Chapter 147: 144. Bonds
Kabal just smiled before replying, "That... Was a test. And you passed."
Dexter looked at Kabal from head to his waist which was visible and he sighed tiredly and stood up straight.
"You're crazy. What was the test?" Dexter asked and Kabal shook his head.
"That's confidential."
"Oh, okay then." Dexter sighed as he left the office and went back to their residence.
At least he knows to be wary from now on.
...
'The test was probably to test whether I'm a vampire because of the dude that Jude killed. They must have related it to me because of my healing ability.' Dexter thought as he looked around warily and entered into their building.
He walked into th it took to see Collins doing push ups.
"Working hard I see." Dexter said as he went to sit on another bed.
"Yeah, another team is handling the monster attack now. I'm pumped to use the item you got for me from heaven's tower." Collins said excitedly and Dexter looked at his left hand.
There was two rings on his left hand. One was the boost ring... And the other was something that will make him far stronger.
'With this ring, using Son of the sun wouldn't be an issue.' He thought as he went to sit down on a bed.
"Say, do you think mum is still alive after all this time?" Collins asked in a sad tone.
Dexter looked at him and sighed. As the last born, Collins and their mum had a special... bond.
"We can't do anything but have faith at this point." Dexter said and Collins sighed as he stretched.
"I guess you're right."
Dexter looked at his hand and a small white flame lit up on his palm and then it began dancing around his finger tips and then his hand.
The heat wasn't affecting him as much anymore and he smiled.
'I still feel the heat but it won't hurt until I touch it physically and even then the pain will still not be too harsh.' Dexter thought and then he looked at the ring on his left hand which was golden in colour, unlike the boost ring which was just plain black.
[Anti-Fire ring (Sixth class ranked item): This ring can make the effects of fire and pain recieved by it reduce by 70%.]
Dexter shrugged as he read the description of the ring and he shook his head.
'The one with a hundred percent resistance is 3rd class and it's worth 1 million heaven's tower points. This one costs 70 thousand heaven's tower points which was quite a lot.' Dexter thought and he then opened both of his palms in front of him.
A white flame appeared over his first palm while a beautiful golden coloured flame appeared on his other palm.
'The sun flame and the holy flame are both elements of light. The difference between the two is that the holy flame is extremely effective when fighting creatures with a dark affinity.'
'The sun flame on the other hand can be versatile in combat as it affects all creatures and hurts very much to all creatures that recieved it.' Dexter then let the flames shrink before letting them dance around his fingers.
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Behind a few buildings, two people sat at the top of the fifteen metres tall fence.
"But seriously, it's so hard for you? Don't you have anything that'll divert your attention from blood and make you stay in control?" Kila asked as she looked at Jude who sat a couple of centimetres away from her.
"You know, I wasn't always an outgoing person. I always wanted that attention but I was a very shy person. Ignored by most, all I had to do was get good grades and eat a lot."
"My elder brother had it different, he really cared for us, he focused on finishing university and he didn't let anything distract him. It was shocking when I found out he was dating a girl back then."
"He's a quiet person that doesn't like stress. Yet he gets unwanted attention all the time. Collins was even worse, while Dexter got external attention, he was recognized by the entire family as he was extremely intelligent." Jude sighed.
"I guess I just wanted as much attention as they were getting haha..." Jude chuckled with a smile and Kila looked down.
"I can somehow relate to that." Kila said and Jude looked at her with a confused expression.
"Come to think of it, you haven't said anything about your background." Jude mumbled and Kila smiled beautifully.
He felt his heart skip a beat at that sight.
"I wasn't a princess like I look, I was an orphan. Grew up in a rich family where they liked to adopt children. With so much children there was a lot of competition."
"I was bullied, beaten, and the parents didn't have time for everyone at the same time. At one time I was just graduating from high school, the driver was driving me back home and then a huge explosion occured in the streets."
"At that time I was scared and ran out of the car, I trusted my legs more than the car. The fight was between a vampire and a werewolf and as the car reversed to turn around, it was flung away by the werewolf, into a gas station and an explosion wiped the others out... and I just... Felt nothing."
"I didn't just care, I was more fascinated about the fight that was happening in front of me. Skip to the end, the beautiful white haired vampire won and then she found me. I told her I wanted to be like her, and well... She took me away." Kila smiled and then Jude frowned.
"Where did this happen?" He asked with a frown.
"Over at the federal capital territory." Kila replied and Jude nodded.
"It's at the middle of Nigeria, and that's where most of the news come from." Jude said and Kila replied;
"The incident was erased from people's brain by witches, they just protect the balance." She sighed.
"Anyway, while I became a vampire I struggled with control. I had nothing to hold onto, I didn't care too much about anything. Others that were able to use their powers still bullied me again and it was like a stupid cycle."
"I had to climb my way up the ranks of the coven... It wasn't pretty, but I still loved the coven. I had to use my human emotions to control my vampire side and keep it in check." Kila then turned to Jude.
"See? We're not so different. I had a worse childhood than you. You had your brothers at least." She smiled and Jude nodded, he was really lucky to have brothers like Collins and Dexter.
"I have a question then." Jude looked at her and she looked at him with her beautiful crimson coloured eyes.
"You said you loved the coven. After transition into a daylighter, why stay here?" Jude asked and Kila put a finger on her chin.
"Hmm... Because of value." She replied, and Jude frowned at her answer.
"I guess we're something like a coven ourselves, and here, we value each other, nobody is useless. It was a first, when Dexter asked for my opinion on a plan, and he meets me for a lot of things too. I feel valued here, than there. Besides, they are supposed to notice that I haven't returned to the group by now but you don't see them looking for me." Kila smiled as she looked up to the sun.
Jude began to reflect on his life and he really preferred the apocalypse than the previous world. At least a pretty lady is willing to talk to him like they were mates.
After almost five minutes of silence, Kila finally spoke up again.
"Your brother is a good guy. Sure he might be awfully reckless sometimes, or be too direct with his words... He saved my life, and in doing so, also freed me from the curse of sunlight. Back in my coven, only vampire knights can wield a daylight ring which was forged by witches." Kila explained and Jude sighed.
"Dexter sure is a good guy. But he can be bad, I know what he can do for our family." Jude said and Kila stretched as she yawned.
"My butt is getting sore from sitting on this hard fence." She said as she rubbed her butt.
"I could massage it for you." Jude said with a grin and Kila only chuckled.
"You're bold, but don't worry. It'll heal in seconds when we get down. Let's head back, I'll consider your massage." Kila said with a playful grin and Jude nodded as they both jumped down from the fence and made their way back to their residence.
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Kila and Jude got close to their building and then they saw Tracy and Hannah from the distance.
"I think they're waving at us." Jude said and Kila nodded.
"Hey, Kila. We're about to go hunting to gain more levels." Hannah said and then Jude raised his brows.
"That's great, let's go." Jude said excitedly and Hannah glared at him.
"No boys allowed. You all like to be ahead of us. It's just girls now." Tracy said as she crossed her arms and Jude sighed as he walked back to their building.
"You down for that?" Hannah asked Kila and She nodded.
"Let's do it."