Tower Ascension

Chapter 50 - People Can Change But Obsession Do Not



"Yawn!" Peter wakes up and moves his face muscles. His mouth stretches and as he feels tiredness all around his body.

"It didn\'t go. Why does a Half-Supreme have so much stamina?" Peter mumbled to him with a bit of frustration appearing in his eyes. He felt soreness throughout his body.

After he gets out of bed, he walks towards the lower floor. Camellia was already up. At least, he guessed that because he didn\'t see her in the bed. After he came down, he saw Camellia working in the kitchen.

He wasn\'t surprised since he has eaten in her place many times and also cooked by her. He walked straight to the kitchen and when he saw her in tight dress. Suddenly, a smirk appeared on his lips as he walked in and slapped her booty.

Pa!

"What….." Camellia turned her head at Peter and asked him with surprise. He rarely does that which is why she was surprised.

"Nothing, just felt like doing it," Peter smirked and started making coffee for himself. Camellia chuckled and started doing her work. Peter silently glanced at her and thought \'Damn! How could she still have energy after going that wild last night?\'

"What...." Camellia caught his secret gaze and asked with large eyes.

"Nothing." Peter hurriedly turned around. But suddenly, fingers ran on his shoulder, a hot air blew on his neck and she held him from behind. This made Peter turn on but it wasn\'t the time. Anne and Daniel were still in the house.

And, he has a lot of work to do as well.

"Babe! You are turning me on." Peter spoke without even looking back at her.

"So what?" Camellia opened her mouth and bites his ear. But, he didn\'t even feel pain. The intense pleasure was running down on his veins he looked at her and said "You know you are going to regret it."

"Make me!" Camellia opened her rose eyes and whispered.

"Brother, you awakeeee. Oh gosh! I\'m extremely sorry for disturbing you guys." Anne suddenly popped out while shouting. But when she saw Camellia wrapping her hands around her brother, she instantly turned red.

She turned around and ran to her room while Camellia separated herself from him.

"It\'s all your fault." Camellia pouted as she started doing her job.

"How is this my fault?" Peter asked but didn\'t reply. He sighed and continued with his coffee. He walked to the table and found a tab on the table. It belonged to Camellia. He opened it and started browsing through the news.

Suddenly, his eyes shrunk when he noticed an unusual post. He slightly pushed his head and shouted "Babe, do you get all of the secret news on your tablet?"

"Yeah, why? Is there some bad news?" Camellia shouted since Peter already knew about this stuff.

"Worst if I may say." Peter\'s voice turned low as he looked at the title of the news.

"Area 13 of Isolon slaughtered by Vampires!"

"Hey babe, is it Area 13 where mom and dad got themselves in an incident?" Peter shouted to ask but Camellia had already walked towards him.

"Oh my god! These leeches. How can they slaughter the entire area? There could be more than thousands of people there." Camellia shouted with rage fuming in her eyes as she read the news.

"This is not looking good. Something must be there which gained their attention. And, if that something is so important that they could openly slaughter people that means it must be for their strength." Peter mumbled as he tried to analyze the situation.

"Why do you think strength is the reason? There could be a bunch of different reasons." Camellia looked at him with confusion and asked.

"Because a race that could hide for so long only revealed themselves to save humanity? Tch! Don\'t you think that\'s a bit too ridiculous? Cultivators, Werewolves, Vampires, and Elves, were hiding so perfectly that even war didn\'t make much difference to them."

"But, why would they save humanity who could give them nothing? If my guess is not wrong then they must have needed a mediator. A group of people that could bring balance between these four races. If I am not wrong, then isn\'t Area 13 exactly the place where three Supremes were awakened?" Peter asked as he analyzed the situation further.

His mind was operating on a completely different level but he knows these were just his assumptions.

"Yeah!" Camellia understood his point and nodded her head.

"In that day, the wolf that attacked me was an evolved wolf. But, it only evolved because it did something in the back room. It probably got the inheritance. If it could help that wolf get stronger, then why not vampires?"

"Currently, Isolon is heavily damaged due to previous monsters\' raid. They are using this as an advantage to hide it from normal people and capture that land. With their authority, the council can\'t stick its nose. And, they must have done it to find something from that place."

"I can\'t let them grow strong. Hell no! I must go to that place and find out the truth." Peter\'s eyes narrowed as he thought of the worst case possible. As Anne said before, what if they attack Peter before he could make a move?

That is still under the realm of possibility.

"No, I can\'t let you go into a snake\'s nest. That\'s impossible. What if there is a Half-Supreme guarding that place?" Camellia instantly grabbed him and mumbled in his ears. When she held him, her hands were trembling.

\'That must be because of what happened. Sigh!\' Peter felt sorrow but his mind was already determined.

"Nope, I must go there. And, don\'t worry, Daniel will be together with me. With his speed, I don\'t even Platinum Rank Soul Defender has a chance to chase me. And, aren\'t you taking Half-Supreme too lightly? There shouldn\'t be so many half-supreme to guard a place in human society, right?" Peter patted her head but his words only increased her anxiety.

"You don\'t understand. Unlike humans, vampires, elves, cultivators, and werewolves can grow stronger. They evolve like those monsters beasts except for the cultivators who improve by absorbing qi." Camellia explained with a worried expression.

Her words made him startled as he hurriedly asked "Wait, you said they can grow stronger. So, are those cultivators humans like those novels?"

"Yeah!" Camellia nodded her head.

Hearing her reply, Peter\'s expression turned ugly as he asked "Then, why aren\'t they sharing the cultivation with us? Why can\'t they allow us to cultivate?"

"Because they look down on us. They said we are not qualified to cultivate. And, our world doesn\'t have spiritual qi. Spiritual Qi only exists in their pocket dimension where they live. Just like them, werewolves, elves, and vampires also have their own pocket dimension otherwise how could they hide among humans for so long?"

"Satellite, navigation, CCTVs, nothing has caught a glimpse of them. So, how could it be possible that they appeared out of thin air? They lived in the pocket dimension which is in the earth but separated from our modern equipment reach." Camellia explained.

"These damn scums! They are not protecting humanity. They are just using humanity to fend off those monsters while they keep reaping the benefits. I can\'t allow them to grow." Suddenly, Peter holds her shoulder and said "I must go there."

"It\'s not just about saving humanity or crap like that. I can\'t let my enemy grow. This is the worst mistake one could ever make. I know I can\'t kill them but I have many things which allow me to properly infiltrate their hideout."

"Now I think about it, I don\'t need Daniel to go with me, not inside. But, I do need Daniel to wait outside. Listen, I won\'t go now. I won\'t go unprepared but I must go. As I said before, I can\'t let my enemy grow. This is my bottom line."

Hearing his words, Camellia bites her lips. Peter rarely makes mistakes. And, even though he is telling her that it is not for humanity or anything. But, living with him for three years, she knows him more than he thinks.

And, she always remembers that quote.

"People can change but Obsession remains the same."

She knows no matter how much he tries to change himself. Peter can\'t simply erase his obsession to be a hero. In fact, she knows Peter is struggling, fighting against his own obsession. And, that\'s why she doesn\'t want him to go.

If he loses to his emotions, then it would be the same thing that happened before. Nothing would change. And, this time it might even get worse. She knows Peter was hiding something from her which was related to his awakening.

And, that\'s why she fully supports him even though she knows strength is the last line of defense. No matter how many strategies he has, no matter how much he manipulates people, no matter how much he plans ahead of others. If he doesn\'t have the strength to back that up, he will lose in the end.

But, something tells her that Peter\'s awakening wasn\'t normal. Because before that day, Peter was half-dead. And, she doesn\'t believe normal awakening could bring people back to life.

She bites her lips until blood comes out.. She looks at his eyes and said "Promise me one thing! Promise me that you will live until I become your number one."