It took him a second to notice what's weird about the grasses and when he did, his heart shook in excitement. "The grasses here are much shorter than the ones I've encountered before, could it be that this is a road before?"
Without a moment's hesitation, he quickly decided to traverse on this old walkway and hoped that this would lead him to a town. Four hours and thirty minutes later, Rei was sitting under the shade of the tree grasping for breath.
"Dammit, I've walked like forever and still found nothing..."
Rei sighed as he took a bottle of water from his bag. He praised the shop repeatedly as he drank the water without a care.
"A bottle of water only costs one copper..."
"If I have this kind of power back in my old world I could be rich!"
A satisfied smile could be seen on Rei's face as he drank the bottle of water. With a loud 'burp' Rei quickly covered his mouth in embarrassment. However, amazement appeared on his face as he realized that he had burped again from drinking a 500ml water bottle.
"I burped again?" Rei asked to no one.
When Rei got tired from walking, he would always sit somewhere and drink some water. The first time that he drank the water he noticed that it was slightly sweet, and he immediately belched. It also made his body refreshed as if he had just woken up. But he dismissed the thought that the water from the shop could rejuvenate his entire body instantly since it was too OP.
But when he rested for the second time and the third time, he couldn't dismiss the thought of having an OP water.
"I also did not eat food since yesterday night, but I don't feel hungry..."
"Could it be...? There is only one way to try..."
Rei quickly stood up and resumed to walk. Ten minutes passed by and the excitement in his heart continued to grow bigger. Wondrous thoughts filled his head as he wondered about the possibilities that this kind of water could bring. Before Rei knew it, he started to run.
His chest heaved up and down as he used the tree beside him to support his body. Dirt covered his feet, and beads of sweat came down from his forehead. Although he was on the verge of collapsing, there was a bright smile on his face. He quickly bought another water bottle from the shop and opened it quickly. He chugged the water down and waited for the miracle to happen.
A 'burp' and a shout echoed throughout the forest as Rei confirmed that the water indeed recovers his body from fatigue. A plan quickly formed in his head as he quickly stood up from excitement.
"I can gain stats by exercising... If I combine it with the water, then I would not need to rest in order to gain more stats!"
Excitement flowed through his veins and without a second thought, he started running again. He ran ceaselessly without thought for almost two-thirds of an hour! Although Rei stumbled a few times because of the roots of the trees or small rocks, he paid it no mind as his head was busy imagining on how OP he would get.
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Finally, like a car which ran out of gas, Rei stopped running. Sweat drenched his clothes, and if one didn't look closely, you would assume that he just ran out of the bathroom. Although he was dead tired and smelly from the running, he still managed to buy a bottle of water and drank it.
After sipping the last drop of water from the bottle, he excitedly activated the box and opened his status. But like a scientist who had failed his experiment, Rei felt that he was doused in cold water as he saw that his status did not increase. He closed the blue screen and his eyes and assumed that it was just his imagination.
But when he opened it again, reality struck him, and he had to accept that his 'plan' of his did not work. Rei had the urge to yell out his frustration, but he managed to hold it in after looking the place he's in now. He sighed in grief as he looked at his status again, although he felt miserable it was not up to the point of depression as he knew that it would be too good if it really worked.
With a tired smile, Rei continued to follow down the old walkway. This time, however, he did not run but instead just walked leisurely. With a deep breath, Rei observed the surroundings, and he felt that his heart was at ease. With every scenery that he walked to and every animal that he had seen, he realized on why some people back on Earth would pay a lot of money just to visit a man-made forest.
He always laughed at them for being stupid since they could just see them on the internet. But, after feeling the fresh air of the forest and seeing how beautiful nature could be, he changed his mind. Although he had not turned into a nature lover, he still appreciated the beauty of nature that he did not experience before he had come into this world.
Rei continued to walk leisurely and sometimes drank a little bit of water whenever he gets tired. Seconds turned into minutes and minutes to hours; the morning sun passed away as the big bright moon came up.
Rei did not continue to walk in the night but instead, he sat down under the shade of a large tree as he ate raw broccoli that he bought from the shop.
As he ate the fresh broccoli in his hands, Rei stared at the sky. Seeing the glinting stars in the sky made his mind feel refreshed. He had previously pondered if the stars here was the same back on Earth, but with his lack of knowledge within the field of astronomy he just shrugged his head and enjoyed the view.
Before he knew it, Rei sank into a deep sleep while being covered by the moonlight.