Chapter 226: Humanity Crisis (1/2)
Hello, guys! Author here XD
It's been a while since I asked this, I just wanted to know how the story progresses?
I'll be using this as an insight to further the story so feel free to comment in this chapter about all of your thoughts.
Without further ado, Happy reading!
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Adhara's lips separated from Rex's as they both locked gazes,
Her expression can't be described as she stares at Rex's eyes, she did it so passionately that makes Rex for the first time averted his gaze elsewhere.
”Thank you”, Adhara said softly.
Rex smiles as he said, ”Your family is my family, so don't thank me for saving him”
What Rex said made Adhara's eyes go softer, her stare has a grateful and passionate vibe to them and it makes the room becomes even hotter.
But just when Adhara leans closer to Rex one more time,
Rex turns his face away denying Adhara's move, this makes Adhara frown.
”Rex? What's wrong?”, Adhara asks in confusion.
Although Rex seems cold at times, he never rejects Adhara's move the way he just did right now, and this completely confused Adhara.
Rex turns to his back while scrunching his face, ”Nothing”
Looking at Rex's troubled expression, Adhara would've been a fool to trust him.
”Just be honest, tell me what's on your mind”, Adhara asks while pulling Rex's arm to her.
After taking a deep breath, Rex finally said, ”You know, the Supernaturals”
”What about them? You're talking about the Strongholds?”, Adhara asks softly, she drags Rex to the side before they both sit on the ground and lean on the wall.
The sandy ground is rough to sit at, but it's comfortably warm.
Rex's jaw hardened as he forced out the words, ”I'm not strong enough, and also I should've known what those demonic cities are for”
”Why do you say that?”, Adhara asks in confusion.
This makes Rex smack his lips in displeasure as he said, ”I know that the Supernatural can turn humans into them way before the others, and the sudden appearance of demonic cities should've been obvious for me that it's just a decoy”
”To lure the top Awakened away from the Great Barricade!”, Adhara shouted in realization.
Hearing this, Rex frowns in confusion, ”Wait, you didn't know about the demonic cities being a decoy for the top Awakened?”
”I thought that the news should've been booming on the internet”, he added.
This makes Adhara looks at him for a brief moment before she takes out her phone and shows Rex the news.
”BREAKING NEWS: POWERFUL BLUE DEMONS ATTACKED THE GREAT BARRICADE”
”DEMONIC EVOLUTION”
”SUPERNATURALS ARE ON THE MOVE”
”GREAT BARRICADE HAS BEEN BREACHED, THE CESSATION KNIGHT LINE OF DEFENSE”
Reading this, Rex widened his eyes in surprise.
”They are covering their mistakes!”, Rex said in realization.
Adhara nodded her head in agreement, ”UWO controls the media, and they will not let their ignorance or failure become known to the mass lest they wanted another riot”
”But still, we can't completely blame them when the AoL, SCO, and the riots inside and outside Ratmawati City are happening at the same time as the attacks”, Rex said with a sigh.
With the number of problems coming from all directions, the UWO can clearly be seen as overwhelmed by the situations.
Because of that, they're caught off guard by the Supernatural.
Rex then continue, ”I thought that I shouldn't think about the Supernaturals move and just focus on our improvement, but I was proven wrong”
Adhara listens to him from the side, she can feel Rex's frustration.
”If humanity didn't stick together, then we will be spelling our doom so we have to do something”, Rex said with determination.
After saying that, Rex stands up and said, ”Tell the others, we will be going somewhere”
But just as he stands up, Adhara caught something on Rex's left arm.
”What is that?”, Adhara asks in confusion.
Rex looks at Adhara in confusion, he then looks at where Adhara is looking and realized that his red left arm can be seen.
Since he got back to the university, Rex has already worn long sleeves.
The reason for that is because of his burned left arm, even though it already healed perfectly but it is somehow still red and Rex is trying to hide it.
”Nothing”, Rex said intending to leave.
But Adhara caught his left arm and rolled up his sleeves, ”And what exactly is this?”, Adhara asks while glaring at Rex.
Getting caught by Adhara, Rex smiles assuringly, ”It's nothing”
”It's not nothing! Did you get this from fighting the demons before?”, Adhara questioned.
Hearing this, Rex can only nod his head helplessly.
But he then said, ”It's not something major you don't have to worry, my arm is good, see?”, Rex flaunts his left arm left and right trying to show that it's not injured.
”IT IS MAJOR! When did the last time you got this kind of injury?”, Adhara asks irritatedly.
Rex thought for a moment and realizes that he never got this kind of injury, ”Exactly! So you need to go to the clinic and have the doctor check on your arm”
Looking at Adhara's serious expression, Rex can only sigh helplessly.
He knows that no matter how hard he tries to persuade Adhara that he's fine, she won't listen to him at all.
Finally, he nodded his head.
He then wanted to leave the room when suddenly Adhara calls out, Rex turns to his back and saw Adhara standing stiffly.
She seems to want to say something but she then shakes her head, ”Whatever you do, I will stay by your side”
Hearing this, Rex smiles faintly and left the quiet room.
The day passes,
Rex wakes from his sleep early in the morning, even the sky is still dark.
He saw that Adhara is sleeping on his side wearing a see-through pajama, but Rex can't see the charm of it because his head is filled with thoughts.
After rubbing his eyelids, he get dressed and went outside and sit on a sofa.
The room is still empty as it is still early in the morning, even the butler and the maids are still not up yet.
He sits down on the sofa with a frown, 'In order to avoid this kind of situation again, I need to somehow convince the SCO to band together with the UWO so they can fight against the Supernatural without any internal fighting'
'But I don't have any bargain against the UWO or the SCO', Rex thought while shaking his feet impatiently.
While he's rubbing his forehead in thought, Rex suddenly remembers something.
'The question now is, where should I go first?', Rex thought while rubbing his chin.