Chapter 7: First quest completed
Evan immediately felt his body was full of energy again.
Without wasting any time, he again hopped on the treadmill and started to run.
Unlike before, it wasn’t very hard this time, and he could feel he was slowly getting accustomed to it.
‘It’s really easy now. I might be able to complete my quest now.’
He was now sure that he would finish his quest as well. He was really grateful to Celestina as well.
Celestina, without saying anything, just looked at Evan. Unknowingly, a smile crept on her beautiful face, accentuating her beauty even more.
‘He is finally getting it right. Let him do his training for today; after he gets tired after an hour, he might drop his idea after not being able to even lift his body tomorrow.’
She was glad that Evan was now doing well, but deep down, she actually doesn’t want Evan to join the hunters at all.
She, who had faced all those challenges and fear that it brought, knows pretty well what kind of profession being a hunter really is.
At the surface, it may seem like a cool thing, and many hunters gain popularity on par with the models and actors, but inside a dungeon, nothing works; it’s always a battle of life and death. How much popular you are outside doesn’t matter at all; what really matters is your strength and your will to survive and kill the foe in front of you.
‘I should go and train as well.’
With that, she also went to a pulling bar and started her training as well.
Evan was running continuously; he was surprised to find that he wasn’t tired at all, not even a bit.
It has almost been 10 minutes; after running for that much, he stopped.
‘I should focus on my quest first. Let’s see if I can really get stronger.’
He only has 50 minutes remaining; within that time, he has to finish his quest first.
At the same spot, he got down and started to do his push-ups, and the potion was working fine as he didn’t feel tired at all.
10… 11… 12… 13… 14… 15… 16…
He was fine unlike before and didn’t feel much burden on him.
‘System, how is this potion so effective?’
He asked to clarify his doubt.
[The potion you took makes your muscles numb to pain, so you can do anything within that time limit of 1 hr, but after it’s over, you will feel all the pain at the same time, which will leave your body immobile.]
‘What?! I can’t move after this…’
[Yes, for a while.]
Evan, even after hearing that he won’t be able to move, didn’t stop and continued his work.
‘So what if I can’t move? I won’t stop if it makes me stronger.’
25… 26… 27… 30… 34… 39… 45… 50…
‘Haaaa… Finally, I am halfway through. Just 50 more to go.’
Evan stopped for a while and checked on Celestina; she was doing the pull-ups with ease.
Evan could see her visible muscles; she was well-toned. Anyone who looked at her could easily tell that she is a hardworking person.
‘She is really a strong woman. If I remember correctly, she doesn’t belong to a guild; if she did belong to one, she probably would have been an A-ranker at least. Growing alone must be really tough for her, but she isn’t giving up at all.’
Evan just got transmigrated today and got the memories of the previous Evan; he was still skeptical to accept that this family now belongs to him and he is a part of it.
But, looking at the way Celestina has treated him, he was annoyed at first but now he doesn’t feel that way; it’s as if he was slowly accepting her.
‘I can’t stop just yet as well.’
Then again, he continued his push-ups. He was more determined to complete the quest now.
He wants to get stronger, yeah, but now he wants to help Celestina as well. If it wasn’t for her, he might have taken a lot of time to complete his quest, or he may have failed as well.
51… 54… 58… 63… 69… 78… 83… 89… 90…
‘Finally, I just need 10 more, and I will be fine with this quest.’
He was starting to get nervous now; if it was all just a joke and he wasn’t able to gain stats, then all of this will be meaningless for him.
He doesn’t want to face such a scenario.
‘System, are you sure you are not fooling me or something?’
[I understand that you don’t trust my words, host. You weren’t able to improve no matter what you did previously, but that was because you were missing something, and now that you have it, you can get stronger again. Just do 10 more; you will get your answers, host.]
The system’s words were pleasing to his ears, but deep down, he still wasn’t able to fully trust it.
‘Whatever, I have already done 90 just 10 more won’t hurt me.’
91… 92… 93… 94… 95…
‘5 more to go…’
96… 97… 98… 99…
‘Just one more…’
100.
‘Finally, finished it.’
After completing his 100th push-up, he fell straight to the floor and asked inside his head,
‘System, I have completed my quest.’
[Congratulations, host. You have been successfully fooled; you don’t get any power-ups at all, hahaha…]
‘What…?!’
[Just kidding, host. You have successfully completed your first quest of doing 100 push-ups; you have gained 4 stats on strength.]
[As an additional reward for your running on the treadmill for 10 minutes, you have gained 2 stats on agility.]
[10 system points have been added to your profile. You can now use these system points to buy anything you want from the system store.]
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Sorry, everyone. I was a bit busy yesterday, so I wasn’t able to upload anything. I will make it up today and upload one more in the evening.
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