Muscle Strengthening

"Father, I would like you to teach me the weaknesses of armor."

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah... Wait are you serious, Liam? Do you really want me to teach you the weaknesses of armor?"

"Yes, I want to learn all the weaknesses of the armors."

"Okay, but that's impossible. There are thousands and thousands of types of armor. Would you really want to learn the weaknesses of each one?"

"So you mean the armors don't have any weaknesses? They're perfect? ​​Even an artisan doesn't make any mistakes?"

"Still, even if there are thousands of them on the market, learning the weaknesses of an armor will be difficult."

Flames lit up Liam's blue eyes, sweat dripped down Orion's forehead. A smile crossed his beard.

"Okay, I'll teach you the weaknesses of armor. But before that, you need to learn how to forge your own armor to understand the weaknesses of others."

"Okay, but how do you forge armor?"

"To begin with, see this hammer next to the anvil. Try to lift it," said Orion.

Liam walks over to the anvil to get the hammer. The hammer was old, its handle was degraded, and there were a few charcoal stains.

Liam leans over to grab it, but he can't. He doesn't understand why the hammer won't move, but decides to use a levitation spell.

He throws it at the hammer, but it doesn't work. The hammer still refuses to move. Liam turns and sees Orion laughing.

At first he thinks it's a bad joke, but Orion moves and approaches Liam.

"Looks like you can't lift a hammer and want to forge armor, ahahahaha."

"You're making a joke in bad taste. This hammer weighs around 1000 tonnes," protests Liam.

"No, don't be a killjoy. It only weighs 100 tonnes if I remember correctly", replies Orion, leaning down to grab the hammer.

He lifts it effortlessly. A slight aura surrounds him. Liam notices Laura, amazed that his father can use magic.

But what is even more astonishing is what spell he had to use to lift a hammer that weighs 1000 tons.

"Ah… It seems like it's lighter than before," Liam remarks.

"But how is that possible... Even with a levitation spell, I couldn't do it," he said, perplexed.

"Liam, you know how to use magic, it's normal that you can't do it. The levitation spell you used is used to strengthen living beings. It is not used to change the weight of objects."

"If you wanted to change the weight, you should have used a gravitation spell. A spell like that allows you to change the weight of objects, making them lighter or heavier. But the magic I'm using now isn't the magic gravitational magic, due to two factors."

"What are these two factors?" Liam asks.

"The first factor is that I have a small mana reserve, and using a spell like this requires a lot. So, it's impossible for me to cast a spell of this scale."

"The second factor is that the gravitational spell is a forbidden spell that was lost in the past due to its potentially destructive damage. It is used by the image to prevent it from being used irresponsibly. Even an old no one like me, retired to the countryside, can use a spell of this nature."

"But what spell did you use then? Because I notice an aura covering you," Liam asks.

"The spell I used is muscle strengthening. But even if I applied it to you now, it wouldn't do you any good considering your stature."

"So the best thing for you to do is to train to strengthen your muscles," Orion concluded.

"It will take you several months, even several years, but you will be able to use the spell," explains Orion.

"And what am I training with? What is the training?" Liam asks.

"That's a quick question to answer. Let me get you the book on muscle building," Orion replies. He moves to his desk in his workshop to open a drawer. He pulls out an old book called "1000 and one reasons to use muscle strengthening".

"Hey, this book helped me get a strong body, which allowed me to use muscle building," he said, handing the book to Liam.

Liam takes the book and thanks his father. After their discussion, he goes to his room to look through it. However, upon opening it, he realizes that the book is white. He looks through it completely, but finds nothing.

A notification appears:

[Notification (1)]

"A message from the system?!" Liam exclaims as he opens the message.

[Quest]

[Do: 1000 push-ups / 1000 pull-ups / Run 1000 km/ 1000 dips/1000 bridge/ 1000 squats]

[Reward: Muscle strengthening, (?????)]

"1000... It's not a bit too much..." Liam whispers.

"Correction of the exercises"

[Do: 10 000 push-ups / 10 000 pull-ups / Run 10 000 km/ 10 000 dips/ 10 000 bridge/ 10 000 squats]

"WHAT !!!" he exclaims.

"But I said it was a little too much at 1000, and you put it at 10,000."

"Would you like to make another correction to this?"

"No, it's okay, don't correct it," Liam replies.

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In the capital's magic tower, Daniel searches for a way to trace the mages. In his research, he finds a book that traces the history of magic.