Chapter 67: Cops Called on Florida Man for Not Washing Dishes or Taking Out Trash

With so much free time and freedom, Felix did what a Florida man does best: walked around the house half-naked. He spent the afternoon clearing rubble and sweeping dust around his house. By sunset, Felix had transformed the dusty street into a walkway for his front yard.

Looking around, Felix noticed many potential areas he could turn into gardens. He drafted new projects in his mind and went to sleep early.

For the next few days, Felix holed up in his house.

Day 1: Felix was happy and carefree. Although cooking and cleaning afterward was annoying, he maintained discipline, completing the mundane tasks before returning to training.

Day 2: Same old, same old. Nothing unusual except the food. Instead of cooking lavish meals, Felix made do with simple dishes like boiled eggs, boiled beef, bread, and random sauces.

Day 5: Felix started to get lazy. He stopped cooking regular meals and ate only instant food such as instant noodles, MRE packs, and sometimes raw eggs as his stomach would automatically cook it.

Day 7: Felix learned a new trick. He stopped eating junk food and changed his diet to raw meat. After all, his stomach was constantly ignite on fire. All raw meat would be cooked, and parasites couldn't survive his body temperature.

Day 10: A pile of unwashed dishes stacked in the kitchen sink. In exchange for doing house chores, Felix's training time increased from 14 hours to 18 hours a day. He only slept three hours at the maximum.

Day 15: The kitchen was dirty, and smelly clothes had piled up in the basket, unwashed for almost a week. Despite the sloppy housekeeping, Felix finally sensed something humans could never do, and he learned a new skill.

...

A month had passed since Jane, Valley, and the Cement Golem left for Big Zoot City.

*RUMBLE*

Inside the essence stone room, Felix stood in front of an essence stone altar at the center. For the first time, he reached out to take the glowing stone on the pedestal, despite Jessica's warnings about its danger.

As soon as Felix touched it, an intense flow of energy entered his body through his skin. Blood vessels rapidly expanded due to the excess energy. Felix took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. Orange flames erupted and covered his arms, expelling the intruding energy through his pores. His blood pressure and blood vessels healed.

After removing the essence stone, Felix retrieved a fresh essence stone from his inventory and replaced the old one on the pedestal. The energy room hummed. Felix snorted slightly, and the fire vanished.

Just like that, Felix finished changing his house's most dangerous 'battery.' He was one step away from completing the main quest.

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Name: Felix Ariel

Age: 17/12,231

Bloodline: Void Phoenix Sёarᴄh the NôᴠelFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Element Affinity: Fire, Metal, Poison, Void

Authorized Level: Super Democracy Pass (E)

Level: 26

Energy: 4,879,803/6,942,076

Mana: 6,942,076

Innate Talents: Flame Lungs, Fast Learner, Fire Immunity, Poison Immunity, Ashen Resurrection

Skills: Flame Breathe (Entry), Fireball Spitting (Entry), Flame Mana (Entry)

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The flame aura was slightly tricky as it conflicted with the evolved blood cells. According to the manual, it would take a year to enhance his physical endurance until it surpassed the limits of humanity. Only then, aura would manifest.

"This will take years, won't it?" Felix slightly shook his head and complained to Jessica.

<Depends. A talentless martial artist takes decades to catch a wisp of aura. An average person with standard IQ range usually takes a few years of training if they have a mentor. For silver-spoon kid from a martial artist family with good genes may awaken aura after casually training for a year or two under a master.

On the other hand, a hardworking martial artist with exceptionally bloodline should be able to grasp the principles of aura within a month or two without a guidance from a master.>

"Too long, didn't read. Anyway, what kind of a martial artist am I? The last one?" Felix widely grinned, thinking that Jessica indirectly encouraged him.

<The first one.>

"You can't be serious."

<Your ancestor also left you a message and told me to reveal it to you at this time. The message reads: "You're so talentless. You were supposed to instantly master all skills after reading it once. Aura is so easy! When I was 10, I was already 2,000 years old martial master with 9 types of super saiyan auras. When I was your age, I already killed a Godzilla and impregnated a vampire goddess.

What take you so long to learn these basic skills? You asked what kind of talent you have? I'll answer it in her stead - A failure!">

Because Jessica was mimicking a certain Asian YouTuber's voice, Felix couldn't think of a word to argue with her. It was too absurd to take it seriously.

"I didn't know Florida was located in Asia. Damn, I wish my parents were half as strict as the ancestor. They only let me play with a BB gun when I was three," Felix snickered.

Felix's mood was lifted. Motivated to work harder, he started stretching and preparing for today's workout.

But as Felix was about to start his routine, a system map window popped up in front of him and blinked, warning him about approaching hostile monsters. A hundred red dot accompanied by a large purple dot were marching toward his location at a frightening speed.

By the time Felix started counting the number of red dots in the map, a large purple dot already hovered over his location. Felix rushed out of the energy room and looked up.

Flying under the cloud was a pink-haired woman in loincloth bikinis. However, because of the distorted barrier around the house, Felix couldn't see her face or appearance clearly.

A dozen flying women caught up with the pink-haired girl. One of the followers slowly descended and attempted to enter the barrier directly. As soon as her body touched the barrier surface, the protective mechanism was activated.

*BANG*

A lightning bolt struck the intruder and fried her instantly. The flying woman stopped moving and fell to the ground.

Felix smirked as the barrier and the flying women reminded him of electric traps and insects in the modern world. He wondered if the intruder felt the same as mosquitoes and flies when they got zapped.

While Felix admired the work of his system's protective dome, the pink hair woman shouted, "Human within the barrier! I am Diana, the Queen of Lamia! This place now belongs to my clan!"

"…Ah, well. Here we go again."

Felix rolled his eyes and summoned the Arsenal of Freedom Menu, planning to create new arms on the spot.

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Arsenal of Freedom

You may spend your energy to create firearms and ammunition to spread democracy and freedom here. However, you require special permits called "Super Democracy Pass" to enable this feature. The pass can be acquired by completing main quests and secondary missions.

Currently, you have Super Democracy Pass (Class E). You can create basic firearms and ammunition.

Craftable Firearms

- Peashooter (DISCONTINUED)

- M1903 Springfield x 1 (100 Energy)

- M1 Thompson x 1 (200 Energy)

- M1 Garand x 1 (200 Energy)

Craftable Ammunition

[.30-06] *Compatible with M1903 Springfield & M1 Garrand

- .30-06 Springfield Round x 5 (1 Energy)

- .30-06 Mana Poison Springfield Round x 50 (100 Energy + 1 Corrupted Mana Stalagmite)

- .30-06 Mana Piercing Springfield Round x 50 (100 Energy + One 3rd-Rated Mana Crystal)

[.45 ACP] *Compatible with M1 Thompson

- 11.43×23mm Round x 10 (1 Energy)

- 11.43×23mm Mana Piercing Round x 100 (100 Energy + One 3rd-Rated Mana Crystal)

Craftable Explosives

- MK1 Grenade x 1 (100 Energy)

- High-Explosive Grenade x 1 (100 Energy + Spirit Stone)