute freely]
Dexter ignored the notifications popping up in front of him but one... One caught his attention very much.
'A golden ticket!!' Dexter exclaimed inwardly as he was shocked to get something like this.
It was basically what everyone hopes for in this cursed apocalypse, a chance to go to heaven's tower!!
'But, if I'm not wrong, it said that I'll have to defeat a creature which is a level above me and I'll have a chance.' Dexter thought, his luck must have been really high as the mind wrecker was only two levels above him.
He looked forward to see the camp and Jude who was by his side had Dexter's left arm over his shoulder.
Dexter sighed as he tried to move his right hand but he felt that his bones broke and they'll be healed before he knew it.
They all got to the entrance of the camp and the people backed away further and then Dexter turned to see Lily on top of the dark wanderer beside that gates.
"What the hell is that?" Jude asked and Dexter walked forward, removing his hand from over Jude's shoulder.
There was an eerie force around the dark wanderer that even made Dexter feel a shiver down his spine and he wondered where the creature even came from.
'The dark wanderer was killed and left to wander in the shadows.' Dexter repeated it's description in his mind.
He couldn't deny the fact that he didn't know much about the creature he randomly tamed... It could've been planned, who knew?
Dexter rubbed his hand over it's body and it felt just like a normal creature and he was confused.
'It allowed me. If not... My hand would just pass through it's body like before.' Dexter thought before carrying Lily off of it's body.
He looked at the horse in front of him which looked as if waiting for instructions from him and he pondered about something to make him understand the creature more.
"How about a name?" Dexter said and the creature growled, giving off happy vibes.
"Okay. Grim is your name now. Sounds neat?" The horse neighed loudly as it raised both it's front legs and then Dexter handed Lily over to Jude and rubbed the horse's head before it turned into a black flame and shot into the triangle symbol on his palm.
Dexter looked at it again and wondered how many mysteries pops up concerning his life. The answers to his questions can come later, for now, he just needs to keep those he cares about safe.
"That creature was strong. Your arm got hurt, are you okay?" Hannah asked Dexter and he shook his head.
"I can't move the arm." He said as he looked at his right hand.
"Even when we're there, you were still the one who saved the day again." Tracy sighed tiredly.
"I thought you didn't mind me saving the day." Dexter smiled bitterly.
"That was before... Things are different. You can't always be there." Tracy said and the others sighed.
"My strength was less than what it was. I need to drink. I'm hungry." Kila said as she looked down.
"Make sure you cover your tracks." Dexter said and Kila looked at him in shock and then she frowned and raised a brow in disbelief.
"I remember a time when you were against the idea of drinking blood. You've changed." She mentioned and they all looked at him.
"Don't worry, I'm just adapting." He smiled as he took Lily back to their room.
"Yo, she needs to be taken to the hospital, where are you going?"
Dexter looked back to see some people behind looking at him quite with a hateful gaze.
"Taking a child to battle."
"Who does that?"
'They don't know that she's one of the strongest in this place.' Dexter thought and just changed direction to go towards the hospital and the others continued to their room.
...
Inside the hospital, Dexter had already compelled all the doctors to steer away from them so he just sat beside Lily who had her eyes open.
"It feels terrible." She said with a trembling voice.
"Calm down, it's only a spine dislocation and other broken bones, just give it time." Dexter said and Lily closed her eyes and he saw a teardrop fall from the side of her face.
Dexter looked at his right arm which was hidden inside the long sleeve of his coat and he then looked down to his hand.
His fingers could move but not very well, only a bit and he smiled as he sighed tiredly.
"Hey."
Dexter turned around as he heard a voice behind him and he saw Hannah standing behind him and she came over and sat beside him before resting her head on his shoulder.
"Is this how things are really going to be now? Fighting for everything? Our lives, food, water..." She turned to Lily and then removed the hair in front of her face, shifting it to the side.
Dexter wasn't expecting such questions, but alas, this was how things were now.
"I guess we just have to survive till the tiran impact is over. The fairy from Heaven's tower said it has three phases." Dexter said and he sighed.
"But, I put my fear away, for my future, our future. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. That's what's driving me." Dexter said and Hannah blushed as she rested on his shoulder.
"I feel the butterflies." Hannah mumbled and Dexter chuckled.
She looked up to his face before kissing him on his lips with everything she had.
...
Inside the secret room in the lab, Usher sat at a table while doing various tests on a transparent liquid.
The door suddenly opened and Usher turned to see the green-haired Venina who walked in with a test tube in her hand which had a red liquid in it.
"What is that?" Usher asked and Venina looked a stranget it.
"Someone's blood." She said as she watched the blood morph within the tube, moving as if it was alive.
"Lieutenant Kabal has some suspicious about the person." Venina said and Usher was given the blood.
Venina stood on standby as she looked around the lab at the various creatures they managed to capture.
It wasn't up to five minutes later when Usher dropped a beaker in shock, breaking it on the floor.
"What the hell?" Usher mumbled, making Vanina curious.
"What? What did you find?" She asked.
"This individual has quite the amazing power. I've never seen anything like it." Usher kept on rambling .
"Just cut to the chase." Venina said with a frown as she wanted to know why this man was freaking out.
"His blood has the ability to heal others, as well as self regeneration and healing." Usher said and Venina frowned deeper, raising a brow as she didn't understand what was going on.
"He can heal others with his blood. Perhaps direct injection. No need to go through any special experience. This is amazing." Usher was fascinated.
"He said he has a healing skill though." Venina said and Usher chuckled.
"When have you heard of a skill which alters the human body?" Usher asked Ns Venina wasn't able to talk.
"This guy is definitely a supernatural." Usher concluded and then he looked at Venina with pleading eyes.
"Please who is this individual?" Usher asked in excitement as he has finally found something interesting to do.
"I can't tell you. Bring it up with Kabal." She said before looking at the inner room where a black creature was strapped onto a bed.
"The chimera has proven to be quite useful in our research... With all it's abilities, plus the healing ability of this new supernatural, we can create invincible humans." Usher spoke in excitement and Venina scoffed before walking away.
"Don't get ahead of yourself, you still need the person's identity from Kabal." Venina said as she pressed a button beside the door and it opened.
It doesn't have a handle from inside.
As Venina left the lab, she began remembering the events that occured. The battle between the titan and the team they sent.
She got the blood from the ground when she went to inspect the field; Dexter seemed to have a bad injury.
"I wonder if this Dexter was involved with the dead man we found in the toilet who was drained of blood." She mumbled as it would be a shame to put him inside a preservation cylinder as a test subject.
They only needed to know if Dexter was a supernatural or not.
"It'll be easy to make him manifest his abilities. As we did to the other creatures." Venina smiled as she walked back to Kabal's office.