Chapter 235: Edwards Past (1/2)

The car speed through the empty street,

It's still quite far to get to Faraday University from this sector, and Rex can see that Edward is troubled by something.

”Edward, You okay?”, Rex asks.

Hearing his name got called, Edward glance to the side briefly and replied, ”Yeah, I'm fine just a little bit tired”

Rex nodded his head and let him drive.

But although he let this past, Rex is still suspicious that Edward hid something.

'Is he in some kind of pain?', Rex thought while studying Edward's troubled look.

The scrunch on Edward's forehead, and also his clenched jaw clearly makes him look as if he's trying to hold something in.

But when Rex was about to ask again,

ZAP!

”What happened to Kyran?”, Adhara asks in confusion.

Because the car is currently speeding, Adhara bumped her elbow to Kyran and got zapped by the invisible black barrier around Kyran.

Rex glance to the back before he replied, ”I gave him a Dark Orb”

”Dark Orb? You mean the thing you gave me too?”, Adhara asks back.

Then Rex nodded his head before Adhara widen her eyes, ”Kyran will be an Awakened too?! That's exciting!”, she shouted in excitement.

Hearing this, Rex and Edward chuckle.

”How did you get that really? There's no record of such items”, Edward asks.

Turning someone into an Awakened is something that even the UWO knows that it's impossible, yet Rex uses such a miraculous item just for Kyran that he just met not long.

With the past history between them, Edward knows that Rex will not do this without feedback.

”I found a place where I can found these Orbs, I got it by being a Scavenger and roaming the Supernatural territory”, Rex lied.

He can't possibly tell them that it's from the system.

Although he trusts Edward and Adhara, he still knows that the system is special and he can't tell them about its existence if he didn't have to.

Besides, how would they know if Rex didn't tell them in the first place.

Hearing this, both Edward and Adhara gasp in shock.

Adhara then said, ”How did you manage to become a Scavenger? Doesn't it require you to go through multiple processes and students can't become one?”

While Adhara kept asking questions,

Edward glance at Rex before he said, ”A mission from the SCO?”

”Yep, and I gladly take it”, Rex replied casually.

His answer makes Adhara keep rambling about not telling her, and Rex didn't mind it because it's been a while since he talked like this with Adhara.

But amidst the chatter,

Edward suddenly got dazed from Rex's answer,

From the look of his expression, Rex's answer surprised him more than him being a Scavenger.

”Y-You go to the Supernatural territory willingly?”, Edward asks in a daze.

Hearing this, Rex then replied once again with the same answer which makes Edward looks to his front while still in his daze.

The sound around him becomes a buzz as his breathing becomes heavy,

”Supernatural Territory...”, Edward mumbles lightly.

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BOOM!

BOOM!

Military men lie on the ground with wounds covering their bodies.

Some of them has their limbs missing as they shout in pain,

Edward is standing amongst them while looking at these military men, then suddenly a man approaches him from the side.

”Edward!! Listen to me! Major Lincoln is still out there, and you need to bring him back before the Griffins came”, a man wearing military clothes said while shaking Edward's shoulder.

Edward snapped out of his daze, he focuses on the man in front of him while nodding his head.

”There! The Major is last seen on the eighth, you go there right now!”, the man points in a direction before shoving Edward towards that direction.

This startled Edward,

After getting pushed, Edward grabs the medic kit and immediately went in the direction the man points to before.

He did it without any thinking,

But when he realized what he was doing, Edward is already in the middle of the battlefield.

TATATATATA!!

BOOM!

All kinds of explosions and gunshots can be heard,

Entangled and rotting creatures are running towards him, cover fire can be heard from his back as the creatures got shot to death.

These creatures are the zombies,

A lower middle-rank Supernatural that has little to no intelligence, but their quick reflex makes them a nightmare if caught off guard.

Without wasting another second, Edward picks up his pace.

His body glows with a red hue as he runs with all he had, he never looks to his side as he kept running towards the major location.

Many zombies leaped towards him but got dodged or shot to death.

Then suddenly,

Raarrghh!

A creature burst from the ground grabbing Edward's leg.

Edward tries to break free but the creature's grip is strong, he started to kick the creature repeatedly but he can't make the creature let go.

”LET GO YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!”, Edward shouted desperately.

But right in front of Edward's eyes,

BOOM!!

The zombie that grabs his leg exploded and die instantly, it got hit by a missile from the artillery and Edward got hit by the explosion too.

”Argghh!!”, Edward shouted as he got blasted away.

Because of the explosion, his right leg also got destroyed as he fall meters away.

Edward grabs his leg and saw that his right leg is basically non-existent, he wails in pain as gunshots and explosions filled his eardrums.

But miraculously, Edward landed right beside the major.

The major is hiding behind a rock with a dead body on top of him, but Edward can see that both of the major's legs are injured and bleeding.

Edward grits his teeth and musters all of his strength, ”Major!!”, he shouted trying to see if the major is still alive.

Realizing that someone is calling for him,

The major glance at his side weakly and found Edward calling for him.

Knowing that the major is still alive, Edward started to crawl towards the major while ignoring the excruciating pain in his right leg.

After reaching the major, Edward checks him quickly and finds that his pulse is very weak.

”Stay with me major! Don't die on me”, Edward said before taking out a rope from the medkit, he then pull the major and tied the major to his back.

It's like he's making the major as his backpack,

But with the situation he's currently in, there are not many options he can work with.

After tying the major on his back,

”Rrrghh!!”, Edward grunted as he started his crawl journey back to the human's line, and it's about 70 meters away.

Edward can feel the ground rumbling,

Dust, Debris, Explosions, all kinds of things try to block him.

RAARGH!!