As the first rays of morning light penetrated through the boards of the hut, Aiden lay almost naked on the burnt floor.
[Ding!]
[You've failed to complete the Daily Quest. You'll be transferred to the 'Penalty Zone' for a set period of time.]
With the message from the system, the ground started to shake and when Aiden opened his eyes from the shaking, he found himself in a completely different place.
"Wha-! What!? Where am I!? Wait Penalty!? Crap!"
[Penalty Quest: Survival]
(Description: Please survive until the end of the time limit.)
[Remaining time: 04:00:00]
"Shit!" Aiden was on a desert and as the ground shook, a giant centipede monster appeared from the ground. The name on the monster was crimson red so Aiden prepared to run for 4 hours and started.
(4 hours later)
[You've completed the Penalty Quest.]
[Rewards for completing the Penalty Quest is now available.]
[The following rewards are available.]
[Reward: 3 additional Stat points]
[Reward: One random box]
Returning to the cabin, Aiden looked at the awards as he sat down and then opened the other message.
[You have an unopened [Dantian], would you like to open it in exchange for 180 Stat points?]
"Then yes."
[Your [Dantian] is opening in exchange 180 stat points...]
A warmth began to build inside his body a few fingers below his navel.
It became more and more dense and powerful, and when it suddenly reached a certain size, it felt as if an electrical circuit had been completed.
[You've Leveled Up!]
[Unique Stat: [Qi] has been created]
[The most of the seals on your body has been lifted.]
[Your body has awakened.]
[You've acquired the [######### Body]
"What is that? Status."
[Name: Aiden Kurogane]
[Race: Human]
[Physique: ######### Body]
[Age: 16]
[Class: All-Master] [Title: Level 2] (+2)
[Level: 70]
[Hp: 1660] [Mp: 1575] [SMp: 1575] [Fatigue: 00]
[Power: 46 ] (+97) (5%)
[INT: 45] (+93)
[Sense: 45] (+93)
[Qi: 10]
(Unused Stat Points: 102)
[Unused Level Points: 26]
[Physical Damage Reduction: %25]
[Gold: 25.990]
"I don't know what this physique is like. Is it like those special bodies that some people have in the cultivation novels? I hope so, but why is it sealed and how do I open it? Also my stats have increased and now I have both stat points and level points, let's see what this Qi provides."
[Points cannot be added to this stat!]
[Unique Stat: [Qi] can only increase through mental and physical training.]
"Wha-! Why?!"
[You can use a cultivation technique to increase your [Qi] stat, or you can increase it with a daily quest that will be updated]
"Fine."
[Daily Quest Updating...]
[Daily Quest upgrading Succesful]
[Daily Quest: Preparations to become stronger]
Press-up, 1000 times: Incomplete (0/1000)
Sit-up, 1000 times: Incomplete (0/1000)
Squat, 1000 times: Incomplete (0/1000)
Running, 30 km: Incomplete (0/30)
Meditating, 1 hour: Incomplete (0/60)
[Warning: Incompletion of Daily Quests will result in appropriate levels of punishment.]
"Wait a minute, when I was in the dungeon I did my daily quest once and now I've been sent to the penalty zone once and now I've gotten another daily quest so this is the 3rd day I've been in the dungeon?! I think I'm gonna get a good scolding."
Aiden changed his clothes and left the house and went to the Twilight Manor.
"AIDEN!!!"
Aiden was walking in the square when suddenly his name was called and he looked in the direction of the voice and Raul was running towards him.
"Oh Raul-san, what's all the fuss?"
"The fuss? You haven't even seen what a fuss is! You've been gone for two days and no one could find you! We even thought you had been kidnapped by another familia!"
"S-Sorry for worrying you."
"Not just me whole familia worried. Now come with me we need to see captain."
Raul quickly took Aiden to Familia. They found a few more people on the way and when they finally arrived at Familia, Aiden sat on his knees in the scolding position and was scolded by Riveria for a long time.
"Now tell us what have you been doing all this time?" Loki said.
"I was trying to get stronger and I used a ritual and then I fainted." Aiden said.
"Hm? What ritual?" Loki asked.
Aiden pulled Eight Triagram Urn's Flames from his inventory and gave it to Loki.
"I gathered the ingredients for this ritual and executed it."
"Where did you find this?!" Loki asked fiercely after looking in it.
"I wrote it."
"You wrote it?! How?!"
"It had been on my mind for a long time and I had read something like this and when I was sure it would work, I wrote it down and executed it." Aiden said while hiding the system.
"Aiden, do you have a dead wish?!..." Loki briefly questioned Aiden and scolded him for what he had done.
Afterwards, Aiden told Loki about the warmth he felt in his lower abdomen after the ritual and Loki updated Aiden's status.
[Aiden Kurogane]
[Level: 2]
[Power: D 524]
[Dex: E 432]
[Mag: D 516]
[Qi: I 95]
[Magic:
– Spatial Storage
– Heal]
[Passive Skills:
– Tenacity: G
– Inspiration: I
– Swordsman: I
– Luck: I
– Toxin Resistance: A
[Active skills:
– Dash
– Hour Of The Genius
– Infuse
– Blood Toxin
]
'I hid my class skills.' Aiden thought.
"How the hell did you increase these stats so much?!"
"Even if you ask me..."
Aiden kept things as realistic as possible by hiding a lot of things, and then he pulled out a few pouches from his inventory filled with magic stones and dropped items from the monsters he hunted in all the [Nothing Left Alive] title quests.
Afterwards, Aiden was banned from going to the dungeon for a few days. Aiden left the room and went back to his own room.
Aiden went to his room and sat on the bed and decided to look at his classes as he had plenty of level points.
[All-Master]
[Level Points: 26]
[Choosable Classes:
Alchemist (1 Lp)
Rogue (2 Lp)
Summoner (5 Lp)
Necromancer (5 Lp)
Cultivator (5 Lp)
Beginner Qi Master (5 Lp)
Third Class Martial Artist (5 Lp)
.
.
.
[Are you sure you chose this class?]
"Yes."
[You've choose [Cultivator] as a class.]
[You've acquired the [Cultivation] skill.]
[Name: Cultivation]
[Level: 1]
(Description: Cultivation is the foundational skill for a Cultivator, allowing the user to harness and refine their inner energy to enhance their physical and magical abilities. This skill encompasses a variety of techniques and practices aimed at increasing the user's power, longevity, and overall capabilities.)
[Effect: Cultivation speed increases by 20% when cultivating any technique.]
[Effect: The efficiency of the cultivation techniques increases by 20%.]
"That's good."
[Are you sure you chose this class?]
"Yes."
[You've choose [Beginner Qi Master] as a class.]
[You've acquired the [Qi Mastery] skill.]
[Name: Qi Mastery]
[Level: 1]
(Description: Qi Mastery is the foundational skill for a Martial Artist, allowing the user to harness and manipulate their inner energy to enhance their physical abilities, execute powerful techniques, and achieve heightened states of awareness. This skill encompasses various disciplines and practices aimed at mastering one's body and mind.)
[Effect: It allows the user to circulate Qi 15% better throughout the body.]
[Effect: Increases the healing speed of wounds by 20%.]
[Effect: The regeneration speed of stamina increases by 10%.]
[Are you sure you chose this class?]
"Yes."
[You've choose [Third Class Martial Artist] as a class.]
[You've acquired the [Beginner Martial Artist] skill.]
[Level: 1]
(Description:
[A Martial Artist full of flaws. Being third-class means there's only room for improvement.)
[Effect: Stat and skill growth rate related to Martial arts +30% increase]
[Effect: XP bonus 10% increase]
[Effect: The chances of receiving enlightenment are greatly increased.]
"These three are good for now. I don't think I have enough mana for the Summoner and Necromancer." Aiden said.
[Conditions have been met, some of the seals in your body have been removed.]
[Physique: ######### Star Body]
"I wonder how much more seals left."
Then Aiden came out of his room and did the whole daily task outside except the meditation and then he went back to his room and did the meditation.
[You've completed 'Daily Quest: Preparations to become strong'.]
[The following rewards are available.]
Reward 1. Status Recovery
Reward 2. +3 additional Stat points
Reward 3. One random box]
[Your Qi has increased slightly.]
Aiden looked at his status but his Qi still hadn't increased at all.
Then Aiden sat on the bed and took out the [Elixir Of Ten Thousand Poisons] from his inventory and after uncapping the bottle, he drank the whole thing and passed out.
.
.
.
Aiden slowly woke up as the sunlight coming in through the window hit Aiden's face.
[Skill evolved from [Toxin Resistance] to [Toxin Immunity].]
"Wow that's good."
Afterwards Aiden tried to get up but his whole body ached.
Then Aiden tried to meditate and circulate his Qi while lying down, and as he circulated Qi in his body, his body started to feel better.
Aiden got out of bed and went to the breakfast hall.
He picked up a plate and, after looking for an empty seat, sat down and began to eat.
"Oh newbie you're here." Turning to the sudden voice, Aiden saw Tiona, Tione, Ais and Lefiya coming.
"Oh Good Morning."
"We were going to call you yesterday, but you were asleep and did you just wake up?" Tiona said.
"Yes, I overworked myself and fell asleep before I realized it."
"Well, at least we got to see you at breakfast. You haven't been here since you joined the familia." Tione said.
"Yeah, sorry, I've been so busy since I joined."
"So can we sit?"
"Oh of course."
The four of them sat down.
"Aiden, what are your plans for today?" Lefiya asked.
"Hm? Since I was banned from the dungeon for a while, I thought I would walk around."
"You're not going to participate in the Monster Feria?" Lefiya asked.
"Monster Feria? What is that?" Aiden asked.
"The Monster Feria is a festival where some monsters are brought out of the dungeon and the willing adventurers show off their skills in front of the public to defeat the monsters, organized by Ganesha Familia. It's also a big festival with lots of other events and lots of street food." Tiona explained.
"Wow that's good. So what will you do?"
"I have to go with Loki." Ais said.
"We're gonna watch the monster subduing tournament." Tiona said.
After breakfast, Aiden got up and went to get his armor first thing.
'I hope it is done.'
"I lack the material, so it is not finished, I have a supply shortage in the material I am looking for, so I cannot complete the armor until that material arrives." Brokk said.
"Eeehh?! So what kind of material are you looking for?"
"What I'm looking for is a special material that can be put in the joints and a few other parts of the armor to give it mobility and flexibility, but it also needs to be durable. Durable, flexible and light."
"Would the monster be suitable?"
"What kind?"
Aiden immediately took out the Bloody mamba's dropped item, the scales, from his inventory and put them on the table.
Brokk took it in his hand and after examining it for a while, he replied.
"That's great. Come and get your armor tomorrow. And since I bought the armor piece from you, I'll give you an extra discount on the armor."
"Thanks. I'll come tomorrow."
Afterwards, Aiden went to the guild and got scolded by Rose again, and then exchanged the magic stones and dropped items of the monsters he killed from the quests of the [Nothing Left Alive] title with Valis in the guild and added a large amount of money to his account again.
Aiden started walking around and tasting the festival food and buying plenty of what he liked and stockpiling it in his inventory.
*Roar!!!
Suddenly there was a giant roar and Aiden turned and saw a giant monster coming down an alley with people running away and when he saw what the giant monster looked like...
"That's a gorilla. I hate monkeys. Monkey=Gorilla. I hate gorillas!"
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