Chapter 21

'Not me? What did she mean by that? Out of the three choices for some reason I think she meant I wasn't a hot guy. I feel a bit hurt.'

The devourer women yelled at the person who hit her. "Bastard old lady! The reason guys are running off is cause you give them the same look I give food."

Leah, seemingly forgetting her debate with the devourer, also yelled at the women. "Exactly! The munchkin is right. The way you lick your lips is the same way I lick mine once I see a big fish."

'Munchkin? But from my point of view Leah is at best, a inch taller. That is also with her fishing boots on. Hell, she might be shorter.'

Two guys walked up to Lich. The one who was in farming overalls started to speak. "Sorry about them. They are good people but they like their hobbies a bit too much."

The other guy who looked like a gardener cracked a joke. "Hobbies? Last I checked Jupiter was a teacher and not a stalker."

Before the group of 3 could laugh, the gardener was knocked to the floor and laughter sounded off.

"Dio you are so funny! Haha you should of been a comedian instead of a gardener!"

"Artemis are you cursing him? The joke wasn't even that funny and he is the inheritor of the gardener from server 0. So how bad do you think he is at gardening?"

Seeing the newcomer, Artemis welcomed him. "Hey, Bo Fang did you come to scavenge the conversation or to play?"

There was total silence until a guy in a school blazer walked up to Lich. "He is the scavenger's inheritor and his name means play or something. Sorry Artemis, even if I explain your joke, it is still not funny."

"Her name is Artemis? So is she the inheritor of animals or hunting? No matter how I look at her she looks more like a butcher than anything."

"You guessed it. Our little.. big girl over there is the butcher inheritor. Hurry up with the drinks Cal! Oh by the way my name is Candice." The newcomers were a woman and a man. The woman was wearing a wacky suit with a candy theme while the man was dressed up as a retro milkman.

The group started to converse and pass drinks around.

"Hey where did that guy go? He was just here." The devourer girl asked everyone.

"Oh our sweet Gluttony is thinking of something other than food? I don't know where.. wait he never gave us his name, did he?"

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"So SS was just another build phase. With solar systems instead of cities. I am kind of glad this was another auto build as I never studied planet placement in my life. But I didn't get to say by to anyone though."

Talking to himself out loud, Lich looked at his surroundings. The background was similar to outer space. The only thing out of place was the couch he was sitting on and the giant scoreboard floating in front of him.

[Congrats! You Are The First Person From Server 10,000 To Reach Last Stage]

"Last stage? Already? But if that is true, is it almost over?" However a new voice notification went off. The voice it used was the same as Lich's ancestor.

[Don't Let The Name Fool You. What You Just Went Through Was A Small Simulation Of Things Everyone In History Have Done To Get Strong. What You Have Coming Will Be Harder And Will Take 1000 Times Longer Then What You Have Already Done. All You Have Done So Far Was Build A Foundation.]

Then a notification with the old voice sounded off again.

[The Prize Is 10 Everything Coupons. Have A Good Day.]

Lich's Vision started to swirl and before he knew it, he was on a sidewalk.

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"Get back here you bastard! You dare leave a false review on my gym! I will fucking end you!"

A giant man, whose body looked like he lived in the gym, was chasing a man who was flying on a cloud.

"It wasn't false! You unjustly kicked me out when I was minding my own business and working out."

"Unjustly?! You were flying over everyone with that dumb cloud of yours and getting them all wet. Not only that, but Timmy was struck by lightning!"

"Well, fuck Timmy!" Hearing what the man on the cloud said about his best friend Timmy, the man made of muscle reared back his fist to swing. Even though there was distance between them, the man on the cloud looked like he pissed himself once he saw the first.

As soon as the man threw his fist, a person appeared on the sidewalk in between them.

A look of horror showed on the face of the man as the force of his fist sent both the newcomer and the man on the cloud rag-dolling into the wall.

The man looked around and started to freak out. "Shit we ended up at city hall. I hope no one saw me hit the new guy in town. Wait, isn't it a bit early for someone to get here? The earliest bet said a few weeks for the employers and that was if they recruited fast."

The man walked up to the guy that was on the cloud and started to pick his pockets. Then he lifted him up and started spinning. Then with all the force he could muster, chunked him into the distance, away from the city.

He then walked up to Lich, who was the one who appeared on the sidewalk. He grabbed Lich's face and took a picture and sent it to one of his friends.

Flexer: (PICTURE) Hey this is the first one to show up. He isn't the guy I place my bet on. Can you find out who did so we can rob them later?

RatMcgee: I checked and turns out no one placed bets on him. So the casino is going to keep all the money. We can try to do a heist but chances are we die and they drop us in the ocean.

"Damn that sucks. Well this kid should of got a few coupons. If he uses at least one at my gym I should get a good bonus for being the first person to 'help' a newbie."

The man carried Lich on his shoulder and walked to a empty parking spot. He pulled up a system menu and a few seconds later a monster truck appeared in the spot. However, with its size, one of its tires flatten a parked car in the next spot.

"Oof." That was all the man said before he placed Lich in the truck and drove off.

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"Where am I?" Lich groggily got up and looked around. Before he could grasp his whereabouts, a clipboard with a gym membership was placed in his face.

"Hey little man. I saw you passed out on the street and brought you here to get you help. You probably passed out cause of how weak you are, being new to the city and all. So if you don't want that to happen again, you should sign."

Oddly, the last part of what the man said sounded like a threat. But Lich didn't seem to notice or hear the man.

'I spawned in the gym? Also what is this guy saying, I can't hear him. Fuck my ears are killing me. It feels like my eardrums had burst when I got sent here. But I vaguely remember a sidewalk? Whatever I am here now so I might as well sign up.'

Lich started to fill out the sheet till the last page. 'Payment? That's new, the only thing I have is coupons. One should work since they are everything coupons.

Lich passed the form along with a coupon to the man. Seeing that the man was smiling, it seem's like the coupon works.

"Alright little man, time to start your G0 for Gym Rat Path. It is quite simple, you just have to workout. Depending on your type of build is the workout you have to do. I see that you are a balance build, I will have to watch out for you in the future haha."

"Why does the type of build change it?"

"Well some builds find it harder for certain paths. If your build had your Strength at a 8 to 10 the Gym Rat path is like drinking water, granted you have to do a harder workout. If your Strength was at a 4 or lower you are considered handicapped and will have to do extra work to catch up. A 4 has to do double the work and a 3 has to do triple and etc. While having a 7 to 5 is considered having potential."

"Wait, I thought once you become a F rank your stats increase. So by the time everyone gets here, they should find it all easy?"