Chapter 162 LIFE
When Paula recovered, she immediately saw Alex staring at her.
She was startled, "Ah! Why are you staring at me?"
Scratching his head, Alex replied, "I was just wondering what's the matter with you all."
"What do you mean?"
Alex pointed at Angelica and the three boys who still have their eyes closed as if they are experiencing comfort.
Paula followed Alex's finger and saw the faces of the four kids.
Then, she realized what Alex was talking about.
"Ah! Was I also acting like them earlier?"
Alex nodded, "Yeah, that's why I can't help but become curious as to what happened to you all."
Paula nodded in understanding.
Organizing her words, Paula explained to Alex what just happened and the golden light from his eyes.
"What? There was really something like that?"
Alex was baffled after hearing it.
Paula nodded again to confirm.
Sighing, Alex shook his head and got rid of those thoughts.
"Well, that's not important right now."
Hearing Alex's words, Paula remembered what they were doing here.
"Right, that's not important right now. So, tell me, did you get the skill?"
Paula impatiently asked Alex.
To her question, Alex calmly shook his head, "No, I didn't get the skill."
Immediately, Paula's mood fell to the bottom and disappointment was all over her face.
When Alex saw that, he was silent for a second before sighing and saying, "Why are you already like that? I'm not finished talking yet."
Hearing his words, Paula slowly raised her head and there's a questioning look in her eyes.
Seeing her appearance, Alex can't help but let out another sigh.
Alex didn't beat around the bushes any longer and said, "What I mean is, it's true that I didn't get the skill."
"Because, I was able to get the Draconian Bloodline!"
Paula remained still for a while as if she didn't hear Alex's words.
But when it finally synced in, she snapped her head in Alex's direction and jumped out of her seat.
"What?! Are you serious?!"
With wide eyes, Paula appeared in front of Alex and held both of his shoulders.
Seeing Paula's intense reaction, Alex nodded.
"Yeah, it's real. I told you, didn't I, my luck is pretty extraordinary." Alex said casually.
Paula looked at Alex in disbelief.
There was only 0.01% probability of successfully obtaining the bloodline when the essence blood is taken.
The chance of dying from it has thousands times higher the probability of occuring than getting that bloodline.
For one to really get it, their luck has already passed being just extraordinary, it could only be described as monstrous!
Paula looked at Alex with astonished eyes.
After a couple of seconds, Paula calmed down and went back to her seat.
However, her eyes were fixed on Alex the whole time, as if afraid that she'll miss something if she looks away for even a second.
Her behavior could only make Alex let out a sigh.
Shaking his head, Alex looked at her and said, "Anyway, now that I already consumed the [Pureblood Dragon's Essence Blood] and survived, that means I completed the quest, right?"
"Ah, that's right. Wait, I'll just confirm."
Saying that, Paula started fiddling her system interface.
After a few seconds, a new notification appeared in front of Alex.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations for completing the quest 'Suicidal Task'.]
[Your reward, Upgrade Card, has been placed in your inventory.]
...
Seeing that, Alex smiled happily.
After looking at it for a while, Alex dismissed the interface and turned his gaze back to Paula.
Playing with his fingers, he said, "Now that I managed to obtain the 'Draconian' Bloodline, I guess it's time for us to talk about your real purpose, right?"
Immediately, Paula's face became serious.
Paula didn't say anything for a while and the two of them stared at each other, making the room eerily silent.
On the side, Angelica and the three other kids, who already recovered from their daze, pursed their mouths and also kept silent.
After a while, Paula stood up and said, "Follow me."
Without waiting for Alex to respond, Paula already went ahead, heading toward one of the few rooms in this hut.
Alex didn't immediately follow Paula, but looked at Angelica and her brothers first.
He said, "You four should just stay here and behave until we come back, okay? I just need to finish this, then we'll continue our journey."
Nodding their heads like good kids, the four replied in unison, "Okay, Brother Zero!"
"Are you doing a face exercise? Your face keeps changing every second."
Hearing Alex's voice, Paula opened her eyes and looked at Alex.
"Did you just say something?"
Since she was deep in her own thoughts, she didn't really hear what he said.
With a smile on his face, Alex repeated, "I was asking if you are doing some sort of face exercise."
"Face exercise?" Paula said, feeling confused at Alex's words.
Seeing that, Alex chuckled and said, "You were thinking too deeply earlier and your face keeps on changing every second. That's why I asked if you're doing a face exercise."
Immediately, Paula came to a realization and her face suddenly reddened a bit.
Paula felt embarrassed for some reason.
From the way Alex is reacting, Paula can guess that she probably looked funny earlier when she was thinking.
'Arrgggg! What was I thinking! I'm too embarrassed now!' She thought.
It took a few seconds before Paula recovered.
When she raised her hand back up, she acted like nothing happened and said, "Let's go back to our talk."
Saying that, Paula suddenly grabbed one of Alex's hands and handed him the golden cup.
Alex accepted the cup without saying anything and looked at Paula with questioning eyes.
In response, Paula looked directly in his eyes and said, "You wanted to drink it, right? Then I'll give it to you."
Alex raised an eyebrow and said, "Really? Then is it alright if I take it now?"
"Wait, listen to me first."
Seeing Alex's impatient attitude, Paula let out an exhausted sigh.
She doesn't know why, but Paula already feels tired even though it's only been a few minutes since she started talking with Alex.
Shaking his head, Paula said, "Anyway, I just want to talk about your reward if you ever succeed and live after taking the blood essence."
Hearing that, Alex started paying attention to Paula.
Seeing that she finally got his attention, Paula started talking,
"After some deliberation, I decided to give this to you as a reward for this difficult... suicidal request of mine."
Paula raised her hand just right in front of Alex and showed him a rectangular card.
Alex looked at it curiously and waited for Paula to explain.
Without making Alex wait, Paula said, "This card is a very precious item called [Upgrade Card]."
"From its name, you can probably guess already what it does, right?"
Alex nodded.
Then he asked, "Does it have any restrictions or limits?"
Paula shook her head, "There's no such thing."
"However, since it's a consumable, you can only use it once and after that, it will disappear."
Hearing that, Alex nodded in understanding.
"Yeah, that makes sense. If it's an item that can be used multiple times, then that will be too fraudulent."
"It's good that you understand that." Paula said.
Then, she suddenly started fiddling with the air and the next second, a quest alert showed in front of Alex.
[Suicide Quest]
[Difficulty: SS]
[Details: You are tasked with consuming the item 'Pureblood Dragon's Essence Blood' which has a 90 percent probability of death when taken. A quest that is just pure suicidal. But in the small chance that your luck works out, you'll get a great benefit in your whole being.]
[Reward: Upgrade Card]
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Alex only took a short glance at it before saying, "What is this quest for?"
Shrugging, Paula looked at him and said,
"To give you some assurance that I will follow our deal, I will give you a quest so that the system will guarantee that you will get your reward later."
"This is the least that I could do. After all, you're literally risking your life here to do this task I gave."
Alex stared at Paula for a few seconds before turning his eyes away, saying, "Don't worry. I can also confidently tell you that I will survive this and I will also get the worth of this essence blood."
"Even though I don't know why you need it, I will help you because I can see the despair in your eyes that you're hiding inside."
Hearing that, Paula snapped her head eyes back to Alex and looked at him in surprise.
Before she could even say anything, Alex raised his hand and poured all the golden blood directly into his mouth, not leaving even a drop of it into the cup.
After that, Alex put down the cup while licking his lips, making sure that nothing gets wasted.
He smiled and was just about to comment on the taste of the essence blood when suddenly...
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