The next morning marked the first day of his 5 days free training. Therefore, Ery returned to Zodiac City and made his way towards the Bloodline Gene store that was closed the last ti he ca. Hopefully, the guy nad Bob had returned.
Just like it always did, Zodiac City was also completely filled by half-blood people. More than half of them had a certain, striking characteristic in their figures that varied with each other. One of them was hairy to the brim, one had unique, unusual ears, one had gleaming blue skin and so on. The city truly was an unprecedented sight for the eye.
Ery walked across the bustling streets, through the familiar alley, until he reached the store. This ti, instead of a closed door and a piece of paper on it, there was an [Open] sign attached on the half-wooden half-glass window.
*Ting* *Ting* *Cling*
The chis of a small bell stuck on the door welcod Ery as he entered the store.
"Kkrrr Wait up...! I am koming!"
The voice was coming from the back of the store, where Ery could faintly see a busy figure through a piece of cloth that covered most of the doorway.
While the man was busy with his matter, Ery took the opportunity to look around. The place looked like a normal store, but all its shelves were full with big and small jars that contained interesting things. So were filled with blood, so with clear liquid, but all of them had their own kind of weird objects inside them.
Several minutes passed, but the shouting figure had not co out yet. When Ery was about to go to the back, to find the person himself, he saw a figure rushing to the front.
"Who is it?!"
The figure walked to the back of the long counter table. Even though Ery could hear the sounds of footsteps, he did not actually see anyone until the figure walked up, showing himself behind the table.
The figure standing right in front of him did not look human at all, not only was he short, he also had two huge bulging eyes, wide mouth and greenish skin. The figure looked so much like a frog. In conclusion, its look was not pleasant at all.
"Kkkrrr… Yes, I am Bob the Frog. Who are you? What do you wank?"
Not trying to disrespect him, Ery schooled his expression and answered calmly, "I am Ery Ambrose. Patriarch of-"
Before Ery could finish his words, Bob interrupted him, "Yes, yes… The wolf boy, isn't it? Alrighk. Ko. Follow to the back."
Ery nodded his head and followed the frog guy that was already walking ahead. Much to his surprise, the back room was apparently much scarier compared to the front.
Ery did not notice this from the front, but the lighting at the back door was actually incredibly bad. Rows of familiar shelves were seen, but instead of their counterpart that looked normal, all of them were covered with so kind of dark substance that gave off a gloomy feeling.
Scanning through the jars that were in the shelves, Ery could swear that so of them were still moving!
It did not stop there. Sothing caught his attention from the corner of his eyes and when he looked over, Ery saw a plant-like, at-like, indescribable thing that was wriggling on the floor.
If this place and the short guy in front of him weren't recomnded by the patriarch, Ery would have already made up so kind of excuse to leave. This place was too bizarre!
Bob pointed his finger and said, "Juss sit on the khair over there and relax."
Ery climbed up the wooden chair and Bob then proceeded to put a restraints on him, to his arms and feets, causing him to beco more nervous.
Sensing Ery's tense body, Bob said, "Relak... Relak, you wanted a way to boost your genes khrough your current gene sampling, righk?"
Even though Ery didn't completely understand what the frog was saying, only half, it seed to be the sa thing that was ntioned by the patriarch. Hence, he nodded, albeit nervous.
"Then this is the only way, wolf boy."
After making sure Ery was locked and secure, Bob then opened a box where there were half a dozen clean tubes inside it. He then began to take one of the tubes and attach it to so kind of needle.
Next, Bob grabbed Ery's arm and pierced the needle into it.
Ery could clearly see as his blood was taken into the tube. Bob did the sa process to his feet and then his neck, taking a sample of his blood from those areas.
"Alrighk. We are done. Next, you need to use your first transformation."
Ery quietly followed Bob's instruction, no matter how strange the request and what he did was. The frog then continued by taking three more tubes of blood from the sa sources.
His next request shocked Ery.
"Alrighk! Last is your second transformation. Let's do it."
Ery was about to persuade Bob about the matter as he was still unable to control his second transformation.
In fact, he was afraid that he would go on rampage in this store and end up accidentally killing the frog guy. However, the frog assured him that all would be well and he only needed to follow his instructions.
Ery was still reluctant, but he followed suit. He just hoped the restraint were strong enough to hold him.
[Fey Transformation - Second Stage]
While Ery slowly lost control of himself, as his body transford into the gray beast, he could tell the frog continued to take a few more tubes of blood from him. He knew this was a bad idea the mont he saw the restraint on him loosening.
Just before the restraints broke, Bob suddenly threw unidentified white powder to Ery's face, covering his vision with whiteness. A mont later, one could clearly see the loosely restrained Ery slowly returned to his human form.
It took him quite so ti before Ery managed to regain his sense and, personally, it was such a weird experience to him.
The frog guy walked towards Ery, "Are you awake yet? Everything is done."
Without waiting for Ery, Bob walked to the front counter. Still dazed, Ery could only follow the guy, coming out of the back room. The mont they reached the front store, Bob said, "I need ti to research this and ko up with the recipe that's right for you. Give 14 days and I think the serum will be ready by then. "
"S-Serum...?" asked Ery, clearly still in daze.
"Krrrr Yes. Rember to bring the money later."
"Money...? Money?!" Ery asked again, he sobered when he heard the word money.
"Are all wolves stupid? Krrr Yes. money! 10.000 spirit stones per serum."
"If you wank the recipes, I will part with it for 100.000 stones. That's a great deal, considering the patriarch recomnded you."
Ery was silent. He needed more money, much more money. He could only bla his bad fortune for his awful condition. It was not only his core that made him feel like crying, his bloodline as well.
"Rember to ko in 14 days!" Bob said, as he sent Ery off.
Ery walked out of the store with his head so low it almost reached the ground. He was brooding over his sorrow, his unluckiness and more importantly, his fate.
Right after Ery left the store, another person walked inside. A girl with white lustrous hair.
"Uncle Bob! You're already back from ho!? That's good! I need more boosters! I ran out of them."
"Kkrrrrr… Of course! Anything for my favorite niece."
The girl was smiling happily when she noticed sothing, "Uncle... What is this sll? It seems familiar..."
"Ooh, that? Don't worry. A kustor ka in just now. A Wolf bloodline."
"Aaa... I see... What's his na?"
User Comments
0 comments from readers