Chapter 3: Medal of Honour and System

Somewhere in the woods,

*Cough* *Cough*

Rex was lying on the ground looking at the night sky,

He can’t move any parts of his body, all of the bones on Rex’s body are broken. His right shoulder becomes more bloodied because of the explosion, and his right arm and leg are burnt from the explosion.

Despite his state, Rex’s eyes didn’t show any remorse.

He tried to assess his body to no avail, he can’t move his neck. Rex saw fire engulfing the surrounding trees, luckily or unluckily he is in the middle of an empty field that has quite a bit of distance from the tree.

“Whew, how did I survive that? I should’ve died. I can’t hear a thing, my hearing is probably busted from the explosions” he muttered weakly.

His neck is broken too, so it tilts to the left,

Looking at the piles of burnt ghouls, Rex is delighted. He can’t help but crack a smile especially when he saw the King of Ghoul lifeless.

‘In the end, you fail to run away Haha. I have no regret now *Cough*’

Rex slowly closes his eyes, accepting death that is an inch away from taking his life.

As he closes his eyes, suddenly a flash of the furred-monster smiling devilishly while eating his parents crosses his mind.

His eyes opened abruptly, ‘I can’t die! That bastard is still alive!’

He tried to fight the helpless situation with sheer determination but, he can’t do anything. His broken body didn’t respond to his will.

‘I just can’t die yet! please! someone, anyone! help me!’

‘Dear God above, please hear my prayer. Please, don’t let me die yet. I still want revenge!’

‘Please’

Silence…

The night seems chillingly silent, or it is just Rex’s senses?

Rex is desperate, he can feel that he will not survive the next minute.

‘If God can’t help me then,’

‘Devil! Help me live! I’ll give you anything’

‘Take my soul! Take anything you want!’

Just as Rex finishes his prayer, the seemingly silent night trembles.

Rex looks up to the sky, the half-crescent moon seems to gaze at him back but he quickly denied it.

Rex laugh dryly, ridiculing himself, ‘Saved by the God? Saved by the Devil? As if they still exist since the emergence of Supernaturals. In the end, only death awaits me’

The half-crescent moon that decorates the sky suddenly shot a blue beam heading towards Rex.

Before Rex can even process what is going on, The beam struck him.

He starts to feel dizzy,

<binding the=”” host=”” body=””></binding>

<changing bloodline=””></changing>

<accepting the=”” blessing=”” of=”” the=”” moon=””></accepting>

Rows of notification appear in front of Rex,

Rex’s eyes are heavy from the dizziness, he didn’t even notice the hologram notification.

Just before he lost consciousness, the last rows of notifications appear.

<successfully assimilate=”” with=”” the=”” invincible=”” full-moon=”” system=””></successfully>

<congratulations on=”” becoming=”” a=”” we…=””></congratulations>

Before the notification finishes, Rex passed out.

—-

An hour later, the retrieving team arrived at the woods.

“There are two corpses, Kyle and Rex. Based on the information, Kyle is on the west side before the cemetery. Unit Five will be taking Kyle while my unit will be searching for Rex around the cemetery” said a woman wearing full-on gear, her slender frame is the only thing distinguishable from a guy.

Unit Five leader nods his head and starts searching to the west, while the woman signals her unit to scatter around the cemetery.

During the search, there are still some ghouls that are still alive but quickly dealt with.

At first, the woman has some hope that Kyle or Rex is still alive. She wanted to thank them, because of them the casualties in Dwight City reduce to almost half.

But looking at the place,

Mountain of ghoul’s corpse, some corpse even scorched to black, The devastating effect of the explosion, ‘That’s only a wishful thinking’ she sighs sadly.

Just as she about to go back thinking that the corpse is probably black and can’t be identified, she saw a lonely human-shaped corpse far away from the other.

She slowly walks towards the corpse,

Arriving in front of the corpse, She gasps in surprise!

‘How can his body didn’t get burnt? Although he is bloodied all over, he is not in a really bad shape’ she thought, surprised to see Rex’s body that should’ve been in a worse state.

Then something came in the woman’s mind, ‘Maybe… Just Maybe…’

She approached the corpse, she opens Rex’s eyes and shone it with light.

‘Although his eyes are red, He’s pupil is contracting’, A glimpse of hope came to the woman as he further checks Rex’s breathing.

The woman steps back in surprise, ‘He’s Alive!!’

She looks back towards the cemetery and Rex, ‘That is about two and fifty meters and he’s still alive?! Is he one of the Purifiers?’ she shakes her head after looking at Rex once more.

“Found Rex’s body, meet up at the rallying point” *Beep*

—-

Slowly, Rex opens his eyes and his vision started to adjust to the surrounding.

His head is still hurting, unconsciously he raises his hand and rubs his head to ease the pain. As he lifted his hand, he suddenly realizes that he can raise his hand.

Rex notices that he’s not in the woods anymore,

‘Hmm, this place seems to be the barrack’s hospital, but why there’s only one bunk bed’ Rex thought after looking at the medical equipment in his surrounding.

Just as Rex trying to figure out where he’s at, all of a sudden the door swung opened.

A woman in her twenties wearing a nurse uniform comes in abruptly while writing something on a piece of paper.

She enters the room, “How are you today?” she asks, looking up meeting Rex’s eyes that are staring back at her.

The nurse suddenly realizes, “Eh?” She stares blankly at Rex, then she gulps after realizing that she is talking to a comatose patient.

“You’re awake?!” the nurse shouted in surprise.

Before Rex can even answer the nurse runs out, “Doctor! Doctor! The patient in room 303 has regained consciousness!”

Hearing this, Rex was confused “I’m comatose?”

Then a flurry of hurried footsteps approach Rex’s door, The doctor wearing a white coat entered the room with a doubtful expression.

The doctor’s eyes widened, “How?” The doctor asks himself with a dumbfounded expression.

Looking at the doctor, Rex thought to himself, ‘Why are they so surprised?’

Then suddenly, a flow of memories comes back to him. He was destroyed like a broken doll! How can he recover from that disastrous injury? unless

“Doctor, how long was I bedridden?” Asks Rex.

The doctor soon snaps out of his daze and replied, “It’s been two weeks since you are brought to the hospital, I can’t believe you can recover from those injuries this fast!”

Rex was stunned, ‘What? Two weeks? Am I a superhuman or something?’

The doctor then got out of the room in excuse to write a report while the nurse tells him the details about when he arrived at the hospital.

“When the military brought you here, You are in a horrifying state. Half of your ribs are broken, fractured skull, multiple internal injuries, your back and arms bone are crushed, and your left leg is broken. I can’t imagine what you have gone through” The nurse suddenly started to tear up.

Rex was surprised, ‘So there are still good-hearted people in this world’, Rex then smiles gently and rubs the nurse’s shoulders.

The nurse wipes her tears and smiles brightly, “I thank you for your sacrifices”

Rex replied with the same bright smile, “It is my duty”.

Just as when the nurse wants to leave the room to let Rex left, she turned around hesitatingly. Looking at the nurse, Rex was confused.

After deliberating for a while she asks, “By the way, can I ask for your autograph if you don’t mind?”

Rex’s forehead furrowed, “Why? I’m not a celebrity or anything”

The nurse’s brows knitted then making an O shape with her mouth in realization, she replied, “I forgot you are in a comatose teehee”

She proceeds to sit back down and continues, “Last week, we won the war in Dwight City. Losing one of its main forces which are the ghouls, the supernatural impenetrable fortress falls. Then three days ago a ceremony was held for you Rex Silverstar, Edward Rearta, and Kyle Hinton. The ceremony is held to hand over the Medal of Honour to the three of you, the United World Organization gives you three, two medals. MOB (Medal of Bravery), and HOD (The Heroes of Dwight City)”

Listening to this, Rex’s eyebrows raise in surprise, Then his eyes lit up “Kyle? Kyle is still alive?” asks Rex.

The nurse shakes her head, “His family is the representative in the ceremony and your guardian Ms.Greene is your representative”

Rex’s eyes dim after hearing what the nurse says,

The nurse felt the heavy feel so she decided to leave Rex alone after saying that His mother and Edward have come multiple times in the last two weeks.

‘Although I’m not close with Kyle, I respect him. I probably should visit his family later’ Rex thought.

He was about to rest a bit when suddenly he remembers a vague notification that appears just before he felt dizzy,

‘What is that thing? I don’t remember clearly but I clearly saw a hologram notification’ Just after Rex thinks ‘notification’ suddenly the notification appears in front of him in a form of a hologram.

<notifications></notifications>

<stats></stats>

<skills></skills>

</inventory>

<shop></shop>

“Hmm?”Rex was confused.

It was just like a game that kids these days play. Rex is adopted by Ms. Greene which is now his mother then, he joins the military so he doesn’t have any time to play games like other kids but he nevertheless knows that games are just for fun.

‘Is this a new type of game? But logically speaking, It will not randomly appear in front of me’ Rex thought.

Finally, he tries to tap the Stats button to no avail.

Rex thought that the notifications part is not important so he decided to see what is in the <stats> tabs but the truth is, Rex can’t help to get curious about the <stats> tab. His hands went straight through the <stats> button. He tries to think of pressing the stats button then suddenly, the hologram screen switches to the <stats> tab.</stats></stats></stats></stats>

<stats></stats>

Name: Rex Silverstar

Level: 1 (0/100)

Race: Half-Blood

Full-Moon: 33 Hours – Blood Moon

Berserk: 10%

Sanity: 47%

Mental: 2

Strength: 9

Agility: 7

Endurance: 6

Intelligence: 0

<average human=”” adults=”” have=”” 5-7=”” points=”” for=”” each=”” stat=”” except=”” for=”” intelligence=””></average>

Rex decided to skip the foreign words and directly see the common stats that he understands.

‘Hmm, Is this my overall stats? Not bad, Although I’m a little bit disappointed with my strength. I put extra effort in raising my strength but it’s not as good as I want it to be’

Rex notices that the common one like Strength, Agility and Endurance is easy to understand but Intelligence, Mental, Sanity, Berserk, and Full-Moon? He has zero clues.

His head starting to hurt again after thinking too much, so he decided to close the tab by thinking close but before he can do that, his eyes darted towards the race section.

His eyes widened in anger, ‘WHAT DO YOU MEAN HALF-BLOOD!’