"What the fuck?"
Tears flowed down Archehon's cheeks for the first time. It felt like a stranger had invaded his mind. A stranger feeling he had never felt before. His heart ached and his fingers trembled as they squeezed the bed.
"Th-that last memory.. it was.. the second bastards. But what surprises me the most is that the previous bodys owner met 'him'. But I'll think about that later."
"System..", Archehon asked after wiping his tears with his frail arms.
The blue screen appeared, something that was hard to get used to.
'
It answered almost immediately.
"Why am I in this guy's body? You've shown me everything but that."
' '.. Answer found!> ' "So basically, I've been reduced to a fly thanks to darn karma, is what you're saying." ' The system popped party poppers. "Bingo my ass.", Archehon screamed at the blue screen furiously. "Huuuu.. Alright, I'll be patient. I'll just complete my daily tasks and hopefully, I'll be able to get strong enough." For the next few days, Archehon completed the daily tasks, which felt like an eternity thanks to his weak body and even worse talent. He gave it his all while doing stretching exercises. Just when he thought it was all over, "Archehon~ It's time for your medicine." Ariel showed up with a massive syringe while keeping a lovely, no, horrifying smile. People usually say the dentists are horrible, but Ariel was on a completely different level. She was way worse than the dentists. She was the type of girl you'd hope never gave you injections, Ever. "W-wait, you don't have to do this." 'This cunning woman, she's terrifying! How has the previous body's owner survive with this girl??' "Hehehe", the girl laughed showing the syringe to Archehon. (AN: Know that she isn't actually laughing while doing it. This is all his imagination.) She got into a stance like a cold blooded killer. No, even killers were less terrifying than her. She muttered a few words, "Syringe arts, first form.." "N-no please!", Archehon begged her with red eyes. ".. Syringe Flap and smash!" "AAAAHHHH!!!!" Archehon's screams echoed around the room. He lied in the bed, talking to himself out of fear. A fear that he had never felt before. "Oh Lord.. Please have mercy.. Oh Lord.. Please have mercy.", he repeated over and over again with a dead expression. ' ' "This fucking system, I will kill you." ' "Shut up." * * * In total, 4 days have passed since 'Lucifer' possessed Archehons body. 'System Host: 'Archehon' (Lucifer in previous life) Previous Host: Dell (Story progress: 76%) Level: 1 Stats: Strength: -1 Speed: 3 Dexterity: 1 Intelligence: 13 Stamina: 2 Luck: 22 Mana: 2 Fatigue: 0 Skills: Talent: Dell's Talent (-9x penalty) Tasks: Daily tasks removed (temporarily) Special: Take medicine (Reward: strength +1)' "Hmmm.. The penalty decreased." "System, why has the penalty decreased?" ' "Ah, so that's it.", Archehon pretended to understand. He did actually understand but didn't want to listen to anymore of what the system had to say. He had already been through enough. From his perspective, he thought of the system as a crazy machine that has some malfunctions. "Hehehehe", evil laughter sounded the room as the door creaked. 'Ah crap. That evil woman is back!' "HEHEHEHEHEHE" "TIME FOR YOUR.." "N-no please, no." ".. Injection!", the crazy woman screamed as she jumped on top of him. "AAAAHHHH!" "Okay, I will be leaving now.", Ariel shined brightly as she left. "auuhhhh.." "K-hukk..", Archehon cried as he lied down. ' Archehon's body abruptly shined brightly blue. He levitated upwards and looked at his body radiating in front of his own eyes. ' "System, is training my body the only option I have to increase my strength?" ' "Yes." ' ' "What about leveling up? ' "But what?" '..Only once every three levels>' "That's annoying.. Okay, by training you mean exercising, right?" ' Archehon left the bed. He felt completely different. Before, he couldn't even get out of the bed and doing basic exercises felt like a burden to him. Compared to then he felt like a completely different person. He stretched his arms which usually wouldn't listen to him and got into position. "System, can you monitor how many of each I'm doing?" ' 'Exercise progress today: Push-ups: 0 Squats: 0 Sit-ups: 0 Km Travelled: 0 "Alright. Let's start with push-ups." Archehon crouched down and placed his hands evenly out while making sure his legs were stretched with his toes only touching the ground. He kept his hips downwards and his arms stretched out. "One.." He bent his arms which he felt excruciating pain while going down. His weak body that hadn't done any exercises in years couldn't handle the pain. "AAHH.. Shit!" The pain didn't stop, but neither did he. He kept on insisting to finish the pushup. "Th-this much pain is n-nothing compared to my goooaaalls. I will surpass my previous self!", he screamed. Archehon reached the bottom to where his nose touched the ground. With all his might, pushed himself up. Clenching his teeth and widening his eyes. The arms had finally stretched out fully. "Thump!", he fell on the ground. The eyes of the determined boy slowly closed, opened, closed.. "Snore.." ' "Click!", the door opened. "Archeho-, kyaaahh! Archehon, are you okay?", Ariel worryingly looked asked She ran straight away towards the passed out boy and checked his pulse. "Phew. Thank God he's okay." Ariel shifted Archehon towards the bed and tucked him in with his blanket on top. She dreamingly looked at his face and kissed his forehead. "Sleep dreams.. Brother" The thirteen year old walked out of the room and smiled at her brother before leaving the room. * * * "yawn.." The sun woke Archehon up as it rose in the sky. He rubbed his eyes and looked around. Then remembered, "Dammit! I fell asleep after doing just a singular pushup!" He hit his mattress. "I will do more than that!" The fourteen year old who was determined tried again. He got into position. "One..!" He completed his first pushup. "N-nice..! One more!" He bent his arms but.. "Thump!" Failed. He repeated, repeated and repeated! One day passes, two days passed, three days, four days, 10 days! The fourteen year old who already had minor changes was doing push-ups. "Ten!" "Thump!" "This isn't fast enough!", the boy vented his anger by punching the floor. "System! Is there really no other way? This is way too slow." ' Archehon hesitated for a couple of seconds but decided to do it. After all, 'No pain. No gain' was what he thought. ' A sudden rush of adrenaline surged through Archehon's body. He felt completely different compared to when he had cured his illness. "One! Two! Three! Four!" He felt far better, usually when at this point he would sweat enough to fill a bucket. Now when compared to before the stamina increase he barely felt any tiredness. "five..." Ten days had passed, since the stamina increase. Archehon didn't waste any time and had increased his stats by an amazing amount. 'Exercise progress today: Push-ups: 50 Squats: 50 Sit-ups: 50 Km Travelled: 0.5 "Nice that's a decent amount of exercise for such bad talent.", Archehon looked at the blue screen in satisfaction. 'System Host: 'Archehon' (Lucifer in previous life) Previous Host: Dell (Story progress: 76%) Level: 3 (Cannot gain extra levels using exercise) Stats: Strength: 15 Speed: 18 Dexterity: 10 Intelligence: 13 Stamina: 10(+15) Luck: 22 Mana: 2 Fatigue: 48 Skills: Talent: Dell's Talent (-9x penalty) Tasks: Daily Tasks: -Do daily set of exercises (50/50) -Run 1km (1/1) ' "It's unfortunate I can't level up while exercising anymore.", Archehon looked disappointedly. "Oh well, I still have four days left. So I should be able to increase my stats more." Four days later... Ariel looked down annoyed with puffed up cheeks. "It's been two whole weeks! Why did he tell me not to bother him during that time. I know he's able to move about a little, but that doesn't mean he'll not pass out again." Ariel grabbed the hair on her head and screamed out in frustration. Then something clicked, "Wait. It's been two weeks right? I should go check on him.", her expression turned into a joyous one. She slowly walked towards the door and, "Click!" "Archehon!-", she screamed happily untill, "Eh?" Ariel's eyes and mouth instantly widened. She completely changed her expression when she saw Archehon. He was in a pushup position. You could see his muscular biceps, trained legs and toned muscles all around her body while he stayed there shirtless while wearing his dark blue joggers. 'Damn it! I completely forgot. It's that cunning girl! Sh-she's not going to eat me alive is she?', Archehon misunderstood after she jumped in. 'W-woah. How does Archehon have such toned muscles? He was so weak two weeks ago then ho-' A sudden thought rushed through the girls head. She trembled as she spoke out, "Archehon.. Are you thinking of becoming a hero?" '????' At that moment Archehon's mind went blank.