Bonus reward; energy elixir

The next morning, Sam woke up with a good feeling.

It was still early in the morning and he was yet to wash his face but he was extremely motivated to start with his day activities already.

And without hesitation, he went to his bathroom to watch his face and brush his teeth before putting on his workout clothes and jogging out of his apartment in the guest quarters.

He was determined to start his day in the best way possible. Like they say, if you want to have a productive day, start early.

This was exactly what Sam did and just a few minutes in, he lost himself in the groove of working out and the feeling of his muscles stretching and lightening up. He was slowly getting addicted to it.

About an hour later…

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[You have completed System Daily Quest: Get back in shape!]

[You have been rewarded with a low-grade physical conditioning elixir!]

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[You have marked a system milestone of completing the daily system quest for more than 3 straight weeks!]

[You are eligible for a system reward!]

[Congratulations! You have unlocked bonus reward: Energy elixir!]

>Energy Elixir: When ingested, this elixir is capable of dousing you with overcharged natural energy to take you through the day, improving your performance levels on the pitch to truly ridiculous levels<

[WARNING: 12 hours after ingesting an energy elixir, you'll become extremely tired. The aftereffects of ingesting an energy elixir can be overwritten by ingesting a mid-grade vitality elixir!]

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Staring at the notifications that were displayed on his system interface, Sam's jaws dropped in shock. "Damn! The system has something like this too?"

"F*ck! Is this not regarded as doping?"

But then his eyes widened. "I've already seen what the system is capable of. If it says I can ingest it, it means that it's not regarded as doping and even if it is, it's guaranteeing me that the officials won't be able to detect it".

"Besides, it says its natural energy".

That was all Sam needed to know.

At this moment, he just wanted to lay down on the street where he jogged and laugh loudly like a villain in a movie but he maintained his composure.

He didn't want to be seen like a mad man by the residents of this street.

Still, he was giddy with excitement.

'This is so damn awesome!' He screamed in his mind. 'And it came at just the perfect time when I want to impress the coach'.

With these thoughts, even more motivated than he was before, he finally started jogging back to his apartment in the guest quarters.

On his way back, while jogging, a thought crossed his head. 'If the physical conditioning elixir is supposed to wipe off all effects of fatigue and exhaustion from my body, and the energy elixir is supposed to give me supercharged natural energy to go through the day, does this not make them similar?'

Immediately after he had the thought, a light bulb of inspiration seemed to explode in his head. 'Damn! I can interchange the uses of both elixirs!'

'If I ingest the energy elixir, it means that I can keep the low-grade physical conditioning elixir!'

Immediately after he had this thought in his head, his system lit up with a new notification, briefly dousing his excitement.

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[Every elixir created by the system can only exist in reality for 2 minutes without being ingested. If not ingested before 2 minutes elapse, the elixir expires.]

[WARNING! You have 20 seconds left to ingest low-grade physical conditioning elixir!]

[WARNING! You have 22 seconds left to ingest energy elixir!]

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[Considering special circumstances of host, the level 3 system perk, System Inventory has been temporarily unlocked to store one of the 2 elixirs.]

[System Inventory temporarily unlocked!]

[You have less than 20 seconds to make your choice and store 1 of the 2 elixirs available for use, or you can choose to ingest both elixirs!]

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Reading the first part of this system notification, Sam's excitement was doused down but after he read the latter parts of the system notification, his excitement levels rose again.

'It's salvageable'. He thought.

Besides, this help from his system was able to let him know ahead of time the system perk that would become available to him after leveling up the Ultimate Football System to level 3 in the future.

Since he had only 20 seconds to make his decision on which elixir to ingest, he was in a race against time.

At first, instinctively, Sam wanted to ingest the low-grade physical conditioning elixir but when he remembered the effects of the energy elixir and remembering his primary goal for today which was to impress his coach in training, he changed his mind at the last moment.

Sam grinned. 'The energy elixir came at just the right time'.

'With it, I'll definitely exceed expectations in today's training session'.

That was all he needed to make his decision.

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[You have ingested energy elixir!]

[NOTE: The effects of the energy elixir will last for approximately 12 hours.]

[Low-grade physical conditioning elixir has been stored temporarily in System Inventory]

[System Inventory Slots: 8]

[Slot 1: Low-grade physical conditioning elixir]

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[NOTE: A new slot can be bought in the system inventory in exchange for 5 Skill Points.]

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Sam learned a few new things. First, the fact that when he finally unlocked the system inventory, he would get 8 slots to store things and carry them anywhere he wanted so long he had access to the system.

He also learned that he could upgrade the number of slots in the system inventory to increase their number, he grinned. 'Awesome!'

Right at that moment, Sam was not feeling it prominently yet but inside him, he could tell that an ocean of energy dwelled somewhere inside.

He was bubbling with endless stamina and energy.

His grin widened. 'Let's break boundaries!'

With that, he jogged back to his apartment, took a cool bath, ate a nice morning meal and 15 minutes to 8:00am, he finally left his apartment again for training.

Training as dictated by Coach Yemi Daniel started 8:00am sharp.

The last thing Sam wanted was to go to training late and enter the bad books of his coach, this was why he left his apartment immediately.

Less than 10 minutes later, he arrived at the Enyimba International Stadium which was also Enyimba FC's home training ground.

He arrived on time.