CHAPTER 8

Tate was stunned to the bone, seeing the names of the skills that were unavailable to him. 

He had no idea what the skill would be like, and he was curious to know, if  only he had one, even if it would be locked, just so he could have a glimpse of what it would look like. 

Tate was desperate to have one of these skills, but he knew the answer already. 

'I have to work hard to get them!'

With those few words, Tate was energetic more than ever. All he wanted now was to climb to the top of the system, which in turn would take him to the highest level in the martial arts world.

Tate stood up from his bed. He should try out the skills that were currently available to him, it was night already, but Tate was curious to know the difference between his regular skills and the skills from the system. 

Tate took his stance, he remained standing for some minutes before he said. 

"Sprint!"

Immediately he said the words. He felt a sudden burst of energy inside him and a system message followed. 

[Sprint has been activated. 

+10 have been added to agility.

Agility(25) 

Host has lost one orenda energy. 

Available orenda energy; 99

Countdown for energy loss; 58 seconds. 

57 seconds.

56 seconds]

Tate could already feel something inside him, something he hadn't felt before. 

'This must be the orenda energy, I feel like am packed up with so much energy'

Tate decided to do his former fighting skills from before. 

Step! 

Step! 

Step! 

Blow! 

Tate's movements were fast and his blow seemed to have vibrated the air. His cheeks moved, noticing the difference immediately. 

'Having ten points to my agility drastically improved my pace, this is really good. At this rate, my opponent might not even be able to keep up with my movements, let alone have any chance of attacking me'

Tate's cheek rose to his eyes, however, his determination came back with a strong force. 

This was basically nothing, his current achievements were basically nothing compared to what the system still had to offer, and what awaits him in the true world of martial arts. 

Tate rushed to the wall and roared. 

"Super Punch!"

[Super Punch has been activated. Host has lost 5 orenda energy. 

Available orenda; 93]

The system message flashes in Tate's eyes and his fist strikes the wall. 

The wall vibrated leaving behind cracks.

Tate's eyes burst open in shock seeing his punch create a hole in the wall, something he thought could only be possible in movies. 

His punch even vibrated his room. 

Tate was excited.

"So cool!"

His cheeks raised to cover his eyes. This already proved that the system skills were far better than his own skills. His skills were basically trash!

Tate was still lost in thought when a knock came from the door. 

"Are you okay, over there?"

Lora's voice was heard. 

Tate was surprised his sister was still awake, perhaps he woke her up with this punch. 

"I am okay, Lora. Sorry for the disturbance, I am going to bed now"

"Okay"

Lora wanted to walk away when Tate sounded low. 

"Love you, lora. have a nice dream"

He was muttering to himself, but Lora heard it. She muttered to herself as she walked away. 

"Love you too, brother."

Tate took a deep breath and faced his bed. He should get some sleep. Now, he knew what the system skills looked like, but he couldn't imagine what rapid punches would be like, he would have to focus on the required attributes to unlock the skill, he desperately wanted to try it out.

Tate sat back on his bed. He would focus on getting the rapid punches first before the elite movement skill. 

'While I increase my stats, I have to improve on the skills I already have.'

'The system said continuous usage of skills would cause the skills to improve, I don't know how many times I have to perform a certain skill to improve it, I guess I would have to try it to see, and what would happen once I completely exhaust my orenda energy. Is it a daily thing like the rest?'

Tate was unsure of many things, and he plans to figure all of them out for the next one week.

'Once I finish my daily task, I will focus on my available skills all day. I have to get stronger. For Lora sake, for mom sake, and for myself!'

Just then, the system message appeared. 

[New Day. Same Routine]

[Daily login can't be claimed until host completes daily task]

Tate was stunned by this. His eyes moved to the clock and it was already 12AM.

He had been here all night. 

He should get some sleep.

Tate wanted to rest on his bed when the daily task message came right up. 

[Preparation to become stronger. 

Push Up—(0 /100) 

Sit Up—(0/100) 

Squats—(0/100) 

Total distance to cover—(0/10km) 

Host would be rewarded with five martial artist points once completed

Host have now till 12am to complete task or would lose five martial artist points and the reward for the day]

Seeing the beautiful message, Tate couldn't sleep anymore. 

'I will do it now!'

Tate took a push up posture. 

"One"