Blood

After everyone had duked it out in the arena we registered for our rooms. I didn't need it but it was still useful to have if I ever needed it.

I entered the room I was assigned to. It wasn't big, about 10 square meters, you should know that this is the bare minimum living space a person has the right to.

I had a bathroom with a shower, a toilet and a sink and I had a bedroom with a bed and a closet used for storing clothes.

I showered and took out one of my knives. It was the knife I'd used to extract blood from the guy I'd fought.

I was hesitant, I'd given myself the ability to gain someone's power but that didn't mean i liked the idea of drinking someone's blood.

I took out a vial from the handle of the knife, the red liquid inside sloshed around.

I braced myself and drank it all in one go. At first I didn't feel anything, my first thought was that it didn't work but boy was I wrong.

After a minute I started itching all over, I scratched and my skin came off.

The itch was so bad I kept scratching anyway, well, until my nails started coming off.

The place my nails used to be started bleeding and it didn't talk long before I started bleeding all over.

It was coming out of my pores, my eyes and any other hole I had.

I started vomiting blood, I wanted to scream from the pain but I just couldn't.

After awhile I finally stopped vomiting and the pain got less.

When I looked down I saw that I'd broken the toilet by bracing myself.

My entire bathroom was covered in blood and my skin had entirely come off. That's right, I'd molted.

Suddenly I heard a knock on the door, it was Thea. "Hey, Leo, I need to talk to you, I'm coming in." she said.

Shit, I was still covered in blood. If she came in now she'd probably be disgusted by me and I wanted to be friends so that wouldn't help.

"No, don't come in. This really isn't a good time, whatever you want to talk about can wait half an hour right."

"No, it can't." After that, she opened the door. How she even did it was another question because each dor had a special unique lock that could only be opened by the owner of the room.

When she saw me, her mouth opened wide. "What the hell is going on man, you look like you're dying."

Well at least she's not running away in disgust like I expected her to, great start.

"This has to do with my second ability, since you saw me like this let's talk, it'll be a great distraction from the pain."

She started talking but she seemed a bit distracted. "I need your help, like right now."

"Why?" I ask. I'm curious, of all of the people who took the test together with me she was the strongest.

"I need to do a mission but it's a team one and since you're the strongest of our group I want you to join me."

I know what you're thinking because I was thinking the same thing. That's what was so important you had to barge into my room?

"Why do you need to do this mission." She had said need which made me think that maybe it really was important.

"My sister is sick, dying. I became I hero because I heard about the missions system and how some missions give special items instead of money. That specific mission gives one of the things I need to save her."

After hearing that I told her to wait outside for 2 minutes.

"How long will this take, the pain is about gone but I'm still bleeding." I asked Athena.

"Oh, it should be about done." Right after she said the information flowed into my head. Well, I say flowed but it was more like a nuclear bomb got dropped inside my head.

"Now it's done, heal yourself and clean yourself up." Wow, thanks for helping me Athena, really appreciate it.

I healed myself and cleaned off the blood. I changed my clothes. When I stepped outside and looked at Thea.

"Well then, what's the mission."

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