Smiling with her pearly white teeth, she stretched her arm out to help Jayce up.
"Welcome to the Martial Arts training grounds, I'll be personally training you until you leave the Academy."
Smacking her hand away, Jayce stood up while rubbing his neck.
'She doesn't have that much muscle yet her strength is a little weaker than the headmasters.'
Jayce wanted to know how strong the instructor was, but he didn't want to risk using his inspection.
"Are you going to keep staring at me all day, I know I'm pretty but I'm not into boys weaker than me."
"..."
Not only was this teacher a muscle head, but she was also narcissistic.
Jayce tried to calm himself down, even if he wanted to get payback for the sneak attack he would just get his ass handed to him again.
"Why did you attack me the second I walked in?"
"Of course, that's the Martial Arts special greeting."
"..."
Jayce was starting to understand why this facility was completely empty. Students would naturally want to focus more on their mana rather than improve their physique.
But he would bet his non-existent money that the instructor scared off anyone who attempted to join with this "greeting" of hers.
"Where do we start?"
This was Jayce's only way of getting stronger without relying on the system. He didn't want to rely on the system forever, not only does he not know how he got the System but why he received it.
"First things first, strip."
Jayce waited for a second as the information entered one ear and left the other.
"I think I misheard you. Could you repeat that again?"
"I said strip, take everything off but your underwear."
Even if he wanted to get stronger, the pride he held as a man was still there. Except he felt the glare coming from the instructor as if telling him if he didn't do it she would.
Reluctantly, Jayce began to remove pieces of clothing, revealing his lean figure. Once he finished stripping, the instructor started to touch every muscle on his body.
'His body seems to be in acceptable shape and no muscle is overworked compared to the others.'
'He even had a decent reaction to my sneak attack, most wouldn't even have enough time to turn around.'
The real reason for her special greeting was to get a rough estimate of how strong they were. Almost everyone couldn't react and would just pass out before they knew what hit them.
Students started to avoid the Martial Arts room for that exact reason, the students even gave her the name of Bella, the Deadly Nightshade.
Only one other student was able to barely react to her ambush.
"Are you done yet?"
Jayce was feeling uncomfortable with the instructor's hands gliding around his body. He felt like prey in front of a predator he couldn't outrun or outsmart.
"Yes, I'm done."
Quickly putting his clothes back on, Jayce was finally able to relax.
"Now that I have an idea of how strong your body is, I'm going to assign you a workout schedule for you to do every day."
"Once you complete the program, I'll teach hand-to-hand combat."
[Daily Quest has been received]
[Complete the given workout program.]
[The best way to get power is to push your body past its limit. Lift. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. This is a daily quest, the quest will reoccur once again at the start of a new day. As you improve yourself the quest will grow along with you, including the rewards and punishment.]
[Quest Reward: +2 Stat Point]
[Time Limit: 13:47:26]
[Quest Failure: -2 Random Stat Points]
Seeing the notification, Jayce would be able to improve even faster with the daily quests. His only concern was if he didn't complete it he would lose stat points.
It was at random so he couldn't choose which stat points to lose making the punishment even worse.
Closing the quest, Jayce followed Bella to the gym section, she informed him the first thing they would start on would be bench presses.
Jayce was confident he wouldn't have too much trouble with lifting, that was until Bella threw 150 lbs (68 kg) on the bar.
That was more than triple his weight, he might be able to do it a few times but his arms would be paste afterward.
Looking up he could see a devilish smile on the instructor's face.
"Try your best to survive."
Accepting his fate, Jayce prepared himself for the torture he would receive for the next few hours.
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Three and half hours later, Jayce was lying on the ground with a notification in front of him.
[Daily Quest Complete]
[+2 Stat Point]
[Quest will Reoccur in 10:09:31]
The training had destroyed his body but was satisfied with the rewards that came with it.
[Stats]
[HP: 190/190 -> 210/210]
[Mana: 0/0]
[Stamina: 10/190 -> 10/220]
[Vitality: 14 -> 16]
[Endurance: 14 -> 17]
[Strength: 12 -> 15]
[Dexterity: 12 -> 13]
[Agility: 14 -> 16]
[Intelligence: 11]
[Charisma: 12]
[Avalible Stat Points: 2]
This is the first time he was able to improve most of his stats at once. On top of that, he was able to get two free stat points.
Just like Jayce planned, he would be saving the stat points in case he was ever in a pinch.
"Good job kid, I didn't think you had it in you to finish it on the first day."
"As a reward, you can have the rest of the day off but I expect the same amount of effort tomorrow." The instructor was pleased with Jayce's progress.
Jayce initially wanted to practice martial arts after he finished as she had promised him. However, he had to agree with her that he was in no shape to continue.
Getting up with the few stamina points he had left, Jayce traveled to the library. He had hoped he would be able to grab a few books before making his way back to his dorm room.
Watching Jayce leave, Bella was having thoughts about him during the training.
'I don't know how he was able to do it all today. When I started these drills, I was only able to finish after five days.'
'And that look he had in his eyes, the desire to keep improving himself even with this torturous training. I hope he can keep surprising me.'
Bella's expectations of Jayce had grown by leaps and bounds, even maybe into the romantic kind. Unaware of this, Jayce hoped that he could keep using Bella to grow strong, strong enough to never lose anyone ever again.