122 A Thunder To Remember End of First Arc (2/2)

”But daddy, what are we going to eat later?” Asked Angel.

”Don't worry baby, we can just go get some steak at the Porky's on our way home.” The father replied calmly.

”But I want to eat fish today. Meat taste no good.” demanded by the little girl. Her big, teary eyes glanced at the father.

”Since when did you go vegan baby? Anyway, we will do it some other time baby. The sky has darkened really quick and at this rate, I doubt we would reach home not wet from the rain.” The father replied, revving up the engine to go faster.

BOOM!

Splash!

Suddenly, a falling object created a huge water splash not far from their location. Angel, who noticed it first quickly pointed it out.

”Daddy! Daddy! Something fell over there!” Angel pointed curiously.

”Must be some meteor peeble or somethin.” The father replied without sparing a look from the huge splash.

Angel, on the other hand, saw it all. A human figure has fallen from the sky!

After a few seconds, Angel's sharp eyes noticed an unconscious human body has emerged out of the water.

”Father look! Its a human!” Angel shouted, not forgetting to grab her father's face to force him to look at the direction of the huge splash.

Finally seeing what his daughter saw, Romeo quickly turned the boat around - hoping to save the floating body.

Gasp.

Both the eyes of the young girl and the father went to surprise as they saw how badly wounded the floating body of this young man was!

His scarred face was facing the sky and revealed his handsome and smooth skin. His wound-covered boy laid floating around as some blood started to scatter in the water. He looked to be around his twenties and has a perfectly toned body. His white T-shirt is badly ripped as well as if he had gone through a thousand furious whips! With the reddish hue on its skin, they could tell that the man is still alive!

Splash!

Romeo unhesitantly dived in and rescued the unconscious human. With all his might, he pushed the body into his boat with the help of the Angel grabbing the arms despite her minuscule strength.

Thud.

With all their strength, they managed to move the unconscious man safely in the boat.

”Is he dead daddy?” asked Angel innocently.

”No, he still has a pulse and seems to be breathing normally. Proly, guy's must have gone through an accident while skydivin' or those flying sports thingy.”

”I see, can we save him?”

”Of course we will. Guess we goin to the closest hospital baby. We need to help this man, that's what we should do.” Romeo replied as he started to engine again.

”Yes, daddy. He's bleedin really bad. Should I call the others?” asked Angel, holding the hand of the unconscious man. Her eyes revealed incredible concern to the bloody man.

”No need. Just dial 911 quick and an ambulance should meet us at the shore. Let's just send him to the hospital and we should be good to go.” Romeo replied firmly. His eyes locked to the distant shoreline where their minivan is parked.

The sound of the engine reeving continued to ring in his ears when Angel suddenly spoke.

”Daddy...”

”Yes?”

”The man. his wounds...” The little girl stuttered in reply.

Noticing the change in his daughter's tone, Romeo glance at the unconscious body only to caught himself in shock.

The wounds from the guy started to heal themselves at a very visible rate. Like magic, the tissues reconnected as if being reconstructed by a miraculous spell. Including the seemingly broken bones inside, they started to move on its own, reconnecting damaged parts and the muscles moved as if having a life of its own. The slight pale on its skin had also completely dissapeared and now, he looked as if he had never had been to a deadly condition.

Not even a scar was left behind!

In just a few minutes, the guy is back to its peak state except for his consciousness.

”Daddy...” Romeo was snapped out of his surprise as the sound of Angel interrupted him.

”I am scared” the little girl added.

”Don't worry baby. Daddy is here. Not letting no dead man touch you nor hurt you, hear me?”

”Um!” The girl nodded cutely with a gentle shake of her ponytails, she moved to hide at her father's back.

”We might have lost a big fish today but it seems we have caught somethin a thousand..no a million or perhaps billions times better.” Romeo smiled excitedly after some realization.

”What do you mean daddy?” The little girl asked, confused.

”This guy might be one of those. No, I'm pretty sure he is!” He added confidently.

Realizing what her father meant, the little girl's eyes grew wider.

”Do...do.. you mean...” Angel stuttered.

”You are friggin' right baby. We just found a person with a God Blood! Those healing abilities are only possible if this guy has a God Blood! I am friggin sure of it!” The father excitedly shouted in celebration.

”Wow! Does that mean...” The little girl cried happily.

”Yeeeeehaah! We gon' be f*ckin rich!” Romeo bellowed with a great celebration on his moving boat. The little girl also clapped in their utmost joy.

Their boat continued to move towards the shoreline, leaving a white cascading lines of waves, together with an air of joyful celebration.

They thought that they have found someone with a God blood. A rare breed of humans who's blood is sought after by the richest people in the world.

They are known to have blood that, if consumed, would extend the life of an ordinary human together with the extraordinary increase in their strength, senses and so forth. Its supernatural effects also include visible healing of wounds and smooth and perfect skin. It is due to its miraculous effects that they are called God Blood because one would felt as if he had just consumed the most miraculous blood of all.

No one really knows where these humans with God blood really come from, or so according to the public.

What the public did not know, is that God Blood is actually a Dragon's blood. However, the existence of the Dragons is greatly hidden by the Ancient humans and so learning about them is close to impossible at the moment; except for some few selected powerful humans whom the Ancient Humans allowed.

An ounce of God Blood is sold for more than a billion dollars in the black market and public stocks rarely last for more than ten seconds in private stores. It was the most sought after product ever since the information leak about this certain blood ten years ago.

Realizing that jackpot they have caught floating around the river after a strong thunder, Romeo thought that the time has come for them to be finally blessed.

Who cares about a three-foot-long carp when we found a gold mine?

Little did they knew that what they found is not just an ordinary person with God blood. Compared to all the known God blood currently recorded in the market, Elric has by far, one of the purest and most powerful Dragon blood that currently existed in the whole world. A hundred times stronger than a King Dragon's Blood to be exact.

Happily, Romeo and Angel celebrated their unexpected catch. They strongly believe their lives are about to change for the better...

Or so they thought. They are unaware of the trouble brewing with them; for this is when they witnessed a thunder they will always remember.

(End of the First Arc: Life Of The Dragon”)