The penalty

Huff, Huff, Huff.

I slowed down my phase and grabbed a tree trunk to support myself. Even though I was stronger than the first day I started to complete the daily missions still, I wasn't fit enough to finish tasks in one go. I opened the MISSIONS window.

'Daily missions; Level 1

Skip-> 200/200

Pushup->20/50

Sit up->30/50

Run->2.5/3km'

Oh, So I have only 0.5km to run. Keep it together Sammy. Finish this and you can live in peace for the rest of the day.

So I slowly started to run again.

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This ritual continued for 13 days. Now, I can do each task in one go. Even my skill tab started to show some improvement. However, it wasn't anything OP as I thought. Let me show you.

'Level 1;

HP-> 180/200

Attack->1/10

Strength->2/10

Intelligence->1/10

Agility->2/10

Phy.def.->1/10

Mag.def.->0/10

Skills=> <Locked>'

Maybe, I got a trash system. Or maybe other systems were too OP. No, I couldn't blame my lovely book collection. Guess I was born too early. There will be OP systems in the future. Yeah. That should be the explanation.

I asked Amy why don't my attributes, other than strength and agility, wouldn't increase. She said that I have to complete special quests to increase them.

However, I still didn't have any special quests to complete. I went to my bed, leaned on the bed stand, and opened the YouTube. The first thing I saw in my recommendation was, "Good-bye self-esteem" video from Twoset violins. Haha, I love these guys. I put on my hand-frees and started to watch.

Watching one video became two, two became three. Finally, I got caught up with an eternal loop of watching YouTube videos. Even They said to PRACTICE 40 HOURS I forgot to complete my remaining missions that day.

I had to complete 50 situps which I thought I would do later. After watching a chain of videos, I fell asleep unintentionally.

I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night. I felt that something was missing. I scratched my head and turned around to sleep again. What was missing? My homework? I think I forgot to do some sit-ups.

HOLY CRAP!

I sat on the bed at the speed of light. A sudden cold spread through my body. I took my phone and checked the time. 2:04 a.m.

I'm done.

I knew I had to complete a penalty. I opened the MISSIONS window. It transformed from transparent bluish-green to transparent red. The mission I forgot to complete was highlighted in bold blood-red letters. I read about the penalties.

'[Warning- Ignoring the tasks will lead to some misfortune to happen in real life + Reduction of 10 Exp points.(10 Exp- for level 1)]'

I checked the level tab to see that my Exp. points reduced from 96/100 to 86/100.

I wanted to cry. If I completed it yesterday, I could've leveled up today. Could there be any misfortune than this?

Boy, I was wrong.

That day started with I'm getting beaten up to pulp by my school bullies. Then they left me inside an old room. I was sure they didn't lock the room but, when I tried to open its door, it was stuck. The rusty lock prevented the door from opening.

I tried windows but, they had grills on them. When I took my mobile phone to ask for help, there wasn't a signal in that room. There wasn't anyone at the sight to scream for help.

Nobody came to search for me. When I was finally able to escape from that room, The lunch hour was over. I ran into the class without eating anything. I didn't eat anything for breakfast either.

When I entered the class, everyone was surprised. They said that our class teacher did mark my absence. To my misfortune, Mike was absent today. If he was here, this would never happen.

Then, my maths teacher sent me into the principal's office because I had blood in my uniform. He believed that I skipped the morning class and got into a fight. To my dismay, there was a big fight between two schools that day. Just imagine how unfortunate I am.

Finally, they called Mr. and Mrs. Lance to take me home. Nobody believed my bizarre story. Mrs. Lance said that I won't get any dinner tonight.

With this I made an oath to myself: Never forget to do your missions.

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It took another two days for me to level up. Now stat screen changed as following;

'Level 2;

HP-> 500/500

Attack->1/20

Strength->4/20

Intelligence->1/20

Agility->3/20

Phy.def.->1/20

Mag.def.->0/20

Skills=> <Locked>'

My Exp. demand increased from 100 to 250. So It was shown as 110/350.

110? Not 100?

As soon as I leveled up, I was gifted with Exp: 10, Reviving potion x1, Cur: 200. The LEVEL window showed the second-level completion gifts. Exp: 15, Reviving potion x2, Cur: 500. Who knows when I get that.

However, I didn't use any reviving potions yet. I didn't want to. Even my HP reduced when I got beaten up at the school, they refilled every midnight.

Daily gifts didn't change at all. It was still Exp: 2 and Cur: 25.

The MISSIONS changed as well. Now I have to skip 300, push up 120, sit-ups 120, and run 6km. However, one thing made me excited.

Special quests; - Grab the flag- Step 1

I tried to open the quest. However, it asked for a riddle to open the quest-space. So, I opened the riddle.

"I see the tears that others don't see

I hear the cries that others don't hear

I hold the balance in my left, and pen on my right

But, No whip to prevent, injustice on my sight

Even I couldn't control you with fears

Surely, one day I will move you to tears

The corpses that hidden, even God could not find

I will see clearly and keep in my mind"

The riddle appeared on the screen. What was it? I started to think.

Then I came up with my first answer.