Continuing the Training Montage

<2 months time skip>

I have reduced my rest time by half and now sleep only 2 hours a day.

I have to say that 'Shroud Barrier is one of the best barrier I could get right now. It conceals the inside of the barrier, for now, since it's G- rank, it can only show as if it's nothing there and works for those with a low will stat or normal human.

But why is it so difficult

[It is a barrier with a lot of potential and it is also sort of a blank slate as in the higher ranks you can apply concepts to it, thus having a chance to turn 'Shroud Barrier' into sort of a 'pseudo-domain'.]

Really, I didn't even think of that. The only concepts I know is 'survival', 'adaptation' and that's it. But for some sort of reason, which may or may not be the system, I can't remember them.

[Your concepts were flawed. You got the core right, but in the 'personalization step, you made them bellow average, so I deleted the memories that contain anything related to those concepts except when you started to comprehend their core.]

That's cool, but can I get them back.

[I have deemed them inferior and have asked the HQ for the right to delete said memories, I got the OK sign and thus deleted your memories, once you re-comprehend the concepts, you might thank me.]

The 'might' part worries me a lot, but there is no worth in stressing over stuff I can't control so let's continue training.

<10 month time skip>

[Congratulations, 'Shroud Barrier' has ranked up to F- rank]

[Congratulations, you are 2 months behind schedule]

Thank you for the praise.

[I was insulting you]

I was ironizing what you said.

[Continue training, 'Fatigue Resistance' is now at F- rank and you got the 'Memory palace skill]

Ok

[And your 'hyperfocus' ranked up to E rank]

Finally, I was training for this moment my entire life.

[Well, technically it is true, but I'm still waiting for your first quest failure.]

Don't wait for it, you have a higher chance of getting an actual body than seeing me fail a quest.

[I can post a quest which requires you to fail a quest with extreme punishments and then post a super easy quest with no punishment and then I would see you fail a quest]

Wanna do it?

[Sure, why not]

Not now, I want to finish this quest first]

[You have acquired 2 quests, please check them]

System, I wasn't being serious about doing it

[I was, now suck it]

[Quest failed, you are now forced not to train for ten second]

NNNNNOOOOO

[Quest completed, you can now extend the quest 'Training Montage for Kids' by 1 minute]

YYYYEEEEESSSSSS

Now show me the quests

[Quest: Simon Says

Rank: G

Description: Listen to what Simon says

Task: Simon says 'don't say the word 'system'

Reward: gain temporary access to your body

Punishment: you can't train for 10 seconds]

[Quest: Meme Failure

Rank: D

Description: you are too obsessed with success, you need to experience a failure at least once.

Reward: the quest 'Training Montage for Kids' gets a 1 minute length increase

Punishment: You can't train for 5 years, you are re-connected with your body]

This is a joke

[This joke is more serious than your life]

'System' has used the ultimate attack 'True fact', the attack has been super effective, 'Mark' has been critically wounded.

[Enough with the joking, go train, also, your skill 'training' has increased to F+ rank already and you got a lot of other upgrades as well. I hold back the majority of your notifications to not disturb you, might as well go check them with the 1 minute you got]

Ok, time to go status training

System, show my status

[Understood]

Name: Mark Lochem

Health:70/70 Mana:70/70 Stamina:100/100

Titles: Regressor, the Sleepless, Training Freak, Baby Freak, The First true Prodigy

Class: sealed

Sub-class: sealed

Sub-class: sealed

Bloodline: none

Physique: none

Level:0

Stats:

Str:1

Agi:2

Def:3

End:9

Stm:10

Sen:7

Vit:6

Mgc: 6

Wis:8

Luck:21

Wil:32

SP:15 AP:5

Inherent skills: "Adapt" F- rank, "Rhythm break" G- rank

Skills: "soul regeneration" (C- rank), "hard soul" (F- rank), 'Magic book' (G rank), 'discipline' (E+ rank), 'multitasking' (F+ rank), 'mana manipulation' (E+ rank), 'training' (F+ rank), 'resting' (G+ rank), 'hyperfocus' (E rank), 'Fireball (G rank)', 'Fatigue Resistance' (F- rank), 'Memories Palace' (G- rank), Mana Strengthening (F- rank), 'Fire Manipulation' (F- rank), 'Shroud Barrier' (F- rank)

Talents: 'magic' (intermediate), 'surviving' (peak), 'fighting'(advanced), 'blacksmithing'(advanced), 'tailoring'(intermediate), 'create'(intermediate), 'spear'(high), 'axe'(high)

Affinity: Death (major), Fire (major), Void (minor), Space (minor), time (major), Darkness (minor)

Shop

Inventory

Quest log]

[You shall gain stats no more. Your stat avg. is 9.45, dangerously close to 9.6, so, by the decree of the HQ, you shall gain stats no more. the non-stat related skills, skill's benefits and so on are unsealed, but anything stat-boosting is strictly sealed.]

[As you are the only regressor with this kind of problem means you are given more attention than others, so be happy]

Yay, I'm so happy that I will be stripped of my privacy.

[This is not a joking matter regarding your death or life, how can you be so calm]

Originally I wished for the eternal rest death provides, I still have that wish, albeit to a smaller degree.

[I forgot]

You forgot?

Hey system, are you broken, do you need consultation from a training freak, do you wish to be heard out, do you need me to bring you to the dark side, do you need me to teach you the joys of the self-torture I call training?

[Slightly, no, no, what do you mean about 'dark side', hahaha, you finally admitted that you are torturing yourself.]

Wait, NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ok, so now what?

[Apart from getting no stats, except 1 stat increase in agility or strength, I may have also figured out why your stat limit increased so fast]

How

[What is the effect of 'adapt'?]

Oh, then it's clear that I will be able to gain more stat points

['Illness resistance' has been gained]

Oh, I probably got sick for the first time.

[To be more precise, your parents made you be injected with a bunch of vaccines, not at once of course, but they have been traveling a lot this year with you so they vaccinated you a bunch of times, I think 'Illness resistance' should increase in rank quickly the following months due to this and yes, you are sick.]

Is that a good thing?

[For 'adapt', yes, for you, no]

Why?

[You are sick with croup]

Ok, time to go training

<3 month time skip>

[Congratulations, 'Illness resistance' has ranked up to G+ rank]

[Congratulations, 'teleport' has been acquired]

Wait, shouldn't I be cured faster because of mana and all that.

[Only your soul has access to mana]

Then am I at least fine?

[Yes, your body is only experiencing the clean up of the body]

Ok, then why is teleport so difficult to learn?

[You have never experienced doing anything with space magic so it will take slightly longer, though with your talent to space and void magic you could bring it up to F- rank in time]

Then that's fine. How much time do I have, by the way?

[1 Month]

NNNNNNNOOOO-

[Actually it's 1 year and 5 months, but for you that might not be enough.]

Ok, time to order some weed

[The 'shop' doesn't sell weed, and even if you could find it there, you have no money and, because you are a soul, you couldn't consume it, the lowest ranking drug that could affect the soul is Rare]

Fuck

OK, time to train.

<4 months time skip>

[Congratulations, 'Teleport' has been ranked up to G rank]

I'm not sure I might finish this in time

[Told you so]

<5.5 month time skip>