Varun was at a park near his house, in the morning, it's almost 5:30 Am, he was going to do the work out that he got from the system.
He started with squats, since they are easier to do and managed to go upto 200 but finally started to get his spine and back strain like two cranes pulling him apart with full force. Nerves were popping out of his legs, neck and forehead.
Few of the boys from the same area this park was at were walking by, about 12 to 13 years old and saw him doing the squats.
Boy1:"What is he doing?"
Boy2:"I don't know, looks like he got punishment."
Boy1:"wow.. Bravo!... He's squating, idiot"
Boy1 gave a sheepish look and left with boy2.
Meanwhile varun had barely managed to complete the 1000 squats and switched to push up, which he couldn't do even one because of straining himself from squats.
"Fu–k this... My body is burning like I am in a furnace. Tch— ... Keep up, you fu–king weakass body... Move!.. Move!... I don't want to go in that place again"
He managed to get close to a hundred... And slowly reached about 500 when his hand muscles gave up and got ripped fibers because of strain.. But he didn't stop there.
"Move!.... Just few more... Then curl ups and running will be left only"
About 4 hours later, he was done with exercises, and went to run around the park. Barely conscious from the strain. Sweating all over face and arms and legs heavy like bound with weights.
"Just a little more ... A bit more... Just 100 km. That's just 100,000 steps... I can do it... I don't want to die like that again... Move... Move, you f–cking shit body... I fed you every protein just for this thing"
About an hour later. He collapsed, one step more than the 100k and breathing heavily on the soil of the ground while laying limp.
[Daily quest completed, rewarding player... ]
[You have been rewarded with full recovery and a mystery box... Would you like to open the mystery box?]
"Full recovery first.... Like hell I can open the box in this state"
His body got a static electricity and his torn muscle fibers gor healed, his fatigue and every stress gone in seconds, and status effect of recovery surrounded him.
"Sigh~ well, at least I don't have to worry about injuries anymore... Let's see your mystery box here."
He tried to touch the screen and his hand passed through... He gave a sheepish look to himself.
"Sometimes I forget this isn't a touchscreen. Man, "seong ji woo" was surely keeping up with a bullsh*t like this for years?... Well that's a fictional comic character... Who knows if he was or not.. The writer didn't write about his problems in details after all.... Well, if this system window is similar to in games or this webtoon I was reading.."
"Status window"
[Player should be level 2 to see their stats]
"Fu–k it.... Should've known before asking this... Well whatever... Open the quest reward"
The system showed him the box with red straps and a antique lock system on its lid and a key to open.
[Mystery box and mystery key has been rewarded, player may use the key to open the box]
The box fell on his left palm and the key on his right. As he used the key and open the box, it turned into particles of white color and shape shifted into another bigger key of red color antique and ominous looking, like from fantasy webtoons or novels.
[Player has gained the key to "instant dungeon". Player can use the key anywhere for one time, the key will disappear after the use]
[How to use the key: poke in mid air like inserting key on a door and rotate it clockwise, anywhere anytime for once]
[Dungeon type: "D-rank" Panthera type species]
Varun wasn't sure what to do... He went home First, since it's been hours since he was out, his mother might be worried about him.
Varun:"I am hom–"
Mom:"Where were you!?.... It's been 10 hours since you were out!"
Varun:"uhh... Erm... I was... Playing... I was playing... I found some kids, their football got stuck on the tree, I got their ball back and they asked me to play with them... Sorry, I was late, I know."
"I feel like a jerk to be lying about that... I can't understand what's going on anymore... I've lied many times to them, talked back like a jerk but never felt this way... Am I getting emotional?... But I was apathetic before... I never cared how they'd feel if I lied or talked back,.. So why now"
Mom:"how's your hernia?.... It might've swollen out if you played football"
Varun:"...!?"
"Shoot!... I forgot they still think I have hernia... W. What should I say.. Let's.. Just tell the truth in a twisted way".
Varun:"I think, it got well.. I think my intestine came out of the muscle Grove.. I felt a slight snap when I was playing... And... Didn't got any bulge down there.. And I have no pain either "
Mom:"WHAT!?.. Really?!.... Your hernia got good without surgery?!... No way... Let me see it!"
She touched the side of his groin and there was no swelling, on either sides.
Varun:"see... It's good.. I guess I just needed to play hard to get it good"
Mom:"it's... It's really not there... That's impossible, hernia was supposed to get cured either in your childhood or by surgery,... Let's go to hospital, now!"
Varun didn't complain.. He knew she'll say this, they both went to doctor and came back with a good report... Everything was fine... "A bit too much fine for a human"... Varun didn't had a single body issue anymore... Because... His face acne and pimples around the body weren't their either, that the doctor saw, since it was their family doctor in his mid 50s with black hair and few white strands in many areas of his head and a gray mustache. He saw that Varun was seemingly away from his facial acne and pimples, so he got him do the CBC test and got to know that he had "nothing".. When people have few allergies, he had nothing, not even infection. Infection is understandable, but allergies aren't something that would go away just like nothing.
Varun and his mom came back home, his mom was relieved and happy, since she didn't knew much about stuff , she was only educated to a high school level, only till 10th, and she didn't knew how to read English very well like him and his brother and father. But she was still too caring about him.
"I really did get fit in every possible way, huh? .. Now that I think about that... I am also a bit taller... 5'8?...i am close to dad's head now that I think about it.. Damn, the workout really is working... And now that I know it is.... So that means... This dungeon key will help me level up"
Varun didn't go to school for a week and did his daily quests, he was grown up to 6'0 by the end of a week. Surprised himself but not hating it.. He also trained in his agility, since there's no knowing in what could be inside the dungeon when he enters.
Few more days later.. He was ready, according to himself. But his clothes were smaller on his frame.. So he purchased a outfit from the mall, a blackish gray denim jacket, black T-shirt inside, Black jeans and ankle high boots, fingerless bike gloves.. . And a mask that covered all his lower face and neck... What if there's gas inside the dungeon.
Finally he came to the park again, summoned the key and instead in the air, a antique like lock hole swallows the key, he rotates it the surrounding paused with a electric movement around the area... And the he was inside a dungeon... The humans disappeared... It wasn't him who entered the dungeon... But the world around him became a dungeon itself.
"Uh... Fu–k.... I don't have a weapon on me"
Sweating on head with a comical expression.
He suddenly heard a growl from behind him. It wasn't a growl of stomach like he's used to hearing neither it was a dog... It was... A panther like think... But bigger than a rhino, big fangs, red eyes and metal jaws, armoured scales.. It wasn't a armor.. It's skin itself was metal of the combination of red and black, with a low rumbling roar, it called 4 more from behind itself.
"... Uh.. H... Hey.. Kitty"
'ROAAAR!!'
"I am dead"