[Quest Complete: You have found your sister.]
'Cherry? W-where is she...'
"Ace!!" Ace's heart beat faster with joy as tears started to fill his eyes. He saw a girl with bright orange hair, a round cute face, and big orange eyes running towards him with her hands wide open. His smile widened as he too ran to his sister.
A flood of emotions took over as the two siblings, once separated, got closer to each other. However, as Cherry got closer, the smile on her face slowly turned into a frown as she got ready to give Ace one good punch.
[-2HP]
"Ouch!!" He winced in pain while holding his bloody, sore nose. "Why'd you do that for?"
"How could you have left me on that spaceship and never came back for me, Ace?" Cherry began to argue loudly and caused many people to stare at her. "I've spent days looking for you, man. Do you know what I've been through? What I've had to do?" She leaned closer to Ace and whispered, "Do you have any idea what the aliens did to me? They've made me into a monster, Ace. I don't want to be a monster."
"It's alright, Cherry." Ace said he embraced his sister. "It's alright. Your big brothers' got you now. Everything's gonna be okay."
"Good to see you again." Chris spoke with a smile as he waved at Ace from a safe distance.
"Oh, it's you." Ace briefly said as he sat his sister down for a while.
"Why'd you leave me behind, Ace?" Cherry asked after calming herself down. "Those creatures did things to me. Things that no human should ever go through. Things that I wouldn't wish to happen to you too."
"I know, Cherry." He replied calmly. "They did it to me too but tell me first, what did they do to you?" He asked, hoping that she too had a system that would help her grow faster and quicker."
Before she went ahead to explain her story to Ace, Cherry made sure that no one was paying any attention to her or her brother. As soon as she felt safe, she began elaborating on what exactly happened to her ever since he left. From the other blood mutants on the ship, to her escape, and the Granian base she found. To her short debut with Huntress and Murdock, and finally, her trip from the base Ace and Sky were earlier to where she was and how she got there.
"Hold on, Cherry." Ace cut her short after feeling something disturbing within himself. "There's someone else that we need to find. She's super important to us if we, including her, want to get back to ArkVille."
"Why do you want to leave so badly?" Chris overheard their little conversation. "We can just settle down here if you like."
"No thanks, Chase." Ace replied. "And thanks for bringing my sister here. I appreciate what you did for me in the base and what you did for her."
"No problem." Chris responded. "And my name's Chris."
"Huh?"
"Chris. My name's Chris."
'That's what I said.'
"No, you said Chase. It's Chris."
"Same thing."
"No, it's not."
[Ding]
[The life of your damsel is in distress. Quickly run to her aid before she is injured.]
"Look, as much as I'd like for us to keep doing whatever it was, we have someone else to save. If you'll follow me, we'll get there as soon as possible. Quickly please, there isn't much time."
Ace led Cherry and Chris through the tunnels he had just come out from but made sure to take them through the areas that didn't have the blood of those he killed. Once on the other side, he used his system scan skill and saw a faint image of a man getting up with a sharp blade which he was going to use to kill Sky.
"SKY!!"
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Ace, Cherry, and Chris barged into the medical tent and saw a short man raising a weapon which he was going to use to pierce Sky's skull. Out of instinct, Ace ran towards Sky while holding his hand out to block the attack.
As he got closer to her, he drew out some of the blood from the blood packets around him and made a blood sword which he used to absorb the impact of the short man's blade and redirect it away from her head.
"Don't you dare touch her." Ace angrily muttered while Chris and Cherry watched. Sky, on the other hand, was more than happy to see her prince charming coming to her aid (they're just friends. *u*).
"Ace, you came for me." She said while quickly getting at a safe distance away from Ace.
"You must be the boyfriend." Lance, the short man, smirked while glaring at Ace, then Sky, then Ace again, before drawing back his sword and kicking Ace in his stomach. Ace was sent across the room where he landed on top of a patient who was unfortunately caught in the chaos.
"For your safety, please leave this room and find somewhere safe to hide." He said to the patient who cried while obeying his instructions. Cherry raised her hands and gathered all the blood from the unused blood packs. The whole place was getting covered by a cloud of blood which swirled over their heads.
Thankfully, Ace was able to get as many people as possible out of the tent, so he and his sister could fight to their heart's content.
"You wretched Gifted devils." Lance said while drawing out his long, single-edged sword which he kept in his pocket. The blade of the sword was made out of pure beast crystal energy, so all he needed was the hilt and a strong-tiered crystal. "I'll kill you from where you stand."
With his height advantage, Lance was able to swerve his way to Cherry and nearly thrust his sword into her chest. Luckily, Ace made a blood whip and used it to hold back the hunter's arm from striking his sibling. Cherry quickly hardened the blood into thick, three-inch-long daggers which she dropped at the Hunter with full force.
Lance, upon seeing this, switched the hand which held the sword and began to slice the blood spikes away as fast as he could. He quickly managed to keep all of them from piercing him, but he didn't pay attention to the boy behind him.
[Blood Step activated.]
In the blink of an eye, Ace got to the Hunter's right side and punched him so hard that a cracking sound was heard by those in the room. The Hunter coughed out blood while Ace continued with a roundhouse kick to his head, rendering the Hunter unconscious.
[+25EXP]
[EXP: 200/250]
[Quest Complete.]
[Rewards In Progress.]
[Three Instant Level Ups.]
[Level Up: x3]
[Level 11]
[EXP: 200/400]
HP: 50/50
Energy: 78/80
[Congratulations. Your stats have been increased by five points each.]
Stats:
Strength: 11 + 5
Agility: 9 + 5
Stamina: 9 + 5
[New Stat Added]
[Blood Strength.]
[Description: The Blood Strength Stat gauges how far your blood-controlling skills can go. From making weapons to controlling your enemies, this stat will let you know how far you can go and when to know where to stop. Blood
[Points can either be increased by levelling up or by practicing carrying as much blood as you can constantly. Remember, the higher the blood points, the more blood you can control.]
Stats:
[Blood Strength: 10]
[Strength: 16]
[Agility: 14]
[Stamina: 14]
Stat points: 4
[!!CONGRATULATIONS!!]
[You've earned a new skill.]
[Skill: Explosive Blood Technique.]
[Description: During ranged attacks, convert the properties of your own blood to explode at your command. This can be when you're surrounded and need something with bloody firepower. However, this skill can only be used by your own blood, so you'll have to use it as wisely as possible.]
{New Quest: ???]
'Question marks? What could this be?'