Looking at these different creatures, the atmosphere. I remembered why I like fantasy so much.
It was not just because of magic but more so because of the breathtaking views, the idea of exploring such an enthralling world was extremely dopamine inducing.
"
I need to get stronger, so I can explore the world."
I approached the great ancient scribble book, and bowed down to all it’s greatness.
I smirked in my mind. I guess the glazing worked splendidly, I had a doubt that this would take more time, but the book knew my intentions.
The ancient one has ancient wisdom, the bastard was playing with me all along.
"Master, how could this puny mortal ask for you to do anything for itself? I’m not that shameless."
’You know what I want so just tell me.’ That’s what I meant, ’baldy’ understood it too.
"It’s not like I will throw you out, what’s with the long...look? "
’Baldy’ was surprised, its light flickered that way conveying this feeling.
"
So, that’s why it was so sensitive. Makes sense now, good for it then I won’t throw it. You are useful, ’baldy’."
Omniscient? Now that’s important data. Is this because of immortality? But just immortality can’t make someone omniscient. It’s the power system...ahahahhaha
My eyes gleamed, this was going to be a fun journey. I knew that I had a literal sword dangling on my neck but this was what made it even more exhilarating.
Ok, for the time being. It’s your usual fantasy, I can manage nothing too serious.
The process was pretty simple itself but for the time being I couldn’t attain it. Peak of mortal strength was pretty far off.
"Master, what do you mean by peak of mortal strength? Is it really necessary for me to attain that?"
Ohh, nice. Then I would need to max my stats out. Time to get to work Einar, time to get to work.
...
After finally knowing the way to gain mystical abilities. I started preparing for my awakening, mainly exercising in my room.
It was a good thing that no-one disturbed me here, ’baldy’ said that I might be a reject. I can’t ask him about such matters, it would make it suspect my origin then.
I don’t trust it enough to share my biggest secret with it. I was already giving it my precious time, asking for anything else would be greedy.
For a month straight I made it my routine, 6 hours exercises, 6 hours talking with ’baldy’, 6 hours sleep, lastly 6 hours for eating and other miscellaneous timepasses.
Of course I didn’t follow it regularly, I am a human and a really lazy one at that too. It’s just that I had a serious motivation for doing such work.
After a month, I was finally able to do some pushups, some squats and run 5 laps around the room.
Progress...
[ Name: Einar Sanguis ]
[ Rank: Mortal ]
[ Physique: Chaos Incarnate ]
[ Affinity: Dormant ]
[ Quest: None ]
[ Stats ]
[ Health: 750/800 ]
[ Strength: 20 ]
[ Agility: 15 ]
[ Endurance: 30 ]
[ Intelligence: 70 ]
[ Luck: 7 ]
It was pretty decent, I was a slightly below average mortal. According to the system, the average stats for a mortal is around 40 points. Except health and luck.
[ Einar, you have improved a lot. But it’s still a long way to go, you should just accept the easy route. Your maid is also a beauty. Why don’t you start with her? ]
I glared in my mind towards this pathetic excuse of a system, this junk was actively trying to instigate me to join its wretched plan.
[ (￣ヘ￣;) ]
[ Can you please stop that? I’m not a useless junk. ]