CH 2

Chapter 2: The First Training

Yuto: “Wha… what is this?”

Yuto froze as he gazed at the board.

[EX Quest has been completed]

[Skill Board is now accessible]

On the board, he saw the letters clearly spell out those messages.

Yuto has never seen anything like this before.

It is said that you can obtain anything in the Labyrinth City of Kronos, and there are indeed various items you can find here.

But there are no items like this.

Yuto carefully reached out to touch the board.

And then...

[Status has been initiated]

[Daily Quest will be displayed]

Yuto: ----?!?!

The screen changed.

Yuto (18)

Level 1

Skill Point: 0

Skill

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First, he noticed his own status.

This is the same format as the status he can confirm at the temple.

The only difference is that there is no “Skill Point” section in the temple’s status information.

Yuto: “Well, yeah, that is definitely my status.”

Dungeon crawling for 10 years, there is no one else who stayed a Level 1 like Yuto. There is no doubt that this status board reflected Yuto indeed.

Yuto: “But what is this “Skill Point”?”

Yuto touches the screen again.

Now, he realized that the screen changed as he moved his fingers.

Yuto: “Like this maybe? ---WHOA!”

When he slid his fingers to the side, it shifted from his status to another screen.

Daily Quest

Push-ups x 100 (0/100)

Sit-ups x 100 (0/100)

*Back Muscles x 120 (0/120)

Squat x 100 (0/100)

Running x 10km (0/10km)

Yuto: “What’s this?”

It says daily quest, but the contents are completely an exercise regimen.

I can see that this paper-thin board, skill board, is trying to get me to work out.

Yuto: “But what happens even if I do this?”

Yuto has been doing all sorts of training up until now.

And of course, he has completed all of these exercises too.

But even if he did these exercises, he never started getting exponentially stronger.

Of course, doing these exercises made his body tougher, but leveling up once matches 1 year’s worth of exercise and training.

In order to be able to become an adventurer that can clear dungeons, you have to level up.

Yuto: “Well, I guess there’s nothing to lose, so why not?”

He can still see the image of his death inside his mind. In order to shake it off, Yuto committed to completing the exercises leisurely.

5 minutes into the training.

Yuto: “98...99...100!”

Yuto completed 100 push-ups.

Yuto: “Alright, how’s that?”

Yuto wipes off the sweat on his forehead and checks the skill board.

He then saw...

>>You have completed the push-ups quest.

>>A skill point and experience has been added.

>>You have leveled up.

Yuto: “...what?”

Looking at the sentence displayed on the board, Yuto’s heart stopped.

He frantically reached for the board and moved to a different screen.

Yuto (18)

Level 1 → 2

Skill Point: 0 → 1

Skill

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Yuto: “It…”

It went up.

Yuto’s level went up.

Reading the words “Level 2,” made his eyes water. Hot tears streaked across his face.

No matter how much he tried, his level never rose.

Even if he trained until he coughed up blood, it was no use.

If it was just training, he would never lose to any other adventurer.

But even so, Yuto’s level never once went up.

Leveling up - this was the moment he was waiting for all his life.

Yuto: “Hic… hic…”

Even if this was an illusion, Yuto didn’t care. On the contrary, he thanked God for even letting him see something like this.

After letting out all his tears, Yuto quickly laid his back on the floor.

Yuto: “Alright! Next is 100 situps!!”

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CHONKY NOTES

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*Back Muscles - haikin (背筋) muscle training. Lay on your stomach with your feet straight back and arms held straight over your head. Lift your legs and chest off the ground in an upward, arched position - just like a fish flopping on the ground. Planking also trains back muscles, but it’s harder to do count reps. If you injure yourself, I’m not responsible. Please stretch before doing any sort of exercise and exercise responsibly. *Brought to you by the fish flopping back injury association.