While on a ship that was transporting him and his sister to the next planet, Ace remained in silence for a moment as he took the time to allow his body to heal and his system to award him with his rewards.
[Level 28: 202/80>>>Level 29: 122/90>>>Level 30: 32/100]
[+2 Stat Points have been earned.]
As he read the system notifications, his body started to heal from the minor wounds he sustained earlier. The blood drill combo move was spectacular but it surely did a number on his arms, something he had no idea would happen.
"So when are you going to teach me some of those moves you use?" Cherry asked, hoping to break the ice between her and her brother. "I see you perform some pretty impressive feats that I want to use too. Mind showing me how?"
"Some of these skills are self-learned, Cherry,’ Ace said as he began to explain some of his system’s skills. "...and others are granted to me by the system. For example, that combo I did was something I created on my own. It eventually unlocked the combo aspect that allowed me to harness the power and use it effectively.
"The ones granted by the system are a little bit tricky to teach," he said while thinking of a couple of skills his system granted. "For example, the explosive blood technique is something that I don’t exactly know how it works. If I did, I would have already shown you, Jim, and now Miss Anya how to use it. I can show you how to use a couple of other moves though. Which ones do you want to learn?"
"The one where you made the bodies of the first creatures we attacked when we landed on the planet," Cherry responded enthusiastically. "I’ve got many plans for that Skill and I just can’t wait to see how far I can take it."
"Oh, the blood control skill!!" Ace exclaimed while witnessing the sheer excitement on his sister’s face. "You’re getting so excited about this. Mind telling me why?"
"What we have is already cool on its own but I want to make it something completely different from its league," Cherry answered. "I want to create a unique form of this power that’ll overpower these Granians one day. I also want to create something that I’ll most definitely use to my will. Being able to control blood is an already overpowered feature. I want to make it something that cannot be comprehended that easily."
"I see," Ace spoke back before going silent for a moment. Looking at his sister’s enthusiasm sparked something inside of him that urged him to help her out in any way he could. However, it also frightened him a little for this blood mutant gene had turned his sister from the kind and loving girl she once was to a now brutish, hot-headed ginger with the urge to kill anything that dared get in her way.
’Come to think of it, Anya and Cherry have been showing signs of increased aggravation lately. I understand that Anya has a bias for me because I’m the one who pushed for her to become a blood mutant, but Cherry’s sudden mood change is still unclear to me. What exactly is this gene doing to her?’
"So, are you going to help me or what?" Cherry persistently asked without hopes of stopping until she got a desirable answer. "I will just keep talking until you tell me something, Just anything at this moment will be fine for me."
"I’ll show you the tricks and skills I have currently," Ace answered, having come to a conclusion on what he was going to do, "But you have to promise to use these powers for what the Granians gave them to us for. We can’t go around and start killing them off one by one. Play the long game. Let them think we’re working for them and when the time’s right, we’ll go after them next. Do I make myself clear?"
"Crystal clear." Cherry winked while flashing the OK sign with her hand. "In return, I’ll show you some of the skills I’ve got. I’ve been doing a little bit of self-discovery with this symbiote thing and there’s stuff I’m gonna show you once we get there."
"My system said that our bodies have to ease into a synchronization state with our symbiotes." Ace added concerning the issue of the symbiotes. "As we get stronger, we’ll start to unlock more and more of their secrets or whatever it is they were given to us for."
{Second Colony within reach. Prepare for landing.}
The ship Ace and Cherry were in slowly landed on the other planet which was surprisingly similar to the other. Calling it a planet, however, would be a wrong statement for it was just too close for comfort. The more correct term was a moon. The first planet, Planet Hoven, had two moons which were also rich in Etil and so those were the places the four blood mutants were dispersed to.
"My goodness it’s more cold here." Cherry fussed while covering her skin with a slightly thick layer of blood. Since the place they were on was a moon, it had a very very thin atmosphere that allowed for soaring temperatures to rise. This gave it a very cold environment that showed clearly.
Like Hoven, the moon had red soil with snow patches scattered around. The air was thin but bitterly cold, something that confused the two siblings who were taught that moons did not have any environment to sustain air. They were also taught that no life existed outside of Earth so they chose to discard this underlying fact either way.
{Mission Objective Updated.]
{With this being a moon means that the mines are very small and desolate. All that is required of you to do is to go into the mine and subdue whatever creature you find inside. Once the job is complete, you will have completed your objective for the time being.}
Ace’s system suddenly popped up with red beeps and flashing signals all over. The young man’s heart started to beat faster as he continued to read what the system was warning him about.
[The Planet is not as desolate as you think. There are dozens of lifeforms crawling within the surface.] ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢~𝙣𝙚𝙩
[Quest: Survive the attacks that will unfold and successfully manage to escape. This is not a reward-based quest for the thing that is at stake here is your own life.]