Ingrit, who just arrived at home from the school, got into casual clothes-- a white t-shirt and black short pant.
Then suddenly 2 notifications appeared before him one after the other.
[Reminder: You are running out of time to participate in 'Daily training quest']
[You must participate now or you won't be able to finish your quest in time, which would result in heavy penalty]
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[Training Quest]
[Participate] [Delay]
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Ingrit blankly looked at the screen, and thought:
Guess, it's time I participated in the training.
Thinking that he clicked on the 'Participate' button. After that, his whole body began to glow in purple, his vision was also getting blurry. Thinking something might he wrong with his eyes, he closed them.
After awhile, he opened his eyes again. It was too bright to even look. So, he had a bit difficulty opening them, but after some time his eyes adjusted to that bright.
Then, what he saw was quite breathtaking.
Wow. What is this place?!
Infront of him was a big ocean, which was glittering ,calmly. When he turned his head a little, he saw a giant crimson wall, which would be at least 60 meters tall. It didn't only divided the vast bluish sea in half but also divided the greenish ground from the middle. There was no end of that wall. As a matter of fact, that wall seemed to serve as a border, which has separated the entire world in two.
In addition, the ocean was actually connect to the shore. Ingrit wasn't familiar with that. Because, his whole life he had seen only a vast never ending ocean with no greenish ground connected to it.
He was baffled by it. He looked up, and saw that there were no Cloud states, only bluish sky, and scattered white clouds. It was as if he had completely been teleported to a new world.
Where the hell am I? This can't be my world.
He thought.
"Hello, Mr. Screen or something like that, can you tell me what this place is?"
Although he asked, but didn't get any response from the system. So, he got a bit irritated, and then sighed.
But then, few notification windows appeared before him.
[Notification: Your training will take place in here]
[First phase of the training will be called Strength training]
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[Goal]
1. Push-ups --00/100
2. Sit-ups --00/100
3. Squats --00/100
4. Running --00/100km
[Note: This is this weeks routine. After this following week, you be well be doing 200 push-ups, 200 sit-ups, 200 squats and 20km running a day]
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Seeing this made his jaw drop. Because, it was too much for someone like him to handle. He had never done any of this in his whole life. And now the system was asking him to do this many exercises at once! He wasn't sure if he would even last the first exercise.
"Come on. You can't be serious! Are you telling me to do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats and 10 km running in just one day?! How is this fair?"
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[Notification: After each workout, you will receive 10 minutes break]
He knew there was no running from this, and if he can't complete all of this within today, he had to suffer a severe panelty. So, he showed a long face,and went along with the training.
First, he tried to do push-ups on the greenish ground, but failed miserably after doing 10 of them. But, he still kept at it. Because, he didn't have any choice in the matter. He had to do it, otherwise there would be a harsh penalty.
After few minutes, he was sprawled on the greeny ground, looking completely breathless. He, somehow, managed to do all 100 of the push-ups.
[Congratulations: You have completed one of the tasks]
[Next: Do 100 sit-ups]
He was given 10 minutes to rest before his next exercise. So, he used that 10 minutes break to the fullest by resting.
After 10 minutes, he was tasked to do 100 sit-ups.
Like before, after failing many times, he completed all of the exercises set by the system.
He was panting as he stared at the bluish sky with his exhausted. He was completely burned out. He was heavily sweating too.
I take it back. I thought doing exercises won't be much exhausting.
He was repenting for confidently saying that train quest won't a problem at all. Then few notifications appeared before him.
[Reward: You have received 5,000 coins for completing push-ups]
[Reward: You have received 5,000 coins for completing sit-ups]
[Reward: You have received 5,000 coins for completing squats]
[Reward: You have received 5,000 coins for completing running]
[Your current balance is 21000 coins]
[Would be like to buy a ' Fatigue removal Potion ' for 5,500 coins]
He was very exhausted. So, obviously he need that potion right now. So, he said inside his head.
Yes, I will buy this.
Then a small flask with blue color liquid inside it appeared in Ingrit's right hand. After uncapping the flask with his left hand, he drank the potion. It had no taste at all. So, there was no reaction on Ingrit's face. Before he knew it, a blue color light was cladding his body, which remained still for few seconds. After that, the light dissapeared, and Ingrit began to feel lively once again. It was as if the exhaustion he was feeling a second ago, suddenly vanished without leaving any trace behind.
[Your current balance is 15,500 coins]
Now that he was feeling recharged again, he rose on his foot, thinking that the training was over, now he could return to his original world. So, he became extremely happy. But then, a notification appeared before him, which turned his happy face into a long face. He flinched back a little seeing that.
[The second phase of your training will begin immediately]
Second phase?! Come on. I thought it was done for the day, damn it.
He then sighed, and asked:
"What kind of training is this going to be?"
But there wasn't any answer from the system. It exasperated him. Because, the system seemed to not answer anything he wants to sincerely. It doesn't properly explains or does not explain at all few things. For instance, when Ingrit asked the system about what was world he was currently in, it didn't answer anything. It could have at least told him that if this world was real or not.
Getting no answer from the system, he put his hands in his pant's pocket, and began to walk slowly towards the gigantic red wall. After reaching there he touched the wall with his right hand, but then suddenly, he heard a cute sound from behind him. So, he got startled, and looked back.
When he looked back, he saw a cute small animal, which had body structure like a cat. But it was completely different from a cat. It was standing on its feet, had small blue eyes, white color body, long pointy ears, small grayish nose, floppy wool, puny wings.
It was, without a doubt, the cutest creature Ingrit had ever seen in his whole life.
Though, he looked a little lost when he thought about the existence of a living being in this deserted looking world. Also, he wasn't familiar with this kind of animal. So, he thought he needed to be cautious a little around that little creature. But, seeing this cutesy creature, he couldn't just resist the urge to pet it. After all, he likes petting animals. So, he went the near the little guy, and sat on his knees, then began petting it on the chin.
So far everything was going smoothly. But then, he noticed while petting it on its chin that the small creature was shaking. After a few seconds, its whole body was beginning get bigger, and more viler.
He immediately rose up, and took a few steps backwards, looking terrified.
The cutesy creature he was petting before wasn't cutesy anymore. Instead, it was looking like a wild beast. It's body has gotten bigger by at least 1 mitre, the body color changed to gray, fingernails grew larger and pointy, the wing grew bigger, eyes turned crimson red, bigger sharp teeth. Saliva was dripping from its maw, and it was standing like a human.
It now has completely been turned into something terrifying.
With great perplexity, Ingrit was looking at it, and taking few steps backwards, quickly.
Shit.