The Rogue System [BL]
Chapter 117 - Pitted by system

Chapter 117: Chapter 117 - Pitted by system

"get back!!!!" Aaron’s scream awakened Kang to the harsh reality he was about to face. The ship that held the hostage blasted all of a sudden, creating a huge wave.

his small old boat was toppled in an instant. His whole body was plunged into the cold ocean without any preparation.

Kang breathed in the salty water. It burned his throat and his lungs. He tried to get his disoriented body to the surface but another loud blast pushed him deeper and farther into the dark depths.

In about a minute His whole body was struggling under the water pressure and the lack of oxygen. In a panic, he started to breathe in copious amounts of water. Air bubbled gurgled out of his mouth.

’Shit.... Shit.... Which way is up....’ his body was being pushed away by the blast and he was still not able to discern what was up and down.

Soon his body went limp, twitching occasionally. Slowly it sank into the dark deep ocean.

He could feel it. Death was close.

It was tranquil down there. Only the sound of the water filled his ears up.

A wave of sadness hit his being. ’what will Aaron do..... I thought I finally got a chance to be happy. Fuck, I got pitted by that stupid system... fucking hell!!!’

He felt his final air bubble escape his mouth. It swam in front of him and slowly moved up.

’No!’

’I don’t want to die... I don’t want to die...’

He didn’t even realize it but his whole body was going through a transformation. His arms were covered in scales, and a subtle horn popped up in his forehead. A small scar-like thing formed on his neck as Kang finally closed his eyes.

’at least I had a very peaceful death. Much better than beings shot I guess...’ he thought as he welcomed the coldness of the waters.

But all of a sudden, he came about from his delirious state. ’Why am is still alive? I must have suffocated to death by now?’ he glanced around.

His body was still in the dark depths.

’I’m... I’m not dead?’ h gasped out loud. Water gushed into his mouth. He hurriedly closed it in fear he might actually die this time.

But nothing he had imagined happened. He did not feel the suffocation in his lungs. He did not feel the excruciating pain in his muscles as they were deprived of oxygen.

He... he felt like his body was part of the cold waters... it was like he had merged with it.

He waved his arms around and touched himself. His cold scales cut into his fingertips.

’Scales! Wait... I’m a dragon! a water dragon!!!! Why the heck did I forget about it! I can breathe underwater?!!!’ he touched his neck. As he had expected there was a pair of gills on either side of his neck that was slightly delicate to touch.

’Fuck yes! I am a OP dragon darling!’

He threw an air fist underwater which ended up being not so cool.

Kang finally moved his body in a way that he was facing the surface.

The bright sunlight streaming through the surface hit his face. He got his bearing together and swiftly swam up hurriedly.

Unlike before, his body was not heavy and weighted. It felt light and airy. He did not feel any strain as he swam up. it felt like his body was really adapted to the ocean well.

’Water dragons are so amazing! Hehe.... Near-death incident really gave me an ability.’ he happily swam up.

Right by the surface, he saw a golden light rushing towards him.

The light hurriedly grabbed him and hugged him close.

Of course, he knew who this person was. It was his boyfriend, Aaron. The poor guy looked distraught as he was trying to pull them both up. his body was riddled with a few scars that were bleeding.

the water around them was stained red.

Kang panicked. ’Shit he is hurt!’ he grabbed Aaron and observed his body. There was a huge cut on his forehead that looked so gnarly. ’Fucking hell! Who the fuck did this to him?’

An unknown amount of rage filled his body. He wanted to tear everything and everyone for touching his precious person. he wanted to burn everything to the ground.

Bubbles formed around them.

’Huh?’ Kang glanced around. the bubbles were coming from him. ’Weird? I didn’t fart. Did I? or did Aaron fart?’ he glanced at his lover.

To his shock, Aaron had collapsed. He was floating with his arms tightly hugging his waist.

’Fuck!’

He hurriedly swam up with Aaron in his arms. the wooden planks of the old row boat were floating about. he grabbed the biggest one and pulled Aaron on top of it.

"Aaron.. hey..." he checked his breath.

He.... He wasn’t breathing.

Aaron wasn’t breathing!

Kang panicked even more. He hurriedly tapped his back. "Come on, don’t joke with me. hey..." he rolled him around so his back was on the plank. "okay.... okay... I.. I need to do mouth to mouth.... right?"

He hurriedly kissed him and breathed in air. At the same time, he put a bit of pressure on his chest. the water must have flooded his lungs. Eh needed to get that out.

But with Aaron floating around it was hard to get a good CPR done.

"fucking hell!!.. fuck.." he pulled Aaron close and hugged him tightly. His desperate eyes glanced around. the burning ship was right in front of them.

"there.... if I can get him to lie down. I can get water out of him," he hurriedly swam to the burning ship. the heat from it really burned his scales but he did not bother. He pulled Aaron up on the clean surface and started to do the CPR even more vigorously.

He pumped his chest at given intervals. "Come on Aaron. You can do this. you have to wake up! you can’t just die. You are a hero!" he pounded into his chest.

Aaron... he remained unmoving.

A strange feeling of helplessness washed over his body.

He felt weak. he felt breathless

Yet he did not stop.

he pounded into his chest silently sobbing. "You can do this.... Aaron.. wake up.. wake yp for me.. please... you have to wake up. I’m so sorry.. I should have listened to you. I should not have gotten close. Please.... Please..."

His arms felt like they had been lifting bricks for a long time. His muscles gave way. He fell on top of Aaron weakly. "Aaron..."

a dreadful realization came to him.

he might lose him..

he might lose his Aaron.

’I.. I didn’t even confess my love to him.’ a loud sob escaped his pale lips. "ii love you..."

"hmm.. I love you too." a soft whisper invaded his ears.

With his remaining energy Kang sat up peering down at him.

Aaron gently cupped his cheeks. "don’t cry..."

"you’re alive... youre alive..." Kang felt his eyes droop and all of a sudden, he completely blanked out.

Aaron felt the weight on him and gently shook him. "Hey. Kang?.. hey why are you silent....." he hurriedly placed a hand on his nose. his warm breath hit his fingertips. Only then did the stone in his heart was lifted.

He sat up, pulling him onto his lap. His wet blond hair fell all over his face, disrupting his vision. He hurriedly combed it back. All of a sudden, he froze.

His hands were covered in blood. He sniffed it hurriedly.

’it’s not my blood.’ He glanced down in shock.

Kang’s nose was bleeding, and he was weirdly twitching. His breath came out in gasps... Kang’s face was pale.

"Kang! Hey.. what is going on.. why are you..." his fingertips glided over to his neck to the subtle slits on them. He peered at it. They looked like gills.

"gills... you.. you are not able to breathe..." he pulled him down and hurriedly immersed him underwater.

Only after Kang was immersed until his neck did the witching stop. Kang let out a deep groan.

Aaron gently touched his face. he had regained some color to his face. "You can’t breathe on land.... Why is that?" he touched his gills. Like soft feathers they fluttered over his fingertips. "What kind of powers do you have?"

The last time he saw Kang use his powers he had falsely assumed that he was a fire type, or an acid type. But now this event had changed his perspective drastically. Kang had scales over his body. He was able to breathe fire, he was able to breathe underwater.

"What are you?" he glided his fingertips over his nose. he wasn’t breathing. only through his gills he was able to breath

He found a floatie from the side of the ship and got down. He tied Kang to it in fear he might drift down underwater. Slowly he swam towards the shores.

"h-help. help!" a small voice came from his left.

He glanced to his side to notice a figure struggling to stay afloat.

Aaron pulled a lifesaving floatie from the side of the ship and tossed it to that person. "Stay there, I’ll come get you,"

After that, he pushed Kang to the shore. The resort workers all came out to help him.

"There is another person who needs help. Send a boat," he said lifting Kang up and carried him to their room.