As weeks turned into months, and months turned into years, In a blink of an eye, 3 years had passed.

Damien grew up, becoming powerful and strong. He was not a child anymore. He stood at a height of 5”9, his trained muscles could be seen through his tight clothes as he continued running around the village, trying to finish his daily quest.

[Notice: Quest Completed

-PUSH-UPS [100/100]

-SIT-UPS [100/100]

-SQUATS. [100/100]

-RUN. [10km/10km]

REWARDS:- 2.5 stat attributes,

TIME REMAINING:- 20:18:17]

[Distribution of points will begin now]

[Processing…….]

[Processing…… Successful….. Congratulations, host, for completing the daily quests!]

Damien continued training for straight 3 years without skipping a day, at the first week he struggled to do it but as days went by the quests seemed to get easier and easier.

Now, it was just a fucking chore.

Damien sighed as he remembered how he unlocked the first stage of his Shadow Monarch powers a year ago, he was happy as the system had finally accepted his body fit for the powers.

- Flashback -

It was like any other day Damien went out to train his daggers. Yes, when Damien turned 11 he asked his mother whether he could have a pair of daggers and surprisingly his mother agreed pretty easily. He was suspicious about it at first but didn’t dwell on it.

As he kept on training with his daggers he acquired a new skill.

[Formless Dual Daggers:- Daggers are blades of assassination and weapons of Shadows]

[Activating this skill will grant the host more movement speed, agility and strength by 1.5% for 30 seconds and they are stackable each time you hit an opponent, attack is increased by 3.2%, max can be acquired through this 12, this skill doesn’t have any form as it is formless. So, the host can evolve it and make his own skill, the cooldown is 10 minutes]

Daimen was grinning as he finally acquired a skill. He held both of his daggers and tried to test them. He held one dagger near his right ribs and another near his left waist and activated the skill.

[Skill activated:- Formless Dual Daggers]

Daimen started to feel light as a feather and his strength Increased.

he held both of his daggers and thought: ’Here goes nothing.’

— Woosh!

He dashed towards a tree.

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— Slice!

His movements fluid as water, he sliced the tree in half, in the blink of an eye.

— Thud!

As he turned around, the tree creaked and fell on the ground with a loud thud.

He was left speechless. The cut was so smooth he felt like he cut through butter. It was that effortless!

After he practised for a few hours, he was ready to go home. However, he got another notification from the system.

[Notice:- Host's body is now suitable to enable the first stage of Shadow Monarch’s ability, the process will begin once the host is asleep at night.]

[Phase One of Shadow Monarch]

[Shadow Manipulation]

Description: Host can now control shadows to some extent and can move into the shadows of other people without them even knowing it. As long as there are shadows, Host can move there without any problem, though it consumes huge mana

]

[Error...]

[Hosts mana is still locked… Hosts mana will be activated tonight along with the Shadow Monarch's power.]

Damien was left speechless as he gained a skill and unlocked the first stage of the Shadow Monarchs power, he was beyond happy. This was the best day of his life!

As he made it home, the sun was setting behind the mountains, the sky gaining a red hue.

He walked on the uneven road of the village. As he walked he saw many children and old people sitting on the bench relaxing and chatting calmly, Damien greeted them with a small smile and a nod.

“Good evening, Grandpa Xander and Granny Chiyo,” The old people smiled and called Damien close to them.

“Good evening Damien Boya.”

“Damien, m’boy, you are becoming much more handsome as the days pass by,” said Granny Chiyo, holding his cheeks and ruffling his hair.

Granny Chiyo was always like this, she used to dote on Damien like he was her own son, even though they didn’t have any son or daughter they thought of Damien as their own one.

“Hahaha, Granny Chiyo, you make me blush,” Damien laughed.

“Cheeky brat,” Grandpa Xander smiled at their antics. Always like this, he could only sigh.

After talking for a while Damien said goodbye to both of them and headed to his home where he knew his mother would be waiting for him to show up.

*Grumble*

His stomach grumbled for his mother's delicious cooking, and he thought: ‘ UmU, I can't wait to get home and eat her cooking.'

He neared his home and he could smell the delicious smell coming from his house as he ran towards the house.

He entered the house and swiftly closed the doors before heading to the kitchen where he found his mother cooking something in a pot.

“Damien, you’re late yet again. Sigh, go take a quick shower! you reek of sweat!" Damien’s mother said without looking back as she was focused on the cooking.

“Yes, ma’am.”

After showering and changing clothes he went downstairs where he saw his mother waiting for him seated at the dining table with his favourite dish Kimchi Jjigae on the dining table.

He smiled as he looked up at his mom and went to her kissed her forehead and then proceeded to sit in his chair.

As he sat down, he took his chopsticks and was about to eat, though he was stopped by his mother.

“Damien, first let's thank God for giving us this healthy food,” She clasped her hands and started praying, gesturing for Damien to do the same. He sighed as he put the chopsticks down and prayed with his mother.

“Thank you, God, for the food, family, and friends. We remember those who have no food today, and those who have food, but nobody to share it with. As you have blessed us, help us be a blessing to others. Amen.”

Finishing the prayer, Damien took the chopsticks swiftly and started devouring down on the food with vigour.

Damien's mother smiled as she saw her son’s behaviour “Eat slowly, the food isn’t going anywhere, sweetie.”

“I know, mom.” as his mouth was full his words came out but couldn't be understood.

His mother sighed and focused on her dinner, as he was always like this when she cooked his favourite dish.

After dinner he helped his mother in washing the dishes, then headed towards his bed and laid down. A few minutes later, his mother entered the room and kissed his forehead, “Good night, sweetie.”

“Good night, mom.” he replied with a smile on his face.

His mother turned off the lights and made her way out of his room and looked back again with a small smile and left “Mommy, loves you, sweetie.”

As the door shut, Damien opened his eyes and took a look.

Confirming she'd left, he got up on the bed and stared at the screen

[Process will begin once the host is in deep sleep]

Damien sighed, hugged his pillow as he slumped down again. Soon enough, he drifted off to dreamland.

[Processing…………..]

[Process Initiating……..]

[Good night, Host :)]

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