The next day van woke up in pain the soreness he felt throughout his body was like no other however as he woke up he recieved a pleasant notification from Nora.
[The host has gained +1 strength and +1 endurance i just would like to remind the host as you progress and grow stronger the more difficult it will become to gain stat points. Right now it's very easy because how weak you are and this is your first time training your body.]
Hearing the beginning of Nora's message Van was happy but hearing that it would become more difficult and being called weak made Van wish that the system didn't even talk to him reminding him the pain of how many shop points he would have to earn before he could even get something again.
The pain and soreness running through his body made him not even want to get out of his bed but he knew he had to keep training if he wanted a chance of winning this trial. There were too many people he was against and more people meant more possibilities, what if he was to encounter a martial arts master or someone who had spent their entire life fighting and looking death in his eyes.
These thoughts motivated Van to get out of bed and head down to the dining hall. When he finally got up he noticed he woke up a little later than usual as it was already 7:15. This shocked him because he hadn't slept in this long for a long time even at the orphanage he would rarely sleep past 6:30 in the morning.
Knowing he accidentally slept in he wondered how the rest of the group was doing. He got up and got dressed in his usual silver sweatsuit and headed down to the dining hall to see who all was up already.
Unsurprisingly the only two that had woke up before him and were already at the table in the dining hall were Max and Elise.
"Nice of you to join us, did you sleep well sleeping beauty?" Max Asked seeing Van arriving into the dining hall looking either half dead or half asleep.
To this Van only glanced at him without entertaining his friends antics. He swiftly changed the subject, "You two aren't sore? I can barely move without a shock of pain throughout my entire body." Van asked while also revealing a pained expression as he took his usual seat at the head of the table.
"Kind of, do you not stretch at night after working out?" Max replied asking as if that was the obvious thing one would think to do.
"Not really I'm used to intense exercises." Elise replied as if yesterdays workout wasn't too big of a deal.
"How am I supposed to stretch when I barely have enough energy to breathe after a day like that, you two must be some kind of monsters!" Van said while shaking his head.
"How do you expect to win the grand prize of the labyrinth if you're already losing in simple training sessions to us?" Max asked in s mocking tone hoping to light the competitive fire in Van's heart.
Hearing this Van clenched his fist and thought about what Max had just said, it hurt a little but it was true if he couldn't beat the members of his own group in training there was no telling in how he would fare against an opponent that was after his life.
"Just you wait, I'll show you who the real God is." Van said while pounding his clenched fist into the palm of his other hand.