Limit Breaker.
Opening his eyes, Danny looked at the clock to see that it was already past noon.
This was not surprising as he slept at around 5 in the morning.
He did all his morning duties and went downstairs.
He noticed a note on the fridge.
It was from Aunt Susan.
Its contents were short but sweet.
{Aunty has to go to the bakery I have prepared Breakfast and Lunch for you they are in the fridge. Just heat it up and eat.
If you skip a meal I will punish you.}
His heart felt warm after he read
After eating both his breakfast and lunch, with renewed confidence, he went to the Training room.
His body was still a bit sore for the intense workout from the night before.
But he was used to such pain, so he quickly did a warmup and picked up the wooden long sword.
He did a practice swing allowing his arms to adjust to the weight of the sword.
He then opened his status window.
[Name: Danny Finch]
[No Class level 1][100 EXP for the next level up]
[HP 50/50]
[MP 20/20]
[ATK: 9; DEF: 7; AGI: 10; PHY: 5; INT: 5; WIS: 5]
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He noticed that his stats have changed and there were three extra tabs.
These tabs where the Notification tab, the Skill Tab, and the Hidden Skill Tab.
He opened the Notification Tab and saw a new notification.
[Due to the intense exercise you have performed your muscles have become stronger as they heal and recover, +2 ATK, +1 DEF, +2 AGI. PHY increased by a minute amount.]
There are two ways to improve your stats, one is by leveling up and using stat points to raise your stats, the other is through good old training.
He started to practice the Basic Sword Arts again.
[Your Basic Sword Arts gained 2 EXP x 2.]
[Your Experience Multiplier gained 1 EXP x 2.]
[Your Basic Sword Arts gained 3 EXP x 2.]
[Your Experience Multiplier gained 1 EXP x 2.]
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[Your Basic Sword Arts has leveled up Basic Sword Art lv 8; 80 EXP till the next level up]
[Your Basic Sword Arts has leveled up Basic Sword Art lv 9; 90 EXP till the next level up]
[Your Basic Sword Arts has leveled up Basic Sword Art lv 10; Max Level attained.]
Danny was about stopped practicing the Basic Sword Art as it has reached Max level when suddenly.
[*Ding* You have received a very important notification.]
[Due to your Limit Breaker Skill your Basic Sword Arts have a chance to transcend its limits.]
[You have received Limit Breaking Mission: Basic Sword Arts.]
[Contioulsy practice the Basic Sword Art for 10 hours to surpass its original limits.]
Danny rubbed his eyes, and reread the contents of the important notification.
'Holy Shit!! the Limit Breaker Skill literally allows me to break the upper limits of my skill.'
He struck gold with this skill.
With this skill, he can make even the most mediocre skill into powerful once.
After the initial excitement, he calmed down and read the notification again.
[You have received Limit Breaking Mission: Basic Sword Arts.]
[Continuously practice the Basic Sword Arts for 10 hours to surpass its original limits.]
'What?! Is that even possible for a level one to do that, no even a level 10 who put all his stat points into could do that, only a level 30 would possibly have the stamina to pull this mission off.'
'Do I have to wait till I am level 30 before breaking the Limits of this skill.'
He then looked at the description of the Basic Sword Arts lv 10.
{Basic Sword Art lv 10: Adds +10 DMG when using the Basic Sword Arts. You have reached the Max level of this skill it is now impossible to level up any further. You have attained the perfect foundation for sword arts.}
'The Basic Sword Arts is the foundation for all sword arts, level 10 is said to be the perfect foundation, what will happen if I surpassed level 10, what is better than perfection.'
Danny was both excited and curious.
'Its only 10 hours I should be able to pull it off.'
Before he started he sends a message to Aunt Susan, telling her that he is undergoing special training and will stay in the training room for the rest of the day. He also requested her not to disturb him unless something really urgent happens.
He then did some more warm up, cause he was going to do intense exercise for 10 hours he needs to make sure that he doesn't get any cramps in between and mess it up.
From his observation, to gain experience form practicing the Basic Sword Arts, all 9 moves must be fully and properly executed in under 30 seconds.
He assumed that the Brahmanic Creation Record only accepts it if is done under 30 seconds.
So if he is to do the Basic Sword Arts continuously for 10 hours that meant he had to do it 1200 times without break.
After doing some mental calculations, he set an alarm to ring every hour.
This is so he can keep track of his progress.
Just as he about to practice the Basic Sword Arts, he received a notification.
[Do you wish to begin your Limit Breaking Misson: Basic Sword Arts (Yes/No)]
He mentally clicked Yes.
[Timer 10:00:00]
A digital clock appeared in his retina, counting back from 10 hours.
[Waring if you stay idle for more than 5 seconds the timer will reset and the mission will be considered as a failure]
He quickly started to do the Basic Sword Arts.
Because it was already at Max level he did not gain any EXP from practicing it. As there was no EXP to multiply the Experience Multiplier will not gain any EXP.
The first hour was easy, he did 120 repetitions easily.
The second hour was not hard either, with a total of 240 repetitions. By this point, he was completely covered in sweat.
The third hour he started to feel intense muscle pain, but he gritted his teeth and managed 360 repetitions.
The fourth hour he was really struggling at this point.
'This is not good, it's not even half of the time needed yet I am already starting to reach my limit, at this rate, I won't make it to the tenth-hour, hell I might not make it to the sixth hour.'
As he reached the start of the fifth hour, he was really starting to worry.
'At this rate, I will soon get a muscle cramp. And then all the effort I put into it would be wasted. '
'If only there was a way to forget the pain and continue practicing without worry,' he lamented.
As he continued to practice he remembered his time with his father.
Along with Martial Arts training, his father also trained him in Yoga.
He remembered how at the end of every Yoga section, you had to relax your muscles with self-hypnosis, this numbs your sense of pain and gives you an almost out of body experience.
'How nice would it be if that was possible to put yourself into self-hypnosis when you are in motion.'
'It wouldn't hurt to just try.'
Danny to enter the special state of self-hypnosis while in a state of motion.
'Concentrate, concentrate on how your muscles move, form the tip of your toes to the crown of your head. Feel everything in your body, feel your breathing lungs, beating heart, and the expanding diaphragm.'
'I have no pain, I have no pain, I have no pain......'
Suddenly Danny felt as if his soul had detached from his body. His sense of pain became almost non-existent, his efficiency rose sharply, all distractions were removed from his mind. He temporarily forgot who he was and where he was and all his effort was focused on practicing the Basic Sword Arts.
Immediately he received 4 notifications.
[You have entered pseudo-Flow State.]
[You have created a new Unnamed skill.]
[For creating a new skill the Brahmanic Creation Record rewarded you a Skill Token and Talent Token.]
[Due to your high affinity for Swords and the pseudo-Flow State you have learned a new skill Minor Sword Sense.]
But due to his pseudo-Flow State, he did not notice it.
Soon an hour passed like making it 6 hours, then 7 hours, then 8 hours, 9 hours, and finally 10 hours.
The timer became [00:00:00] and his alarm rung again.
[You have successfully completed the Limit Breaking Mission: Basic Sword Arts. ]
But because he was in pseudo-Flow State, he did not stop, he continued to practice the Basic Sword Arts.
The EXP bar of Basic Sword Arts, Experience Multiplier and Minor Sword Sense began to rapidly fill up.
[Your Basic Sword Arts gained (2+1) EXP x 2.]
[Your Minor Sword Sense gained 1 EXP x 2]
[Your Experience Multiplier gained 2 EXP x 2.]
[Your Basic Sword Arts gained (3+1) EXP x 2.]
[Your Minor Sword Sense gained 1 EXP x 2]
[Your Experience Multiplier gained 2 EXP x 2.]
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At the 14th hour.
[*Ding*Important notification. Your body is experiencing critical levels of Lactic acid build up.]
At the 16th hour.
[*Ding* Important notification. Your body has gained Debuff <Minor Exhaustion>]
Minor Exhaustion: (-5) HP every hour if you do physical exercises under this Debuff. Taking a period of rest or sleep will remove this Debuff.
At the 20th hour
[Due to your Limit Breaker Skill you have broken through and exceeded your physical limits, +3 ATK, +2 AGI, +1 DEF, +2 PHY.]
As all this happen, every hour his MP(Mana Point) decreased by 1 point due to the Unnamed Skill that was maintaining his pseudo-Flow State.
Regeneration of MP only takes place when you sleep, unless you have a special skill or Mana related job or a piece of special equipment.
So after 24 hours, his MP reached 0 and he came out of the pseudo-Flow State.
Danny collapsed to the ground on top of the pool of his own sweat.
He did not feel any pain as all his nerves were numb but he knew that he was in a critical state.
'What happened to me?' he thought as he looked at his HP bar.
[HP 25/70]
[MP 0/20]
He wanted to curse out loud but he couldn't make any sound.
His eyelids were getting heavier as sleep beckoned him due to his lack of MP.
And he fell asleep. And slowly his MP and HP regenerated.
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*Ring**Ring*
'Who the Hell calling this early in the morning?' wondered Danny as he reached for his phone.
He could not reach it.
It was then that he realized that he was not in his bed nor in his room.
'That's right I fainted in the training room last night.'
Fainting while training was not anything new to Danny so he brushed it off.
*Ring**Ring*
His Quantum Phone was on the table at the side of the Training Room. He had put it there with his normal clothes.
As he got up from the floor he felt intense muscle pain all over his body.
But he ignored it and walked towards the table and picked up the phone.
As he was about press answer the phone stopped ringing.
'It's from Aunt Susan.'
That's when he noticed something.
Today was Monday. That meant that he had stayed inside the training room for 4 days.
You have 99+ messages from Aunt Susan.
You have 57 missed calls and 57 messages from Aunt Susan.
You have 3 missed calls from Uncle Matthew.
It was at this moment Danny realized, he fucked up.