Another morning, another day.
Third day in a row, waking up as a mess. Well at least this time Adam wasn`t in full armor and didn`t break his bed again. Because it`s already broken.
And this time no bright-orange light in his face.
Just a normal day, waking up with cuts and scratches all over his body.
But, he wasn`t ...tired. Not down, not laying in bed in a bad day, not like anything happened. But instead, he was just intrigued, by the new "system" introduced by a poorly designed info pamphlet, reading it over and over again.
Eating cereal with one hand and holding the paper in the other, it was a very long breakfast.
'So....' another spoon in 'weapon... not sword....but sword works too....Interesting'
*ding* toast jumped out, blacked out fully.
'And status is....useless. Shop has garbage or it`s just f***ing expensive'
another spoon eaten.
'Quests are.... empty. Why even give this to us'
He got up took the bread and ate the coal toast in one go.
"Alright lets see again QUESTS"
Same window as before. quota : Weekly 0/20 Monthly 0/60, Training 0/14
After very little thought Adam decided loudly.
"Okey. Gym it is".
~quick packing up and a walk to the local gym later~
"Hi....what can i help you with today sir" very enthusiastic receptionist said from under the desk.
"Nope. Just training" passing the entrance card, and getting it back without another word.
"Have a nice workout"
Not really surprising but there was almost no one at the gym.
'Great. more for me.'
And so, for training began. Chest chest and arms. And then some chest again. Because of course, why would he be doing anything else.
This gym session was particularly effective for one simple reason. Previous, the training was just for fun, to blow off some steam, trying to look better for the ladies.
Now the motivation is better. The best he ever had even.
Monsters are real, he got a fantastic weapon, basically a hero suit, both coming out on his command. Not only he`s a superhero but the world is ending.
Why wouldn`t he be training?!
Every single time the weight was beginning to become heavier, goblin spears started to stab him again, cuts opened up. And the weight shot up back again.
1 Hour, 2 hours later. Up and down. Pushing and pushing and pushing.
Adam wiped the sweat of his face and tried to take a sip of water. Empty
'S**t' he tossed it the bottle in the trash.
Then looked around and quietly said "quests". And there it was.
Training
0/14.
"F**k" slipped out.
He jumped on the treadmill. And then pull ups. Dead lifts. Useless leg-machines.
Nothing.
"F*******k" this time didn`t slip just fully said it out loud.
Packed up his things and went home.
On his way home, pop-up window showed up again.
[HumanFlameSystem version 1.0 is now online]
[The system is now fully operational]
[Main changes: ]
[Quotas will now be assigned]
[Training sessions will now be starting]
[Civilians occupation are being introduced]
[For full changes please check item]
[1.0v hfs patch and changes]
[Enjoy the new changes]
And closed after a while.
Adam stood on the sidewalk for a good while.
"FU*******K" he screamed out "QUESTS"
Quota Weekly 0/20 Monthly 0/60
Training 0/14h
BUT under special tasks were now 2 additions
First - 3rd tutorial gate 46h 17minutes left [expand]
Second - Training session 21h left [expand]
'F**k yes' "WOOOO FINALLY" another scream out, this time at least no swears.
"SHUT UP" some old guy on the bench
"Sorry" and he jogged happily to his place.
Tossed the gym clothes in the washing machine and started to tidy up his living room.
Pushed the table to the side, couch away, carpet rolled and stashed, so now it was just a wall tv and a big open space.
Quick search on PlayTub and Adam started playing everything related to swordsmanship.
Jokes, tips, anything, it was set to auto-play so it just kept rolling.
And in the meantime "SWORD TO ME" he pulled it out of his chest and started swinging it.
"We get a lot of really dumb sword comments on our channel..."
Just swinging it.
"The iconic flamberge did not actually have its wavy blade simply for show...."
Some thrust were added in the mix
"Did SOA actually get 2-swords style right?"
And more swings
And more.