Chapter 235: Edwards Past (2/2)
ROAAR!
Many roars and shouts of the zombies filled the place, and Edward is crawling amongst them.
His body glows with a red hue as he kept crawling like a madman,
Although his body is enhanced by his elemental aura, it doesn't make him free from the pain and soreness throughout his body.
RAARGH!!
Edward saw a zombie leaping towards him before he rolls to the side to dodge it.
The zombie missed and just when it wanted to get up, Edward already aims his pistol towards it and fires two times.
BAM! BAM!
With two holes on its head, the zombie died instantly.
While this is all happening, the man that sent Edward on this mission is commanding the humans desperately.
Huge Zombies started to appear and they're push the humans back.
”Zombies from the rear!! Five men go and protect our rear!”, the man shouted.
The battlefield is in chaos as explosions and gunshots kept on going without an end, and the roars of the Supernatural can be heard non-stop from all directions.
It's a dire situation, and the military men know it.
But then, the man squints his eyes when he saw a red glowing aura on the ground.
Then the man suddenly realizes that it's Edward who is crawling on the ground, and the major is strapped on his back.
”COVER FIRE!! Protect our ally in twelve!!”, the man shouted.
Hearing the command, all of the military men focus their fire around Edward as Edward kept crawling on towards them.
But then,
CRAAWW!!
The man looks to the sky and found dozens of griffins flying in the sky.
The griffins look more horrifying with their muscular body, and what makes the military men scared the most is that their beaks are fiery.
”Rescue the major! Fire Griffins incoming!!”, the man shouted.
After saying that, three military men hurriedly run towards Edward while the others kept firing towards the charging zombies.
With the addition of the Griffins, it's clear that they can't hold the line.
*Huff* *Huff*
Edward grunts as he crawls on the ground, at this point, all of his body is hurting.
But then, he saw three men coming towards him.
The three men started to unwrap the major on his back as Edward smiled, his mission is finished and he's glad that he didn't need to crawl anymore.
”RETREAT!!”, a shout can suddenly be heard.
Hearing this, the three men grab the major but none of them helped Edward.
Edward looks at them in horror, he was about to be abandoned in the middle of the battlefield!
The three military men left without looking back,
Griffins arrived at the battlefield as they spat fiery rock from their mouths and bombarded the humans while all of them retreat.
The ground rumbles under Edward's body, and he chuckles amidst the battlefield shadow.
But when he's about to give up and embrace his pitiful end,
Thud! Thud! Thud!
A man glowing with the same elemental aura as Edward slides towards him, the man is like an angel in a dire situation as he grabs Edward's collar.
”I'm going to get you out of here! Stay with me!”, the man said before picking Edward up.
Edward widened his eyes in surprise, he can't believe that someone can be this reckless and charge into the unsafe zone just to help him.
BOOM!
The man fires fireballs from his hands as he carries Edward with him to retreat,
”Kyle...”, Edward mumbles.
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”Edward?”
”Edward?!”
”WATCH OUT!!”
Edward snapped out of his daze and find the car he's driving is on the wrong side, he slam the steer to the side just barely avoiding the car that was about to hit them.
TIIINN!!
”I'm sorry”, Edward apologized with heavy breaths.
He unconsciously falls into his daze while driving the car, and they almost got into an accident because of it.
Adhara then said, ”Are you okay?”
”Do you want me to drive? I can do it if you're tired”, Rex added in concern.
Hearing this, Edward then said reassuringly, ”I'm okay really, just got something on my mind”
”Let's stop on the side for a minute”, Rex said.
Edward then sigh before he parked the car on the side before all of them went out of the car to breathe fresh air.
When they got out of the car, Adhara approach Edward and gave him a bottle of water.
”Thanks”, Edward thanked her before he drinks it.
Rex is leaning on the car while looking at Edward suspiciously, but then Adhara approaches him and leans on the car beside him.
”So, How's did the meeting go?”, Rex asks.
Adhara glance at Rex before she sighs, ”It didn't go well”
”I went inside his office and gave him the proposal, but then he told me about the Great Barricade Bloodbath story and told me that he's absolutely not willing to work together with the SCO even after I bring up his daughter”, Adhara explained with a sigh.
It is clear that Adhara regrets how she did it, and this didn't surprise Rex at all.
Looking at Rex's undisturbed look, Adhara then turns her body towards Rex with a pleading expression, ”Maybe he's right, It's not right to work with the SCO”
”What do you mean by that?”, Rex asks with a frown.
Adhara then replied, ”You know, How can the UWO work with the SCO who wanted UWO to fall the most”
Hearing this, Rex then said, ”The higher-ups of the SCO said that the UWO is the one who started all of this, he said that the UWO has this motto of holier than thou thing”
”You're not there Rex, you don't know how painful for Vargas just to say it”, Adhara added.
Rex becomes confused, 'One of them obviously lied, Who is it?', Rex thought.
The Green Messenger told Rex that the UWO started their conflict, but now, Adhara is convinced that the SCO is the one who started it.
It's clear that one of them lied.
”But even if the UWO did start the conflict, it's still bad to work with them. Not for humanity, but for us”, Adhara said with a troubled look.
Rex looks at Adhara with a frown, ”What did you see or hear?”
Adhara bit her lips and her expression turns troubled,
Rex saw through her easily, she saw or hear something during her time in the UWO headquarter, ”What is it? Spit it out”, he said again.
”I saw a man got suspected to work with the SCO, and he got arrested”, Adhara finally said.
Hearing this, Rex widened his eyes realizing something.
Without wasting any time, Rex then said, ”Okay, let's go back because tomorrow we need to go somewhere again”
”Wait? Where will we go?”, Adhara asks in confusion.
Rex went inside the car before he replied, ”Do you think Vargas will accept the proposal easily? We're going to make a statement for the UWO and the SCO of course”
Adhara stopped for a moment,
”You know that I won't succeed in asking Vargas from the start!”, Adhara shouted in realization, she just connected the dots.
And Rex's unsurprised look when she said that she failed confirms it.
Rex then smirk lightly, ”Of course, that's why we will need to make a statement and you just told me how to make it”