Chapter 42

1st person Pov:

[You have slain a level 31 being]

[3100 exp gained]

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Name: Michael von Revstein

Age: 3

Level: 13

Exp: 100\1400

Hp: 260\260

Mp: 280\280

Strength: 20

Agility: 20

Endurance\Stamina: 20

Intelligence: 35

Wisdom: 41

Sense: 20

Charm: 29

Luck: 30

Stat points: 31

Skills: (All mana body: level 1), (Mana conceal: level max), (Stun: level max)

Skill points: 7

Titles: none]

Sweet! Three whole levels at once. This is way faster than what I did in the last three years. Well, it's not like I could do that, but with this, I have found a better way to level up. All mana body meditation is now giving far too low benefits and at a very extended period of time. I cannot afford that.

From today onwards starts my training. That is exactly why Joseph is dragging me by the arm right now. He barged into my room just a few moments ago and said that he will teach me sword techniques. When I heard that, I couldn't help but laugh. This brat, teach me, about swords. I have held a sword eight times his life span. I can confidently say that my sword art is better than any other sword art in this world. But I will still humor him, nonetheless. Even though he acts like he's okay, I can tell that he was extremely devastated to learn that I cannot manifest mana. And this is also an excuse as well to do physical exercise.

I have not tried it yet, but it is a universal rule that physical attributes grow the more one trains them. He eventually brought me to an empty courtyard. There were wooden swords placed on a rack in a corner. Along with many racks of different other weapons.

"So, Michael, from today onwards I will be teaching you how to use a sword. It is a very difficult and arduous task. Or you can choose some other weapon. Swords are mostly used but there are people who have mastered a variety of other weapons as well." Joseph said to me once we reached the middle of the courtyard. Why is he telling me this useless stuff? I stared at him with a gaze that said, 'don't waste my time.' And he seemed to have caught on as he coughed and carried on with the important stuff.

"Well, no matter what weapon you use, stamina is most important for a warrior. Today I won't be teaching you any kind of sword technique. Today we will only be doing some strength training and you will be swinging a sword in a straight arc a number of times or until your body can take it." Again, he is saying obvious stuff, but I can understand as a child is not supposed to know all of this. I nodded and asked, "Then, what do I have to do father?"

For some reason, Joseph became more enthusiastic and loudly said, "Let us start with basic muscle training. Give me pushups as much as you can, curl-ups as much as you can, sit-ups as much as you can, run around the yard as much as you can, and for weight training, you will be swinging this small sword, try to swing it in a straight arc but since it is your first time, I will teach you how to swing it properly when it is time."

What is with this ridiculous man? As much as you can? If he was going to take it easy on me, why did he bring me out here then? Do I have to teach him how to train warriors as well? You don't leave their training up to them but push them beyond their limits. This idiotic man. "Okay now, start." But it was up to me from the start anyway so I will use the most optimal method to train.

[A quest has arrived]

[Getting stronger (duration: 1 week)

You are currently extremely weak. Train yourself to escape this title. Perform this task every day for the next week.

Task:

100 push-ups (0)

100 curl-ups (0)

100 sit-ups (0)

Run 5 km (0)

Swing a wooden sword 100 times (0)

Time limit: Before sunset

Reward: 2 stat points, Skill: Basic swordsmanship, 100 exp

Punishment: Random reduction of a random stat]

Before I could start, motivation from my ally arrived as well. The rewards are enticing and though I won't be able to level up with a week's effort if the rewards are the same every day, it is still good enough. Let's start.

I first decided to do running. There was a reason for this. My physical stats are 20 each and I don't know if it will be easy or hard to do the task today with these stats. But if I do the running, along with the breathing exercise that I used back in Kunlun for physical training, it will be ten times harder to complete the task of today.

I started running while breathing through my nose, holding my breath for a few seconds, and then exhaling from my mouth. This method of air circulation cleans the body from the inside. Also, there is another factor that I did not have in my past life. Mana. In Kunlun, it was dangerous to circulate Ki while doing these exercises as Ki was barren and sharp and it was difficult to focus its circulation, if there was no focus one could harm their internal organs, but smooth and serene mana has a natural flow like blood circulation, and so it will enhance this exercise benefits many times.

[Through strenuous exercise, your physical stats have all increased by 1]

[Your fatigue has increased by 10]

Sure enough, I started feeling the effects of benefits with running for just a few hundred meters. It was weird how running increased strength and sense as well, but it was good for me anyway. The downside to this was that I was getting tired very quickly. A meter showing my fatigue also appeared in the corner of my vision.

[Fatigue: 10\100]

I am guessing if it reached 100, I would collapse. I will rest at 70. It is not good to overdo it until I get used to it. But I will keep going and finish this before sunset.

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