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Chapter 7 - Physique?

Along with the loud birds chirping and the roars of beasts, Alex was rudely woken up from his comatose state.

"Arghh…"

He rubbed his temples as there was this head splitting pain that was tearing apart his brain. He was still groggy but he had also been assaulted by the pain.

It took a few minutes in order for Alex to steady himself. A whole 15 minutes passed before he could bring himself up to his feet.

"What happened…?"

Alex wondered but he started to recall the memories he had before he passed out. The huge corpse of the crocodile king helped greatly in the recovery of his memories.

He pieced the information together and came to the conclusion that he fainted from the pain and mental exhaustion accompanied by the physical exhaustion.

"sigh…"

The watch showed he had been asleep for a while two days!

"That's quite abit of time wasted lying on the ground…"

Alex's efficiency based minded ey couldn't help but lament at the time wasted sleeping instead of hunting.

"Whatever… My quests are completed anyway."

He looked over at the system prompts.

[ Kill 100/100 Boars. Complete! ]

[ Kill 100/100 Wolves. Complete! ]

[ You have killed your first mini-boss, the Crocodile King! ]

[ + 200 points! ]

[ You have received the ! ]

[ Crocodile Physique :

+ 150 Defense.

Increase in regenerative abilities. ]

Alex was shocked at the new 'Crocodile Physique' that he had gotten furthermore…

"What's a physique?"

Alex wondered, the system gave a quick reply.

Ding!

[ A physique is a type of enhancement to the Hosts body! Usually giving bonus stat points and passive skills! Some rare physique even give active skills! ]

"ohh…"

'Now that i think about it, what even is a mini-boss?'

[ A mini-boss is a creature that is slightly stronger than it's peers. It is the alpha male or female in the pack. ]

'hmm… just a normal mini-boss of the crocodiles was enough to put me in such a state… I should be working to get stronger!'

'Anyway, let's open my status first.'

"Status!"

[ Alexander

Exp : 0(+)

Points : 2,800

Strength : 667kg

Defense : 450kg

Warrior stage 1. ]

A smile beamed on Alex's face. With so many points, he would be able to buy lots of items in the shop and a lot of lottery draws.

He thought about how to spend these points but then he saw the tens of carcasses littered on the ground that he had previously hunted.

"Before that… It's time to feast!"

Alex jumped straight into the center of the blood field battle field… Or no, it wasn't exactly a battle field. It was a slaughter house.

He gathered together all the carcasses he could find before he gathered some dried leaves and started a fire.

Roasting the meat…

Consuming the meat…

Rinse and repeat…

By morning, Alex was eating the last piece of wolf.

Ding!

[ + 1 Strength! ]

burp~~~~

"sigh…"

'Since when was i ever given the chance to eat like this?'

Alex wanted to cherish the moment… But he had better things to do. Well at least after he consumed the Crocodile King's meat.

He hadn't cooked it yet, and left it by the side.

The Crocodile King was a strong beast, and it was considered a mini-boss type creature by the system. Ingesting the flesh of such a powerful creature would definitely increase his stats by a margin.

Alex proceeded to skin the crocodile king and he roasted its flesh into a perfectly cooked color. It's meat was watery and delicious. But most importantly, it provided Alex with stats!

Ding!

[ + 2 Strength ]

Ding!

[ + 2 Defense! ]

Ding!

[ + 3 Strength! ]

All in all, all the crocodile flesh provided with him with a total of 5 strength and 5 defense stats!

Compared with other creatures, the difference is heaven and earth!

Alex also decided to receive the quest rewards he was supposed to receive two nights ago. But due to him being unconscious, the system had no way of providing Alex with his rewards.

'System! I would like to claim all quest rewards!'

Ding!

[ You have received 7 s! ]

Alex looked into the inventory function that came along with the system and he summoned the Low Body Tempering Pills into his hand.

They came fashioned into a bottle, the pills were no larger than your average sized marbles. Seven of such pills were sitting in the pill bottle.

Alex uncorked the simply designed bottle and the aroma of medicine wafted out of the bottle. It's smell reminded Alex of the old Traditional Chinese Medicine stores that were around last time.

Alex carefully picked up the pill and he examined it closely.

It was a smooth brown marble essentially. You could see it reflected a small amount of light, not enough to see your reflection however.

Alex threw one into his mouth and the pill started to dissolve, his body was filled with the medicinal power before it dissipated all together 10 seconds later.

He could feel an energy spread all throughout his body. Then he heard the system prompt.

[ + 10 Strength! ]

[ + 10 Defense! ]

[ + 100Exp! ]

'Incredible!'

Alex thought. His eyes widened as he realized that each of these pills provided him with 10 additional stats strength and defense each!

It was miraculous!

Heaven-defying!

Alex gulped in anticipation, he turned his gaze to the remaining six pills in the bottle…

He reached his fingers out and grabbed the rest of the six pills. They fit nicely into his large palm.

He open his mouth and threw in the rest of the pills, they simultaneously dissolved in his mouth and the system notifications went crazy.

Ding!

Ding!

Ding!

Ding!

...

The dinging went on for quite abit of time. Before coming into a halt after a minute.

"Status!"

[ Alexander

Exp : 700(+)

Points : 2,800

Strength : 877kg

Defense : 640kg

Warrior stage 1 ]

"woah"

Alex was shocked to find that his strength and defense had grown by absurd levels! He was sure if he had to fight the Crocodile King again, he would not even have to use his bow.

He also saw that the usually grey '+' button was now glowing in fiery red flames. Curious, he stretched out his finger and pressed on the '+' button.

Boom!

His body shook and Alex shivered, it felt like an explosion had occurred in his body and he could feel a powerful energy spread all around it.

Ding!

[ + 100 Strength! ]

[ + 100 Defense! ]

[ You have reached the Warrior stage 2! Please continue to work hard Host! ]

His eyes widened to the knowledge that he had increased his cultivation level just by doing nothing! A simple pressing of the '+' button was all that was need…

How OP!

In the future, there would be no cultivation bottlenecks or whatsoever. Only ever increasing strength! Too OP!

"Hahahahaha…"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Alex smiled widely. His stats had just grown further.

His strength was growing closer to the 1,000 kg mark.

"Now… Let's start spending my points. What should i buy though?"

He figured he would spend some points and try to increase the number of skills he had first before increasing his cultivation base.

He opened up the System lottery and said

"System! unlock common lottery 10 times! "

[-1,000 points!]

Ding!

[ Please try again next time! ]

Alex's eye twitched. He didn't know that there would be a chance of getting nothing. He must've gotten lucky on his first try huh?

"Whatever, a loss is a loss… Continue!"

[ Please try again next time! ]

twitch

On the final draw of the lottery, Alex started praying. He had gotten nothing for 9 rounds straight.

"Oh please god of wealth and luck! Please grant me your power!"

[ You have received the passive trait ! ]

"oh yes!"

Alex expanded out Flexibility

[ Flexibility:

Makes the user's body more flexible. Able to dodge attacks better and able to attack better. ]

"Oh… this isn't so bad? I do feel that i can stretch for much more than before!"

Alex's body was quite stiff previously, but now, it was much more flexible, he could do all kinds of splits and his movements had gotten more agile.

The flexibility greatly improved his combat prowess.

He practiced using his mobility by moving around, stretching and shadow boxing. He could feel his speed increase and the range of his punches elongate.

"Status!"

[ Alexander

Exp : 600(+)

Points : 1,800

Strength : 977kg

Defense : 740kg

Warrior stage 2 ]

Alex was smiling widely but a sudden realization hit him.

'I haven't claimed my reward for the quest yet'

"System! Claim all available quest rewards!"

[ You have received one Low Body Tempering Pill! ]

[ Also, Host! didn't i tell you that you could speak mentally with me? why are you shouting Host? ]

"What's wrong? No one will hear us anyway…"

[ Host! You mustn't be too complacent! One small mistake might cost you your life! ]

"Fine… i'll be sure to speak mentally from now on"

'This is fine right?'

[ Mhm ]

Alex sighed and threw the pill in his mouth. He had lived the past 6 months alone and now was getting lonely…